Snowflake Reception

Matthew and I were able to end our honeymoon in a great way by having a reception in Matthew's hometown of Snowflake, Arizona. This was especially important to us because his sister Mandi and her family weren't able to make it to Utah for our wedding. We really missed them there but was also so grateful to her and Matthew's mom for putting in countless hours of preparing food, making centerpieces, and decorating for this reception. It was nice after planning months of planning the wedding that we could just show up in Snowflake and have everything handled, beautiful and more elaborate than I had expected.

I had been to Snowflake once before. On that visit I realized how small Snowflake really was. Matthew had warned me that he was a small town boy but I think I still hadn't imagined how small it really was. This reception made me realize Matthew is practically related to everyone too. Everyone came through the line introducing them as an Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Great-Aunt, and Second Cousin Once Removed. I even got to meet Grandma and Grandpa Davis and spend more time with Grandpa Peterson.

She is ready to be a bride already!

To make it even more special, my brother and sister from Thatcher, Arizona drove three hours away to come to it.

Overall, it was a great turnout...............even if we were competing against the high school basketball game, a huge sacrafice for Snowflake-ites.