Kelee's Wedding Day

My little sister Kelee got married last Friday.  She doesn't seem near old enough to get married...she's only 19 years old.  Oh wait, I was 19 when I got married too...hmm. 

She was a gorgeous bride.   She had her hair and makeup professionally done by a friend of Alan's family.  She wore my dress, and it fit her beautifully!  Her colors were different shade of teal, yellow, and browns.

As she walked down the aisle and the ceremony started you could tell she was super nervous, but once she and Alan said "I do" and grabbed hands and exchanged rings she instantly looked the happiest I have ever seen her.  She had a glow about her the rest of the night.  I hadn't met Alan's family before that night, but they are very kind people, and very welcoming of her into their family.  Dan had fun talking to Alan's parents about Japan (their ancestors are from Japan and both the mom dad, and all their sons served missions there; Dan also served there ).  Alan's mom also has two sisters that live in Hilo Honolulu where Jake is currently serving his mission. Small world we live in.

It was a pretty intense day for me for many reasons which I won't get into, but throughout the day I kept thinking about how lucky I am to have Dan as my husband for all eternity.  I know Kelee is very happy to have found her "prince charming", and I hope Kelee and Alan can make it to the temple soon and be sealed for eternity as well.

The wedding ceremony, luncheon, and reception were all held at the same location--Belle Vista in Lindon.  Everything was decorated beautifully. The luncheon was delicious.  Alan's brother in law owns a catering company, so they catered the wedding lucheon and reception. We had top sirloin, asparagus, mashed potatoes, chicken marsala, and a salad.  At her reception she had a crepe bar.  I ate one to many for sure because they were so dang good!!!  Alan's sister has a photography business, so she took all the professional pictures throughout the day, and I am sure she took a lot better ones than mine, but below are some pics I snapped throughout the day.

Photo collage of the day

Quality Time

Dan and I spend a lot of time together.  Heck, we work together, we basically spend every minute together, but that doesn't mean we spend quality time together. 

 

Work has been a little more hectic than usual for the past two months because our company recently bought another storage facility.  So Dan and I have been working at the new facility while our bosses are still in the process of hiring another set of managers. We realized one night that all we really do these days is work and go to the gym together.  We couldn't remember the last actual date we had been on!  So Dan told me he was going to plan a date for Saturday night after work. 

 

We went ice skating, which we hadn't done in years!  It was soooooo much fun.  We talked about fun things, reminisced about memories of us dating, and just enjoyed each other's company.  I loved holding his hand while skating round and round.  It was so refreshing to be out on a date with my hubby!!!

 

There was a BYU hockey game, so we watched the first 40 minutes of the game.  It was pretty pathetic on BYU's part. When we left BYU was down 0-6...but it was fun to do something we hadn't done in years.  We used to watch UVU hockey a lot back in the day, and even though BYU was less than impressive we had fun watching the fights that broke out! That is one thing you can always count on in hockey-- regardless of how many goals they score, there are bound to be some good fights!

 We realized just how important it is to make time to spend with each other outside of the usual routine. Quality, not Quantity!

 

It's my turn to plan the next date night, and I have such a fun idea...stay tuned :)