Kelly's Wedding (and Vegas)

Yay for Tru! I was so excited to get to see him this time around. It was so much fun to have lunch at Rio with him and Meg (his mom). I think we ended up with more food on the floor than in our bellies...wait, maybe not, but close. Miss you guys!



Then I met Jamie for dinner. Of course it's always fun to hang out with her adorable kids, but it's also nice to have some alone time for girl talk. We had a lovely dinner and an awesome photo session in the car.





After Vegas, Meg and I drove up to St. George for the wedding weekend and for me to finally see the new home my parents bought. It's absolutely beautiful, and I really need to start taking advantage of it. Here's the view from the living room. Fields and cows? Yep - St. George.



More importantly, I got to meet Lincoln. It's a weird experience to go from one nephew (on my side of the family) to two, and I worried that I wouldn't love him as much as Parker. How wrong I was! Nothing but absolute adoration for them both.


Here are Parker and his daddy. He's getting to that age where he wants his parents but is also pretty independent. It's funny for me to watch, but maybe not as funny for Sam and Ashley. Fortunately, I was able to pull him away for a little bit to go and see the cows and horses. The walk lasted as long as we had M&Ms to feed the animals.


Kelly's (my cousin) wedding was held at her husband Mark's sister's home near Zion's. It was an absolutely breathtaking setting, elegant but laid-back...perfect for Kelly.



Cousin Dave "The Dentist" walking Aunt Marcie down the aisle.



Cousin Joey "The Marine" holding the rings...I think.



Uncle Mark walking Kelly down the aisle.



And finally...Kelly and Mark.



The interior of the home, reception-ready.



The Sam Schmidts savoring the specialness.

Dreamzzz...

It's a weird morning when I can't remember at least one dream, so this week, I decided to write down what I dreamed about each night. This is by no means a comprehensive list...sometimes I wake up remembering a dream and then fall back asleep again to forget is entirely.

But I thought it would be interesting to keep track and see if there were any similarities and running threads, and to see if any of them came true.

Believe it or not, I've had a few of those - the most recent being a dream I had about my sister-in-law Ashley pregnant with another boy. Turns out that she didn't even know she was pregnant at that point (it was only like a week in to the pregnancy), and she did end up having a little boy - Lincoln in February.

Okay, so here's a brief account of what I dreamed about this week...

1.) I had 2 college dreams. One was that I hadn't been to any of my classes, and it was finals time. I was trying to figure out what books I needed to buy to pass them.

2.) In another I was at some vacation house with my family, and I was supposed to drive south to meet up with my friends Marta and Liz but was trying to figure out a way to tell them I'd rather just fly home.

3.) I had to protect a younger, child-like version of Dakota Fanning from terrorists, who had killed her entire family. One of my amazing strategies involved folding her up and hiding her in trash cans.

4.) Annie was talking about trying to commit suicide by jumping of a 2-story balcony. I remember looking up at her and telling her I was going to catch her. I also remember that she wasn't trying to kill herself because she was depressed - it was because she was bored and looking for something to do. When I got her down, she came into where Sam and I were hanging out, evidently in a Mexican restaurant. And Sam said, "She'll be fine. She loves Mexican." Sam was right - as soon as she heard the Mariachi band playing, she was fine.

5.) I remember a little side dream that somebody was jealous of me because I was able to have lunch with my friend, Kim, everyday.

6.) Oh and another side dream, I was making cake for people and needed cream cheese for the frosting. Alas, it was one of those frustrating dreams where there wasn't enough cream cheese, and people were starting to leave, and I was trying to convince them to stay because this cake was amazing. I then started brainstorming ways to stretch the frosting...one was with corn starch.

7.) Another dream included something of a high school reunion. I clearly remember seeing Callie and Megan, two girls I graduated with, and talking to Allyson and Ryan (two others). I ended up skipping this mentor class I was supposed to go to, but explained to the woman in charge that I didn't need to go because I wasn't going to be teaching next year.

8.) In the final dream I remember, I was sitting at a table with Justin (I think), and we saw our friend Kate and her sister getting tattoos.

Thoughts?

Interpretations?