let's hear it for the boy.

hey birthday, thanks for being born!

(..just pretend that is a birthday hat..)

and three cheers to these cuties for birthing him.

without them this day would not be possible!

well.

one of our missionary fantasies has come true. 

cute. 

amen.

lion king.

Last night we went and saw this little performance..

and might i say i'm obsessed! it was one of the more magical times of my existence. 

..i highly recommend everyone to go see it, you still have till the 26th! 

i love long posts.

i finally remembered to take pictures of things unlike the last month. 

this weekend was full of big moments. 

big moment #1: finally sending off pictures, letters, and music for my sweet little sister missionaries still out in the field. the constant stopbeingadirtbagandwritethemback feeling is finally gone! so grateful.

bm#2: i remembered that i bought popsicles two weeks ago

 ..so we had some bonding time on the porch. 

bm#3: a kadydid decided to be our best friend! she started with us at my parent's house (where ryan is standing)

..and was with us the entire freeway drive to the margetts house, which is 15 minutes away. 

she gave a whole new meaning to her name, because kady..really did. 

so lets have a little blast from the past for a moment..

september 4th, 2007 - ry was set apart as a missionary (i.e. i left his life at approximately 6 pm) and i was moving into the yellow house 

september 4th 2008 at 6pm - i was eating in the mtc cafeteria, he was in mongolia

september 4th 2009 - i was in taiwan and..who knows what ryan was doing. hopefully sitting at home by himself looking at old letters and listening to old tapes or something. haha. 

bm#4: september 4th 2010..both in provo, missions are done, and we couldn't be happier..obviously

we went to outback for the celebration and i couldn't be more thrilled with their sweet potatoes! 

thank you taiwan for making me love those things.

bm#5: brynnie came down for a bike ride to utah lake. sadly that didn't work out, but we still went and shot some photos. sadly, this is the best photo i had of the two of us. 

bm#6: i finally went on a hike 

which hasn't happened since the last week of my mission. stupid efy. it was a real nice time and luckily on our way we found where they made the lone and dreary world with the blonde couple. 

..is that allowed to say?
i feel like my shirt is symbolic. 

anyways. other nice times happened but it isn't actually letting me upload any. so. bye.