drum roll please...

And the winner is...

Kirsten Smith!

Kirsten and her lovely husband Brett have their choice of any Esty item of value equal to or lesser than $10 from my shop. Congrats!

Kirsten was my roommate in Provo our final year at BYU. That spring she married her best friend Brett in Portland and I was lucky enough to be a (second-string) bride's maid. It was also my first visit to Portland and I fell in love with it. Some day I hope to live there. Kirsten and Brett are one of my favorite couples. Fact. Just drop me an email (at cassandra (dot) elton (at) gmail (dot) com) with your mailing address and which item you'd like and I'll get it sent off asap! Wa hoo! Free stuff!

it's a nice day for a white wedding

Today Kirsten and Brett were sealed for time and all eternity. Can you tell that they are insanely happy about that? And I am also happy. I was lucky enough to be invited up to Portland for the celebration and I had the best time. I have never been a member of a wedding party, and even though I was only a second-string bridesmaid it made everything that much more fun. 

I have only known Kirsten and Brett as a unit (when she moved into the Pink House in fall of 08 they were already dating) but their one-ness makes perfect sense to me. They are one of those couples that you see and say, "Oh yes, of course you are meant to be together" (bonus points if you can remember who else I've said that about in this blog). I am so happy for them and their new life together and I just hope that they don't forget about those of us they've left behind.

Another event of note: my friend Kait Morgan (at whose house I was able to stay for the duration of my Portland visit) got engaged today to a fabulous young man named Erik Smith (yet another couple made for each other). Love is clearly in the air.

a case of the mondays

Today I skipped all my classes. Probably not the best move since I'll be missing these same classes on Friday for my roommate Kirsten's wedding. Oh well. There was something about today that just called for non-conformity. It was beautiful outside and I just couldn't stand sitting in the basement of the JFSB for four hours missing it all. Granted, I spent a good portion of the day indoors anyway finally putting my spring clothes into the closet and drawers and out of the boxes that have been cluttering up my floor for the past couple weeks, but still. My room has windows. I also mailed my mother her (late) Mothers' Day gift, made my wedding gift for Brock and Kate (Cassi shirts. What? They asked for them!), and went to our ward FHE at the park... not exactly sticking it to the man, but it was fun. I met some nice new people in the ward. Maybe we will be friends for the next 2 months. Maybe longer. Who knows?

Tonight I will be going to see the Star Trek movie with Louis and Sydney. Louis was supposed to be in Chile on an internship but he missed his flight today. Ba haha. Poor kid. But I'm glad because it means we get to hang out a little more before he's gone forever. Also I will get to see Sydney who I have not seen since she moved out. And I miss her. Like the sun misses the flower.