A Rollercoaster of a Weekend - Saturday Afternoon, Evening and Night!

Lagoon!!!!!
The kids all had fun with their dad's and Konnor meanwhile, JoEllen, Shayne, and I got their right at 1pm just in time for the DSU ice cream social.  So we met up with everyone there.  It was perfect timing.  We told everyone to meet up at the entrance at 3:30 to head out to Katie's wedding.  Family picture's were being taken at 4:30 and we did not want to be late.

 

 







                         Cousins are the BEST!!!

Then we headed out.  We all took different routes and surprisingly we all pulled up to Weber State at the same time as Grandma & Grandpa, Steve & Juanelle and Brad & Ashley.  It was perfect.  Everyone changed their clothes, we took pictures and then Katie and Korey got married.  Katie's dress was gorgeous.  She bought the dress but made a robe type cover to go over it.  She was beautiful.

It took place on the front of the stage in one of the theaters. 

 A lady, who was a friend and teacher of both of them, preformed the ceremony.

Katie made the bridesmaid's dresses.

They read their own vows to each other.

 Then they were done.  The curtain was opened and the reception/dinner was on the main stage.  It was awesome.  We had pulled pork and rice with fruit and a Dole Whip machine that Tyler ate 5 servings of just while we were there.  It was so funny.  The cake, was of course, a personalize masterpiece.  It had a Butter Beer layer, Fun Fetti layer, and a Chocolate. Chocolate Chip layer with Chocolate chip cookie filling in between each layer.  Each cake Jan does is just like them.  That one is just like Katie.  Shayne's was a White layer,  Chocolate layer, and a Marble layer with buttercream filling.  Just like Shayne.  

Everyone had fun.  Even dad and Henry.  Brad and Jim Christian talked for hours.

Paula had the most amazing shoes on.  She said that she thought Sophie would like them.

Katie and Korey had a Snapchat filter made, so we all took pictures and used it.  It was fun.

It was a lot of fun.  Everything was beautiful.  We stuck around until 7pm and then other people started to show up for the reception and we thought that we were taking up table space.  So we said our goodbyes to the happy couple and changed back into our street clothes and headed back to Lagoon.

 By now it was starting to get dark and the lights on everything were turning on.  We all stayed together pretty much the rest of the time until the last hour.  Then everyone scattered to whatever ride they didn't get a chance to ride on yet.  Ben and I ran over to the Rocket Re-Entry that takes you way up high and then drops you, because Ben hadn't had the chance to ride it yet.  It was great but the line was long.  Then we met up with Joel and David on Wild Mouse.  My all-time most hated ride ever!  But it was too late, I had no choice, they needed a 4th person to go with them.  I closed my eyes and prayed the entire time, reminding Heavenly Father that I had a missionary out and that it would be really bad if her parents died right now.  Thank goodness the Lord loves Sophie and needs her in Florida.  By this time it was 10:45 and the rides were closing down.  So we ran to the wooden roller coaster because I hadn't ridden it yet.  No one was on it and we were afraid they we going to stop but they let us on.  When we got off we ran around and got on again, and again.  3 times in a row!  Then we were done and headed to the exit.  As we were walking out we saw the the line for the TERRORIDE was finally down to 10 minutes long, but closed.  It had been an hour long wait the entire day because it is celebrating it's 50th year and they made-over the inside and everyone wanted to see what was new.  Well, Kyle had talked the 13 year old who was in charge of telling people that the ride was closed, into letting his family be the last ones in line because we had traveled 300 miles just to ride this ride and hadn't been able to all day.  And as we walked by, bit by bit, Kyle grabbed us and shoved us in front of him.  It was great because we had all 17 of us together.    Kyle and JoEllen were the last ones off the ride at 11:15pm.  It was awesome!

This was us waiting for Tidal Wave.  JoEllen made the mistake of saying. "No Screaming!"  Then everyone was screaming, each side, even when it wasn't scary.  Look at Kyle.  He said he wasn't screaming.  It was seriously funny.  It was right after this that we split up.  I think JoEllen needed a break, and an Excedrin.

 I took the DO NOT STAND UP picture right at the top of the roller coaster before we dropped.  David was yelling at me to put my phone away.

 JoEllen took this picture from across the way.  I told her that it was perfect that we all have red eye.  We look like zombies.  Super creepy!!!  It was a perfect way to end the night.

The next morning we all got up and went to grandma and pa's sacrament meeting at 9am then packed up and drove home.  It was a wonderful weekend.  We were so glad that we were able to cram so much into so little time.  We are blessed with such a great family.  Sad to see Max leave it but happy to welcome Korey into it.  Welcome to the Family Korey!  Good Luck!