Today was Grandma Lyn's funeral. We went to SLC last night for the viewing, and today was the funeral. Uncle Hank was one of the speakers and recounted memories shared by some of the Taylors. President Monson popped in at the last second and made some very nice remarks about the Taylors and Ethelyn. After the funeral we dashed to her apartment on 2nd Avenue to bring out some of the things she had designated for HDT family. We now have a beautiful painting of Timp that hung in their place. It looks great in our room and was a nice surprise. I also found my old world globe that I received as a Christmas present in LA as little lad. After the dedication of the grave many of the HDT family headed to La Casita for a late lunch. All in all it has been a nice couple of days remembering what a great lady Ethelyn is.
Good chilhood friend Janet Calder with Kris
Anders and Taylor
Amy, Colette, and Emily
SKT with John and Shirley Carmack, friends from
the Los Angeles years in the Westwood Ward
The HDT family
The Taylor 1st cousins: SKT, John Arthur Taylor, DAT, HDT Jr.,
After the wedding festivities were finished and the happy couple was off on a mini honeymoon, we had an outing or two. Clara accompanied Pop Pop and Grammy to Ikea where we ran a couple of errands for Katy. Lunch at Ikea is always a treat and sharing it with Baby Goat Cheese made it even better.
Clara looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Lunch with a view of the Ikea parking lot
Clara loves her some chicken tenders
The following day most of the troops headed to Park City for some mountain fun. Maren, Gavin, and Rob rode the zip line and were thrilled. Tucker and Anders rode the kids' zip line and were also thrilled. Everyone rode the Alpine Slide and most were thrilled again. The most thrilling ride of the day, however, was the Mountain Coaster. It was excellent, possibly even awesome. Some discovered they LOVE coasters and (almost) everyone is now psyched for Disneyland in September. (Thanks to Anna for several of these photos.)
Park City and the Alpine Slide
The Hastings boys in flight
Anders and Tucker approve of the zip line
The troops waiting for the lift
Harry, Maren, Tucker, and Finn
Dragging our sleds behind us at the top
Rob and Clara made a safe landing...
as did Gavin and Beck
Ready to enter the line for the Mountain Coaster
Anders was my partner in our coaster adventure
So fun!
YouTube video of the Mountain Coaster
Some had frozen chocolate-covered bananas at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory, but most of us saved ourselves for Mexican dinner at Tarahumara in Midway. It is one of Colton's favorites, and it was really good.
The binkers waiting for their supper to be served
Tarahumara has HUGE salsa bar and we tried several
Beck thought it was a pretty great day (as did we all)
There are still posts pending for the 4th of July. This, however, is all for now.
Saturday night the SKT and DAT adults went to P712 for dinner. The gnocchi was spectacular. Monday was extended compound dinner at our house hosted by Colton and Millie (no photos). Tuesday was a truncated Cousin's Camp. The big blowout will be at Disneyland in September. Tonight (Wednesday) we met the Boynton cousins at Scera Park. The fun just never ends.
Gavin and Rob
The east table
The west table
Achilles is a pleasant and happy chappy
Milski and Courtney avoiding the sunset with shades
Cousins' Camp picnic
S'mores for dessert
Picnic with the Boynton cousins
Uncle Rod wore his famous pants
Margie and Rod Jr.
Smokey evening
By the way, Utah is on fire from one end to the other. That's all for now.
On Saturday, 23 June, the family gathered at our stake center for Finn's baptism. He elected to be baptized in Utah after the wedding so that all the cousins could be present. Uncle Phillip conducted, Madeline sang, Maren talked, and because we have a paucity of piano players in our family, our great neighbor, Christine McDonald played the piano. Gavin baptized and confirmed Finn.
"I like to look for rainbows..."
The family
The Youngs
Gavin and Finnigan
Finn and his mom
There will likely be lots more activities leading up to the 4th of July, but that's all for now.
After the ceremony there was a bit of picture taking followed by a delicious lunch. Each parent had a chance to pay tribute to the couple, followed by Katy's bridesmaids and Daniel'g groomsmen together with his good friend Camille. Uncle Chip and Madeline sang a very nice duet in honor of Katy and Daniel and then they cut the cake. It all made a nice finish to a really wonderful celebration.
Bishop Jeff with Katy and Daniel
Prickly kiss
It's OK; don't worry about it
With the flower girls and bridesmaids
Tsk, tsk, tsk!
More fun than Christmas
Katy giving Anders a mighty squeeze
Post-nuptial bounce
The cake and cake (it was YUMMY!)
Artisan breads, fruit, and salads (not shown)
Enjoying the food
Listening to tributes
Chip and Madeline channeling Nat and Natalie
Cutting the kek
The nieces and nephews preparing a proper send off
Off on the Honeymoon - almost as good as being
married from Longbourn
Prepared to "run with them"
Bon Voyage
When everything was cleaned up, some went swimming, others went with the Gibbs to Bombay House for a good nosh.
Beckham is ready for his food
What could be finer?
That was the end of the wedding but certainly not of all the related activities. There will be more, but that's all for now.
