3 day weekend? Yes, please.

On Friday, I had the day off of school and work, and I was able to go to a conference put on my the Utah Healthy Marriage Initiative. I believe it was Marriage week, or something. Anyway, this years conference speaker was Dr. John Gottman. This man is AMAZING. Most of you know, my major is 'Family Life' and while my emphasis is Human Development, I of course learn a lot about marriage and family relationships, and some of Dr. Gottman's theories are taught in most of my classes. Him and his wife Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman co-founded "The Gottman Institite (check out their website here. Basically he is one of the top researchers and authorities on marriage and marriage therapy, and his wife is also a renowned marriage therapist. Wow, I can't say enough about him. So, yes, it was a great experience to be able to go to an all-day conference, and listen to him speak. (They also fed us well. Snacks, lunch, snacks, drinks.... It was great). I went up with Dani, one of my best friends, who is in my same major. After the conference, we went and visited Dani's Grandma Nina. I've known Dani since we were 10, so her family is like my family, and it was great to see Grandma Nina.
Anyway, sorry that ended up being a long tangent. I came home around 5 pm, and the first thing I saw as I came through my door was this:


That night was dear Kellie Tobler (Crandall)'s wedding reception. I went down with Leanna, and we had a great time. Kell looked so incredibly happy, as did Ryan, and I am so happy for them.
Kyle came over later that night, and we watched the opening ceremony together.

Saturday I got to sleep in, lovely.
Kyle came over in the afternoon, and appeared at my door with these


and tickets to this


He's the very best.
We went over to the Bridal Fair at Provo High, and walked around. We preregistered at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and I bought a bridal headband from my wonderful friend Adrianne's company, Poor Man's Wife.
We then went to eat at Applebees, yum!
Later that night we went to see the Young Ambassadors perform at the De Jong Concert Hall on campus. It was SO GOOD! I'm a sucker for showtunes, musicals, dancing.... I love it all. They performed songs from my two favorite musicals, Les Miserables, and Wicked, and both times I teared up. On one side of us, sat a cute little old couple celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary. The old man spoke Spanish, and chatted it up with Kyle. He had worked for the CIA or something.. Pretty cool. On the other side of us, who showed up, but Corey Ellis and Lori Bourgeous! And then, Madeline Reber and her fiance showed up on the other side of them! (Mady, Corey and Lori were all in mine and Kyle's ward last year). It was so fun to see them, and pretty funny that we all ended up with seats right next to each other.

Yesterday we went to Kyle's church together, and learned all about Charity. After church we exchanged our cards to each other, and went up to Nathan and Melanie's to spend time with the family. Alan and Jess came over too, and we had a good time. Liam was, of course, my little buddy again, and Mel took some cute pictures, so when I get a couple of them from her, I'll post them on here.

Today Kyle and I are being lazy, watching movies and doing laundry. We might meet up with my mom a little bit later at the mall to look for a few more wedding things. That's about all for us! We thoroughly enjoyed our Valentine's day/3 day weekend!