Elder Wilkinson

My cute cousin Thomas got called to serve in one of the Brazil missions and was suppose to go to the Brazil MTC but last minute he was sent to the Provo MTC to wait for his VISA. So all of the cousins in the area got together at the Pizza Factory for lunch and then it was off the the MTC. It is so fun to have so many great cousins all so close so we can all get togehter and support eachother.

Couple of things we have been doing latley....
Shawn has been busy with his research and with his physics class that it is nice for him to take some time to relax and drive his RC cars on the track.

Our sunbeams thought it would be fun to attack Shawn during class

Brock at the library-helping protect all of the books at the Harold B Lee Library
Kyle at work at APX-it has been meeting up with Kyle for lunch everyday at work

Porter Jay

Blake and Savannah had their baby on Sunday night and he is so cute!!! I am just going crazy knowing that this cute little nephew of mine is in Oregon so far away from me and I am not going to be able to hold him and squeeze him until the end of August.
So excited to have the first little Nelson baby here in the family.

4th of July

We went to Wyoming for the 4th of July this year-we were missing Oregon since we go there every year-but since the 4th was on Sunday all of our extended family ended up coming out here to Utah instead and my parents and Blake and Savannah stayed in Oregon because we are waiting to hear any day now that our little nephew will be here.

So we went to Wyoming and celebrated the 4th Platt style. It was fun hanging with all of Shawn's family. We had all of the family together except for Joseph who is on his mission. We spent time at the Bear River in Evanston where we played in the river and there was lots of tubing down the river and lots of buffalos and a huge moose that walked out from the bushes and crossed the river right next to us-it was so cool to see. We also spent time chatting and eating and playing with all of the nieces and nephews and lighting off fireworks.
I bought a kit with star sugar cookies, frosting, and red, white, and blue sprinkles to decorate them with the kids. We had fun decorating and eating the cookies. Me, Hadley, and Cael

Brecon and Hadley with their sugar cookies

Shawn and I with Brecon-who just celebrated his 3rd birthday. Brecon loves the movie, Cars, so we bought him some cars to play with since we are not going to get to see him for the next 3 years since his family is moving to Germany for the next 3 years. We will miss them! We got to roast some marshmallows and made s'mores-my favoriteShawn with his s'more Brayden, Hadley, Cael, and Jacob watching the fireworks Cute little Brayden

Corbin

Some giant buffalos Shawn and I at the RiverCynthia getting ready to tube down the river Brandon, Ben, Shawn, and Cynthia heading down the River Becky and Vince

Shawn and Gabe Brecon

Shawn, Gabe, Ben, Brecon, Brandon, Cael, Vince, and Jonathan getting ready to tube down the Bear River

Corbin, Vince, Shawn, Brecon, Hadley playing at the riverVincent Here is a picture of the giant moose that walked right next to us across the river Shawn and Cael We had a great time in Wyoming with the Platts for the 4th of July! Thanks everyone-we will see you all in August.

So....on Wednesday I was at work talking to a friend and realized that Tuesday was mine and Shawns anniversary and WE BOTH FORGOT!!! I felt so bad that I almost started crying right there at work. I felt like the worst wife ever! I called Shawn right then to let him know that we had both forgotten and he was just as surprised as me for forgetting. Now Shawn has been in Arizona for the weekend at a Dental seminar-so we will need to plat something special when he gets home.
We have now beenmarried for 3 years! Hopefully we wont forget next year..........

June Birthdays-Platt Style

We just celebrated Shawns 25th Birthday and a few months ago I was trying to decide what I could do for him-and I knew that the best gift I could get him was to have all of his family together for a BBQ. So we planned a fun BBQ Birthday for all of the Platt family at the park behind our house. We had such a fun time all together and it was great because our sister in law Becky was also having a June birthday as well as 2 of our little nephews Cael and Brayden. So, we decided to celebrate all the June Birthdays!
We had everyone together except for Shawns brother, Ben, who was in Texas who will be out next week and Shawns youngest brother Joseph who is on his mission in Tennessee.
It was great to have the park in the backyard and we took over the playground with all of the little nieces and nephews-then we had a BBQ with lots of yummy food and then a competitive volleyball game and we ended with a few presents and some cupcakes.
Jacob on the swings

Here is our newest little Platt nephew-Connor. He is so cute and such a smiley little guy. Brayden who was also celebrating his 2nd birthday-opening his presents

Cale, Shawn and I

Vince eating his cupcake

Shawn and Cael with their cupcakes-Cael was also celebrating his 6th birthday with us too Cael, Shawn, Becky, and Brayden-the birthday kids with their cupcakes while we sang and they got to blow our their fire less candles.

The whole family

All of the nieces and nephews. 11 boys and just 2 girls!

Shawns oldest brother Garrett and his cute family: Garrett, Cynthia, Jacob, Gabe, and Jonathan Shawn could not wait to get his RC cars out to show them off to everyone. The nephews were loving the cars and Shawn made sure that they all got a chance to drive them around. We took over all of the swings-Kyle is here staying at our house so he helped entertain the kids on the swings

Becky and her 3 boys, Connor, Brecon, and Cael

Cute nephews loved playing on the playgroud. Corbin, Cael, and Hadley
Shawn with the BBQ-he was in charge of cooking all of the hot dogs, steak, and salmon

Thank you to all of our Platt family for driving down to our house and helping celebrate all of our June Birthdays. We had fun and cant wait to see everyone for the 4th of July holiday weekend!

Its all out of our hands now.......

The DAT is the entrance exam to get into Dental School and Shawn has been preparing to take it for the last few months. It was finally his turn to take the test on June 10. The test takes 5 1/2 hours with one 15 min break. The test has 6 different sections-Chemistry, Biology, Organic Chemistry, Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Comp, and Perceptual Ability.
I went to work a little late that morning so I could make sure to have a nice breakfast ready for Shawn before he left. I was anxious all day at work waiting to hear how he did and I know he was "a little anxious" too. I got a call with from a happy Shawn when he was done and I knew he did well. Shawn did very well on his test and I am so proud of him!
We submitted the Dental School application on June 12th and NOW we are feeling alot of relief and feel so happy to be done with everything. NOW it is all out of our hands.............. We will NOW be "patiently" waiting to hear back from the schools. Interviews will start Nov/Dec and we HOPE to hear back from the Dental Schools in Jan/Feb.