Weddings in Weaverville

Incase you haven't figured it out yet...I take alot of pictures and my posts contain alot of pictures. That's just who I am and how I do things. This post has a mega dose of pictures so I wanted to warn you before we moved on any further...

On our way down south we thought a stop to Cabella's was in order. It weird..because we are not outdoor-sports type of people but we still find enjoyment in stopping there. The kids like all the stuffed animals and we like to look at all the crazy gear you can get just to kill a duck or something. One of the things on the to do list while there was have lunch at the restaurant. Every bit of wild game is available at the deli. I wouldn't say I am super adventurous in my eating but I was excited to have some elk. You see...my dad used to do alot of hunting when I was young. We ate elk like most of the world eats cow....all the time. When someone would say they had never had elk, I would be confused because I thought you could get it at the store like everything else. We had it that much! So anyways I was curious to know if I still liked it after all these years.

Kyler had himself a wild boar sandwich. It tasted like ham covered it syrup. It wasn't half bad.
And yes...I still like elk. At least in deli meat form. It tasted like a highly seasoned roast beef.

This was our caravan going down to California. Todd wanted to take a picture because he likes to point out that he sold all 3 of those cars

We had all the boys in our car because we had the dvd player. Fortunately the movies kept everyone quiet. Good thing because it takes about 12 hours to get to where we are going

Mount Shasta

Its funny how a kid can get so dirty when they have only been in the car all day

This is what happens when you don't have any video games available for the boys to play. They try and catch things on fire!

So here it is...the ranch! This is where Todds uncle lives. This is the goal for our 12 hours worth of driving. Weaverville, CA. I love it here! Did you know that about 8 yrs ago, Todd and I were THIS close to moving here? Craig and Nancy (uncle and aunt) were looking into buying a local business and they wanted us to come down and run it for them. We were looking for a change in our lives and they presented an opportunity to us. Long story short..the business wasn't going to make the money that we needed so they didn't buy it and we didn't move. But I always look forward to coming here. I can't describe how peaceful it is. We have family reunions here and everyone comes...I mean everyone travels from the across the USA to come to reunions and weddings. That's how close this family is

Such a perfect setting for a wedding!

If it was 13 yrs ago...I would get married here

The weather was extremely hot. Something like 106 degrees. The wedding was planned for the evening just when the sun went behind the mountains. Good thing because it was sooooo hot! We helped a little bit with the set up but fortunately we didn't have to do to much in the heat. Which was good news for us...more time at the pool!

Kyler is such a character.

We had fun with the camera and taking funny pictures.

Christie is supposed to be posing with me. That was deal.

Pose...
Get ready...
Jump!
And maybe make a graceful plunge!

Pose...

Get ready...
Jump!
Reach for the skies...
Woo Hoo!!



You get the idea



Possible Christmas picture??
Here we are all cleaned up for the wedding. It was Hawaiian themed and since it was so hot, we had permission to go with sun dresses and shorts.
My boys are so goodlooking!




This is Jessica...looking her most gorgeous!


Now that's a kiss!


This is my neice Lydia. I love this picture! She looks like she is modeling or something. Isn't she just the sweetest thing?

This is me fooling around with photoshop...trying to make myself look better!

Caleb and Kaden got the dancing started for the evening. They cut- the -rug all night!


And yes.. we danced in the sand




Its always so hard to say goodbye to everyone. The time always goes by way too fast

I love this picture because it reminds me of Aunt Nancy. Nancy died a year and a half ago to cancer. Her absence was felt the whole weekend. But anyways....she loved all things nature, especially her hummingbirds.
This was the temperature on the way home.

So wrong in so many ways!