The 3 F's

Family, Friends and FOOD! This past week we've spent some quality time with family and friends. Last week our lovely Nanny turned a young 85, but looks 65, and my aunt and cousins put together a fun little party to celebrate her birthday. We had a fabulous lasagna dinner, along with the "sinful" Costco chocolate cake. We then were able to spend some time talking with Nanny and learning more about her and her childhood. She's one amazing lady. Happy Birthday Nanny!

For family night, Dave and Crissi invited us over for a BBQ, I'm not a huge fan of hamburgers, but they were very delicious. Dave was an amazing grill master. We ate and relaxed out on the back porch enjoying the weather of a perfect spring night. Dave then shared with us a lesson he got from primary... it was very... simple, but great. We love you Dave!

After a week of studying and taking midterms, which wasn't too bad considering finals are only a few weeks away, we decided to have some fun. First, Ry's mission companion got married, so we went to his wedding dinner and were able to attend their sealing in the temple as well. Keith McMullin, the second counselor of the presiding bishopric, did their sealing, it was very beautiful.

Last night we had some fun with two couples from our ward, Brittany and Tristan Perdue, and Jared and Erin Packard. They are all so much fun to be with. We went out to dinner to Chili's, we all stuffed our faces because we had to wait way too long to be seated and were starving! Then instead of spending a whole bunch of money on dessert, we bought the stuff to make homemade ice cream. The Perdue's got their ice cream maker and we came back to our place for mint oreo ice cream and watched a movie. It was so nice to relax a little bit and eat some good grub. We did stay up a little later than usual, so that Sunday afternoon nap is looking pretty appetizing right about now, Ry's already beat me to it.

Just shootin' around...

We had the chance to go with some friends to the Harmon's cabin up the canyon. Yes, we are holding guns, we did a little shooting while we were up there. It's harder than you think, but we each were able to hit the clay pigeons (that's only after we had like 5 times to try).
In case you were wondering, I am wearing Ryan's sweatshirt, with my sweater hanging out, I wasn't trying to make a fashion statement or anything. Doesn't Ryan look so manly though? We had a great time. Tanner also brought up a lasso and we each took a crack at it. I have to mention, because of my competitive nature, that I was the only one who lassoed the rope around the pole. What can I say? Ryan is so glad that he married a girl that can shoot and lasso. I can hold my own. It was a fun night and we loved spending time with our friends.