"and a beautiful wedding"

Despite the overcast weather, it was a beautiful day for a wedding at the Houston Temple.  Everything had that just cleaned look that rainy weather can bring. This was my first time to this temple.  It is very pretty.

from the parking lot



the doorway

Spring flowers

 

Waiting for the bride and groom to appear,

We are greeting our nieces and nephews who

we hadn't seen yet.

Niles helping Zech with his bow tie

The brothers (my nephews):  L-R
Ryan, Niles, David and Zech



Adding in my brother, Todd, and Niles' two sons, Otto and Luca

Sisters to the bride and a friend: Back- L-R:
Lora, Kaylee, friend, and Sierra
front: Tillie and Gwennivier (Sierra's daughter)
 

the front



From the side

Gwennivier checking out the water foundation

Finally Daniel and Jordan Hearn!

Jordan with her brother David

The whole family including Niles' wife, Rachel

The brothers and sisters in birth order  R-L

Jordan with her niece and two nephews on the temple steps.
 

We then headed back to Austin for the reception which was being held in Kyle, Texas, at the Old Texas Fort (I think that is what it is called.)  It was the same place where Niles and Rachel had their reception as well although in a different building at that location.

They had a ring ceremony outside (with rain drops from time to time).

Daniel's two siblings and Jordan's eight siblings
and a couple of friends.

Todd and Jordan

The reception was very nice.  I mostly talked with my sister, Valerie and Lance (Mesa, AZ), my brother Scott (Austin) and my brother Rick and his family (Grapevine).  It is always good to have a reason to gather and a wedding is one of the best!  Glad we have lots more to still get married in the future.

The only picture I took at the reception.
I totally forgot.  This is my brother, Scott
dancing with his granddaughter Ari and Tillie.

 I spent Friday and Saturday nights with my brother, Scott, in Austen.  My sister-in-law Sandy had left this on the bed for me complete with toothbrush and chocolates.

 We spent Saturday--playing games---a big surprise, I know.  We were sad to see Rick and Linda leave for home but had fun with a variety of different games.  We headed back to Todd's later that night--for more game playing!  I head back to Scott's that night and Valerie and Lance headed to their hotel as they had to leave early in the morning to drive back to Houston to catch their flight.

I slept in and had a quiet morning as Sandy and Scott both had things to do. I had a nice conversation with my nephew Scottie before  I headed to Kyle to go to Church with Todd and his family.

Look at those clouds and the beautiful huge blue sky.  I love Texas.

Sunday night I stay with Todd's family and we played more games together.  It was nice to have a small group and to get to know Tillie, Kaylee and Ryan a bit better.  We don't get to see each other very often, but I love them so much as their aunt.  I am so looking forward to our Giberson Reunion in New Mexico this summer.

I love Texas but it was nice to get back to Utah, the mountains and mostly of all my family.  The weather had been very cold and stormy that day but has been fairly mild since then.

Home sweet home.