Kristin & Chris's wedding

Kristin and Chris got married on 11-11-11. It was a small wedding downtown at Pierpont Place. Kristin's colors were this pretty aqua blue color and silver. Because Aubrey and Aspen are the only little girls Marisa was able to borrow this dress from a friend so that the girls could match. It was so beautiful on them. Unfortunately all I have are the pictures that I took that day. Kristin got her pictures a couple days ago, but I haven't seen them yet to transfer to my computer. So, this is our darling flower girl. It's funny because she totally forgot to throw the flowers as she walked down the aisle. When she reached me I whispered to her to throw some, but she was a little too late. : )

 All the men/boys dressed up in tuxes or bow ties depending on what fit them.

 Brides side - a LOT of little kids!

 The boys mainly played Angry Birds and other games on tablets, cell phones, etc all night long. They were happily entertained. : )

 Carson, Jaron and Marisa. It was fun to have Kristin get married so close to our Moab trip because Carson's family flew down for the wedding.

 The pretty bride and flower girl.

 After the ceremony there was a dinner and then dancing. I need to upload the videos that Cody took on his phone of Blake. He was hilarious and danced the night away.

Welcome to the crazy Calderwood family Chris!

Sparkly ears!

Aubrey has been asking to get her ears pierced for awhile now. I had to wait until I was 8, so at first I thought I'd make her wait until then, but Cody thought she could get them earlier, so we told her for her 5th birthday. Well, Cody's sister got engaged and asked Aubrey to be her flower girl - and I couldn't resist and we got her ears pierced at Claire's the day before the wedding.

 I prepared Aubrey by telling her that it would probably hurt like a shot for a second and then the pain would go away. She did awesome and didn't even flinch! They have such cute studs for little girls now. She chose sparkly flowers. They do look adorable on her. My only problem is she keeps going through my earrings deciding which dangling ones she wants. Probably not for a long time little girl!

 After getting her ears pierced we picked Cody up from work and headed down to Salt Lake for the rehearsal dinner. I think we ate at the Olive Garden? My mind is drawing a blank. Oh well, we practiced for the wedding and went out to eat. (Trevor, Mickey, Chris, Kristin, Chris's parents).

 Having way too much fun coloring and eating!

Little Cabin Fun

We live so close to my Grandpa's cabin and rarely take advantage of it. I finally booked it for the first weekend in November and we went up for a couple days. We got lucky and were able to enjoy a snowstorm.

 Blake was fascinated by the hanging icicles on the deck.

 Cody came up after work and gave horsey rides for the evening.

Who stole the cookie?

I didn't think my little man was old enough to steal a cookie, take it to his room, shut the door and then hide under his bed while he proceeds to eat it. He's 17 months on Sunday. I can't believe it!

Halloween 2011

I'm behind on blogging again, but, it's better late than never! This year we were going to do a family theme of Peter Pan, but that didn't end up happening. Aubrey did get to be Tinkerbell and I did make her costume. It turned out really cute. We had the fairy wings already and they light up too. She loved it and now has another dress up to play with.

 Tucker really wanted to be a bat. Not batman, just a bat. I was telling my Dad this one day at piano lessons and low and behold, he had these awesome bat wings. Perfect! We bought a black sweatshirt, pants and hat at WalMart and there you have it - a bat. Tucker added the black glasses and ears himself.

  Our family. Cody grew out his beard to be a lumberjack. I am an actual pirate, not a pretend hooker.

 Kristin and Chris. I'm guessing nerdy girl and jock?!

 Jaron, Angie and Winston

 I made Aubrey a fleece headband and shawl to wear while trick-or-treating too.

 This is what my man would look like with a full head of brown hair. It's crazy that it matched his beard because Cody is a definite blond.

 We invited Cody's and my family up for Halloween dinner and trick or treating. From left to right we have Cole (pirate), Aubrey, Blake (cowboy), Winston (pirate), Ethan (alligator) and bat Tucker.

 This is how we do it. Riding in the back of the truck.

The Good, the Bad, and the Guilty

Cody and I hosted a How to Host a Murder party on October 28th. We invited some of our neighbors and friends and had quite the fun night. The game was the Good, the Bad and the Guilty. Basically a western theme. While deciding which characters to give to our guests I thought it wouldn't be very nice to give one of the girls the hooker role, so that's what I became, except since I am very non hookerish, I looked more like a pirate. Yes, I am wearing a pirate costume, but I do have fishnets on and my hooker boots! If you are interested in playing the game, you can buy it off me on KSL classifieds. : ) I purchased it from KSL and now that we've played it, we are ready to pass it on.

 

As you can tell from the pictures, we've got some friends that got very into their roles. The local thrift store gave this guy his leather attire and snakeskin boots for quite the steal!

New cousin and pumpkins

My brother's wife had her 5th baby back in October. We were able to drop by the hospital a few hours after little Addyson was born. The kids loved to hold her and kept commenting on how small her head was.

Later that night, for family night we carved our pumpkins. You should be able to tell, but we have a ghost, butterfly and a bat. Good stuff!