Groom's Dinner

The Groom's Dinner was held the evening of July 11, 2008 at the Chapel on West Charleston. Jeremiah's mom—Elaine—and her friends put on a great dinner with chicken and rice, stew, broccoli salad, jello salad and some delicious fresh fruit and cream puffs. Everyone had a great time. At the end we had everyone introduce themselves and how they knew the Bride or Groom and tell a funny story about them. It was fun to get to know each other better and hear the funny things everyone had to say. After the dinner, Stephanie, Brad, Kayla, Matt and I went to the Galleria Chapel to make some final touches on the reception setup. Holly and Ryan came too and we got everything in place in preparation for the big event!

Kayla's 17th Birthday Dinner

We held Kayla's Birthday Dinner on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at Grandma's house. Her birthday is June 13th. Here is who was there—Grandma (of course), Uncle Tim, Ruthie, Kathrine, Me, Brad, Stephanie, Jeremiah, Matthew, Shalene and Hannah Grassie, and the Guest of Honor—Kayla! Ruthie and Kathrine also brought their kittens and there is a picture of Kayla holding one of them. We had a great dinner and everyone enjoyed Kayla's birthday pie.

Mission Preparation

My son, David Matthew Kitchen, is preparing to go on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He has had a physical and is all clear by the doctor to go and he has had his wisdom teeth removed. He only has to go back to the dentist for the final sign off of his dental work, then fill out some paperwork, meet with the Bishop and Stake President and they will submit his papers! He turns 19 on July 25th. We are so excited to see where he will serve.

The Twins

I have wanted to post this for awhile and have been so busy doing things for the wedding that I have not had the chance. This will be a better posting if I post what Heather wrote in her email when she sent us these pictures. She said:

"When we went to the ultrasound last night they did print us out some pictures that are amazing. I have attached 2 of them to this email. I hope they turn out. Sometimes they are hard to look at because they pick up everything that is i there, including the placenta.
Baby A is on the top. You can see his face really well. The thick line in front of him is the cord
Baby B is on the bottom picture. He is harder to take pictures of because he always has either his arm or leg in his face. You can see his eye and nose and his arm is right in front of his mouth. You can also see his other hand by his eye. He is always chewing or sucking on something. He is the only one we have seen suck his thumb."

We are so excited for these baby boys to arrive. They will be coming soon!