Cousins Sleepover

Christine's in town, CJ's back from his mission and a whole slew of Barbers are here in Provo. Sounds like a delicious recipe for a Cousins Sleepover. Grandma and Grandpa Lewis let us invade their home for a Friday and Saturday and also provided deeeeeeelicious meals and snacks. Mmmmm. We watched a few movies, played a buncha ping pong, had what you could call an impromptu dance party, and just enjoyed spending time with everyone.

So, enjoy the photos! We have a special treat as well: VIDEOS!!


PHOTOS!!

Yours truly watching a very funny movie. Mostly, only I laughed.
CJ and Ashley Kay in the background.

Chelsea, Jessica, Christine, Ashley. Ping pong doubles tourny.

Featuring: Jordan's crazy hair.

Jessica and Christine. I don't get it.

All the ladies.

VIDEOS!!

'Round The World

Sibling Rivalry Action

Play That Funky Music, White Boy

Mo' Dancin'

And Here's the Latest . . .

This last week was a fun one, for sure. The weekend activities included Homecoming, the BYU vs. TCU game, a fun get-together with some distant relatives and Jordan Barber's birthday party.

HOMECOMING
Honestly, I don't think I've ever gone to a college Homecoming activity, or any other activity for that matter. But it turned out to be a riot. We went with Ellie and Andrew Priddis. It was catered by Tucano's (fabulous), Mindy Gledhill sang a few tunes, but the highlight was BYU's stand-up comedy group, Humor U. We were cracking up!

Ellie and Andrew Priddis, Me and Jessica

The Lovely Couple

BYU GAME
How disappointing. I won't dwell on the game. But we had good company as usual. I'm no fair weather fan; I had to stay until 00.0. My good wife was kind and loving enough to stay by my side the whole time.

Like I said, what a loving wife. And it was really cold.

The Game Day Crew: Jessica, Ashley, Chelsea, Jordan, Whitney.

COUSINISH REUNION THINGY
Ray and Joanne Linford (brother-in-law and sister to Grandy) invited us to their home in Orem to get together with all of their great-nieces and -nephews. It was pretty cool to get together with a bunch of people that we didn't know before but are distantly related to. Good food, good friends/family.

Lotsa distant cousins(?).

JORDAN BARBER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Game Day Crew reunited Sunday evening to give a happy burfday to our cousin. He's 22 now. A couple of his roommates and even a girly friend was there for a while. Hmm.

Birthday Boy Jordan.

CONCLUSION
Despite the miserable downer of a game, the good times were up on the bad times, 3 to 1. A good weekend it was.

Look at how cute we are. And we even match!

Another Incredible Conference Weekend

What an incredible General Conference! Jessica and I came away with all of our concerns addressed; truly a testament that the Prophets and Apostles are inspired of God. We got the greatest seats we've ever had, down on the plaza for every session but one, all thanks to the ferocities of Grandy and Jessica's aunt, Mary. Tip to one and all: if you want to get tickets, attack people as soon as they get out of their car!

We spent the weekend up at Jessica's aunt, Elna's house and a bunch of her family came in from out of town; Grandy, Aunt Abbie, Aunt Mary and of course Uncle Wayne and his family (though they do not live out of town). It was fun to come back from conference and spend time with everyone.

I did some translating this time around again. This time it was for Elder Oaks, Elder Ballard and President Uchtdorf. The best part is we get underground parking!

Luckily (at least for us, probably not so much for him), Bradley was transferred from Wyoming back down to the Salt Lake Valley a few weeks ago. That means . . . he's at conference! Naturally, we run into him a few times and take a few photos. All in all, it was a weekend to remember!

Check out how sweet our seats were!
We were down on the plaza for every session but one.

The Lovely Couple at the Conference Center.

Again, sweet seats. Thank you Grandy and Mary.

Me, Jessica, Mary, Grandy, Emily, Friend, Marilyn, and Zach.

Grandy, Bradley's (now former) companion Elder Margalhes,
Elder Bradley, Jessica, and Mary.

We saw Bradley with his trainer again, with one exception:
His trainer is now a free man.

Elder Bradley's Mission President, President Sonne.

Friends from the Lou! Jason Sanders, Elder Bradley, and Kap Sanders.

Me, Jessica, Olivia, Martha, Grandy, Elder Bradley,
Adam Moniz (another friend from the Lou), and Abbie.

Oh look! Another friend! Jessica, Elder Bradley and Trevor Slezak.

And the most precious photo of them all!
Jessica had been waiting for this for weeks.


It was great seeing you again, Bradley!

Anniversary Vacation!

A couple months ago we decided to take advantage of the break in between Summer term and Fall semester and disappear for a few days to celebrate our anniversary. One year, baby! We found a hotel in Park City and counted down the days. Now, it has come and gone. *Sigh*. We didn't really have any big plans set for the vacation. It was basically a time when we could relax and unwind after this busy summer and rejuvenate ourselves for the busy few months ahead.

LOTSA GOOD FOOD!!

Succulent sandwiches at Quizno's.

A delectable dinner at P.F. Chang's in SL.

Bomb burritos at Bajios.

POOL TIME!!
We had the pool to ourselves one of the nights so we went crazy with the camera.

Whoa. Nice air.

Hi-ya!! Karate.

We were just skipping along . . . into the pool.

10.0 - 10.0 - 9.8 - 10.0

SHOPPING!!
The outlet mall was practically across the street from our hotel. How could we resist?

Awkward . . .

The spoils.

WHAT A GREAT ANNIVERSARY VACATION!!

The happy couple.

The best year of our lives.

I'm the luckiest man alive!

A Few New Posty Posts!

Read one, read all! We've had a few things to update y'all on. Read on.

Food! Glorious Food!

Jessica never ceases to amaze me. She's baked the Baltic, she's mastered the Mexican, and now she's illuminating the Italian! I couldn't think of anything with an 'i'. Give me a break. Check out these two delicious diddies she's dominated.

1. Italian Sausage Something-or-the-Other



2. Garlic Parmesan Chicken

The Barbers are Back in Town

On Sunday we headed down to Spanish Fork to Grandma and Grandpa Lewis' house for a little celebration. Ashley, Jordan and Chelsea Barber came in from Kansas and Jeff Lewis is getting ready to head up to USU. So, it was a welcoming and a farewell of sorts. Craig's family was there, Darrin's family was there, Sheila's family was there, we all were there. Fun fun fun.

Jordan, Chelsea and Ashley Kay.

We do like taking pictures of the two of us.

Joshy and Carson. Like to pose.

A shot of the gang.

A shot of the gang, part deux.

Sib Yuav!! Marriage!!

Drew and Julie Graham were married last weekend. Drew was my MTC companion and companion twice more times in Wisconsin. Best friends, you know. It was a beautifuldismal rainy morning that eventually cleared up into a beautiful blue sky and perfect temperatures for the wedding and reception. The newlyweds were beaming the whole day and looked so happy. It was fun for Jessica and I to be back to our temple (Mt. Timpanogos) for another sealing. The last one we witnessed was our own. Also, a bunch of mission peeps were there for the sealing and reception.

Congratulations Drew and Julie!!

The Happy Couple

Seethong and Mai Chu Yang with baby Emerson.
They flew in all the way from Appleton, WI.

The LOST Club. Fierce.

The traditional "Hmong Photo". Just like in Laos.


Jolley, Me, Boam, Findley, Peterson, Graham.

Woot! Marriage!

Fun with wardies and ex-wardies

Last week we had a good rendezvous with Braden and Mandy Boyer who moved up to Wymount last month. We got together for some eats, had a tense Walmart competition and then met up with Curtis and Eliza Bradford for a movie. It was a blast! The storm that night even shut down all the power in Walmart for a minute or two. Scary.

Power outage. This guy on the left was guarding the door so
nobody took off with loot. He was pretty serious.

Jessica's taking a little something for the party.
Ha! Not really, it was part of the game. I put it there.