24 April 2022

Our family had a packed weekend, beginning with Becky traveling to Wyoming for Zina's wedding. Zina was married on Friday in the tiny town of Afton, Wyoming.

Afton is home to the Star Valley temple. It was a cold, wet weekend.

Zina married Darius Mayfield. They first met while serving in the Spokane, Washington mission. They only served in the same area for about 3 weeks and reconnected after their missions. It was raining after their wedding so they posed for photos in the covered area near the entrance.

Becky was an hour late for the wedding. She was following directions on Google maps and misdirections turned a 3 ½ hour drive into a 5 hour drive. Sarah suggested going back to the temple on Friday afternoon for initiatories so Becky got to see inside this beautiful temple, including the bride's room and the sealing room.

Zina and Darius' reception was Saturday afternoon in Lyman, Wyoming, about a 3 hour drive from Afton. The reception was held in the Heritage Barn, a great community event center.

This is the view inside the barn.

Sofi and Nate drove over from Utah for the reception.

Here's a photo of Zina and Sofi.

Darius' grandma and aunts grabbed handfuls of orbeez water beads from the centerpieces to throw at Zina and Darius as they left. The reception was a great celebration for Zina and Darius.

Back home, Brandan and Gibson helped clean up the Bear Creek Greenway for Earth Day.

The last clean up was about 6 months ago and plenty of trash had accumulated in the meantime.

Brandan found a shopping cart which helped haul all of the trash they found back to the dumpster.

Gibson taught the teachers' quorum on Sunday so he made fudge on Saturday to share.

In other news, Helen left Thursday night for ICDC, the international DECA competition in Atlanta. On Friday they went to a baseball game.

Saturday they spent at Six Flags. Mary tore her ACL and MCL just before the trip and needed to be in a wheelchair. Mary's wheelchair was an advantage to get through lines quicker at the park.

Sunday night they went to an NBA playoff game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat.

The competition began Sunday with testing. This photo of the testing center gives an idea of how big the event is.

Helen is competing with Chloe in the Business Law and Ethics team event. Helen will come home on Wednesday and we're looking forward to hearing all about her trip.