The Wedding

On July 23rd my baby sister got married in the Draper temple. She was a beautiful bride and it was a perfect day! It started out early-Mary and Ryan got married at 9am. But what a perfect way to spend the morning. It was the first time Josh and I had been to a sealing since our own almost eight months ago, and it was so neat to hear the vows and covenants we had made to each other. I don't remember much of what was said that day, so it was nice when Mary's sealer explained the promises they would make before he sealed them together.

After the ceremony we took pictures on the temple grounds. The view from the temple is amazing! You can see the entire valley and if the tall buildings weren't surrounding it, you could see the Salt Lake as well as the Jordan River and Oquirrh Mountain temples.


The little kids got bored as more and more time was spent in picture taking, so they started rolling down a hill close to the stairs we were using.


I had to take a picture of the groom and my own handsome husband. Josh introduced Mary and Ryan back in February. Mary had asked Josh if he knew of a guy who she would want to date, and he thought of Ryan who was a fellow student from the police academy. Ryan had gone to the singles ward with Josh and I before we got married and we knew he was a great guy. The two love-birds started texting before their first date and after meeting each other face-to-face could not be separated. It's such a cute love story and it's pretty cool having two cops in the family!


After the wedding we enjoyed a yummy luncheon at Mama's Plantation. It's a small restaurant in West Valley and we were the only customers during that lunch time. We sat around several tables shaped in a U and were served fried chicken, potato salad and all the fixin's.

The reception was held at my parents' stake center-the same place our reception was held at. More pictures were taken before the reception started. The one of the Mathis family is the cutest. Presley stole the show in her red and black tutu.


I ended up standing in line and had fun greeting Mary and Ryan's guests. While I was shaking hands, Josh was combing the cultural hall for people to go through the line and give condoms to the groom. He and his cohorts would palm a condom and when they got to Ryan, would shake his hand and make him take it. I don't know how many were distributed, but Ryan had two bulging jacket pockets before the night was over!

The cutest part of the night was when Ryan threw the garter. There were no single guys so our young nephews stood in line to catch the chance to become the next groom. Maclain, our sweet 2-and-a-half year old, was the lucky winner. I'm sure he won't be using it anytime soon!