End of Summer.

These last few days of summer have been filled with everything wonderful.

-Football (high school & college)
-Family
-Sleepovers in the trailer
-Manicure/Pedicure
-Weddings
-Food
-Friends
-Back to school shopping

My adorable cousin. 

Abby. Gosh. I love her. 

First day of school! 

Yesterday, Bry and I walked Courtney around campus and I am so excited to have her there.
BYU will always hold a special place in my heart and I love that someone I love so much gets to have wonderful experiences at this extraordinary place.

And perhaps, the biggest news of the month is that I finally, officially changed my name.
When we first got married, I had to keep my maiden name because we were leaving for Brazil a month after the wedding and my visa and passport were both in my maiden name.

We got back from Brazil on a Saturday and school started that next Monday. All the places I needed to go are government offices, so they are only open on weekdays and closed on most holidays. I was working and going to school every day and never had the chance to spend a few hours getting it done.
Then, at the end of last school year, our three days after the semester ended were literally packed.

So... here we are... more than a year later...

and I am officially a Briggs!

{Naturally, we celebrated with cupcakes.}


We were also so blessed to visit my sweet friend Caitlin, her wonderful husband Tom and their new baby boy.

I am so excited for the day when Bryan will be a father. He is already so good at it.
I feel like being excited about a family has become looked down on and it sort of breaks my heart.

I love Bryan so much and my favorite thing about our marriage is our potential to be parents.
It is something we are always working on, to make sure that when it is the right time, we are the best we can be.

We have loved everything about this summer and it's kind of hard to go back to school, but I think we are both motivated to hurry and finish. The end is in sight!