It's all about the Grandchildren: The Tale of Two Weddings

This is a tale of two Weddings.

Only Emily could pull something like this off.

In June we rented a lovely cabin in the woods in the city of Running Springs. I can only call this a "planned elopement". Immediate family only. You will remember that there were major wildfires that month, just one mountain range over. The cabin slept 26, our family was 18 of them. So Chris's family was a bit out numbered. There were so many fun thing to do. There was a Zip line, climbing wall, paddle boat, hiking trails and lots of fun Stuff. So....we came had fun, met each other and at the end of the day, Chris and Emily got Married!

Andy's job was to hold the bouquet, until Emily was dressed and ready to walk down the path with him. He all most forgot to give it to Emily.

This is my favorite picture, Emily and Andy have always had a very special relationship with each other, and the smiles show it all.

It was a very nice ceremony, they exchanged rings, Emily wears "bling" very well on those beautiful hands.

This is the Blount Family. Captain was the ring bearer, He has doggy "cuffs" and a bow tie that matched Chris.

Here is Emily and my 4 beautiful granddaughters.

Like I said, lots of fun activities at this cabin.

We had dinner outside in a lovey wooded setting.

This is my blog, so there are more pictures of my beautiful grandchildren.

The next wedding happened in October. Emily and Chris could be sealed in the LDS Temple in Los Angles, after Chris had been a member of the church for a year. So on that day....all of my family gathered, and so many of Emilys friends from all over the USA came to party afterward at the Beach.

You could fix your own Gourmet hot dog, how ever you wished.

Family tradition at the beach is to cook the corn in sea water in a trash can. The newest member of the family had to go get the water. Chris wanted Sam to help him. They got special tuxedos for the job, needless to say, they attracted a lot of attention. My brothers kept the corn cooking and the fire going. It was delicious.

This is the wedding cake.....S'mores of course, what else would you have at the beach.

Emily is in her 3rd Wedding dress of the day. Below is the one she made, and it was beautiful, almost as beautiful as the bride.

These are my amazing siblings and spouses. They came from all over to join us for this very special day.

This picture has a story. We are holding out the pockets of Emily's wedding dress. The fabric for those pockets came from my moms wedding dress. My mom taught Emily to sew, and the plan was they were going to make Emily's dress together. Mom passed away 6 years ago, but Emily did include her on this special day. On the left are my sisters, Lorraine, and Janice on the right is Holly.

This is the entire crew. Brad and Katie and their 3 boys. then Dana and Wes, Chris and Emily, Andy and I, Holly and Sam. The other 6 children in the front are Holly and Sam's. Nora age 11, Sara age 8, Mia age 6, Theo age 6, Gary age 8, Tracy age 10, Joshua age 4, Kyle age 6 and Derek age 2.