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After our lovely afternoon at the temple, we reconvened that evening at a garden in my parents' neighborhood. Their neighbor is a landscape designer and used the lot next to his home to create an amazing garden to showcase his talents, and he graciously offered to host Amy and Kyle's wedding reception there. It was a little soggy after the rain earlier, but otherwise it was a lovely place to have a wedding reception. Amy picked the peony as her flower in an assortment of pinks and they were stunning. Mom and Amy found a lovely plate with a Dutch blue pattern on it, similar to one Mom had from her grandmother, and they used the plates to serve cheesecake.  So beautiful! The garden was amazing! It even had a trampoline and a playground set, so the boys were very entertained! Of course it didn't hurt that Maile and Peter brought their family, so Rowan and Davin had fun friends to play with and have adventures. ...

I think Tiffani is the smarter sister between the two of us, and not because she is close to earning her PhD (though that is impressive, so proud of you!!!). She and John flew in the night before the wedding but we came in a few days before. I'm not saying that there was any ridiculous drama or anything, but it was a crazy week! Leading up to the big day the question that hung on everyone's lips was: "What is the weather forecast for Saturday?!!!" and it kept looking worse and worse as the week went on, not a good omen for the lovely garden event that was planned. Friday night erupted into a downpour as we came home from dinner and when we awoke to gray and drizzly weather outside, it only dampened our moods. As we drove to the Salt Lake Temple, it poured, and as we ran to the front desk, it continued to sprinkle and looked like it was set in its ways for the rest of the day. Despite the gloominess on the outside, the inside was lovely and the ceremony even lovelier. ...