utah

convo via text:

kat: you should fly ashley out here for her birthday
lance:...or i could just fly you out here
kat:that would work too
lance: find the ticket and ill get it tonight
kat:....okay!

done and done. this was a few weeks prior to ashleys birthday and the plan was to surprise her. ashley can be pretty snoopy sometimes so i was positive she would find out. somehow we kept it from her though and i am so happy it worked out like that! heather planned a surprise party for her the night of her birthday, the same night i flew in. ashley walked in and everyone yelled surprise! after it got quiet again heather announced that there was still one more surprise and as she was talking i walked out holding kate. ashley was so excited and i am pretty positive she really had no idea. she started crying and it was so fun to get such a reaction out of her.

spending almost a WHOLE week up there was SO FREAKIN FUN. ashley and heather are like sisters to me and it was just like being with family while i was with them. heather kept me laughing the whole time, as usual. i forced bj to join us thursday and a great time was had by all. we ate at ashley's new waffle shop in provo -YUM-, hiked the y -much harder than i remember-, layed around, ran errands with ashosmash, got bossed around by heather, rode the scooter, watched the show "i survived" (don't be tempted...it will ruin your life), had foil dinners up the canyon, spent time with mandy and zealand, ate some stupid cherry vanilla ice cream, stayed up way too late, laughed till my stomach hurt and had lots of quality time with my bffs.

surprise!

jerry, kim and celeste were starting their trip in utah just as ours was ending. before we caught our flight out we ate a yummy sunday dinner with them and had VIP dessert at the waffle shop together.celeste is just adorable and is going to love living in utah by her 2 sisters. jealous!

mandy and zealand! i was able to see them three times while i was in utah. i love this sweet picture of zealand kissing kate on the nose. he is 18 months and says the most hilarious things right now. him constantly trying to steal kates binky and saying "oooh yea!!!!" were my favorite.

fun at the canyon

...and some of this little one just cause i can :-)