Oh what fun it was to travel ALL the way to Chico, California (my SECOND time in Chico, if you can believe it) to see dearest Lisa Graupmann become Lisa McLaughlin. 

I loved this quote on their program:

An outdoor ceremony - with perfect Cali weather:

Lisa was EXTREEMELY happy to see the Tashkent 5 (minus one) at the wedding:

It had been several years since we had all been together...

10 years of friendship later...

Lucky!!!

Drinking and dancing.... always a fun combo when there are missionaries around...

Our belated bridal shower gift to Lisa... according to Matt, who we saw post-wedding night,
it stayed on for... 3 minutes.  TMI!

After the wedding, Angie, Helena, and I ate...In-n-Out: SO GOOD

... and ate... sausage platter and the beer sampler at the Sierra Nevada Brewery..

We spent the day in SF:

And then took our tired butts home.  I left Sacramento at midnight at arrived in NYC at noon.
But it was worth it just to be part of this picture (taken in the backyard of the newly married couple!)

Congrats Matt and Lisa!!!!