Mom and Rick's Big Day

Some of you know that my mom and dad divorced when I was 8, when I was 14 my mom remarried for a very, very short time -just long enough to have my baby sister -otherwise though mom has been a single lady working hard and being happy.  My mom is amazing.  She is kind, outgoing, funny, hard working and charitable.  She has been "fine" being alone all these years and had long ago given up on finding love again.  The Lord had quite the plan for her life though -all those years of waiting would have been much easier if she had known what the plan was!- :)  somewhere about 50 years ago my mom met a boy named Rick Barber.  I think she had a crush on him in the fourth grade.  In high school they dated and went to prom together two years in a row (his then hers) they stayed in touch while they went to college but there was a bigger plan at work -isn't there always???-  Rick met and married his first wife Lenna and my mom met and married my dad.  Life goes on and things happen the way they need to.  A couple of years ago Lenna passed away and as the months went by my mom and Rick got in touch with each other again and those feelings were rekindled.  :)  That brings us to April 14 of this year when mom and Rick were sealed for time and all eternity in the Draper Utah Temple.  It is such a sweet story.  Rick is awesome and he is head over heels in love with my mom.  It is so cute the way he adores her so.  We are so happy for them both!!!  :)  Here are some pictures from that wonderful day. There are a lot of pics!  :)

Coming out of the temple

 It was COLD that day!

 Mr. and Mrs. Barber

 Dresden my cousins son and Krissie my sissy 

 Mom with two of her sisters lots of happiness that day

 my cutie patootie nephews

 my 91 year old grandfather outside the temple, in the sealing room while we were waiting for mom and Rick he said jokingly ,in a very loud whisper, "so how many days do you think they are going to make us wait here?!?"  lol

 the Draper Temple

 CAKE

 Awe :)

 the happy couple

 the glitter sisters -the pet name for my mama and her sissys they are always done up no matter the occasion a trait they got from their mother .  One of my favorite stories about my grandmother is my mom and her sisters were picking potatoes in the field so they were dirty and grimy -it was a farm for heaven sakes and my grandma came out there to deliver their lunch dressed to the nines in her pink suit and heels.  Love the image of her tottering across the field looking fab.  :)  Me and each of my girl cousins are the same way -I never leave the house without my make-up on. 

 the paparazzi the one on the right doesn't look very happy that I caught her on camera :)

 CAKE

 Lots of tears from the guests during the first dance.  We have waited a long time to see my mom so happy.

 some of the decorations I took the pictures that were displayed just two days before.  :)

 My nephew Andre this kid is a tank!  He loves cake!  :)

 We had So MUCH FUN!  We are dancing girls.

 Woo!

 More decorations along with their prom pic!

 my mom and grandpa

 our new made up dance -lock it down girls, lock it down.

 me and jess have the same look!  lol

 I was teaching Dresden a few things -he had a hard time keeping up.  

 my mom and her kids

 our new fam

 my baby bro and his cute fam with my mom

 Ty and I, thank goodness only one of us is bald!

 I love this pic of us.