Rach’s Wedding

Hello Peeps at home!

So, I am sitting her in Guatemala (which I will write about in a bit, but I just wanted to catch you up with my time in LA…

I took off from SLC Friday night after work. This week was a little bit crazy trying to get everything ready to go, finish work stuff, take care of patient stuff, and hang out with family and friends. But the time finally arrived for me to take off and it was so relaxing to finally sit down in the airplane. The weekend in LA was all planned my rides all set and I was relaaaaxed. I started reading from my book the Mormon Scientist.

Now usually for some reason other quite large gentlemen usually sit next to me, but I guess it was my lucky day. Because for the first time ever a really beautiful, engaging young lady sat next to me. We spent most of the flight to LA just chatting about life, mormons, lights, romance…you know common airplane stuff. This is Heidi. My new Malibu-dwelling friend. She was a great flirter and well it made the trip super fast. Not sure why I have my closed here...weird.

Upon arrival my really nice and busy and tired second cousin Kristen Tarjan picked me up at the airport. She lives pretty close to the airport, but the best was that she drove me down to Newport! She was great. We were gonna try to hang out later during the vacation but I forgot that her phone number was in my iPhone that I had sent back to SLC. Oh well.

The rest of the time in Newport was fantastic! It was pretty fun to hang out with cousins and my aunts and uncles for the weekend. I hadn't been able to see Michille H or Scott in quite a while so that was great.

Rach's wedding Sat was pretty dang cool. It makes me want to get married to the perfect person for me. I am super happy and can't lie pretty jealous of Rach and Grant. They are perfect for each other. They have a great balance of fun and serious in the relationship. Now the reception/party was well story book. They are friends with some people who happen to own a beach house with access to their own private beach. The setting was intimate, romantic, and fun. The dancing was great, but I was wearing my hiking boots because I didn't bring anything else that would work for the evening. So I didn't get into it too much. I didn't want to dance bare foot for fear of injury or a wound, because well that would have been horrible in Guatemala.

Dancing!

The Party Venue

Cameron looking like a techy

Me and Cousins. Yay!

My favorite part of the night was the open-mic. Everyone there got a chance to stand and just tell R&G anything they wanted. It was so great to hear about my wonderful family and friends. I am so happy for my sweet cousin and friend. It has been an amazing time seeing her become the woman she is

After the receptions us cousins went back to the Villas and went hot tubbing…super fun. Amy had the best swim wear out of everyone.

Next day Sunday…I got to spend the whole day hanging out with my college and New York buddy Billy Edwards. He is basically my hero. Still single. Still the nicest guy there ever was. And still with his fake man-made dimple. He was down in Newport with his parents and then he drove me up to airport.

What a great weekend and a great way to start my month. Thanks Wildes for letting me crash on the couch, thanks family for driving me around Newport. Thanks Kristen for the ride to Newport. Thanks Bill.