To Have and To Hold: Memories of a Mongolian Wedding

Miles and time zones away from quiet Malta, Montana, on a beautiful day in August, Terri Cole made a trip of a lifetime.

She was a guest of her daughter and husband, Patty and Thom Vaughn, who reside in Helena. They started on a trek with their son, Tyler Vaughn and his wife, Anu, back to her homeland in Mongolia.

Tyler and Anu Puntsagdulam were married in Seattle in 2020 amid the Covid pandemic, and plans to have a wedding in her native country were cut short and put on hold until 2022 when the party of eight ventured to Mongolia. Tyler, Ana, Patty, Thom, and Terri were joined by Tyler's brot...