*Play the song, Sail Away (probably only one of my most favoritist songs ever!) with this post
Surprise, surprise.... in Utah, weddings are BIG!
Surprise, surprise.... in Utah, weddings are BIG!
Followed closely of course, by having babies ;)
But we do love weddings so much, that we're even willing to celebrate them more than once... in other states. But in this case, we're glad they did!
You see, Steve's younger brother Jeff got married recently, you may have seen me mention in it in few other (dozen or so) posts ;) He and his lovely bride Crystal got married on June 25th 2011... but in Seattle! And sadly, we were among the only ones from the immediate family who didn't make it :( Being that it was too close to Em's most recent surgery and we didn't feel comfortable taking her that far away from our beloved Primary, in case there were (heaven forbid) a problem!
So, we were very happy when they decided they would have a reception here as well, which happened on Saturday the 9th of July. Being that everyone in the family is beginning to spread out over the country now, and everyone was going to be here at the same time, it was thought to be a good idea to get some family pictures done.... it had been awhile (click here to see the last Peters' family photo shoot from 2009). Sadly, this had to be the hottest day of the year so far! Hit over 100, and definitely was not pleasant for picture taking :P But we melted through, and thanks to my friend Gabi, we should have some pictures pretty soon :)
But, here's some candids that Steve captured with our camera in-between posing. Also in the captions are who everyone is (with their relation in the family), because I kinda like to know that when I look at other blogs... so that is why
Isabel (Steve's sister Kristal's daughter)
Amber (Steve's sister)
The newlyweds (Jeff and Crystal)
Mike (Steve's brother)... and yeah, we were laughing a lot
Kevin (Steve's sister Amber's husband)
Cory (Steve's brother)
No explanation needed here ;)
Ulises (Steve's sister Kristal's husband) and their newest daughter Ariana
Brian (Steve's brother), who did not care for the heat!
No explanation here either... Steve was just goofing around and we were all hot during this, so laying in the shade was a must. But I hadn't wanted him to take any pictures of me, because I felt so gross, but permitted him this one (I even smiled a little), and was actually surprised with how it turned out, probably one of my most favorite pictures of me ever... and I probably won't be saying that again!
The Reception
Ariana and Rachelle (Steve's youngest sister) asleep... did I mention it was hot that day?
The groom, Jeff (Steve's brother)
The bride, Crystal
So happy together
Mike playing with his nieces (he does this well!)
The three granddaughters in the dresses grandma Peters made for them
Steve's sister Kristal with her beautiful girls (and yes, we now have 2 Kristal/Crystals in the family)
Too funny for words, and no it wasn't on purpose!
Steve and Em
Alisha and Em
Ariana laying in the grass (who everyone at the reception kept mistaking for a doll :)
The 2 cousins only 4 days apart
Isabel being her silly self
Sorry for the picture overload... but it kinda goes with weddings :) So that will be it for now, because the next few posts will be dedicated to our trip to the annual Chromosome 18 Conference, held in Indianapolis this year! I plan on doing a few posts about it, seeing as we'll be stopping a few different places: first Nebraska (only because it's halfway), then St. Louis for a few days to visit Steve's former mission spot and to meet up with another Ch18 family, the Zyducks. Then it will be onto Indy for the actual conference! So, we've got a lot of driving ahead of us! We leave bright and early on Saturday morning around 5 *yuck!* Everyone keep your fingers crossed that I get everything done on time!! Between getting all Em's medications filled and taken care of, packing, showing the house a lot this week, and Steve working late every night this week, I'm going to need a miracle!! ;)
The Reception
Sorry for the picture overload... but it kinda goes with weddings :) So that will be it for now, because the next few posts will be dedicated to our trip to the annual Chromosome 18 Conference, held in Indianapolis this year! I plan on doing a few posts about it, seeing as we'll be stopping a few different places: first Nebraska (only because it's halfway), then St. Louis for a few days to visit Steve's former mission spot and to meet up with another Ch18 family, the Zyducks. Then it will be onto Indy for the actual conference! So, we've got a lot of driving ahead of us! We leave bright and early on Saturday morning around 5 *yuck!* Everyone keep your fingers crossed that I get everything done on time!! Between getting all Em's medications filled and taken care of, packing, showing the house a lot this week, and Steve working late every night this week, I'm going to need a miracle!! ;)
