A weekend with Darin

We had Brent's younger brother Darin come down for a weekend. This was the first time we have ever really been able to spend time with just him. We really enjoyed every minute he was here. One of the best things we were able to do was make another trip to Zions. He had never been there before so it was really fun to show him around. We even did a hike Brent & I had never tried before. It was neat experiencing new things. Thanks so much for coming, Darin. It was great getting to know you better. You are welcome to come down again whenever!!

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A weekend with Mom & Paige

This past weekend for Labor Day Weekend, my Mom and sister came down for a visit. It was so much fun spending time with them. My sister is honestly the silliest person I know. It's fun (but really makes me feel old) seeing her grow into a young lady and hearing about boys and high school.

On Saturday we were going to go hiking in Zions but no one could wake up in time, so we decided to go shopping and get pedicures. Brent even came with us. Mom and Paige had never gotten pedicures done before, so it was fun to experience it with them. Boy was it relaxing and felt so great! After, we went to Sally's and bought hair dye and stuff for our nails. It was so fun just hanging out with my family all day. I loved it!

Sunday was a very emotional day at church with baby blessings and lessons on Eternal Families. I was very grateful to have my mom with me. Afterward, we had a very yummy dinner Brent made, and had fun painting nails and dying our hair.

Monday, we all woke up early to go to Zions. Paige and Mom hadn't been hiking there before so we made sure to take them to some of our favorite places like weeping rock and the emerald pools. It was perfect hiking weather with it cloudy and sprinkling occasionally. It was such a fun day and a wonderful weekend. Thanks Mom & Paige for coming. We love having you guys come down and spending time with you!

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Tuachan Trip #2

The radio was advertising discount tickets to go and see Grease at the Tuachan. Of course we couldn't pass it up, so on Tuesday we packed up to go to Tuachan again in a weeks time. We were both so excited. I have always loved the movie and seeing it in life was so much fun! We even had 2nd row seats (amazing for only $10 each)! It was all I could do not to sing along to all the songs. They had a few malfunctions with the old cars that they drove on the stage, but over all it was great! My favorite scene was "Beauty School Dropout" - they did such a great job with costumes, dancing, singing, and acting. It was perfect! Every actor fit his/her role perfectly and it was fun pointing out those who were also in the Little Mermaid. After the play I was able to have all the cast -minus one- sign my program! Definitely another wonderful night at Tuachan!

 

The Little Mermaid

For my birthday Brent bought me tickets to see Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Tuachan. Ever since I was a little girl I have LOVED the Little Mermaid so this was such a fun thing to do. I definitely felt like a kid again waiting anxiously for the day to come. When the day finally came I was so excited I could hardly wait to go. Brent took me out to eat at Iggy's Grill. Their bread is to die for but I hate their service. We got to the play and I was shocked to see we had amazing seats (considering the show has been sold out almost every night) and that we were on the 8th row and dead center. Brent even bought me a great collectors program with lots of pictures from the play.

The play started by actually flooding the stage with water. It was so neat to see all of the special effects they did. They had a wall of water come down that they did light effects on it to make it seem like you were actually under the water. They also did a lot with black lights, wires & pulleys, and with costumes. Ursula's costume was the best. Her tentacles looked like the rolled across the stage with her! And her eels Flotsam and Jetsam had light on their costumes to make them electric eels. Every "fish" had on skates to seem more like they were swimming. My favorite scenes were the music number of "Under the sea", the fight between Sebastian and Chef Louis, and the dance numbers with the eels and Ursula.

I loved every minute of the play and spending the evening with Brent! I loved it so much I seriously was ready to watch it again! I bet Brent loved seeing me so giddy just as much if not more than the play itself. Thank you so much Brent for the wonderful evening and a great birthday! I love you!

Birthday

This year for Megan's birthday I kept it simple, but fun.  I got her a couple of CD's that she has been wanting.  I also got her The Hunger Games trilogy.  We have been reading it through a cousin's Nook account.  Thanks, Joey!!

We went to the bowling alley and played a couple of games.  We aren't very good, but we had a lot of fun playing and just spending some quality time together.

Megan's favorite Disney movie of all-time is The Little Mermaid.  It happens to be playing at the Tuacahn Amphitheater in Ivins, Utah.  I got eighth row seats for August 22nd.  I hope she will enjoy it

It has been a wonderful time together, Megan.  I count myself very lucky to be the man in your life.  I love you so much!  I hope we have many more wonderful years ahead.  :)

A nephew!

We just learned yesterday that we will be having a new nephew this coming December. Congrats Mark, Em, & Scott!

a week with family: like falling down a rabbit hole by: joey!

After the DeLeeuw family reunion, I was able to go to Cedar City with Cameron to visit Megan (a cousin who I never got to know). She was such an interesting character. She was full of excitement. She showed me so many cool things there. It was so much fun because we hit it off once we got to know each other as cousins...haha. While we were there she took us to the Renaissance Fair almost everyday. She acted like a mother towards me, payed for me when I lost my $20, and made us dinner =). Our schedules were pretty much mapped out. Every morning I'd wake up and have breakfast with Cam. Pass the time playing video games and watching movies until Megan got home from work. Then we would go to the store or the Fair then go home and make dinner. Afterwards we would watch a movie or play..again. Don't get me wrong it was fun. But my favorite moments weren't when we were at the fair, or when I was watching a million movies that I'd never seen that were apparently classics, or when we were up at 2 in the morning laughing our heads off while Brent slept. Instead they were when I was getting to know Brent and Megan. My favorite moments were when I had heart felt conversations with my new friend, one whom I would end up calling mom and speak to almost everyday. I enjoyed getting to know my wonderful, strong, bold cousin. She helped to open my eyes about just how important the church is. How important family is. Megan you will be a great mother when the time comes. Your excitement about the church just made me want to be more like you. So in a way my adventure to Cedar City can be seen as an adventure down to wonderland. Megan is like the Mad Hatter in this tale. Brilliant and likable. Going into Wonderland, Alice was indecisive and couldn't see the world for what it was. I was similar to Alice in that i didn't know much about who I wanted to be. Leaving Cedar City made me feel like I knew who I wanted to be. Thank you Megan for....everything.

(My sweet cousin Joey wrote the above. Seriously the sweetest thing anyone has ever said about me!! Thank you Joey! It was so fun having him and Cameron out for a week. Don't you just love the picture of them in jars!! Thank you Joey for coming down and for everything you did...especially for that extremely yummy dinner you made us. It was so nice to get to know you more. You are such a special person and we love you.)