UTAH

My sister Erin is getting married in a month and I was able to go to Salt Lake this last weekend to go to one of her bridal showers. It was so fun to be there and see family and friends that I haven't seen in years. I am so excited for Erin and Jake (especially because they are moving to Hawaii after they get married to go to school and play basketball for BYUH! We definitely might need to take a trip out there to visit them!)

The wonderful food spread. It was delish. The amazing hostesses and party planners! Old friends Grandma and Erin

Some of the girls

I have to add that my brother Chase just got engaged also! Chase and his fiance Ali came down to Utah this last weekend as well and I was finally able to meet Ali. They are getting married later this summer and we are excited to welcome the first sister in law into the family. It was fun spending time with them over the weekend. They are a great couple and we are very excited for them. Love is in the air!!

When In Rome

This past weekend Dustin and I went to Rome! Rome has been high on our list of places to see and we didn't want to pass up the opportunity, even though it was Easter weekend and we knew it was going to be pretty crazy. There were a ton of people in the city for the Easter festivities but it added to the excitement and fun. The city was beautiful and we are so glad we decided to brave the crowds and go for the weekend.

Here we are in the plane patiently waiting to take off. The flight was about nine and half hours, the longest flight we have both ever been on. But first class always makes it go by much faster!!

Our first picture in Rome!

These are few pictures of us on our walk over to the Vatican for our tour. It was such a beautiful day, sunny and 60's. The Vatican was our first activity while in Rome.

On the Vatican tour.

The floor in the Vatican was so beautiful. It was made up teeny tiny mosaic tiles. We also saw the Sistine chapel on our tour but we weren't allowed to take pictures. Our tour guide gave a ton of info about the Sistine chapel and the pain and suffering Michelangelo went through to get it completed. The chapel was absolutely amazing, I wish we could have taken a picture.

Spanish Steps. Not quite sure of the significance of the Spanish steps, but this picture gives you an idea of how many people there were around the city.

Oh the food! Our Rome diet consisted of Pizza, gelato, nutella crepes, more pizza and more gelato. It was wonderful but boy are we paying for it now.

Day 2 we first headed over to the Colosseum. It was huge. I loved that all these old ruins were just right in the middle of the city surrounded by modern day buildings.

Then we walked over to the Pantheon and Trevi fountain.

The fountain was so big and we were amazed that someone actually sculpted the whole thing. It was enormous!

We had an amazing time in Rome. Dustin and I both said that you could spend a week in Rome and not see all there is to see. We loved it and feel completely blessed to have this opportunity to travel the world and see so many beautiful things. We are trying not to take it for granted!