June 9, 2010

Our Trip To Cali, part 2

May 22nd was here! THE DAY OF THE WEDDING. It was a very exciting morning. Much different than the same exact day last year, which was my brothers funeral. Sarah was glowing and looked absolutely beautiful! I snuck a quick pic with the bride before the day got crazy. Sweet Suzie came over to my parents and did my hair. What a lifesaver! She also re-curled the girls hair for me after it had already fallen out of the curling I did earlier. LOVE that girl!!!

Peyton's buddy(aka, Nana) came over and Peyton stayed glued to her.
Then we headed to L.A.
Exciting times!
We got there too early, so we decided to go to Rodeo Drive. (my favorite!)
Sarah and Kyle were sealed in the Los Angeles Temple by Kyle's grandpa. He did an AMAZING job and really brought the spirit into the ceremony. I think I cried non stop. :) Here's the GAILEY'S!!!!!!! (Sarah was STUNNING!!!)
Here we are, family and friends...
The Griffin kids and Kyle. Welcome to the family Kyle!!!
We had a little downtime and then we all headed to BJ's for the luncheon. Kyle's parents planned it perfectly and the food was BOMB! (thanks Kent and Kathy!)
*My new all-time favorite shot of my Mama!*Dad tucked a napkin in and looked just like a preacher! I was so amazed by Dad's strength that day. He was in so much pain but kept smiling and pushing. What a guy!
Here's the little buddies, Shayla and Maddie. (who are only 3 weeks apart) Cousins rule!
Then it was off to the reception. Mom and Sarah did a beautiful job of planning it all out. Sarah Lemmon's company decorated and did a great job. Is there anything sweeter than a father dancing with his little girl? I think not.
*The Griffin Clan*, minus Mikey. I sure miss him terribly!
Our family, minus Danny's Megan and boys. (and Mikey, of coarse)
My older sister Lisa and I.

My good friend Emily and I. We were the ones who put Sarah and Kyle in touch with each other. Kudos to us! :)
Suzie and Peytie.
These are Kyle's nieces with Kaleigh. They had a great time dancing.
Here's Dad and Sarah dancing. It was a very emotional moment! The day was perfect and couldn't have gone any better!
The next day we Biehn's got together at Norm and Kris' house to celebrate Scott's upcoming birthday. The kids all had a blast together and so did the adults!
Here's Scott with two of his brothers.
I love this picture! Here's Peyton with Natalie, Tessa and Bradin. Again, cousins rule!
Here's the three amigos, as i call them. Kaleigh and Shayla with their cousin, Shelly. (she's SUCH a sweetie!)
My birthday boy!!! :)
It wouldn't be a Biehn family get together without some kind of eating competition. One of the reasons why I love them! First us girls shoved huge RICH cupcakes down the guys'mouths to see who could finish it first. Jeremy won, of coarse!
And then us girls got served. I'm not even sure who won cause I was busy gagging and spitting it into the sink. Ewww! It was a lot of fun!
The next morning we headed to breakfast at Ruby's on the Huntington Pier with Dad, Mom, Kyle and Sarah. The food was a little disappointing this time, but the company was great!
The girls with Grandpa and Grandma Griffin.
After breakfast we broke away and headed to our favorite...Laguna Beach! The weather was peeeerfect! Here's Scott burying Kaleigh. :)
The girls had a BLAST!!!! The waves were gorgeous.
Me and my girls. (i know my butt looks weird. we were WALKING people!) lol
Scott and the girls in a really cool cave.
Our little mermaids!
My family+ the beach= HEAVEN!
My parents bought the girls some cute kites and the wind was perfect for flying them. See that mansion on the cliff? We're gonna buy it one day! :)
The next day we headed to Las Vegas. We stayed at The Luxor and had a great time swimming. There must be a sign posted that I didn't see. It must have read "If you shouldn't wear a bikini in public, we welcome you!" because we saw A LOT of this....
Their pool was very pretty. I didn't want to leave.
After swimming we got cleaned up and headed to TGIFridays for dinner. That's a tradition for us in Vegas and the girls remembered.
The room we got was AWESOME! It was on the outside of the pyramid and had a gorgeous view of Mandalay Bay and the airport. The best part though? Oh yay...it had a freaking jacuzzi right by the window! The girls LOVED watching the airplanes take off.
They were SO excited to jump in the hot tub and loved every minute of it. It was sooo cute!

Scott and I got dessert after the girls went to bed and enjoyed the jacuzzi also!
Our sleeping beauties!
The next morning Scott bought us these necklaces as souveniers. We love them!
And then we headed back to UT!

We had an awesome vacation and loved being with family! It's always sad to see it end.

7 comments:

Emily said...

Yippee for a beautiful family wedding!

Suzie said...

What a great post! So happy for Kyle and Sarah...The vacation was a great time. So glad I got to spend the wedding day with you guys.

MEG said...

WOOO HOOO! I've been waiting for these pictures FOREVER!!! Okay, maybe not the one of the hottie/fattie with the tramp stamp at the Luxor,....

Thank you!

The Rex Family said...

What a fun trip! I am still LAUGHING at the bikini lady by the pool! HILARIOUS! Looks like you guys had an awesome vacation and the wedding looks gorgeous! I am so mad we couldn't go!

Suzie said...

P.S Why didn't you post the OTHER picture of you and Scott in the hot tub? haha ;)

Bobby & Emily said...

I can't believe little Sarah is married. I remember being her girls camp counselor!! You all looked beautiful. Tell her congrats for me!

Carlye Momma said...

What a fun trip! So many things that I love about this post...your dad dancing with your sis, you saying your butt looks "funny" while walking (whatever!) the pic of the lady in a bikini, the fact that you have traditions everywhere...always fun to see what other people have as traditions, and your sweet hubby buying all of his beauties necklaces. PRICELESS! Glad you had fun girl!