Labor Day Weekend 2011

Otherwise known as the weekend Carly got married. It was such a fun weekend!

Except for the massive bruise on my shin in all the pictures from soccer the two days before... yeah.

Anyway, I flew out Friday morning (thanks Kelly for taking me!) and landed at LAX about noon or so. My parents picked me up from the airport, we went and got lunch, and then met the rest of the sibs at the temple. We stayed in the temple apartments that night.

waiting for my parents at LAX

"hayley, put your sunglasses on. we are in LA" haha oh dad...

little brother :)

Los Angeles Temple

Carly got her endowment Friday night and then we all went to dinner. You think we would have taken more pictures because we were all so happy smiley... yeah didn't really happen.

me and the briiiiide!

P.S. Tim, thanks for buying me Coldstone after! Such a good brother!

Saturday morning was the wedding. We got up and all got ready and went to the sealing.

sisters

It was my first sealing, so it was really exciting! So much fun to see siblings get married :)

After the sealing, waiting for the bride and groom to come out:

Left to Right: Dad, Juliet, Jen, Sean, Tim, Jen, Clint, Syl, Flo

Me, Jenna, Sandi, Tasha

Me and brother-again

Jen, me and Katie

Mr. and Mrs. Mortensen! Aren't they adorable? Their socks and shoes are the best...

Mawwww!

True love. Or something cheesy like that.

Yeah, they are that awesome. Or something...

Awww, family...

I rode back to Bako with Katie, one of my best friends. We've known each other for almost 10 years now. She practically lived at my house my senior year, it was so fun! 

We stopped at her house and I got to meet Blaze and Ruby's brother Bruno! He's such a big boy! 

Captain Brunubus Bono

Reception: 

Cutting the cake. Then I dropped one in true blonde fashion.

I caught the bouquet! Guess that came true... haha! Yay for February 17th and Sean and eternity! 

So glad Sam and Ben were able to make it! Can you tell how tired I was by this point? And the night wasn't near over...

After the reception, Dad and I drove back to King City. 

Just call me the California State traveler. I always seem to travel from end to end of the state when I'm there... (see my post about Disneyland 2010.)

Went to church the next day, then made a yummy dinner for my parents and brother. Also, I got to play with the sweetest doggies, Sandi and Rocky. Love them :)

that thing Rocky is playing with used to be a monkey slipper

Rocky and Sandi. Love them!

I really love my brother, if you couldn't tell from this post.

I let them sleep in my room with me because I missed Blaze

On Monday, Mom, Tim and I drove up to San Francisco to hang out for a day. Sam met us in the city, as well as my other bestie from high school, Tyler. 

yes, another picture. I just love him :)

Giant's stadium. I can like the stadium and hate the team right? Go Dodgers!

We walked around Pier 39...

probably the highlight of my day

Golden Gate Bridge

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz and some sailboats

the sea lions of course!

skyline of San Fran from Pier 39

love this girl :)

Hey! Tyler is actually smiling in a picture!

Got some of the most delicious sourdough bread on the planet...

Boudin. Best sourdough bread ever. Ever! And I bought one of the little turtles. Yum! Oh and the alligator? Life size...

Of course, stopped at Jones Street...

And went to Ghirardelli Square. 

that's more like the Tyler I know... he tries to be so hard core. I can say that because I know he won't read this hahahaha

love my mama!

Then I went home with Sam and stayed the night at her house.

Bay Bridge out of the city. East bound I guess...

We made dinner (stuffed zucchini), and dessert for the baptism that we were going to that night (one of the football players on the Cal team). My first time making no-bakes. And apparently they were a hit because Sam texted me a few days later and everyone was asking about them. Score.

Like my fancy apron?

As delish as it looks. Yummmm

For reals they were good.

Did I mention the baptism was at the stake center next to the Oakland Temple? Same place my high school choir had a competition my sophomore year. So fun!

sunset

left to right: Chris, Todd, me, Sam. old Glenwood buddies!

On Tuesday, Jen picked me up and we went to lunch and then went and hung out with Seth and Jenna and their two kids. Again, my lack of picture taking sometimes frustrates me to no end. Anyway, that was the perfect end to that vacation, Seth is a riot! "I'm going to name my son Mike and spell it B-E-N. His teachers will get so confused!" Love it!

The really long tunnel. I texted this picture to Sean. For what reason? Who knows. But it was fun.

Sammy apparently falls asleep like this in the car all the time. So cute!

Then I flew back to Utah. Glen and kids picked me up from the airport and I drove back to my house, where Sean was waiting for me. And you should all know the rest of that story: it ends in...

 Happily Ever After!

Disclaimer: this photo was not taken the night I got back, but a few days later on our first official date. More about that later though.