The Other Kristin's Wedding

In October, one of my sweet friends - also named Kristin with an 'i' - got remarried. Now that I'm not teaching, I have a lot of flexibility and was able to go to Arizona for the wedding. I was so grateful to be there.

I crashed her "dressing room." It was so fun watching her get ready for her big day.

Another sweet friend came from Utah.

These two women have helped me through some of my biggest challenges. It was wonderful to be all together.

Kristin and Spencer were so happy. It was a beautiful evening.

Mr. and Mrs. DePew.

Isn't she cute? I love her.

It's such a small world! I learned that Spencer's aunts were two of my friends from BYU - they're twins. They couldn't make it to the wedding, but this is their sister. She looks just like them!

As an added bonus, I was able to stay with Janae Taysom. We were roommates as missionaries in Argentina. We hadn't seen each other in 30 years!

She took me to see another mission friend, JD Dockstadder, who is in her ward. It filled my heart to spend time with them.

And to continue in the amazing vein of it's a small world, Janae's sister is married to a guy that my sister Tiffani served a mission with - Hatch.

I got bumped all day long trying to get home. I had purchased the ticket to fly out because there were issues and I didn't want to miss the wedding and I ended up buying the ticket back too. It was about $750! For someone who is used to flying for free, it was crushing. Fortunately, I had just received my Optavia $1,000 bonus.

Saddest of all was that I realized Scott had been competing in an Ironman in Phoenix and I could have watched him compete. I felt so badly that I wasted the day in the airport instead of watching him. I knew he was in Tempe, but I didn't realize that Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Gilbert are all right next to each other. 

After traveling all day and over night, I was so grateful to see my little car.

I had flown in and out of Greenville so I still had to drive 1 1/2 home. It was good to get back.