never do again!) for a really quick weekend for Kara and Luke’s wedding. The girls only slept for 30 minutes of the 10 hours we were on the plane to JFK, and were whining and cranky the other 9 ½. Then we spent our full 2 hour layover getting through customs, re-checking our luggage, and running to our Salt Lake flight. We were dreading our next flight, and were so tired that we had given up caring about keeping the girls under control and quiet for the benefit of the other passengers, until we saw that one of my old GE friends was also on the flight! Ross Kurz and I started as FMPs in Louisville together and hadn’t seen each other in a few years. Fortunately the girls slept most of the way and all was well.
We packed very lightly because we knew we’d do a lot of shopping in Salt Lake. We spent 2 hours in Target, and the rest of the day in and out of other stores, stocking up on things we can’t buy in Budapest. The rest of my family arrived Thursday evening and we all stayed in the Shilo Inn in downtown Salt Lake. Our room connected with my parents', whose connected with Kendra and John's. The girls fell asleep early and woke up early, since they were on Budapest time (8 hours ahead). So we were tired most of the trip, but we had a great time with the family.Katie and Ashley stayed with all of their cousins at the hotel with babysitters on Friday while we went to an endowment
session at the Salt Lake Temple, then Kara and Luke’s sealing. The kids came to the temple for pictures, then back to the hotel while we went to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for a family dinner.The next morning Heather went to breakfast with her friends Amy (Spencer) Groll, Amy (Gardner) Reading, and Jen Rowe. Then we drove up to Logan to see Grandma Lee, who was very sick and not expected to live much longer.
From Logan we drove to the wedding reception at Luke’s parent’s house in Weber Canyon, which was in the most picturesque area… it was so beautiful there. The reception was in the backyard, but we spent most of our time inside with the girls, who never stopped eating grapes. Katie, Ashley and cousin Elise had the most beautiful little matching “flower girl” dresses on, also with matching bows and shoes! They looked darling!
We left early the next morning (Sunday) to fly back to Budapest…. a flight we had been dreading for days, but fortunately it was mostly at night so the girls slept most of the time. It was a long way to go for such a short time, but it was worth it and so fun to be with the family and to witness the wedding.
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