Kenzie Baker is Gayela's granddaughter. She belongs to Rebecca. She has been engaged for close to a year to a young man named Kristian. They were married today, September 23rd, 2023. The ceremony and reception took place in a quaint little venue called the Red Barn in a place called Central Valley, Utah. We have never heard of that place! It's near Annabella, south of Richfield, Utah. Very tiny, very quaint, rustic and elegant at the same time. Mike and I drove up there Saturday morning with Gayela. It will be her last day with us for a while. She is heading up north to spend some time with her other children. The wedding was a good place to do a handoff. Gayla has been with us for about 3 weeks. It was fun to see her other children. We visited with Archi and Ellen, Angela and her younger son, and Rebecca's family.
The ceremony started close to 45 minutes late. MacKenzie's uncle Alan Baker was the officiator who married them. Unfortunately, Mackenzie suffers from anxiety and depression, and the anxiety really took hold on this day. So besides the wedding starting late, we never really figured out just when the reception did start. There was a gap between the belated wedding and the ceremony where the family and the wedding party took their photos inside and outside, some tables were set up inside, but the rest of us were just left to kind of wonder what to do. So we sat around and chatted. Eventually we were told we could eat, but only because I had to ask Rebecca. I saw some people in line and figured it must have been time. Kind of disorganized. We figured we would attend a 1:00 p.m. wedding, wait for the reception to begin at 3:00, grab a bite to eat and say our goodbyes. It didn't work quite like that. We did head home close to 5:00 p.m. however. And eventually we did manage to meet the groom and offer our congratulations. I was able to speak briefly with Mackenzie and congratulate her.
I had brought a card for the couple and placed it in a container on the gift table when we arrived for the wedding. When the reception was starting, I guess (nothing was ever really clear, people were just running around doing stuff), I did notice that the card container contained a zero cards. I was hoping nobody had stolen them. Rebecca did tell me that Chris has a cousin who likes to steal money, so she had been gathering the cards as they came and placing them in her purse. That was a relief to know that they were being cared for.
Then there were some other drama going on on the phones with either the bride and groom or somebody else consisting of having money stolen online from a frozen account or some strange thing. It caused people to go running to an fro. One person was was heard outside -- but only by me, I think-- yelling about"MY money...!!!" And the bride had a broken fingernail and hurt her brother's feelings, the ex Grandpa was there and just as rude as he's always been, way too much drama. Way way too much drama. But, Mike and I were glad we went to support Gayela and her family.
The food was nice and filling ( pulled pork sandwiches, salads and chips), our goodie bag was plentiful ( nuts and M&Ms) and our drive home was pleasant. Tho Mike did let me drive from Beaver. And I was just as sleepy as HE was!! We made it. Whew! And I needed a nap.
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