Garrett's and AnnaSue's Wedding

We had another wedding in our family, about six weeks after Lincoln's and MiCayla's. This wedding was in Boise on Saturday, June 24th. We drove up on Friday afternoon, as soon as our children got home from trek.

My cute grandson

My cute granddaughter

My mom, my sister who drove from Rexburg, and me

My dad and brother in law

The big moment!

All the friends and relatives who came for the wedding

After the pictures at the temple, we drove out to the Larsens' house and then kept driving a little farther to the property of their neighbor's. We had set up tables and chairs in their yard plus tablecloths for the wedding luncheon. I had hired a caterer to serve us some Cafe Rio type salads which tasted good. Unfortunately the meal had something in it that made most of us sick about 12 hours later and caused us some gastrointestinal distress. Sadly, AnnaSue probably got the sickest. Fortunately most of us were better within a short time.

Our whole family including a head shot of Everett

Our family at the reception site, the Larsen farmstead

We stayed in Boise for Friday and Saturday nights and then went home after lunch on Sunday. The Larsens' son (AnnaSue's brother) had his mission farewell which we attended and then they hosted a luncheon at their house. We made it home in good time so Scott could go hometeaching on Sunday evening.

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