a wedding in the northern desert

this was the first activity in a LONG time where all 5 of us siblings were together.

although we were missing casey and my brother weston's family, it still felt really special being together.

we laughed so much and it's incredible to sit back and realize we're all adults now (though at times we still act like children, especially around our parents), all married, all have similar mind sets yet different goals, dreams, and situations.

i do love my brothers so very much!
kirk, logan, me, weston, scott

and then we added our sweet parents to the picture and my brother kirk said, "wow, we seem so small when it's just our family now."

how true that is, we used to be a little family of 7 and we're up to 20 with PLENTY of room to grow :)
logan, you look so TALL in this picture?!?

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but on to the wedding :)

it was beautiful.

my cousin did such a wonderful job planning every little detail even though she was in australia the whole time.

her husband is an australian who is a doctor over there, when she traveled around as a nurse she met him there and they've been dating for a long time since then!

so much of the wedding sat around the theme of traveling, aussie things, and vintage chicness
it was a dazzling day of marriage happiness!

i love any excuse to visit the beautiful red rocks in sedona, arizona surrounded by family i love

and like i posted yesterday, here is a link to her wedding video

a wedding in the desert

right after graduation casey and i drove our little tooshies down to arizona for another of my bff's weddings!

senior year of high school i made the best of friends with three other girls whom i will forever love to death.

1.5 years after high school, i got married.

3 years after high school, amy got married.

3.5 years after high school, nicole got married.

and 4 years after high school, brooke got married.

funny thing is, miss brooke was the one who wanted to get married the fastest :)

oh brookie...

but we had the most splendid time that day.

the ceremony was beautiful,

it was a nice, hot day, very worthy of arizona weather.

casey and myself got to spend tons of time with amy and tim which was just a blast.

we were laughing and laughing and of course reminiscing.

brooke looked absolutely beautiful and so happy.

i'm so glad i got to be there for her.

so dearest brookie, happy wedding day :)

and we were so thrilled nicole was able to make it all the way from hawaii!

kirky got married

for the actual wedding day,

i'm stupid and pretty much took no pictures of whitney and kirk.

it was just annoying to have my camera on me and i didn't want to ask them to keep posing.

i'm crossing my fingers i'll get a hold of some beautiful ones from their photographer!

but whitney was completely gorgeous.

and kirk looked so happy all day long.

we loved every bit of the day.

and it was the most gorgeous day of weather ever.

i felt like we were waiting outside the temple forever for them to come out so i did take out my camera and snapped a few of the little ones.
they were so cute all day long.

after the temple kirk and whitney wanted IN-N-OUT for their first newlywed meal.

so we followed them to take pictures.

it was so cute watching them go in there.

everyone was just staring at them, it was darling.

and the man behind them kindly and graciously paid for their lunch!

 

we went back to the house for a bit,
visited with grandparents and aunts and uncles.
that's the best part about weddings: getting to be together as a family.
it truly was splendid.
we then went over to the pre-reception dinner and had the most wonderful bbq dinner.
whitney's parents actual have a side-bbqing business and boy was it incredible.
we seriously loved every bite!!

as the sun went down the little ones found the playset area.
the playset area had gorgeous  sun setting behind it so i snapped a few more pictures.

like casey mentioned a few days ago,
they had mini cupcakes that we GORGED ourselves on,
seriosuly, i'm embarrassed how many i ate, they were just so good!!

kirk and whitney had a spectacular came smash,
that's the only way to do it people,
SMASH THE CAKE!
they were so cute!

the 4 married siblings with a few of the in-laws went and decorated the car
(go mom for being prepared and actually bringing stuff...)
all i can say is that we had quite a bit of fun with it.
fdeciding what the windows would say was the funniest thing ever
luckily our father did not have time to read everything window :)
points to be remembered:
1. as scott was writing "yay, kirk's not gay"
casey said, "gay has a silent h in it, scott"
scott now questioned his spelling
(spelling is not scott's best subject:)
2. weston wrote grom, not groom.
3. logan wrote beb not bed.

sparklers were lit and the two were whisked away in style in the Just Married car!
such a wonderful evening!

we were talking all night how this was the LAST woodruff wedding.
how crazy is that!?
the next wedding in the family will be a niece or nephew!
but we do have many cousin weddings to look forward to.
cough cough holman girls cough cough
crazy enough us siblings are 9 years apart and got married within 8 years.
I helped lots with those numbers.

happy wedding day to kirk and whitney!
3.10.12
and happy anniversary to scott and megan!
3.10.07

PS- you absolutely MUST hope over to my SIL's little fabric blog!
firsty, she's an amazingly talented sewer.
secondly, she has a giveaway going for bundles of BEAUTIFUL fabric!
i think i'd pee my pants if i got my hands on that fabric...

more tids and bits

from the telefono:

dental school celebration day:
in-n-out
krispy kreme doughnuts.
that's right, we celebrate with class.

some more pics from courtney's wedding.
it was really fun, i got to wear a different dress each day i was in az :)
a dress without  tights!
my legs were jumping for joy in all their freedom happiness!!!

the drive back to UT was cray to the Z.
rainbows, crazy fog, and snow.
speaking of lots of driving, we are almost through with our books we wanted to listen to,
any must reads out there?
we've listened to hunger games and eragon lately,
but we have tons of driving in front of us this year.

 

i don't think i took any pictures of just hanging with the family in AZ crazy enough.
it was nice and low key.
playing with the girls,
2 bahama bucks trips,
games,
church,
ya know, the usual.
but it was a gorgeous 70 degrees out.
my arizona weather did not disappoint.

ps- we're really not home that much,
so because we're not home much at all, we don't really turn on our heater, as crazy as it sounds.
but the other nights we were home all night, twas wonderful.
so we brought out the wine and fancy dishes and turned that heater on!
do you how good it feels to get into bed and see the temperature is 65 degrees in your room and not 55!
big difference people, big difference
(will this change our heating behavior? probably not.)

a wedding in the desert.

we got to go back to az for another beautiful wedding in arizona!

my dearest, most beautiful, friend courtney got herself married the judson the judge!

so happy we got to be there for the weekend.

first of all,

i love my friends.

they freaking rock, really.

some people don't always have the best feelings of their jr high/high school years,

but i?

I LOVED MY JR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

yes, people, even jr high.

why?

because i seriously had the best group of friends ever.

such a strong, great group of kids, we honestly had the best time together .

and even though i didn't get to go to the same high school as these kids, they included me in everything.

they were the best.

sometimes i feel like i went to mesa high too

but i'm glad i didn't bc i found some other seriously awesome ones at red mountain that i'd have never given up :) 

we've now gotten to the point where nearly all our guy friends from high school are home from missions,

this was really the first time i've seen a lot of them!

but the weekend was great, courntey's wedding went perfectly and was simply beautiful!

 
these 2 boys, mitchell and kelly, were a freaking crack up the whole weekend. missed these 2 so much.
they were "bridesman" and filled their roles perfectly.
they're the best paparazzi ever.
and kelly is gonna be working with us this summer, woot woot!

 

other tids and bits:

she had an afternoon reception.
best idea ever?
i think so!
i honestly don't know why more people don't do it.

color: jewel tones and gorgeous

food: soup bowls/soup and 8 different yummy cakes to choose from.
brilliant.

on judson: we approve.

i now welcome you, courntey lowery, to the blog.

a wedding in the desert.

i'm sitting in the phoenix airport right now waiting for my flight for the 2nd time in 2 days.

i came to az for a quick 4 day trip for my dear friend, nicole's, wedding.

it was splendid!

i just love weddings.

especially weddings that are about my really close friends whom i love and not just who i know.

it seriously rocked.
side note: stewart and nicole have known each other since at least 9th grade if not before.
little crushes have always been here and there.
and now they're married! we so excited!
they're precious

3 weddings down, 1 to go! cough cough.

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the ceremony was beautiful.

nicole was beautiful.

and the day was so smooth and perfect (except for the whole, it's blistering hot part).

but really, it was an absolute blast to be apart of!

dear nikkipoopoo, thanks for letting me join your wedding festivities. it was wonderful, and i'm so so happy for you!


lastly, see how the 1st line reads how i'm here in the airport for my 2nd flight in 2 days?
i came to the airport on saturday evening for my flight out.
but as we were waiting to board the plane they announced they were overbooked and needed 1 person to give up their seat.
so the kind soul that i am decided to volunteer...
(no, the paid airfare and $300 voucher did not affect my decision at all! cough cough)
so i'm sitting here in the airport way too early on sunday morning waiting for my flight.
the $450 "gift card" to fly anywhere on southwest is easing the pain of not seeing my husband :)

back to indiana we go!

valley of the sun: part 1

so the whole point of this AZ trip was to see miss amy lee berry become

Mrs. Amy Lee Berry DeCeuninckVanCapelle.

(yes i copy an pasted that last name from facebook).

i was so happy i got to be there for her wedding!

she was stunning, and the day went beautifully!

and lastly, we were all just super happy brooke was able to come at the last minute!
 
slowly but surely friends around me are getting married and it just makes me happier and happier every time!