Lights and Jammies

We had the sweetest night tonight. I gave the kids their matching Christmas jammies and we went to look at lights. Before we left I couldn't resist a few pictures. While we were looking at one house that choreographs the lights to music, Katie was sitting in my lap singing "Joy to the World" with me. I love this stage with them so much. Things are magic and faith is easy. I love that they bring me back to that excitment with the. We can't wait for Santa to come tomorrow.

My favorite picture.

Totally posed. Guys point to the star:)

 The best of the 3 of them.

 What most of the rest of the pictures look like.

 Trying for a jammie shot was really pushing my luck.

 Love the jammies and boots.

 The average shot.

 Grayson is learning to voice his disapproval. That is probably a good thing.

One.

Grayson Taylor is one. This year flew by so quickly. From a little peanut who loved snuggling to a slightly bigger peanut who is into everything and loves climbing he has filled our lives with so much love and joy. He is the true baby in our family. We all dote on him and love to get him to laugh. He is pretty reserved and you really have to work to get smiles and laughs from him. He still loves snuggling and his Mommy. He says, dada, mama, katie, love you, uh-oh, night-night and knows some signs. This week he has started standing from a squat position and today he took his very first step! He has one lonesome little tooth and it was a pretty miserable week while it took its sweet time appearing. 

Happy Birthday little one. We love you!

An atv from Nana and Papa.

 Sweets and treats for the crew.

 Bears in a bubble-bath cupcakes for the kids. Marshmallows make a no mess frosting!

 Gray halfway through cake demolition.

 Obligatory family pic.

 I thought he would eat a little of the cake and then move on. He ate almost the whole thing.

 Face smashing.

 Sugar over-load.

 Birthday banner I made.

 Snuggles with Grandma.

 Opening presents with lots of help.

 He loved this peek-a-boo birthday card.

 More help from the crew.

 Loving his new scooter. I totally recommend this toy. All 3 kids love it.

 Good job buddy. Pretty neat for the amount of cake he ate...just like his Dad.

out of storage space.

Blogger just told me I am out of storage space to load more pictures. Anybody know what to do about that. It looks like only my picasa albums are full and I haven't used any of the other space?? How do I access that.  Thank you!!!

The Wedding!

The kids begging for snacks from Aunt Shauna.

Flower girl.

Family pic. Katie had just been bawling her eyes out that she was sooo cold.

Loving their treats for good wedding behavior. Levi chose Teddy Grahams and Katie chose her own bottle of hand sanitizer.

Going to the Chapel

 

 

 

 

 

The combined effort to get Katie's hair curled.

 Pin curls!

 Levi zonked out on the car ride over to the church.

 Katie and Nana.

 The back view of Katie's hair and dress.

 Mother of the groom and Kevin.

 Cutest ring-bearer ever.

 I just got one quick shot of them coming down the aisle and then tried to get out of the way so that i wasn't in the professional pics. The girls were all adorable. Katie panicked half way down the aisle because she ran out of petals. Everyone was cracking up. Levi tried to first avoid all the petals, then smash them all.

Rehearsal and Dinner

Kevin and Lydia got married in this chapel that was like at the top of a mountain. You could see all the way to the ocean. I was wondering how I would keep the kids occupied and when we got there there was this awesome airplane teeter-totter. Grayson still ended up with poop in his mouth somehow...

 Busy, busy.

 Lydia getting it done. She has the cutest sense of style.

 Hanging out in the gazebo. Levi is busting a move.

 Made it through the rehearsal.

 Practicing walking down the aisle.

 And the reason they walked down the aisle. Bugles and Nutter Butters.

 Rehearsal dinner kid entertainment.

 Connor.

 The rehearsal was at a great BBQ place. The food was incredible and when it started to get too chilly we realized the floor was heated. The kids curled up and colored on the floor and made it a while longer. It was so great to see all the friends and family and hear what an impact Kevin and Lydia had on so many people.

California

We took at trip to California for Taylor's brother's wedding. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but we had such a great time. We made it out one morning to laguna beach. The trip was more for Mom and Dad than the kids. My mountain children are not fans of the waves.

Grayson and Daddy just before Daddy got distracted.

And just after Daddy looked back. Grayson didn't mind the waves or wet at all.

 

He is going to be walking before we know it. Hopefully not for a few more months though!

 Pretty beach picture.Taylor would be shocked I took this picture, because as a general rule I hate scenery shots. I want to see people and I can always get a postcard:)

 Cute, sand-eating baby.

 Poking anemones.

 We spent quite a bit of time in our hotel room while Daddy filled his groomsmen duties.

Coloring.

 Eating Mcdonalds.

 And lots of ipad and kindle playing.

We did make it down to the pool 2 times. It was pretty cold, but the kids still swam like fish. Mommy finally gave up though after the 2nd diarhea accident (in the pool!) and we decided to play in the bathtub the rest of the afternoon.

The accidents were Levi not me, just for clarification!