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My best friend got married yesterday and her reception was gorgeous! So happy for her and her new husband! Welcome to the married club 🎉 💗 Her wedding gave me all the feels and emotional pregnant me just had to snap a few photos with Stephen and dance together during the slow songs 😊 Having a permanent wedding date is so fabulous! 💗 Something I loved learning from the ceremony is that marriage is not a surrender, it’s an alliance! 😂 (taught by elder Oaks) 💗 I also loved that he said the music of marriage is not played in unison but in harmony, that we should use our differences to make a beautiful harmony in our marriage 😊 I’m tearing up now as I think about it! 💗 Anyone else ever go to a wedding and get all the feels?? (at Eventos Paulo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tjB1uFAA9/?igshid=1tx4pd8nr447e

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It’s a girl!!! 😊💗💕👶🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1R4YA2FZWu/?igshid=i4wcrdtaj3dy

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The day is almost here!! Tomorrow is our big gender reveal party and I couldn’t be more excited 💗 I can’t believe the sealed envelope survived in my possession for so long without me taking a peek 😂😂😂 Any guesses on what we are having??? https://www.instagram.com/p/B1O5_ceFw1i/?igshid=1mywrg2z1nemd

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😍😍😍 Can we go back to Italy?!?! 🇮🇹 Fountains everywhere! I just love fountains ⛲️. Anyone else thinking of somewhere they’d like to be?? Where are you in your daydreams today??? (at Fontana Di Trevi-Roma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B06in9flR6L/?igshid=ua4icv4hrb8n

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I’m loving greenery so much this year! I’m on the hunt for some great house plants that even I can’t kill! If you have suggestions I’m all ears 😊 Anyone else absolutely love house plants but afraid to kill them?!?! (at Cactus & Tropicals Events) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0i5mLCFjub/?igshid=19rpo000par7b

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We are going a little light fixture crazy! This is the new fixture above our dining table 💕 The old one hung too low and hit people in the heads so we upgraded to this stunner 💕 We also replaced fixtures in bedrooms and the basement AND the second bath! We were on a roll! 💕 All of our projects are coming to a close and soon we will be on to furniture hunting and decorating, my favorite part! Anyone else love to style their home like you’re picking an outfit?! (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Bao8nlz11/?igshid=1f7572kp6qtxm

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Baby Hills joining our Hillscapades in December 💕 Turns out our projects have a deadline! 👼🏻 We have been making some home improvements for more than just the two of us! 💕 I have been so sick lately which has made me a little MIA but now you know why! Anyone else had morning sickness that should’ve been called all day long sickness??? (at Ogden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzn7mjHFQF9/?igshid=my49tqv7tgdn

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We are not immune to wedding season! 😂 but I’m totally fine with that! 💕 we love celebrating love especially when it’s at such a gorgeous venue. Anyone else love succulents and greenery?? (at Cactus & Tropicals Events) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzDrtogFbmF/?igshid=1ei2xj2onusa2

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Here’s to one year and many more to come!! ❤️ Anyone else celebrating an anniversary in June??? (at Colosseo, Roma, Italia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoMiFgFema/?igshid=1wadp0qq8n6dq

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The most peaceful thing you can do in Venice! ❤️❤️❤️ What’s something you’ve done that was unexpectedly peaceful?? (at Venezia, Italia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByaLqvdF_kW/?igshid=f49ety4wi6c5

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Anyone else love herringbone as much as I do?? 💕 It turns out herringbone was used a lot in Italy! In the colosseum it was used as an under layer for stability and in other structures it was the main layer. 💕 What’s are your favorite patterns? (at Palatine Hill) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDJixjAsP4/?igshid=i07myqcdhpi4

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“In a city filled with historic monuments and very important buildings, the temple of the Lord, the house of the Lord, will be the most important building in all of Rome.” ~ Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (at Tempio di Roma Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx8CJo0FyRv/?igshid=e2k7w2x6b1cu

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Inside the colosseum, looking out. Visiting this structure was remarkable! So many small details come together to make one huge landmark. What have you seen that was so grand and amazing it almost seemed impossible? (at Colosseo, Roma, Italia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxT3o5FK9v/?igshid=grqqyfbx8v1r

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I call em like I see em 😂 Visiting the colosseum was spectacular. Such a large and powerful structure built so long ago. There is so much to learn about this amazing building! If you ever have the chance to visit Rome it is a must see. Have you ever been to the colosseum? What was your favorite part? (at Colosseo, Roma, Italia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxpcCarFB4m/?igshid=rsc6350k1ylk

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“A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.” Arthur Symons. 🚣‍♀️ Venice is stunning! It’s so magical how a city can be built where it seems impossible to build! 🚣‍♀️ So much can be accomplished in our lives! It may seem impossible to reach your dreams, but we can build something even in circumstances that make it seem impossible! Keep fighting, keep dreaming, keep working. Before you know it you will have built a city on the water like no other 💕 what are you working toward building?? (at Venice, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxm3XIsFcmJ/?igshid=mexo2xmx471j

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“Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” -George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English poet . We have been exploring nonstop everyday! These cities, their history, and beauty are overwhelming! There is so much nature mixed with fascinating buildings and ruins. A perfect combination of stones and plant life. Can’t wait to share more photos! ❤️ (at Palatine Hill) https://www.instagram.com/hillscapades/p/BxcLeIXltsd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c5u2xtnymzdn

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“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.” Erica Jon (at Grand Canal Venice, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/hillscapades/p/BxZzAHolzDJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6qcxfesw2lb0