This weekend has been a whirlwind of travel and events.

Jon's younger brother Joe, got married to the sweetest girl, Kellie.

We left Hultz & Elsie with sweet friends to spoil them over the weekend,

packed up Miss C and headed west.

I went on an earlier flight with Caroline & Jon met me out there after he finished his shift at the NICU.

We stayed with Jon's old college roommate & our dear friend, Leremy.

He too spoiled us with good chocolate and ice cream

and great stories.

Joe is #5 of 9 and we all feel it's quite a feat that he's getting married.
He's funny and stubborn and is determined to be the adventurous uncle to my kids.

(I was just pregnant with Hultz in this picture)

Caroline was the best traveler.
She napped and played and flirted with the Captain.
We played in the terminals and had a lovely time together, just the two of us.

We had a busy, full day on Saturday.
Leremy's best breakfast was devoured and we drove in our cute rental to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.
The ceremony was so nice--it was wonderful to be surrounded by so much family.

It was a cold, blustery day and we all froze our toes off.

Kellie's family had a luncheon for the family after the ceremony.

Somehow all of Jon's siblings all crowded around our table and we laughed our hearts out.

I have no pictures to prove it-- I was either eating or laughing instead.

I did insist that everyone gather around for a quick picture.

Here is most of us.

We're missing a sister-in-law (Luke's wife, Meagan) and a brother-in-law (Katie's husband, Kasen)

and my two kiddies.

We met up and had a couple of hours of play time for the kids before the reception that night.

Caroline had a blast chasing around her cousins.

Up and down the stairs, running in circles and lost of laughing.

The reception was wonderful.  We got to catch up with more family & friends.

We skipped out a little early to have the best pizza with our favorite people-

Leremy, Uncle Rob & Aunt Karen.

And... then we left Salt Lake City early on Sunday morning.

We had such a great time with our family and so grateful we could be there to help celebrate.

As quick as the trip was, it was a break we both desperately needed.

This past month has been challenging in a lot of ways and a step away was needed and appreciated.