Oregon

We flew all five of us to Portland Oregon for Merrick's brother Brett's wedding at the end of July. We had a really nice time and the weather was awesome. 

The kids did great on the flights and here they are making themselves at home coloring with a new friend on the Nashville airport floor. 

One of the first things we did while we were there was go out on Uncle Brian's parents boat. The boys went golfing so the girls went boating. Lily loved flying high with the wind in her hair with Aunt Lindsey.

We stopped at one point and the girls got in to swim. 

When the men finished golfing they joined us on the boat. Avery was brave and tried out surfing with Uncle Brian.

Merrick also tried out surfing and left his iPhone 5 in his pocket. Ouch! (Luckily after putting it in rice for 24 hrs everything works except the touch screen so Siri is making his calls for him now, haha.)

Anyways that afternoon we decided to do some casual family pictures wearing blue, white, and yellow. I don't have any official pics from the photographer yet but you get the idea. 

That night we had a family dinner at the bride's house and swimming in their pool. My kids were really tired that night!!

The next day was wedding day! We had Uncle Tanner watch the girls during the sealing and he brought them to the temple for pictures. 

The reception was at the Cottle's backyard. They had a nice tent and lots of yummy food. 

At the end they did dancing, of course, since Megan is a ballerina and Brett a ballroom dancer. Lily has got some sweet moves too. :)

Sunday we went to church, ate brunch, relaxed, and then went to the Butterfield's house for a BBQ birthday dinner for Lily. She turned two the next day but everyone was leaving in the morning so we celebrated a day early.

It was fun to have everyone watch her cute reactions to her presents. She even got an Oregon Ducks jersey with Uncle Brian's old number 8. :)

The next day we flew home. This picture of Camryn shows how tired we all were.

We all got a little sleep on the two flights home except Avery. We were delayed a bit so we didn't get home until 1am (11pm Oregon time). Lily and Camryn woke up at 10am. I finally woke Avery up at 11am! Whew! With only 10 days until school starting we definitely needed to get on a better schedule! It took a few days but eventually we were closer to better bedtimes/wake up times.

The day after Lily's birthday we celebrated the rest of her birthday and she opened her presents from us and Grandma Haws. Cute two year old!

That was our fifth wedding in three and a half years! The end of August my youngest sister is getting married in Utah so that will be #6! So many bridesmaid/flower girl dresses!! :)