Trip to Utah for AJ's wedding!

We were so excited to go to Utah for Andrew and Brittany's wedding! We left the night of the 27th. It was Harvey's first flight.

He did fall asleep about halfway through but never slept very peacefully. I can't imagine he was very comfortable. The big kids did great sitting next to Dad and watching movies on the iPad.

 We made it down to Mitchell and Shayna's place (our old apartment!) around 2am. Whew. We were quite the circus getting our 3 car seats and lots of luggage around with 3 sleepy kids. Tyler is a superstar.

The next morning Harvey ended up napping for about 4 hours so Tyler took the big kids to meet up with Garrett and McKenna at the Bean Museum! Millie was so excited to see snow and touched it every chance she got.

They came back to the apartment afterward to hang out, which to the kids meant wrestle. Max was especially little-boyish on this trip and needed lots of rough housing.

We ventured out to find the big kids some ski gloves so they could touch snow, since they were so insistent on doing that. In hopes of finding more snow to play with we went to Rock Canyon Park, but didn't have much luck there either. Anywhere the sun was shining the snow had melted. Millie made do with what she could find in the shadows.

That evening we went to Pizza Pie Cafe with Mitchell, Shayna, Garrett, and McKenna before heading up to Salt Lake! It was delicious. Gigi, Poppy, and AJ flew in and met us at Temple Square to see the beautiful Christmas lights. We were hoping that since it was after Christmas it wouldn't be so crowded, but no such luck! Guess we weren't the only ones with that idea. It was so beautiful and fun to walk around.

The kids loved having aunts and uncles to play with.

The next morning Poppy treated us all to breakfast at Magleby's Fresh (got my french toast fix). I took Harvey home to nap and Gigi and Tyler took Millie and Max back to the Bean Museum, as well as the Museum of Paleontology.

We went down to Spanish Fork to see Garrett and McKenna's new place! It's so cute and we're so excited for them. On our way home we had to show the kids the football stadium when we drove by and it was randomly open. They climbed right to the top with Poppy.

Future Cougar?

That night we met Brittany's family at Costa Vida and had fun visiting with them and being excited for AJ & Brittany's wedding! Such fun times! Tyler and I were switching off eating/visiting and watching the kids in the play area and we neglected to take any pictures. 3 kids felt like a lot during much of this trip haha.

Saturday was the big day! The sealing was at 11:30, so we weren't too rushed getting ready and getting to the Payson Temple. Harvey fell asleep in the car and Tyler's cousin Natalie was so sweet to come sit in the car with him (and Max) so I could go into the sealing with Tyler. Millie got to play with the other little kids in the waiting room. It was such a beautiful ceremony! We are so happy for Andrew and Brittany!

Then it was picture time! The Payson temple is kind of on a hill with not much around it, making it windy almost all the time. That day was no exception. 

The kids were troopers and let us take their coats off when it was their turn to be in a picture.

I was hoping to get a family picture in front of the temple but by the time we were done with wedding pictures none of us were interested in staying outside for one more minute! It was so very cold!

From the temple we went back to Provo for the luncheon. It was at La Jolla Groves in the river woods, which was beautiful and delicious! They had a sweet program. Millie and Max joined Brittany's cute cousins in singing a medley of "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "I Love to See the Temple."

Have to document when Harvey snuggles with anyone other than me!

 SO happy for Andrew!!

The happy couple during their bubble sendoff. 

I tried once more for a family picture but the kids were over it. I kind of love this picture though. Makes me laugh every time I see it.

 All the wedding festivities were over by 6:30 but we were all beat! We went back to Mitchell and Shayna's apartment, got in comfortable pajamas, and spent the evening playing games and eating treats.

Sunday morning we packed to go home. We got to go to Tyler's cousin's baby's blessing (whew that's a mouthful haha) but left right after the sacrament so we could get to the airport. Had to stop and show the kids our temple, since we don't know when we'll be back there again!

Unfortunately we were already at the airport when we learned that our flight was delayed 2 hours. But that meant we had plenty of time to get our Cafe Rio fix and let the kids run around the terminal before taking off.

This plane had two seats on each side of the aisle, so we let the big kids try sitting together and Tyler and I sat on the other side with Harvey. Millie and Max had been bickering a lot during the trip so we weren't sure it was going to go well, but thankfully they were okay.

Millie was very into the safety instructions.

Goodbye, beautiful mountains!

Terrible picture but had to remember the irony. I wrestled Harvey for the whole flight and was so thankful that Tyler was next to me instead of a stranger like last time. It was super helpful to let Harvey move around a bit more. He finally passed out in my arms literally as the wheels hit the ground when we landed! It was so funny and ironic. 

 We are so happy for Andrew and Brittany and so thankful to Gigi and Poppy for making the trip happen for us!

Wedding Date

Tyler and I got to go to the wedding of a family friend at the beginning of November. The ceremony was beautiful! Honestly some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard, and just a very sweet wedding. The reception was held in a tent in the groom's backyard, and it was incredible. This was their plan B after Hurricane Harvey flooded their original venue. Sure didn't look second choice to me! Seriously every detail was gorgeous. We had fun with Tyler's parents and Heidi and James there too.

Seriously, the flowers were everywhere and so pretty! We were all afraid to walk on this beautiful setup on the ground.

We ate a delicious and fancy dinner and enjoyed celebrating the happy couple.

The groom is big into fireworks and they put on the best firework show I've ever seen. It put Stadium of Fire to shame! 

Lots of good photo ops with all the beauty there. We left before getting a group pic with the family but I think the photographers took a few so I'll add them in once we get those. It was such a fun night!

California trip {day 5}

Friday was wedding day!! The San Diego Temple was over an hour from where we were staying, so we made sure to leave early. We actually ended up being there an hour before Tyler needed to go in for the sealing, so we drove around a little bit. We dropped Tyler off and I took the kids to a pet store to kill time. I let them count all the fish in every tank and do all the silly things we usually are in too much of a rush to do. 

We eventually went back to the temple and found our wedding clothes and got dressed. Millie looked so beautiful and felt it too! She smiled so big for every picture and felt like a princess. Max was so dapper and handsome. 

Stole the pic below, but they were so happy! And we are so happy for them!

It was a big bridal party - 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen. 

The kids were pretty good during pictures, with constant reminders that they were earning a frosty with good behavior and big smiles.

Kissing pictures aren't my favorite and below is why. Looks like I'm attacking Tyler haha. But AJ kills me!

We made the trek back up to Murrietta, stopping to eat at Richie's Diner along the way. It was delicious! Got back to Shayna's in time for more pictures before the reception. And throwing rocks in their little river. 

It was windy again! 

It was a fun wedding day celebrating an awesome couple. We are so happy for Mitchell and Shayna!