We got sealed on January 23, 2024 in the Hamilton NZ temple.
Laitin and I both met at the temple. Funny story, Laitin ripped his pants on his way out of the house so his mum had to sew it together quickly so he could get to the temple on time hehe. Glad it happened then and not after, there's tender mercies in every moment ha! Laitin was brought by his dad, me by Sheldyn Lee. It was exciting meeting out the temple and seeing each other for the first time.
I was kind of anxious leading up because we were given a set amount of people we were allowed to invite to the sealing. We split it in half of people to invite between the two of us, but Laitin ended up having available seats so that I could invite more of my side, but the room is split in half on each side so I was all worried about where people would sit. Typically, theres a "his and hers" side and so I kept thinking oh who should I ask to sit on Laitin's side, etc. Laitin and I went in last and it was cool and I had never seen this before but our families were blended amongst the sides. It just filled my heart with so much joy because that was the start to our marriage, our families were mixed and there weren't sides. Laitin and I have a lot of connections amongst our families and friends and so it was easy for them to mix because they were already acquainted amongst each other but it warmed my heart walking into that. We were sealed by Brother Hague and the rest is history lol.
We took family photos outside of the temple and it was nice being able to capture the moment with all of our loved ones and people closest to us.
Laitin and I changed and then went to KFC (lol) with my family before heading to Tauranga for the reception! The venue was beautiful. The views are just unreal. There was a group of us staying at the venue, we were at an estate so it was nice to be able to settle in there before the big day. We set up the wee bit of decorations we had, relaxed, and my dad's side of the family came with BBQ foods and that's how we ended our night.
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| Turketos |
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| Sibling shot, missing Kel |
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| Us w/ the Reid's |
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| Daniels |
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| TeHira/Dennis |
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| Strothers |
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| Kershaws |
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| Leslies |
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| Our parents |
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| Nan |
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| Crezees |
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| Rota side |
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| Laitin got bolo ties for his brothers, dad, and papa- that was so cool! |
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| Toro |
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| Martells |
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| Koro & Papa |
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| Our photo coordinators hehe |
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| My lot- missing sissy |
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| Laitins mates |
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| Haweas/Kings |
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| Hippolites |
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