Chelsea's Wedding

We got back late last night from our short trip to Utah for my sister Chelsea's wedding. It was so nice to take a little break and see our families. The wedding and reception were so good. Chelsea of course looked beautiful. We forgot to take our camera to the temple with us, but did have it at the reception, so here is a picture of her at the reception.



Her dress turned out so good and she made a very beautiful bride.


Here are some other pictures we took at the reception.



All the siblings. Didn't the girls dresses turn out so cute? My mom made them...she is so good.


Chelsea with the nieces and nephews.



Sisters. (Jess, Sarah, Chels, Jenny, me)


Matt and Chelsea's first dance. Doesn't Matt's tux look so good? Who would've thought...a tan tux. Bryce could not get over how much he liked it. I think he wished we would've thought of that for our wedding. =)

Me and Chels (she is touching my stomach because I am pregnant...just fyi)

Bryce dancing with Gracie.


At the reception holding some of the beautiful flowers.




Bryce really loved the chocolate fountain.




But I think I loved it even more. Chocolate covered bananas, strawberries, cream puffs, cinnamon bears...yum!

Cinnamon Bears and Bubbles!!

Here are a few more pictures from the reception.

Me and Bryce - we missed the memo that guys were supposed to wear dark khaki pants and an off white shirt so we bought Bryce's outfit about 30 min. before pictures at the reception. That seems to happen to us every time...maybe I just don't listen or something. But he looks so good, huh?

Sarah (my sister) told him to look longingly into the mirror and this is what we got...

Me and my niece Grace.

Sabrina playing in the bubbles.

Gracie trying to catch a bubble.

They were crawling on the ground because these bubbles are amazing and last forever, so they would stick to the carpet and they would crawl around and pop them with their hands. It was so cute.

Grace taking a picture of Uncle Bryce.

Little Sabrina - isn't she just so cute in her little dress?

Gracie kissing her cousin Bryce Jr.

This is a video of my nephew Benson eating a cinnamon bear. The funny thing is that this was his second one! You think he would've learned the first time that they are too hot. It was so funny though. Silly Ben.

After the wedding...

So after the wedding and reception we all went back to the hotel to just hang out with everyone. We got some Wendy's, talked, and once it started getting late and everyone was tired we played some games. It got a little crazy and was probably only funny because we were so tired. I just had to post some of the pictures and a video I took of a game everyone was playing. I don't know what the game is called, but the rules are that you have to say a fruit or vegetable and you can't ever show your teeth during the game...at any time. Anyway, here's a little taste of what went down.


Like I said, we were tired and it was late...that's the only time things like this happen.


Here is Bryce playing the no teeth game


My little sister Sarah and I always have laughing contests when we're together.

It is pretty obvious who always wins...me. Sarah is really struggling not to smile, while I (in the picture above) am having no problem keeping a straight face.

After our fun with my family we went to Bryce's family reunion. Usually it is in July, but for some reason this year it happened to be the same week-end as my sisters wedding. We wouldn't have been able to go otherwise and it was great that we could make it. They always go to some place, I can't remember where it is, and camp out overnight. Here is a family picture with almost everyone that was there.

Don't pay much attention to me in this picture. The drive up about killed me (we were driving Bryce's Acura which does not have a/c!!)

So we went up to the reunion Saturday afternoon, camped overnight, and then left Sunday morning to catch our flight back to Philly. Camping out really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I always imagine Oklahoma weather for camping, which is hot and humid even at night, but it isn't like that in Utah. It got pretty cool during the night and we even had an air mattress so it wasn't too uncomfortable. Our, or I guess I should say my, biggest issue was using the bathroom during the night. Bryce had to get up with me at 4:00am to go to the port-a-potty. =) Anyway, we had a really good time spending some time in the great outdoors and seeing Bryce's family.

Amish Country and the Jersey Shore

So the past couple of Sundays we have tried to come up with things to do that don't involve being outside too much. This is because Bryce's allergies have been soooo bad. Not this past Sunday, but the Sunday before we decided to take a drive through Amish country. We didn't get out of the car once, just took a nice long scenic drive. It was beautiful and we saw a lot of little buggies and Amish families walking around. My favorite was seeing the little boys with their straw hats. They were so cute and I wanted to take a picture, but I heard that they don't like you to take pictures of them? So I figured it'd be safe not to. We did take a few pictures of some of the buggies. I figured that was okay because you can't even see them.

This is just a picture of the pretty scenery...no buggy.

The pictures are kind of bad. You can see our windshield wipers and they're kinda blurry, but at least you get the idea. On our drive back we saw a sign for "Sweets for Sweeties". I just thought it was a funny name but Bryce was like, you should take a picture of that for your dad. If you know my dad you know that he uses that word all the time. He always calls us his little sweeties and stuff like that. So I had to take a picture of the sign just for my dad. Here it is...

That was our exciting trip to Amish country. And even though we didn't get out of the car once Bryce still had red swollen eyes when we came home! Crazy huh?

So this past Sunday we decided to go out to the Jersey shore. It's a pretty far drive but we thought there would be a lot to do and that it'd be pretty exciting. It turned out to be not as great as we thought, and definitely not worth the gas it took to get out there, but we still had a good time. We weren't really planning on getting in the ocean, but it was so hot and I was wearing jeans so I decided we had to change into our swim suits. So Bryce got to swim in the ocean by himself...I just put my feet in the water. I took a video of him trying to beat a wave. That's what I thought he was doing anyway, he said he was just trying to "ride" the wave. We also walked along the boardwalk and on our way home decided to just drive through Atlantic City to see what it was like.

Bryce walking from the beach to the boardwalk.

And that is what we have been up to lately. We leave Thursday for Utah for my little sisters wedding, which we are pretty excited about.

Valley Forge

On Sunday we decided to visit Valley Forge. It is really close to us, only about 30 minutes away. It's pretty hard for both of us to be outside too much around here these days because of allergies. Anytime I go outside for more than 10 minutes I start sneezing like crazy and my eyes, ears, and throat get really itchy. Poor Bryce comes home from being outside all day with red eyes and a really stuffy nose. Anyway, I mention this because we figured Valley Forge would be perfect because there is a road so you can just drive your car around the whole memorial site and never really have to get out. We did get out and took a few pictures but we couldn't stay too long because I was going to die.
Anyway, it was a fun thing to go visit. It has a bunch of walking trails and a big picnic area. When all this pollen settles down around here we'll have to go back one Sunday and have a picnic. Here are a few of the pictures we took.


Bryce inside of one of the soldier huts.


Bryce's head is as big as the arch!!


I thought this was a good quote.


On one of the many walking trails with the forest in the background.


It reminded me of the sacred grove...it is really pretty here.

Not too much else has been going on here in Philadelphia. We're really ready for our trip to Utah in a couple weeks for Chelsea and Matt's wedding (atleast I am).