The Best Family EVER!!

I love when my family gets to hang out on the weekend. We all have such crazy schedules that it doesn't happen very often. My awesome parents gave us Brick Oven gift cards with our Valentines gifts (yes, my parents still give us presents on holidays and I love it!) So, Luke and I decided it was a good time to get everyone together and to our surprise everyone actually had the night open and we were able to pull it off.

Mom and Dad, Kylee and Skylar, Connor and Lizzy

Me and Whit

Luke and Brock (trying to be tough ... but we know they are softies!)

And how could we forget freakin cute Cohen. This boy LOVES his ranch!

Why dip when you drink!!

Me, Kylee, and Mom

We had such a fun night together. The poor waiter probably didn't get to help anyone else that night because we were at the table for almost 3 hours. LOVE my fam!!

The Weekend . . .

We had an awesome weekend! Friday night Luke and I went to the Bountiful Temple with my mom and dad. That always feels like a good ending to a long week. After the session we went to Texas Road House for dinner. I swear their cinnamon rolls are my weakness. I think I ate my entire weeks worth of carbs in one meal. Yikes! It was totally worth it though. Thanks mom and dad for the great night! We love you guys.

I think I spent the whole weekend eating out. Saturday afternoon I went to lunch with my favorite girls from Salt City! When I lived in Sugarhouse, the four of us were attached at the hip. I don't think there is a single memory from then that doesn't have at least one of these girls in it. We sat at our table for close to 3 hours catching up and hearing the latest on each others lives. It's weird how much everything has changed. There are babies on the way, new husbands and new jobs. This is one group of girls that I hope I never loose touch with.

Love and miss you guys!!

Pictures of the new house!

As promised, here are pics of the new house. We moved in May 27, 2010.... PS I have no idea why everything is underlined, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. So, sorry about that :) Anyway, here is the front of the house. I love the yard in the Summer when it's in full bloom with bright colored flowers. It looks sad in the Winter.

Here are some of my favorite accessories. My mom and sisters gave these to me for my birthday last year and I think they are my favorite thing in my house. I have been obsessed with this green color lately.
Still, to this day and probably forever will I be addicted to Diet Coke. Hi, my name is Mackenzi and I am an addict. This sign defines my love for my addiction!

Here is the dinning room, and our cute tiny table. I love the tall chairs and it fits perfectly in the nook.
Gus was sitting on his rug while I was snapping pictures and I couldn't help but take a few of him. Look at that face! We love our little boy. We have the most well behaved kid in the neighborhood!


Here is the living room just off the kitchen. This is one of my favorite rooms in the house. It's always clean, and the big over sized chairs are angled just enough to watch the sun set at night.


Here is our family / TV room. This has got to be the comfiest couch ever made. The corner of the couch is the most worn because it is our favorite spot to curl up with a blanket and of course a Diet Coke and watch movie.

The entertainment center was here when we moved in and I have to say it was one of the many reasons I loved this house so much. It looks really sad right now because it's half empty and the decorations don't go together but we're getting there. When we were in our apartment I had so many decorations and accessories that I had to leave half of them in boxes. There was literally not an empty wall or corner to fit one more thing. But, the house is a totally different ball game. It's going to take me a while to get this place decorated the way I want it.

The photographer from our wedding made this tile picture of us and it hangs in our family room. I love it, and this wall was the perfect place for it!!

We are so excited to be in our house. We love our neighborhood, and the ward. We couldn't be happier!

Yes, it finally happened . . . I updated the blog!

So a LOT has happened in the last year. (yes it has been that long since I updated the blog!) Luke and I bought our first house in May, and we love it!! Its in Layton and only 2 blocks from Kylee and Skylar's house. Couldn't get any better! Pictures to come later... We also have a new addition to the family. Meet Gus! We went to Vegas with our good friends Corey and Token Criddle. I surprised Luke for his birthday and had so much fun! I promise it wont be another year before the next update :)

The Wedding Album!

The Wedding Album is finally finished, and I LOVE it! Here are a few pages I ripped off the photographers website (shh!) sorry about the copyright symbol in the middle of every picture, but you get the idea! I made Luke watch our wedding video again the other night (Don't judge me - I watch it all the time! ha ha!) and we were a little sad that it was all over. So, the album came at a perfect time! I can't believe we have been for 6 months already!!

Gingerbread and the Amazing Date!

This year we started a new tradition and it was SO much fun! We went to my dad's sisters house for dinner and then we had a gingerbread contest. It was fun see everyone get so in to it, and watch how creative everyone was with a package of graham crackers, white frosting and candy!

Here is Dad and Connor. It looks like they were building a Stake Center :)

Here is Kylee and Skylar with their Gingerbread Washington Monument! It was definitely the tallest gingerbread house I've ever seen!

(who thinks of this stuff! haha!)

This is my dad's sister Angie and her husband Brian. Theirs was definitely the most precise gingerbread house!


Here is the winner of the night - the log cabin! Apparently me and Luke aren't very creative so we just covered the graham crackers in pretzels and called it good!

Here's Grandma Stephie with Tysers! She was the designated babysitter of the night and loved every minute of it!

Here's Brock and Whit with their cottage that had GIANT Christmas lights on it. So funny!

And here we have the Judges! Levi was the judge and Braylee was the judge's assistant!

Love her face :)

The AMAZING Date!

Luke's cute sister Cloee is in town from the University of Portland and we decided to set her up with my cute cousin Andrew. And since my family does everything together, we brought the whole clan! We ended up setting Andrews brother up with Cloee's friend Riley and we all went to The Pizza Factory and then played games at our house. It was a fun night!

Glad you're home Clo, we missed you!

Elder Harris

I have to give a shout out to my brother Cole. I mean, Elder Harris! I am so proud of him! Cole is serving in the Bangkok, Thailand mission and has been out for almost 6 months. Its crazy how time can fly, but stand still at the same time. Cole nailed it on the head when he said "the days feel like weeks, and the weeks feel like days"

He is a good little missionary, and writes home every week. ( if he didn't Mom would still find a way to get the latest scoop!) His letters are the highlight of my week! I can't wait to hear about his crazy adventures. Whether its tracting on the dirt roads of Kalasin, visiting the Cobra Kingdom, or letting monkeys eat his ties.

The day he got his call the was bitter sweet. We were all SO excited for him, and proud of the the decision he made to serve, but it was hard to let him go. The day he got his call was a huge reality check! We finally knew where he was going, and when he was leaving. Lots of tears were shed that day.

Cole finds success in whatever he does. He is determined and driven and that has proven to be a good combination in the mission field. He has already baptized 3 people in a mission that has carried a 2 baptism average. He is learning the language and can communicate with the Thai people. He is such an example to me and I love him so much.

He has been gone for 6 months and everyone in the family is still finding these pictures on their camera. Every time he got a hold of one of our cameras - we were left this beautiful glamor shot! I love finding these pictures!

We love you Cole!! I can't wait to talk to you on Christmas - only 7 weeks bud!!