PREPARING FOR KAYLA'S BIG DAY

When Kayla set her wedding date for July 25th, we knew we had our work cut out for us. With her in Rexburg and me here, we had to plan our weekends carefully. We had clothes, invitations, refreshments, a wedding dress, reception place, showers, wedding cake and so much more to think about. When she wasn't here, Kayla was busy with school at BYUI, work at the radio station and finding time to spend with Brian since he had moved to Blackfoot. I'm happy to say that through it all we were able to get prepared and Kayla, amazingly, earned grades that would allow her to keep her scholarship.


Our weekends were fun and eventful. In May we looked at places to have the reception. Brian and Kayla's favorite was Wadley Farms.

In May we also went shopping for wedding dresses. I thought it was going to be impossible to choose because Kayla looked so beautiful in every one she tried on.

I'm afraid we wore Rachel out. It's a good thing that most of the wedding dress shops had a comfy couch for the tired "maid of honor."

The minute Kayla tried on this dress she knew it was THE ONE. She really loved it. It was just what she had wanted. She especially liked that it was ivory. Of course once you pick out the dress you've only just begun. Then you have to find the veil, the sash, the brooch, the jewelry, the shoes and the slip. Whew!

We also fit in time to visit a fabric store and pick out material for a quilt to tie at her shower.

Then in June it was back to Wadley Farms for the engagement pictures. Brian's mom and I went along. How fun!!

We joked about using this picture for the invitation. It certainly is a good depiction of how happy Kayla was that day. But then, the guests would have had to come to the wedding to see what the groom looked like.

This is the picture that Kayla chose to go with their announcement in the local newspaper.

After looking at over 100 exceptional pictures, this is the one they chose to include with their invitation. Kayla and Brian found the paper for their invitations at a store in Rexburg and then they shipped it off to Houston where Brian's dad, JC, did a beautiful job of printing them. Amy used these pictures and others to make a wonderful wedding DVD. It is truly worth watching! You can see it on Amy's blog at http://www.thewondertwins.blogspot.com/ under her July 2008 posting.

Next, we took the material for the quilt over to my sweet next door neighbor, Xenna. She cut it up into squares for us. Together she and I would put patterns together on her floor and then I would take a picture of them and email it to Kayla to see what she thought. Once she decided which pattern she liked best we pinned it all together and Xenna sewed up the quilt top for us. I picked up the batting and other materials needed and we were ready to tie it at the shower. Xenna came to Lisa's house and set everything up for us.

Lisa gave Kayla a fun family bridal shower. She really went the extra mile to make it so nice for Kayla. We tied a quilt, had delicious food and enjoyed visiting. Kayla received alot of nice gifts.

Notice how Kayla and I have the exact same expressions in the next three pictures.

Brian and Rachel found time to have a marshmallow eating contest. The object was to see who could fit the most in their mouth at the same time. Rachel won.