Washington DC Temple & Sam's Wedding

Saturday, (still at Dad's house) we woke up and went to the DC temple which is only half an hour away. We didn't make a reservation so when we got there, we happened to be doing baptisms with a big group of missionaries and their recent converts! It was really neat to be there and help people understand the significance and answer questions for them, as this was the first time any of them had been...

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Being Touristy in Downtown DC

I've come to the conclusion that I am officially old. This was determined when I got off the airplane at BWI and realized I was going to spend the entire 7 days I was home with my family and basically no one else. Before and after I moved to Florida, before and after I moved to California, and before I moved to Utah and this past Christmas, I spent my entire time at home trying to make sure I saw...

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Kevin & Amanda Come to Visit

Another week has come and gone and I'm spending my Saturday like a lazy bum. Thursday and Friday of this week were spent at Lagoon and Pineview again, so I'm exhausted and using my normal "fun day" to lay around inside (despite the beautiful weather outside). Here's why. Brian's older brother Kevin, his wife Amanda, and their kids are here visiting this week. Funny enough, Brian and I will be...

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Brian Turns 23 & I Conduct My First Devotional

This was our beautiful view all day Friday. For Brian's birthday, we went to Pineview Reservoir with his family for the day and went wakeboarding, water skiing, water tubing, and swimming. It was a perfect day, about 85 degrees out which made it warm enough to jump in and not freeze to death. Surprisingly the water wasn't too cold once you jumped in. I attempted water skiing for the first...

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