Tiffany's Reception

Last night we went to Tiff & Blake's wedding reception at Nate's parents' house. They got married last month but had to wait for Nate's parents to get back from Ukraine. It turned out to be a fun night, with great weather (especially for the end of September!)

All of the pictures I got were before the reception started, but just trust me that there were more than just the Milne family in attendance :)

Oh, and thanks SOOO much T. for doing mine and Sadie's hair!

BYU vs. Wyoming

2 BYU football season passes: $180.00

1 size XS BYU t-shirt for Sadie: $17.00

1 ice-cold bottled water: $2.50

1 football to entertain the kids during the 2nd quarter: $9.00

1 cotton candy: $3.50

Watching BYU play another shutout game (44-0): PRICELESS

Little ballerina

Sadie has started a dance class with her friends Faith and Katelyn. They look so cute with their pink ballet outfits! After 2 classes, Sadie has officially labeled herself as a "ballet dancer."

I am a painted woman!

My uncle Rob Wilson is a very talented painter (why couldn't I get those genes?).

He called me a few weeks ago and asked if he could paint me, I said "sure." So, here is the painting he did, using a picture of Sadie and me from a few years ago (she was about 6 months old). I have to say it's a little wierd seeing myself as a painting, but he did a great job!

We are home!!!

After 3 weeks in WA and another long 13 hour car trip, we are finally home! We had a fun trip. The first week we were camping with my family. Sadie and Carson LOVED tubing behind my Dad's boat. I was shocked that Sadie was absolutely fearless when it came to the tubes. She kept yelling "faster!" to my Dad.

We had a really fun time celebrating my Mom's 50th birthday. Some fun games, good food, and great company!
And then... the next weekend Nate and I met in San Diego for his sister Tiffany's wedding to Blake Nelson. What a beautiful, fun wedding!
We had a blast sitting together with all of Nate's siblings and their spouses.

The spent the next day at the beach surfing. Well, Nate surfed while I read and relaxed on the beach. Nice. Nate's cousin Nicole and friend Mike caught this pigeon that had a string caught on it's foot. They were kind enough to remove the string before eating the bird (just kidding, they let it go.)

And then it was back to WA. My kids had so much fun playing with their cousin, Tyson. We went to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. However due to a flat tire on the double jogging stroller, we ended up seeing, uh.... 2 animals and spending the rest of the day in a play area called "zoonazium." The kids probably had more fun anyway.

Next weekend, Nate and some of his Murray friends (and their cute wives) fly in for the BYU game against the U of Washington. The first day we went to the Puyallup fair, great food, cute animals... and free admission. Now that's what I'm talking about!

And then, to cap off my trip: The BYU game at UW. We had SO much fun going to the pre-game BYU party (there were TONS of BYU fans there) and our seats were great. The game was super tense until the very end when we finally won by 1 point with 1 second left in the game! They got a penalty for celebrating after a touch down, and then we blocked their extra point! Go Cougs!

Happy 50th Birthday Mom!

Tomorrow we are driving to Washington to go camping at my family's favorite WA campground, Lincoln Rock in the Wenatchee area. We are celebrating my Mom's 50th birthday with family and close friends, it's going to be one huge party! We'll be in WA for 3 weeks!

Happy Birthday Mom, we love you!

Here are some pictures of my Mom, Shellie, in her early years (eons ago :)

Flag Football champs

Nate and his friends played in the Murray High School alumni flag tournament on Saturday. They were really intense about it, having a couple of practices and planning all of their plays in the weeks before.
All of us wives secretly were a little concerned that they might not do as great as they were expecting (they are almost 30 and playing much younger guys). I have to apologize for doubting their flag football skills, though, because they won every game!!!
Good job guys, either you're super good at flag football, or you were the only ones to take the time to practice. Probably a little of both.