Family in Town

My parents, sister, and niece are in town for the week. It's so much fun to see them and, since they live in South Dakota and Ohio, it doesn't happen nearly often enough.

Here is a picture of my dad with both the babies, Sandy is on the left and Lexie is on the right.


Tuesday my grandparents came up for the day and my aunt, uncle, and cousins joined us for dinner. We had a great time and we even got an official four generation photo. We have pictures of Sandy with everyone in the picture, but this is the first time we were all together.


My dad's hobby is photography and so one of the side benefits of his visit is we always get great pictures afterward. I downloaded this picture (and the one above) from my mom's blog. I'm excited to get the rest of the pictures he took. Look at this cute one he took of Sandy.
The main reason for the visit was that my grandpa got married on Wednesday, April 8 (yup, now we share a wedding anniversary). Here is a picture of Grandpa and Gayla on their wedding day.


Here's my mom holding Sandy at the wedding.

And one of me and Sandy at the wedding.

Wedding

On Saturday we went to my cousin Brandon's wedding. Here are some pictures, mostly for my mom's benefit because I know she would have liked to be there. Bill took several pictures and I'm saving them onto a cd today to mail to my aunt and uncle.

The bride and groom. The flower girls (on the left) wore black dresses with hot pink or lime green cardigans over them. Carson is on the right as the best man.


The colors were hot pink, orange, and green.


Here is the cake.




The centerpieces.



Ice sculpture on the buffet table.



Shellie's dress.




Parker and Shayli.


Kayli's boyfriend, Hyrum.


Another picture of Kayli and Hyrum.


Pictures of Sandy.



With Grandpa Shupe.

Christmas Travels

After spending a quiet Christmas at home with our little family (I loved that!!), we got in the car the next morning and drove to Island Park to meet my family. It was a fun idea to rent a cabin with the extended family (my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. were all there). Bill loved the snowmobiling. Unfortunately, we all had the stomach flu, so we didn't get to play as much as we'd hoped.

I was so happy to see my family! My parents came from South Dakota, two of my sisters came from Idaho, and another sister came from Ohio. Molly, James, and Lexie came from Ohio and stayed with us for a couple of days before Christmas. We always love to see them!


Because of the stomach flu, we didn't take any pictures at Island Park. Luckily, my dad did. Here are a few that he took. He also took some breathtaking scenic pictures that are at his website: http://drbair.zenfolio.com/


Here is Sandy with her Aunt Kelsie.






Sandy with her Aunt Rosie.





Sandy with her Great-Grandpa Shupe.




And one of just Sandy.