My little sister (okay, she’s no longer little, but still younger) got hitched this past week.
We all flew back to Utah for the occasion. Cooper was the perfect baby on the plane. Slept during take-off and smiled every time the plane descended during landing. The Scentsy saleslady sitting next to me (A big Scentsy convention had just ended in Denver; needless to say our plane smelled good and I now have a catalog if anyone wants to order something) thinks Cooper’s going to be a roller coaster jockey. Cooper and I were there for a week so I could be helpful with wedding preparations and Cooper could be loved and adored. Noel crashed the party the night before the “Big Day” because he had to be responsible and go to work.
To pull off the wedding dinner and the reception we cooked 28 lbs of chicken, baked ~500 Norwegian cookies, framed a million photos, made 6 boutonnieres, erected scaffolding, washed 60 eclectic plates, folded 60 napkins into lotus flowers, salvaged dying plants from Lowe’s, assembled 80 paper lanterns, purchased all the rice at a local Chinese restaurant, and moved tables that weighed 1/2 ton each among other things.
It was nice to spend time with family, have a few short visits with friends, dance like sleep deprived goons after the reception was over, and be there for such a special occasion - even if it wore us out. Oh, and welcome to the family Joe!
PS: Hope + Joe = Jope
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- 28 lbs of chicken in process
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- Cooper and Uncle Mitchell
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- The happy couple right after the ceremony.
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- Noel trying to wake Cooper for pictures.
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- Looking towards eternity.
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- Plumb tuckered out and sick of his confining suit.
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- Sibling Picture.
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- Sisters
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- Hope and the boys.
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- Beautiful mom capturing the festivities.
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- The happy bride.
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- Spencer being helpful.
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- Hope and the no longer newlyweds.
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- Way better than an archway.
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- Another view of the scaffolding.
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- In case you don’t know what’s going on, this huge sign will let you know.
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- Box Elder High School courtyard all decked out.
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- Some of the many flowers.
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- Sneaking food – thanks Grandma Olsen!
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- Decorating the cakes.
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- Delcious (Marzipan and Hazelnut Mousse) and beautiful.
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- I love this cake topper.
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- Romantic lighting
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- This would be an even better picture if that guy’s butt wasn’t in it.
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- Cooper dancing with Grandma Cindy.
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- Worn out from dancing.
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- Being in a dress won’t stop Audrey from being helful.
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- Audrey on the scaffolding .
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- Everyone pitching in to close up shop.
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- Noel even battled his fear of heights to help.
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- My mom all worn out holding Cooper.
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- Cooper and Noel waiitng for take-off.
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- Audrey and Cooper looking out the plane window.
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- Totally relaxed on the flight home.
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- We were emptying the last things from our car and discovered our front door had locked in some sort of freak occurrence and the baby was inside.
It was nice to see you. Looks like quite the reception!
Beautiful! I’m very happy for them.
[...] The final wall houses the changing table. The elephant collage you’ve seen before and was made from a Martha Stewart tutorial. We hung our ever handy XL wet bag on a hook and picked up a little hamper from Ikea. The changing table was Cooper’s and the paper lanterns were decorations at my sister’s wedding. [...]