The Wedding

On the 14th of December we headed up to the Mount Timpanogus Temple to go through the with Shanelle for her first time.  It was nice to be together with my three siblings and parents.  It was a very nice time.  We then headed to my parents for the night.

The 15th was the open house/reception day.  I got up and did my hair.  I decided to do it curly and it only took me 1.5 hours to get it how I wanted it.  After getting ready we headed over to the Venice Schoolhouse to finish preparing.  We spent a while over there helping my mom with table cloths and other final touches that were necessary.  The Oldroyd side of Branden's family was having their Christmas party that afternoon so we headed to Glenwood.  We hung out for a while and then headed back to Venice to change our clothes and get ready for family pictures.  We stayed after that to set out desserts and whatever else needed to be done.  The night was very nice.  Our nephew Luke ended up in Instacare due to a bad case of strep throat so Jeremy, Katie, Luke, and Tate weren't able to come and hang out with us.  You have to do what is necessary though.  Our cousin, Kory, had his reception that night also in the Venice Church so we took turns heading over to congratulate him and his future bride as well.

 On the 16th we headed back home for a few days.  Shanelle and Jordan were married on the 19th so we headed to Manti.  It was a snowy morning, even in Hurricane.  It was a rough drive due to snow covered roads, but we made it with time to spare.  The sealing ceremony was very nice.  My three siblings and spouses with our parents were all together again.  There was a lot of family there also.  Branden and Brax volunteered to help the photographers so my mom and I walked around watching as they took pictures.  We then headed over to the luncheon.  The newlyweds then headed out for their honeymoon and we headed to Glenwood.  I was done traveling for a little so we stayed with Branden's parents until Christmas Eve.