The Maughans: February 2, 2011

Yes, I wrote the right date in the title. I know it's almost the end of March, but I haven't posted Tj's pics from her wedding and reception from the above date, yet. Now some of you will think, as Taylor does, "The poor last child. Doesn't get as much attention. Didn't take as many pictures of her as a baby. Didn't post her wedding pics until almost 2 months later!" Well, you're all wrong!! This time it's the photographer's fault! It took her a long time to give us these because she did Sundance Film Festival the week before the wedding, so she had a lot of pics to go through. Anyway, here's just a few pictures from that day.

If you were wondering when the coldest day of our winter was, it was this day! FREEZING cold! I was afraid Taylor's nose was going to get stuck to Brandon's cheek in this pic. Thank goodness one of Brandon's cousins had this pretty, white coat they let Taylor borrow for pics after the wedding. The wedding itself was marvelous, and they were very lucky to get a temple sealer that was interesting, and spiritual. No pictures were of course taken at the wedding, since it was in The Salt Lake Temple (no cameras allowed), but here are some taken right after out on the temple grounds.

We ended up in The Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg for a lot of the pictures because of the cold. Thank goodness that building is so beautiful!!

I better give kudos to Andrea Hanks Photography. She is a sweet, young lady with an amazing, artistic eye. Taylor picked her out of hundreds that she looked at because of the art the pictures become, not just photographs.

After pics, we had the luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg. It was absolutely scrumptious, and gave us energy for the next half of the day!!

We decorated our butts off! They had their reception at Noah's in South Jordan which is beautiful without any decor, but we had to add a few touches, and we didn't have a lot of time. That and helping set up the food - well, let's just say I got dressed minutes before the official start time of the reception. Thank goodness for family and friends who came to help!! I can't thank them enough!

I'm sure glad my girls get along. Cali took care of helping TJ get dressed. And Kierra helped get the little girls dressed. I think they all had fun!

And I was downstairs helping create this...

These were the centerpieces. For being simple, they sure were elegant. We had a big tree limb by the door that people were supposed to put advice, or hellos onto as they left, with the papers you see hanging on the centerpiece.

Taylor always joked that she wanted a toast bar at her reception, because she loves toast! Well, we did the best we could. We had a bunch of different flavored breads and different flavors of hot chocolate. A perfect thing to serve on the coldest day EVER!!

Taylor ordered a simple and small cake knowing that no one ever eats what is left over. I think it's beautiful. Taylor wanted everything simple-looking. It adds to the artistic look.

Taylor and Brandon shared their first dance together as husband and wife to a Van Halen song!!

Then it was time for Taylor and her dad to have their dance; which has been planned since Taylor was 3 years old!! Seriously! They picked out a slow song that they could dance to, then it morphed into a Toto song called "Africa". It's a very upbeat, wild, crazy song! Ever since Taylor was little they danced to this song. They hold hands and Taylor jumps as high as she can while Mike helps lift her up.