My trip to the "Motherland"

I hate naming my blog posts.  I always feel like the names I come up with are repetative and totally not creative.  So, this one is untitled.

A couple weeks ago I flew out to Utah.  Morgan, my best friend from high school, was having her baby shower, and I wanted to be there (especially since I couldn't be there for her wedding).  Greatest part?  She had NO idea I was coming!!  Between her husbnad Mike, his sister Sally (who was throwing the baby shower), and my friend Kat, we were able to work everything out.  I showed up at Sally's house, and Kat told Morgan there was a big present for her by the door.  She walked around the corner and saw me and said, "What are you doing here?"  I laughed and we hugged and I'll admit, I cried.  I miss her very much.  A couple days later Kat, Morgan, and I went out for dinner, and then Morgan and I started packing all the baby's stuff for their big move.  We talked and talked, just like we used to.  I miss it, a lot.

Morgan :)

While I was in Utah I stayed with my Aunt Julianne.  She is about 5 1/2 months pregnant (like 2 weeks behind Morgan actually...).  She had an ultrasound while I was there, and it was the COOLEST thing!  I got to see my little cousin before anyone (besides Julianne and Kirk obviously...).  The cutest part is she was trying to suck her little thumb.  SO cute.  Maybe made me a little more baby hungry :)

I also got to see my cousin Hannah and her husband Justin.  Justin and I actually had an awesome bonding experience over the show "Deal or No Deal"...no, seriously.  We sat on the couch while everyone else was looking at all of the baby clothes for our soon-to-be newest little cousin, and watched this show.  We complained about how greedy people can be (the contestant needed like $178,000 for pharmacutical school...she got offered $248,000 and turned it down...she ended up walking with only $98,000 or so).  We also sat and laughed about random things we found on the internet that we found HILARIOUS (such as the website iwastesomuchtime.com...don't let the name fool you...its the most entertaining thing I've ever seen...it should be more like thiswebsitecausesmetowastetime.com...).  I also got to see Hannah and Justin's new apartment.  Very cute :)

After my grandma and I left Hannah and Justin's apartment, we drove around campus a little bit.  My grandma showed me her old dorm, where my mom came home from the hospital to, where she took classes, etc.  It was really fun and really neat to hear those stories from my grandma and to actually SEE all of these places!  I will give BYU one thing...they have an extremely beautiful campus.  I also got to see the MTC and the Provo Temple, both of which are also beautiful.

I also was able to see my sister, Tiffany, for the first time since she moved to Utah.  She just moved into a new apartment (which is AWESOME and a beautiful place).  We went to In N Out.  I went to church with her (which, btw, was very interesting...going to a single's ward again...).   She showed me where she works, and we went shopping :)

Tiffany and me :)

I had such a wonderful time.  I missed Neal very much, but I was still kind of bummed to come home.  It was nice to be out there with family and friends that I miss :)