#2

Bailee is 2!  My baby is now officially a toddler.  She talks A LOT, just like her brother and sister.  She loves to play and loves Barney.  We call her our garbage disposal because she will eat just about anything.  She loves to nap and still sucks her thumb and takes her night-night every where.  She shares a room with Brooke and this is both a good and a bad thing.  They have such a cute sister relationship but they are SO naughty at bedtime - talking, laughing, and playing.  Cole loves to play with her two.  When Brooke is at school the two of them will read books, play builders, and have a good time together.  Even though it is hard to have so many little ones so close together, I love how well all my kids get along.

We had a party for her with dinner at Fred's and cake and ice cream at Grandma's after.  Matt and I gave her a rocking chair and she loves it.  She doesn't want anyone else to sit in it.  She finally gets opening presents and should be a lot of fun at Christmas this year.

Halloween

We had a Cinderalla, Hulk, and horse for Halloween this year.  We went to about 4 different parties and the kids loved all of it.  Our neighborhood is a huge trick or treating neighborhood and the kids LOVED it.  Cole and Bailee came home after they got tired but Brooke just wanted to keep going and going.  We had SO much candy.  I stayed home to answer the door and had to turn off all the lights by 7:30 because we were out of candy.  The kids can't stop asking when it is going to be Halloween again.

Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins for family night on October 22nd.  The kids loved it, but didn't want to touch the seeds with their hands.  They thought drawing the faces on was the best part.  Matt made an Aggie pumpkin out of our huge pumpkin that Erin gave us, but didn't finish in time to get a picture.

Blair's Wedding

Blair and Tyler finally tied the knot.  We did the entire wedding and reception ourselves -- decorations, food, cake, etc.  It was a lot of work but turned out great and was a wonderful day.  After a year of health problems and such, I am glad everything finally worked out and we are so happy for the two of them!  Excuse the mish-mash and overload of pictures.  

The bride and groom

Brooke loves Blair

and Tyler

My family

Trying to keep warm!

Pa and Bla

Bla and Brookie

I totally missed the moment, but when they came out of the temple, I put Bai down to go give Blair a hug and she ran straight to Tyler.  It was quite funny.  This was after when she finally decided to give Blair a hug too.

For those who don't know, Blair and Tyler were married in the LDS temple.  Only worthy LDS members are allowed to see the temple ceremony.  Everyone else waited outside and participated in the luncheon and reception afterward.

Amber and Brody waiting for them to come out

It was freezing outside while we were waiting to take pictures!

Bride and Groom with their friends

Bentlee, Tate, and Nate trying to keep warm

Blair and my parents

Siblings -- Amber and Brody, Blair, and Me... no idea where Matt and Tyler were

Me and my baby sister.  I hate that she makes me look old!

The cake... I made it myself.  Blair has celiac disease and can't eat anything with gluten... a.k.a. flour in it, so it was going to be a fortune to have someone make her a cake.  I offered to try and I think it turned out pretty cute!

My family at the reception

Tate at the reception

Brookelyn Rae

Ty (my "other" brother) and Cole

Brooke and Bent with their flowers at the reception

Cole and Tate eating gelato at the reception

Amber and Brody at the reception

This picture kinda says it all.  Bai had no nap and was so tired and done by the reception.  She wanted her dress off and her bed.

But once we got her icecream, she was a little happier.

Decorating their car.  This is a funny story.  Blair and Tyler were convinced we were going to do something mean so they hid their car from us, locked their luggage in my parent's car, and wouldn't tell us where they were staying.  They did leave their truck at the reception so we had planned to decorate that,  but before Blair realized what I was trying to do, she did tell me that her car was on the island somewhere.  Tyler's siblings wanted to decorate the truck and of course since we were forbidden, we went and found their car and decorated it!  

My family at the reception.

The girl's waiting for them to cut the cak

Cutting the cake

Bai and Grandpa.  He is her buddy.  "I go bapa's house, ride 4-wheeler"  We hear that frequently

Finally off to their honeymoon