Mike and Carlee: June 2013

Christian and Shelbie's Wedding

This past Friday was Christian and Shelbie's wedding. It was a perfect day. All of my siblings were able to fly home for the wedding which made it really fun as well.

I can't believe it, but I hardly took any pictures of Shelbie and Christian. I'm awful!

Trent and Erin

Kyle and Annie

Chelsie, Angie, Brooke

Christian and Shelbie with my Grandpa Merrell at their wedding luncheon

The forever long line at their reception. This was the length of the line from 6-8:30. There were so many people who came to support Christian and Shelbie and the entire street was a parking lot.

Seeing Christian get married was a special experience. As many of you may know, Christian was adopted to our Family when he was 5 years old. I can't imagine what our family would have been like without him or where he would have ended up if my sweet mom wouldn't have found him in his orphanage. He has touched so many peoples lives and has made all of us better people because of his influence.

When Christian was adopted, he was sealed to our family in the Logan temple. I don't remember very much of it since I was only 4 years old, but my whole immediate family was in the temple that day and we all promised each other we would all be back again. Friday was a special day because we all kept that promise and were able to share that with each other.

Shelbie's Endowments

Last Tuesday night, we were able to go to the Brigham City Temple for Shelbie to receive her endowments before she got married to my brother Christian this past Friday. It was a sweet experience to watch her go through the temple.

After that, my dad took Mike, Brooke and I to Maddox for our birthday dinners (from back in May). It was delicious!

They are the perfect fit for each other.

I caught Mike checking out the stone at the temple, after which he proceeded to tell me what type of rock pieces were in it. Geophysics major much? I don't know many people who think rocks are awesome, but someone needs to think so right? :)

Utah Summer Games

Last weekend I went down to Cedar City with my friend Melissa to play in the Summer Games volleyball tournament. I had the BEST time! Our team was thrown together with random people from all over and it turned out to be awesome!

We went undefeated the first day and lost a game the next morning, but we were still put into the gold division for tournament play. Our team was awesome at staying pumped and not getting down if things weren't going well. We didn't end up placing in the top 3, but I still had a blast and loved our team. We have all committed to next year.

This is Laura's daughter whose legs were many shades darker than mine. I thought it was hilarious.

Shelly (she was amazing), me, Laura, Cheryl, Mo, Chanda, Kristie

Welcome Miss Rebecca Fae

My sister-in-law Michelle had her sweet baby girl, Rebecca Fae, in May.

I was lucky enough to be able to throw her a shower in the middle of April with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law at my apartment. Here are a couple of pictures of the decor. I'm dumb and didn't get any pictures of the people who were there which was the most important part!

It was a fun afternoon and I had a blast planning for it.

January

January was a crazy month for both Mike and I. Work was still super busy, I was still working 11-13 hour days and Mike started a new semester with some pretty tough classes. Thankfully, my overtime was cut down in February and Mike and I have been able to see a lot more of each other since.

During that crazy time, Mike and I received USU basketball tickets from my company with great seats as well as a pass to have dinner/appetizers in the sponsors room. I can't express enough how awesome my company is as well as how wonderful the leadership is. They recognize hard work and really care about their employees. It was so nice to go on a date and get to spend time with Mike and to forget about work for a little bit.