Chris, Ally & Camille: July 2008

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Lovely Trip to Utah!

I just had a wonderfully jam-packed week in Utah! It was full of friends, family, and reunions! My wonderful friend, Lori Qian, was in town visiting people before the Qian family moves to China next week. I hadn't seen Lori since Kiersta and I visited her in Pleasanton last March, right after baby Alex was born. We had such a great time together! We even had a sleepover! It was a great reunion and such a blessing to see her and her beautiful family...hopefully I can make it to China to see her in the coming years.

(Sorry if some of these pics are repeats of the same people, but not everyone had a camera, so they are for sharing, too. :))

Ally and Lori Right After the Joyous Reunion

Sara, Kiersta, Ally, and Lori

Sweet Little Baby Alex Qian

3/4 of the BYU 203rd Ward Relief Society Presidency - 2005 - 2006 (we missed you, Ali!!)

A Melding of the RS Presidency from Different Eras (at our sleepover)

Fun Pics from the BBQ

The Precious Galaso Twins (Lucy and Audrey)

Kiersta and I were like a quasi-married couple in the summer of 2006. Both of our husbands were far away (Chris was doing an internship in Phoenix, and Ryan was training in Baltimore) for the summer. I would come home from work, and she would have dinner waiting for me. It was awesome!!!

Me and Sweet Errson Bailey

I liked this goofy one of me and Lori.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of Brian and Liz Shelley (the hosts), but we did get this pic of the group. Our old bishop and his wife (Bishop and Sister Colyar) were able to come to our mini-BYU 203rd Ward Reunion and send off for the Qians!

Monday, July 14, 2008

A Wonderful, Belated July 4th

I had a great time in NC over the 4th of July holiday! My mom's 60th birthday was on July 3rd, and we had been planning a surprise party for her for about 4 months. Everyone (but Chris) was able to make it home for the party, and it was truly a surprise! We had all the cars parked up the street and out of sight, and we were all ducked behind the couches in the dark when my parents came home from dinner. We turned on the lights, jumped out from behind the couches and yelled "surprise!" It was awesome!

We had a great weekend filled with food, fireworks, the pool, a movie, games, "riding" Papa's motorcycle, and lots of family fun time! It was a great trip, but we wished Chris could have been there!