Mawage is what bwings us togetha

August brought us the gift of marriage for a few of our loved ones.

My "brother from another mother," Taylor to Patricia, and my niece Kaylee to Ben.

Both had 8 week engagements (crazy kids).

Both made me feel old. I've known Taylor since he was little, and I'm just getting used to having nieces let alone one that's old enough to get married.

Both got sealed in the temple for time and all eternity (yay!). They were the first weddings that I attended since marrying Nate, and I joked that we had to go so that we could find out what we actually agreed to. I think it will take a few more sealings (and studying) before I fully grasp everything we promised.

Both beautiful days were made possible through the hard work of family and friends setting up, decorating, cooking, cutting, serving, and cleaning. While tiring, at the end of the day I did enjoy the chance to help provide service for them so they could enjoy their wedding. I also felt very blessed for the way we were able to do our wedding.

Both are young newlyweds/students starting out from scratch. This made me very grateful for the blessings we've had in our beginnings as we gave a lot of stuff away because we didn't have the space or the need. Though we had to wait a while longer than many of those around us, I wouldn't trade the blessings that came from waiting.

Only one had little babies for us to play with...