Family Celebrations in Denver and at the Farm

In spite of the miles traveled to get there, we appreciated attending special family events in Denver and at the farm in South Dakota.

Brent and Tauna's oldest, Seth, was married to Jennifer Sisneros 

in Denver on June 23rd.

  Seth and Jenn

md. June 23, 2018

 With Seth's parents, Tauna and Brent

With Seth's family

(Weston, Rachel Risse, Sam, 

Seth and Jenn,

Tauna, Brent, and Rachel)

With Jenn's dad 

(Her mother died when she was a young girl.)

Jenn's family

With Seth's siblings:

Sam, Weston, Seth, Jenn, and Rachel

With Seth's grandparents, Narene and Sam

The newly weds with both families

It was a nice day for the wedding.
Seth's family were on the front row

with other family and friends behind.
Ireland family cousins who were able to attend the wedding
were Trent, Jenna and Shannon;
Carson and Maria;
and Marisa. 

 Visiting beneath the shade of the tree.

Rachel with cousins, Jenna and Shannon

 Gramma Narene and Grampa Sam with Rachel

Seth's cousin Jenna (middle)

with friends, Sarah Johnson (right) and Chase (left)

Seth's cousin Shannon

with her friend, Adam 

After the wedding ceremony, family and friends gathered at another park

for a luncheon catered from Chipotle and an informal social time 

celebrating with the new bride and groom.

  Seth and Jenn cutting the cake.

The top layer was a white cake with a peanut butter filling,

and the bottom layer was chocolate with a fruit filling.

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In the interval between the wedding and the luncheon at the park,

Sam and I visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

that was near the park where the couple was married.

Sam at the Museum of Nature and Science

 A mummy displayed at the 

Museum of Nature and Science.

 One of the wildlife dioramas at the

Museum of Nature and Science. 

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Jenna's Open House

Following the luncheon for Seth and Jenn,

we drove back to Scott and Kristine's home

in Westminster for an open house for Jenna

prior to her leaving to serve an LDS church mission in Brazil.

The next day, we were pleased to attend church

with her to hear her speak.

Jenna visiting with friends at her open house.

On the following Tuesday, Jenna flew from Denver

to Sao Paulo in Brazil

to enter the MTC (Mission Training Center).

Kristine served delicious refreshments

including a variety of cheesecakes.

It was a pleasant evening enjoying the

backyard at the home of Scott and Kristine.

Scott and his dad

Jenna's brother Trent (center) visiting with

Adam (left) and Sarah and Chase (right).

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Monday morning, we left to return home to Spanish Fork.

Marisa and Trent had come with us, and Trent helped Sam with the driving

both coming to Denver and returning to Utah.

After only three days at home,

we left for South Dakota to attend the open house at the farm.

Open House at the Farm
for Seth and Jenn 

The open house was held on Sunday, July 1st,

so we had a couple of days at the farm before then.

Ethan and Joshua enjoying being at the farm.

Fun braiding each other's hair

incorporating embroidery floss in the braid.

(Amanda, Rachel, Megan, and Rebecca) 

Shannon and Rachel

wearing shirts from our last Ireland reunion.

The open house for Seth and Jenn was

on July 1st at the farm.

We hope we were some help to Tauna in 

getting ready for the open house,

and Kristine certainly was.

This was the area ready for the gifts and cards.

Kristine got up early Sunday morning

to help with the decorating before we left

for church in Rosebud.

 The kitties wanted to be part of the display.

 We came with Beth and children to the farm

and appreciated having their good company

as we traveled from Utah across Wyoming

and part of Nebraska into South Dakota.

Beth drove the whole way.

For our return trip to Utah,

we left the farm Sunday about 5:00 p.m.

for Scottsbluff where we enjoyed a visit

with Bill and Karen (Sam's sister)

and stayed overnight before leaving the next morning

for Spanish Fork, arriving home about 4:15 p.m.

 (Rebecca, Beth, Ethan, Joshua, Megan, Amanda, Sam, Karen, and Bill)
 

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More photos of the open house will be in a later blog entry

representing those Beth took with her camera.