One More Down...

January 2, my little brother was MARRIED. Weird. I know. But it's actually a good thing. I love his wife (what the?!?), Kelli, and hope she knew what she was getting into... :)


The weather was surprisingly good for a January wedding. Cold, but beautiful blue skies. Matt and Kelli were married in the Jordan River Temple and everything went perfectly. After the wedding came the family pictures. My little Abby would not cooperate. She wanted to play by the fountain and throw snow, NOT hold still for pictures. I just like this one of Matt trying to coax Abby over to them using Kelli's bouquet.

The wedding luncheon was delicious AND entertaining, as we got to see some of Matt's prized possessions auctioned off to raise money to help get Kelli and him off on the right foot. Brian and I obtained joint custody of an original Lindsay George colored pencil masterpiece (pictured above).

Lenny had to leave during the luncheon to make it back for work that night but the girls and I stayed and saw the whole affair through. By the time the reception rolled around, kids were getting pretty tired but I wanted Leah to be able to experience the bouquet toss, once again. We attended Lenny's cousin's wedding and Leah participated in the bouquet toss and loved it (she didn't catch it and her amazing Dad went and begged the bouquet from the girl who did!)

But this time was different. The flowers were tossed and fell to the floor right beside Leah. She ran over and bent to pick them up and then stopped and looked around like, "Is it okay if I do this?!?" I encouraged her, "Pick them up! Get them, Leah!" So she did. People started cheering and Leah held the bouquet up high, skipped back to me and gave me a big hug. It was worth staying, just to see that. Oh, and that's Aunt Shari's face, sneaking into the picture. Don't mind her; she does that sometimes. :)

It was a good day and I'm so excited to get to know "Aunt Kelli" better!!