The big day finally came. All of the planning and preparations culminated in the wonderful wedding day.
I spent Friday preparing the food and getting all of the last minute stuff done. Then Saturday we got ready and went to the Temple. We spent about an hour outside (overcast and not as hot as it had been - yeah!) taking pictures. The professional photographer took some wonderful pictures. The pictures posted here were taken with our Kodak digital camera.
I felt very blessed to be in the Temple with my oldest child helping her to prepare to be sealed for time and all eternity. The ceremony in the Temple was wonderful. President Gary Earl sealed Stephanie and Jeremiah and his wife Diane (Aunt Diane to my kids) was there too. It was a very emotional time with all of us shedding tears of happiness. After - we waited outside for the bride and groom to exit the Temple as man and wife. The bride and groom stayed for a few more pictures and we rushed home to get the food and take it to the church.
We had lots of help from Holly's sisters and Katie's husband Richard who just returned from Iraq. They were all great and kept the food and punch in great supply. Everyone enjoyed the food and many stayed for the whole time of the event.
Millie and her husband Brent took hundreds of pictures. I was so grateful to them for being there and they took some great shots. There were so many people there I cannot name them all but I am so thankful for all who came to celebrate with us.
We had speeches by the best man, the father of the groom and the father and step-father of the bride. Then the bride and groom danced together and afterwards Jeremiah danced with his mother while Stephanie took turns with her dad and Brad.
They cut the cake, threw the bouquet and the garter and we all blew bubbles at them to wish them well on their way. What a great day!
Here is a link to a
scrapblog I made.
Quinn's sister Katie took these fantastic pictures of Braxton and Rykker. They are so sweet!
After the celebration of Matt and Ruthie's birthdays we all sat around and watched Stephanie and Jeremiah open all of their wedding gifts. They got a ton of stuff and I forgot to take a picture of all the gifts. It really looked like Christmas in July! They have a lot of thank yous to write!
On Friday, July 25, 2008, Brad received a telephone call from Quinn saying that Heather was going in for a C-Section and the Twins were coming. As soon as we could we left work and got on the road to Cedar. We got there a couple of hours after they were born and got to see and hold them both. Bev and Jack got there before us and we all enjoyed visiting and admiring Braxton Lois and Rykker Bradley. They are great! Braxton was 5lbs 15oz and Rykker was 4lbs 15oz. We are so happy they are here!
This year we celebrated Ruthie and Matthew's dinner together. It was yummy as usual. Grandma always makes great dinners. It was fun. We had cake and they blew out their candles together. Matt turned 19 on July 25th and Ruthie turned ???? on July 23rd. I don't want to write her age in case she would rather I did not publish it!
