Krystal and Kollin's Wedding

Krystal Joy and Kollin Jacob now have the same initials, KJW. They tied the knot May 13 on a beautiful spring day in the Provo Temple. Much reveling went on and the entire day was devoted to celebrating these two. We all took a lot of pictures waiting around for the bride and groom to come out of the temple.

My dad and his sister Linda Whiteley

Gabe, Dextin, and Dad playing in the fountain

Jesse and Bourne

Grant and his weak eyes in the sunlight, and Knightly and Gabe

 The reception was at the building where my office is located, so all the guests got to see our advertisement of Successful Therapy with my picture as they walked in the front door. ha ha. Bella Vista was a great venue though, the decorations were beautiful, we had a manager help us set up, lots of space and a dance floor, and waffle love to cater of course. Everything went off without a hitch, Gabe was a great DJ and it was fun to see so many family and friends come to celebrate with Krystal. My girls were bridesmaids and they looked just gorgeous. Weston looked handsome too in his pink tie.

Welcome to the family Kollin Williams!

Mother's day and Pre wedding

Fiora got her braces off, yay! She looks beautiful and grown up. Aunt Wendy said when I posted Fiora's smile on facebook: "I told you that you should leave them on until she is out of high school. Now look what you've done--she is gorgeous. You need to make her wear pig tails and paint some acne on that beautiful skin!"
Krystal had a bridal shower May 9th, we celebrated mother's day May 10, Krystal had a bachelorette/make things for the wedding party May 11, and she had Savanna do her nails for her wedding May 12, so for three days there was non stop Wedding Preparation fun with a day of celebrating mom in between. Kali and Heidi did a great job on the bridal shower, and Holly did a great job on the bows we made, and mom did a great job organizing everything so it would happen. It was so wonderful to have Karli Sue there, she has moved back from Ohio and we are all rejoicing.  Poor Katy was a little overwhelmed with everything but is a really calm and sweet baby.
Mother's day we went back to Kali's for family dinner and to Skype Kynsie Lark, the only person missing in our sister/mother pictures. She is serving honorably in North Dakota and it was so fun to talk to her. Krystal gave all the mom's in the family a mug that said "I'm a mom, what's your superpower?" For mother's day, Jared gave me a set of expensive knives I have been wanting for a long time, makes kitchen work so much easier to have nice knives. Weston wrote me a fun and appreciative poem, and Savanna and Fiora made a "how well do you know your mom?" video. I felt very loved and happy on mother's day surrounded by so many people I love.  Here is a link to the video if you want to check it out, Savanna spent a lot of time editing it. 
https://youtu.be/UcCrKDPkHmY

Kali, Heidi, Heather, Krystal, Holly, Rachel, Karli Sue and Katy Sue

All the Barrett grandkids (except Bourne 3 weeks old) on Mother's day

 Fiora is involved in a Shakespeare play this year in 6th grade, Much Ado About Nothing, which commences this evening! She plays Camille, one of lady Hope's ladies in waiting, and has only 7 lines but mastered them beautifully. She was so excited about participating in this play! She loved every rehearsal and looked so beautiful in her costume. She insisted on receiving roses after her performance, as a true artist would receive, so I better go do that. Good luck Fiora!

Spring

 Spring is a wonderful time of year, and we have seen some new beginnings this spring that are joyful and wonderful. The Payson temple is complete and we took the kids to see the interior prior to dedication. It was beautiful inside and out, and a wonderful spirit was there. My favorite part about it was the color glass windows and ceilings, and the beautiful art on the walls. We all 5 stood in the sealing room and looked into the eternal mirrors and are so happy to be an eternal family. Glorious.

Another new beginning was the birth of our nephew Bourne Fire Barrett, son of Jesse and Kelsy. He is beautiful and healthy and a sweet tempered baby. We got to watch Knightly for a couple days while Bourne was being delivered, and it was a joy to have him with us. Love those cute boys! So happy and grateful to be apart of a beautiful growing family.

Weston started his first round of braces in April, he will have to have them removed to let some teeth grow in and fall out and put them back on, but his teeth were coming in wrong because of crowding so the orthodontist is trying to straighten out some teeth so the permanents will come in right.

Our soon to be brother in law Kollin went through the temple for the first time which is a wonderful new beginning for him. He chose the Salt Lake temple which is where I first went through the temple and it was a special visit for me. Loved being there with my wonderful family doing family names.

 My dad is going off sugar for the first time for a few weeks. He looks thrilled doesn't he?

Jared took us up to Salt Lake to try a restaurant where the owner grows all her own food and/or purchases only locally owned, organic, insult-free food. She showed us around her garden and bistro and we were very impressed. The food tasted fantastic too! We loved Avenues Bistro on 3rd.

 Savanna takes a lot of selfies, there are a few funny ones. She is so cute with kids. We had fun at Aeven's second birthday and Savanna took some selfies of our cute little nephew, son of Justin and Kali. Can't believe its already been 2 years since Aeven was born!