{that was fun!}

We headed to Utah for the weekend, to attend Ryan's cousin's wedding. Our (my) biggest endeavor, however, was to get some pictures of the kids and attempt to get a decent 'updated' family photo. Here are the results...Enjoy!


{Shopping}
Because we wanted to leave town so quick, I neglected to pack Ryan the 'issued uniform' for our pictures: Levi's. So we HAD to go to University mall and HAD to go to Eddie Bauer to get him another pair of jeans. :) We found this fun corner before the mall opened. While 'shoppers' were gathering at the enterence, they were ooh-ing and ahh-ing...if only they knew how long of a day it was going to be!!!

{Backdrops}

Our next stop was the RiverWoods. It's a strip-mall/shopping center at the mouth of Provo Canyon. We figured with all the shops there'd be some great walls and fun 'stuff' to use as backdrops. I picked up the cute little tweet-tweet at Target when we went to get the wedding gift...I'm in LOVE with it!!! But not as much as I am with my boys!!! Ryan included. He was a trooper!

Taylor had had it. This was shot at approximately 10:07 am, and only frame number 267. Yeah. It was a long day!

I purposefully picked this book for Tanner. The first thing he said when he opened it was, "I'll eat you up!" {sigh}

{Back Home}

The following pictures were taken where I grew up, in Springville, Utah. Our family photo (the only decent 'family' shot out of about a hundred) is in front of the barn where we played our little hearts out. Looking back and being there, it could have been fatal! I have MANY fond memories playing with siblings and cousins here, in the barnyard, which was our back yard. I want to cry, knowing my children will never have the wonderful adventures we went on growing up.

The new and improved version:

Maybe I'll have some more time later on in the month to play with the gazillions of picutres we snapped. Ryan took his camera and would shoot one boy while I did another with my little 'diaper-bag' camera...all in all, I think they turned out pretty good! Now I just have to decide which one I want enlarged...any suggestions?


{GradShots}
My little brother and his lovely wife were so generous to house us during our getaway, despite studying for boards and finals. {Thank you, Keith and Tricia!!!} We managed to get in a few frames of them, as well! The intent was to get some shots to be used on a graduation announcement, since Keith is graduating from the Marriott School of Business with his Bachelor's and Tricia is graduating from UVU in Dental Hygiene (and going to complete two more semesters at BYU for her Bachelors) next month...leave me a comment if I didn't even get that straight, guys! Hence, the non-fun poses. Pretty basic. :)

Thanks again, guys!!!! We owe you one!

I have more pictures of the wedding reception, etc, but lets face it, that is a TON of pictures. Maybe later...maybe not. It was a GORGEOUS wedding at the famous Springville Art Museum.

Anyhoo. We had a great weekend. Got home at nearly 2:00 am Sunday morning, but it was worth it!