Saturday, November 15, 2008

cute cousins

As I mentioned in the Wedding post, we traveled with Aunt Cindy, Melinda, and little Macee. It was awesome because we had joining rooms and the kids were able to be with each other most of the time. By the end of the trip I think Aiden and Macee were best friends :) Here they are the first night in Florida playing with Devin.
tickle tickle :)


Isn't she just so dang cute??

Say Cheese! She wanted to take pictures of me because I was taking them of her...not sure those pictures turned out so well for her ;)

The wedding took place at these gardens, so between the ceremony and reception, the kids went back to play by the fountain-it was really pretty.









This video is so cute of the two of them dancing!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Wedding

As we are a family always on the move, we just got back from Florida :) Micah's cousin Miranda was getting married, and Sandy really wanted the family to go. Unfortunately Micah had a national test on Saturday, and was on call Sunday so he couldn't go. But the boys and I, Sandy, Dan, Sandy's sister Cindy, and her daughter and granddaughter Melinda and Macee all went together. Here are some pictures from the wedding:
Aunt Tracey did everything for the wedding, including the flowers, food, decor, hand writing on all the cake napkins, etc. You think of it, she did it! It was incredible, and I give her a lot of credit for taking that all on! It was beautiful, and I think her daughter Miranda really enjoyed it all :)

The three sisters :) Aunt Cindy, Aunt Tracey, and Sandy

Miranda walking down with her father Bruce

The ceremony was short and sweet

Miranda and Ryan exchanging vows

Enjoying the ceremony


Getting ready to live happily ever after


awwwww

Here are those napkins I mentioned earlier...talk about patience!


Miranda and Dan

Here is Miranda's sister Arlee and her daughter Lexi. This was the only clear picture I had of her, but I think all the kids had fun together

This was so cute: Dan was using Devin's foot to 'kick' Aiden, and Aiden would 'fall' foward. Both boys thought it was the funniest thing :) watch the video below, sorry it is sideways-I wasn't thinking when I shot it that I wouldn't be able to edit it later.




Kiki and Devin

Even though it was the running joke that I was the only one who could really quiet Devin down on the trip, the only picture I have with him is of him screaming his head off...go figure ;)

Melinda and Macee :) With baby in the tummy too!

No wedding is complete without dancing!

or flying through the air :)

or eating cake :)

I think everyone had a pretty good time!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

leaves!

Since we live in a fairly new subdivision, we don't have many trees-and therefore don't have many leaves to rake up. Both a plus and a minus ;) I was afraid that the kids would not have the opportunity to be in leaves this year, but Grammy and Papa kidnapped the kids for a few days and they have plenty of leaves! So here are some pictures that Papa took of the kiddos in the leaves :)
Grammy, Aiden, Lauren, and her new dog Spanky

burn baby burn! I actually love the smell of burning leaves...I can almost smell it!

Aiden's thinking "I want to roast a marsh mellow!"

Devin's turn!

Look at my baby doll! He's probably thinking: "What the heck are they doing to me? And where is my Mommy??" :) At least I hope he's wondering where I am :)

I'm Drowning!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Very random post-catching up

I think I'll be caught up with my blogging after this very random post. I was going through my pictures and decided there were some blog worthy ones that had not made it yet-so here you go! And the ones on the end are the most recent and were going to have a post of their own, however it is just easier to add them to this one and call it a day. Besides I think this is like my 5th post in 2 days...haha :) So here it goes!
Kiki is usually camera shy, so I don't have a lot of pictures of her with the kiddos unless I catch her off guard-but she told me that was going to change :) Well, in my picture archive I found these photos during one of our Jokers and Marbles marathons. It is a super fun game that was introduced to us by Micah's grandparents, and for Christmas just a week before we were married we got our very own board! We try and play whenever we can when his parents come over-and I will say that us girls rule! We have been in a bit of a slump these past few games, but we've got to boost the boys' egos a little sometimes ;)


Kiki consulting Devin on what move she should make next

Apparantly she didn't listen, and this is what he thinks about the move she did make! ;)

Ok, back to Colorado for a few pictures: I was sad I didn't have any pictures of Cari during our stay there. To be fair, she was out of town for most of our visit, and then hard at work when she came back. So I did snap this picture of her and John relaxing after a long day.

Amanda and Devin

We even got John to hold Devin a little ;)

This is a cute story :) This is John and his girlfriend Amy. We were giving them a hard time and kept telling Aiden to sit between them, and make sure they didn't 'kissy kissy'. So Aiden was getting ready for bed when John and Amy were getting ready to leave for a date. I told Aiden that he had to go and chaperone the date-and he then proceeded to get his shoes on! It was sooo funny and cute ;) I felt bad having to tell him that no, he really wasn't going to go with them, when John stepped up and asked if they could take him for ice cream. I thought that was so sweet of them to offer, so of course I said yes. So here is Aiden getting ready to go on a date with John and Amy :)

Devin getting to know Rowdy

My Aunt Judy has lived in Australia since before I can remember. A few years ago Aunt Judy and Peter bought a barge to cruise around France in during the winter time. My parents have had the pleasure of staying on the barge with them-and I'm super jealous. Anyway, she also has an apartment in Switzerland! What a world traveler :) This cute little koala arrived in the mail last week and this is what she said in her letter to Devin: "Here is a Koala that has flown from Australia to France, barged around France-then went to the World Balloon Championships in Australia (they used to own the largest hot air balloon company in Australia until they recently sold it-and Peter is a champion flier) and now is being posted from Switzerland. It really should have a passport! Thank goodness none of the boarderguards asked to see the passport. Then we really would have been in trouble! Love, Great Aunt Judy" I think Devin is so happy to have a friend that has seen the world-and it snores just like him ;)

Aiden being goofy

And last but not least: Introducing Punk Rock Devin!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

I got tagged

rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you {Laura}
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write six random thoughts about yourself
4. Tag six or so people at the end of your post
5. Let each person know he or she has been tagged --{you will know if you read my blog}
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted

Here are the random thoughts:
1. I have never broken a bone-and now if I do at least I have a husband who can make it better.
2. I wish I could dance well.
3. I want so much to be back to my wedding weight-before I had children. I'm glad that I have finally started going to the Y again since Devin is a few months old and I feel comfortable leaving him there now.
4. I wish I could snap my fingers and my house would be clean-all the time, but especially right now.
5. I don't know who I'm going to vote for...I wish there were other options!
6. I want to sleep through the night so bad, and I think I will finally get to when the grandparents take Devin for a few days.

Now tag 6 other bloggers... this is really a test to see if people are really looking at this or not! Well, since I am still fairly new to blogging and don't follow too many other blogs yet-I'm tagging people who I know look at my blog, and you can just write your random thoughts in my comments!

1. Mom/Dad-You guys can do this together
2. Kiki-I always like to hear what you're thinking
3. Hilary-my sister
4. Gina- my cousin, since I put the blog in your favorites and you said you wanted to start commenting!
5. Lauren-my sister now that she has internet access all the time now!
6. Any of my Mom's Bunco buddies-you know who you are!