uncle "Richie" gets married!

A few weekends ago (yes, I am behind on the blog!) my brother-in-law Richard married the beautiful Alivia in the Mesa temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and they are such a cute couple! The pictures are kind of out-of-order, but on Thursday night, the company started making their way into town. On Friday Alivia went thru the temple to receive her endowments. Ben and I attended that temple session with them while Gramma (my mom) watched the girls. I was so glad she happened to be in town that day! Thank you mom! On Friday night, Arden & Capri hosted a dinner at my house for all the immediate family of the bride and groom. I posted a few pics of that...lots of yummy food and fun! Its so nice when two families get along so well:) We had a house-full on Friday night with everyone staying at our house (which we love:) and then Saturday morning was the wedding ceremony. The aunties watched the girls for us during the ceremony. I just love listening to the words in LDS sealings...such a great reminder of the blessing of an eternal marriage:) Also a great reminder for me to try to live up to my temple covenants:) After the sealing, we ate lunch with Ben's siblings (Wayne & his wife Preet, Sam, & Amanda) at Ben's favorite burger joint in Mesa and then everyone made the trek up north to Prescott for the open house at Arden and Capri's house. The open house had MORE yummy food and there was a nice turnout. After helping clean up a little, we came back home that night (since its so much easier to have the girls sleep in their own beds!) Ben's siblings and his mom (who rode up with his sisters from Colorado) also came back to the valley that night and stayed at our house. We were able to visit with them a couple hours before church on Sunday morning which was nice:) Overall, it was a fun, family-filled weekend! Congrats uncle "richie" and aunt "labalalabala"! (L's are hard to say ok! lol) and yes, this is picture overload, but hey, I narrowed it down from 400! lol. plus, this is my journal, so these pictures are mostly for me:)

beautiful bride & groom!

so in love:)

the parents!

the siblings, parents, & grandparents



everyone! haha




i just think this picture is hilarious because
it descibes my Allyson to a T! DRAMA QUEEN!



the girls with aunt livi!

ki & alivia

pure sweetness

my love!

at the BBQ

playing bball in the pool at the BBQ!

alivia with her nephew Rio in the hot tub!

allyson & auntie sammie

allyson & her gramma barney

what? im innocent? (not)

grampa & gramma barney:)

auntie lauren & allyson

love her:) of course she slept the entire time!



preet, wayne, amanda



we are so hot lol

we're just so sexy! lol

love us:)

richard and babysitter lissa!

here ducky ducky!



LOVES auntie sam!



mr. cool dude

walking with uncle wayne!

amanda, samantha, lisa



ben, richard, wayne, richard's friend(haha)



alivia & her mom

me & pretty alivia!

:)

alivia & rio:)

rio with his gramma:)

i just love this pic!

smelling alivia's fake bouquet lol

auntie sam was her fav!

she was in heaven:)

hmmm...what can i get into next?

attempting a family pic lol

the best we could get lol



the cake!



look at the bride's hand lol
SO richard & alivia!

cuties:)

not sure where she found this? lol

where's kilee? lol

pretty flowers in arden's yard

wedding flowers:)

such a good baby:)

the food! well, part of the food haha

cutting the cake!

richard was nice and alivia smashed it in his face...
as it should be! haha

the decor and gorgeous background!

my hot stuff hubby!

alivia's sister ambre caught the bouquet!

richard get out of there!

mission accomplished!

this little boy caught the garder lol
he was so confused!

allyson loves uncle richie! (eyeing his flower)

running out to their car!

blowing bubbles!

tuckered OUT!