the one with one of the best things i have ever done!

the chick-fil-a grand opening here in midland

was a BLAST!

i had such a great time!

will and i got there about 5:35 am

and by about 6:10 we had our raffle tickets

because if there are over 100 people there by 6 am

then they raffle off the 100 spots

i was pretty nervous by the time we were

half way through the raffle.

the guy in front of me had been called,

and pretty quickly the guy behind me was called

will and i were finally called, #85

we were ushered inside

filled out paperwork

was given a super cute cup

and then ushered back outside

to get our parking spot/camping stall

this was our home for about 21 hours

since it took forever for us to get a spot

we had some pretty great neighbors

and some annoying neighbors,

who played music over the operator's father playing a trumpet

 and jammed out til about 2

we played games all afternoon and til about 10ish

i participated in a savenger hunt

via  columbus ledger enquirer

only downside i got pretty burned

like in pain for a couple days

we woke up the next morning, packed up

and got in numerical order

were handed t-shirts

[picture to come]

and went inside to be given our 52 free meal tickets

then will and i went inside for some breakfast

making us one of the first five paying customers

if you want to see what happened next

click here

in a couple days
will, zac and i
are going to another opening
in tucker, GA if you wanna come!

the one with a super long day ahead of me

tomorrow i'm getting up at 4:45

i'm packing the car with

tents, blankets, pillows,

chairs, drinks, food,

chargers and more

i'm not going in the woods,

i'm camping out at chik-fil-a

until about 6:30 on thursday

for free chik-fil-a!

not just a couple free meals,

"a year of free chik-fil-a"

or to be more exact 52 free meal vouchers

so text me, call me,

tweet me, or even stop by

cause i'll be there all day!

the one with the evans

the evans are like my second family

they are my favorite

their kids are super cute

and they love me

can it get any better?

yes, yes it can!

they say the cutest stuff

the kids

e 14 year old girl

j 10 year old boy

b  year old boy

m 4 year old boy

j, while playing with my phone,

said "you have the ellen app?

to which i replied "yes, i love ellen!"

b then blurted out "i love ellen too!"

b is just so cute and always loves what you think

a stay-at-home mom would love

j, while i was checking out the johnson's blog,

said the cutest thing but you'll need some background

the johnson's are currently living in germany they had picture up

so j said "do they have mormon church there?"

and i said "yeah..."

"wow, they just drink a lot and i didn't think they would have one"

ummm, i love these kids.

more to come i'm with them for like another 18 hours

the one with late nights

i love getting together

with the hyde side of the family

because we stay up and talk or play games

and when i end up going to bed early

and they stay up i get jealous

well when it's just me and mom

it's a perfect recipe for staying up late

and tons of tv

and tons of stupid fun stuff

like for instance tonight was

reading, hawaii five-0,

fabulous cakes, quints by surprise,

oh and blogging and more reading

and make it or break it

we had ice water galore,

rice krispies, and fires and tater tots

and my mom and i discussed a hilarious book

[can you keep a secret? by sophie kinsella]

and the fact that i love the name lyla and she doesn't

(doesn't lyla marie sound cute? i wouldn't use marie though)

and if i have twins i want them to be lyla and piper

and i talked to my favorite person

and caught up on tweets

tonight was a good night!

the one when i ask: "can i get a [hallelujah]?"

after almost 9 years

our military has done it

they have taken out osama bin laden

i never thought this day would come

and where was he?

in a compound in pakistan

i remember feeling chills when i saw this picture

after september 11

via

then this morning i was blown away

when i saw this picture this morning

via

we owe them and our military

everything!

the one with 'adlanna' temple festivites

real southerners don't say atlanta

they say adlanna

now on to the fun stuff

mom, dad, and zac worked at the open house

and i got to watch this cute little girl

she was adorable

and she said we're best friends

then we dropped off miss lauren to her parents

and went and toured the temple

before a temple is dedicated you can tour the inside

i toured the mt. timpanogos temple

but it was amazing to tour as a family

sans nathan, but he was there in spirit

dad had taken the boys aside

i took this picture after

but the colors turned out so cool

this is how it was before the mt. timpanogos temple

and because of the sealing power of the temple

we were sealed to my brothers for

time and all eternity

 

the atlanta temple was closed for almost two years

because the condition was worse than they first thought

now they have made grand improvements

like they have a thing in the back of the temple

that holds water so all outside water needs are taken care of

and use no city water

and water is such an issue here so this is amazing!

so that was last weekend

this weekend was amazing

these are some views from our hotel room

it was so beautiful!

 

 

this was at something like 6 in the morning

sleeping on the floor did not agree with me!

while we were waiting in line to get in

we were lucky enough to see our stake kids

and they looked like cadged animals

this is the one of the chaperones

the picture turned out really nice

the girls had just finished practicing

the color turned out really cool with this one too

i like the coloring with ian's sunglasses

of course dan and will were on the front row on stage

dan's the one on the left

our kids from the ward

 of course they got in the hsm jump

some of the boys wanted to get in on the action too

due to copyrights and all

no pictures or videoing was allowed

will got really close to president monson who was there

for the cultural celebration

it was amazing