Jenna's and Max's Wedding

Our niece Jenna was sealed to Max on Saturday, April 13, in the Draper temple. It was a beautiful spring day with beautiful weather, and the popcorn was definitely popping on the trees.

Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a family friend of the Woodburys (he was Jenna's grandparents' mission president in San Diego), performed the sealing. He gave some very wise words of counsel along with the ordinance. But he was also not the only General Authority in the room. Kristin Yee, second counselor in the general Relief Society presidency, was also there. (She had previously served as one of Jenna's Young Women leaders.)

So, we basically had all of the famous people there. We also had this whole group of folks:

The sealing was only the beginning of our long day! We then congregated in the cultural hall at Dave's and Jessica's meetinghouse in Woods Cross for a wedding luncheon. We were served a delicious meal, catered by Cafe Zupas.

The day was capped off with a wedding reception at the lovely Eldredge Manor in West Bountiful, where Biz and Jeff's reception was held nearly 16 years ago! Way back then, Jenna was a five-year-old bridesmaid (seen here on the right, with five-year-old Kenna and nine-year-old Madison):

The refreshments at Eldredge consisted of a wonderful waffle and crepe bar. (We were basically spoiled all day long.)

JB worked very hard on the baking the wedding cake, which turned out like this:

Of course, a family wedding wouldn't be complete without our getting to take a picture along with the bride and groom:

The evening concluded with a lot of dancing, after which the bride and groom hustled off on a plane ride to Hawaii.

We are happy for Jenna and are also grateful to have Max as a new member of the family. The future is bright for these two.

Our Day Out with Katy

Our niece Katy is nine years old! We took her out last week for her annual birthday outing with Fun Aunt and Uncle.

Katy chose a LEGO set she liked at the store, so we bought it and took it to our house to build it with her. On the way there, we also stopped by Fiiz for drinks and cookie bites.

The finished product of the build looked like this:

She's a pretty amazing kid, and we love spending time with her. This year, Katy is a third grader at her school! They grow up so fast.

"Big Fish"

Our acting bug-bitten niece Kira recently appeared in CenterPoint Academy's production of Big Fish, which we saw in the black box theater on March 25 (yes, I am a bit behind; both of my followers have sent emails wondering when I was going to update the blog). And I may be a bit biased, but she did great. It was also one of the better CenterPoint shows we have seen in the past few years.

There was a very funny and accidental blooper when the lights came up too early in one of the scenes and the man supposed to be on his deathbed was still scrambling to climb into it. But the kids handled it well and improvised to cover the error. (It was still pretty funny, and I don't blame those who busted up laughing on stage.) I guess you had to be there.

Plowman Family Dinner/March 2024

On the Sunday before Easter Sunday, we gathered for monthly family dinner at Steve's and Summer's home in North Salt Lake. Our menu included lasagna, garlic bread, salad, veggies, and other goodies.

We also celebrated our three March birthdays: Katy, JB, and Jake.

One of the highlights for me was getting to see the comic books that my nephews Christian and Danny have created—independent of each other—in the last little while. It reminded me of a young Paco, because I once made my own comic books. Ben suggested they consult with "the master" about the work they have produced so far.

(Yes, back in the day, the 20th century anyway, I used to create and write my own comic book stories, quite a few of them, between about the third and tenth grades. A fun story for another day. Those books no longer exist because, well, I threw them away in a moment of self-doubt. The moral of that story is: Do what you love to do, and don't let any high school art teacher stifle your creativity!)

I captured a pic of only one of Danny's books:

I'm pretty proud of these kids for pursuing these artistic interests, and I look forward to reading what else they will be creating in the future.