Lonnie's Wedding!

On the 15th of September my brother's childhood friend, Lonnie got married. We have known Lonnie for a really long time. I was asked to do the wedding cake. 

I did a real simple one! I thought it turned out pretty!

Here is Lonnie, the Groom! He looks pretty spiffy huh?

Him with his son, Christian! I seriously can't believe how fast Christian has grown!

Christian was the Best Man!

Here is the lovely Bride, Kayla!

Such a pretty dress!

She borrowed my sister, Marion's veil from her wedding from last year!

You always wear something borrowed right?

My cousin, Sami, Kayla and my cousin, Harriett!

The Best Man and the Maid of honor!

I tried to get a picture of my brother, Robert and his wife, Carolyn (they were next in the line) but my camera wouldn't take the picture fast enough. I wish I could have been using my new camera! We had used it the day before to film a play and so the battery was dead. I need to start to take more pictures with it. I haven't in a long time. We have been using it for different things.

The Bride with her Dad!

The Ceremony!

One of their center pieces!

The Bride with two of the most important men in her life!

Getting ready to cut the cake!

Their rings!

The Toast with Sprite!

Cutting the cake!

This was the only group picture I was able to get. I had to get going. This was Lonnie's side of the family. His Dad was next to Kayla on the left and his Mom was standing next to him.

Congratulations, Kayla and Lonnie! I am glad I was able be there!

Holdman's Studio!

My husband, Kurt has his own side business of videography. I am so proud of him and his work! He really is talented at what he does! 

I had the privilege to go with him on a job to take pictures of him working! It was probably the best one for me to go on. We went to a glass blowing studio that is own by a man named Tom Holdman. He is a very amazing man that has a stutter and he expresses himself through his art, mainly glass! He is really talented at stain glass. He does stain glass windows for our church's temples and he has some amazing spiritual stories from doing this. Just being around this man was humbling! He really carries the spirit with him. 

The video was made to promote an exhibit they plan on making out of glass. The exhibit is a creation of the splitting of the Red Sea! Don't you think that would be amazing, to walk through a exhibit of glass that looks like the Red Sea?

I was so impressed at how professional Kurt was at talking to his client and telling him the shots he wanted to get!

He filmed a lot in the hot room where they melt the glass!

It got pretty hot in this room! I was a little worried about our equipment getting overheated but it turned out okay!

They put glass on the end of this hallow metal stick and roll it to make it round.

They then shape it!

Here he is blowing glass!

He filmed him painting a stain glass!

He was painting the robe of Christ!

His work is amazing!

This stain glass was actually for a church that is of a different faith than ours. It turned out so beautiful!

I had to get a picture of him with the stain glass!

He really is a nice guy! I also thought it was cool that he had made the glass tree that I have on my blog from my first Festival of Trees post!

These were some glass fruit that was sitting on display in the studio and I took a picture!

After we were all done filming, we were able to do the second thing we went there for.

I was to make a glass flower!
You pay for a flower and they let you make it. Kurt got this for me for a Mother's Day present. We just couldn't get in until June. They have a lot of people who want to make these flowers. 

Here we go!

I was nerves!

First you had to roll it!

Then you had to flatten it!

Then you had to pull it!

The guy had to help me because I wasn't pulling on the glass hard enough! I guess I was afraid I was going to break it! 

All done!

I asked them to curl the end!

They then had to torch it!

I think it turned out beautiful!

You can make your flower different colors but I wanted mine to be clear!

It now sits on our mantel!


Now I want to share the video that Kurt made.


On Dry Ground video by Kurt Perry from Kristine Asay on Vimeo.
I am so proud of his work! I think he did an amazing job! This video actually was put on our local news KSL website.

I really look forward to experiencing this project they are going to make! 

I also want to mention that the second picture in the video of the splitting of the Red Sea that is curved, my sister-in-law, Krista painted it! She did a great job!

The Fair from last year!

We didn't make it to the Fair this year which makes me sad. In honor of the Fair, I am finally posting last years Fair post that I never got to post! I can't believe how much Ayla has grown in a year!

We went with my side of the family!

Of course Lane was there! We let him and Ayla ride, rides together!

Here they are on the kid coaster they had there!

Funny Lane!!

This picture cracks me up! LOL!!
It looks like Ayla is scared but she wasn't she was laughing so hard!

Them on the Helicopters!

On the Twilt O Whirl!

Back on the Helicopter!

One of my favorite things at the fair are the piglets! They are so cute!

We always let the kids ride the horses too!

Cute Ayla!

Lane is getting big!

I made Ayla get a picture with this weird bird! I still don't know what kind of bird it is. It looks a lot like an ostrich.

Ayla with a bunny!

I thought this was so cute! Ayla loves it when her aunt, Marion gives her piggy back rides!

I remember I took this picture because I thought it was a weird bird. I noticed that when I went to do this post, I now know what kind of bird it was. It was a Cocobarra bird. We saw this at the zoo and the zoo-worker told us what kind of bird it was. They are from Australia.

Another thing I love about the Fair is the Butter Cow! It is always amazing and last year they didn't disappoint! I loved that it was the Royal Wedding! LOL!! So cute!!

They had Seals at the Fair last year and the year before that. I don't know if they had them this year but   we like to go to the show!

We got our picture taken with them!

I was a little grossed out because they smelled like fish! I am not a fan of fish at all! Yuck!!

We had a lot of fun at the Fair last year! I had to post about even if it was a year later!