Shane was nice and let me go to Utah a week early to have some extra time with my family. He asked his parents to buy our tickets for his birthday. I'm grateful that they were able to help us or it would have been a short visit with us driving. I left on Shane's birthday 6/26/09. I went to my cousin Elizabeth's wedding shortly after I arrived. She was a beautiful bride. I was able to see a lot of the Hamilton family at the wedding. They had a lot of yummy fruit and deserts. I loved her decorations too!
Saturday June 27th one of my best Friends Katie got married. They had a nice sort of BBQ buffet that was really good. I only saw a few friends at her wedding but it had been a year since I saw them. It was great to be able to catch up.
Sunday June 28th Jeremy put together a game night and we learned a new game called Rage. It was a fun game. I got sick though and had to leave early. I have had a kidney infection for about 2 weeks and it's still causing me trouble. Hopefully I can get it under control soon.
Monday June 29th I went to IHOP for breakfast with my friend Becky. She was one of my roommates. We had a nice visit. I was glad I was able to see her since I had tried to see her the last couple times we went to Utah.
I spent the rest of Monday with Jer and Nicole. We had a yummy BBQ and played with Jaymee.
Tuesday June 30th I went to lunch at Cafe Rio with my friend Beverly. I use to work with her at Central Utah Clnic. We started at the same time and have stayed close. I also visited with a bunch of girls at my old work and showed off my wedding album.
Tuesday night I had game night with Heidi, Candice, Dan, Janell and later my mom and dad came. I really miss having game night with Dan. He's so funny! We have stayed good friends too.
Wednesday July 1st we had girls day with Heidi, mom, Nicole and Danielle. We had lunch at Zupas, which is one of my favorite places to eat in Provo. After lunch we went to the movie "The Proposal." It's really good and funny. We had a lot of fun.
Wednesday night was our first night with Grandma Hamilton. I showed her my scrapbook and pictures of Spencer. It was so fun to spend time with Grandma. She has great stories to share.
Thursday July 2nd Grandma, Dad, Mom and I went to Scera Park to see a Patriaric Program. They sang and danced and had narrators. It was really good. I loved the songs.
Afterwords we went to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. Andy came along with us. I loved it! I couldn'e believe how many creatures they had snakes, fish, frogs etc. We went to Andy's house after for Pizza. I finally was able to see Eric. i wish I could have had more time with
him.
Friday July 3rd Shane arrived. I really missed Shane even though I was having a lot of fun. We had never been away from each other for more then a day. We went to the Temple Open House. We were not able to finish since I got sick from my kidneys. We did see the celestrial room though. It was beautiful. I don't think i've ever seen a chandeliar as spectacular as the one they have.
Saturday July 4th Shane and I went to the Y and then Bridal Veil Falls. He had never seen the falls and played in the water. It was nice to have some time together since we hadn't see each other for a week! We had to hurry home to got the the extended family dinner and Bruce's house. It was very yummy! I saw almost all the relatives in the area. After dinner we went back to my parents for our own little firework show then we went to see the Stadium fireworks. It was a great 4th of July with lots of family.
Sunday we went to church together and it was beautiful. The spirit was so strong. I enjoyed every meeting. Testimonies were great. I loved the Sunday School teacher she taught a great lesson on the priesthood and Relief Society had a good lesson on trials. After church Jaymee Lynn Hamilton was blessed by my dad. She looked so pretty all dressed up! I'm going to miss her. She's such a cutie. We had dinner after the blessing and then had to head home.
I had a wonderful time with all my family and friends. It's hard to be home now and back to reality of job hunting and cleaning etc. I love you all and can't wait for our next visit. Thanks to Shane's mom and dad for helping us have this wonderful trip.
This is his "i'm tired don't bother me look"
i'm really asleep here and so is Elijah. I fell asleep with a cold pack on me to help my rib pain.
Elijah just turned 5 months old a couple days ago. he's getting bigger. He is more mischievous too. He learned how to jump on the bathroom counter and loves to watch the water he also drinks out of it. He also learned how to jump on the stove. Poor kitty burned his paws on the hot burner so hopefully he won't jump up anymore. I found a cat condo on craigslist for a really good deal and he loves it! He climbs and scratches and sleeps on it. He loves the little cubby hole. I'm glad I got it since he doesn't try to play/attack me as much now.
