Lindsey and Derrick's Wedding

My sister, Lindsey, got married on July 30, 2011. Everything went well with a luncheon at 11am, wedding at 3pm, and reception later that night. It was great to meet Derrick's family!

The beautiful bride

Walking out of the temple

All the grandkids on our side

Siblings + Derrick

Siblings

Sisters

More sisters

Clayton and Kara are expecting in October

Congratulations Lindsey and Derrick!

Bouquet Thief

When taking pictures after the marriage ceremony in the temple, Carter understood his job to steal the bouquet from Lindsey at all times. He would walk up to Lindsey and whine until she handed over her bouquet. (After about the third or fourth time, she probably was getting a little annoyed.)

Then he would take the bouquet and pass them off to someone else. For whatever reason, he didn't want Aunt Lindsey to hold her flowers.

Mommy with her little thief.

The only picture I got of the back of my hair. I wanted to do an up-do because it was going to be so hot taking pictures. So I watched tutorials online earlier in the week, and had one shot to get it right because I didn't practice. It turned out pretty well, but it was time-consuming (Matt didn't appreciate having to do most everything to get the kids ready), and I walked around with 48 bobby pins in my hair all day.

Entertainment when not needed for pictures: Grandpa

Lindsey's Reception

The Cake

Feeding cake nicely

Decorations

Table setting

Lindsey's Home!

Lindsey came home Tuesday 11/23 from her mission in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Spanish-speaking

Waiting at the airport for Lindsey to get off her plane.

She came running when she saw us all waiting.

Greeting the kids.

Cheerful and tearful reunion:

Hugging Mom

Hugging Dad
It was so fun to have her home in time for Thanksgiving. Her one request was camping, so we planned that for Wednesday night. She looks great, and we're enjoying the time we have with her home before she heads back to college.

Spit-up Happens

It was a blast having Lindsey and Clayton come home for Christmas. Lindsey seemed to have the magic touch with Caleb, and Caleb loved playing with her. Clayton, on the other hand, is a little more awkward with babies (see picture below). He gets especially grossed out when Caleb spits up milk. Needless to say, Clayton didn't hold Caleb very much (if at all!) while he was home. He seemed to always play with him at an arms-length distance. One time when Clayton was sitting with Caleb on the floor, Caleb spit-up a little on Clayton's pants. Clayton immediately held Caleb away from him and started yelling, "Clean me up, clean me up!" He'll find out one day in the future that spit-up just happens. It is not uncommon for me to go around with dirty shoulders all day long--hence the reason I've only been wearing t-shirts for the last 4 months of my life. Because, let's face it, you're not always quick enough with a burpy or rag. You do a lot more laundry when babies are around!