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brett and i got the chance to go to his mission reunion and general conference this past weekend in salt lake city. we had so much fun getting the heck out of rexburg and seeing friends. brett's mission president, Bro. Bradford, holds the mission reunions around general conference time so we thought it would be fun to go to one of them. (fyi, brett served in the brazil, sao paulo interlagos mission, portuguese speaking) also the reunion was catered by braza grill...BONUS!.... there weren't as many people that brett knew from his mission but there were just a few that he did know...it was just a little weird for me not knowing anybody there tho it was a lot of fun seeing brett catch up with old friends and talk about old mission stories.

here's brett at the reunion with his scrapbook page the mission president's wife made.

and here's my cutie from when he was on his mission!

love!

the prayers were done in portuguese and after dinner everybody gathered in the chapel and the mission president and his wife gave talks about mission stuff (thankfully in english) and at the end of the reunion everybody made a circle around the chapel and sang their mission song in portuguese. it was amazing, even though it was in another language i felt the spirit so strong. i sorta felt like i was back at efy in a circle singing the efy medley....but this time i wasn't singing but listening. i myself never having gone on a mission or know anything about the sacrifices made to serve one but i am TRULY grateful to those who have served a mission. and i am even more grateful to have married a guy who served a mission too. our plans are to teach our kids portuguese but first i need to learn it! i'm excited.

the next day, saturday, we went to general conference for the sat. morning session. we were able to get tickets from brett's parents down in texas. it was my first time and it was super exciting for me!

it was really crazy seeing how much people they could pack into the conference center! this picture looks like japan! haha

the session was really good. we were up on the balcony so the apostles looked this big! it was seriously awesome to be in the same room as the prophet. and the mormon tabernacle choir sounded a whole lot better in person. going to conference was such a great experience.

this is one of my best friends, katie, and me on the top of the conference center

the weekend was AWESOME.

and i l♥ved spending every moment of it with brett

p.s. i don't have a she-wolf in my closet,

but a she-cheetah.