Mawhage is what bwings us togevuh today.

Now presenting: Renee and Ben Linford.

While today certainly wasn't the first marriage attended (seeing as I'm the youngest of 8 kids), and wasn't even the first marriage of my high school friends, it WAS the first marriage in which I was close enough to the bride to actually wait outside of the temple, be in pictures, and stand around in terrible heat and seriously high pink heels. That's love folks. That's love.

Anyway, today marked my first very close friend marriage. And now, about twelve hours later, it's finally starting to sink in. Renee is married! I am so happy for her, and so weirded out at the same time. Especially when I realized that she is not much older than me. *Shudder* However weird it was to realize she was married, it was a great experience to see her so happy, and to be with my friends who I haven't been able to be with all together in quite some time. Here are some pictures of the crazy bride's friends. (I'm pretty sure that's probably how all the relatives at the luncheon referred to us)This picture encapsulates the boredom one gets from waiting in the heat for those durn married folks to come out. Adam on the left and Kellyn on the right are clearly being entertained by something Milly and I are doing. What we were doing? I don't exactly recall. But it looks pretty entertaining.

PS These pictures are being borrowed from the facebook page of Misty Miller. She is the photographic mastermind seeing as I left my camera in Provo.


Here is the blushing bride formerly Renee Chadwick now Renee Linford (which is weird). She has been one of my best friends since my sophomore year of high school.
And on the right, the goils. Me, Kellyn Peterson, Jessica Lewis, Misty Miller, Renee ...Linford, McKella Sawyer, Kaycee Higgs and Milly Winter. Drama friends rock!





And this? Possibly my favorite picture of the whole day. Renee and Cameroon. Cameron always seems to bring out the absolute most hilarious Renee moments. And we love him for it.

Last but not least, this is my excited marriage face! Marriage is exciting!

Goodbye to the Haines

Well, my first year of college was survived, and I would like to propose in this post that can be attributed very much to the Haines family. So this is my post of thanks to them! Not only did I get to talk about life for hours and hours on end with my amazing and gorgeous sister Patti (seriously, if I can look as good as she did pregnant with Brooke I will be amazed), and get my life analyzed by Howard (as hard as it was to come up with answers to his questions, once I did I usually learned something about myself, which was very helpful), but I got to babysit the most adorable children in the world.








Dalan, this stud-muffin you see on the left, is amazing. He is probably the smartest little boy I know. He is also so full of love! I have learned a lot from him and am sorry I didn't wrestle with him as much as he always wanted me to.





Ella, is QUITE the little girl. She actually, in some strange ways taught me a lot about myself. Patti told me a few times that Ella reminded her of me when I was younger, and after awhile I could see why. Ella is headstrong and knows what she wants, and while that can be infuriating to deal with when a 4-year old just wants chocolate, that is really going to help her out when she is older and she keeps those values her parents have been teaching her. Ella is so sweet and full of love just like Dalan, even though she sometimes shows it in a different way.

And last, but certainly not least, is Brooke, the happiest baby alive. She just loves people and is so alert. Her brother and sister can make her laugh even when she's crying, and her little laugh is just so real. This whole family is just full of such love! They all love each other so much and are so ready to give love to others! I absolutely am grateful that Howard and Patti taught their kids such love and are such good examples themselves.
Thanks for the free laundry. Patti and Howard thanks for the free therapy sessions. And Ella, Dalan and Brook thanks for being such great examples of love! I love you all and hope you enjoy Kentucky as much as I'm sure it will enjoy you!