May 27 - May 30: Idaho

So we left for Idaho on Thursday evening. I packed up everything and picked Jeremy up from work around 4:30 and we headed out! We only stopped once for a potty break and it was pretty much smooth sailing the whole time. We stayed at my sister Amy's house which was so fun! We felt so lucky to get to spend time with both of our families that weekend. Jeremy's brother Jared, his wife Mimi and their 2 kids (Ben & Lucy) also stayed at Amy's house, so it was a party! Amy and Rob are amazing hosts and we had such a good time hanging out with them. We stayed up way too late every night, but since we were gone during the day we had to see them some time! :)

So Friday we spent the day at the new in-laws house (Jonathan's in-laws). They fed us a great barbeque and we took some family pictures. They have a farm and so we took some grandkid pictures on a tractor and took family pictures in the front yard looking out at the fields. The wind was blowing pretty hard, so we'll see if any of the family pictures turn out. I know my hair was out of control! So then we went back to Amy's and she had a barbeque ready for us too! (We were seriously spoiled that weekend). Amy's kids had a blast playing with Jared & Mimi's kids, so it all worked out great.Then Saturday was the big day! Amy offered to watch Eli, Ben and Lucy during the sealing which was so sweet! Not only did she watch them, she got them all dressed and ready (hair and all) and drove them the 30 min. drive to the Boise temple. Here she is with 3 of her 4 kids plus the other 3. Thank you Amy!
Jon and Shannon were sealed in the Boise temple on Saturday, May 29th at 10:00 am. It was such a sweet experience to be in there with them. It was the first sibling wedding either of us had been to and it was so great! We can't wait for the next one! (Haha, no pressure anyone). After the wedding we of course took lots of pictures and then had a fabulous luncheon. Jeremy's family sure knows how to cook. His mom's sister and her family did all the food and it was great! It was the same thing we had at our wedding, but I sure enjoyed the food more this time around. :) I actually had time to eat! Eli scarfed his down too. I don't think I had ever seen him eat so much. It was a hit!
Anyway, then we spent a few hours at the hotel that Jeremy's family stayed at and then we got ready for the reception! It was at this clubhouse thing and it was really beautiful. We of course took more pictures, enjoyed the ice cream bar and said our goodbyes to the happy couple.
About 1.5 minutes after we left the reception:
The next morning we went to church (it was Jeremy's mom's cousin's ward - her 2 sons spoke. One just got home from a missions and one was just leaving. Pretty cool) and then we headed home, unpacked, did some laundry (I know, on Sunday, very bad), repacked to go to Park City the next day and went to bed nice and early to catch up on some much needed sleep.

To see more pictures from the wedding weekend, click here for a link to my facebook album.