First Temple Trip

The Mount Timpanogos Temple has always seemed liked my temple. I was there for the ground breaking, the open house, and the dedication. I also did my first baptisms there, so I wanted to go through the temple to receive my endowments and be married there. I had wanted to go through the temple a few weeks before my wedding, to make the time around my wedding less stressful, but they won't let you go through more than a week before. So I ended up going through on the day I moved out of my apartment at Glenwood, and Brian had his last final for the semester that day.

Fortunately my scheduled time was late enough in the afternoon, that we were able to forget about the cares of the day and enjoy the experience. Nobody was really in town for my wedding yet so just my mom, my dad, and Brian went with me. My mom was my escort which was wonderful, and she helped me relax and be able to not try to learn everything at once and reminded me I would be back many more times. The temple was beautiful especially the celestial room, and after the endowment Brian and I were able to just sit and talk for a while. It was a wonderful experience.

Here is me and Brian afterwards.

Bridal Shower

My lovely roommates threw a wonderful bridal shower for me. I had a lot of fun and thought it was a big success. They had it over conference weekend during the Priesthood session, so that way the guys would all be busy. Here are some of the memories.

Here are my roommates setting up. They had it at the club house of Glenwood.

I had lots of great friends show up, like most of my freshman roommates. Lauren even flew in from D.C. area to be here.
There was great food. I love the hostess 3 tiered wedding cake in the back.
We had some fun activities. One of them being dressing up my roommate Lindsey and sister Emily up in wedding gowns made from toilet paper.

They also had me answer some questions about Brian. I did pretty good, except for the questions he wasn't sure of himself and just made up on the spot (like his favorite car). For every question I missed I had to eat another piece of gum. I don't think my mouth got too full.

My roommates made an advice jar, where people could put in little bits of advice to help or hinder us in our marriage. The advice jar also showed up in our wedding receptions, and we got a kick out of reading them as we drove across the country later.

And of course there was presents. Everyone was very generous and helped Brian and I start our new life together.
I had a little fun with the wrappings.
I am grateful that I had such great roommates to put the time and effort into throwing me such a fun bridal shower.