The Wedding Weekend - Part 1

The first part of this weekend on Friday we made the obligatory stop to see Thomas the Train up in Heber. We even got to ride on one of the electric cars on the railroad track.
The big morning arrived and after Ian and Annie were married in the temple in Salt Lake City, we all waited outside for them to come out. Grandma and Grandpa Finlay from Ohio are shown here with Alana.
Helen, Stephanie, Gavin, Erin and Grammie waited outside for the bride and groom to come out also.
Finally, Ian and Annie appeared to cheers from our group.
Grampie is shown here with his newest granddaughter-in-law.
Annie's grandpa, Art Anderson, married Annie and Ian. Art and Jan Anderson are shown here in front of the temple doors with the newlyweds.
The grandparents and parents of Ian with his new bride.
Annie and Ian smiled a lot at the wedding luncheon, held in the Bonneville Room of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
The Crumps, Fergusons and Uncle Jim came from California for the wedding.

Just before the wedding reception at Thanksgiving Point that Saturday night, Ed and Helen Ferguson and the four Ferguson children, posed in front of their Parkview Drive home in Mt. Olympus Park that they lived in back in the 1960's.

One Last Morro Bay Trip Before the Summer Internship

Alana and Margaret took one last trip during the week up to Morro Bay before Alana starts her summer internship at a law firm in downtown Los Angeles. They walked on the beach, went to a movie, chowed down on some great fish and chips, did some rental property work and just relaxed for a couple of days. They waves were big when they walked on Morro Strand Beach, show above.
Alana is shown here with Morro Rock in the background. We had just finished walking 7 miles on the beach and around town. Now it's off to a challenging summer of work in the big city.

Cutter Commissioning

Last week in Alameda, Grammie, Grampie, Dan and Helen were able to attend the commissioning of the USCGC WAESCHE. This is the newest cutter to be commissioned in to the Coast Guard fleet. It is 418 ft. long with a range of 12,000 nautical miles. With speeds of 28 knots, the WAESCHE will join her sister ship BERTHOLF at its homeport of Alameda.

It is interesting to note that the WAESCHE has a crew of about 100. Jeannie's ship, HARRIET LANE which is 270 ft. long, has about the same number in their crew. The newer ships are more automated and don't require a larger crew. We all enjoyed the traditions and rituals behind the commissioning ceremony.

More Business is Conducted on the Golf Course. . .

As is usual, Margaret didn't play golf out at the Contract Cities Conference in Indian Wells but served as the course marshall. Gavin and Alana helped out this year. Gavin stopped by one of the holes and got some "golf lessons" from some friends.
Here Gavin is showing all of us his golfing technique. Not bad for a 2-year old.
Gavin, Lois and Margaret worked the course and encouraged the golfers. The weather was perfect. . .not too hot.
Alana helped Elise at the pool with her swimming.
It was a good day to relax in the pool for Gavin and Elise.

Biggest Losers Celebrate

Our Biggest Losers weight loss group just finished 16 weeks of joint weight loss. For the 10 of us, we lost a total about 150 pounds. We celebrated when Craig and Beth took us to one of their favorite restaurants, Tokyo Wako. Even though Ellie and Gavin weren't in the contest, they got to come. . .and they had a great time watching the chef prepare dinner at the table.
Gavin and Ellie are shown here learning how to eat with chopsticks.
Lisa, Craig and Beth were some of the "Biggest Losers".
Bailey, who is a chef at the Disneyland Hotel, came with us and enjoyed watching other people prepare the dinner.
Both Ellie and Gavin's eyes really got big when the chef started flaming up the grill and cooking the food.