Upcoming Travels

As a lot of you know, traveling is a passion both for Brandon and me. We love it. We would much rather not eat much for a few weeks to save for a fun trip. We have a lot of really fun adventures coming up this summer and fall....

In June we are going to Newport Beach for a week with Brandon's family. We can't wait for warm weather and beach time. Not only are we going in June, but also in August with my family! I am so psyched. My extended family orignially began going to Laguna Beach, Cali. every years for 20 years until Crab (nickname for the landlord of the beach houses we stayed in) sold out and turned the beach houses into a drug rehab center! You heard me right...a Drug Rehab! My precious childhood memories are nothing more than a bunch of druggies.

After that happened we started going with the SLC trend and staying in Newport, Jackie Doyle's place to be exact. It is still a ton of fun. Brandon makes fun of me all the time because if we don't do all our Newport family traditions I can get pretty stressed out.

I might also be going to Huntington with my high school friends in June. Hopefully it works out! Senior Trip 2004 reunion! Here I come!

Next trip on the docket is our favorite city in the whole world. Never mind Rome, Florence or Zermatt...We're going to Seattle!!! We both love this place. It is the perfect blend of urban fun, but it isn't too big where you feel like you are just another person in a sea of buildings. We first went to Seattle together when we began dating. Brandon has an aunt and uncle that live up there so we have a free place to stay. We are going to Seattle in Sept. for a specific reason though.....the Counting Crows concert! Brandon was soooo excited that they are going on tour again, probably for the last time. Counting Crows is his favorite band of all time and I really love them too. They aren't coming to SLC so we decided to make a trip out of it and go to seattle. It will be so much fun.

Our last planned trip is our most exciting. This october we are going to CHINA!!! Brandon is getting his MBA at Westminny and part of the program is going on an international trip to study their ways of business. And I get to go too!!! Well, hopefully. There is a waiting list for spouses, but I'm on it and think I have a pretty good chance. China is a place I never thought I would actually get to go to, but I am so glad that Brandon has to. It will be somewhere totally new for us. Maybe we'll even make a side trip to Japan to seek out Haley!

I think that is all that is going on in the next few months besides a few camping trips and maybe a fun climbing trip with our friends. We can't wait!

Happy Birthday Brandon!

Saturday was Brandon's 26th birthday.  It was such a fun day packed with all sorts of activities.  We woke up bright and early and ran the Salt Lake City 1/2 Marathon.  It was so much fun.  We love to train for these together.  Our runs are about the only time we get to hang out with our busy schedules.  We didn't finish with record speed (2 hours 22 minutes) but it was pretty good for us.  It was really cool because we finished right behind the marathon winner.  Everyone starting cheering and it got really loud, it felt like it was all for us.  We can pretend.  After the race both our families went to breakfast at the Market Street Grill.  It is so fun that our families are friends and like to hang out together.  

After breakfast we got massages (If you don't know about this place, check out the Healing Mountain Massage School, it is a school like Utah College of Massage Therapy, but is soooo much better.  You get your own private room and the students are better I think.  A 70 minute massage is only $25!)

We then went to Cheesecake Factory for a late lunch and only waited 40 minutes!  Ridiculous I think.  We then spent the rest of the day watching movies and yes, eating again.  It was a great day.  Happy Birthday Bran!

I feel like I haven't given the proper shout out to my two new nephews.  Life has been so crazy with all these new babies.  Now, all my siblings have babies and I have none.  I thought I was catching up to them by getting married.  Nick and Shannon had Jonathan Adams Crockett, Jack, last October.  Jack is sooo cute.  He is best known for his long hair and cute face.  Jack visited for our wedding and that is the only time I've seen him in person!  It is really hard to have family live so far away.  

Tait Beckham Larsen, Beckham, was our newest baby before Grace.  Nikki and Tait are so excited to have their first baby.  They are wonderful parents and have taken on the responsibility with ease.  Beckham and I are buds.  I see him almost everyday.  He is the spitting image of Tait and has red hair and fair skin!  People are wondering if it is actually Brandon's baby!  Who would have thought.  He has been such a blessing in our family.  We love you all!

 

Jack's super cool hair

He loves when I do his hair

My favorite picture of Jack

Right after Bechkam was born

Beckham with his FAVORITE aunt and uncle

 

 Tait's clone

 

Here are a few more pics of baby Grace...

The kids excitedly waiting for their new baby sister

Mimi and Gracie

Andrew and sis

Big brother Charlie

 

Miss Caroline and Beckham

                        Beckham's newest cousin

Grace Eilene Crockett

We want to welcome our new baby niece, Gracie, into the world! She is so beautiful and we are so excited to have her here. Mindy was induced yesterday morning and after sitting around all day the nurse finally came in and checked her and decided she was way ready and five minutes later she was here. She has dark, dark hair, almost black and the most beautiful big eyes. We love you Grace! More pictures to come!

Happy Birthday Nick!!!

Today is my big brother, Nick's, birthday. I can't believe both my brothers are 30 and older! We are getting old. I hope you have a wonderful day and that everything is going well. Thanks for being such a great friend and confidant.

Our Wedding!

                                                         At the wedding dinner

                                               
                                                My three awesome cousins

                                                         Our first dance

                                                                          

I thought I would post a few pics from our wedding.  It was such a perfect day.  Nothing could have gone better.

Ode to the T-RIZZ

                                           I think this is what we all love most about Caitlin

                                                     My favorite picture with Syd
                                                Our big welcome back from Europe
                                                We had some patriotic times
                                               Oh Andy, how we all loved you!
                                               I think we were voted as having the best dutch oven masterpiece!

I have been reflecting back on my amazing group of high school friends that I absolutely love and adore.  I wish I see you guys more often and I am way psyched for our Newport reunion in June!!! Thanks for all the cruising, sleepovers, psc-ing, traveling, long hours at the Teepee and scootering to school.  I love you all! (Sorry I don't have more pictures of all of you, unfortunately I didn't get a digital camera until after high school)

Mexico!!!!

Here are a few pics from our fabulous honeymoon in Mexico.  To sum up our trip we ate, lounged on the beach and drank pina coladas by the pint.  It was just what we needed after all the craziness of the wedding.... 

Livin' the dream...

Okay, okay, so i know I am really bad at blogging. It is like journal writing all over again! every week I think, "I need to write in my journal," but every week it feels like a task all too big. But, my cute friend Caity James' blog inspired me.
So.....married life is great. It has been a total of 5 1/2 weeks and life just keeps getting better. Everyone keeps asking what has been the most unexpected thing about marriage? But, honestly, after 2 1/2 years of dating, there aren't many surprises. Maybe that Brandon loves to sleep on my side of the bed and I frequently have to push him over in the night, but that's really it.
We're just living the dream. We went to Mexico on our honeymoon. It was beautiful and I will be posting pictures soon I promise. Since then we've been to california with some friends and this weekend we are spending it up in Park City. We have always had a hard time staying in Salt Lake too long. I think our parents worry about us a little, but I figure, we don't have kids so why stay home?! I love our life!