Brian and Jessica – May Newsletter
It’s official! Brian and I were married on May 15 and I am now a Sawyer! The beginning of the month went pretty smoothly leading up to the wedding. We were busy moving in the rest of Brian’s things (including about 15 boxes of cereal) and getting things as cat hair free as possible before the big day. Luckily, we didn’t have any last minute issues and were excited when people began coming into town for the wedding weekend. Although some were surprised by how cold San Francisco can be, overall it seemed like people had a nice time. Brian was able to show several people the town on Friday while I spent time with my family. Then after a nice dinner with Mom and Dad Sawyer and my mom and step-dad, Brian and I met everyone else for a chilly but fun night at the ballpark. The day of the wedding brought warmer weather, and it was so nice to have most of the Sawyer clan there for the sealing. I was super nervous but luckily Brian was cool as a cucumber! After the ceremony came Brian’s favorite part…hours with the photographer! We then met the family back in Palo Alto for dinner. The dinner was also a really nice time and we agree that one of the highlights was when Steve, my brother-in-law Griffin, and Brian’s travel buddy Peter cut and fed each other part of the wedding cake. HYSTERICAL (and a first for our photographer who has shot a bazillion weddings)! By the end of the dinner, everyone knew our honeymoon destination except me. I was very pleased to find out that we were headed to Turks and Caicos Islands then next morning. We stayed on Providenciales which had the whitest beaches I have ever seen. Over the course of the week, I was introduced to the world of snorkeling. I rocked it after I overcame some gear issues (and a tad bit of nervousness). We also went on a kayaking excursion and were a few feet from several lemon sharks while paddling around. It’s okay Mark, we were perfectly safe…I hear you are easily freaked out by sharks. We had a fabulous time and it was very hard for us (especially me) to come back to reality! But so far, reality hasn’t been too bad!
Amy and Will
Okay, I guess I should stop being such a huge slacker! Life has been crazy, but full of adventures at our place. May was so much fun. We celebrated Kaleb's birthday early including M&M birthday cake and nerf guns. Kaleb loves laying on the floor in our living room and trying to shoot darts at the moving fan. He actually does pretty well. If it isn't the fan it is the TV, shooting at Zurg from Toy Story.
One of Will's friends in town got married the first weekend in May so we got to attend that wedding in the St George Temple. What a nice break from our crazy lives. We definately took advantage of the alone time and went out to eat for lunch.
Then we made a quick trip over to California for Brian & Jessica's wedding. That was such a treat to see everyone there even though it was for such a short amount of time. It definately made me grateful for everyone. Even though we don't get to see each other very often I felt a strong feeling of love while we were in the temple and hanging out at the temple. Thank you Jessica for the lend of your place. It was so comfy!
After the wedding Will has been busting his tail to open his shop. So, he is official open for business and he already has 10-15 units in or will be in the next week. I just hope that the business continues to come. Even though it is hard work and long hours, Will has always wanted to open his own shop. We are hoping that it will grow and develop into a great machine/performance shop some day. We framed out a little play area for the kids so Will can continue to work while I am at work. So far it is working.
So, Will decided that before Kaleb gets out of the corner he has to count to a certain number all by himself. Even though Kaleb still doesn't like going to the corner, I think he is starting to like to count. He can now count to 20 all by himself.
Kimberly & Thomas are becoming more fun as they are starting to play together and with Kaleb more. It is still so fun to watch both of the get around the house by crawling/scaling the walls or furniture/etc. Even though it is exausting, it is so fun to watch sometime. Now if I can just keep all my kids from hurting themselves. Thomas cut his gum all the way up and Kaleb hit is head enough to cut and goose egg it. Luckily we have an awesome clinic we take our kids to that will just slide us in and peak at our kids to make sure they are ok. Most the time they are, but they are so patient with me. What is next.
We ended may with a little yard sale. I have never done a yard sale before but it was a pretty good turn out. Living on a main street helps a bit. I think I had a total of about 40-50 cars pull by and look at what we had to sale. So, I just might do a second round once I have time to go through all my stuff.
Memorial day weekend I worked most of it since there were so many people wanting it off with school out and all. So nice to work though because of the benefits. Other then that I was wiped out.
Well, that is about it for us St Georgians. Hope to hear from everyone this month!
Will, Amy, Kaleb, Thomas & Kimberly
Mom and Dad
Of course, the highlight of this month was sharing in Brian and Jessica’s wedding. What an exciting day that was! It was especially nice to have so many of our children together in the temple and to feel that specially closeness there. Thank you Brian and Jessica for making that weekend such a memorable one.
Dad is continuing to improve and walking without assistance, which makes life much easier. He is enjoying learning the CNC program that he and Brian bought and are trying to develop together. I am looking forward to seeing the projects they will be able to create, and am thinking of things I might want made.
I have been trying to keep myself occupied by working on humanitarian quilts and getting some scrapbooking done.
Have a great summer,
Love, Mom and Dad
Becky and Christian,
Obviously the highlight of this month was going to Brian and Jessica's wedding. I can't wait to go back to San Fransisco and get to really see it. It was a quick trip but christian let me go without the kids. I got to meet Brian's friends, Peter and Kelly and they were kind enough to take me around with them and then we met up at the giants game. The sealing was amazing. It was so fun to see Brian and Jessica so happy.
Toward the end of this month Brenten graduated from Kindergarten. WAHOO!!! It was on this day that I met the girl Brenten has been telling me he is going to marry. If this is true he is going to have to grow a lot. This girl is a good foot taller than everyone else in their class. He was excited because his award was the Best Reader award. He has really improved this year and has learned a lot.
The rest of the month has not been near as exciting. The whole house, minus christian, got strep throat twice. Once before the wedding and once after. It was no fun at all. We are looking into getting Landon's tonsils out and possibly taking out his adenoids. I told the doctor we still need to pay off Brenten's surgery.
Also at the end of this month I had the first person near my age to die. She is a little older than I am and was one of my mentors at BYU. She had been dealing with breast cancer and then other cancers after that for the last 3 years. So here is my reminder to my loved ones. Go to your yearly check ups. Early detection is key. I think I have a brother or two who have said that before. :)
I love you all and think of you all the time.
the Weavs
