Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Wedding Photos

My youngest brother got married this weekend!

It was BEAUTIFUL & we were so happy they included us.

Miss H was thrilled to be a flower girl!

Curly here was supposed to be one too, but got cold feet & didn't walk down the aisle. Oh well, better her than anyone else!

Here's my sweet new sister-in-law. She is fun, talented, kind, creative, pretty, organized, & so great with all the nieces & nephews.
They did so much themselves: their own flowers, table decorations, cute things for the kids, and a smores bar-- super great, super fun idea! And their favors were little jars of honey in honor of our G'pa who was a beekeeper. My photography skills don't do her flowers justice, but I wanted a pic anyway.
Our boys got spiffed up as well.

Their colors were grey & yellow.

This brother is so lovable. One of my favorite stories about him was when we were at a reunion. A lot of us arrived at the same time so the hotel parking lot was filled with family. But when one of my brothers drove up, his daughter leaned her head out the window to yell, "It's Uncle Brent!" She was more excited to see him than to see all the rest of us combined! Hahaha. Last time he came to visit us, he played hockey with D and complimented my house decorations (kept saying, "that looks like it came from Pottery Barn" when most people would probably think, "this all looks like it came from goodwill.") He has lots of enthusiasm, is funny, and is a good buddy to our cousin with down syndrome that lives close. Here's a pic of all 4 of my brothers.

Father of the groom.

Mother of the groom, sister, & niece.
Two of our older nieces were junior bridesmaids.

WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR THE BRIDE & GROOM!

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Super Seven Year Old!

This kid has the audacity to keep getting older!

It doesn't seem that long ago that HE was the baby.
He's always been really fun-loving, even as a tiny guy.
He's now growing so tall, smart, & witty. He cracks us up all the time.
He had a dinosaur party with friends. We did some dino-themed games & had fun.

In preparation, I found lots of things on the web I wanted to mimic, such as:

So cute, isn't it? But I realized that 6 & 7 yr olds care a lot more about playing with friends & eating yummy food than they do about admiring matching food labels.
So, I confess I printed food labels, but I really tried to remind myself that I wasn't creating enviable decorations, I was aiming to make it simply fun. So, I borrowed a cardboard sign from a generous homeless person & called it good!