Amazing LDS Youth Message

Nick showed this to me not too long ago and I nearly balled my eyes out. Today, I accidentally came across it again and thought to share it. So here you go blogging world, this is one awesome video to watch!

Love,
the Durrants

go giants

I have to admit, I am a big baseball fan and specifically of the San Francisco Giants (honestly, they are the only professional team of any sport that I do follow). My 4 older brothers and I were raised Giants fans, thanks to my dad and his family. My dad is from the bay area but grew up in Sacramento, CA (which is only an hour drive away) and almost every year when we would visit family in Sacramento, we would make a special trip to San Fran to see our Giants play. Next summer, my goal is to take Nick out to Sacramento and San Francisco, to visit family and of course, to expose him to world of Giants baseball.

Well, just a couple days ago, the Giants won the National West Division Championship and they are on their way to winning the World Series. So here's a shout out to the GIANTS!

Love,
the Durrants

3 MONTHS + State Fair

That's right....it's been THREE months since we were married in the Salt Lake Temple and it is crazy to think about how fast time has flown by. To celebrate our 3 month anniversary, Nick and I went on a date to the Salt Lake County Fair. (I know it's silly to celebrate 3 months, but I couldn't help it. I put Nick up to it as well, ha.) This was Nick's first state fair and my second. We had an absolute blast. The night was full of FREE corndogs, cows, pigs, butter sculptures, funnel cakes, professional divers, sheep, ridiculously large steers, chickens, large pumpkins, prime people watching, chocolate covered frozen bananas with nuts, ferris wheels......we loved it and thought it to be quite the adventure. 

This was an entire sculpture made out of BUTTER!!!!

We LOVE funnel cakes!!!

1 week old baby cow

Behind me is a Steer which stands at 5'11 and weighs about 3,000 pounds! Holy smokes!

 We were SO fascinated by the HUGE steer that we went back to see him! "He's so big....."

 His head was HUGE!

For the family

Love,
the Durrants

Twin Falls Reception

The following day after our wedding, we had a second reception in my hometown, Twin Falls, Idaho. The two wonderful ladies, Pam Bevan and Ann Guthrie worked their amazing magic by decorating and catering for the event. They are so talented at what they do, love those gals. Also, Clark Draney was our photographer for the evening. He was absolutely wonderful to work with, did a fabulous job, and is one of the nicest people. One more thing I must point out is that all of the fresh flowers we used for our wedding day were also used for this reception (excluding the bouquet)! Props to our family who preserved them so they would last another day! They still looked great. Also, I thought I would provide the list of vendors we used for the ENTIRE wedding, just in case for those friends who soon will find themselves preparing for such an event:

Dress/Bridesmaid dresses: Gateway Bridal, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tuxedos: Men's Warehouse; we also found fantastic ties for all the brothers and brother-in-laws at Tie One On in Sandy, Utah
Announcements/Thank You's: Elegant Wedding Announcements
Registry: Target and Bed Bath & Beyond

Wedding Venue: Salt Lake City Temple

Reception Venue: Resident home (Utah); Church building (Idaho)

Luncheon Venue: Spaghetti Factory

Photographer: Derek Gifford (Utah); Clark Draney (Idaho)
Videographer: Pointe Digital (Davey Orgill)

Flowers: Sunshine Creation Floral (out of South Jordan, Utah but deliver any where in the Wasatch valley);    Fox Floral (Twin Falls, Id for bouquet)
Wedding Cake: Amber Straubhaar Venderbeek who is a family friend (look her up on blogger http://thecakedivas.blogspot.com/, her cakes are incredible)

Caterers: Kay Durrant (Nick's mom and family for Utah reception); Ann Guthrie and Pam Bevan (Idaho)

Decor: Myself and family.....JoAnnes and Thai Pan made a lot of money off of me (Utah); Ann Guthrie and Pam Bevan (Idaho) 

Guest favor: candy buffet which was purchased at GYGI in Salt Lake

Here are some pictures from the Twin Falls, Idaho reception night!

Love,
the Durrants