Loravs Got married!

Last month one of my best friends and former roommates, Lauren (Lauren Ravsten=Loravs), got married! I was honored to be one of her bridesmaids and help her celebrate her big day! It was such a fun month and the wedding was beautiful!


.::The Bridal Shower::.
We threw Lauren's bridal shower at her and Mack's apartment they would be living in {lauren got to move in early and live there}.

Date night jar for guests to write down date ideas. Holly (lauren's BFF and my old roomie)  and lauren made one of these for my bridal shower and Tay and I love it! 

I bought this chalk board bunting banner at the Quilted Bear and I am in love. What do you think? 

Lauren & Mack :) 

Mack's last name is Robins, so it's fitting that they have a pic of a robin's nest :) 

Typical Holly and Lauren :) 

Me and Lauren! {side note: still undecided about the shirt I'm wearing}

The maid of honor and wonderful shower hostess! 

I gave Lauren a "Honeymoon Survival Kit". I was given a similar gift for my shower and I loved it! Includes stuff you might forget when you go on your honeymoon: food, chapstick, candle, lotion...and then some other stuff :) 

Giggling at one of the items I put in the basket...hehe :) 

Just some typical shower gifts of course :) 

.::The Bachelorette Party::.
We went up to SLC to first pick up one of the bridesmaids who had just flown in and then we ate dinner at The Pie! I had never been there before, and I was hooked on my first bite!

Lauren gave a little gift to each of us bridesmaids with a note and picture of each of us with Lauren, a lace hair bow, and an adorable bow shaped necklace. 

Holly brought a game called "Find a Man". We were each given cards with different characteristics of a man and we had to find a random man who had that. Not all normal things though...think, lives with his mom, balding, does karate, etc. It made for hilarious encounters with strangers. 

Everyone feeling a little bloated after consuming all the yummy pizza and breadsticks. 

Me and a man who can do origami. (We got extra points if we got pictures with the men, and I was determined to win!)

Bride-to-be!

Our night was so fun...complete with helping someone who had a "push-start" car. 

Caitlin and a "man who can do the robot" 

We went to a local Karaoke bar (don't judge, virgin drinks all around) to do Karaoke. Turns out people don't enjoy your singing as much if you're not drunk. 

.::The Wedding Day::.

Lauren and Mack got married in the Salt Lake temple. I had never been inside that temple before so it was really neat to be able to go inside as we attended the sealing. To learn more about LDS temples and why they are important to us click here. :)

Maid of honor and bridesmaid! Ps yes, I do match for the wedding line I promise. Lauren had a "color palette" she wanted us to all pick from to have an away of colors. Her colors were a range from peach to pink. 

Bridesmaids! 

Typical Lauren picture :) 

Mr. & Mrs. Robins! 

I loved this picture. 

Maid of Honor speech

Chatham 26 + Macy & Bri reunion! 

It was so fun to have everyone together again! Holly, Lauren, and I were roommates at Chatham town. Macy lived next door/with us, Bri went to school with Macy and therefore also "lived" next door/with us. 

Hibbs Go to Hawaii: Days 4-6

We've been in Hawaii a week already and the time has gone by so, so fast! We don't exactly know when we're headed home because we're flying standby so we're just going to enjoy this next week and not worry about it until the weekend I guess :)

DAY 4:
Day 4 was quite uneventful actually. We were tired from our late night up after going to the PCC the night before so we had a lazy day in (days that we love probably way too much). Being comfy and watching movies is the best ever! We watched a church movie called One Good Man. It was kind of cheesy acting but it had very good lessons and it was fun to watch.

DAY 5: 
Friday morning Taylor took his grandma to the commissary (on the military base) to get groceries. Each time we visit Tay takes her, and the past couple times I've just stayed at home because I wanted to give Tay time with his grandma as she's getting older and he's definitely a "grandma's boy". I had yet another "lazy morning" while he was out, but hey, that's what vacation is for, right?

Later we had lunch with Josh and also our friends Tyler and Alana who live here in Hawaii. We hit up Nordstrom Rack for a little shopping and I'm proud to say I only bought a few small things...But that's because we're going shopping to my favorite mall ever tomorrow with Tay's mom :)

OH! Ok so the night before I had had this dream where I was working at Cold Stone again (hello, 15-year-old self), and I was making myself a cup of ice cream: Cake Batter ice cream with brownies. I haven't craved Cold Stone ever since I worked there, but in this dream it just looked so, so yummy. So when we were with Tyler and Alana they wanted to go to a Cold Stone we passed, and I was so excited that my dream craving could be fulfilled! So needless to say I went in and ordered Cake Batter with brownies. YUM.

As if we hadn't eaten enough that day, that night we went out with Taylor's siblings, their kids, Tay's mom, and Grandma and Uncle Ronnie. It was nice to get together with the in-laws to spend time with everyone. But seriously though, we've eaten a lot on this trip! The gym will be calling my name when we go back to Utah!

Love when Tay walks with his grandma...melts my heart! 

Little Miss P 

Always in action, this girl!

Banana Cream pie for dessert. So yummy! 

My BFF. This girl always makes me laugh! 

The night just kept getting better as our nieces and I had our third annual "Girls Night". We painted nails and watched Hotel Transylvania, then in the morning Tay's mom made us a yummy breakfast. I was itching for some Vitamin D since we'd had a couple lazy days so Taylor and I took the girls to the pool for a while. I love the pool at my mother-in-law's neighborhood because you just have the gorgeous Hawaiian trees and mountains in the background while you swim. I love it!

Sisters :) 

More sisters!

Adorable Kea choosing to read while we started to do nails. This girl is so good and such a good reader! No worries though, she joined the girly goodness about five minutes after we started :) 

She really is excited I promise! 

Nail polish for days 

Just some morning Temple Run 

Ok I look scary but just being real here! :) Morning lounging with these lovelies 

obsessed with P's face

Glued to the iPad

Look at that view...beautiful! 

Quality pool time with my girls. Now we just have to have a pool day with the nephews! 

This girl just being silly as always! 

Classic Mickey D's picnic after the swim (blanket underneath cause they were all wet!)

Happy to say I held on to my willpower and said "no" to MD this lunch around.

DAY 6:
After our swimming and Mickey D's lunch me, my sister-in-law Trisha and my mother-in-law (I'd just say MIL but for some reason that abbreviation bugs me I have no idea why!) found out about a sale at Macy's (pay $5 for a 25% off of everything (including clearance and sale!) all day long!) so we ran over and did a little shopping. Those ladies are my favorite shopping buddies ever. After we got ready and went to Taylor's dad's house for dinner with all of Tay's siblings for my father-in-law's birthday. I'm probably going to self-destruct because of all the food we've been eating. Don't worry, there's another dinner we're going to today!

Still have a huge crush on this boy! Ps check out his work on that cake! 

The boy still includes Spanish punctuation on things... 

Happy Birthday "Papa"!