Heather, Maren, me, Stef
At Maren's reception our old cross country coach JoAnn showed up, making my friends Stef and Heather scream (we all ran together), and when I saw her, I just got excited and started crying. I was kind of embarrassed–what a reaction! But she said she was glad I was as happy to see her as she was me. She is so great. I think it just brought back such happy memories. I loved running cross country. Some years I was better than others, but overall it was one of the best times in my life, and a time when I really excelled at something, and had such a great handful of friends. We can all still laugh at such ridiculous things, it's so fun. AND we all found out we've each been catching up on all seasons of Lost, which strengthened our connection...haha! We got so excited and started talking about it, but had to simmer down because we realized everyone was watching Maren and Joseph dance. Whoops! Hehe.
At the reception: Heather, me, Stef and JoAnn (with the biceps)
Speaking of Lost, I totally pictured us crashing as my flight was taking off, but it wasn't scary, it was more of this feeling like, "oh cool, we'll crash on an island and have crazy adventures and I'll make friends with a bunch of these people on my plane." "I'm one of the Delta 6!"
Alright, I'm done with the Lost references.
When I flew in, my parents picked me up in San Francisco, and then we went to see an IMAX 3-D movie in Pleasanton. We saw Journey to the Center of the Earth. It was pretty entertaining, but at the same time very unrealistic and cheezy. Overall, it was good. We especially looked awesome wearing our 3-D glasses.
Maren's wedding was great. Stef came to the temple with me, which was really cool because although she's not a member she was excited to be there. Afterwards we walked around the temple grounds and saw an exhibit at the visitor's center. She's great.
Sister Frisby...haha!
Maren's sealing was really nice. I'm 90% sure it was in the same room Jared and Jennie were in. I love that sweet feeling of two people kneeling as a sign of devotion to God and to each other. And Maren was so beautiful! So elegant and just looked perfect.
Here's Maren and Joseph about 3 seconds after they came out of the temple. I took this from behind the photographer...ha.
At the luncheon we had a really good time at our table with my mom, Stef and the Williams (from my parent's ward) they are hilarious.
I can't believe how the world is changing around me! So many people are getting married and having babies. I got to see my friend Katie who is expecting her 2nd, and I heard my friend Stephanie is expecting her 3rd! Whoa! JoAnn was like, "I wanna see some babies! Get pregnant!" Yeah, maybe later :)
Okay! I have to tell this story! (sorry for the long post)
My sister gave me a great idea, to put together a little honeymoon package for Maren and Joseph, and drop it by their hotel. I had snacks, gatorades, bath fizzer things, other stuff...I thought it would be really nice of me (haha). Stef decided she wanted to get her something so we went to Target, and then she had this great idea to get other stuff and decorate their hotel room. We got Hershey kisses, candles, bubble bath. So we get to the hotel all excited, and when we get up there, the place was DECKED OUT. His 7 siblings had gotten to the place before us! We're talking, rose petals, champagne glasses, like 3 books on marriage intimacy (like they're gonna be reading that night), a stereo with music playing, and lots of snacks and drinks JUST like mine! They even had the same bath fizzers! Disappointment doesn't even begin to describe it. I was kinda ticked, but knew they'd love all that stuff, so we sat there trying to think of what to do.
So I left them a note that said "We hope you love everything, we worked really hard! Love, Hilary and Stef"
At least for a few seconds they think aaallll of that was from us! Buwahaha. Then we wrote more notes informing them of the truth–and our good intentions. They can use our stuff for another night...
This morning Stef, Heather, and Jenny Shaw and I went to iHop–something we just like to do when we're all in town. It was really great to catch up some more. Heather and Stef are leaving today, so my friend adventures are over this weekend. I'm flying home tomorrow morning, and A.J. will be getting home tomorrow too from his motorcycle trip. I'm going to enjoy the rest of today with my parents, maybe go swimming, get some in-n-out. It was so worth it to fly down here!
Okay one more Lost line: Maren is my constant! Haha.
I decided to give the happy couple a break from smiling:
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Hahaha.. Megan got that idea from me!!! Justin and I left Megan and Daniel a nice little wedding night basket in their room last year.
One of my friends left a honeyoon basket for us for our honeymoon and then I made one for the next friend to get married!! It is such a good idea! the most important thing to address though is that you like Lost too!!!! We LOVE Lost and just bought the 3rd season! Everything we watch or read, Peter compares to Lost, it is so funny to see him so excited about a show!:) Does AJ watch it with you? Who is your favorite character? I know this may sound strange but WE LOVE BEN! He is just amazing!1
yeah Megan told me it was the best gift ever-except they haven't found a use for Daniel's special item yet.
Jennie-I was talking to a friend today that loves Ben too! I pretty much hate him, but that has a lot to do with his bug eyes. He's a great actor. Jack bugs me. Kate bugs me but not as much. I like Sun a lot. Of course I like Sawyer for obvious reasons! Hurley's kinda gross. it's his beard.
And no, AJ refuses to watch it. He thinks it's pretty lame but says he's seen an episode. I think he saw the polar bear and that was enough. haha!
You need to make AJ watch it from the beginning! I bet if he understood the story he would love it, who wouldn't? We think Jack is annoying too! We love Sawyer and Sayid a lot and John.(he is getting a little annoying to me) Hurley is okay but his character is sort of pointless. Jin and Sun is really cool, so is Juliet but Ben is still the BEST! Yes he is a manipulator and evil but he has good intentions and is just so smart! His eyes are pretty buggish!:)Did you finish the 4th season?
Oh I forgot about Sayid! Love him. Didn't like Shannon though so..
And I'm still trying to figure out what Ben's intentions are. I'm not convinced they're good. I did finish the 4th season. Have you?
Glad you had fun! I have to admit that I've never seen an episode of Lost. I thought the commercials looked dumb so I never sat down and watched it. Maybe I will one of these days though. Everyone I've talked to who has seen it has loved it.
So, Pete says, who cares what Ben intentions are, he is the most complex, indepth character on the show and he is the best actor. He is ruiting for the Others now. Where ever Ben is going, Peter will follow. Ben IS the Island! sayid he is on Ben's side now, all of the good charcaters are on ben's side. John used to be good but then he started to challenge Ben and now look at him he is DEAD! Again, Ben is the Island, Ben is the show and has been since season 2.
Okay, so that was all Peter and I do agree with him as well:) As you can tell he loves Ben. So, we didn't like Shannon either. We didn't like Charlie for awhile too but near his end we started to like him. We don't know what Ben's intentions are either but I do think that they are good (well good for the Island)! Do you like Lock? Juliet? What is your favoritte season? Do like the flash forwards?
Ben's character really is cool, and the fact that he is such a great villain shows his acting talent. He's just...ugly. hahaha. It will be interesting to see how he protects the island and stuff.
I liked Charlie a lot, but I wouldn't say loved him. Locke has creeped me out since the first few episodes, but his life is pretty interesting. He's got issues. Juliet's voice and talking mannerisms REALLY annoy me. But she's okay I guess.
I'm not sure what season was my favorite. I watched them all pretty closely together. Probably around the time when they found the hatch was coolest. In the beginning of season 4 I sort of hated the flash forwards because I felt like I was cheating, knowing they got off the island. But then it got interesting trying to guess which of the 6 came back/survived.
I miss Claire.
Oh! and in the first season they kept talking about how "special" Walt was, and his step-dad said weird stuff would happen when he was around. I feel like that hasn't been resolved yet. Ooooh.
Hey, did you take any pictures at Maren's wedding and reception? You should post them or email them to me.
i'll try to remember to post them tonight. my friend heather put up a bunch on facebook, if you can view them (she tagged me in some).
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