I want to stay here forever!

This is what Isabelle said last week as we traveled to Utah for my sister Alex's wedding! Alee was a beautiful bride and Belle is quite smitten with Uncle Nick. We enjoyed a classic black and white reception at the Provo Library, formerly the Brigham Young Academy, on Wednesday night and then the couple was sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on a crisp October Thursday morning. The weather was beautiful and the Sealer was funny and warm. It was a perfect wedding day!

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After we enjoyed a lovely meal with all of the Christensen and Vernon family at the Radisson,the newlyweds jetted off for a honeymoon in Lake Tahoe, and the rest of us headed up to the canyon to relax for a few days in Sundance.

The Bees gathered in a 5800sq ft cabin and spent the next few days in the mountains. We enjoyed going on walks, playing games, the hot tub, a camp fire and mostly just talking and hanging out. Belle and I decided that a fully furnished cabin with wood floors and leather furniture is our type of camping!

To finish off the week, we celebrated with almost all of the Thorpe family at a fall reunion. The kids went on a pumpkin hunt and then painted their findings. We ate yummy food and enjoyed good company! We passed out our 2008 Family Scrapbook pages and this time we needed 17 copies!!! We had a wonderful time and cherish the moments we get to spend with our loved ones, especially Grandma Joan, Grandpa Neal, Hal, Janice, Pennie, Pearl, Viv and Dan, as they certainly do not come often enough! We are grateful Belle is able to know so many of her Great Grandparents and Great Aunts and Uncles.

We flew out early Tuesday morning so we stayed with my parents in Salt Lake City at a hotel on Monday night. We had a few hours before bedtime, so we made a quick trip to Temple Square and were able to watch the new movie playing in the Joseph Smith Building, Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration. It was a great way to end our vacation and Belle again was heard saying...I want to stay here forever!