The Wedding!

Sara, Zach's youngest sister, married Brody on December 30, 2010 in the Idaho Falls temple.  They've been dating for a few years so we've been around Brody quite a bit and we're glad he is an official member of the family now!  The day they got married was SO cold!  Zach's poor family has had all winter weddings.  What is wrong with us?!  Luckily, they only made the family stay and take a few pictures and then we got to leave them in the freezing cold to take more pictures! :)

Anyway, the night before the wedding Declan had a sleep over with my parents.  It was so nice to be able to enjoy the day and help and not worry about where Declan was running off to!  Plus, it was great to get a good nights sleep for the first time in a couple months (his molars had been coming in and they were killer!)  Thanks again mom and dad.  We picked him up after the luncheon and headed straight for the reception.

They had an awesome nacho bar for their luncheon and their reception was at the Historic Shelton in Ririe, Idaho.  Declan had a lot of fun at the reception since there were a few staircases to climb, lots of people to entertain him, rooms to explore, and an unlimited supply of cookies!  Sara was a gorgeous bride and they are such a good looking couple.  Now, for a million pictures....

 I made her a bouquet out of silk flowers to use outside the temple.

 Brody with his brother, Racey, Zach, and Coleman

 Sara and Brody with their best friends, Doug and Tenille

 Granma and Grandpa Oswald

 Declan would not leave Grandma Oswald alone at the reception.

 Cousins, Lindee and Brennan

 a much better 4 generation picture! :)

 ha ha - Declan with Aunt Sara

 Declan loves his Uncle Brody!

 Showing everyone where his bellybutton is.

 I love you Hailey! :)

 Randi, Cole, Paige

 Randi is a brave woman to hold Paige and Declan at the same time!

 Hailey and Hilary

 Ann, Zach, Hailey

 Her cake was amazing!

 I love you Hilary! :)

 The day before the wedding was spent making these cookies and almonds.

 Declan with our saving grace, Kelly (Zach's cousin).  Best babysitter ever.  

 Hilary and Hailey singing before the ring ceremony.

 Ring ceremony

 I am so sad that I didn't get a picture of Sara on the ground after cutting the cake.  I was laughing too hard I guess.  

We found cookies with one bite out of them all over the reception center.  Same culprit every time.

Another one

These pictures are from our last two days with Mike and Tara.  Declan loved spending time with his cousins, Bella and Gavin.  Poor Gavin was sick pretty much the whole trip.  Mike, Tara, Zach, and I stayed up and played games the night before they left.  It was so nice to be able to spend time with Mike and Tara and the kids.  We wish we could live closer to them and see them more often!  

Christmas Day!

I am determined to have all my Christmas posts done by the end of January!  I think all the adults were awake before the kids Christmas morning so we all got ready and then when the kids finally woke up we had breakfast and opened presents.  I hope you are ready for a ton of pictures!

 Declan had to lie down for a bit after opening all his presents!  It wore him out!

After we finished opening presents at my parent's house we headed down to Idaho Falls for the traditional Christmas Day brunch.  More pictures...

We let Declan take a nap and we were able to play some games with Zach's family.  Then we drove back to Rexburg for my family's Christmas dinner.  Sorry, no pictures of that.  Here is one last one though of Bella showing Zach one of her new Christmas toys.  Bella loves her Uncle Zach, it's so cute!