Daniella & Dusty's Wedding-Kim's version

Well I've been such a slacker. I'm finally getting around to posting about Daniella & Dusty's wedding which happened about 30 days ago.

I know that Jodi already posted her version. But mine is better. At least a tad bit more entertaining. Don't worry, Jodi knows I love her.

For those of you who do not know who Daniella is, well she is Todd's 2nd oldest daughter. So that makes her my niece.


Daniella & Dusty got sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City temple on Saturday 5/28/11.

The temps that day were on the cool side. But the sun did come out & warm us while we were waiting on the temple grounds.

Loved this bench that Mike is sitting on. He wanted me to walk around temple square & take photos. But I was afraid that Daniella & Dusty would emerge from the temple and we would miss them.

Here is Mari and her boyfriend Ladd. Mari is Todd's oldest daughter. So that makes her Daniella's big sister and another of my nieces.

My son Brandon.


This is my ex sister in law Cathi (on the right). She is the mother of the bride. Here she is with her girlfriend Kim (on the left). I hadn't seen Cathi in years. It was good to visit with her again.



Cathi with 4 of her 6 children. Mari, Julianna, Erin Grace & Tyler. Daniella was still inside getting married. And Colin couldn't come to the wedding. He is in the Air Force so he couldn't get away. I don't know why I never took a photo of Todd and his kids (these same kids). Probably as he was inside attending the sealing. The rest of us were taking photos outside to pass the time away.

Finally the family started emerging from the temple. Cathi went over to say "hi" to Todd. It was good to see that the two of them could put aside their differences for the occasion.

Three of Todd & Cathi's daughters. Mari, Julianna & Erin Grace.

Mom & Jodi after the temple sealing. Waiting for Daniella & Dusty to emerge from the temple.


Everyone is anxiously waiting.

Finally Daniella & Dusty come out of the temple.



Give your wife a big smooch Dusty!


They are such a cute couple.

Daniella with her mom Cathi.


Then it was time to take photos on the temple steps. Technically you only have 20 minutes to do so. At least that is what another impatient photographer told us.

This is Dusty's family. I don't have any of our family as we were all busy being in the photo that we didn't have anyone to take the photo of us. Except for the photographer, but she was busy taking her own photos.

While we were up on the steps Mike had to get a photo of the doorknobs. They are fabulous.

Then Mike took this photo of everyone down at the bottom of the steps. You can see the back of me. I'm to the right of the bride.


The "Grandma's" getting their photo taken with the bride.


Jodi & Julianna goofing off between photos.

The bride's parents. Todd and Cathi.

The bridesmaids. Julianna is to the left of Daniella. And Mari is to the right. The other 2 girls are Dusty's sisters. Daniella's other sister Erin Grace was an honorary bridesmaid.



Erin Grace didn't seem to mind.

I like this photo of the bridesmaids jumping. It looks like Daniella is floating.

The proud papa Todd.

Dad & Mom aka: Grandpa and Grandma visiting with Brandon.



I love this photo of Daniella and Julianna.

All 4 sisters.


The groom and his groomsmen.

Everyone is a photographer these days.

More waiting. I'm sure we took double the allotment of time for taking photos on the temple steps.



Do you think these alcoves were made just for taking photos like this?

I do believe they were.

We can't forget the shoes. Forget fancy high heels. This bride wanted to be comfortable along with her bridesmaids.

Are we done taking photos yet? Isn't that what Todd's look is saying?

Julianna looks bored. Dad just wants to know when it is nap time.

Nope, the photographer isn't quite done. Just one or two more photos.



Speaking of photographers. I was trying to practice my photo skills with these flowers. I still have so much to learn.


Temple square always has so many beautiful things to photograph. I now wish I had walked around temple square taking photos while we waited as Mike had suggested. Maybe next time.


The End. But really it is the beginning of Daniella and Dusty's wonderful life together, forever.

If you made it through this entire post, you deserve a medal. I know it had a lot of photos. But I didn't want you to miss a thing. Didn't you feel like you were right there? Of course you do.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll post about their reception. And then I still need to report about the rest of our trip. Plus I still have to post about Cade's (Eric's son) high school graduation and Danica's (Eric's daughter) college graduation.

So stay tuned.

Kim

Taylor & Michael's wedding-Temple

Warning!!! Lots of photos!!!

Saturday 08/14/10 was the day that Taylor & Michael got sealed for time and all eternity in the San Diego temple.

To those of you not Mormon, a temple sealing is the Mormon version of a wedding. At least for those temple worthy. But instead of being married to each other "till death do you part", you are sealed together as husband and wife for time and ALL ETERNITY. A big difference. So you better really love the person you are marrying. As Eternity is a long, long time.

Recap: Married inside temple-Eternal aka: Forever. Married outside temple-Till death aka: Temporary.

Here are the photos that I took that morning as we waited for Taylor & Michael to emerge from the temple.

As you can tell from the above photo, it was quite overcast that morning. Not to mention cold. Cold in San Diego, in August? Yup!


Here is Mari. Mari is Todd's daughter. So that makes her Taylor's cousin.

Brandon (my son) and Julianna (Todd's daughter) making funny faces to pass the time. They are also Taylor's cousins.

Anyone with Langston genes in them is prone to making funny faces for photos. Andrea's kids are usually the best (or would that be worse?) at making funny faces, but they were on their best behavior this day. Brandon & Julianna, not so much.


Jase is Taylor's older brother. He was a groomsman.

Danica is Taylor's older sister and was a bridesmaid.

My hubby Mike. So that makes him Uncle Mike.

Thought it would be fun to take a photo of some of our feet. Too bad my camera strap got in the way.


Cade & his girlfriend Tara. Cade is Taylor's younger brother, and a groomsman as well.

Taylor's bridesmaids. Don't ask me to name them all as I can't remember all their names. The girl in the black dress is Amanda & is Taylor's bestest friend. She was the maid of honor. They have been friends since elementary school (I think it's been that long).

I loved this photo as the professional photographer Kip (you know, the one who actually got paid for taking photos) jumped into the shot.

These 3 girls are Michael's nieces and they were junior bridesmaids.

These 3 girls are in Taylor's ward and are daughters of friends in the family. They were junior bridesmaids as well. I don't know any of their names. Sorry.

And I never did get a photo with all the bridesmaids, all the junior bridesmaids and the 3 groomsmen all together. My guess is that the professional photographer did. Just a guess though. When you get paid the big bucks you remember to take photos like that.


Brandon (my son) and Todd (my brother & uncle to the bride).

Noah is Andrea's youngest son. That makes him Taylor's cousin as well.

Andrea (my seester) & her husband Jamey aka: Beauty & the beast. Just kidding. Jamey isn't a beast. He is actually very nice. We like him a lot. But I think Andrea likes him just a bit more. They are really known as Aunt Andrea and Uncle Jamey to Taylor.


Brandon, Noah & Dad aka: Grandpa.

Simon (Andrea's son) and Julianna (Todd's daughter). Can you tell that Julianna was cold?

Mom (mine, not Taylor's) aka: Grandma

Eric (father of the bride), me (aunt of the bride) and Jeannette (mother of the bride).

Eric & Jeannette are the proud (but broke) parents.

Look who is coming now? It's the happy couple.

We had a couple of false alarms. We were told that Taylor & Michael would be the first ones coming out of the temple. But they ended up being number 2 or 3. So our huge group had to keep moving in and out of the small area they give you to wait outside.

I heard that the temple had 20-25 sealings scheduled that morning (temple had been closed for 2 weeks prior to this day). So it was a busy wedding day at the temple.

Everyone wants to wish Taylor & Michael congrats!

Finally a photo of Nate (Andrea's son). He thinks he is America's next top model. lol. This photo also has Andrea, Jamey, Simon, Brandon & Todd in the background.

Jodi (my seester & another aunt to the bride) asking the bride & groom what they are going to do now that they are married. Their response "We're going to Disneyland". Oops, that isn't what they said. I thought this was a Superbowl commercial for Disneyland.

Andrea, Noah, Simon, Nate, Julianna, Brandon wondering when do we eat?

This is Michael's family including parents, siblings, spouses and nieces and nephews.

Taylor & Michael with Grandma and Grandpa Langston. I took one with her other grandparents but didn't post it on the blog as this blog is for our side of the family. I did post all the photos of everyone on Facebook.

You should have seen the effort it took to get mom & dad out to the middle of the grass for this photo. They are not spring chickens any longer. Sorry mom & dad. I'm sure it will take as many people to help me get around when I reach your age as well.

Taylor and her seester Danica. You can tell in these photos that they were not looking at my camera. They were looking at the professionals camera (as they should be).

Taylor's family including parents, siblings & spouses (Michael is it). And since Taylor is the first to be married in Eric's family, there aren't any little ones yet.

There are those Langston genes again. I love this shot as it is Taylor being Taylor. Love it!!!!

We did take a huge group shot of everyone. Well, the professional took a group shot. And since I had to be in said group shot, I don't have a photo. But it was a HUGE group shot. Since it included all of Eric's (Langston) side of family as well as Jeannette's side. And then throw in Michael's family and it was SUPERSIZED.

After family photos, the wedding party stayed and took more photos at the temple. We didn't stick around to watch. We went shopping to kill a little time before we were to all meet up for lunch at El Torito's. Tomorrow I will try & share the photos from El Torito's.

So stay tuned......