Wedding Weekend Fun

Thanks to this cute family: Jason and I were able to go to California to see his brother get married! Doug & Laurel (Jason's cousin) watched the kids from Thursday until LATE Sunday night. (Thanks again, guys!) I also couldn't have done it without the help from all of my sweet friends who carpooled and got my kids where they needed to go. Thanks to you all, too!

On the first night, we all went out to eat at Ruby's on the Pier at Seal Beach. The bride & groom were busy (of course) and so it was just the rest of us. From left to right: Sarah (Jason's sister) & her hubby, Garrett. Elizabeth (Jason's youngest sister) and her soon-to-be-fiance (we hope!), Jeff. Jason & his parents. Then on Friday, the girls went to a shower for Jodi (my new SIL) and some went out for pedicures after. I wanted to spend as much time as I could with Jason because it doesn't happen as often as I'd like it to! We went to Venice Beach.

It was such a cool place, with so many things to see - and smell, I might add. Good and bad. It was fun to walk the boardwalk as the sun was setting.

AMAZING photo opportunities! My brother-in-law came with us and he had a great eye for some cool shots. I'll have to post some of those another time, like in the middle of winter when we all need a pick-me-up! ha ha!

Here is one just to let you see how beautiful it was!

Later that night we went to the Queen Mary for dinner. It's a really cool old ship that is now a hotel and restaurant. I guess it's also haunted, but whatever. It was beautiful. I took some shots of the city, but they turned out really blurry.

Saturday was the BIG DAY in the Los Angeles Temple. It couldn't have been a more beautiful day. The weather was perfect and the ceremony was great! They had an "all white" wedding and it was really neat. Unfortunately Jason had set his temple bag down while we were taking pictures and forgot to pick it back up. I've been trying to call today to see if anyone turned it in but haven't had any luck yet. His sister is flying out this week and we're hoping she can bring it to him. It had all of his temple clothes, Mp3 player, and his keys in it! Luckily I had put my keys in my purse or we'd never had made it home from the airport! ha ha! We also left our coats in the hotel and Elizabeth was able to get those for us. We were having so much fun, I think we forgot just about everything! :o)

Here we are at the temple.

Here is a photo of Jason's brother's and sister's. 3 boys and 2 girls. (and the bride)

Their reception was held at a beautiful house in Naples (near Long Beach) over looking the marina. This is a shot I took from the rooftop deck. Cool 'eh?

And here is a shot of the happy couple resting their feet before the reception.

Congratulations Keith & Jodi!!!

On the morning before we headed back to Colorado we had a little fun.

Here we are at Santa Monica Pier.

(Yeah, eyes are closed but I liked this one with the pier in the background.)It was so beautiful! Hard to believe that it was snowing back home!

I think this is the only photo I got of Jason's brother, Mark & his wife Melinda. They took off once we got to the pier and we didn't see them again.

Garrett, Melinda, Mark, Sarah, & Jason.

I love this photo and I love everyone in it!!

Jeff, Liz, Sarah, Garrett, Melva (my MIL), Me & Jason

We all went on the roller coaster, too! It was such a fun day!

Thanks again to EVERYONE who made this trip possible and so much fun! It's good to be home again, though. I missed my kidlets!