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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Eternity: Mike, Sundee & Baby Van



Mothers Day weekend we were blessed to witness the sealing of my sister and her cute family in the Las Vegas LDS Temple. We are so happy for them! If you are not familiar with the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I invite you to learn more here.


We brought our girls with us on the trip, and stayed at a hotel for the first time. I was anxious that it was going to be horrible... kids up all night crying, etc. But it turned out to be really fun, and the girls did better than I could have ever imagined.

We drove up to Vegas Friday day and attended the temple that night with Sundee to receive her endowment. Then Saturday (at 8am, holy early...no pun intended), we attended their sealing. The spirit was so strong as we witnessed this cute family be sealed together for eternity. Such a special day. Something I will always remember.

Some of the outtakes. Feel free to make up your own captions.


Afterward we took the girls to play at Tivoli Village and wasted time until we met up with more family for a luncheon at Mimi's.


Then over to Sundee's for some afternoon swimming. Both of my girls love the water, and had a blast. I really need to get them into swimming lessons!

For dinner we ate at Cafe Rio (Braden: "It tastes better here because it's closer to Utah." *thick sarcasm*) and then went back to Tivoli Village to play and have a treat.

With so much playing the girls fell asleep as soon as their heads hit their pillows.

Sunday was Mothers Day so we went with my parents to Hash House for a deliciously huge breakfast. Man alive, I love that place.   Then we hit the road back to California.



No trip would be complete without some teasing from my papa.

I hope all of you awesome moms had a fabulous Mother's Day. I am truly inspired by each of you and am blessed to have you all in my life! For real.

It was a great trip, and am so happy we were able to go!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Sundee's Baby Shower

I helped throw a baby shower for my sister in Vegas on June 15th.  It was a coed shower, so Braden and I headed to Vegas while my awesome mother in law stayed home with our girls.

It was a lightening fast trip.  We drove up Saturday morning, making it in great time, 3 hours and 45 minutes.

I was in charge of decorations, so once we got there, we set everything up. I was really proud of how everything turned out. 
Of course we served Mexican food. Delicious tostadas.



I was especially proud of my center pieces. The idea just came to me at midnight one night.  I had a bunch of left over tin foil cupcake holders that I pinched into flower shapes and then let them float in water. Already had the ribbon that luckily matched perfectly, and vases. Then I topped them with mini tissue paper balls that cost 12 cents a piece to make. Talk about cheap!




The tostadas went perfect with our virgin margaritas.  PAR-TAY!!!!

 Adam and Ashton.

Best picture ever. Thank you Mike and Sundee for making me giggle.

 The next morning (Father's Day) we went to breakfast at Hash House a go go. SO SO SO GOOD. Next time you are in Vegas or San Diego, it is a must.  Lucky for us it is literally 1 block from Sundee's, so we got there before it got too crazy busy. The portions are H-U-G-E and absolutely scrumptious.


We drove back right after breakfast, picked up the girls, and then drove back out to Corona for a Family Fathers Day dinner. It was our first trip without the girls, and I must say I enjoyed every minute.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Smarty Pants

My sister Sundee has always been a smarty pants...

One of her spelling words in 1st grade was Tyrannosaurus (I had to use spell check just now to figure that out).

She got a 31 overall on her ACT as a junior in high school (I think average is like 21).

Graduated with her Bachelors in Accounting at the age of 20.

Her Masters at 21.

Got a sweet job working for a top accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.

Was just promoted to a Senior Auditor after 2 years.

And now I just heard she got the 3rd highest score on the CPA exams in 2009 in the entire state of Nevada. 3rd highest, and she only took them once! There are 4 tests and you have to take them all within one calendar year.






So big props to my little sis! I'm so proud of you!!