Winter Travels - Part 4 - Phoenix in Plaid

Our final destination was a weekend jaunt to Phoenix, where Aaron’s brother, Eric married his beautiful bride, Darien on Saturday, January 9^th.

Aaron made the trek from Virginia to Phoenix and I came from Houston. We were both set to arrive on Thursday night  around the same time – me on a direct flight from Houston and Aaron changing planes in Atlanta. Unfortunately, the weather in Atlanta was bad and Aaron’s flight was cancelled. He found out the night before so he was able to find a different connection and ended up being on my flight from Houston! He didn’t want to miss any school that day since he was already skipping all day Friday but in the end he only ended up missing an hour and a half because of the cancellation. So it wasn’t a  bad situation at all.

Friday morning we went on a hike up on a mountain near Darien’s parents’ house. It was a neat, low-key hike where we just got to visit with everybody. Following that, the girls got their nails done and the boys played tennis. That night we had a rehearsal dinner at Darien’s parents’ house.

Saturday was the morning of the wedding! Eric and Darien got married in the Mesa, Arizona temple and it was a beautiful ceremony. Following pictures, we had a break to have a lunch, go shopping, get lunch, change, head to the reception venue and help setup and then take pictures.  The ring ceremony, the dinner, the dance party, everything was a blast and so very well put together. 

Aaron had to leave earlier than the rest of us on Sunday (we all left Monday morning) to get back to school so we missed him at present opening and Nate’s birthday dinner.

We were so glad to see the Laird clan even it was for a short time. We had a so much fun! Thanks Nate and Lacey for putting us up in your hotel room and chauffeuring us around!