utah, hats, and soup!

first things first, i believe a huge congratulations goes out to my oh so very favorite sarah collette! she became a  first time mom to not one but two boys on wednesday! i can't wait to meet weston and carter:) we were able to meet up with her (and a few other high school best friends) last monday while she was still pregnant. she is such an amazing lady!

we went to utah last weekend and had a blast. going to school at byu and living in utah had so many opportunities that i never took advantage of. i'm sad that i'm not there anymore. but anyway. we got a bunch of friends from alaska together and we saw the byu international folk dance team. they were amazing! and i may be a bit biased because my good friends cody and emily are on the team. if you are in provo i highly recommend seeing them perform.

oh and earlier that day we ate at j dawgs for lunch. mmm. so amazing. i wish we lived closer. seriously. so. freaking. good. so. good. for. reals. seriously.

we got to visit family, it's so fun to have them living only a few hours away!

i made jack jack an aang hat. he absolutely loves avatar the last airbender. so as it was just so happening, i was browsing etsy and came across this hat. "that's easy enough to make." i thought, plus i could do it for cheaper than nineteen dollars. so this is the final result.

cool huh? i'm trying to crochet little cotton preemie caps for weston and carter at the moment (...surprise, sarah!) and it is proving to be a little harder than i thought to find a pattern that actually works. but it's fun:) and i have even been doing it right because supposedly preemie's heads are the size of an orange, so i got an orange to try the hat on after i'm done. haha look at me go. 

no but seriously. i have a feeling awesome things are going to happen, so in the future, don't forget to look at us go. 

oh p.s. blog buddy ahlin, i tried that soup recipe, and it was a huge hit with not only the husband but the brother. thanks:) (and to everybody else, it's delicious. we added crumbled tortilla chips, cheese, and sour cream. it was heavenly.)