San Jorge

I've always wanted to exclusively call it that. I don't know why.

Anyway, my sister-in-law, Jessica (Jordan's younger sister) and her husband, Joe, eloped in Vegas last year. Well, time flies, and they were ready to be sealed in the St. George temple. So, we all went down to witness the big day!

The sealing was so beautiful. Performed by a gentleman from South Africa--could've listened to his accent all day :) It was great.

Here are some pictures of the day, taken by my father-in-law's long-time friend who lives in St. George:


















LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of Claire. OF COURSE she has my lip gloss. Of course.

And here are some shots from the casual BBQ we had after the sealing:


Jess and her friends, Nikki and Katelyn

Lenore, Anya, and Jordan

Me and the Groom :)

Claire and Ava: Partners in Crime. They got SO DIRTY at the playground!


Daddy-daughter bonding time

Jen encourages her boy, Solomon, to bring out his feminine side and never shy away from that...


On the left, had to document the fact that Camille ate her ENTIRE raspberry cream jello salad thing (anyway, it's goooood) even though she had a huge heapful on her plate and I told her she'd never finish it. She proved me wrong. All 100 pounds of her little frame :) On the right, there she is with her brother, Ben... he just had shoulder surgery and had "lots of fun" being hauled around everywhere--not to mention driving to St. George in the first place!


Jess and Joe's niece, Marley, and our nephew Sam...or as Claire likes to call him, "Sam-o." He calls her "Claire Bear" all the time. It's really cute :)


Jess wanted cupcakes at the BBQ, so OF COURSE I volunteered! (leading to a cupcake hiatus I am currently on for the next little while...ok til May 21st when I make some for my sister's bake sale). I made chocolate peanut butter (the ones on the right), the vanilla dulce de leche ones, and a coconut cream (not pictured). They turned out yummy, if I do say so myself :)

Anyway, the day was so nice...so nice to be in San Jorge too...it was so cold in Utah still and it was great to be in the nice warm weather. Notice I didn't say "blistering hot?" Yeah, that would have NOT been nice...so I'm not moving there any time soon Honey, sorry...I know you are cold ;)

More Photoshoot...how about the reason we got together?

This is the reason we had family pictures :) The lovebirds, Jessica and Joe :)

Joe is half polynesian (Samoan), so they did a pretty traditional polynesian reception, wearing the flowers and everything!

Tiara Gets Hitched

This weekend we were able to go to my cousin, Tiara's wedding to Josh Brett. Jordan and I got to the ceremony not-fashionably-at-all-LATE. It was pathetic. But we got there!


And here is the EXTREMELY happy couple: (you should have seen them actually being married...I don't think I've ever seen any couple that was more ecstatic!)


Tiara and Josh have a very widespread reputation for PDA. We are glad that they are finally able to "get a room!"
And here is Tiara with her parents, my aunt Shaunie, and uncle Bart:
At first, Claire wasn't too sure about all the commotion.

But then she was OK. (with MOMMY of course!)

Ok, this picture was just TOO CUTE to not post. LBH.

Then we went to the wedding dinner. It was so fun!! We got to sit with our cousins and my aunt, Tammy. That was really fun!

OK, is this not the PRETTIEST wedding cake??? I think so!!

Claire with my cousin, Josh, and other cousin, Carissa (the sister of the bride...you're next Cariss!)

She found a new friend in Josh. Ice cream + brownie = instant trust. :)

Claire really likes pomegranate. She ate ALL of Jordan's that were on his salad. (but when he fed her an avocado...well, she instantly spit that out!)

And of course, it was fun to hang out with auntie Heather and Claire's little cousin, Lauren!

And Grandma Fofa :)

Very fun day!! (that ended for Claire before the reception...we had to get home...Claire was pooped!)

Us...Antiqued!!

Ok, I found this cool thing online! You just upload a photo and the website generates an "antiqued" version! Here's the one we did :)

Shoot...I lost the site... maybe a google search and you can do it too?

Our 3 Year Anniversary

October 8, 2005, Jordan and I were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple. What a wonderful day! (even though it rained!!)

I remember going to the sealing room, and Jordan and I ran into Elder Dahlin Oaks in the elevator. He was much taller than I had expected :) He shook both of our hands and said congratulations. That was really cool. I'm sure he does it with everyone, but still cool :)

Then we had the honor of being sealed by a longtime family friend, Elder Joe J. Christensen of the Seventy. He performed a really beautiful sealing, although I feel so badly that I don't remember ANY of it!! If only I had blogged back then! I would have blogged my whole wedding, including what he had said.

All I know is that I cried a lot as I knelt at the alter with Jordan, thinking about how happy I was to marry such a wonderful man, and what an amazing blessing it is to be sealed for eternity in the Lord's house. We are so blessed to have these truths.

Since then, I have learned so much from being married, and been able to truly see the way it has changed me as a person. I have also seen it in my husband, as we have become more selfless, more charitable, and more aware of what is really important in life.

To take my wonderful brother, Nathan's advice, I will list 3 things about Jordan that I love and mean a lot to me:

• Jordan has a very sweet and sensitive way about him. He always strives to help, serve, understand, and love others. He is a wonderful example to me of charity.


• Jordan is very playful and fun to be with. He always makes me smile and laugh. I am so excited to see him as a father--I know he will be amazing with our children.


• Jordan has a very sincere testimony of the gospel. My first inkling of this was when I first heard him say a humble prayer--every time he prays with me, I feel of the conviction in his words and the intent desire he has to follow the Savior. And through his actions, I know this to be true. He truly is a wonderful man.

Lastly, I just want to say that I love you, honey, and that I'm so grateful to be married to you. You always make me feel loved, and I appreciate your quiet example...I want to be a better person because of you. You truly make up for what I lack. I love you so much.