The wedding continued . . .

In continuing the wedding theme, I will list some highlights and glitches.

Highlights:
*The temple sealing, of course! What could be better?
*The relief we felt when Sarah and Scott walked into the sealing room. We had waited for awhile and my brother-in-law thought he had heard someone crying down the hall. We wondered if it was Sarah realizing that she couldn't be a Meyer after all (which makes perfect sense). Fortunately, she walked in seconds later with no hint of previous tears. Whew! Some other bride must have had a meltdown.
*The weather -- so perfect! Now remind me why I live in Vegas?
*A nearby bride and her party taking photographs next to us. She provided us with comic relief as she was ushered around with a parasol with huge feathers erupting out of her dress. We, the low-maintenance Meyers, were enjoying the spectacle.

Glitches:
*Alyssa crying during the flower girl pictures. She was inconsolable, yet awfully cute.
*Alyssa coloring on her flower girl dress with markers in the child waiting room during the ceremony, and then spilling loads of food on it during the reception. The strategically placed flowers hopefully lessened the obvious walking disaster. :)
*Alyssa smearing strawberries on my blouse and skirt. Now I was the walking disaster.
*Jayce upset because we left him for the sealing. He sulked and cried as he watched his playful, fun cousins.
*Why oh why didn't we decorate their car? We wouldn't have been mean, but seriously, we should have done some cutesy thing. Minutes before they were leaving I was scrambling and brainstorming, but nothing came to mind. They left in a bare, boring car, without even a "just married."


A family picture taken at Thanksgiving Point (reception location). So fun! We were eating grapes right off the vine.

Alyssa relatively calm after her tantrum at the temple.

Enjoying the refreshments.

For some reason, Jayce was hesitant to pose with Scott. Later on I asked him why, and he replied because Scott's hair was sticking up and it wasn't coming down on his head. I guess it scared him. :) (Whenever we spike Jayce's hair, the look doesn't last very long because we never use enough gel -- I guess Scott's hair mystified and intimidated him because it did stand up a bit). Pretty lame excuse, if you ask me. :)

Alyssa hated the flower girl pictures, but when she stood by the temple doors with her cousins she was quite happy -- hopefully indicating that she's comforted by the prospect of a temple wedding. :)

Jayce, his cousins Ali, Nathan, and Natalie (Sarah was holding her niece, and sadly, her name escapes me).

Our attempt at a flower girl shot -- rather unsuccessful with Alyssa's tears. She elicited much sympathy from the crowd.