Andrew and Heather were married on Thursday, April 25th in the Salt Lake Temple. Two days later we held an open house for them here. There will be a reception in Mesa this week.
I hesitate to thank people because I'm so afraid I'm going to miss someone and hurt his/her feelings. But I feel I need to try, so I apologize if I've forgotten anyone (just let me know and I'll gladly add your name).
Thanks David, Jackie, and Terra for loaning
us so many items to use (and Joylene, Sherry, Dana, and the Gross family, too). The place would have been bare without your
generosity.
Thanks Glen, Hannah, Geoff, Alex, Gary, Sarah, Thomas, Ben,
Terra, and Jennifer and the Johnson family (did I miss anyone?) for
helping decorate and for knowing from whom to borrow things!
A HUGE thanks to Annalee for making the cake and for Sariah for first getting the cake set up, and then for dishing up the ice cream and keeping the goodies fully stocked on the table. You deserve more than the extra bananas. Our ice cream bar included 3 flavors of ice cream, 4 sauces (thank you
Terra for making the caramel and the chocolate sauce!), and various
other toppings (oreos, peanuts, reese cups, sprinkles, mini m&ms,
whipped cream, and cherries).
Thanks to
everyone who helped clean up (adding to the list above would be Mom and
Dad P for sure). (I was brain dead by then and am not sure if I missed if anyone else helped clean up other than those who set up, too).
Gary took photos...can't wait to see them, but meanwhile I don't have any real photos of the line or the guests since I was in the line, but this is what I have:
This photo shows off the skirt of Heather's dress (her younger brother Kyle is holding the dress).
The wedding cake. Thanks SO much Annalee and Sariah! We loved it.
The feeding-each-other-cake tradition started off okay...
...but soon the frosting was not on the cake anymore.
All in all, it's been a wonderful, crazy, and full week. I am so blessed to have such amazingl friends and family who did so much to help out--planning and carrying out a party is not one of my strengths. So, thank you to everyone who helped, and thank you to everyone who offered to help if we needed them. We are truly blessed with lots of support.
And we are now blessed with lots of leftover ice cream in the freezer (thanks mom and dad for loaning us some freezer space)...some of said ice cream will be served Monday night after Ryan is set apart as a missionary before he enters the Provo MTC on Wednesday. (I'm trying not to have a panic attack...)
So, onto another wonderful, crazy, and full week.
