And the next stop is...St. George (Wedding Time!)

We went to St. George for Steven and Amanda's wedding.  All my siblings and my parents and all the kids got to stay in a beautiful, huge condo.  It was great -- we had lots of bedrooms and bathrooms and we were all together.

Ty was having a hard time fall asleep, so Jack was a nice brother and decided to do this...

The next morning (January 4th) we all got spiffed up and ready for the wedding...

 

The kids waited in the visitor center while we were in the temple for the sealing.  Amanda's little sister, Lindsey, my cousin Melanie, and Amanda's friend Malea watched all of the kiddos. I was a little worried about Ty but he did okay (only cried a bit).  He even took a nap on Emmy's lap during a video.


Steven and Amanda had just come out of the temple.

The whole Cox gang.

Our little family w/the bride and groom.

 (By this point in the picture taking experience, Jack had had it and would NOT turn around.)

My side of the family again.

The black and blue girls.

 The highlight for the kids of the picture taking was the graham cracker sticks.  Yum!

"Jack, did you know they're better dipped in snow?"

 

We had a delicious luncheon at Olive Garden.  Yum!  Kate loved being a grown up girl eating at a nice restaurant with her older girl cousins.  Then we went back to the condo and watched Despicable Me before heading to the reception.

Some of "the line".



The boys loved Alex's bakugan.

 

The girls took it upon themselves to greet people at the door and take their gifts.  They even decided to take the cards off some of the gifts and stick them in the cute mailbox on the table by the door.  Oop!

Dave and Peter took the boys back to the condo after a little while.  (After we spilled hot chocolate all over the white tablecloth.)  Lis and I and the girls stayed and helped clean up and watch Steve and Amanda open their gifts. 

I'm glad we could be there at the wedding.  It was fun to be with all my family at once.  It had been a few years.  I'm excited that Amanda is in our family now.  Good times!