The Hawkins family cut down a tree from Elijah's childhood home this summer before his family moved to St. George. They turned that tree into a beautiful bench for Elijah & Lorien's home. They had all their guests sign the bench. It's gorgeous.
Then they used the branches of the tree to display all the pies we set out for the wedding reception. Going along with Lorien's fall theme, we did 6 different types of pies, hot cocoa, & apple cider. It was delicious. Comfort food on a beautiful, but cold day.
My favorite part of the receptions is seeing all my family & friends from around the world. It makes my heart happy.
A lot of my seminary students from Germany are now return missionaries going to BYU, so I always LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing them.
And I cannot begin to explain the importance of my Germany Family. When you are stationed overseas away from family for years at a time, your church congregation, neighbors, & fellow military members become your literal family. Look how many of our "German Family" came to Lorien's wedding!!! My heart was full, the tears flowed, & we all embraced & talked all night long. It was heaven on earth for me.
Of course we had to play the "shoe game."
And then we had cake. Lorien's friends from culinary school made her wedding cake for her. Elijah is allergic to processed sugars so it was a sugar-free Smore's cake. (I honestly don't know how that is even possible, but they did it). It was a graham cracker flavored cake on some of the layers, & double chocolate cake for others. The frosting was literal marshmallow that had been toasted with a torch. It was so unique & so much fun. Very much Lorien.
After cake, we danced. Trek & Lorien danced to a beautiful song that made me cry SO hard. It talked about finding a man who loved her like her dad loved her mom. Trek has always been the love of my life & he treats me SO much better than I deserve. I am so blessed to have him as my sweet husband. Lorien found a man just like her dad & I'm so happy for her.
And then Elijah & Lorien had their first dance as well.
The the REAL party started. My kids love dancing so much. They crack me up. And I love how much they love each other.
At the end of the night we lit sparklers & let the happy couple go on their way. It was a wonderful day.
Congratulations Lorien & Elijah.
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