Sarah and Mike Branca June 18th 2009

The Three Besties

All of the Bridesmaids

Sarah and Ams

At the Temple

At the wedding dinner

One of my Best Friends in the world got married last week and once again I got to dress up in pretty clothes and dote on the "Bridal Beauty" of Sarah Geraldine Hammond. This was not difficult, as Sarah was perhaps one of the prettiest and happiest brides I have ever seen. Her happiness was something to covet. She just glowed all day. This is the second wedding in less than a year that Becca and I were asked to be bridesmaids in the same wedding. So once again it was fun to just hang with Becca for a few days. We have been best friends for almost ten years and we don't get to spend that many consecutive moments with each other these days as we are both pretty busy in our lives. The wedding was wonderful. Very pretty, we kept walking around saying "Oh that is so Sarah..." because it was. I love you Sarah. Thank you for endowing me the honor of being a bridesmaid in your wedding. It was a very special moment...and Mike, Welcome to the Family!

Kearns Family Cruise 2009

My trip to the Bahamas started on Friday May 15th. I was moving out of my apartment and I was supposed to be out by the fourteenth. After a very long story and a new apartment I have realized once again that I hate moving and the knowledge that this too was probably temporary, thrills me more than anything. Needless to say I did not go to bed. I packed my house and my cruise luggage until about 4 am and then I boarded my plane in Cedar City at 6 am. We arrived in Florida and stayed at my parents timeshare with the entire Kearns Brood until Sunday when we finally embarked on all that is the Disney Wonder Ship. Disney Cruises are amazing. We had a Balcony suite that was connected to my sister and her family so we always had easy access to communication with them. I felt like royalty, our room was beautiful. Mike and Ashley were not far from us and if you ask them the slept pretty dang well. From the excellent food to the relaxation and ports we had so much fun. I want to publicly thank my Dad. He is amazing. He had this all planned and all we had to do was show up. Thanks Dad you never cease to amaze me with the generosity you render to you kids. I am lucky to be one of the seven. I love you.
Aunt Mame and Ty Ty

The Kearns Girls at the Pirate Party aboard the Disney Wonder

I love this moment in life

Castaway Cay is spectacular. I love the Bahamas!

Mom and Dad with Davis

Mames and KikiMy Greatest Dad

The Original Kearns Sistas

This was on the Way to the Ship

Back to Basics

This last weekend I went to my parent's ward. I have a love/dislike (for lack of a stronger word) relationship with my parent's ward. The problem is that all of those members know me so well. I have known them since I was fourteen years old. Are you ready for an honest moment from Amy... Here goes, It's sometimes hard that on the outside I have accomplished very little in the last couple of years. I haven't graduated yet and I am single. None of that matters to me very much because I know I have learned and accomplished a lot and that is what really matters. So it's difficult to go sometimes. There is one family, The Harvey Family, that I have known my entire life and I love seeing Chrystal Harvey. She was my sister's best friend when they were younger so it's a lot of fun to see her. On Sunday as I was walking into Relief Society I was accosted by Chrystal and my little sister Courtney. Court is going to be a senior and is laurel president and Chrystal holds a calling in the Young Women organization in the ward. They both persuaded me to go with them to YW's. So I did. I needed that. It was wonderful to stand up again and recite the YW's theme. I owe my testimony of the gospel really to two things, the Young Women's organization and my parents. I looked around at the faces of those young girls and I saw hope and innocence. I also saw concern accross thier faces but it was comforted concern knowing that this day, Sunday in Young Women's, would make that concern go away. That if they could just work through it with the Lord and the Gospel they would feel better. As I sat there I felt warm tears stream down my face and went back...it took me back. It was nice to re-group. To get "Back to Basics" in my life. My personal concerns rarely lasted longer than a week in high school because I would solve my problem on Sunday by just feeling that the lord was mindful of me and Young Women's reminded me of that everyweek. If you ever get the chance to go back to Young Women's and re-group, I suggest it. Everyone needs a revitalizationfor life and Young Women's offers that.