99 pink balloons go bye

i am LOVING the weather in utah right now, the past 4 days have been perfect! me and kyle have been outside taking walks/runs, walking to the library and reading our books in the park, and saturday afternoon we got to spend some time pool side with some friends.

but before we made it to the pool on saturday we had danielle and stephen's wedding! i love weddings when you're friends with the bride AND groom and your hubs is friends with both too AND you get to go to the wedding with more friends!

the luncheon/reception was held at the garden room at thanksgiving point which is where the tulip festival was being held. we were on the top floor of the building and the whole backside was windows that overlooked the tulip festival and the mountains, GORGEOUS!! the bride and groom were happy and glowing, the food was delicious, and the company was fabulous. we ended the festivities with a balloon send off, we all lined up outside to the car and as they passed us we released white, pink, and coral helium balloons--it was so cute!

i just love this couple! we actually got to spend some time with them earlier this week too. kyle teamed up with all the guys for a bachelor party where they ate pizza, played poker, and watched man movies. and since we've already had a bridal shower for danielle, while the boys were partying we got together with some girl friends and went to The Vow. tear jerker for sure.

i realize that some of the following pictures are pretty poor quality, but that's what i get with my camera and i figured i'd rather have fuzzy/blurry pictures of my life than no pictures at all!

jeff, allie, me, kyle, andrew

elisa, me, kyle, andrew, jeff, allie, keisha, landon

such pretty tulips!

the happy couple!

is he too old for an easter egg hunt?

not when its three BIG, manly, orange eggs hidden by your thoughtful wife! like last year i hid the 3 eggs in our apartment, and it took kyle almost two minutes to find all of them. in the first one he got a couple new ties, the second was a little easter candy, and the third one was a pair of new scrubs for each of us! and to make it even better my sweet husband also gave me some beautiful tulips!

we really had a great easter this year, after church we headed to our friend's apartment for some traditional easter din din. burritos! haha, but they we're delicious and we had a blast catching up with our friends and talking about the good ole days. its hard to believe that we've been friends for almost 6 years now!

and the next day me and kyle both wore our new scrubs to work:)

the sneaky location where i hid the biggest egg

our easter spoils!

easter dinner group! danielle, stephen, kyle, me, andrew, jeffrey, allie
ok we took a group picture and i tried to squeeze in next to kyle and thought i looked
a little weird so i thought i'd try a different pose...see below

and this is the one where everyone else looks like my back-up dancers

glory in gnocchi

remember in my last post how i mentioned gloria's little italy? and the gnocchi w/ rosata sauce? well the dream that is that pasta became a reality in my mouth last weekend. gloria's is pretty pricey so we don't go there often but last saturday we had a coupon and we wanted to use it! well many pieces of bread, one soup, one salad, two steaming platefuls of those fluffy, pillowy, perfect potato pastas with creamy-tomatoy sauce, and two humongous desserts later we were both happily stuffed. mmmm...i love a good date night with my man!

time to commune

since staci was in town for the wedding, we had to have a girls lunch! communal was the place. and we ate and chatted, caught up, gossiped filled each other in on factual happenings, and took pictures of our culinary delights.

 i love these girls and i love communal. the closer i get to leaving provo, the more i realize i will miss it. in the past couple years some really awesome eateries have opened in provo and i love that they're all within a 10 minute drive of my apartment.

so if you're local and haven't been, here's some places to put on your list: communal, pizzeria 712, mountain west burrito, sammy's, station 22, shoga, black sheep cafe  and then my favorite oldies bombay house and gloria's little italy--get the gnocchi w/ rosata sauce, you're welcome.

me, staci, elisa

communal

wedding bells

its spring time, which here in provo means wedding time! last week kyle's best friend zak tied the knot, and in the same temple me and kyle got married in, awww. my old roommate staci is the bride's cousin and she's the one who set the two lovebirds up in the first place.

and the next morning i had a bridal shower for another old roommate and friend Danielle, who is marrying kyle's old roommate and friend Stephen! and all four of us are friends from freshman year--that ward was seriously the best, we've had so many couples come outta that freshman year, not to mention all the close friends!

it's nice that me and kyle are finally getting some more married friends. now that we're moving to texas in 2 months...

wedding luncheon

kyle, me, staci, andrew

kyle & zak

bridal shower! danielle, me, elisa, bethany