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We were honored to participate in my sister Tiffani's marriage to Johnathan Lloyd at the end of December. They were married in the Bountiful Temple and then had a family dinner and reception at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. It was such a beautiful event and we had a great time celebrating their union. We are so excited to welcome John into our family!



Bountiful Temple
The night before the wedding, there was a crazy snow storm, so we were a little worried about getting to the wedding. However, nearly everyone was able to make the ceremony and it was a beautiful event.



Family Dinner
Tiff and John's dinner was in the Empire room at the JSMB, my favorite room in the building. They did an amazing job with decorations, menu, etc., but I really enjoyed the video they put together. It was a montage of pictures paired with them talking about the relationship and how things came to be.



We took a break in between the dinner and reception to show the boys the famous lights on Temple Square. It was such a beautiful place to have a winter wedding.



Reception
The reception was held in the Wasatch room on the top floor of the JSMB and the view of SLC was spectacular. The happy couple greeted guests, cut their cake, and danced. They were soon on their way to enjoy a three week honeymoon in the Caribbean.

Rowan and Davin had a great time at the wedding. Davin became interested in the concept of changing names and thought it was fascinating that Tiffani would change from a Stevenson to a Lloyd. He was also ecstatic about eating Tiff's wedding cake (he didn't get to try any of Jeremy's cake at his wedding in June and Davin anticipated being able to try Tiff's cake). Rowan loves his Aunt Tiffi (we think it is a second child thing); he loved holding bouquets and spinning around with Tiff in her big white dress. He seemed a little jealous of John but I'm sure they will get along.



I had to add this last album of some classic Matt and Jere moments. Apparently it is hard for my brothers to take serious pictures! Yet another reason why I love them... :)


Comments

Mark, Stacy, & Jack said…
Thanks for sharing those picture of Tiff's beautiful wedding. I wish we could've been there. We are so happy for her and Johnathan and it looks like it was a great party. Hope you guys are doing well!
January 20, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Davis and Laura said…
Fabulous, Beautiful and LOVELY!!! So exciting, wish we could have been there to share the fun! :)
January 20, 2011 at 6:31 PM
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