Sam & Amber's Wedding and Reception

Here are some pictures from Sam and Amber's

Wedding and Reception in St. George, Utah.

The pictures in this post are 'unofficial', since

there was a photographer for the wedding and reception.

The 'official' pictures are in the post below.

These are my pictures of Sam and Amber and family

at the wedding and reception.

Sam and Amber were married on Friday, August 21

in the St. George LDS Temple in St. George, Utah.

This is a picture of them exiting the 'brides door'

of the temple after the ceremony.

This picture is of one of Brian's best friends Joseph,

and his mom LaDawn. They moved from Delaware several

months ago and now they live in Seattle.

They were in northern Utah at the time of the wedding and

were able to come down for that and the reception.

This is Paul and Mary, they were married only

two weeks earlier. Sam and Paul are good friends

and went to high school together.

Katie, Brian and Sue.

Nice day, it was only 108 degrees.

Nice because there wasn't any of that

terrible east-coast humidity!

Sam and Brian waiting as pictures were being taken

of everyone in the shade.

Brian was leaving the following Wednesday

for his two-year mission to Santa Rosa, California.

Sam with college room mates and friends.

Michelle (sans Aubree), Katie, Amber

Sam, Sue and Brian.

This is the St. George Temple.

It was begun in 1871 and finished in 1877.

It is constructed with native red sandstone

and plastered white.

After the wedding ceremony in the morning,

we had a luncheon that was very nice.

Here are some pictures of the flowers there.

This vase of flowers was up front at

the wedding party table.

Each table had a flower arrangement like this.

Sue, Katie, Brian and Michelle during the luncheon.

Sam and our friend, LaDawn during the luncheon.

She was Sam's seminary teacher during his

high school years.

The reception was held outside at Amber's

parents home. It started at 8:00 pm, so it would

be cool enough to enjoy things outside.

Here is a picture of the cake when it was brought

over in the afternoon.

I don't think Brian can wait to try some cake.

All our kids stayed at Amber's parents home.

Heidi and I stayed next door at the neighbors

in their basement apartment.

Katie found a sword in one of the bedroom closets.

I am sure there is a story here, but I am not

sure I want to know about it.

Brian posing with a bouquet of flowers.

Fooling around at the gazebo in the backyard.

Sue, Michelle and Aubree, Heidi and Katie

on the bridge that goes to the gazebo.

A table with photos set-up at the reception.

This neat old restored care was used to

keep wedding presents in as guests arrived.

A peak inside the car.

Here is how the wedding cake looked

all set up outside during the reception.

Another picture of the wedding cake.

Michelle, Aubree and me during the reception.

(Take a good look, one of the rare times

I wear pink).

We had some fireworks to burn in celebration.

Some of the gifts Sam and Amber received.

Sam and Aubree during a Kodak moment

in the kitchen.

Katie, Michelle, Brian and Sue in their

clothes for the reception.

We had lots of ice cream and toppings at the reception.

What a great thing to have on a warm night.

There were also plenty of delicious cupcakes.

Brian and Michelle.

Mary and Paul with Aubree.

Finally, cutting the cake.

And feeding each other some cake.

The next day Sam and Amber went to Hawaii

for their honeymoon and the rest of our family

headed south for a few days in Las Vegas

before all of us headed back to our homes.