Warmth and a wedding

Vegas was fun. Really fun. Any chance when my whole family can be crammed into one home and be together for a few days is always fun. And crazy.

It was so warm there too, much nicer than this snow infested valley I live in. The sun rises early there, which means the kids do too. By 7am the first morning, Dylan and his cousins were out playing in the dirt. Or mud, I guess. Dylan loves playing outside and I think he broke a new record that day by playing outside for 1o hours straight (with a 10 minute lunch break). I later found out he even relieved himself out there. Nice.

He was having so much fun he didn't even have time to change out of his pajamas. Might as well keep the dirt contained to one set of clothes. His shoes were like 2 lumps of mud after this. This picture doesn't show how dirty they got...

Cute little Max!...



Diana and the twins...

Claire cleaning Lani's house...

We went down to the strip one day and walked a lot and went on some rides.

Of course, someone has to get sick and spread it around. Sadly, I think Cassie was the cause of it this time. I think almost every kid got it and was out for about a day. And it came on suddenly too, even poor little Jackson had no warning in the middle of church when he threw up EVERYWHERE. It was kind of funny, actually. It just kept coming, and coming, and coming. And splattering everywhere since we were in the back on the wooden floor. It caused quite the scene.
But anyways, the wedding was different, but nice. I am so happy for my sister that she can be happy again.

Cute little flower girls...(I may or may not have stolen this picture from Diana's blog)

Attempting a family picture. It was a little bright out and I have no clue how to fix that. I hope to get copies of the photographers pictures soon...

A cute little Claire...

Lani's cute kids. I love these kids!!...

And the cute couple themselves...

And their daughters...

And another cute Claire...

Jesse and Tanya sharing a special moment on the dance floor. j/k. We had fun rippin it up out there though. Wow, when you get our family together and try to have a little dance, it turns into somethin else for sure. Good thing we didn't know a whole lot of the people there.

And the cute couple that we are waiting to hear an announcement from any day now. Yes, any day now would be great!!!

The end.

January = Blah

Seriously, I am so glad January is over. What a depressing month for me. I am not sure why this January seemed worse than others, but it did. Maybe it's this inversion over Logan that keeps our air quality the worst in the nation. Seriously. You can taste the nastiness even when you breath. Good thing we like it here.

I didn't take a single picture last month. And I even have a new camera!

Our days were filled with more sickness than we have ever experienced, lots and lots of pj's and sweats days, and lots of crying from Claire.

We have both kept up on p90x so watch out for us!

Nate passed his written Boards and now all he has left are his oral Boards in the fall. So proud of him and all his hard work. Yahoo!!!

We tried ice skating for the first time and the kids loved it and did really good.

We managed to spend a weekend with my sweet little sister and her family. We had so much fun swimming, shopping, relaxing, and late night milkshakes from Maverick. They were goooood.

Claire keeps me almost more fit than p90x does. That little girl sure keeps me going. Especially on Sundays. But I won't go into that because it would make a long post. Let's just say that I dread going to church on Sunday's, especially when Nate it working. And I may or may not have been seen showing up to church after sacrament meeting is over just so the kids can go to primary. And that may or may not happen more times than not. In 3 weeks, life will be better. And I. Can. Not. Wait!!! (Nursery time)

We have still managed to have lots of game nights. I love having family close and being able to hang out weekly. It is great!!

And now, to look forward to Vegas next week. I can't wait for some sunshine!!!