Trip to Cardston

 David and I had an enjoyable trip out to Cardston.  Doing it in two days, we didn't feel the pressure to drive straight through, so here we stopped for a little walk around Bonner's Ferry ID.  Quaint little town and shops.

 It was cold and windy in Alberta, but still beautiful.

So when we got to Cardston, we found out that we should have hurried more, because Dianne and Jeff had flown down from Calgary for a visit and had to be back by sundown (he only has his pilot's lisence for daytime.  So we had a quick visit and dinner, and then left in time for David and Grandpa to go up for a little fly over Cardston, then dropped them off and Dianne and Jeff were on their way.

 The next day we drove into Taber to visit Grandma's brothers.  It had been a long time since David had seen them so he was excited to visit with them.  This is Uncle Jess.  We also saw Uncle Don and Aunt Pat.

Grandpa was going so fast on this machine, that I didn't get a very good picture, but it shows you why he is doing as well as he is for 90!!  He does 30 reps a day.  He says it's a good workout for him.

 We always like to go for a walk around the temple and take a few pictures...as if it changes any.

 Then on the way home, we had our traditional visit to a car repair shop, adding another little town to list of memorable stops. With that little car problem, we had to stay overnight so Mike drove up to meet us, eat dinner (twice) and go to a movie.  That was a nice perk. The next afternoon we were on our way back to the good ole Northwest!!

Surrey Open House

Here's a few pictures from the open house at our home.  

Thanks Dianne and Jeff for all your help!

The part of the family that was there.

Reception in Salt Lake City

It was a wonderful reception at the Salt Lake Hardware building.  The food was great, the refreshments were awesome, the decoration were so fun, and so pretty, (great job, Amy) and the entertainment by the 'Walton' guys was incredible!  Great job, guys.  It was so much fun to visit with lots of family and friends, and because of that, we didn't get enough pictures of this event.  At least we can see more of each other's.

Amy and Chris with Chris's dad, Eric, and Julianna, who did a fantastic job on the wedding dress.

Walton relatives table......so glad they all could come.

Here is where I wanted the video of the dance....but when I put it in, it came two places and I can't delete it for some reason! So you only need to watch it once.

Chris and Amy's Wedding

It was a beautiful spring day on April 18th at the Mount Timpanogas Temple.    Amy and Chris looked fabulous and radiated happiness.  It was wonderful to have so many people we love there.  And we certainly missed our missionary, Brian.  Our pictures are similar to everyone else's. except maybe a few, but they document what a wonderful occasion it was.

I love the little girls and their outfits, and I love the green shoes!  What a darling picture.

Beautiful with the mountains behind.

The guys got a bit more height than the girls, maybe, but then they were  just on their way up!

Cute

Here i'm wearing the gloves my sister, Susan gave me because my hands were freezing.  I didn't even care how it looked until I noticed Aaron taking pictures...so off they came.  Also it was hard to get her train down with gloves on.

Janet, David and Jim.  Glad they got this picture.....wish I'd done the same with my siblings.

Events leading up to Amy's Wedding

Everyone that has already blogged about this wonderful time, has done a magnificent job.  It feels funny to be doing this so late, and not having as good of pictures, but I will do some anyway because it was a wonderful, special time  that I want remembered on my blog as well.  So I'll start with pictures of events  leading up the big day.  Fun times were had at Scott and Elisha's playing with the kids, watching BYU basketball, visiting, and finishing up final details.

Then decorating at the Salt Lake Warehouse for the reception, and off to the bridal shower at Olive Garden.

It was a fun luncheon/bridal shower for Amy with so many people that I love there.   Thanks everyone!

Then one quick trip to the lingerie department before the big day.

A Trip to Kaysville

I enjoyed a trip down to Kaysville last week to help in any way I could so Elisha's "little sore" could heal.  That's what Molly calls it in her prayers. It was certainly fun to take care of those darling grandkids.  Fos wasn't feeling completely well at first, and then Scott got a bit of it, so they are taking it easy here......mostly Fos wanting to do what his dad was doing.  I got a few pictures, but unfortunately with Dad not there, I didn't cover everything as I should have....like Elisha walking faithfully on the treadmill 3 times a day, and Amy cutting out hundreds of fabric banners for her reception, and us watching the BYU game and a movie, and playing LOTS of Carcasonne on Sunday Evening.  

Foster had just graduated into a new big bed, and couldn't get up on it very well, so Scott had just finished this stool for him to use.  Fos loved it, of course, and would carry it all over the house.  It was amazing he would sit here long enough to get a picture.  Molly, on the other hand, loved to sit and pose.

It was fun to be there over Valentines weekend.  Molly was very much into all things Valentines...

....and so was Chris and Amy.

Foster and Molly were sooooo excited to have Chris get there so he and Scott could Swing them.