Janelle and Bryton Wedding!!

Today Janelle and Bryton were sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George temple! We are grateful that all of our children (so far) have been married in the temple, and we were especially excited that we finally had a sealing in our very own St. George temple! Janika and Brandon were married in the Bountiful Temple, Jase and Ellen in the Draper Temple, Jared and Hallie in the Timpanogos Temple, and Janelle and Bryton in the St. George Temple!  

The sealing took place at 10:30 in the morning, and it was beautiful! Rick had everyone stand up as Janelle and Bryton walked into the sealing room. Our friend, President Steve Caplin, is a member of the temple presidency and we had asked him a couple of months before if he would perform the sealing. He said that he would be honored to. President Caplin spoke for several minutes about the sealing ordinance and then performed the sealing. The sealing ordinance is so beautiful and powerful! He then had everyone go up and hug Janelle and Bryton before leaving the room. 

I went with Janelle to the bride's room so that Julie could touch up her hair and then Janelle and Bryton made their grand exit from the temple and Bryton dipped Janelle and kissed her as we all cheered. Janelle looked so beautiful!! The temperature was perfect outside. Kimball Cottam was the photographer and he took a bunch of group pictures and then family pictures outside the temple and then took a bunch of Janelle and Bryton. 

We were missing so many family members. Jaiden and Josh were both on their missions, and Jase and Ellen were nervous about traveling since she was pregnant with Elsie and didn't know if the baby would come early, like Evan and Eli. As it turns out, Ellen carried Elsie full term, which was a blessing, but of course they didn't know that at the time. Grandma and Grandpa Westra couldn't come because she was still recovering from her knee replacement. Shane and Alicia's family came and Chris and Kim came. Julie Yearsley came and brought Grandma Jensen.  

I love Janelle's face when she is being thrown in the air, haha!! 

Janelle had sisters and sisters-in-law for bridesmaids and Bryton had brothers and brothers-in-law for groomsmen.

Janelle's friends...

After all of the pictures we met everyone over at the Blonquist's house, where the luncheon was being held (the same place the reception was last night). The weather was perfect for both the temple and the luncheon!