Wedding weekend

This is going to be one long post because I don't have the energy to do a bunch of little one's : )

Forgive me family for misspelling names please.

The festivities stared Thursday night with a dinner of delicious baked ziti, homemade bread, yummy salad, my Dad's special citrus punch, and a variety of tasty cupcakes. YUM! Here are a few of the guests that were there (sorry, most of the pics are from our side of the family).

Brent and Erin

                                                         
 Candace's parent's

Cole

Craig and Kent

Derek (what do you think, fb profile pic?)

Grandpa Lunt and Marjean

Grandpa Martindale

Us

Leanna, Grandma Martindale, and Kalene

Leisel and Sheri

Mark and Makenna

Mom and Pop

Rachel and Leah

The photographer and Justin

Kalene and Tom

The happy couple

Want a bite?

Then we move on to Friday. The wedding was at 11ish. Rachel and Tanner were so nice to watch the kids while we were in the Temple.

Waiting for the lovers to come out.

Woo hoo!!!

The reception was at 6:30 but pictures started at 5. We don't have the professional one's back yet but Shauna always has her trusty camera on hand.

Here are the brothers.

The sisters.

All 15 cousins.

The boy cousins (Thank you Shauna for making all the ties!!!)

The girls. They were kinda getting sick of pictures at this point.

This is what was going on behind the scenes.

My Dad and Rachel were great to keep the kids entertained.

Don't all sisters do this?

Gwen playing with Rachel's hair....shocker!

We all wanted to jump in.

Justin likes playing with blossoms.

Max is thinking about ways to pull his tooth, I just know it.

 By the end of pictures I was so exhausted that I only stayed for 30min. of the reception. Keeping 15 kids from disappearing or jumping in the water is hard work.

And they're off!!!

Yay for Jason and Candace, Erin is probably glad to not be the only sister-in-law!

Easter Sunday

For Easter, we went to the Wood's house for lunch and a hunt. The food was AMAZING! Candace made baked french toast and omelets. For the hunt, Candace got each kid a different color ball to keep in their basket. The color of the ball determined the color of eggs you were hunting for. That way everyone got any equal amount of eggs. So smart!

 Yep, that tooth is still there.

Trent found the Golden Egg, which had money in it!

Happy Easter!

Good Friday

We started Good Friday off at the Cemetery like we always do. We had Briant's friend, Will with us. The boys get a little more curious every time we visit Alice's grave. Briant and Max both said that they want to see pictures of her. I don't know why I have waited so long to show them. She doesn't look great in the pictures so I thought it might scare them. I know I underestimate how much children are able to understand, I guess it's my own fears. I will show them soon.

                                                     
                                        We all gathered around Grandma Lunt's grave after that.

Then on to the park for breakfast and a hunt.

Max is really good at creating a wind effect in his hair.

Briant is incapable of acting normal in front of a camera. I like his shyness.

Bag-head Will.

Monkey see, monkey do. Ohhhhhhh that tooth!!!!!!

Favorite Auntie Rachel.

Checking out the goods.

After the park we went to my Mom's house to hang out the rest of the day while I did some hair. I remember when I was little my siblings and I would always get in to the dress-up closet at my Grandma's house, try things on and go show everyone what we came up with. It looks as if my children are following in my footsteps. While I was doing my Mom's hair we got a little fashion show!
Will and Max.

Max, Gwen, Will, Briant (Yes Briant!!!!!)

Max is really working his angles here.

They also spent a lot of time outside that day. Apparently Will got a little hot and needed to shed his shirt : )

A day of Good memories on Good Friday.

Late, I know

A loooooong overdue WELCOME HOME JACOB!!!

The cousins waiting in their "Team Jacob" shirts. I take credit for thinking of that, however Jacob didn't get it at first : )

   
                                        Granna, Lyvi, Gwen and Brooke waiting with the signs.

       So exciting! We had plenty of curious people wondering why such a large crowd was there.

                                            Sylvia spots him!!! And Justin.... uh.... SIMBA?

                                                                       The first hug.

                      He looks a bit different although I can't put my finger on exactly what has changed.

                                                          Gwen is still warming up to him.

                                                                 The Ellsworth's.

                                                             The Alexander's

                                 
                                                             Mama and Papa Bear.

I don't know why the Smith's didn't get a picture at the airport with him, but they were there. Thanks Jacob             for being such a good example to all of your nephews!!!!

Caught in the act!