Thanksmas

Since my family lives in Kansas and Trevor's lives in Idaho we switch off Thanksgiving and Christmas every other year. This was our year to go to Kansas for Thanksgiving and so we call it Thanksmas because a day or two after we also celebrate Christmas. We had a blast all week, ate WAY too much, and didn't get nearly enough sleep but the 18 hour drive each way was SO worth it : )

9 months

At 9 months Kellen .....

-has his 5th tooth poking through

-crawls down the stairs head first...it is so funny (don't worry there are only 2 stairs in our house)

-is getting used to real shoes

-still doesn't nap consistently

-is starting to get clingy

-loves when Emma is the first one to greet him in the mornings

-knows what the word NO means

-Says mama and dada all day long

-doesn't like to share with his sister...the feeling is mutual

-thinks it's funny to yell

-entertains himself in the toy room as long as someone is with him

-favorite activity is to bang things on the wood floors

-refuses to learn to drink from a sippy cup

And we can  not get enough of him...as you can tell by the amount of pictures below. 

A Country Wedding

So my little brother got married...kinda weird considering he was only 16 when I left the house and for some reason that is the age I still think of him as. I am so happy that I got to go to Kansas for the weekend and see the new Kansas City temple for the first time! Of coarse I took a million pictures so beware this is a picture overload, even though it's not even 1/2 of the ones I took! 

 Chelsey has the best style! Seriously she always looks like she just walked out of the J.Crew catalog. 

 My family!

 Chelsey's family!

 The "best man" and "best cousin" Ronnie (Who leaves this week on his mission!!!)

Sloop girls!

So pretty!

 The reception was in an awesome barn!

 If only I could do my wedding all over again and steal her style : )

 Drinks in Mason jars!

 Daddy/daughter dance.

 First dance.