What a week in Cache Valley!

We have spent a very wet, cold and fun week in Logan. We got the cake made, Elizabeth is now officially Sister Hansen and we got squeaky cheese from the cheese factory.

This is probably a story Brad and Elizabeth will tell their children. It rained all week until we walked out of the temple after the wedding. The clouds broke. We had sunshine. Temperatures rose a little. The reception took place at Von's Park. Friday morning it was raining again.

Dana and I spent Wednesday making a three-layer German chocolate cake for the groom's cake. It was beautiful and there was nothing left after the reception. It was great.

Aunt Melinda made the wedding cakes Thursday morning and had every kind of disaster possible take place. She perservered and the cakes looked lovely and tasted great. White chocolate with raspberry filling.

The wedding was very nice. A room full of Hansens and Larsens. Elizabeth and Brad were relaxed. The sealer, Br. Lind, was very good and presented some new insights into eternal marriage.

The park for the reception was just the right size for the festivities. Everyone helped assemble everything. We had fun. We broke it down afterwards and shipped it all off to Grand Junction for the open house there on Saturday evening. Jeff was intrigued by everything. Having missed our family weddings, he was surprised to learn how little input the groom really has in the reception.

Everyone left on Friday, so the four of us, Rick, Jeff, Dana and myself did a grand tour of Cache Valley. We saw the Martin Harris memorial, stopped at Gossner's cheese factory for squeaky cheese and mango milk, drove up to the Bear Lake overlook and then stopped at the Wind Cave trail in Logan Canyon. We had a fun hike up to the cave along a muddy, gloppy trail. It was like going up CG Mountain except the scenery was better and greener. It was certainly muddier and more slippery coming down.

The best surprise of the trip was finding the used bookstore at the corner of 200 North and Main in Logan. There was too much to look through and not enough time.

We have spent our weekend at home. Laundry done and bags are repacked. Dana goes to Girl's Camp and Rick and I head to Albuquerque for the week. More fun times.