Susanna and Jay Got Married!

On October 7th, Susanna got married to Jay. They started dating at the end of February this year and got officially engaged in July. So there wasn't a lot of time to plan but it worked out. It was kind of a stressful evening for me trying to make sure that we had everything we needed and it was a relief when it was all over. As usual, I should have worried less--I think that's the theme of my life.

The dinner went okay thanks to my friends' help. The potato casserole ran out and we could have used more despite Everett running to Costco for me to get a few scalloped potato casseroles. We did have plenty of rolls. We ran out of cake and ice cream. Most of the ham and fruit was eaten. The salad was not so popular. But overall it went fairly well and I think Susanna and Jay were happy. Here are some of the pictures we got from the wedding:

The weather was beautiful and the mountains were colorful. Coray Tate, our former bishop, married them and did a really great job. Scott made the backdrop the Saturday before when it looked like the weather was going to cooperate. Heidi made the garland for it with a small amount of help from me.

The Palfreymans and Patty Adams

Scott talking to the Robledos

Congratulations, Susanna and Jay!

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