The crazy life of Rachel!: July 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

One gone... two come back!

Curls and Colt!

Well this summer has been a little bit crazy with the cousin folk. The missionary cousin folk that is. First of all, my cousins Colton and Caleb, came home from their missions. These boys intentionally put their mission papers in in the same day, so they would get their calls the same day, and would leave pretty close to the same time! lol! Well, Elder Caleb Gorringe went to the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission and returned July 2nd. Elder Colton Meyerhoffer went to the Dublin, Ireland Mission and returned July 3rd. Yes, just one day apart! And because of these boys coming home we've had a lot of Gorringe family time lately. It's been great! And my out of state cousin's were in town too so we all got to hang out! It's been great! Here are some pics from my missionary cousins return!

The fam waiting for "curls"! aka Caleb,
at the airport.

Me, Michelle, Lynzi, and Caleb

Caleb with his Grandma's

His mission buddies!

The Gorringe family! Cole (far left) will be serving in Finland soon! :)

Caleb's first request..."I want some ribs!" lol!

Then Colton came home!

Everyone waiting for Colton at the airport!

I was really excited for him to come home!

Colt hugging his sister and his niece.

Colt and his brother Carson.

Then my cousin on the Jenkins side of the family, John Meyer, was called to serve in the Denmark Copenhagen mission. Elder Meyer gave an amazing talk at his farewell, that had me in tears btw, on sacrifice. He left July 15th for the MTC. Good luck Elder Meyer! You will be a great missionary!

Johns face... on a cake! lol!

Elder Meyer and Zach! Zach's tie says

"On a mission from God" lol! Very appropriate!

I am so proud of all my cousins for choosing to serve the Lord for 2 years! These boys are amazing! I have many other cousins who are serving right now! I love them all and can't wait for them to return!

Elder Justin Haslam

Elder Jake Haslam

Elder Reed Bullen

Elder Richard Bullen

Elder Lewis Jenkins

Elder John Meyer

These boys are all currently serving with Elder Cole Gorringe going to Finland very soon! I don't think I forgot anyone. (I AM SO SORRY IF I DID!) My cousins are amazing! :)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

STADIUM OF FIRE!!

The 4th of July started the same way it does every year, with the annual Jenkins family breakfast in Plain City. It was nice to see the family, as always.

Then it was of to Aunt Susan's for a Gorringe family luncheon. Since Caleb and Colton came home from their missions, we've had a lot of family time, which is awesome! :) The missionaries came over and gave us a little lesson and sang a nice little song for us!

My cousin Rachelle really wanted to go bowling, so we squeezed a cousin bonding experience in at the bowling alley before we hit the STADIUM OF FIRE!!!

I've been looking forward to the concert ever since I heard that SHeDAISY was going to be opening. As most of you know, I am a huge SHeDAISY fan, so I was super stoked because I got to meet them too. I even had them do a station id for the radio station! It was awesome!

Then came the Jonas Brothers! My little sis Michelle is a huge Jo Bros fan, so I think she was even more excited about the concert then I was! She had a blast, and so did I! The whole group consisted of me, Michelle, Mom, Aunt Joyce, Uncle Daren, Brodi, and Lynzi! After the concert was the fireworks! One word...AWESOME! I love the fire in the sky! :)

Here are A LOT of pics from the events of the day! Yay for 4th of July and for freedom! God Bless America!

COUSINS!

Bowling, bowling, bowling...

Guitar playing missionary.

Me and the SHeDAISY girls.

All of us!

Yay!

Michelle was REALLY excited for the Jonas Brothers!

Lol! I love this pic!

PRETTY!

FIREWORKS!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Ash and Jo Cakes get hitched!!

On June 26th, 2009, Ashley Warburton and Jordan Jones were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple. I have been good friends with them for a little over a year and I was so excited to share that special day with them. I was there for their first hang out session/first date. We all went to Wise Guys and had a great time! :) And then after a year of again/off again dating they tied the knot!

I went down to the temple to take some pics, then helped out at the reception serving the yummy cake and I even did the music for the happy couple! Surprise surprise right? :) Then after the rain stopped (the lightning was scary!) I caught the bouquet to top the night off!

Here are some pics from that amazing day! I am so happy for both of them! Love you Jo and Ash cakes!!! :) I wish you all the best!

Beautiful SLC temple!

Ash cakes pointing at someone...