Tony & Monserrat's Wedding

What a crazy weekend!!!!

Tony and Monserrat were married on August 8th in the Twin Falls Temple! It was absolutely beautiful! I got to watch Carter on the temple grounds and hang out with Mary, Jake, and Joe (Justin's cousins). Justin, his brothers, and the Ni boys, who were staying with us, went to help Grandpa DeGiulio and Aunt Cindy with the lasagna and then set up the tables and chairs for the luncheon.

Unfortunately, just before everyone came out of the temple Justin called me with bad news. Grandpa had somehow ended up on the stage in the gym with the lights out and didn't realize it. Walking toward where he had seen the boys go out the door on the other side of the gym, Grandpa walked right off the stage and landed on his side. Justin rushed Grandpa to the hospital where they learned that he had broken 5 ribs!!!

I had to break the news to John without letting anyone else know that I knew what was going on because Grandpa specifically wanted John to tell Merena, Serena, and especially Grandma.

The luncheon turned out great, even though the rain started to pick up. Justin and Grandpa didn't make it to the luncheon (Justin opted to stay with Grandpa in the ER).

The reception the next day went really well! Candice and I had the funniest task to put together a display with a bunch of seemingly mismatched this and that items that Merena had picked up along the way. Ha ha ha! It was quite the challenge, but it was fun and I think it turned out just fine.

Carter started walking on his own at the reception! That was super cute to watch and great to have the whole family there to be able to witness.

Grandpa was able to come to the reception. We just had the boys bring one of John and Merena's recliners from the house down to the church and he got to sit it in it the whole evening. I'm sure it wasn't the most comfortable way, but he was mostly concerned with being there.

Of course, Justin and the boys took it upon themselves to decorate Tony's truck. The funniest thing was Tony parked a ways away from the church in hopes that no body would find the truck. Ha ha ha! BIG mistake. Jordan spent about 20 minutes driving around Rupert looking for the truck and successfully found it.

Monse's grandparents thought that the decorating was really funny!

They seem to be really happy and we are really happy for them!

Here are some pics from the wedding...