Break out the Kleenex...

If you haven't seen this video, you need to. I saw it on a friend's blog and knew it needed to be shared...

Deja Vu

So, back in high school the first car I drove was a red Nissan Sentra. Technically it was my dad's, but he would hitch-hike to work (literally) so I usually drove it to seminary, school and everywhere else.

That little car was passed down to my sister Trish, then Justin, and then Grant. Since there's a 6-year gap between Grant and Aaron my parents didn't have a need for the car when Grant went on his mission in 2008. Luckily, there was a family in the ward that was glad to take it off of their hands. Pretty sure they were at the house to pick it up, and pay the $1 my dad was asking for it, within minutes of Grant leaving for the airport!

Now to the present day...a few weeks ago we got an email from that very family, saying that they had received moving orders to California and would be leaving within a few weeks and were unable to take the red car with them. They then asked if my parents would like it back for the low, low price of $1! Haha. We all laughed, and then quickly said yes. Aaron just turned 16 and will have his license in December, so my mom thought it was perfect.

The Rigtrups brought it over a few days later, and here it is:

The license plates have since been changed. We don't have a Max in our family, so Max1mus was just a little out of place :) It is actually in pretty good condition for being 17 years old. And guess what?! I am the driver of this lovely car again! Since we've moved away from my parents and I have started subbing, we needed a 2nd car until we can find one of our own.

I never thought I'd be driving this car again...crazy how some things come right back to you :)

Nationals vs. Braves

My brother Dallin has fallen in love with the Washington Nationals baseball team this year. I think having baseball fanatic Darren around helped with that.

A few months ago Dallin looked at the Nationals' schedule for a weekend that my dad would be home from California, and picked (at random) the last Saturday game of the season, September 24th, against the Atlanta Braves. The game was at 1pm, so we headed up with my parents at about 11, and got to the stadium with plenty of time to walk around, find our seats, and get lunch.

It was a cloudy day and we were a little worried about getting rained on, but our seats were completely covered and it never actually rained. Perfect weather! I'm sure Dallin was in heaven the whole 3 hours we were there.

Michael Morse - "The Beast"

Each game they have a race between Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln & George Washington. We were so excited to see all of them jog out from behind the field.

Apparently Teddy had never won a race, so Jayson Werth did his best to keep Thomas Jefferson from winning, even after he cut across the outfield. It was hilarious to watch Werth push and shove this big mascot thing to the ground.

Ryan Zimmerman

Jayson Werth

Tyler Clippard

My family! Notice none of them are looking at the camera with happy faces. I promise we were having fun...

The Nationals won in grand fashion, and ended up helping to keep the Braves out of the postseason. The Cardinals fan a few rows in front of us made sure everyone knew about that. Haha. All in all, it was a really fun afternoon with my family. This was only the second ball game I'd been to with them, and it was fun to spend time with my dad during one of his rare weekends home.

Dianna's Wedding!

A few weeks back Darren and I had the opportunity to make a VERY quick trip out to Utah for Darren's cousin's wedding. We flew out late the night of September 16th, and flew back the morning of the 18th. It was quick, but it was a wonderful trip! We are so happy we got to be there for Dianna and Clay, and even see Darren's parents and his brother Jeff and wife Sheila.

The Marshalls (yay!) were married in the Mount Timpanogos temple in the early afternoon of the 17th. We had some time that morning, so we had the opportunity to go to breakfast with Darren's parents and even stoppped by Darren's aunt and uncle's (the Walkers) home before the sealing. Dianna, of all people, answered the door and sat and talked with us for a little bit. I was laughing inside at how relaxed she seemed and thought back to my wedding day. Definitely not relaxed...

The weather when we got to the temple was gorgeous!

The sealing was wonderful, and I know we all felt the love between Clay and Dianna.

Mr. & Mrs. Clay Marshall!

The Walker family!

In between breakfast and the wedding, and then the wedding and the reception we stopped by to see a family friend of Darren's parents. The 17th happened to be the day of the BYU vs. Utah game, and this was what we saw in their front yard...

Too bad the game didn't turn out as spectacular as the grass.

After resting for a bit, we headed down to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens for the reception. It was beautiful, the food was wonderful, and the company was fantastic.

We are so happy that everything fell in place for us to be able to be there for Dianna and Clay. We're just sad it was such a short trip!