Derek's Family FYI

Derek's parents

Doug and Anne Swanson

Oldest sister Kerri with husband Jerry Hansen and kids, Katherine, JR, Jake, Elise and Sophie

Sister Tamra with husband Darin Murphy and kids, Alex, Hannah, Ben, Sam and Grace

Brother Jared and Fiance Sarah

Sister Trisha with husband Chris Dayton and kids, Emerson, Reed, Kennedy and Freddy

Sister Brianne with Jared and Grandma Ruth Swanson

Update

The photographer wants us to all be at Red Butte by 4:30. she said 4:00...but I think if we shoot for 4:00, we should get started with family pics by 4:30. These people do weddings a lot...so I guess we must comply with their time frame. I think it's going to be lovely. Just lovely.

Don't Worry

We are no longer going to Puerto Vallarta Mexico for our honeymoon. We're headed to Costa Rica instead which is much farther South near Panama. So don't worry. Even if the epidemic reaches Costa Rica by the time we get there, we will be more than happy quarantined in our hotel room.  

Temple Day

For those of you coming to my endowment session tomorrow night, Friday, May 1st, guests are to arrive by 5:30 pm. Session begins at 6:00 pm. at the Draper Temple.

14065 Canyon Vista Lane

Draper, Utah

Afterward, we'll get together for dinner at my mom's place in Sandy.

See you soon.

Wedding Attire

I'll bring all the wedding shirts, ties, and sashes to the dinner the night before. Make sure you grab your family's stuff before you take off for the night. Oh what fun we shall have.

It's Coming Soon!

We're getting married in two weeks! Can you even believe it? Here's a schedule of the next few important days:

Friday, May 1st

Becky's Endowment Session

6pm 

Draper Temple.

Going out to dinner afterward.

Thursday, May 7th

Family Wedding Dinner at Tucanos Brazilian Grill

7pm

162 South 400 West
Phone: (801) 456-2550

Friday. May 8th

Temple Ceremony at Salt Lake Temple

1:40 p.m.

Arrive 30 minutes early.

50 North West Temple Street

Family and friend pictures on temple grounds to follow.

Wedding Party Pictures at Red Butte Garden

4:30 wear wedding attire

300 Wakara Way

Reception

 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Here We Are

Derek requested that I post some pics of us. Here we go.

If you'd like to read the engagement story, click here.

The Fam

Some Things

-I'm going through the temple on May 1st. I'd love for you all to be there. Let me know if you can. 

-The actual wedding ceremony on the 8th will be at 1:40.

-We're having a wedding dinner at Tucano's Brazilian Grill the night before. ( Thursday, May 7th) I'll post the details and a schedule when we get closer to the date.

-Derek and I have finally finished registering. What a process. We did the whole Target and Bed Bath and Beyond thing. We're even registered at REI. That makes us sound really greedy doesn't it? Although if you ask Derek where we registered, he'll probably just mention REI. :)

-That's all for now. These are busy times. Fun though.

Brothers

Attention wives of John, Travis, Alex Knudsen, Dave, Gerry, Darren, Chris, & Jared: I found these great green and blue ties at JC Penny. I think I'll put the Swanson adult brothers in the blue (as per Derek's suggestion) and the Williams brothers in the green. If they have black slacks and shoes and a white shirt, that'd be great. If not...they can just wear whatever works. Oh my...handsomeness.

Little Boys

My mom is getting bow ties for the little boys 9 and under. If you have white shirts and black pants for them that'd be great. But again...this is all optional. Optional...but cute.

Sisters

Here's a pic of me wearing one of the shirts I bought for the adult sisters to wear. I thought we could pair them with black skirts and shoes. If the neckline is too low, we can just pin them or wear black camisoles underneath. They have a simple, thin tie in the back.

If you don't like it you really don't need to wear it. No pressure. You could do a plain white shirt instead. Or you could even just wear whatever you like and that would be fine. Let me know if you'd like a shirt and what size you think you'd need. I have small, med, large and extra large. (I'm wearing a medium in the pic).

Little Girls

Here are a few more links to white dresses:

Ebay

Flower Girl Dress

My sister Amy is making blue and green sashes for all the little girls under 8 to wear with white dresses. She's also going to be making some red flower barrettes for their hair. Oh for cute.

If you can find white dresses for your little girls to wear that'd be wonderful. Amy found a few online that you can check out. She also found a McCalls pattern you could use if you'd rather make one.

If you decide you'd rather not do it...that is also fine. No worries.

Amazon
There are a lot of little white dresses on Amazon at different prices.

Target

McCalls

Colors

Depending on the brightness of your monitor, these might not be exact. I'd be happy to mail you some color swatches if you'd like.