Wedding bells are ringing

The time has come to reveal the picture of J and I when we were wedding dress shopping!

Oh how I wish I was wearing the dress! That would have made the picture even better. Alas, it wasn't to be. Don't get me wrong, I loved holding it up so J could compare the two. J is so beautiful and I loved being there with M and mom and S as J made her decision. She picked her dress and wedding plans got underway. Finally, the big day arrived and  beautiful J got married last week. We were lucky enough to be able to go. We went down a few days early to hang out with friends and family. Because we were able to be there a few days early, we were able to be there when she went through the temple. As we were in the celestial room I looked around and saw all of mom and dad's kids with their spouses or very near future spouse. I am a million percent sure that both dad and Brandon were there too, we just couldn't see them. It was truly so amazing to be in there as an entire family. That's what it's all about folks. Family and the gospel. Nothing else matters. The deepest desire of my heart is to one day be standing in the temple with B and our three kids and their spouses or future spouses or be in there as our kids are going on missions or just going through the temple for the first time. I hope that they want to go to the temple and that they gain strong enough testimonies that the temple is their goal. Anyway, I digress. The temple was amazing. I love it there! The wedding came and went and now there are no more weddings on either side of our families until the nieces and nephews start getting married. Which, won't be long. Just sayin'. To say that J looked beautiful would be a huge, gross understatement.

These three were the bridesmaid's. I'm pretty sure they loved their job. M loved that she was able to hang out with K and A. They were together all day, They were pretty cute together.

D and B waiting for them to come out of the temple. It seems to take forever for the bride and groom to come out. it's awful! These two had a great time running around together. I feel like this side of the temple would have been better for pictures, but they wanted them in the shade, so to the other side we went.

Isn't she lovely?! The rest of the group looks great too, especially the guy on the far left. B was the tallest in the family until M came around. 

Sister and sister-in-laws picture. I love this group of ladies. I am loud and annoying and tell people what I think and they seem to like me anyway. 

We took advantage of having someone around to take a picture of  us again. In case you don't know this about me,  I feel like one can never take too many pictures!

I love him! I am so happy that he's my date and that I get to be with him forever!

Some of M's family couldn't be in the temple so, they did a ring ceremony before the luncheon. I can't believe J's married! I remember her when she was 6. She told me that she doesn't remember life before me. Now she's all grown up and married. 

The reception was full of dancing(and singing because I just can't help myself. Especially when, Shot Through the Heart, comes on!),

bouquet throwing,

garter catching, and 

Sparklers! Can you tell that sparklers make M a wee-bit nervous?! We all had a great day and are happy for J and M. We hope that they are happy for ever and ever and ever!

Family pictures 2015

We were able to go to Utah last week for J and M's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and J looked breathtaking. We were able to be there a few days before the wedding. On one of the afternoon's we were able to go up to Sundance Ski Resort and take family pictures. Our beautiful sister-in-law, S came with us and took the pictures. She did an amazing job! I don't know what one's I like best, so you get an overload of our pictures. You're welcome!

I feel like the background almost looks like we're in a photo studio and they pulled down a painted scene of mountains. 

I don't totally love this one because I feel like I have gigantic legs and this makes them look really big. But I love that even little B is smiling.

This is real life family picture taking. 

I think the kiddo pictures all turned out cute. I just don't know which one I like the best.

 I love love love the door shots. There are little buildings around Sundance. This is a glass door on one of the buildings. It's showing a reflection of the trees in the glass. I think they're so awesome!

We liked this spot so much that we went back to try and get better shots. I really don't know which one I like best. I love this group of people and I am so happy that we were able to get family pictures in Utah.

Finally!

The results are in! Mr Gorbachev Walker, tear down this wall!

We were so excited to find out that this wall is not load bearing! When the guy told us that, we did a happy dance and told him to take it out.

I think it looks so much better! It will look even better when we are able to redo the flooring. But, the hole in the floor makes a perfect track for cars to race down. It also makes a great starting line for races to the couch. We aren't sure why Mr. Walker left a little bit at the top. He told us that if he took it all the way up, it would look like a botched remodel job.We told him ok and he left a little at the top. I had no idea it would take so long to do. Little B and I spent five days in the basement while they took out the wall, patched it, moved the electrical stuff and painted. A little bit about moving the electrical. They had to move the light switches to the wall that was staying. They did it in an afternoon. That night after dinner I went to turn the light off and saw that they had put the light switch in upside down. So, when the light was off, the switch was up. I convulsed, shivered and almost started to cry. Even thinking about it gives me full body shivers. You might think that I'm just being dramatic, I'm not. That is O.C.D. at it's finest folks. When the guys came back the next day I told them that I was crazy. They said,OK, very hesitantly and waited for me to expound. I couldn't even walk to or look at the light switch, I just had to point. I told them that the light switch was on wrong and asked them if they would please fix it. The guy started to laugh and said he would fix it before he left. Too bad he forgot. Thankfully B is amazing and he flipped it around for me so that I didn't end up in a padded room. I just don't understand how anyone could put a switch on wrong. Don't you test it and realize the huge blunder?!  Anywho, I wanted to take pictures of them taking the wall out, but when I came upstairs to do it, there was plastic taped up everywhere. It truly looked like a scene out of E.T. They told us that it would be dusty. That was an understatement. I feel like we could have made dust sculptures out of the dust that was coating every surface. They caught a lot of the dust with the plastic they had taped up, so I know that it could have been a lot worse, but it was everywhere. Truth. We are happy that the wall is gone and we can hardly wait to do the flooring.