Kickin' back with the Family- Colorado Style

Jared and I had an awesome time at our very first Weed Family Reunion! The best part was just being with family and spending time together. If only we lived in the 23rd Century and could travel at the speed of light......or if only magic was real and we could just use some good ol' flume powder....or even better, did I hear someone say PORT KEYS????.....Golly, if any of these existed, we could just visit Family all the time!!! How sweet would that be.....(wishful thinking....sigh.....) Nevertheless, I LOVE family reunions! So here goes my Colorado Adventure Summary (picture book style).....


         We slid down little kid slides......

And we even slid down a WHOLE MOUNTAIN!!!

 We sat on Santa's sleigh...

 Went on some cool walking trails....

At times we felt a little crazy.....

 But most the time, we just felt like giving crazy kisses!

And even crazier kisses!

  We saw beautiful mountains.

  Rode on a Christmas tree.....

 Got stuck between a rock in a hard place.....

 Marveled at the beauty.

 And sometimes we were a little..... disheveled. 

We saw rock climbers.....

  And even did some rock climbing of our own.....

 We even went to the Denver Temple together!

We turned Dottie into a Mermaid

And Elliot into a Swamp People!

We rode on the Happy Train...

And even ventured into the Jungle!

We picked an Indian's nose.....

Ate some awesome ice-cream!

Played with happy babies.....

And even kept it cool at Hammond's Candy Factory.

Which we were all excited about...

We saw a spooky HOtel....

And some other shocking things....

And Elliot got a coon hat!

And Baby Ruby....she was everybody's little gem- that we all liked to hold and say.....

 "mmmmyyy preeeeciouss"

We saw Rocky Mountains...

And we threw rocks.

Made crazy faces....

Ate yummy food!

And hung out with cool dudes!

Yep- That pretty much sums it up! It was an awesome Family Reunion! Oh, but I did forget one thing-----WATER WORLD------Yep....do I need to say any more? You're probably so jealous already you can't stand it, so I'll just stop there with this blog post.

Peace.

St. George, Utah- Little Mermaid

This June, Jared and I went down to St. George with Janel and her Jared to see Disney's Little Mermaid at the Tuacahn. We had such a fun time together! And the show was AMAZING! I loved it! Especially all the special effects and costumes! They did an awesome job! Here are some pictures of my favorite costumes.....

The Mermaid costumes were so cool, they had black skirts and black heely shoes so all you saw was their fins swimming around.Sebastian was so much fun, the back of his costume had a huge shell too, which you can't see in this picture...but from far away he looked like the actual Sebastian.Here is my favorite- Ursala!

The Sunday after the show we walked around the temple grounds before making our way back up to Provo- Such a beautiful temple! It was so hot though, and bright outside!

Look what I caught- a kissing picture

Hey Good Lookin' !

Can you tell both of our eyes are closed?

I love to see the temple.

Amber and Ian Got Hitched!

Congrats to Amber and Ian! We were so glad to have been able to go up to their reception with Lon and Carolyn. We had a great time too. Amber looked so beautiful too in her dress! And the reception was so well decorated! Loved it! Thank you Amber for inviting us!

Here is a picture of us all with the happy couple!

Even though they aren't looking at my camera, I thought this picture turned out pretty good....it borrowed the good flash from the nice camera!

We LOVE eachother!The Hinkley Family!Some Pretty Decorations!I really liked this gazebo! So pretty!

You can just see it in Carrie's face-- We had a good time!

Janel and Jared Preusz Wedding!

JANEL AND JARED ARE MARRIED!!!!
Heidi and I caught a wee break from the BYU March Madness, and skipped out of school for a few days to fly to Washington D.C. for our sister’s wedding! We had a great time! It was great to see family again and to hang out with the little ones. When we first arrived, between Penny, Margot , and Toby I felt through-o-ly clobbered with love! They were so cute. Kids grow up too fast.

I do have to admit that I missed my Jared quit a bit though....I think I'm still in the "attached at the hip" stage of marriage....which I hear is actually pretty normal for newlyweds. Mostly I just had that sensation that I was forgetting something all the time, which of course was Jared.

Although I loved spending time with EVERYONE- I particularly enjoyed seeing my adopted son/ adopted brother Toby...he showed me how he can use the potty now, make funny faces, do a summer salt, and how he can make surprisingly comical conversation pieces....like the own I've included below....

(Heidi saying goodbye to Toby)

Heidi: " hey Toby, are you going to miss me while I'm gone?"

Toby: " Where you going?"

Heidi: " I'm going back to college, far, far, away..."

Toby: " Will you come back?"

Heidi: " Not for a long, long time."

Toby: "Pleeease, Obi- Wan!?"

- It just came completely out of the blue...and was way to clear to be mistaken

And he can also be very sweet...

Tabitha: " I'm going to miss you while I'm gone, Toby."

Toby: "Where you going?"

Tabitha: " I have to go back to school with Jared."

Toby: "But I LOoooOve you!"

Janel was a positively stunning bride, as I always knew she would be! Thanks Mom and Dad for helping us be able to come out- thanks Stephanie and Bruce for being so generous in letting us all stay at your home- and thank you Janel and Jared for giving us reason to celebrate!

Oh...and here is a video of Toby I simply had to share... for kicks and giggles :)