A wedding

My mom and Ed Allred got married March 29, 2013.  It was a quick courtship and took everyone, including them, by surprise.  It was fun to get calls from my twitterpated mom.  Her giggles were contagious.  Everyone kept asking how I felt about everything.  Honestly, I wasn't okay with it at first, but because Ed is such a great guy and I knew he would treat my mom well, I became okay with it.  Everything was weird, the wedding, and everything.  Not so much anymore.

The wedding was a wonderful occasion.  Lots of family came into town for it.  Most of that family stayed at the house.  My mom and Ed were MIA most of the time.  Their excuse was to go out to his house to 'feed the dogs' but would be gone for hours at a time.  I became the hostess at the house, feeding the masses.  And there were plenty to be fed.  Needless to say, it wasn't a relaxing weekend for me.  But it was great to see so much family for such a happy occasion.

Aunt Laretta and Uncle Richard

B-ry and Aunt Susan

Aunt Lorraine and Uncle Gilbert

The girlies

Ed and Mommy

Steve and Kate

Bryan, Chels, and the H's

With Sariah, Ethan, and Bekah

Erik, Sandy, Sariah, Ethan, and Bekah

Mike, Nicole, Wilson, Weston, & Whitney

With all the kiddos.  There were a couple who didn't want to be there.  It had been a long weekend.

All of us

Kirk and I

Kannon, Seth, kristin, Mom, Ed, Calli, Kaydree, & Kennadee

These are some bells that Grandma Mayes made when I was in high school.  I saw them and said how pretty they were and that they would look great on a wedding cake.  She gave them to me for my next birthday.  Since I haven't had the chance to use them, Mom used them on her cake.

Auntie Juanita made the cake.  The doll was one the Grandma Mayes made, too.

Susan and Erik helping make the relish trays.

Me with the kiddos.

Christmas on Temple Square

Last December, my mom got some tickets for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert.  It's an amazing thing with how many people enter for the opportunity.  She flew down during final's week to spend a day with me before the concert.  We got a hotel that night in Salt Lake so we could leave directly from there for home since I was done with school.  I was pretty sick (walking pneumonia) and so I didn't have as much fun as I possibly could have.  I tried not to be a party pooper so my mom would have the wonderful time she deserved.  It was a rainy night, but not too cold, so we walked around Temple Square for a bit between dinner and the concert.  We went to the visitor centers to warm up on the way.  The concert, of course, was amazing.  Alfie Boe is a tenor and has an amazing voice.  My favorite piece was I Wonder as I Wander.  So tender.  Tom Brokaw was the narrator for the evening.  He told a story of a man who during WWII would fly over crowds and drop candy from the planes.  It was a very touching story.  It was an amazing evening.  Glad my mommy asked me to be her date for the night.