Tyson's Wedding

May 19

On our 6 mo. anniversary, one of Nate's besties (yes, I'm using that phrase) from high school got married. Nate was one of the eight groomsmen. Tyson looked so happy and his bride, Alisha, was gorgeous! The sealing was at ten in the Manti Temple, so Nate and I left the night before and stayed in Lehi at his brother's house. It was good to see Seth and Brit. They were celebrating Shaely's birthday that night too, so it was fun to see how excited Shaely was to open her presents and eat cake. 

We got up early to finish our drive down to Manti and picked up Nate's best friend, Dallin, in Provo on the way. 

When we got there, we ran into some of Nate's other besties and roommates. Walking into the Manti temple, I was in awe at how pretty it was! It looked like a mansion inside with all the detail and everything. Tyson wanted an all white sealing, so everyone had to change before hand. The sealer was funny! He gave a lot of great spiritual insight between man and wife with the temple. He also handed out mints from his jacket if you were the most recent married, had the longest marriage, were injured, etc. It was great. Nate and I were reminded of our temple covenants that we'd made 6 months prior. 

After the sealing, the groomsmen were supposed to get into their pink tux and wait outside for pictures. Aaron forgot to pick his up before entering the temple, so we had to wait on him. I'm glad we did because I ran into my art teacher from Snow and we got to see the spiral staircases in the temple. Thanks Aaron! ;)

While the bridesmaids formed a semicircle around the temple doors, the groomsmen hung in the back corner. From the very beginning, Nate and the other guys reminisced about their mischievous acts from growing up and different events they were a part of. It was fun to hear all the stories and laugh with them. These boys grew up together and many were roommates in college. A lot of them are married and they are still super close. I love it!  They told stories well into the evening when the reception began. 

 Tyson and Alisha exited the temple, gave hugs and headed to the west side for pictures. 

Congratulation Tyson and Alisha!

Back: Nate, Nik, Aaron, Joe, and Darren

Front: Dallin, Tyson, Cody and Scott

 Groom Toss! As with anything they do together, there was the classic "Go Bears!" chant afterwards. LOL. Then they tossed the bride, though not as high. Pretty sure she didn't know what to expect. 

Nate, Dallin, Joe, Nik, and Aaron

After pictures at the temple, we headed to the luncheon in Fountain Green. There was so much food, we couldn't fit it all on our plates. We sat down at one table and gradually tried to fit all of the groomsmen and their significant others/wives at the one table. We fit all, but four people. I loved our table, we were laughing so hard. 

After we ate, we went to the bride's house to hangout while we waited to go to the reception. The guys played bocce ball for a time with Kenzie before tossing a football around. Brittney and I laid out on the grass and talked. Cody's friend and Jane (Darren's girlfriend and my exboyfriend's sister...crazy and a lil awkward) sat in the shade and watched. At one point, the guys got a little rough and got major grass stains on their pants. They tried to hide it from the photographer later to no success. 

Around 4 we headed to the reception, which was at Alisha's farm about 2 miles away. It was gorgeous! 

 Just waiting around...

We waited around for pictures of the bridesmaids and groomsmen to be done before heading north to spend some time with my family. We played Wits & Wagers: Family and then Scene It before we headed back north to go home.

 The remotes reminded us of microphones

I think Mike actually enjoyed the game. Which is rare. He usually doesn't like trivia games. Jess did pretty good at the game. It was also good to see my mom.