Grandma Barb gets married...

This is a picture of my BEAUTIFUL Grandma & the man who has stolen her heart, Lincoln Raynes. They were married Saturday August 8th in the Mt Timpanogos temple in Utah. We were blessed enough to be able to go & witness this sacred event.

While most of the adults were in the temple at the wedding ceremony a few brave
uncle/dad/cousin-type men were on the temple grounds with the kids & babies. This is a picture of my cousin Jennie's boys Ty & Elijah. Lizzie managed to get in this shot as well!

Jalen had been gone to Montana until 2 days before the wedding and was super happy to have some fun boy cousins to play with. Here he is with Elijah. (Grandma's wedding theme was Hawaiian, hence the shirt!)

Oh how we love & miss Uncle Bob! My brother Bob lives in Billings, MT still & my poor kids only get to see him once or (at most!) twice a year. I'm so blessed to have a brother who loves his nieces & nephews so much!

There are a MILLION (or so) new babies in the family. Here are the three that are closest related to me. From left: Katy, Sadie (get those toes!!!) and Emma.

This is my cousin Bret holding Marcus, Jennie & Geoff's new baby. He was kind enough to volunteer to stay with the kids outside & let his wife go in for the ceremony. SO nice!

Here is Emma again, almost too cute for words!

Lizzie & Kamea are only a few months apart in age & they had LOTS of fun being cute girls together at the temple!

Brother Andy, another of the brave men who stayed with the young'uns!

The reception that followed the wedding was held at Lincoln's son Joe's house. It was a blast to be able to spend time with all my family I grew up with (here my dad is talking with my cousin Jesse. See the woman to Jesse's right? That is his wife Brooke, she is NINE months pregnant and they drove from Whitefish, Montana to be there for Grandma. What a trooper!!!) and to have a chance to visit with the new family members I got that day.

And last picture, Lizzie at the dessert table. This is actually one of four pictures of Lizzie hanging around the dessert table taken at various times during the reception. She just couldn't stay away, my cousins did such a great job making everything look SOOO yummy!

So we had a WONDERFUL time in UT last weekend, long drive and all. The kids didn't love every minute of it but they did exceptionally well for their first MAJOR road trip. We are sooo happy for Grandma & Lincoln & so grateful that such a joyous occasion brought the family all together for the first time in a long time.