Wedding Bells

Stu's sister Karly got married today to Michael Pettingall. This makes Mom Reeder and me the only "Reeder" girls left.
The wedding was nice (LONG but nice) they got married at the Bountiful Temple at 10:30. The day was hot and it seemed to get hotter as we waited for the groom and the bride to come out for pictures.
There was a luncheon for them at 1PM and then the reception was from 7-9. The night was long and Stu and I finally got to bed around midnight. The sucky part was that I had to work the next day.

Allen (birthday boy), Melissa, Sarah and Stu waiting for the bride and groom to come out of the temple.
Beautiful bride Karly and Mike. Their first appearance as husband and wife

Sarah (bridesmaid) and Stu (groomsman) at the reception. Karly's colors were bright jewel colors. Her maid of honor wore lime green. Melissa and I were in hot pink and Mike's sister and sister-in-law where in a rich purple. We all wore black with our corresponding color. The color scheme was beautiful!

The flowers at the reception. There were even vases full of limes. Whole limes and some cut in half to give the 'green' color Karly was looking for.

Wasatch Back

Stu and I had the chance to do the Wasatch Back Relay this year (last year we missed it because we were in Hawaii-small sacrifice)

The Wasatch Back Relay is a 12 man team that covers mountainous terrain from Logan to Park City (188 miles). Each team member runs three alternating legs of 3-8 miles long. Stu and I hooked up with my running buddy Liz, her sister Erin and our long lost running buddy Leesha. We also had a man named Greg that was from Springville in our van (each van held 6 members). We had the 1st leg so we started the race at 11:00AM Friday morning. The weather was nice (for a change) and after we filled the car with gear and people we made it to the starting line with about 45 min to spare and we got Liz geared up since she was our first runner.

This is our team. 6 of our members were from the state of Texas. It is hard to get 12 people to commit to running a race and our Texas team could not get the full 12, so we joined them. We met them for the 1st time the night before the race. They were the nicest people around. Our team name was Doggie Paddlin.
Stu and I at the starting line. It was kinda fun to watch and cheer for Liz as she started our race. I normally am always the one running so I never get to be a cheerleader.

Stu and Sarah right before I started my leg. I was runner #3 and since we started at 11 I started running my leg around 12:30 AM. It was REALLY hot!

Erin was our runner #2 so this is her giving me the slap bracelet at my exchange so I can start running.

Sarah, Liz and Erin waiting at Stu's exchange.

Stu and Sarah right before Stu started his run. Stu had the second hardest leg out of our 12 runners. He had to run uphill on a dirt path for about 7 miles. He is wearing a bandanna to help with the dirt.

This is Stu's dirt path he had to run. Check out those calf muscles!

Stu after his exchange. He was glad to be done since it was so hot. We saw some runners that were dropping out due to heat exhaustion and we saw runners hooked up to IV's from dehydration. Luckily none of our runners had any problems.

Overall we finished the race in about 30 hours. We were just happy to finish. Saturday during our last run it started to rain. Running in the rain is not my favorite thing to do, so I was glad I only had to run 7 miles in it. Our Texas team ran the last 6 exchanges in the rain (about 18 miles) and they were troopers. When our team crossed the finish line together it was a down pour! Even through we only got 3 hours of sleep and smelled liked death Stu and I both agreed, we would do this again!

Registered Nurse

Stu took his state boards for nursing on Tuesday the 16th at 8AM. He has been studying for this exam for weeks and he has been anxious to take the test for weeks (He just wanted to get it over and done with). He was told it could take anywhere from 48 hours to 4 weeks to get his results. Needless to say ever since yesterday Stu has been on edge and very anxious (there's that word again) about getting his test results. Well tonight he found out that he is a REGISTERED NURSE in the State of Utah. I could not be prouder of my honey for all the hard work he has done for our family. This huge stepping stone has been a long time waiting (3 years to be exact) and Blue and I are just delighted as Stu.

CONGRATS HONEY! You did it!!

Reeder Roost

This is the Reeder Roost. This is Stu's family cabin, built by his grandfather and his dad's brothers. A lot of love was built into this cabin and I have not met one person that does not love the cabin.
Stu and I decided last minute to get out of town and relax. Stu is taking his state boards on the 16th and he needed a relaxing weekend. Plus the fridge at the cabin was on its last motor leg and Stu wanted to fix it for his Grandma. We called up Josh and Kyrie and extended the invitation and before I knew it, we were heading up to the cabin. We left Friday night after Stu got off work. This meant we left at 8 PM so we arrived around 10 PM. Blue was sleeping on the ride up and he was so cute. Try as I may, I could not get a picture of him with his eyes closed. He hears the click of the camera and wakes up every time!The weekend at the cabin was awesome. We watched tv, played games and just chilled. Stu and Josh set to work on Saturday fixing the fridge. They were successful. Good thing since the fridge kept things cool instead of cold. Now...it keeps things cold.Another nice thing about the cabin is you don't have to dress up. You can let your hair air dry and you don't have to wear makeup. Here is a shot of Kyrie and I in "Cabin Style"Declan (who is 3) the son of Josh and Kyrie LOVED the cabin. He loved being up there and loved spending time with all of us. In fact when we left on Sunday he asked the cabin "What are you going to do when we leave?" I love this kid. He FINALLY was my friend (For about 20 min) and then he didn't want to be around me. Oh well

Family picture of Sarah, Stu and Blue

Family picture of Josh, Kyrie and Declan (Lochlan is not pictured but you can see Kyrie's belly, he is in there ;))

This was Blue for most of the weekend. I think being in a strange place, with strange people he didn't get much sleep. I FINALLY got a picture of him sleeping. Isn't he so cute?