Ben+Christine!

Ben and Christine were wed on December 18th (same wedding anniversary as my parents) and what a lovely affair it was!
The celebrating began the previous evening with a dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake. Family and a few close friends gathered to celebrate the happy couple.
Can you tell they are happy?
It was a lovely dinner full of lots of chatting and excitement for the next day. An a bit of silliness too, I guess:

Beth, Mom, and Sarah sharing a little laugh:

The next day was the BIG day. We all headed to the Bountiful Temple for the sealing. It was a cold and drizzly day but that didn't stop anything!

Here is the happy couple right after coming out of the temple:

Christine's parents, Christine + Ben, Mom and Dad:

Sweet Sadie being just charming:

Heidi had anticipated this fairy-tale day for a long time!

Clayton, Grandpa, and Sadie:

My dad was SO nice to suggest that we all stay in a hotel in SLC. Wow, was that ever a life saver. We went there and crashed in between events. Here are the kids watching the trains from up high:

Back to the Joseph Smith Memorial for the reception. Can you tell that Heidi loves her cousins?!

There was a fountain right outside the reception room. It took Nathan about 2.5 minutes to be sopping wet!

Happy to pose:

Mya, Grandma, and Lindsay. Notice Trent and I blurry in the background? This is soo descriptive of what was happening about this time of the day. Tired kids, pictures, and trying to keep everyone close by in a very crowded building. We were hopping about this point!

Our little family right before the reception:

Some of these pics are a bit funny because they are being taken with my camera while the proffesional photographer was having us pose. Here are my parents with all their kids:

Ben cooperating with his sister's crazy ideas during photo time. We are all preparing to hold him. Notice him getting ready to lay sideways?! He is a good sport. Always has been in fact...

Congratualations, Ben and Christine!