Utah, Part Three: Visiting Friends

 The last leg of our trip was spent at our dear friends' house, the Carrs.  Oh, how I miss being neighbors with them.  They were so kind to host us for a couple of days.  We loved catching up with them and seeing how our kids picked up right where they left off.  It was like nothing had changed.  I love that family more than they'll ever know.

 I loved seeing our kids play together.  It was adorable.

 We all took a bike ride to Brinley's school and played on the playground.  The kids were in heaven.

 They made us this ADORABLE sign to welcome us to their home.  We loved it!

 Jenna holding Jenna.  Too cute!

 Jenna went down a slide for the first time and loved it.  She couldn't get enough of it.

 Josh is the family videographer.  He's always capturing the moment with video, and I'm always doing it with still shots.  We make a good team.

 There was lots of tag going on that night. Such a fun memory.

 We went on a tour of the conference center, and it was amazing.  We got an awesome tour guide.  He was so informative.  I learned a ton.  The kids thought it was fun, but they were definitely done by the end.

 Oh Andrew....

 This painting was humongous!!  I loved seeing it in person.  It's amazing that someone can be so talented.  I wish I had talent to paint like that.

 This is a painting of the Jordan River.  Beautiful!

 We took Josh's grandma out to lunch while we were there.  It was so wonderful to see her and catch up.  She was turning 80 that week.  She looked fantastic!

 Me and the girls were waiting for them to get to the restaurant in these photos.  It was so beautiful all around the area.  I could spend a lot of time shopping here.

 After lunch, we went back to Grandma's house and visited for a while.  It was a great day.

 After visiting with Grandma, we went back to the Carr's house for a delicious dinner with our friends.  Jenna invited some of our other dear, dear friends from St. Louis.  I miss all of these amazing people so much.  My heart aches for them.

 Silly face!

 We used to all go to the playground at our apartment in St. Louis and chat while the kids played.  It was so fun every day.  On this night, I was reminded of the good ol' days in grad school.  We would have loved if we could have had our whole group there to play with.

 I just adore them!

 I really hated saying goodbye to them.  We hope it won't be two years before we see them again.  They're the best!
We took the red eye flight home, which ended up being wonderful.  The whole vacation was just perfection.  We had a blast.  We also were DEAD tired!  We did a lot in just a few days and were completely worn out by the end.  It's always good to be home.

Utah, Part Two: Mr. and Mrs. Stewart

 Here we go with part two, Greg and Stephanie's wedding.  We were so excited to see them get married.  It was a wonderful day for a wonderful couple.  Greg and Stephanie have been friends for a while, and when they started dating, we could just see Greg get happier and happier.  They are a great match.  Stephanie's grandpa is President Henry B. Eyring, an apostle of the Lord for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  It was so fun to meet him and truly a memory we will always cherish.

 Stephanie has the sweetest parents.  It was so fun getting to know her whole family.  They were all so friendly and kind.  These pictures are from the rehearsal dinner on Friday night, the day before the wedding.

 This is Stephanie's cousin, and she was a saint with Andrew.  She kept him quiet and entertained while I walked around and took pictures.  I was so grateful for her.

 We snagged a family picture with President Eyring.  He was so nice about it.  Jenna held onto his hand while we took the picture and he really got a kick out of it.  It was sweet.

 We also got to meet Elder Anderson.  He was just the nicest guy.  I really admire these amazing men who lead our church.  They have sweet spirits.

 The beautiful Salt Lake temple.

 We took some time to tour temple square, and it is truly an amazing place to be.  Inside this visitor's center, we got to view tons of original paintings of the Savior.  It's very humbling to stand before such wonderful works of art of our Lord.

We could have spent all day there.  I wish that we had planned more time to be there.  There was a lot that we didn't get to see.  Below is a picture of the Christus statue.  I love this statue.  It is powerful.  

 After Greg and Stephanie got married, we all waited outside to cheer and celebrate their marriage.  Jenna couldn't wait to see the beautiful bride.

 Group shot.  It looks like Bruce is ready to sell us something on the black market!

 Cuties.

 Kellie needed a little cheer so we told her to do the couples walk.  She was successful.

 Two Jennas.

 Here they are!  Such a wonderful day for them.

 Uncle B was helping us keep our kids entertained while we waited our turn for photos.

 Amanda got married two weeks after Greg.  I wanted to be there so badly for her wedding, but with all that has been going on with Josh's health, I knew I couldn't leave him.  We couldn't be happier for her and Nate though.

 One last shot at their reception.