we really miss him.

wedding

     My brother Clint got married on saturday... the last of us kids!  It seems crazy that we are all old married people now.  We love his new wife Michelle she is so sweet and she fits in well with our family (especially the fact that she loves animals and she has a pet pig!)  He kept the tradition of having the reception at my parents backyard which is always a lot of work but I think their yard is perfect for it.  It always turns out looking beautiful.  They hired a GREAT country band which was so much fun!  They sounded exactly like the singers on many of their cover songs.  I think they were a perfect addition to a very fun night.  They had the wedding in the afternoon in my parents front yard so that they wouldn't have to take down the reception tables.  Its amazing how a grass lawn can be transformed into a wedding hall with just some chairs, ribbon, lattice, an arch and flowers.  It was a very simple but sweet ceremony.  The best part though was when they had their pig Crush come down the ail as the ring-bearer.  There were no major problems until after the ceremony when half of my family had to play catch the pig while her family watched us like we were crazy.  A half hour later we were able to wrangle her up.   

the pink and green looked great!

               

4 nephews and a niece!

her cake was made by their friend Cassy (her blog here) and she did an amazing job!

me, brin and jude :)

me and adorable niece Aubrey!

Romi and Michelle!!

i wish i wouldn't of hunched down so much in this picture. i just look silly!

thats better :)

i think they'll be very happy together :)

yodel-aye-hee-who!

I have always loved Halloween.  I love dressing up and seeing other peoples costumes.  I usually start thinking of what I should be in September- even though I usually don't end up being what I originally planned.  I'm not saying that I have always had the best costumes, but that doesn't take the fun out of it for me.  This year I found my dress the end of September at a thrift store in the vintage section for 4$.  I thought it was so cute and I couldn't pass it up.  I added a slip and some pigtail braids and I decided that I would be a Dutch girl (a modest one despite all of the Dutch costumes I found online.)  Jason doesn't enjoy dressing up nearly as much as me (or at all) so I was surprised when I came home from work one day and he was wearing a complete yodeller outfit and was doing a little dance.  He was hilarious.  He didn't have to buy any part of his costume which was great. 

Someone mentioned we could be Hansel and Gretel but Jason was quick remind them that that would be incestuous.

We carved pumpkins and made caramel apples with my family on friday night

Jason and I did a "Where the Wild Things Are" theme and I LOVE how they turned out!