Christmas in Arizona and WYO

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LAS VEGAS Wedding

My cousin Shannon was getting married in Las Vegas and we were invited. It was wonderful to see family and especially grandpa looking so handsome walking Shannon to her future husband. 

Baby Cael was sure excited to meet his great grandpa Byron and great grandma Mary again. Their smiles and attention brought a feeling of warmth and happiness to my heart. 

Aunt Melody, aunt Sally, aunt Celeste, Shannon, aunt Carolyn, aunt Mary Lou, and cousin Holly. What a good looking group of ladies! 

The wedding reception was in the backyard of aunt Melody's house. There was dancing and food and uncle Nick put on his snorkel gear and jumped into the pool. He may have had one too many drinks to celebrate the wedding. 

I love this picture of Ben and I, what a fun trip!

Halloween Part(ies)

I remember that been won a gift certificate to a party store from school. Could never decide what to buy, so we settled on Halloween costumes. We had fun picking up material from Walmart and creating our own Viking costumes. We cut pieces of arvest and sewed them together by hand with yarn to give them a rustic touch. I don't know how Cael grew facial hair for Halloween, but he was the cutest little Viking baby we've ever seen. 

Our good friends JT and Leslie hunt sure look cute in their Frankenstein and bride of Frankenstein costumes. We have a lot of fun going to their house, playing games, and hanging out. 

The day after Halloween I really wanted to have a family party with our friends from medical school, so we invited them all to our house. One of the first games we played was eating a doughnut on the string. We had some fierce competitors but only one winner. 

The donut eating champion – medical student Matt!

The McWhorter sure look cute in their cheerleader and football player drag! They have arrived fashionably late from Mesa, so we gave them a hard time. 

Ben and Bryony Wilde-- Friends from university of Wyoming that followed us down to Arizona. Ben was scripture hero Nephi and Bryony was expecting their first baby. 

Matt and Rebecca Okander look cute, although I think Matt needs a haircut-- or to go back to the 60s. 

Scott and laurie robins became their own superheroes, I think.

Mike and Kelly Galbraith, fun friends from medical school, hang out in the kitchen and keep an eye on the food. 

Jen and Kylie Mortensen are looking festive, scary, and brave. Kylie goes to school with Ben.

I was having so much fun, but I remember that Cael was acting pretty hungry. I still wasn't very confident in feeding my baby in front of my friends, so I waited as long as I could – or as long as he could – before he got to eat. 

Most of the friends had left and packed up for the night we sure had a good time letting the kids do a cake walk in the living room and. We had sent them in the garage with snacks and a movie for most of the night. We sure love Halloween, parties, and our friends!