Monday, August 17, 2009

2 weeks of #?!*

A few weeks ago we attempted to get out and enjoy some of the great things about living in Utah! We walked around beautiful temple square for family night, went to my favorite petting zoo, and went to This Is The Place to appreciate our pioneer heritage.

Thanksgiving Pointe's animal farm is my favorite because it is close, cheap, small, and my kids love it! They are both animal lovers.

Weston was so cute this time and he was SO excited to ride the horse!






Franklin looking a little uncomfortable.


The best part was the baby animals!


There were more animals at This Is The Place so we thought it was going to be another good day.

Avaree playing school in an old school house.

Unfortunately, she came down with something and you can see it starting to hit her in this picture.

and this one.

Mckinley Koch and Weston. I didn't have Baylee and Griffin with me. I was so grateful for Mckinley's help!

We ended up leaving early because look at poor Av and thus began a mad sickness...

that rocked our entire family including the dog!
You know Avaree is sick when you find her like this in the middle of the day. And yes, she is wearing a pull up because she hasn't been able to make it to the toilet for 2 WEEKS now and Weston too!

I've never cleaned so much poop or done so much laundry in my entire life.
I'm exhausted.
I did the best I could to keep my sweet newborn from getting it but there was nothing I could do...

5 weeks old, in the middle of summer, with a nasty cough and congestion.
It is breaking my heart.

I keep thinking we will be better tomorrow... I'm still hoping. I need my babies to be healthy and I want to enjoy our last few weeks of summer!

Monday, August 3, 2009

Jake and Angela's wedding!

Jake and Angela had a garden wedding and reception at Hidden Meadows Reception Center in Lehi. It was a beautiful day and wedding! Angela did a great job planning it. Here are lots of pictures to show for it...

Avaree was a flower girl.

Weston had the big responsibility of being the ring bearer.




He did great!

Angela's Dad was able to marry them. She looked stunning!




I love this picture of my brothers laughing. It looks like Jake and Brady are holding hands. :)


Someone was trying to steal my baby.


cupcake cake.





It was so fun to see our Harrison cousins who drove a long ways to be there!

Avaree and Emily (Angela's little sis)


Franklin just 3 weeks old



This boy stole the show this post, every picture of him was just so cute.







Congrats. We are so happy for you guys!


The Wedding Dinner

The wedding dinner was held at Lugano's Restaraunt the night before the wedding. It was nice and quaint with close friends and family. We have a family tradition that each sibling presents the bride/groom with a gift at the dinner that reminds us of them. It is one of my favorite wedding traditions.

All dressed up and ready to go. Baylee looks so beautiful and grown up these days!

Jake and Angela

It was so fun to have a nice dinner, dressed up with all of my siblings... my favorite people to be around.



Can you tell from this picture how much Jason loves weddings and pictures and his aching back?



All six of my Mom's children in order of age starting with Jake.

I'm so happy I'm finally getting some sis-in-laws!

We tried to keep the little ones entertained as long as possible. Mine got a little crazy, of course.