Wedding Weekend

This weekend the Dunn Family had two weddings. Brigs little brother Taylor married Lauren on Friday, and his little sister Hannah married Preston on Saturday. Everyone was really busy, so we were, and still are very tired. I was super busy getting things ready for both weddings.

For Taylor and Lauren's wedding I made the wedding cake. It was my first time using fondant for icing, so it was really hard and frustrating til I learned how to do it. It turned out Beautiful!! I'm glad that the bride and groom liked it too.

I made bride's maid dresses for Hannah and Preston's wedding. They were easy dresses, but they still took a while to cut out, iron and sew together. I procrastinated til the last minute...I finished the last one by 3 am Saturday morning for the wedding at 10am. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep this whole week because I had to wait til Whitney was asleep to really focus on my projects. Anyway, I'm glad the weekend is over and everything turned out wonderfully.

I'll post a better picture of the dresses as soon as I get one. This is a picture of the ring ceremony held on behalf of Preston's family and friends.

Here's a better picture of the Bride's made dresses..sorry it took so long.

July's Journey

These last couple weeks have gone by so fast. I have been very busy with the 4th and being out of town on vacation.

4th of July:
First of all, every year the Dunn's have a 4th of July party at their house. They invite the wards in Friendswood to enjoy a pot-luck dinner, snow cones, a water slide and more. Whitney had her 4th of July outfit on (thank you Savannah) and I couldn't pass up a photo shoot with her cousin Carson (7wks old).

Lake Powell:
Saturday the 5th, Brig, Whitney and I, along with Penny and Adam started the long journey to Lake Powell for a vacation with Dale (oldest brother) and his girlfriend and her family. We got to Snyder, Tx at about 10pm to meet up with Dale. Then we left right away on our long trek, cross country to northern AZ and Southern UT to where Lake Powell is located. The entire trip took us about 32 hours. Whitney handled it great. She hardly cried and slept alot of the time. Brig and I where cramped in the back seat for most of the trip. Sleeping was hard, and so when we finally got there, we, along with everyone else, I'm sure, were exhausted. We made a few stops before we actually got to the Lake. We stopped at Meteor Crater and toured around the site. I'd never been there before, so it was really neat to see. We stopped at the Grand Canyon to check it out. It was really cold and windy. We met up with Dale's girlsfriend's family to camp and then got to Lake Powell and the house boat the next day. The house boat was really cool. There were four double beds and a living room/ kitchen area. There were three decks, one off the back, one off the front and one on top. During the day we skied and tubed. The rocks and cliffs that make up the lake were beautiful. I mostly enjoyed sitting out on the deck as someone drove the houseboat along the narrow lake passages and taking in the views!

New Mexico:
On our way back from the lake, Whitney and I got dropped off in Albuquerque where my Mom just happened to be. She was up there with my Grandmother visiting Cliff Dwellings with My Aunt Tracy and Cousin Jana. We stayed the night in a hotel. Saturday we drove to Las Cruces. While I was there we went to the lake near Las Cruces where my parents own a small house. They have a speed boat and jet-skis there too. I tried to ride the Sky Ski and got up a couple of times, but only for a few seconds. You would think that I would be laked-out, but I had fun being with family, so it was worth it. The rest of my time was spent having dinners and just hanging out with my parents, brothers and their family.