Mel's Wedding & The Snake

So I can't believe that I forgot my camera when I went to Mel's wedding! I'll have to get some pictures from her dad or sisters or something. I'm such a bad friend! Eeesh! So sorry, no pictures for now. And the pictures we took at the river were on a waterproof 1-time-use camera so this will just be a boring pictureless post. Sorry guys! I'll try to be concise.
My dear bosom friend Melanie Jean Hibbard got marriaged on July 18th. For those of you who don't know, Mel has been one of my best friends pretty much since the womb. We grew up next door to each other. We played Barbies, GI Joes, & Ninja Turtles, rode our Big Wheels, raced popcicle sticks down the gutter, ran through sprinklers, played on the Slip-N-Slide, had "sales", rode skateboards down the hill (on our bums of course), played in the snow, jumped on the tramp, danced, and played soccer together (I'll stop there because I could go on forever, we had quite the childhood). Our favorite show to watch that we still love to this day is Anne of Green Gables, hence where we got the term "bosom friend". It was so surreal to sit in the temple and see her smiling from ear to ear as she was married to her "Gil". My heart was so full of joy it brought tears to my eyes. I love that girl to pieces. That Scott is a lucky man. She really did find her perfect match.
After the wedding, we had to hurry out of there to make it up to the Annual Banbury River Trip at the Snake River. I was sad we couldn't stay for the luncheon but we had to compromise so we were able to do a little of both. So we hopped in the car and headed up north to Wyoming. We listened to Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince on the way up A)to keep us entertained and make the ride go by faster and B)to remind us of what happened in this book to prepare us for the movie coming out in November. We are big Harry Potter fans. Click the image below to see the new movie trailer.

We finally made it up there at about 3:30pm, so we had enough time to unload and go for a run before it got too late. The river is so high this year! I couldn't believe it! And cold too! Big Kahuna was more like Baby Kahuna but Lunch Counter was insane!!! There was like 5 massive waves in a row. I love rafting the Snake. I'm happy to announce that Trey & I both stayed in the raft the whole time. We only made 2 runs through all the rapids and then made 1 run with Wren & Dylan (our niece & nephew) on the lazy river part of the Snake. Those kids had a blast. We had such a great time, hopefully next year we'll be able to be there the whole time instead of a day and half. And hopefully the AZ Banburys and Matt & Kristy will make it up next year too. We missed you guys!

I'll try to scan some river pics and add them later...