20 Years Ago

I've been thinking about a special day 20 years ago this week (August 11th). It was the day our 1st daughter got married. Wow, this was a new experience for me to help plan a wedding for my own daughter. She grew up so fast and now she's a beautiful young woman and getting married!

It was a beautiful day and the ceremony in the Salt Lake Temple was very nice. We had a good time taking pictures on the grounds with all the many flowers and the temple in the background. The wedding breakfast was great and we had lots of family there.

Then it was time to begin the set-up in the backyard for the reception.



The cake got the finishing touches it needed.
The patio looked great for the refreshments.
The backdrop was in place for the reception line.
The entry way to the yard was ready with the table and guest book.
Tables for gifts were set up on the driveway.
The tables and chairs were all ready for the guests to use.
....Then the wind came up.....no, it was a MICRO-BURST! It came so fast and hard it blew everything down and all over the yard. The cake was leaning ready to fall and some center pieces were broken.
The backdrop went over and the wind just kept blowing as hard as it could.
.....So after waiting to see if it would pass, which it didn't, we packed up and went to the church for the reception. Thank goodness for some great ladies in the ward. They did all the set up in the church while we cleaned up.
We got off to a little bit of a late start but we survived.
Lori and Bill have survived 20 years of marriage and 4 great children!