A wonderful weekend of wedding and stuff!

Friday night we got to go to Braden and Hanna's wedding dinner.  I didn't get any pictures, but my sister Laura asked me to get pictures of  everything today, she is on her way to Canada for her baby's baby's blessing. So I did my best.  Richard got this shot of the babysitters and users of the babysitters after the sealing int the Bountiful temple this morning.

Josh, Meg and Elliott were there.

After the sealing Summer and I headed to Lindon for my cousin's baby shower.  This is the beautiful quilt Laura made for Melanie's baby.

Thsi is my Aunt Rosemarie and her daughters.  In the background is a copy of the painting she did when she was 16 of the Joseph Smith home. She was born in it.

 Then back home and to the reception in Riverton.  Here's my darling nieces Caitlyn and Leah.

Grandpa chasing Elliott.

The newlyweds.

Josh and Meg chasing Elliott.

My dad and mom and my baby sister Nancy and her husband Medardo.

My beautiful sister-in-law Erika and my brother Dean, the parents of the groom.

Uncle Ken plays with his granddaughters.Aunt Bonnie talks to Dean.

Amanda and the twins.

I almost made it on time for the Sister's Meeting.   This is my good friend Evelyn with all of her daughters and one of her 4 daughter-in-laws. Enjoying the refreshments after the meeting. 

Its been such a fun day!  I loved the Sister's Meeting.  I loved seeing family today, but I'm jealous that Evelyn gets to bring her daughters to things like this. 

The family photo shoot

Nicole's dad came up to Eden to take pictures of us!  He is so awesome!  I love this one of me heading back to the condo with Sophie and Tessa for their prize for smiling in the pictures.

This series of shots show what an impossible task poor Richard Lynch had to get pictures of us with 9 kids 5 and younger.

Here's the individual groups; handsome Jonathan.

Beautiful Joni.

Jason, Nicole, Sydney and Logan.

Jack, Steph and Jamison.

Meg, Josh, and and Elliott.

James, Jenny, Dean and Jane.

Jessican, Daniel, Sophie, Tessa and Jacob.

Here's his miraculous work getting us all looking in one shot!  He did have to switch a few heads and his wife and daughter came and helped.

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Here it is; Richard and I and all our grandkids in one shot.  Maybe we'll try it again at Christmas?

My kids are so smart to have married into such awesome families!  The Lynches are wonderful!  (so are the Noordas, Chapmans, Kendalls and Andersons)! 

Too late for Kendalls and the last taste of summer

Richard ordered this tramp mat while the Kendalls were here.  They missed it, but Elliott knows how to get on and off the tramp with it!

She headed straight for it.

Climbed over the huge log (she's high-centered on it before) and jumped!

These berries were waiting for me to pick them today.  Its not as fun to pick them without Dean's help.  And I miss watching Dean and Elliott race to stuff them in their mouths faster than each other.  They still taste good though.

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The Last Hurrahs

Jane loves to sit on her mom.  She has this adorable grin that says I am in my favorite place.

Jen and her kids spent the day with Meg yesterday.  They had lots of fun with Elliott.  Meg tended Jen's kids while she went on base and did a crossfit workout with Josh and they guys.  Meg put this cute ponytail in Jane's hair.

Today the Kendalls (James' parents) came up from Orem and went to the Church History Museum with us.  We spent a couple of hours letting the kids play.

The first stop was Nephi's boat.  Dean picked up this fishing pole and didn't put it down for the rest of the time he was there.

Jane really liked the computers.

They have this cute interactive mexican dance area.  The girls loved putting on the skirts and watching the dance video.

Jane wore her skirt most of the time we were there and ran over whenever she heard someone start trying the dance.

They fit in the truck together, but Jane wasn't happy to lose her steering wheel.

More dancing.

Elliott loved the play food which is funny since she doesn't much like real food.

Elliott had to catch a fish.

Dean getting in the house Jenny built him.

Meg building towers...

For Elliott to knock down.

We got pizza and ate at Liberty Park on the way home.  The kids could have spent hours at the park. 

And now they are in bed until they leave first thing tomorrow!  Its going to be so boring around here!

Bubble Guppies and Bubble Heads

Elliott and Dean are so fun together.  Elliott woke up too soon from her nap and was whining until Dean brought her toys and patted her.  They are watching Bubble Guppies together here.

Jane and Dean got some great shampoo doos in the bathtub last night.

James' parents came and hung out Saturday.  Dean and Jane were loving having 2 sets of grandparents around!

Jonathan's friend Charity need help with her Calculus.  Here's some brainiacs helping her.