Birthday Girl

My younger sister Kiara turned 11 years old!

Holy Moly.

We went down to visit for the day and celebrated it with some friends in the neighborhood. 

Having a handful of 8-10 year old girls is a little...exhausting? exciting? crazy? LOUD.

I'm the big sister in the family and watching my little sisters with their friends was very eye opening. 

I guess it never occurred to me or never considered the fact that they might act differently with their friends than with their big sister. 

Kiara is one of the sweetest girls I know.  

I'm so proud to call her my sister.

Jeremy will be out of town for this week so my brother will be spending the week with me! There ain't no way I can stay here all by meself. Scary. This is my brother's first time in Memphis! Woo hoo! Jeremy and I also got a second ward calling: CUB SCOUT LEADERS! Literally, I'm surrounded by children 24/7. I work with children during the day, Wednesday nights and Sundays are also spent with children for my callings. Hmmmmmmmm. Goodness. 

Happy first day of Fall! :) 

Weekend in Birmingham

Yeahhh! Finally we went to Birmingham.  It's been a year and half since last time I was there. Kinda crazy right? 

But the weirdest part about it was that I went back with a HUSBAND this time! 

HELLO!!!!!

It was kinda crazy seeing people that have known me for YEARS and have watched me grow up

But now I'm all grown up with a husband. 

I finally got to meet these little ones! They are just precious!!!! :)

I got to see my BFFs, Julia and Virgin. 

We had lunch with their family at 5 GUYS. 

I have only eaten 5 GUYS twice before in my life. And everybody in Provo was always comparing it to In-N-Out. But I'm going to have to choose In-N-Out on this one. 

Jeremy and I split our meal and I still felt like it was too much. 

And the fries are greasy and the hamburgers are okay. 

The company was great though, and that's all that matters. 

Oh, and I got to see Kristina!! haha I love being with Kristina because she reminds me so much of high school when we used to act like a bunch of crazies. 

We listened to some chill tunes and she gave us a performance...a singing performance that is. 

Jerry was probably the highlight of the weekend. 

Wait, maybe not. But it's close. 

Jerry the hermit crab would only come out and play when there was music.

And the commencing of the music began. 

Jeremy and John bonded while being surrounded by a group of women all weekend. 

And practiced their origami skillz. 

A couple of weeks ago Jeremy bought an origami kit from Barnes & Nobles, so has been doing some origami.

I would like to give Nancy a big thank you for letting us stay with her family and for being so hospitable. There should also be a special shot out to Nancy's cooking. I love her cooing and every time I go over, I'm so excited to eat. She sure does take care of her Nat! We had a great time. I can't wait for our next trip!