Cute as a bug!

For the remainder of our California trip Shaun and I stayed with my family and we were able to spend time with them. Although there are 7 other people in my family Katelyn is who we took pictures of! Every time we visit she is funnier than the last time. She kept Shaun and I laughing throughout our visit. She came in the room we were in the first morning we were there and said "mom said it is time for you to get up, wake up sleepy heads!" Shaun and I could not help but giggle at her cute little voice trying to lure us out of the warm bed. She has Shaun and I wrapped around her cute little finger, and I do a pretty good job of spoiling her. Katelyn and Shaun are best friends, and it is so cute to see them play together. He is so cute with her and she definitely loves him. We watched Panyo (a super cute film about a little fish who turns into a fish...I know weird, but so cute), listened to her quote some of the funniest lines from Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, took her to lunch and to the "Beanie Baby" Store, and then to Toys R Us on our way to the airport with my mom. I miss this little girl SOOOOOOO much, it is insane! I can not wait to have my own children that will be as cute as her. She has grown up so fast and she will be 4 YEARS OLD!!! this May. She was so upset with Shaun and I because we were leaving and she was in tears the morning we were leaving when she came into the room and said "mom says you are leaving on the plane today, but I can't come with you!" Broke my heart into pieces! I love you little Katelyn, and we will be back soon to visit you!!!

On The Road!!

Krysten, Shaun, Katie, and I all drove up to the Fresno Temple for Steve and Shannon's wedding together. We had a blast in the car!

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Day...and family

Here are several pictures of the Wedding Day, at the temple. It was a beautiful day, and Shannon looked beautiful and her and Steve were so adorable together. It was so nice to be there for their wedding! Congratulations Steve and Shannon!

Congratualtions Brandon!

Congratulations to Shaun's brother, Brandon, one of the newest Kern County Firefighters!

Wedding Decor

I got some pictures of the decorations after we were finished. They were beautiful and once again Nita did an amazing job!

Putting Fires Out!

 After spending a day setting up for the wedding we headed off to a Family Night for the Fire Academy Graduates where the family got to have dinner at the Academy and watch the graduates put fires out. We had a lot of fun watching Brandon preform his tasks. Above are several pictures of the event, including the 6 story building some of the men repelled out of, the cars the set on fire, and the fire truck they drove.

The Aliens Are Coming! The Aliens Are Coming!

While setting up for the wedding we all had plenty of fun! I took on the job of tying a bow on every chair (about 200 chairs). After awhile it got annoying to kneel down at every chair and tie it on the chair, so I came up with a solution: I tied multiple bows around one chair while sitting down comfortably, which made it easy to take the bows off and just slide over chairs. After doing that for while I started to get tired (because Shaun and I did not sleep the night before due to such an early flight) so I came up with the second solution, laying on the floor with the chair leaning on me- as seen in the picture above. Before the bows I was hanging tin foil for the DJ's backdrop, which turned out to be much cooler than expected. After I was done my mother in law told me we could throw the extra away....I decided to recycle, just in case Aliens were coming I didn't want them reading my mind (movie reference to Signs). I WAS READY!

A start to a very interesting trip...

Last weekend Shaun and I flew to California for his sisters(Shannon) wedding and his brothers (Brandon) Fire Academy Graduation. When we got there we were immediately put to work setting up for the wedding. One of the things Krysten (Brandon's Wife) and I were sent out to do was to pick up 10 bags of cement from Home Depot because we needed something heavy enough to anchor down stands. Krysten and I felt like this was a great job for two strong women! I ended up getting 7 of the 10 bags on the cart and Krysten, 3. It made the cart so heavy, but Krysten was a pro at maneuvering the heavy cart! It was much more fun than we had anticipated. We were laughing the whole trip and thought it was great that two women were picking up ten 60 pound bags of cement. What a sight we must have been! * On a side note, I had a terrible back ache Saturday and Sunday....I believe it was from carrying the heavy bags, whoops.