fantastic 4

“Dear diary, today I found out I have two amazing friends. How? Well, they told me they’d be willing to kick someone in the face for me. Now if that ain't true friendship, I don’t know what is. P.S, I think they both secretly have crushes on me. ;)”

This is a text message from a dear friend. Hayley found this in an old phone and sent it on to me. I received the same text at the time. After reading this, I was sucked into walking down memory lane. This was the summer of 2008. The summer my closest friends and I call "The Fantastic 4 Summer". It was a summer where Nathan Rex, Sean Prince, Hayley Lauritzen and myself did everything together. We grew very close.

I moved at the end of that summer back to Utah. Things changed. Sean married and Hayley married. Nathan and I see each other from time to time. And I think that if you sat all 4 of us down at a table, we would pick right back up again where we left off. It was a summer of inside jokes, belly laughs and pranks.

I moved in August. In September, I flew back for a birthday party. Hayley picked me up from the airport. As I was getting my luggage, there were 2 men waiting for me. Nathan and Sean-- Both holding signs that read "Mrs. Cullen".

That summer if full of great memories. And ended with amazing friendships. I am truly grateful for the Fantastic 4.

becoming a princess

I am so excited about the marriage of Prince William and Kate.

Princess Diana has been a secret obsession of mine for years. I remember looking at the news footage of when Princess Diana married Charles. And how heartbroken I was when they divorced. I remember when she died in that horrific crash in Paris. I got weepy when watching the funeral. She is the definition of grace and class.

And now her oldest son is getting married. I am boarder line considering getting up at 4am on the morning of the 29th to watch the wedding! I want to know who the designer of her dress will be. I want to watch every detail of the wedding. I want to know if she will actually wear a tiara or be the modern "royalty" that she is being pegged for being and only wear flowers in her hair.

I love the romance of knowing that the charity that William interned for when he graduated from high school, Kate worked for 6 months after he did. Merely missing each other in Chili by 6 months. I love that they are getting married in Westminster Abby. The same church Diana and Charles married. I think they are a very charming couple. And what girl doesn't dream about marrying a prince!

Cheers to William of Whales and Kate Middleton!