June 2011

The first thing in June we have is actually Derek's birthday but we didn't take pictures that day. In our family we now have 5 birthdays in a week at the beginning of June. Elora's was the 5th and on a Sunday. We have 1pm church so by the time we got around to presents and cake she was asleep because there is usually no nap on Sunday. So we took everything home and did it the next day before I went to school. She was hesitant at first about opening her presents but then got excited when she saw what was in them. The blowing out the candles on the other hand she bawled through. Can't believe she is 2 already and growing so much. Not my little baby anymore.

My sister started being a Nanny for another family and made an awesome schedule for the summer. Tuesday was swim day, Wednesday was movie day, Thursday at first was library day but changed to Friday, and Friday at first was field trip day and then it changed to Thursday. I decided that it would be very good for me to do these things with her as I needed to spend as much time as I could with the kids with me being in school. So the first field trip was to the Sea Life Aquarium. The kids had lots of fun. In the end it cost way to much for the little amount of time it took us to go through it. But as the summer went on the field trips we did end up doing were some of the best. Like the next one.

Here is our next field trip. It was to Cerreta's Candy. It was free and the kids got to try what they were making that day. It was a marshmellow dipped in white chocolate and covered in sprinkles. They also got to pick one other piece of chocolate out of the bin. The tour guide was the best and told lots of great jokes. We loved Cerreta's. School is going great still and I can't believe that in 1 year I will be done. It is going really fast in some ways. Sorry for the pictures being so spread out I have no clue what is going on with Blogger right now.

May 2011

I love this picture of Wyatt and Uncle Branden walking on the beach just wish it was in focus.

We got to go to San Diego for a weekend in May to see my sister Aly and Hyrum get married. Friday night before the marriage we had a bonfire on the bay with Hyrum's family and ours and some close friends that were in town also. It was so cold to us from Phoenix but we had fun roasting marshmallows and the kids loved being able to run around the grass and sand.

Here is my beautiful family at the San Diego Temple. The next few pictures I wanted to have each one have an individual picture and the end result was great but it took help from my brother standing behind me make faces or bunny ears to get the smiles I wanted.

Hyrum and Aly walking out of the temple

The previous few pictures where so funny. With each shot Wyatt just melted. He was done taking pictures for sure. I can't to shows these to him as he gets older.

Tanis and my brother Jason at the reception. We thought they looked a lot alike since Tanis got his head buzzed.

Here's my brother Dan who was the only one tall enough at the time to get these beautiful lanterns hung.

My dad did a ring exchange for Aly and Hyrum for those that weren't able to be in the temple with them. He was very sweet.

Kelsie with Claire (on the left) my brother Dan and sister in law Beka daughter and Elora (on the right) my daughter at the reception. This is how you see Kelsie all the time must be all that daycare experience.

The first dance

Daddy Daughter Dance. It only lasted like 30 seconds cause my father has a hurt back. The other problem was an issue with the sound system we had so we could barely here the music. There was just to many funny things that happened that day and night. What matter the most was that they got married in the temple for time and all eternity.

Feeding each other their cheesecake.

Then on Sunday before we left town we went to Sea World. It was so much fun and loved the shows.

The Sea Lion Show

The Dolphin Show

The Shamu Show

Us at the end of the day completely sun burned but totally had enjoyed ourselves.

April 2011

Wyatt's class went on a field trip to Peter Piper Pizza and I got to go with him. He had so much fun playing and earning tickets. They also got to take a tour of where they make the pizzas and then make there own.

Here he is with Ms. Marvel his speech therapist making his pizza.

Over Easter weekend Derek and I went to Lake Charles, LA for his brothers wedding. We left the kids home with my folks and had a blast. The picture above is of a duck we saw there. Weirdest looking duck I have ever seen in my life.

For the Rehearsal dinner we went to a place called Steamboat Bill's. We had craw fish for the first time and they were so good spicy but good. Devan is here teaching mom and dad how to eat them.

Here's a close up of the craw fish. Like a miniature lobster.

Near the hotel they had a gator pond so we went there 2 different times to see the gators. They were probably just babies. This was about as high as any of them would ever come out of the water.

It's Wedding Day. Here are the guys leaving to go to the hall. Steve, Asan, Devan, and Derek

Derek escorting Harmony down the aisle

Here are Devan and Derek's feet. As a gift Devan bought all the groomsmen Converse and had them specially designed. It was so unique and so Devan. They all looked so good.

Here's the happy couple exchanging vows. Becky and Devan

Cutting the cake. This is one of the 2 they had. So beautiful

First Dance

To leave the reception they had a horse drawn carriage. It was beautiful. Can't tell to well in the picture how pretty it was. You can tell though how thick the humidity was there.

One of the last things we did was drive around the town and saw lots of the different historical homes that are on the historical registry. They were all so different, unique, and most were huge. Lake Charles was a beautiful place to visit and we were so glad we got to go and be there for Becky and Devan.