It was fun to see my brother John's family all together.
Anna and Aubrey who is now 6, John, Denzel, Amber, James, his wife Nikki and a very tall Devin who at 19 is waiting for a mission call.
Denzel had a number of family there as well, including his mom and auntie from Fiji. Also a cousin from Washington and another cousin from Fiji/BYUH.
Denzel's family are multi-generational Fijian originally from Muslim Indian immigrants. Here dressed in traditional Indian Sari. These sisters were often heard speaking Hindi to each other! It was a really fun cultural experience.
We went down for the sealing with Alicia and Tucker who took pictures at the temple and at Lithia park in the rain! It was fun to watch. This couple appears to really like each other.
Like any family gathering, this one was not without it's bumps. Uncle Dave's family however took the cake. On the way down for the sealing, Monica's husband Dave was driving Dave and Eva's Pontiac Van which overheated and died in Wolf Creek, about 45 minutes north of Grants Pass. Grandpa went up to rescue them and the Van was towed to Grants Pass for repair. After the sealing and the luncheon afterward Eva and the crew (Monica, Dave, Jenny and Leslie) all jumped into the van to head back north to Vancouver. They made it about 10 miles where it overheated again. After having it towed back to the dealer, they then took Grandpa's Surbuban home. So then on Friday afternoon, just Uncle Dave drove the Suburban back down and picked up the Van at the dealer. Saturday morning, he left early to greet the newly married couple at John's where the reception was taking place, and got about 10 minutes out and the car conked out again! Now here is where it get's interesting (I know you were waiting). Once again, Grandpa (the safe driving Nazi of the universe) jumped into the Suburban to go and save Uncle Dave. Backing out of the garage, he hit Mike and Christine's Subaru! Yep, Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!
Mike came into the reception in full glory telling the story!
And of course we had to make a little field trip down the street to see the actuality.
Ok back to the subject at hand. (Oh yeah, Dave was not happy at all, and once again had to drive Grandpa's Suburban back to Vancouver). Meanwhile back at the reception, Grandpa was greeting the new bride.
And attempting to keep track of Galena!
One of the really fun surprises of the reception was the appearance of Anna's cousins from Arizona. These two sisters flew in and rented a car and totally surprised everyone! They, together with Denzel's mom and auntie put on a really fun spread of Mexican and Indian traditional foods!
The couple were really good sports about spending the afternoon in their wedding duds.
They really do appear to like each other.
Mom seemed pretty happy about her little girl's new status!
And by the end of the day, Amber was pretty much done!
Yet another great family event!
3 comments:
Yep we make all the fun times. You forgot helping uncle ty put up plywood on his garage. I should of took pictures of that one. Great week.
I didn't hear about Grandpa hitting Mike's car! What a great story- thanks for sharing! =)
Thanks for getting pictures up, We didn't hear about anything out here! Amber looks beautiful, and yes, they do appear to like each other:) They're way better sports about hanging out then Chris and I...man, we were out of there pronto! Hope you guys are still doing great.
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