Kyle and Kristen: June 2012

A few more pictures

You know, just in case that wasn't enough.

On Monday Tom and Mark took my dad and Kyle fly fishing. Although they didn't catch a lot of fish (Mark caught the only 2) they had fun and by the looks of it, they were surrounded by beautiful scenery.

Kyle stayed at Tom and Paula's with Skyler and Gracie during the rehearsal dinner, and these were the picture texts I received while we were gone....

Uncle Kyle, the park, and a toy box full or beanie babies. Life doesn't get much better than that. This is what we came home to....

You wouldn't believe how many attempts it took on this trip to get my dad and his brothers to cooperate for a picture. They're worse than my husband which I didn't think was possible. They kept complaining about the flash on my camera and would literally shade their eyes and yell in protest as soon as I started to snap the picture. It was a little obnoxious, but mostly funny. :)

Kari and Paula

Okay I guess this is more than just a few pictures. And they are about to get really random...

Kyle and Eric playing the beanbag game

We had to take the classic "4 Generations" shot

Bentlee was loved on by everyone, even Paul, Paula's dad

Can you believe my mom had never played Angry Birds? Paula taught her and my mom was quite entertained....and entertaining.

Great Grandma Vibber! I was so excited for my Grandma to meet her.

Bentlee loved her cousins!

Jamie's little girl, Emma. So sweet!

Gracie was so cute with Bentlee. Any time she started to fuss Gracie was right

there with her "mimi" (pacifier)

When Emma locked and shut a closet door, Dave and Tom went to work trying to open it. After several attempts they took Kyle's advice. He had mentioned from the start that they should cut off the tip of a Q-tip and use the stick. It didn't take half a second for that to work. None of us want to know how many locks Kyle has picked in his day but we had a good laugh.

I wasn't quick enough to capture it on film but my favorite part was when Emma came up to

Dave all innocently and asked, "What are you doing Grandpa??"

Love this.

Kyle and I are so used to the drive from California to Utah,

so it was refreshing to have a change of scenery. It was beautiful.

Bentlee was AMAZING. Literally did not make a peep the whole way home. As we pulled out of the driveway after a teary goodbye, she held my finger and grinned at me while I cried in the backseat. For a long time. She is so precious and definitely makes everything better. The rest of the way she just slept and practiced her spit bubbles.

Colorado (There are 4 posts total)

We went to Denver a couple weeks ago for my cousin Mark's wedding and spent 5 days with my dad's family. Bentlee met her Great Grandma Vibber, her cousins Skyler and Gracie, her Great Aunts and Great Uncles, Tom, Paula, Dave and Melinda, and almost all of her 2nd and 3rd cousins (we missed Brett, Jess and their baby). It was so much fun. Tom and Paula were so kind to have many of us stay at their house and they provided fabulous hospitality.

Kyle and I arrived the night before my parents, Steph, and the girls who drove from MI. We spent some time with my Grandma on Friday while everyone was at the rehearsal dinner. Kyle and I also went and checked out the Red Rocks Amphitheater. I definitely wasn't aware of how many stairs we would be climbing, nor did I realize how hot it was outside so I wasn't dressed appropriately for the occasion. But it was still fun and I'm glad we went. Someday maybe we'll go to a concert there.

A nice guy offered to take a picture of us and luckily he snapped 2 of them because apparently a bee happened to be flying by. I had no recollection of this, and how WEIRD that is shows up so clearly in the picture!

While I normally love to venture out and do new things, I prefer to stay in when I am with my family and soak up the precious time I have with them. Kyle on the other hand, needs to get out of the house every day. The day of the wedding (it wasn't until 5:30) he decided to check out Coor's Field. He caught batting practice and was able to watch a couple innings before heading back for the wedding.

I just took a break from blogging to see if my sister has posted yet about Colorado. Not only does she have 2 long posts with pretty much all the pictures I wanted to post (we shared pictures before our trip ended) but she said everything I wanted to say also. So I'm going to do what any sister would do (without her permission because she's at girl's camp) and copy and paste her posts to my blog to save myself lots of time. I repeat, I am copying and pasting my sister's Colorado posts to my blog. Just in case anyone gets confused. And of course, I want to make sure she receives the credit. :)

(It really let me do it! This should be illegal)

Colorado: The Wedding

My cousin Mark's wedding was beautiful. I questioned myself several times throughout the wedding and reception, if my crazy children belonged in such a setting. However, judging by all the compliments I received from people, and the number of pictures the photographer took...I was probably more worried about them than anyone else was. At any rate, it was fun to dress them up and to dance with them at the reception!

I'm just going to let my photo overload speak for itself!

The best picture we were able to get of the Scott Vibber grandchildren!

My cousin Jamie, and his wife Sarah

My Aunt Melinda and cousin Terra

Great Grandma and Bentlee

Uncle Dave and my Dad

My Uncle Tom and Aunt Paula, who just so happened to be the parents of the groom. These two were amazing. Not only were they putting on a wedding and rehearsal dinner the weekend we were there, but they hosted a Mexican dinner/family get together the day after the wedding. AND that was all on top of having 11 extra people stay with them. My aunt is the ultimate hostess. When we arrived, we found fresh flowers in our room, stacks of clean towels and bedding, and gift bags with our names on them. They are the coolest, and I am so grateful for their amazing hospitality. Wish we lived closer to them!

The lovely bride and groom

The "angel baby" as she was affectionately nicknamed during the trip. I'm not sure what that leaves my kids with for nicknames.... but you can't deny the name. She is the most precious, perfect baby, and I miss her to pieces already.

If you are wondering what I did most of the evening, it was this; chase a wandering two year old in areas she wasn't supposed to be in. The candy assortment for wedding favors helped a bit with bribery.

My sister was also helpful in the entertainment department. Every song with accompanying hand motions I know has been learned from her.

Trouble x2! Every time I was out chasing Gracie, and feeling frustrated that I was missing a speech or something, I looked over and saw my cousin Jamie doing the same thing. We wondered together if the next family wedding invitation will say Adults only???