Brenda and Den's Wedding!

Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, we were in Maryland last week for a family wedding.  Today I thought I would share some of the pictures Matt and I took as the 'photographers' for Brenda and Den's wedding.  We are not professional photographers by any means but we had a great time taking some pictures for the happy couple! 

Ceremony

 Husband and Wife!

 

 ^Elijah dressed in his wedding best:)

 ^Auntie Brenda with Bella and Elijah

 ^Jon and Emily

^Brenda with Matt and Elijah

 ^Me and my sister in law Erika

 ^Brenda and Den with our side of the family

^Sisters

 ^Such a fun, beautiful couple!

^I love that they have so much fun together:)

 

Congratulations to the newlyweds, Brenda and Den!  We love you so much and we were so blessed to be a part of your special day.  Cheers to a lifetime of happiness!



Easter in Maryland

Hello Friends, sorry for the long absence!  We've had a busy month and for the past week we were visiting family in Maryland!  We made the trip out to the East coast for Matt's aunt Brenda's wedding, and stayed for an Eastern shore Easter as well.  We had a great time and I've got lots of pictures to share (we were the official photographers at the wedding, so get ready!).  But today I thought I'd just share a few highlights of our Easter Sunday in Maryland.

 ^The three Monson ladies!

 ^Grandma teaching the kids to bat

 ^Can I just say how much I love this lady?!  What an awesome Mom and grandma! 

 The Egg Hunt Begins!

 ^The newlyweds:)

 

 ^Perfect day to fly kites!

 ^Auntie Kay helped Elijah find eggs

 

 ^This is what we do:)

 ^This little boy was quite sweet on Bella.  He even gave her some of the eggs he found.  Don't worry, Matt kept a close eye on them;)

 ^Elijah wasn't so sure about sharing the eggs during the egg hunt

We hope you had a blessed Easter holiday with loved ones!  Rejoice, He is Risen!

Valentine's Party and Crafts

Greetings!  This past week was filled with fun Valentine crafts and a party with our playgroup friends which both Bella and Elijah really enjoyed!  Matt left town on Valentine's day morning, but we were able to have dinner together the night before (Miss you Valentine of mine!)  We hope your Valentine's day was full of love too!  Here's some pictures of our fun:

For our Valentine's Party at playgroup this year, we decided to teach a lesson on manners and then serve a spaghetti lunch for the kids.  They did a great job and really seemed to enjoy the food and drinks!  We also had them decorate paper bags and exchange little valentine's cards and treats-that was a big hit!  We are so blessed to have such a fun group of friends to see every week! 

Elijah's ready to party:)

^Some of the boys enjoying caesar salad

 ^Bella had another girl to play with this week, sweet little Maeve!  They sat together at lunch and enjoyed their girl time:)

 ^Cute Valentine Drinks (Shirley Temples!)

 My two little Valentines enjoying their lunch:)

^Cute little Wesley (just six weeks younger than Elijah)

Cupcakes for dessert!

^Levi and Jude enjoying their dessert

^Decorated Valentine's Bags, ready to be filled with treats:)

Later in the week, both Grandmas came over to make Valentine Houses with the kids!  This was a really fun project and worked out great because at Christmas time we didn't get a chance to make the gingerbread house Bella really wanted to do.  So Valentine's Day Houses it was!  The kids thoroughly enjoyed eating and decorating their way through the entire process.

 

^Someone's excited:)

 ^Elijah and Grandma H (this is his 'smile' face-Grandma's trying not to laugh!)

 ^Bella and Grandma M

 ^I just love Elijah's face in this one.  As he was completing his house, he kept calling everyone over and yelling,

"Ta -Da!"

 ^Elijah showing Bella his house

 ^And giving her a sample:)

 ^Elijah's finished house (and Bella peeking!)

 

^Bella's finished house

 

 

This was a super fun and easy project and comes highly recommended by both Bella and Elijah!  We may have to make this one a tradition:)