Amy's Wedding

I don't have many pictures from Amy's wedding reception because we were so busy fighting the wind and trying to save the food and decorations.  So here are a few pics from the wedding and luncheon.

Amy wore Mom's wedding dress.  It looked beautiful on her.  All mom had to do was repair the lining and make the sleeves more fitted at the wrist.  

 Ryan flew out from Georgia for the wedding too... I just don't have many pics and Amy is still waiting for her pictures from the photographer.

Here we are at the Boise, ID LDS Temple.  It was a super hot day!  Glad we weren't the one's dressed up in wedding gear.

This is the yummy luncheon food.  We ate at Famous Dave's and they bring the food out on a giant garbage can lid.  I thought it was so funny, that I made Michael take a picture.  

Hopefully I get more pictures of the wedding reception to share on here.  We did so much work putting it altogether I want to post the results before it got ruined by the wind storm.  

 

1/25/2013 Finally a photo update! Here are some professional pictures from the beautiful wedding and backyard reception/ring ceremony.

Megan's Wedding

 The weather was perfect for this Idaho wedding in May.  You just never know what you are going to get, wind, rain, hail, snow...

 Megan and Waldo were married in the Twin Falls, Idaho LDS Temple.  The ceremony was in Spanish which was very neat.  I understood most of it, probably because the temple worker was a gringo. :)

Michael tried to video most of the reception for Megan and he caught some interesting things on tape.  He caught a couple of people doing an B.O. check, sniffing their pits right in front of the camera.  He videoed some crazy dance moves too.  I wish I would have had some video footage of my wedding reception....live and learn right?

 This is Megan's wedding cake.  She didn't want anything big or fancy, so I volunteered my mother's services.  Mom is so talented and Megan was not a picky bride at all.  I think the cake turned out beautifully and tasted very good too.

Here is my contribution to the wedding.  I made the wedding flowers and really had fun doing it.  Megan didn't restrict my creative juices by any means.  I basically got to do whatever I wanted as long as I matched the wedding colors.  So, I incorporated pictures of Waldo's parents and Megan's belated Mom, Holly, since they couldn't be there in person to celebrate with them.  The reception was a great success and they received some very nice wedding presents too.  The happy couple is living in Provo this summer and will move up to Pocatello for Megan to finish her last year of school at ISU.

The latest project...

Michael inherited this rusted out tool box from his Grandpa Everardo Hernandez.  Michael spent a great deal of time sanding, taping, painting, and repainting this little tool box. Grandpa Hernandez's nickname at work was Eveready.  I love how Michael incorporated that into the box, it looks awesome and is a sweet way of remembering him. 

Graduation Party

We had a little BBQ to celebrate Michael graduating from the Rad-tech program at Boise State University.  He is already working as an RT, but is now finished with school and can take the boards and hopefully get a raise. :) He was accepted into the CT program and will finish that in one semester next fall, completing his bachelors degree. 

 
Cammy and Nick came up Friday night with their girls and we had fun feeding the ducks, playing tennis, ridding the paddle boats, and playing at the parks/playgrounds. 

Saturday Michael's parents, Megan & Waldo, and my parents came up for a fun family BBQ and Michael's graduation banquet for the RT program.  It was a fun night celebrating him and all that he has accomplished so far.  I'm so proud of him.  

The Bridal Shower

The bridal shower for Megan came together smoothly.  Unfortunately the timing didn't work for a lot of Megan's family and friends, so we had just a small shower for her.  She still ended up with a car load of goodies.  She is set for camping and has a good start on her food storage, thanks to Aunt Margarita and her girls.  The wedding is Friday May 24th.  I am excited to make her wedding flowers and be there for her wedding. 

M and W for Megan and Waldo.

Aunt Marsha and Grandma Vera

After the reception I got to spend some quality time with my sisters, eating fruit loops and checking out antique shops.  We had a great weekend.   

Easter and Birthdays

We had the opportunity to come home to celebrate Easter and Ella's birthday.  We dyed eggs with Waldo to show him what it is all about, had an Easter egg hunt for the kids, and just had fun playing together.

Michael made me my very own birthday cake. :) It was so cute he even got me fun candles.  I wish I had been feeling better so I could have enjoyed more of my cake, he did a great job.  He also made me steak and potatoes for dinner and bought me a box of raspberries, yum.   Ella had a fun little party and got a big girl bike from her parents. 

Christmas 2012

We love Christmas at our house.  Michael has been playing Christmas music since July and I love getting out all of the decorations and decorating the tree with our childhood ornaments.  I made two new wreaths this year.  The Santa wreath and the tinsel one.  Our house looked so cute and festive. 

 We are always trying out new Christmas trees.  Tall and skinny, short and fat, this year we went with more of a Charlie Brown tree.  It was pretty spread out and had cute little pine cones on it. The

 This was the first year we have been able to put up Christmas lights and so we put some up.  Mom and Dad have plenty to spare so they let us have their old house lights.  I didn't take a picture of it, but Mom surprised me with a cute old fashioned lighted snow man to decorate our yard with.  He is a cute hard plastic snow man with a pipe and top hat. 

The weekend before Christmas Michael and I took a trip to temple square to enjoy the lights and have a honeymoon getaway.  We ended our little trip with our first car purchase as a couple.  I love my new car.  It's a hatchback cross over that will be great for our little family. 

Christmas Eve we enjoyed some tasty food, exchanged our home made gifts and everyone participated in the family Christmas talent show. 

 Grandpa always gets to emotionally touched when Granny plays the piano.  So cute.

  After the talent show Michael and I spent some time with his family because we would have to take off early Christmas evening so I could be ready to go back to work on the 26th.  It was a short trip but so fun.