Kevin got MARRIED!!!

This past Saturday we had the chance to go to Kansas City, MO for Kevin and Hayleigh's wedding! The Kansas City temple was just dedicated on Sunday and they were the 23rd wedding already...that temple has been super busy. Hayleigh's friend was able to watch Linc for us so we both were able to go in and be there for the sealing. It was amazing! We loved every minute of it and the temple was beautiful!! The crazy part is that Lincoln never falls asleep on people's shoulders, but that day he did. We walked out of the temple and we were both surprised to see him fast asleep!  Well, the couple was very happy and they totally compliment each other. Dave and I made the awesome sign in the picture...he does the woodwork/paint job and I do the vinyl/design. We make a wonderful team. We were so happy with the way it turned out that we are now starting to sell our products and already have a list of orders waiting to be completed!!

 After the temple we had about 5 hours to kill so we went to Liberty Jail. We had a picnic lunch in our car because it started raining. As we were getting ready to go into the jail I ran into a friend from my social work master's program at BYU. She is serving her mission in the area and is now serving half the day at Liberty Jail. We just missed her shift so she did not give us the tour, but it was good to catch up with her and to see that she is doing well.

It was really neat to see the jail and to see that some of it was still original. Lincoln had a great time giving out a little scream here and there during the presentation, but overall he did really good. At the end of the tour he had a chance to run around a bit while we talked with the sister missionary. She gave a tour to the prophet earlier that week...so cool!

 After the Jail we decided to head to the Independence Visitor's Center since the reception was in Independence anyway it worked perfect. We parked and I decided to look up where the reception was, to my surprise it was at the other end of the parking lot!! I didn't even realize there was a church building over there, but it worked out perfectly and we were able to spend about an hour and a half in the visitor's center before heading over to the reception. For some reason we didn't get any pictures, but it's okay.

The reception was really nice and fun! Not to mention all the delicious food! We met lots of new people and were glad to see Kevin's family again...they were so nice to us (as usual). Dave was asked many times that night if he was Kevin's brother, well he kind of is I guess you can say. We were so glad to have been there and participate in such a special day. The happy couple is now on their honeymoon in Chicago enjoying their new life as a married couple. Linc took about a 20 minute nap in the car on our drive to the visitor's center so by the time 11:30pm rolled around and he was still awake, well he was completely exhausted!! His eyes were so tired looking and he was kind of like a zombie. He zonked right out in the car and slept almost the whole way home, but woke up the last 30 minutes and sounded completely awake. Luckily, he went right to sleep and we were able to get some sleep that night.