Wedding Day Bliss

June 19 - Wedding Day. Beautiful day. Michelle really lucked out as every other day that week it rained...hard. My kids have the best grandparents.

Pictures of Ella. She loved getting dressed up for Michelle's big day.
Unfortunately, only had one picture of Lincoln by himself at the temple, but he was kind enough to provide some self portraits at the luncheon. Handsome devil, wouldn't you say?

Lincoln also very excited about wedding day. When we picked the kids up from a friend's house to take them to the temple for pictures and to see Michelle and Shay come out, he was extremely disappointed that the wedding had already happened because he had been planning on marrying his friend Polly at the same time. (Did I ever tell you that, Amanda?)

Here is typical Logan. He will not look at a camera.

He purposely looks down or away whenever he sees one in his vicinity.

Belated congrats, Michelle and Shay.

Wedding/Bridal Shower

I hosted a wedding/bridal shower for Michelle and Katrina back in early June. Jer and I were up every night until the wee hours the week before trying to finish the tile in our kitchen in time for the shower. Let's just say the lack of sleep combined with Diet Coke and adrenalin rush to get things done, I was a deliriously goofy hostess...fun for everyone.

Below are some pictures of the event. Me, the beautiful bride-to-be (Michelle), and the lovely mommy-to-be (Katrina). Aren't they cute? The bottom left is a picture of us with my mom and two of her sisters. We had a good laugh while taking this one.

The Main Events

Michelle's Wedding:

I've been trying to be helpful and support Michelle as much as I can. The date is June 19, coming right up. I feel like I should be doing more for her than I am (sorry Michelle), but sometimes I don't really know what to do since the decisions aren't really mine to make. Most of the stuff will happen the week before anyway - decorating, food prep, etc.

Bridal/Baby Shower:

I'm hosting a bridal/baby shower for Michelle and Katrina on June 4 for our family. Hope to see you all there! You should have received an invite by now, so if you haven't it probably got lost in the mail, so come anyway.

Yard Sale:

I was crazy busy holding a yard sale a couple Saturdays ago. There's a lot to be said about "awesome" advertising (huge sign on my yard the entire day before and ad in the paper), great location, and great weather. It was a major success.

Hawaii:

Coming soon...3 weeks from Sunday. Can't wait.

My Babies:

Logan is hilarious. He walks around jabbering his nonsense language, loves to dance, loves being outside, and still really doesn't enjoy eating (don't know how that is possible or where he gets it from). He makes us laugh every day.

Ella just finished her last day of preschool. I'm sure she will miss it even though when I asked her she said she wouldn't. That's just her big girl attitude coming through. She is a sweet, sweet sister with her brothers and loves taking care of them. She has some "big girl" friends (ages 6 and 8) that she loves to ride bikes with and wants to do all the things they do. I'm not quite ready for her to be so independent...she's only 4 for crying out loud.

Lincoln is my little man. So sweet and so funny. He loves zooming around on his trike, cuddling, asking for snacks, and helping me cook. He's a great helper and is always willing to help me clean up. I'm loving age 2 with Lincoln...who'd have thought.

Date Night

Nothing better than a swap with other young couples with kids to free up Saturdays. We have a houseful once every five Saturdays. It's awesome. The kids play together (wonderfully most of the time) for the first two hours and then we stick a movie in for the last hour. I would recommend this to anyone with kids who can find a compatible group. We love it.

Are we noticing bad habits from my children in this picture?

Can you say hands in mouths constantly?

Easter

Here are some favorite Easter pictures taken in our backyard.

LOGAN

LINCOLN

ELLA

Crazy, cute kids. We had a fun Easter. We spent time at both grandparents and the kids were definitely sugar overloaded by the end of the day, but they enjoyed every minute of it.

This is how daddy...

...catches a snake.

...helps Ella ride a pony.

...helps Lincoln hold a chick.

...feeds Logan pudding.

...puts the kids to bed.

...spends his Easter Sunday.

Adorable

Ella's favorite word lately...adorable.

Everything is adorable.

"Mom, that shirt is adorable."

"Mom, Logan is adorable."

"That lady in the store was adorable."

"That strawberry is adorable."

Get the picture. She's ADORABLE.