Welcome to our wonderful weekend of weddings!

WARNING!!! PICTURE OVERLOAD!!! You may need to take a bathroom break and get yourself a snack in the middle of this post. Its super long! Now that we have that out of the way...Tim and I had a incredibly busy, but also very wonderful weekend. It all started Thursday morning, when we hopped in the car and headed down to Las Vegas where my sister and her family, and also where my brother and his new wife and son live. About a year ago, my brother started dating Carrie. This past weekend, they got married in the Las Vegas temple. Thursday night, we went to a wedding dinner celebrating the two of them, and then Friday morning at 11:00, they were sealed for time and all eternity. I am so grateful to have a new sister, as well as a new nephew who has got to be one of the cutest little boys in the world! Carrie is the best thing that has ever happened to my brother, and we absolutely love her and Noah! Their sealing was wonderful, and even though it was 100 degrees outside for pictures, Tim and I are so glad that we could be there to share that day with them. Carrie looked gorgeous, and my brother had a hard time keeping his eyes off of her. I can't imagine why :).





My sister and I decided to take some time for goofy pictures of the two of us while we waited for Adam and Carrie to come out of the temple. The temple grounds of the Las Vegas temple are beautiful. I especially loved the palm trees. It was so hot though! I have no idea how those Vegas people survive out there! By the time Adam and Carrie came out, I had already started to melt. Yuck!




This is cute little Noah. He's almost three. He was such a stinker and wouldn't let anyone take his picture, so I was super lucky to be able to take this one. When Adam and Carrie got engaged, Noah told Carrie that the three of them were getting married. So, when they came out of the temple, they gave Noah a "wedding" ring to wear too. It's a CTR ring. He was very proud of it. That's what he's showing me in the picture. I'm sure if it were up to him though, he would have been wearing his Batman pajamas with a cape as well. Silly boy :).



This is my Mom and Dad. I am seriously so blessed to have such wonderful parents. Tim and I live with them right now, and I love them both very much. My Dad totally cracks me up. I had to take this picture about five times before he finally gave me a good smile. He always would pull a goofy face right as I was taking the picture. He had to be dying of the heat under that suit! Seriously, it was so flipping hot! I was happy to come back to Utah weather!


This is Uncle Tim and Carter. Carter absolutely loves Tim! It is super unfortunate that my sister is selfish and keeps my nieces and my nephew far far away from us. It should seriously be illegal! They need Aunt Ashley and Uncle Tim in order to grow up to be functioning members of society. If only she knew the harm that she was causing them by keeping them from us! Totally rude!



After the wedding, Tim and I had to head back to my sisters house only to just turn around and head out the door to the airport. We had to fly back home to make it in time for family pictures with Tim's family. His older brothers and their families were all here for my brother-in-law's wedding. We hadn't seen most of them in almost four years! So, having us all here was the perfect time to get family pictures. Tim's second to youngest brother Sammy (he really goes by Sam, but for as long as Tim and I have been together, he's always been Sammy..and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who calls him that) got married on Saturday. He and Caitlin started dating shortly after Tim and I did in high school. It's been fun to watch them grow, fall in love together, and finally become husband and wife. Saturday morning at 9:40, Sammy and Caitlin were married in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity. I am so grateful Tim and I were able to be there. When I first met Sammy, he was in the eighth grade. Now, he's married. It was such an incredible experience. I've watched Sammy grow up. He's my little brother, and I love him.





This is my most favorite picture of the two of them that I took. They both just look so happy. She looked so beautiful! Her dress was absolutely gorgeous!







Tim was one of the groomsmen, and I was a bridesmaid. We were assigned to stand in the line...which I must say...is not my idea of fun. Nobody comes through the line to see the bridesmaids. To make things a little bit more fun, I introduced myself to people as Sammy's ex-girlfriend. It was awesome!



At the end of it all, we were tired, and my feet hurt something awful! But, it really was a wonderful weekend. Being surrounded by family and good friends is my idea of having fun. To top everything off, Sunday evening, after everything, Tim's youngest brother Jake had his seminary graduation. It's been a long time coming, and I'm so proud of him for making the choice to go to early morning seminary because his class schedule at school wouldn't permit him to take it during the day. Hopefully, however, he doesn't get married for at least five years! He's the only single one left, and I don't know about Tim, but I've had enough family weddings to last me awhile :). Sorry for the long post...but we had a lot going on, and many things to blog about. If you made it to the very end, pat yourself on the back! That's quite the accomplishment!