Some of our Favorite People

Pierre and I may not have very many friends, but that is because we enjoy hanging out with family too much.  If we decide to hang out with other people, we always choose family to be with.  This summer we have been doing things with Jordan and Jessica alot.  We have so much fun with them.  One thing, out of many, that we did this summer was go to a baseball game.  I don't know if I remember much about the game, except that we had fun conversations and it was a nice night to be outside.  I hope we always live close to them. 

BRANSON!

Last month was our Lewis Family Reunion at Branson, Missouri.  We have been talking about it and looking forward to it for a long time.  Pierre and I took off from Provo the weekend before, and drove to Wichita.  We were there for a couple of days, before taking off with my family to Branson.  We were in Branson from a Monday to a Friday.  We stayed in cabins, up in the Ozark area.  We were only a couple minutes from Silver Dollar City, which was the main reason we went to Branson.  There are about 80 people in the Lewis family, and around 50 were able to attend the reunion. 

We spent two days at Silver Dollar City.  We did roller coaster rides, went to an evening concert, ate some good food, and had fun looking in all the neat stores.

Each night we were able to all gather around the pavillion by the cabins and talk.  We did a good amount of swimming too. 

It was a fun, but fast week.  Pierre and I were definitely depressed when we had to drive back to Provo.  It was a memorable week, and a fun week to see all the Lewis relatives.  I loved being able to show Pierre around Silver Dollar City too.  We went there so many times when I was younger, so I was able to relive so many memories with my husband.

Waiting for the eveing show to begin.

The women :)  Love them all!

Taking the tram to Silver Dollar City. Love our matching shirts?

Almost the whole Barber family.

Waiting to enter the park.

After our first roller coaster ride for the day- We got more wet then we thought we would.





Wishin we were cowboys!

We bought a tater twist.  They had some fun food to eat.

Riding the kid rides with Weston and Ally and Chelsea.



We loved our Funnel Cake!  It was not only delicious, but so healthy :)



Love.

BYU Graduation Weekend

It was kind of awhile ago,(back at the end of April) but Pierre and I had a full weekend during graduation weekend. My parents came out to Provo, since Chelsea and Jessica were graduating from BYU.  We spent Thursday evening and all day Friday on campus, attending the graduation events.  It was neat to see them both graduate and cross the stage with big smiles.  I remember how that feels, and it sure is a happy day.  I can't believe I have been a graduate for 3 years now! 
It was especially neat to see Chels graduate.  I have been out here with her, throughout her entire college career. We even had a class together and would study and work together when we were in school at the same time.  We have some great Provo memories for sure. I love that girl.
Here are some pics taken around campus, and also some from the graduation party we had for Chelsea, Jessica and Christine.  There were 3 graduates from the family this year, so we had to have a party for them.  We had a party up in Spanish Fork.  It was a great weekend, full of family and celebrations. 




  



Next Temple Trip

Mt. Timpanogos was the next temple we visited for our temple goal this year. It was perfect weather that day, and as you can tell from the pictures, the sun was extra bright.  It is sometimes hard to get ourselves to go to the temple, but once we get there, we are always so happy that we went. One good thing about living in Utah, is that we always have temples close by. 

Breaking Tradition

For the One Year Anniversary, the tradition is to eat the top of the wedding cake that has been sitting in the freezer since the wedding night.  Like tradition, we have had the top of our wedding cake in our freezer since October 8th. However, we did not wait an entire year before bringing it out. 
Two weeks ago, Pierre and I were craving chocolate.  So instead of buying or making a dessert, we decided to bring out our wedding cake about 4 1/2 months early.  It still tasted great and we thoroughly enjoyed breaking the tradition.  It definitely brought back some fun wedding day memories too.  Happy Not Quite 1 Year Wedding Anniversary to us!

Cousin Retreat

For the first weekend in May, Pierre and I enjoyed a cabin get together with some of the older Utah cousins.  We stayed at the cabin for Friday and Saturday night.  Saturday was the main event, as everyone came up for a big BBQ.  It all came together well and we all enjoyed eachother's company. It was a little cold up there, which was a bummer since we had to stay inside. But we did get to have a fire going the whole day, since it was cold.  We had a wonderful weekend, spending quality time with our cousins and having a small break from our Provo life.  I am so happy Gma and Gpa built a wonderful cabin that we can go to!  And I love the close relationships I have with my cousins, and that we are all great friends.

Here are some pics from our relaxing weekend:

Matt, Jordan and Pierre are outside working on the hamburgers and hotdogs.

Bradley & Mindy made a marvelous fruit salad. 

We played an intense game of Bonanza.  

(don't you love the fire going on in May?) 

My handsome husband being manly as he collects some firewood.

 

Pierre may look a little weird, due to the cold weather outside. 

 

Christine and Brad did some singing, and we all sat around talking and listening.

I love this guy :)

Shopping Spree!

Have you been to the new City Creek Mall in Salt Lake City?!  Well if you haven't, it is fabulous.  Pierre made me go through my clothes and shoes the other week, so I ended up getting rid of a couple huge bags of clothes.  Since my wardrobe was reduced by a lot, and we both needed some new summer clothes, we took an entire Saturday to check out the new City Creek mall.  It was pretty fancy, and we loved walking around the nice area.  We did our shopping at H & M and Forever 21, which are two stores we both love.

I am lucky, because my husband loves shopping.  He is my favorite shopping buddy ever. Therefore, we spent about 5 hours shopping.  We haven't bought clothes for awhile, so it felt SO good!  We ate lunch there, and enjoyed having a large variety to choose from at the food court. We decided to be risky and try a restaurant we had never heard of, so we ended up eating Greek food.  It was delish!  We might have gone over our shopping budget a little by the end of the day, but we sure were a happy couple bringing our new summer clothes home.  It was a perfect day with my husband.

YUMMY PORK!