Denae and Joel's wedding

 The beginning of Sept we flew to California for a quick weekend to be there for my niece Denae and her fiance, Joel's wedding.  They were sealed in the Los Angeles temple.  We left Wed evening and got there in time to enjoy a bit of the the bridal shower, Thurs was a family dinner with both families, which is a lot of people and then they were married on Fri.  It was a beautiful day and we are so glad we were able to be together to support them and their families.  The beginning of forever for Denae and Joel.

Paige and Lexi waiting outside for the bride and groom to come out

The handsome guys, Ken, Taylor and Jordan

I even got everyone together for a family shot

The beautiful new bride and groom

Denae wanted a peacock feather theme for her reception.  The cake was a topsy turvy with the feathers and orchids.  

This was my sister's backyard where the reception was held.  It was very nice when the sun went down.  Very warm before that.  There was yummy taco bar, great music and of course wonderful family and friends to share the joy with.  Heather did a beautiful job planning all the details to make it great. 

For dessert Denae had a candy bar.  There were chinese take out containers that the guests could fill with their choice of goodies.  The hard part was keeping the kids from continually grazing so the other guest could enjoy also.

The girls and I at the reception.                                    This was Paige's turn at the guest book

 Before the open house the next day we had cousin pool time at Galante's.  The kids filled up the water weinie and it took them all to hold it up.  It was a quick but fun weekend