T MINUS 4 DAYS!!!!!!!!! :D :D

Well hello there internet. Let me just thought barf my excitement via seventeen million exclamation points and all caps and a few obnoxious smiley faces. ;)

But really. FOUR MORE DAYS!!! Holy. Macarel. Times ten. :)
This weekend I was in Eagle Mountain with Matt's family for another Bridal shower, (Which, P.S the Cedar one was so much fun and I loved it and there really was magic, thanks to my now officially professional aunts who throw killer parties. They've offered to be rented out, too, so if you need any showers anytime soon... ;) ) and it was so much fun! We've been so grateful for all the support and love from our families, and for all the help we've been given with wedding planning and helping us stock our kitchen. Those of you that know Matt know what a big deal that is for us. ;) We enjoy our food, basically. A stocked pantry right off the bat? Yes please! The women in Matt's family (and men too, but they're excluded from the bridal shower bragging) are so wonderful. I seriously had so much fun listening to their stories and visiting with everyone. You're all so cute! Also, we played a game where the stories that I posted last time, about how we met and our first date, were turned into madlibs. We had a colorful tongue depressor stick thing with different adjectives that we passed around and when Heather got to a blank, the next person would read the next word on it. Definitely a giggle starter. :) ("When I saw a dirty boy with a finicky suit and hilarious tie walk in"? Oh my. :) Good stuff right there.)
After the shower, Matt and I had the opportunity to go to the temple together. Did you know that I sort of love that? Temple+best friend=awesome experience. :) When we pulled into the parking lot he put the car in park but left it running.
"I have a wedding present for you." I'm thinking I get to marry him, and he gets to take care of me... so isn't that a pretty big wedding present? :p
"Ok?"
"I kinda want to give it to you right now." Stinkin adorable grin. How can I say anything but yes to that face? Really?
Long story short, Matt knew that I ran out of journal a while ago but didn't run out of journaling and so I've been writing on the inside of Bryce Canyon post card bags mostly this summer. Occasionally 3x5 cards. So he got me an awesome leather journal ('that stays open, no matter what page you turn it to!' ;) he's funny) and a new set of scriptures with my new last name on them. :) (Weird! Exciting! FOUR DAYS!) I love this man. I'm pretty excited that I get to keep him. :)
After the temple we went on a date (squeal of excitement) and then went back to his house to watch a movie with the littles.
It's been so fun to hang out more with Matt's family, his little brothers and sisters are so fun to be around. Kennedy's been my hugging buddy/ cute tag-along since Mallorie's wedding and I love it! She's hilarious. :)

Anywho. Traditionally, picture barf follows thought barf. And when I went to upload the scripture/journal pictures and the shower pictures I discovered all my Yellowstone pictures. Which I'm pretty sure I never blogged. So buckle up. ;)

Pretend my pictures of wildlife are as good as everyone
else's with really cool camera's. :p

We're in love. Obviously.

Sorry James and Miranda, we totally look like creepers
with how many pictures of Truly we have. :) The
camera loves her!! :)

Cutest little girl ever!

We enjoy stickers :) (Seriously though, Megan had the
cutest sticker sheet in our car!

Beautiful people! ;)

We're dorks. What can we say?

This was right after our moment of tourist glory. Running
(literally) down the side of the road right in step with the
Asians and Europeans trying to get pictures of these
HUGE elk! :p

Photo bombing at it's best. ;)

One of the highlights of the trip was watching our guys
play basketball. We've got some great players in the family!

Fan section? :) (lucky boys, eh?)

Brian and Beans were pretty funny to watch. :)

Oh yes. We're getting married. :p :)

The rafting adventure left it's mark for sure.

Can you tell that it's swollen a little? Because we were all
pretty sore on the ride home. And maybe a little grumpy too. ;)

Ok, this is just random in Red Canyon. I just am in
love with the contrast of colors. :)

Ok so we're creepers of all children. Lori, Aaron and their
cute little cabbage patch came to Tropic. We pretty much
adore them. :D 

Before our field day. Which Erin sluffed.
(But really, this is just documentation that we actually
know how to get ready sometimes.)

And that we worked at Bryce. (Past tense. EEK! :D)

(She's gonna kill me.)

We're a close family. :)

Shower muffins! 

I know. Pure. Magic. :)

Cute!! Right?

P.S this is Kristen. She's my roommate from this
last semester who drove down from
South Jordan just for the shower! She's kind of
amazing. :)

Ok. So I really did cheat on only one, which is why
it was so funny that after I admitted that on the features
question, it seemed pretty sketchy when i got the rest of
the answers (minus like two) basically verbatim. 

There may or may not have been a few Halloween prizes.
Oh the irony. :) 

Remember how I think Enoch is the
cutest little red head I know?
He also knows how to play chess and
helped Matt explain it to me. :)

I know. Weird. :) :)

Also, within the last hour of leaving the blog post, we got a little bit of rain....

(I'm not sure I'm mature enough to pretend I'm entering
the world of adulthood.)

:) :)

But seriously. Where's the ark?