Bridal Shower for Jenny

Heather and I were super excited to throw Jenny a bridal shower!  She just glows and seems so happy!

I love this picture...Des, totally going for the treats when Mom isn't looking! haha!  This is Jen and her soon to be new Sis in law and Mother in law. :)

Me, Heather, Roxxi, Harley, Des & Jen

Heather's house turned out so nice! Love the purdy pom poms!

Our food spread! Mmmmmm.  Makes my mouth water to look at the pictures! 

My first go at fancy shmancy cup cakes.  Whatcha think? 

Thankful for Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day at our house is one of my favorite days!  I love everything about it.  I love the smells, the tastes, the fun, the games, the feeling.  But mostly, the people. This is the last Thanksgiving that we had Grandma Larsen with us.  She looks so bright and alive and beautiful here.  And that is exactly how I hope we can all remember her!  

Jen playing with the kiddos of course!  Having a ball!

"Hmm, I could eat me some finger, I mean turkey right about now!" 

Sam was wiped out...and this is before we ate I think too!  Holiday=sleep day for some.

Grandma helping prep the napkins. It was so neat to have her with us!

Daddy-o carving the beast!!

Dave's plate.  Just kidding!

Jen is ready!!

At the table and ready to feast!

I am so thankful for my family!  We have so much fun together. I love just having a day where we can lounge and hang out together.  

Love them.

Joey, Des and Nik hanging out.

"Where's the PIE??!!??"

Always end with pie....or start with it.  haha!  Had to make sure it wasn't disgusting!  I have no faith in my homemade pumpkin pie. Yet, every year I keep trying. Someday i'll be good at it.  For now, I am still so grateful for pie!!!

BFF Cousins

These cousins are a riot together! I think we are missing just Kingston here.  Don't these kids just light up the picture?! They sure light up my world!

It was so much fun having Pheob and her fam out with us!  It's such a rarity.  Precious memories are made!

Abby and her chunky monkey sister Elizabeth!  :D 

On the Road Again

After we got back to SLC from our nights at the cabin, we spent some time at Mom's house. Hanging out with all the babies. It was fun to just be together.  And the babie cousins are hilarious and adorable!

Mmmmm, eating Sam's arm like a corn on the cob!

Check out those Ellie cheeks!  Chuba-luba-love!

Our 2012 cousins together for the first time: Ellie (born in March), Kingston (born in April) and Des (born in February).

Smack!

"Eat this!"

Sometimes Ellie thinks she can fly!

Holding hands? 

Watch the progression of Des and Ellie next to each other...climbing on Ellie....

A good cheese grin!

Awww, looking at each other as bestie friends would.  :0)

Then...attack!

The cutest little Kingston!

Goin home!

Ellie is stylin' with her shades! The drive home was much better than the way up.  I guess she got used to the drive.  We did made up mad libs and listened to good music and talked up a storm.  Sam and Sadie both drove home with us which was super fun!

Hanging out in the Cabin

This was the lookout view from the stairs up to the 2nd floor...the Hangout area.

Isn't that a cool light fixture? 

Beautiful Pheob and cute baby Kingston!

Just chillen'!

Our chunky little Ellie-bellie! :0)

Little Des jumping like a tigger!

Joanna & Sammy!  It was super fun to get to know these two!  They are awesome!

The Super Cool Cabin

Here she is!  We arrived!  It was so beautiful there!  

Nice patio above the garage.

Me, Jenny & Sadie (2 of my sisters).

So this is the hill we had to try and drive up to get the cabin (that you can see below). It had rained a ton, and it was really hard to get up.  It took us 3 or 4 tries and was kinda scary!

 Here it is from a couple different perspectives.  We loved it up there!  So green and beautiful!

On a little walk.

 Jen, Sade with Desmond.

 Here's part of the wrap around amazing porch!  So fun!

 A couple of the bedroom beds.  

 Here's Jen & Grams in the dining area of the main room.  Cool chandelier huh?

Sadie in the main living area...you can see the stairs that lead up and down.  There was a hot tub and pool table downstairs and a bunch of rooms upstairs.

 The main room where we all hung out...looking out on our patio.  So awesome!  

The kitchen.  This place really was super cute mountainy and totally awesome!  We all had so much fun!