happy...

things have been going awesome for me and Kendrick, and to put it simply, all I can really say is that we are happy. we are keeping busy with work and school, accomplishing goals, and spending a lot of time with our families.

last Thursday, I got an exciting text from Aaron letting me know that Nicole was in pre-labor, and they needed us over there pronto to stay with Zoey. if there is one thing that I will never say "no" to, it's watching that little girl. she is always the easiest to watch, and we have so much fun with her! I'm certain the feeling is mutual, as every time we watch her, she just stares at Kendrick with a big grin on her face, laughing at every single thing he does (laughing with him or at him, we'll never know).

we already had plans that night with our friends Sara and Colin, but they are troopers and agreed to come over to my brother's house instead. they ended up staying until about midnight and we had a blast playing games and eating pizza. they are both such great people- I love new friends!

it was decided that we were going to spend Friday night at Kendrick's parents house, but made a quick stop on the way at the University of Utah hospital to meet our new little niece, Myla. she was absolutely darling, and surprisingly looked a lot like the newborn version of Zoey. we stayed for about an hour, and I had plenty of time to hold that beautiful baby girl (Kendrick had to repeatedly look at me and say "no", as he knew all too well that I was thinking "let's have one!")

 (just kidding, so not ready).

once we were at Kendrick's parents house, we decided on a quick scooter ride, as his family wasn't home yet. bountiful keeps on proving to me just how gorgeous of a place it is, and it was particularly pretty that night as we drove along the hills, getting a spectacular view of the valley. however, it was all fun and games until the scooter decided it had enough and ba-booom- there we were on the side of the road, miles from home, with a scooter that wouldn't start back up.

kendrick hopped off and checked to make sure is wasn't out of gas, which it wasn't, so he placed a call to his dad while repeatedly trying to start it. I sat on the curb and picked at some weeds that were poking through the asphalt, so I guess you can say we both stayed productive. after about ten minutes, with Kendrick's parents still far away and the scooter still not starting, we were greeted by the friendly older man that lived across the street. he asked if we needed help, took a look at the scooter for us, and then helped us wheel it across the street into the safety of his own driveway. we all came to the conclusion that the scooter probably just needed to cool off, so the sweet man invited us into his home, where he lead us to his amazing theater room and offered us drinks and an assortment of candy (aka my heaven). kendrick and I were absolutely blown away by this man's kindness, and we had such a great time chatting with him about his beautiful home, large family, and the mission he served with his wife years ago. this experience made me realize just how rare kindness like that is these days, and this was one act of kindness that neither of us will ever forget.

after about thirty minutes of watching America's Got Talent with our new friend, Kendrick ran outside to see if the scooter would start- and it did! we both said goodbye to our wonderful host, thanking him profusely, and then were on our merry way back home. when we arrived at the house, Kendrick's parents and brother were finally there with a couple of fierce looking jet skis. we spent the remainder of the night grabbing dinner, chatting, and discussing our impromptu jet-skiing plans for the very next day.

saturday started early (like 6:30 AM early), but it was all in the name of some savvy deal-finding at some awesome Bountiful yard sales. kendrick had left at about the same time to play tennis with my brothers, so it was just me, James, and his parents. I had such a blast going from sale to sale, grabbing great finds for practically nothing. in the end, I scored 3 dvd's, a set of gold silverware, a ceramic gold box-type thing (still have no idea what I am going to use it for, but it was pretty and $3, sooo...), a beautiful jar, and two gold frames (one is super large with a gorgeous ornate frame that I plan on turning into a mirror). and your guess for all of this? don't guess too high, because it was all only $10. yeah, I definitely plan on doing that again (the 6:30 AM thing and all).

the entire afternoon was spent on Echo Lake, jet skiing and having the time of our life. the jet skiis that Kendrick's parents had purchased were super high quality, and we were able to take incredibly sharp turns without tipping over once! as soon as three o'clock rolled in, we were both exhausted, burnt, and I had a particularly mean cut on my toe, so we were ready to call it good and get home to the shower.

our last plan for that evening was dinner at Rocky Mountain Races (my dad gets free tickets from work and he's always been so sweet to share them). while I'm not one to enjoy watching a race car go around, and around, and around, we certainly don't mind free dinner. however, this time we decided to see what the fuss was all about, and stayed to watch the races. after about an hour, Kendrick was getting really into it and turned to me and said "I think I have found my crowd", in which I quickly grabbed his hand and got us out of there real fast.

(if you've ever been to Rocky Mountain Raceways, and have seen the people that attend those races... you'd surely understand where I am coming from, I guarantee it.) (no offense to them, I'm sure they're great people... all of them)

did I mention we are just happy?