Nathan & Emily are Married!

Nathan and Emily married on July 31st in the Draper Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and a wonderful day! The man who sealed Nathan and Emily was the grandfather to one of Nate's companions from the mission. That was a pleasant surprise. My parents and Scott's parents were able to attend the ceremony as well as many aunts and uncles. Emily's family came and her parents attended and so did her 2 married brothers. We filled the largest sealing room in the Draper Temple. After the sealing we took family pictures outside of the Temple. Lunch was catered at Ruby River restaurant in Provo. The reception was located at the Church buildings just north of the Orem Costco. The reception was amazing! The gym was decorated beautifully and the detail was impressive. Emily's family put a lot of effort into making this a special reception. BYU ice cream with a selection of toppings were laid out to be eaten by the guests. Everything went perfectly! We are so pleased to have Emily a part of our family!

Two weeks later the family traveled to Flagstaff for another reception. The reception was located outside the Institute Building. Again everything looked great! It was fun to visit with Emily's family under less pressured conditions. While we were there we attended the Grand Canyon branch for Sunday meetings. Tyra lead the music and the boys passed the sacrament. Another great experience!

St. Patrick's Day

We began the day with cinnamon rolls and sent the kids off to school. I had planned to make a green dinner with "monster soup" (split pea soup), but some of the kids made a fuss. I suppose this is expected when there are teenagers around. A leprechaun brought gold coins for the kids at dinnertime.

The weather has been so beautiful. I hope it lasts! On Sunday I was released from the Young Woman's as Laurel Advisor and given the calling of Visiting Teaching Supervisor. There is about a month left of school and I am looking forward to completing the semester. I have a list of projects I would like to work on during the summer.

In the last few weeks I have read the Eragon series. The series begins with the book Eragon which is about a boy who by an odd chain of events hatches a dragons egg and becomes a dragon rider. There is a movie about this book, but as always there is much more to the book than the movie. The second book in the series is Eldest. This book is filled with magical creatures and battles. The third book in the series is Brisinger. The journey continues and the confrontation of good and evil takes place. These books are written by Christopher Paolini and each is about 500 to 700+ pages long. I enjoyed the story but now have to wait for the fourth and final book in the series to be published.