Well the wedding is over and BJ and Holly are officially married. It went well yesterday. It rained as predicted and snowed at times but not so much that we could not do what needed to be done. We went to the temple at 9:30 a.m. The sealer that they had, John Kunz, was very funny but had some great messages behind his humor. There was a great spirit in the room and I think Holly is the first bride I have seen cry (I hope for joy) as they were being sealed. She looked beautiful and BJ was radient. It was really raining when we got out of the temple so we took a lot of the pictures downstairs by the atrium that the Bountiful temple has. It cleared up during the wedding luncheon so BJ and Holly were able to go back to get a few pictures outside.

We had the wedding luncheon at the Eldredge Manor. It was really nice and a comfortable atmosphere. They had a great video player over the fireplace so everyone could see the video that Amanda had made of their growing up and growing together days. The fireplace was lit to match the weather. The food was good and we had almost every place setting covered so that relieved a lot of worries.

We drove to Logan for the reception about 4:30 p.m. It was really hailing around North Ogden and it was snowing in Sardine Canyon. I thought maybe it would continue to storm all night as had been predicted but people coming through the line later said it was not bad and that it had dried out. We drove home on mostly dry roads. I apparently snowed three inches in Kaysville during the time of the reception so there was only one brave couple from the ward that made it. Several famiy members like Kimo Coray and Craig and Corinne came and said it was not bad after you got past Kaysville/Layton area.

The Alumni House in Logan is a great place for a reception. We had a good time. Amanda took more pictures of the family. Hopefully the pictures will be on her website soon so you can all see them. Erick took some pictures she didn't get like of BJ and Holly trying to get into their car after the wedding whem all of their brothers and sisters and friends had decorated and stuffed it with ballons and wrapped it in cellophane. Maybe I can get him to help me post some of those this week. I think that everyone we knew from Logan area came to the reception and there were alot of people from Holly's hometown of Cove there.

We went to dinner with Kirsten and Jon and Maren and Landon and their children after the wedding reception at a place called the Coppermill on Main Street in Logan. We had a good talk and it was good food. Larry and I ordered a 12 oz. Prime Rib to share. When we got it, it was about 2 inches thick and looked more like 22 oz. I was sure glad we were sharing. Even Larry could not finish his piece.

I was worried that the drive home would be bad. But it was mostly dry all the way. The three inches of snow in Kaysville had even melted and the streets were just wet. I was worried about whether BJ and Holly had made it to Park City where they were going okay so I called and they were already in Park City when we got home. (They did not stop to eat.) I felt like we had been really blessed because the weather men had been predicting snow all night and Sunday morning. We need the water but I was grateful that it did not snow as much as expected.

We had all our family to the wedding except Nathan and his family and Jeff and his family. Some of the highlights for me were watching Hailee, Lexie, Kallise and Brinlie twirl in their dresses in front of the line. Brinlie layed on the floor and put her legs in the air and kicked to her hearts content with her dress up above her face and her diaper waving in the air. Kyle looked so handsome and he was able to wear one of the regular pink ties that all the guys had. Ashton talked to me like he liked me and told me about a car he has at his other grandma's that he has to have a helmet for. Hailee kept sitting by me at the luncheon and wanting a hug. Uncle Erick was the offical babysitter at the luncheon and was playing with the kids tossing them in the air especially Jaron. Erick introduce Lynnette as his "mutual friend" at the luncheon so his siblings teased him all day because they think they are in love and just do not want to admit it to each other. Michelle kept telling Ethan to sit on his knees for one of the pictures and he would do that. Finally she communicated that he needed to kneel and not sit to be seen.

It was good to see Ray and Sally Hunsaker, they were some of our best friends from when John and I first got married. I was glad that Aunt Marva and Uncle Charles finally had to just drive across town to be at the wedding. They have been so good to travel long distances to other weddings we have had. Steve and Christy Kropp and Ben were there. All of my brothers and sisters or part of their family made it to either the luncheon or the reception so that was nice. Nathan called BJ at 5:45 a.m. to talk so BJ got an early start.

Well Maren and Landon are here to play games with us so see you soon.

Well I have not posted for a long time. We only have one computer that I can get to work on the internet and I can't make myself move the other one so I can get to a computer on Sundays. Larry was using it a lot but then they changed his class to Monday and he doesn't have one until the 22 of October so he doesn't need it so much right now for homework. He got all of his homework done for the first class of a new series and rushed down there for his class on the Tuesday following his last class and when he got there he found out he did not have class for three weeks and this next class is on Monday so he is set when that day comes.

We had a great party when BJ came home. Larry barbequed several things and we had the trimmings to go with it. We sang Happy Birthday to Daniel and had a good time eating cake and lemon squares with ice cream. Holly stayed the weekend and we have some good pictures of her and BJ together if I can get them from BJ.

So now it is October and we have October birthdays to celebrate today. Kirsten decided to have it at her house because Brooke and Jon both have October birthdays and she is also inviting Jon's family. We are going up there at 5:00 p.m. It is also Jake and Leah's birthday in October. Jake with be here after he gets off his weekend guard and we had to mail Leah her birthday now that they are in Washington. We talked to her around her birthday and she said it rains alot in Washington but she likes it there.

We got all the dresses for the wedding but now Nathan and Sara and Jeff and Misty cannot come to the wedding. We were disappointed but it is fairly expensive and Jeff and Nathan could not get off of work.

The family had a shower for Holly last weekend and they got a lot of groceries for their kitchen. She has had a couple of other showers also and the wedding presents are starting to trickle in from people who do not want to go to Logan for the wedding reception. And Holly's extended family does not want to come to Bountiful for the wedding dinner!

Scott Hermansen my nephew is in the LDS Hospital in a drug induced coma and has been for the last 10 days. He has some rare syndrome that they have just discovered in the last few years that turns the tissues in the body paper thin and makes it so it is very hard to breath. Because it starts out like a cold it is hard to diagnois and he has been going to doctors for about 10 months trying to find out what he has. A doctor in St George finally diagnoised it correctly and sent him to LDS for a treatment but when they did the treatment they tore his trachea so they had to put him in the coma to heal after the surgery they did to repair it. I saw Mallory, his wife, yesterday and she said that they were hopeful that he was healing and coming out of the coma, although the disease has a two to five year life expectancy after they find it, so the prospects are not good. The family fasted for him today and could use your prayers and contact at this time.

BJ and Holly are eagerly anticipating their wedding. They are getting married at 10:00 a.m. on the 20th of October and then we are having a wedding dinner at Eldrege Manor in Bountiful at noon. The reception is that night at the Alumni House in Logan from 6:30-8:30 p.m. We just got the invitations and got them out this week so you should have received an invitation by now.

Erick has had Fall break from school this week so he has had a little more time. He mowed the lawn and cleaned the downstairs. He brought in the Herbs that he planted in planters and made a nice grouping of them downstairs by the window. So maybe we can have fresh herbs to cook with all winter.

Maren and Landon had a good time in Montana and Yellowstone. Now they are planning to go to Disneyland and then to Las Vegas for Halloween. Landon's business always has a convention in Las Vegas at that time. Brinlie is going to be a pirate and she carries the costume around saying "Pirate, on; Pirate, cute." She is really getting good at talking and singing so you understand her.

Kirsten has been going shopping with me helping me pick out clothes for Kennedy for the wedding and clothes for me for the wedding. She had some good ideas for helping me to look "with it." Jon is finishing up an internship that will make it easier for him to get a promotion. Kyle is just finishing up soccer. We went to watch him play in the rain about two weeks ago .

I went down to Lexie's soccer game yesterday. It rained but not as bad as the last two weekends. We went to the Artic Cirle and got treats after. Ashton and Lexie had fun playing on the playground there and Lexie let the cat out of the bag that Jake and Nikki are expecting in May. There are some fun pictures of Ashton on Nikki's blog.

Michelle has been busy as usual. The kids are still working on their choir and instrument lessons. Kalisse can say "I love you" now. She is really getting more grown up. Ethan has his last soccer game next week and I didn't make it to one of his games yet so I guess I will have to go in the spring. Daniel says he is still working and mowing the lawn for fun.

Jeff hurt his leg working out so he is hurting. Leah is riding a bike without training wheels now. Matthew is terrorizing Owen by taking away his toys to make him scream. And, Owen is running around and talking more and more. Misty works from 8:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. and Jeff works during the days.

Sara's mom is really sick again. Sara mentioned on her blog that she went in the hospital again. Nathan and Sara were fasting for her today. We probably ought to mention her in our prayers also. Nathan is flying helicopters now and trying not to crash them. He has been trying to talk Landon into joining and coming down there to stay. They got an older used car so they would have something else to get around in so Sara is not always stranded. Nathan drives the older car. Sara has some cute pictures of the kids on her blog.

Well it is bedtime for me and Larry. Hope you have a good week.