Weekend 6.28-30.13

Grandpa Heffron passed away June 14th, 2013 and so my family came into town for his funeral which was Saturday. 

So Friday night we decided to hit the hotel's pool :)

 Saturday was the funeral, great service for him!

Then Sunday we took his ashes and my Uncle's ashes to Ocean shores and said goodbye

Both will be truly missed. Sad to see them go but happy to know they are in a better place!

Firework duty 6.24.13

Working with fireworks gets me soooo dirty...

I swear everyday I go in clean and come out with black soot all over my hands!

July 4 better be a great show after all this work haha

Tacoma Art Museum 6.19.13

Today Cassie and I went to the Tacoma Art Museum

my mom had free tickets so she gave them to us to use :)

 It was fun to check out the cool blown glass! Oh and the dog. haha

Cruz's baby shower! 6.15.13

My mom and I went to Cruz's baby shower tonight. Evelyn is going to be an awesome grandma because she set all this up for her soon to be grandson! So cute right?

p.s. those cupcakes up there? were delish!

It was so hot out that the fondant started to slip off! Imagine that in Washington!

Institute 6.8.13

Today I headed up to Seattle for the Institute Graduation.

So fun to see all of my old friends and watch them graduate from Institute :)

Love all of them :)

 Decided to spend the night and then Sunday afternoon we had a missionary going away party so we headed over there! Got to drive with Shannon-she is so much fun :)

 And I got to spend the night at Tessa's....she is da bomb!!! :D

Jordan's Blessing 6.2.13

This little handsome boy got blessed today by his father

Jordan Paul Derbidge.

His eyes will melt your heart, his little fingers curl around your finger and you fall in love :)

 Nate and I got to attend this special day! Nate was also able to apart of the blessing which was awesome!

 The happy parents! My sister is just gorgeous! Her and her hubby make adorable kiddos!

 Only 3 months old and this boy already has my heart <3 p="">

And then sometimes someone takes a picture of me while I'm being cheesy!

Temple experience 6.1.13

Today I went through the Oquirrh Mountain Temple for my endowments.

It was an incredible experience and I am so grateful that I was able to have so many of my family and my family to be there with me!

The decision to do it while I was down there in Utah was hard for me. Not having people from Washington that I had grown up with was really hard on me. But being able to be with my whole family and especially to have Nate by my side was amazing and so worth it. Seeing him inside the temple with me was incredible and I look forward to being sealed to him in August!

 My parents and I-these two have shown me a great example and I thank them for raising me with an eye only to the temple. I knew it is where I wanted to go and I have never thought twice about it. I am so grateful for them in my life, they mean the world to me!

And here is a picture of a few of my family to be! Nate's Aunt & Uncle, cousins, and his Mom. :) So great to have to them there to support me!