The brothers uphold tradition and their sister.
Nelson and his bride with all of her siblings.
Now we add the parents with the children. Welcome to the family, Nelson.
Finally, add all the spouses and we are excited to even out our numbers with our newest son-in-law.
Fixing the bride's veil so it doesn't blow off this time!
The shy bride on her wedding day, just after the wedding.
Kimberly and Trevin who celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on this same day, Dec. 21st.
Rosalia and her father at the brunch hosted by the groom's family.
Ted and Evelyn at the brunch.
And Rosalia and Nelson soon to be wed, about three hours before the wedding.
This is a hair picture to match the Long's pictures of their childrens' first haircuts on their wall. I was cleaning out drawers and my closet and found the hair I had saved from Rosalia's first haircut when she was ten years old. Yes, I did not have her hair cut until then! You can see the picture of her in the upper left hand corner just before Nancy White cut her hair. We didn't know about Locks of Love then, but when she cut it again in the ninth grade she donated her hair to that organization.
I thought if I followed the numbers straight down on my desk top I would get pictures in order, but that is not the case and I don't want to take them off because blogger can be fickle. This is Rosalia in her bedroom after the honeymoon with her new furniture.
The bride and groom: Mrs. and Mrs. Nelson Lance Long
All forty-seven of the Badger Clan in the Empire Room of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on December 21, 2011 for Nelson and Rosalia's wedding.
The tree on Christmas morning at Bethany's home.
Cael Mason Flygare at three weeks ready for his first Christmas. Born November 30th to Skyler and Jessica Flygare.
Rosalia's wedding flowers that we took home after the wedding reception.
Mason, Brandon, and Michelle at the reception.
Rosalia in all her finery on Temple Square the day after Thanksgiving. Such a beautiful bride. My students thought she was a princess in a fairy tale and that the Salt Lake Temple was a castle.
Here is my Christmas tree at home waiting for my sister and her family to come. They hosted the Norton family while we were in Utah.
This was taken at one of Rosalia's final fittings for her wedding dress at Melissa Blackburn's home. Melissa is a dress designer and seamstress who created this remarkable gown.
We visited Janet and Bruce in Houston and got to see Emily, Haley, and my mother in this picture.
When I finally hit 130 lbs. I went shopping and found this outfit for Rosalia's wedding. This was taken at Dillards the night before my 64th birthday.
For Senior Citizen Day some of my students dressed up like me! I tried to dress like them instead of trying to look old. Here is my Juliet from last year as me and am I glad I took 15 lbs off that derrierre!
This group of my students decided to have the "Badger Bingo" girls and they dressed as me with my daughters! They even put names on the backs of their shirts. The one who was Kimberly forgot to put her name on, but she was still a "Badger Bingo" girl. They are all old ladies here, but for Rosalia to make it to Senior Citizen status I will have to be over 100! The little girl on the far left is Rosalia and she is Mandy Brown's sister, Shelby. Mandy is one of Rosalia's good friends from high school. I even liked the gray jacket my namesake wore.
