Brian and Brooke's Wedding

Craig's oldest brother Brian got married last weekend, October 18th, in Salt Lake City.  We woke Brooklyn up at 5:00 am to head to the airport Friday morning. We flew through Dallas, so hopefully we don't end up woth Ebola.

playing at the airport while waitng for our connecting flight

  She did really well on the flights but was ready for a nap when we got to the hotel.  We were able to stay at a hotel that looked over Temple Square, It was beautiful.  After Brooklyn took a nap and we all got ready, we headed over to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for the rehersal dinner.  Diane put everything together and did a wonderful job.  Everything turned out really great.  We left a little early so that Brooklyn could get to bed since she was up so early that morning.

Meeting Aunt Lisa for the first time

Fun in the hotel with cousins

 Brooklyn had an awful night that night.  Between 2 teeth coming in and a new place she ended up sleeping in our bed most of the night, which is a first for us, but luckily it was a king size bed so there was plenty of room.  Saturday morning we all got up and has breakfast and then started to get ready for the wedding.  We laid Brooklyn down for a nap right before we headed over to the temple and she slept the whole time we were gone at the sealing.  Luckily Craig's Grandparents brought some Young Women from their ward to the hotel to watch all of the kids.  The sealing was beautiful and we are so glad that we got to be a part of it. We then headed back to the hotel to pick up the kids and get them back to the temple for pictures.  Sadly I didn't get any good pictures of Brooke and Brian at the temple because I was trying to keep Brooklyn from photo bombing other people's wedding pictures.

Before the sealing

All she wanted to do was climb the stairs

  After the temple we all changed into our reception clothes and drove to La Caille for pictures and the reception.  The venue was gorgeous.  Brooklyn especially loved the pond with all of the ducks.  After the pictures we listened to a string quartet, well Brooklyn danced and I listened, as we drank Italian Sodas and ate appetizer.  We then headed into dinner.  The cake was the most amazing wedding cake I have ever seen, it took them over two weeks to make.  I wish I would have taken a picture of it.  We left after dinner because Brooklyn had had it by this point, but we heard the rest of the evening was lovely.

Haning out with cousin Audrey

Watching the ducks

Fedding the ducks with Daddy

Only Brooklyn would be able to get Craig to dance

dancing with Pops

Clapping along to the music

Oh how she loves to dance

 Craig then flew back to Memphis early Sunday morning and Brooklyn and I walked around Temple Square for a little while before we then drove to Boise with Stan and Diane, where we are going to spend a few weeks. We are so glad that we got to be a part of their big day and we are so excited for them. They are a beautiful couple and will have many happy years ahead of them.  Luckily Brooklyn was really great besides that one restless night of sleep, so that always makes it more enjoyable.