(written by Hannah)
Now that summer is over, Zack and I can take a breather from all the weddings we have had. It's been great to celebrate these exciting days with loved ones, but it has also kept us very busy.

At the end of June we headed out to California for our friend Sheryl's wedding. It worked out nicely for us because we had the chance to stay with the family in Oceanside! We had a beach day and even though the water was pretty cold in the beginning, I toughened up and got in the ocean (I'm use to east coast Florida water). Sheryl's wedding day was beautiful and I am just so happy for her and Christian.
Such a beautiful day at such a beautiful temple! 

We love the beach!

Then it was time for Austin and Annie's wedding in July.

It was a fun weekend and while it was busy, we loved having our friends stay at our house.

To end our summer, Riley and Sabri got married. Now I have a new sister-in-law and I'm excited to get to know her more over the years. 

Waiting for the bride.

Look at Zack work it!


(written by Zack)

We have a new house!!! It’s both more wonderful and more stressful than anything we’ve done before. There’s just something to be said about having your own big space you can decorate and change however you want. 8 years of living in apartments makes you so sick of the small spaces, landlords, rent money you'll never see again, and so on.

For the first year of our marriage we lived in a married complex near BYU called Harmony Square, but were tired of the noise and having our stuff stacked to the ceiling due to a lack of space. We moved into the complex because of some other married friends, but when everyone started talking about moving out we figured we’d do the same. So where to go? In order to even think about that, we had to figure out what we’d be doing the next few years. If we were leaving the state soon we’d find another place to rent, but if not then we’d find a place to buy. Since I have a pretty good deal going on with Vivint, we figured we’d stick around 5 years and see how that pans out. So lets buy!

I started reading all I could about buying a house, getting a mortgage, etc. and spent many weeks looking at houses around Saratoga Springs and all places west of I-15. We found a few we liked, but none we were set on until a real estate agent was showing me some homes in Eagle Mountain and I found one that I knew I had to have.


It sits up on a hill overlooking the valley and the lake, and it has plenty (more than we need by far) of space inside. The view alone made me want it, but it was complemented by lots of space inside and plenty of upgrades planned. Only issue was that it wasn't finished yet! We hadn't planned on buying a brand new house, but this one made me change my mind. I called Hannah and told her this was the house I wanted, so she made a trip out to see it after school one day and agreed. It was great!

Three months later, we signed the papers and got the keys to our brand new house, where we've been living for over a month now! We've been blessed to have such a great house that we can turn into our own home. We have lots of plans for the inside and outside, but for now we're content to have room to ourselves. Come and visit us!







(written by Hannah)


This winter was just a little too cold to stay outside for long, but without any snow on the ground, we never had the chance to go sledding or build a snowman. Instead, we did a lot of puzzles to pass the time.




These are just a few that we completed. I liked the Disney ones the best!

To kickoff the nice spring weather, our friends recently took us shooting!  I’ve never seen Zack shoot before so when he consistently hit the bullseye, it was safe to say that I was extremely impressed! He made it look easy! I wasn’t a terrible shot, but he definitely hit the target more than I did. 

So focused
           
Last weekend was General Conference and the whole family came into town. We haven’t all been together since Christmas, so having us all together again was great! Some of us girls went shopping at City Creek during the Priesthood session and caught up with our cousins. We should have known that every woman in Utah would have the same idea because the mall was packed. Oh well! We still had a great time.

Once again the talks given by the leaders of the church were amazing! One of my favorite parts about conference was Music and the Spoken Word given right before the start of the Sunday morning session.  I have memories of Dad turning it on Sunday mornings and enjoying the music given by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I was not disappointed this year as it was just as beautiful.

On Easter Sunday, between sessions, Zack and I colored Easter eggs! It was a pretty low key decorating party with cheap dye that I had to crush by hand in the end.  Later that day we went over to Lindsey and Aaron’s place for dinner. We ate way too much food and played Apples to Apples. I love being around my family and feel so blessed that we can be together forever!
Baby Sanders loves us!