Jared got married!!

Oh dear bloggity blog, I love writing in you but I just get far behind sometimes.  So much fun stuff to report, bye the way!  So first of all Jared and Alyson got married on Groundhog Day, Feb 2 at the Brigham City Temple.  It was a really special and wonderful reception, temple sealing, and wedding luncheon afterwards.  None of it was what I would have desired for our wedding (which was perfectly perfect in every way) but it was absolutely perfect in it's own way.  Hope that doesn't sound condescending because it's not.  What I'm saying is that my brain just thinks of things differently and I wouldn't have thought of a wedding the way they did it but I LOVED it.

Alyson had the most lovely dress.  It was an ivory tulle confection and her hair was pinned up so prettily.  The reception was at this lovely greenhouse place in Holladay so it was just covered in the prettiest flowers and they had a hot chocolate and doughnut bar.  Lizzie loved running around the whole place with her cute little girl cousins who just adore her.  It makes me so happy.  She often gets whisked away by them at family events.  The temple sealing at the Brigham City temple was in all actuality divine.  I felt raised to a higher frequency while I was there and I just knew there were others there whom we couldn't see.  The luncheon afterwards was at Maddux, down the street from the temple.  So fun and yummy.

A week before, Paul threw Jared a bachelor party (laser tag and watching Star Trek) and I threw Alyson a bridal shower at Paul's mom's home.  That was so fun and turned out lovely.  Well here are some pics of the whole lovely thing (I really like the word lovely lately).  It reminds me of my British cousins who say it quite a bit and makes me think of them fondly.

The shower

Alyson surrounded by a bevy of beauties

Paul's mom helped me make the presentation lovely

Paul came back really excited after Jared's bachelor party.  Since Paul was Jared's best man, he got to be the witness at the temple.  That was really special.

Lizzie with Bethany

The cake matched Alyson's dress. And how cool is Jared's cake?

No naps for Lizzie that day except on grandma

I love this pic with Caroline!

I just love Alyson's dress

Yummy Maddox lunch - the rolls were exquisite!