On February 10th, I once again boarded a plane headed for Arizona. This time it would be for a lot of pre-wedding, wedding, and post-wedding activities, as well as the final touches on the sale of our Arizona home.I found myself attending a bridal shower (but no pictures), going to basketball games for Hewitt, having Duerk's parents and children over for Cafe Rio the day before the wedding, hosting a wedding girls only brunch, watching Sue get her hair and makeup done, going to the temple, and then attending a lovely reception that evening. It really was a family affair with lots of food, games (air hockey, foosball, basketball shoot, in the hole toss, photo booth), dancing, and celebrating. Then they were off on their honeymoon and I watched the little boys (August and Kiefer) for a few days. February 17th was a great day!
Truman and I just finished one of his favorite puzzles
Working on the 2nd puzzle, not bad for not yet 3
Sue's "besties" came from Oregon for her wedding. What a fun reunion they had.
Cody, Sue, Mary, and Dacia
Pre-wedding brunch with the girls:
Cody, Julie, Tamsen, Sue, Me, Alisa, Jana, Dacia, JaneAnne, Mary
The bride to be, Sue, and me
Love my daughters: Sue, me, JaneAnne, Alisa and Jana
Me and Dacia Fowler Rocha being silly
The wedding day hair do
Almost done
In the meantime, Alisa was in charge of the twins, and got them ready at home.
Kiefer and August, handsome 6 year olds
Helping Sue at the Gilbert Temple
After a wonderful sealing ceremony, they were married and now it's time for a lot of pictures. It was a wonderful day of celebration!
Meet Mr and Mrs Duerk Brewer
They seem very happy!
The Brewer Girls: Ashley Lindsey, Sue, Karlie, Julie and Ivy
The Boys: Colten Duerk, Kiefer and August
Group Hug
All the family, both sides with reddish hair
I wanted to have a picture with each of the grandchildren so on their birthdays, I would have a picture of them to share. So, with the exception of missing grandchildren, Jake, Joseph, Kate, Sofia, Josef and Lukas, I think I captured the others.
Emily Peterson, 25 with her Grandma Pete
Anders Olsen, 17
Delaney Maughan, 17
Karlie Brewer, 16
Burke Peterson, 15
Ashley Brewer, 14
Anna Peterson, 13
Lindsey Brewer, 13
Hewitt Peterson, 13
Stuart Mauhan, 12
Leif Olsen, 12
Colten Brewer, 11
Davis Maughan, 10
Tosh Peterson, 10
Julie Brewer, 10
Berit Olsen, 10
Ivy Brewer, 8
Liv Peterson, 8
Merit Maughan, 7
And more
Kiefer and August Andelin, 6
Truman Peterson, 2
We also had some family group shots that I want to keep for the record
Olsen, Peterson Family, Leif, Berit, JaneAnne, David and Anders
Peterson Family: Anna, Julie, Emily, John without Jake (Kenzie) and Joseph
And more
Mike and Jana, Delaney, Stuart, Davis and Merit, without Kate
Tosh, Burke, Tamsen, Truman, Rob, Liv and Hewitt Peterson
Brett and Alisa Larsen without Sofia, Josef and Lukas
A few other pictures taken while at the temple, just reminding me of how much I love family and am grateful for the forever ties we have.
Merit Maughan and Liv Peterson, best bud cousins
Leif Olsen and Stuart Maughan, definitely some family resemblance
Lots of pictures and the bride and groom finally head off and the reception is coming next on the schedule.
Sue and Duerk in their getaway truck
Her bouquet was lovely
Playing air hockey at the reception
How about some foosball
Merit asked her Uncle David to shoot some hoops with her, and he did!
Anna and Delaney a dancing machine
Grandma Pete and Merit giving it a whirl
In the photo booth with Merit and Berit
The newest king and his queen, Duerk and Sue
Sue with Julie and Liv
Alisa and JaneAnne with some direction from Brett decorated the wedding cake
Beautiful teamwork!
The happy couple was finally off on their honeymoon Florida, then cruising to Jamaica and Haiti. They had a wonderful time!
Emily was all tuckered out with all the busyness of the day!
Now I guess it's back to reality! It will be hard to find another day quite like February 17th. We had only a few more days until the rest of the family returned to their homes. It was fun to go to church together and to provided a special musical number for the Branch on the Reservation that Rob and Tamsen and family attend. It was going pretty well, but Truman grabbed the phone, so short, but sweet. Anna had a chance to do her "magic on a couple of heads of hair. I had a chance to juice what seemed like a zillion oranges that Brett and Alisa had picked. It was delicious juice and it seemed to disappear very quickly.
Merit and Liv with their styles by Anna
Merit and Liv, a couple of cute cousins
Juicing the last of the oranges, note bags in the rear of the photo
It was a wonderful time to be in Arizona. I'm looking forward to spring and all the activities coming up. Love to all of you! Don't forget to "spring forward" this weekend!
