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.  

Utah trip part 2

My great grandmother had 6 sisters, there were 7 girls and just one little boy in that family and the little boy passed away before he was 2 years old.  So for the growing up part that was a house full of girls!  My mom has 3 sisters and no brothers so another house full of girls!  As far as my cousins go there are 7 girls and 4 boys.  So we really have a female dominated family!  :)  Each year, starting with my Grandma Allgood (I think! -it may have started with my great grandma but I am not sure) -the sisters in each family take a sister trip.  Always in the summer for 4 or so days.  So this year while I was home -the girl Allgood cousins took our first ever 'sister' trip.  We went up to Park City -just overnight because we didn't have much time.  We had SO MUCH FUN!!!!  I cannot even tell you.  We shopped and ate and laughed until we just couldn't take it anymore!  We didn't take many pictures -we were having too much fun to stop and take any!- but here are a few.  

Shopping!

 My cute sis-in-law Heather

Crazy runs in the family.  lol 

 My sis in law Heather, my sis Krissie, cousin Camille -you would NEVER guess her age!  She looks what 26? not even close!!!  front row cousin Jessica who is 6 months older than me exactly and we grew up more like sisters, and cousin Makaila -Jessica's sister and master planner of this trip!  THANKS MAK!  We stayed in the presidential suite at this hotel it was FANTASTIC!!!

 We played the game Quelf which is the best girls night game EVER!!!  Not sure what Mak is doing here except maybe getting ready to flip me off -she is the YW President in her ward!  LOL 

 I believe this is Heather reading us the poem that she wrote

we laughed so much! 

And drank diet coke and wore fancy scarves  and yelled out wrong answers like "BOSTON RED SOX!" right Jess?  lol

 this is Krissie who had to stand in the corner and say "Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?" over and over and over and over and over until her turn came around again.

 This is my mom's bridal shower.  She thought we were just going to dinner but we surprised her with a cake and some gifts.  It was great! 

ok back row Aunt ShaRee, Ricks sisters Jenny and Paula, my Aunt Deana, Aunt Colleen, Camille, Makaila, middle row Jessica, Heather, Krissie and me, front and center the bride herself Mom :) 

 the delish cake!

 these pics came a few days later when I was flying home but I didn't want to add them at the end of the wedding post which is up next.  

I left on a Sunday and I love this pic because you can see two churches 1 block apart and the parking lots are packed full. -Only in Utah :)

 My mountains.  How I miss them.

 What heaven looks like.  

Ok everyone!  Next up wedding post!!!  :)

Utah trip part 1

In April I took a trip to Utah all by myself for my mom's WEDDING!  :)  Yay!  So happy for her.  More details on that in the Utah trip part three post.

The first "big event" was going to see a Jazz game!  Thanks to my big bro for getting us the tickets!!!  I went with my sis-in-law Heather and my sweet nephew Andre. 

 The night got more exciting when they announced that John Stockton was at the game!!

 After they showed him I became a little bit of a Stockton stalker and searched the arena until I found him.  He was just two sections over from us!  

 We had GREAT seats!!!  Row 17 yes please!! 

 Stockton again.  Hi Johnny!  :)  --these are only two of about 30 pics I took of this guy

Jazz win!!!   

The next day mom and I headed to the new City Creek Mall.  SO FANCY!  It is really an amazing place!

First stop Tiffany & Co. I had never been in one before!   

 You can see the Salt Lake Temple from the mall!  So cool!

 These fountains were designed by the same guys that built the fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

The roof at the City Creek center is RETRACTABLE!  AMAZING open on the nice days and closed when it needs to be. 

 Me and my mama in front of a fountain, you can't really see the fountain but that's ok the pic is all about us :)

 I also got to see my good friend Kelly.  She lived in Maryland with me and had moved to Utah just 6 weeks earlier than my visit.  So fun to have dinner and "catch up"

 On Wednesday mom and I headed to BYU so I could see where HD will be at the next year of his life.  There is the famous Y on the mountain.

 HD's apartments are RIGHT ACROSS from the stadium.

 There they are!  He is SO excited to go there

 I also got to meet Sister Paxton.  Sister Paxton just happened to be on an airplane about 8 months ago with HD's high school english teacher.  They started talking about teaching and when Sister Paxton mentioned that she taught at BYU Doctor Young told her all about HD and how he really wanted to go there.  Sister Paxton gave her contact info to Dr. Young and told her if D got accepted that he should call her.  So he did!  She has been so sweet talking to him on the phone and she already invited him over for dinner and said he can do his laundry at her house or whatever else he needs. So nice to have someone right there who is willing to help if he needs it.  She was super sweet and the timing was perfect for us to meet up.  I hadn't really planned on meeting her until that day.  Lots of amazing things happened during our short time there that reassured me that Heavenly Father knows me and HD and that His hand has been in all of this.  I really felt so peaceful, I cannot explain it.  I KNOW that my Father in Heaven loves me!  

Ok, so far I am on a roll here blogging let's hope it continues!!!  :)  

Part's 2 and 3 of the Utah trip coming up!