Chris & Robyn's Wedding

Chris and Robyn were married in the Salt Lake Temple on Saturday, November 22nd. Robyn was beautiful and Chris, with good reason, never stopped smiling (see his post on the subject).

We stayed at the Marriott Downtown the night before the wedding so we'd be closer on Saturday morning (the sealing was @ 9 a.m.), but we also wanted Kaitlyn to be able to come to the temple for family pictures after the sealing. Being downtown seemed to help facilitate both of these needs as Kaitlyn was able to sleep in a little bit longer and eat breakfast before she came to the temple grounds after we had already departed. BIG THANKS to Grandma & Grandpa O and Brooklyn for joining us from Idaho for the weekend to help keep an eye on our little one. (A little off the subject, the hotel stay was super fun!! The girls had a ball swimming at the large indoor pool after we arrived Friday evening & I loved the door-to-door service from the valets!!) My blood has gotten much thinner since moving to Texas . . . Saturday was a chilly morning as you can see from Kaitlyn's rosy cheeks!!

We also had a great time at the reception. I wish we had a picture of it, but Addy and Kaitlyn were the talk of the dance. They were so cute together and had a great time celebrating with Chris and Robyn!! (Rumor has it that there's more video of the little girls dancing than the bride and groom.)

Brooklyn was Kaitlyn's special friend all weekend. We couldn't have done it without her and especially were grateful to her at the reception as she just followed Kaitlyn around wherever she wanted to go and kept her out of trouble. The girls special treat was riding the carousel at South Towne Mall on Saturday afternoon.

We had so much fun this weekend. It was a fast trip and we were pooped out on the trip home to Texas, but it was all worth it!!

Incidentally, this day has been a long time coming. Chris had seen the future, and knew when his brothers pointed out that this was the day already reserved for the (at the time) 8th ranked Cougars to play Utah that he was actually doing us a favor. He knew BYU would lose to TCU making the late November game meaningless in regards to BCS bowl bids; we’re sure he even knew that BYU would get pounded by the Utes on that day. So thank you Chris and Robyn for a wonderful weekend!! But thank you also for planning your wedding so we wouldn’t have to suffer through another agonizing loss and allowing us to remember this day as the wonderful exciting day Chris and Robyn were married rather than the gloomy dismal day it was for all other BYU fans when BYU continued the 2008 meltdown and allowed Utah to go to their 2nd BCS game before we could even go once. It makes me proud to be an Air Force fan!! :))