A PERFECT DAY FOR A WEDDING!

August 23, 2011......a beautiful wedding day for Errin and Nick!  LOW HUMIDITY and LOW TEMPS!  Not 'normal' for the Washington D.C. area in the middle of August!  The bride and groom could not have asked for a more perfect day for their special day.  Wayne had been asked several months ago to perform the wedding in the Washington D.C. Temple.  He felt it a great honor to have been asked to do that.

 The wedding was scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.  The wedding group had just gone out the front door of the temple to take pictures.  And then it HAPPENED.....

5.8  EARTHQUAKE  HITS  THE  EAST COAST!!!

WHAT.....this never happens in this area!  We just don't have things like this happen here!  

 Wayne and I were standing on the 'bridge' talking to the Colton's (whom we had not seen since our return from Finland) catching up on life.  And then it happened.....it started out feeling like a freight train was going right across the bridge with tremendous shaking and loud noises!  I looked out the window and saw a large piece of the temple fall to the ground...it turned out it was one of the 4 pointed parts of the steeple that would fall to the ground!  As the morning shift was beginning to leave the temple, several of the sisters were sitting in chairs on the bridge waiting for their husband to come out.  One of the sisters began saying....EARTHQUAKE.....EARTHQUAKE!!  And at the same moment I realized myself that it was indeed an earthquake....much like the one I had experienced before when we were attending Jonathan and Tina's wedding in LasVegas!

 Wayne headed outside very quickly to start taking pictures.....all of these are just some of the pictures he was able to get with his cel phone.  You can see the marble facade which appears to be loose on the outside.

 Fortunately none of the marble facade fell off but a LOT of the pieces came loose.

 And one of the remaining steeples was crooked as a result.  Four of the tips actually fell to the ground.

 One of the grounds men picked up this piece and was taking it to a safe place.  It was quite heavy.....

 And another piece of 'something' that fell off the roof.

 The Colton's decided t walk around the temple and survey the damage as well.....the wedding couple, by the way, continued with their PHOTO SHOOT as if nothing happened.  Good for them!

And....back home......love watching our little BAMBI FAMILY loving our apple trees.  So Cute!