AND THERE WAS KISSING.

Cameron and Guen.
Just out of the temple.

They look sorta happy!

(Just a little kiss.)
Matt and Tara and their family.
Matt is the second child and oldest boy.

He and his wife were sealed in the Rexburg Temple two years ago today.

I received a lot of emails about the photo wallboard that we did.
(I got the idea on Pinterest.com)
This is it the day I finished it.
It's a 6x6 plyboard that I wallpapered.
We seached for frames of varying sizes to be able to put photos of her married sisters and parents and our married kids and ourselves.
Guen then took the pictures and copied them in Sepia and Black and White to look old.

The big frames were just holes in the wall to be able to have people come and stand in them so we could take a picture as they came to the reception.
It has been so fun to look at them.


Apparently the bride and groom weren't the only ones smooching!
(Howie's expression looks a bit "pained".)
Lynsey and Nick kissing with Miss Lexi.
Lynsey is the oldest. (And the alpha.)

More kissing.

Matt and Tara kissing!
Enough already!

Nate and Sara and their little boyz!
Nate is the 3rd child and middle son.

(My daughter-in-laws are named Tara and Sara. We teased Cameron about marrying a Lara or Kara or something like that. We are thrilled to have a Guen!)
Candice.
The baby of the family.
Our remaining unmarried child.
We're OK with that!
She'll be 20 this month. (How did I get so old?)

A picture of Howie and I with the
NEW MR. & MRS.!

The bridesmaids and groomsmen.

The bridesmaids held large sparkly pinwheels and the groomsmen wore smaller ones.

Her mom arranges her pretty dress.

This is the bride's "something blue".

Aren't her dimples the cutest ever?
Cute toes on the bride and her bridesmaids.

"Nate, you are not allowed to play with my camera again!"

"Matt! Neither are you!"

Howie with his two sisters and their husbands.

Our children with the new sister-in-law.

Can I get an "AMEN!"

HERE COMES THE BRIDE!

Last minute preparations kept us busy busy busy!
The morning was gray and blustery.
BUT by the time the couple came out of the Rexburg Temple...

...it was bright and sunshiney!
Perfect day!

The ceremony wasn't until 2:00 in the afternoon, so there was very little time for a ton of pictures before the reception started at 6:30.

We did have fun with some outside photos.


As soon as we arrived home we were then busy setting up tables and chairs in the backyard, setting pots on them, last minute preparations for the food and then getting dressed.

We had a photobooth wall that everyone had to walk past and get a picture taken on their way to the guest book.

On the wall were old frames with wedding pictures of her parents and siblings that were married and us and our married children.
The big picture frames were empty of course, to be filled with candid and random shots.

Her parents...


My lover and best friend.

My 5 children NOT being normal.


The day began with Guen's feet looking like this:

And ENDED in pink fuzzy slippers.


The NEWLYWEDS!

She made tissue paper flowers for her bouquet.
They were so soft and airy looking.
Couldn't imagine it when she was describing it, but it turned out so pretty.

Of course, no day is complete without a few candids...
...like Lexie getting into makeup.
"SMARKLEY!"(translated SPARKLY)

"Matt, I've seen that face....and it's up to NO GOOD!"

Bridesmaids!

Not sure what Sara was doing when this was photo was snapped, but I'm sure it was innocent.
Or not.


"Nice touch Cam. Is that a new addition to the the uniform?"

Krew running 90 MPH!
He seems to be saying "MORE PICTURES TO COME!"


(I print my blog into a book each July so it's going to be picture heavy.
More photos to come after more edits.)

Amen.

It was beautiful.
Incredibly beautiful
The weather was perfect.......thank you for answered prayers
The bride and groom were beautiful.
Will post pictures when my feet aren't yelling at me.

Come on Sunshine............

You can do it!
Just 36 more hours!
I need ya!

LOVE THE SUMMER

Love the warmth.
Love the growing things.
"Hello green pepper. Glad to have ya!"

"Hiya Cabbage!"
Way to be cuciferous!

"Hello corn.
We love you most of all."

"Hi Zucchini.
I don't love you that much.
But you are so prolific you make me feel good about myself."

"Uh, green beans. Hello??? Is anyone in there?
Everyone else has shown up to the party."

"Well, hello gorgeous!"



"Ahhh, flowers thank you for flowering and being all flowery and stuff."

Pots waiting to grow up and be table decorations in 4 more days!

We enjoyed the 4th.
Kids came.
Enjoyed the parade.
Crashed a BBQ
Lit fireworks......with a blowtorch. (For reals!)
It was awesome!

ONE MORE WEEK!

Thank you Lynsey (firstborn) for having some seriously funny games!
You saved me!

Beach-theme is challenging when you don't have a beach.
But we used a kiddie wading pool to put the gifts in.
Decorated with flip-flops and seashells.

Friends, coworkers and neighbors.
THANKS FOR COMING!

Nita laughing at my insanity.

Nita's daughter Shelby and my granddaughter Lexi.
"Hi Shelby!"
There were awesome gifts.

And lots of advice.
(Guen, Candice {hello Texter McTexter} and Sara my other daughter-in-law.)
There were also gifts that made me blush.

(Being I'm innocent and all)

I hope the future daugher-in-law had fun.
It will be great to have you in our family.

One more week! WooHoo!