Well it's been awhile! Here I am posting again finally. Life is going really well. Just a quick update. I moved again. I like my new apartment and hopefully my new ward, despite the fact that there are about three girls for every boy in the ward. Lucky boys! Our summer has been very crazy and busy. It started the last week of May with a very nice trip to the Dominican Republic for family vacation. Then my family was in charge of the Christensen family reunion this year which was held around Palisades. But the biggest, busiest thing this summer has been two weddings. My best friend Marybeth Mack got married on June 30th, and my big little brother Eric got married on August 4th. Can you believe it?! I can't! I love his wife. we all met her on Christmas Day when she came to our house for dinner with my grandpa and our friends Arthur and Alina Hovosyan. Weddings are rather busy it turns out!
So here is one of the cabanas that we spent an awful lot of time in on our vacation. It was very relaxing to look at the following view from the shade of a cabana, usually sipping a tropical drink of some sort!
Do you see the boat in the lower left? They would pull tubes and banana boats behind this boat. And we even saw some one attempting to waterski behind the boat!
Cam and I on the beach. We had a nice time swimming in the ocean every day and kayaking. Dad got his leg gashed open by a water logged kayak and narrowly escaped major infection! It was a little scary. Thank heavens for betadine and antibiotics you can buy without a prescription!
We rode a tram to the top of this mountain with this neat statue of Christ at the top. A local took a ton of pictures with us in front of the statue, and then wanted a tip of course!
Classic poses while hanging out at the resort. It was really nice. It was also fun for Grandpa Christensen to join us!
This is the beach! We swam in that water every day and took many long walks on the beach. We also rode bikes on the last day along the beach!
Grandpa and I dancing at dinner. We had a nice time. He means so much to all of us!
Eric, Grandpa, and I at the authentic Dominican restaurant on the resort.
The whole family at dinner with an awesome waiter that we told about the gospel. The people were so nice and friendly there!
Marybeth and her new husband Andy! I am so happy for them. They dated/got engaged/and got married in about 6 months. It has been a slight adjustment having my best friend and brother married in the same summer. Let's just say I am good at being a third wheel by now!
This is Marybeth's family. I love them all so much! They mean a lot to me and have taken care of me while I have been away from my own family.
Cutting their beautiful cake. The reception was in Marybeth's backyard. It was beautiful. Mom also came and helped me host a bridal shower the day we flew to the D.R. It was so nice to have her help!
This is the only picture i have of the two of us on her special day! Hopefully she has some more. I was there all day with her and it was so nice.
Leaving the reception!
This is our family minus Preston who is in Africa right now and was greatly missed! And minus Eric and Tasha who were inside getting ready for their grand exit from the Mt. Timpanogos temple.
And here they are! They looked so great!
Love that look on Eric's face. He was always so insistent that he wasn't going to get married until after graduation. It is nice to see him so in love and to have watched the process. Tasha is so good for him and so sweet. She really has pulled some good qualities out of him.
This is our family and Tasha's parents and sister with her husband. They are all from Armenia and we are lucky they now live in Provo!
My handsome parents and the bride and groom. My parents look really nice I think.
Siblings-again minus Preston!
close up!
our friend alina, Tasha's sister Sona, tasha, eric, me, and cam!
Nice picture in front of the temple.
Their reception was in the Provo City Library and it was a party! Armenians are good at throwing parties! we had a real nice time and spent the whole night dancing.
The cake that my mom worked so hard on!
Dancing at the reception!
Mom and son dance. So cute!
My parents again.
Cutting the cake.
We had a reception in Firth a few weeks later. It was nice to see all the support for our family. It was much more low key, but we had a real nice time. Tasha's parents stayed with us and we had fun taking the boating and showing them Idaho.
I haven't done a ton of fun outdoor kind of things this summer unfortunately, but I am hoping for a mild fall to enjoy and maybe get some camping and hiking in. We have had some nice water skiing trips and let me just say that cameron is turning into quite the expert!
