Boom. boom. boom...

I am not sure what else to title this post.  After Scott and Chantel's wedding, I remember we slept in the next day and really didn't accomplish too much except later in the evening when we met up with them and her family to watch them open gifts. 

The day after Tosha's wedding Jena wanted to go to school (up at 6:00 a.m.) and then we had to pick her up at 11 or so because she had to attend the Area Special Olympics Bowling event in Ogden.

She got a silver metal after they first announced that she had gotten the gold metal.  However the score they came was way too high so we knew they needed to recount.  She missed gold by about 6 points but her team mate got the gold so it was okay and Jena was happy to switch with her.  No problem.  So we ended up taking two pictures--one with Jena having the gold and one with her with the silver.

Here is the real one--Jena with silver and Jessica with the gold.

Saturday morning we had the New parent breakfast for the Down syndrome foundation.  Becca who is 35 years old talked and sang as part of the program.  She first sang and did sign language with the song called "Just Like You" and at this point she was singing the words in Samoan (where she and her parents had served an LDS mission).

After that I met my sister Valerie at her friend's home and we headed to the Jordan River Temple.  We were able to do a session and then met our dad as he was finishing his shift at the temple.  We were able to pick up Karla and head for Mexican food before I had to take Valerie to the airport to head back to Mesa.  It was a quick trip and filled with wedding stuff...and she had to head home to do wedding stuff herself as my niece, Landi was getting married on Nov. 30th.  Thanks to Gary for keeping things going at home while I had this great day in Salt Lake.

Saturday night, Tosha and Austen returned from Park City and we were so lucky that we got to spend a few days with them before they left for Oklahoma.  It was a great chance to spend some more time with Austen to get to know him and also to have a few last days with Tosha.  They were still smiling which was awesome to see and what we expected.

On Sunday evening we had invited Austen's extended family to join us for the gift unwrapping party.  It turned out so great.

It started early with Jessica and Elessia dropping their gift off early as Jessica was covering a shift that night at work.  Jessica had painted this tile with their name and wedding date in greys and red--some of their favorite colors.  It has hooks on the bottom for keys so it is cute and useful.  It is now hanging in their apartment although I don't know if it has keys yet.

Again, I don't know what I was doing, but no pictures from our get-together that night.  We had a great time playing the "Newlywed" game---Tosha and Austen were the only players and they won all of our prizes (worth dollars!).  They did okay with their questions and they were funny too.  We all laughed much of the evening which is always a good thing.  They were so cute with their gifts and so happy with everything, it was fun to be a part of.  It gave us some more time to spend with his family which was good too.

His dad, Tom, was so sweet when the evening was done and they were the last to leave.  He told me how great a time they had had and that they now were going to start this tradition with their other children to share the unwrapping of the gifts and playing the newlywed game.  (So Austen and Tosha, I hope you paid attention to the questions as you might be in charge of the game!)

And, although we got up and got Jena off to school the next morning, I think Gary and I both headed back to bed and slept in...finally...and then I headed for a meeting at 11:30 a.m. in Salt Lake for a committee I am on--and life was back to "normal" again!  I wonder how long that will last!!??