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Larson Wedding 2017 + my newest sister!

11:00 PM



The cutest

We got to celebrate with Danielle at the Grand America Afternoon tea

Then it was off to set up for the rehearsal dinner!





It's so hard being so cute.

Standing around waiting to be call for family pictures.

Couldn't be a cuter or grumpier ring bearer.

Grand America ballroom for the wedding dinner



Ezra + Shirley partying it up before Ezra's bedtime


Wedding photo-booths are my favourite

This is the kind of thing that happens when you leave your phone with your friends. Joke is on you, dears.
They filmed our musical number so thank you! If you want to see it, let me know.

But seriously, every Larson wedding needs a Jon + Susanna. These guys saved the day in so many ways! Love you guys.



Woot woot! It was a beautiful send-off

Selfie with sparklers is not a good idea



Great day, sad it had to end because I adore my family but beyond happy to have gained a sister!

Cute little babushka kept us smiling as we checked out of the Grand and headed back to real life.

Cambridge

Cambridge MBA Experience day

3:38 PM

The future is a fickle thing. It can be exciting, terrifying and as hard to see as the trees are through this fog...
(taken from the train from London Kings Cross headed north to Cambridge, UK)

While we figure out where we go from here, we get to investigate the options.

This day of adventure took us to Cambridge University!
Taylor found information about an MBA experience day at the Cambridge Judge Business School and he asked if I would like to go with him.
I love spending time with my husband and, hello? Hang out in Cambridge as a prospective student? Yes, please!

Cambridge in the fall...

Cambridge Judge Business School

Does this remind anyone else of Harry Potter?

We spent the morning in information sessions with professors and alumni of CJBS. It's an accelerated program so the MBA is done in one year. To be perfectly honest, they did a great job selling their program. They even had ME considering the MBA program.

We wandered just around the corner after a lovely lunch of sandwiches and cakes. The sign by the door reads, "Charles Darwin lived here 1836-7"

Fall colours look goooood on these old buildings.

Last time we didn't go into the Peterhouse College area. There is a small chapel (as most colleges do), a lovely square and housing and common rooms toward the back.

These photos were taken in the same quadrangle.


It's just all sooo good. And this is just one of the thirty some odd colleges!

Mathematical Bridge. See my last Cambridge post to see about the bridges and punting tour we did on the River Cam the last time we were here.


Has everyone seen The Imitation Game? If not, worth the time!


Guess who graces the side of King's College?...(hint: he married a lot of people)

The Senate House, used for degree ceremonies though it was formerly used for meetings of the University's Council of the Senate.




I love the shopping lanes around the market square
Smelled like lots of good cheese and they offer more types of crackers than I ever imagine would have existed in the world....


Cambridge is one of my favourites! Maybe we'll be back here someday....

bride

Whirlwind weekend

6:05 AM

We were in and out in Utah. Got in Friday night around 11 and left Sunday afternoon at 5.


But in between? In between those two flights, some of the most precious moments of my life occurred.

What a glorious weekend!

I only have one biological sister. And I always joke that she's my favorite one. Most of the time, it's not a joke. 

Look at this girl. She is someone who knows who she is, has an idea of who she wants to be and doesn't bend to make people feel comfortable about what she likes and dislikes. Makes her headstrong at times but she has the kindest, most tender heart you may ever know. 

She married her best friend on August 2, 2014 in the Manti Utah LDS Temple. When a worthy member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints enters the temple, he/she makes a covenant to God, (a temple covenant is a sacred promise that when kept, meaning, when obedient, extends beyond this life on earth)  and promises to keep the commandments to receive the blessing of eternal marriage. It's a marriage for which we do not see an end, not even death. I can't think of a more hopeful, peace-bringing promise than to have eternity with my love so I wish it for everyone. 
Congratulation, Ruth and Kameron!


Bridesmaids. Remember my post about trying to find the dress? :)

This guy is my all-time favorite wedding date. We've been to quite a few of people we absolutely love! I picked his tie. The pic makes it look pink but it's really a very cool orange tie. Looked perfect. 
I got lots of compliments on the green. I'll have to buy more green things. This is the only green article of clothing I own. I also am in love with the flower crowns we wore instead of holding bouquets. Good call! 

The beautiful bride with my darling parents. 

Cutting the cake! Beautiful decorated by Courtnie, a former roommate of Ruth's and fellow bridesmaid. Courtnie's mom made the cake, which was fabulous. They were a dream team!

I didn't get as many pictures as I probably would have taken had my dress had pockets for my phone. That's why there was a real photographer there and we shall see more pictures in the near future. 

But I love these people. My people were there with us Saturday night. So many people helped pull the reception together and then clean up afterward! Haha we forget about that part but it was so much easier with loving hands. 
I have to give a shoutout to my sister's amazing friends that helped pull it all together in the last few months. They were crazy busy the week before the big day and the day of was a little insane. 
I am so grateful for the blessing of safety for Kameron's sisters. On the way back to Utah County from the Manti Temple, the bumper of Nicole's car fell off, the car ran over it and popped one of their tires. In the middle of nowhere. I'm so glad they didn't get hurt and that they still made it in time for the reception. It was hot and I'm sure it was incredibly stressful for all of them. I'm glad it wasn't worse although I wish there was some way we could have helped them better. We love you, Muhlstein's!

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Sunday we spent in Salt Lake City with the Larson's. We met sweet little Ari, our nephew, when he was being de-swaddled. It was THE cutest thing in the world to watch him stretch his tiny arm and legs after being wrapped up tight. 

I can't imagine a better way to spend an afternoon than with a newborn sleeping in your arms. 

Uncle Taylor must have helped Ari feel comfortable enough to relieve some of the gas that must have been bothering him because the 5 minutes they were chillin on the couch like this, Ari was ripping and rolling.

It breaks my heart to think about how different our darling little nephew will be whenever we get to see him next. We don't know when that will be! But that Sunday was just a tough day for me all around. 
We said goodbye to everyone and we headed to the airport. 
My parents and two of my brothers came up to see us off. (Sister and brand new brother-in-law were on their honeymoon :) )
I only got pictures with my dear parents although now I'm really kicking myself for not getting pictures with my brothers. Especially since Sammy (no one calls him that anymore, just me) will be entering the Provo MTC in just a couple of weeks to prepare to serve in the Honduras Comayagüela mission for two years. 

Not happy enough for real smiles


TTFN Utah 
Back to New York for two more weeks and then off to London and our new life!

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