Megan's Wedding

Though our trip to Salt Lake for Megan's wedding didn't start too well, it ended up being great because Megan's wedding was beautiful. Unfortunately, we tend to have flight problems lately, and we had yet another fiasco. First our flight was delayed because of airplane computer problems. We sat on the plane in Houston for 45 minutes before they told us to deplane and reboard another one. I'm grateful they were being safe, but 45 minutes just sitting on a hot plane not going anywhere wasn't fun stuff for a 16 month old. We finally got out of Houston and made our way to Salt Lake, but we couldn't land. I asked Josh why we kept passing the same landmarks, and it turns out we were circling the Salt Lake valley waiting for thunderstorms to dissipate. When they didn't and our plane threatened to run out of fuel, they announced that they had to refuel at the next closest airport, which was up in Boise. I'll tell you that being a few minutes from landing and then having to fly 45 minutes up to Boise and then back to Salt Lake again after refueling was not an enjoyable experience. But we made it safely and sanely enough even with a toddler on board.

My cousin Bryan and his wife, Noel, were kind enough to let us stay in their home. We feel bad that we didn't get to spend more time with them. Time seemed to be short everywhere. We enjoyed visiting some friends--Olivia, Juliana, and Tricia--though we didn't get to visit as long as we would have liked. We forgot our camera when we went to Tricia's home, so we don't have a picture of Lincoln with Eli, but she took one, which we hope to get soon. Even my dad didn't get very much time with us, but I'm glad he came and could at least spend some time with Eli while we were in the temple.

As I said, the wedding was beautiful. Megan and Matt had their reception on Friday night, and then they were sealed in the Salt Lake temple on Saturday morning. We only took a couple of pictures outside the temple with our camera, so we don't have any of the reception, but it was very elegant. It was held in an old meeting house that has been remodeled. Their colors were brown and red, and their cake had two flavors for the different layers. One was carrot, and the other was chocolate marble. They had a chocolate fountain with fruit and cream puffs, and there was dancing at the end. The temple sealing the next day was very spiritual, and the luncheon afterwards was held in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That was the shortened version, of course, but it all turned out very nicely. We're very happy for Matt and Megan and hope they enjoyed their honeymoon in Hawaii.

Now we have my brother Nephi's wedding to go to in September!