Mequettes and Jenkins Wedding

Mequette met a wonderful man jenkin white when she told me he was going into vetrinary medicine he loved animals, he was a returned missionary he was big and strong and good looking . I knew right then they were meant to be together I could tell how happy she was I have never seen her on cloud nine before but she was on cloud 20. And when I met him I automatically felt he belonged in the family. I was so happy for them and excited that brandon and david had a new bro to hang out with.We live in a family of girls it was so nice to have another guy in the mix to go camping and do stuff with. There engagements were awesome it was exactly like them even though it rained they took advantage of the situation and had a blast and loved their pictures. We had a fun bridal shower for kt and on the actual wedding day it seemed so strange that my baby sister was getting married she was sohappy and looked so beautiful and grown up. her dress was stunning and how the couple glowed was even more amazing. The ceremony was tender and the spirit was so strong it was so nice to know that now we are all an eternal family. Here is a close up of mequettes bouqet. I sepnt months working and creating this beautiful heirloom. I think it turned out beautiful

there was a very fun photo booth at the reception center it was a riot

the reception center was beautiful and incredible. Jenkins sister made an amzing cake and it was so nice meeting his nice large family it was so wonderful to celebrate them being married for time and eternity .Here are also the one of the boutineres I made they turned out amazing and everyone loved how unique and gorgeous they were.

The Bride to be Eve

This was a fun day after a little miscommunication we finally got to artistic hair where we had nail apointments set up for us and the bride mom and bree went out of their way to get some fun balloons a tiara boa and fun badge/ banner for kt to wear I could tell that extra effort sure made kt feel special. she is not the one who likes the limelight on her but that day was all hers apart from the wedding. Kt got her nails done and then we went to her favorite restaurant Wing Wah where my mom and bree had decorated the back room of the restaurant in zebra and hot pink and some of kt's buddies were there. we had chinese, had girl talk chatted opened some fun prizes among other things. But the funniest gift of the night we were expecting kayla to give kt some lingerie when in fact she gave her this ugly flannel nightgown that went down to the ankles we all were laughing so hard my sides started to hurt. Mequette said it actually looked so comfy she wore it that evening .

after Wing wah me and bree decided to go get some treats to watch a fun movie. we went back and I found some facial mask stuff and asked bree to put it on I told her we were doing sisterly algae bonding. she just laughed at me and was a party pooper and didn't put it on, but me and kt did and I actually have to say it felt pretty good. I think we did not do to bad for a bachelorette party it was a ton of fun. notice below the gorgeous plaid nightgown hilarious huh!!

Day with my Big sister

Before Mequette got married bree was in town with coco I was so excited to show her the fun antique stores in salt lake. I have been wanting to have a girls day with her ever since coco was born.I was so glad we could have some time together I miss her all the time and whenever I am out and about I see a funky colored dress or owl cookie jars and I think of her. When we were little we slept in the same bedroom forever I remember talking at night and remeber at school having her back and her having mine.As a little sister I wanted to protect her as she protected me and because of that one time a class mate of mine made fun of her and you guessed it i punched right in the nose the next day he came to school with a broken nose. I would do anything for my sisters. I consider myself to be very lucky to have a loving relationship with my siblings. I think when my sisters passed away we realized there was no sense in fighting with each other or being angry. Even though kids will be kids and we disagreed we never truly fought. Bree introduced me to her friends one of which is my husband and took me under my wing in highschool. I look up to her and admire her for her creativity and sense of multi tasking. She has her own business three kids one with slight autism, she teahces dance lessons reupholsters chairs, throws aewsome parties ... what can't she do!! she can literally dances circles around me. We sang the star spangled banner after 9/11 to the governor and in many other places like the dee events center and weber state. But we also sang hymns and beautiful songs in church, seminary,school. And even now when I am singing in church I wish I could be hearing her alto voice next to me.She is an amazing dancer and could bring tears to your eyes when she danced I am a bit clumsey I can dance but not like her I was always jealous of her dancing and tumbling skills, while she was doing backflips I couldnt even jump on the small tramp for fear I would kill myself. but no not her she had no fear.She is the best Big sister I could ever have she was always there for me and my only wish is I could be even closer to her despite a 15 hour car ride so here is a tribute to best sister and to the funnest sister day I have had in years.

This is nana with her little girl coco she is so cuddly " unlike evia" who has to be running around like a chicken with her head cut off

when these two girls were born we called them ebony and ivory they were so different but now that they are bigger they also seem so similar

We started off the day by going to my favorite antique store emily jane bree was looking for some books and some secretarial stuff for a photo shoot in rexburg. she loved all the fun stores and it was fun to share my gelato store and favorite shops with her . we took the girls to del taco and coco pretty much fed evia the whole time they were sharing fries and feeding each other chicken it was so sweet they loved being with each other. we went to several other antique stores and bree found some fun "treasures " that were calling to her but the other fun part was taking the girls to the gateway fountains in their swim suits.

The girls loved running through the fountains they were a little scared but soon got used to it evia actually was running so fast she face planted it and bit her lip tears in sued but she insisted she still want ted to play with coco. after the girls played for a bit i took bree to my favorite store called Z gallerie it has very cute home decor stuff but it is not expensive like pottery barn she found an owl vase and a cool candelabra and said it had to come home with her . I love shopping with her cause she gets so excited and freaks out over the smallest things she likes. I wish I could kidnap her and do this every day hmmm maybe I will watch out brandon!! I want bree to know how much i love her and how much this day meant to me. and even now evia asks to play with coco and she gets upset when she cant see her it is so sweet and guess what i get teary to when i cant see my sis so here is to girls day and sisters!!!!

Utah Chalk Festival

Cacias Craft Corner

Autumn sun catcher


Autumn sun catcher what you need is fall leaves paraffin wax and fishing line. I picked grape leaves and leaves from the park to get a variety. First take your wax and put it in a double boiler pot . Let it melt be sure to not have the water from the double boiler get in the wax it will make clumps.


Once the wax is fully melted and liquid like water take the leaf and dip it into the wax pull it out and let the excess drip off I let my leaves dry on a paper towl

Now be sure your wax is very very hot or otherwise when you dip the leaf it will go on opaque and thick like the leaf on the right as opposed to the leaf on the left. Then once the leaves are dry take some string I want to use fishing line so the leaves look like they are falling . You can use any string you want if the leaves still have stems tie the string around the stem if not just glue gun the string to the leaf. Then just hang them up in your window and voila you have a beautiful autumn sun catcher . This is a fun activity for you and for kids!

Happy second Birthday Evia!!

Bree got evia the owl bedding I have been eyeing since january I was so excited but what was even funnier was how excited evia was over the blanket she asked me to take it out of the package and when she saw what was on it she yelled OOOOWWWWLLLSS!! so so cute

mee ma and nana saved the day i didnt have much time to decorate we were to busy painting the house building the front porch weeding cleaning to get the house ready for everyone to look at a so thanks for helping bring balloons evia loved them even while i was posting this she was on my lap counting the balloons