birthday week....

before the kids got married, we would celebrate 5 birthdays in 6 weeks....mine was the only one that wasn't in the summer....now, we have 5 in april and may....7 in june, july and august (7 in 6 weeks)...october, november, and january...so, today started the summer birthdays!!!  russ turned 27 today!!  i can't believe my kids are getting sooooooo old!  what a wonderful son he is...he takes great care of me...he's a fantastic husband to kristen... a good brother...and a great friend...he works hard, studies hard and plays hard...he's amazing....then, we have a one day break (except it's jodi's and allison's birthday) and  on wednesday it's my oldest child's birthday...kelly will be 34!!  how can that be?  i'm still that young girl...i'm so grateful that she was the one that made me a mother...what a wonderful daughter she is and always has been...she has become a fantastic woman...she's pretty much a super woman...she does everything...wife, mother, runs a few businesses, crafts, blogs, sells, runs, bikes, runs, snowboards, runs, as you see, she runs a lot in her life...she's amazing and beautiful...just the daughter i always dreamed of...a few days later, we have kristen's birthday....she's turning 27 just a few days behind russ...how happy and lucky we are to have her in our family...this is her first birthday as a mullin...and we love that she is one of us!  kristen also is amazing...besides beautiful...she's a fantastic wife...wonderful daughter in law...she's a great teacher...she took up running and is running circles around russ...we are loving getting to know her more and more...so, it's a happy week...the start to a great birthday season....

june in utah

last wednesday, kristen and i flew up to utah for a few days....we had kerry and austin's utah reception on thursday....it turned out really nice...it was fun to have my family there, cousins, a few favorite aunts,  nieces and nephews, and great friends...some i haven't seen for quite a while...so, it was good times...ashley, larene and baby johnny ( what a sweetie) also stayed with us....i got to meet wren, whit's new baby girl...and what a doll she is....maybe she and johnny can 'hook up' in a few years!  friday, we shopped around with ash and larene...kerry and austin stayed with us...nick and shayla came to visit...russ flew up friday night...he went to clayton's bachelor party...saturday was a busy day...we went to que and gayle's 50th anniversary party!  that was fun to be with the moller's and their family....the kids and i went shopping that afternoon...saturday evening was clayton gunn and lauren's wedding...it was a beautiful wedding...lauren worked hard and made it darling...it was blistering hot, but, it finally cooled off!  sunday we all hung out...the kids went fishing for 'mosquitoes'...or that's all they caught...and then russ, kristen and i flew home that night....a fun, busy week...

kerry and austin's wedding!

friday, june 1st was the big day!! kerry and austin's wedding....it was a beautiful day...sunny, warm...and soooooo happy!  they were sealed in the los angeles temple at 11:30 am...it was beautiful...they were really excited...at 5 we started the reception....some hor'duerves....then we went into dinner....it was a smaller dinner for family and close family friends...they had the first dance...the brother/sister dance, mother/ son dance...a few toasts....then we had a reception with a lot more of our good friends...kerry's school friends, church friends, friends we haven't seen for a long time...it was great...more eating, cake cutting...garter toss...bouquet toss...and lot's of dancing...the band was amazing...they were the same band that played at russ and kristen's wedding last summer...they were great!! we had a hot chocolate bar, ice cream bar, candy bar and a photo booth...the little kids loved the photo booth and candy bar!! kerry looked gorgeous...her dress was amazing...her hair was beautiful...just a picture perfect bride...austin was a very handsome groom...together they were wonderful...the bridesmaids and groomsmen were great and the little flower girls and boys were darling...it was just the most wonderful, perfect day...and i thank everyone that came from far and near to be with us as we celebrated!!!