Scott and Aubrey's Wedding and Our Anniversary

The reason we went to Utah in May was for Scott's wedding. Scott was at USC and in law school with Ryan. He was one of the three amigos, the other two being Ryan and Peter. My memory is hazy, but it seems like we had a standing dinner every Thursday night where those two bachelors would come for dinner and we would watch the Thursday night NBC comedy line up together, which in those days included The Office and 30 Rock, and was probably the highlight of my week. I remember moving to Texas and the season premier came and it all felt so anticlimactic to not be having friends over to watch and laugh with us. Also, I think I was chasing around a crawling baby so my nights weren't so free and all about me. Ah, I miss those days.

That old bachelor Scott finally decided to tie the knot to a beautiful girl from our USC ward named Aubrey. Ever since they were engaged, Ryan and I started daydreaming about a trip to Los Angeles for the wedding and how nice it would be. Behold our surprise when the invitation came and they were getting married in Salt Lake! We were happy to travel, though, and especially honored to be invited to the sealing and luncheon too. It happened to fall on our anniversary so we joked about how this would be the best anniversary ever: leave the girls for the day, attend a sealing and remember our own wedding day and covenants, have a nice lunch, and finally end the day with dancing that evening. It was a joke, but actually it was a very, very nice way to spend our anniversary. The sealing was beautiful. I love weddings and felt emotional and grateful to be married to Ryan. Hard to believe it was EIGHT years ago. Between the luncheon and the reception, we snuck out to see a movie, which was fun too. 

Scott and Aubrey looked beautiful and happy and of course I didn't get any pictures. It was a little funny because I had known and liked Aubrey a lot back in the day, but we weren't close enough to have received a wedding announcement let alone an invitation to the sealing. But, we were very close with Scott. It was a little strange to have the imbalance that way. Almost like we were crashing her wedding, but not Scott's wedding, if that makes any sense. Not that she ever made us feel that way. One of the best things about the day was seeing our USC friends. Again, there was that division of USC friends who were there for Scott and friends who were there for Aubrey. A mixing of social groups, albeit friendly ones. Here's a photo of Scott's side. Andrew and Rob had picked up wives along the way! 

I was ecstatic to see Chris and Tina Harns there too. We spent a good chunk of time laughing together in the temple lobby as we waited for the newlyweds to come out of the temple. It was funny because before we saw each other, Tina saw Ryan and my shoes in the coat room and knew we were there - an anecdote that was hilarious and awesome at the moment and is not translating well to the written page right now! So good to see them and all our friends, and so incredibly good to be invited to share this day with Scott and Aubrey.