Mike's brother, Jim, got married over the weekend. Since the Boise Temple is closed for some kind of major renovation, we got to make the two hour drive out to Twin Falls for the occasion.
We had a late breakfast on the way out of town. We went to eat at the brand new Kneaders that just opened in Meridian.
We arrived at our hotel just in time to grab some Lunchables and Powerade at the gas station across the street, drop the kids off in the room and run (as well as you do at eight and a half months pregnant), to catch Valerie's temple session.
After a nice afternoon in the temple Mike and Jim took the kids to Buffalo Wild Wings, while I was on Hair Duty with Valerie's mom, Ann. We had practiced on Valerie's hair the week before, under the tutelage of my hair dresser sister-in-law, Jeryl. Valerie and Jim had pictures Friday night, so we were in charge of pulling off the up-do.
Since this was going to be the first time Jim saw Valerie in her dress, we had him wait in the lobby of the hotel. I was tasked with riding the elevator down before the others, so that I could capture the look on Jim's face.
I could not resist snapping this photo on the way to the photo shoot.
The photographer needed some help blocking the setting sun. Her assistant, along with Valerie's entourage got involved.
After soooo many darling and beautiful pictures were taken, we went back to the hotel. We all popped our heads into the swimming pool so Valerie could show off her dress to Jim's parents and my family, who were swimming. Though I expected Lydia to run right up to Valerie and get her soaking wet, she seemed to understand the situation. She walked up very slowly and was simply in awe!
Valerie was more than ready to get out of her dress and relax, so she, Jim, Valerie's parents and all of her brothers and sisters (she has six), joined in the fun at the pool. The kids played hard and when they got back up to the room at 10:15 they were starving. Mike made a quick emergency run to McDonald's for nuggets and fries. All were snoozing by a little after 11:00. Late Night!
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