~you for me

~Brianna and Adam~

For Time and all Eternity

I was able to be a part of the celebration at the beautiful wedding of these two 

adorable kids as they were married in the Salt Lake City Temple ~ June 30, 2017!

Brianna looked absolutely gorgeous and was radiant.  I could not have hand picked a better 

man to be her husband; Adam is compassionate, a spiritual giant and so kind and 

wonderful with Brianna (which is a good thing as Brianna was one of my Young Women 

in Thailand so he would have to contend with me if he is anything other than perfect to her)!

Brianna's train was phenomenal ~ Mary spent hours getting it just right 

and the result was spectacular; a complete masterpiece (and fun for the kids)!!!

Jamie and Mary Phelps

The gorgeous Mother of the Bride; one of my very best friends in the whole wide world!

Michelle Gibbons, Me, Heidi Gailey and Molly & Amy Bunker!

So many fun friends to hang with and enjoy! 

NEXT UP: THE RECEPTION

 I am going to try to list everyone here although there are a few I don't know!  Far left: Lesley (Sampson) Bidwell and children, Natalya (Poulson) McPharlin, Bishop & Wendy Sampson, Ron & Heidi Gailey, Jeanette Nielson, Marianne Poulson, ?,?, Amy & Molly Bunker, Dave & Mary Phelps (Brides Parents), behind them is Robert Griffin and 3 people I'm not sure of their names. Then Robert Gibbons is in the back row then Summer (in front) is holding her baby, not sure who is behind her.  Then we have Grant & Barbara Anderson and behind Grant is Michelle, Lane & Lauren Gibbons (then 4 people around Lauren who I don't know). In front of Barbara are Jeanette's 2 youngest children; Kalen and Arynee, then hop over to Jeanne Griffin and Jordan Phelps, above them is Brook Solario, next to Jordan is Jeanette's daughter; Aybrielle, then Naowarat and Daryl Gygi, behind them are Bill and Jamie Matthews (me), then Ambrian Nielson and Micah Phelps. 

Isn't her train so amazing - Here is the traditional throwing of the bouquet! So fun!

It is crazy cool how being part of the "Expat" group gives you a whole other family to have and to hold that are there for you at all times!  I think the best and funnest example of this is me and Heidi Gailey's friendship.  Bill and I traveled back to Thailand a number of times while he was working at DSU.  On one of these trips I met Heidi. She was the YW's President in Thailand and I was the YW's President in St George.  The previous year I had gone into YW's to see all my old friends and the 
Heidi and Jamie ~ instant best friends~
 adorable YW from when we had lived there and I met Heidi.  I instantly had a connection 
with Heidi and we became best buddy's!  The next year when we came back Heidi and I
 spent a whole day together just hanging out - we barely knew each other but we were
 instant friends and she welcomed me into her life as she would any other family member!
 Bill and I visited with her and Ron when we came up north during my whole eye adventure!

Two of our favorite people - Grant & Barbara Anderson

 More fabulous friends; Catherine Beck, Marianne Poulson and Naowarat Gygi!

Naowarat, me, Jeanette Nielson - Bill and Jordan Phelps

Brooke Solario, Naowarat, Catherine, me, Daryl Gygi, Robert Gibbons and Jordan

Cute Chinese themed table decorations with fortune cookies and their wedding announcement picture as the chocolate candy wrapper - Adorable!!

~ Naowarat, me and Jeanette ~
Jeanette and I have been closest of friends from the minute we moved to Thailand in December of 2005!  We ended up working in the Primary Presy and were instant spirit sisters (me big, her little)!  I love her to pieces!!

The party came to a close and new memories were made ~ 
just a perfect evening and wonderful time spent with our Thailand Family!

~Hippy Hippy Shake

I think Billy was feeling a little left out and wanted to feel some love coming his way so we went to the orthopedic surgeon, Dr  Novak, to see about his hip pain!  
So now we have scheduled Bill to get his hip replaced on July 31st!!! 

When Church Headquarters asked if our "affairs" were in order we just didn't know how much they were "not" in order!!! So our mission is on hold until ???  If I can get eye clearance by Dec 19th we can still go to India - if not we will have to resubmit our mission papers and start over. Bill's hip should only be a short recovery (a month or two)- our biggest hurdle (after the silicone oil is taken out of my eye and a new lens is put in) is to make sure my right eye won't do the same thing. That is why it was so great to be able to laser it when we did (well, 90% of it 😅😅😅)!   Over the next couple months we will keep close tabs on it!