Jimmy's Wedding Etc.

My little brother got married this last September.  I sure like my cute little brother.  He's my favorite.  He was born just two weeks before my fifth birthday and at the hospital my dad handed him to me and said he was an early birthday present.  So Jimmy has always been mine.  I'll let Madi have him now though.  She's alright, I guess.  Just kidding, I love her!  She's hilarious and they are disgustingly cute together.  Another perk of their marriage was my other brother, Jonathan, and his family came to town!

Cousins waiting at the temple.

All the nieces and nephews.  (Madi is the first one married on her side.)

So, this is my father. 

And these are my siblings. 

 Oaklee.

Atticus was feeling a little dramatic. 

So grandma cheered him up. 

This is Jimmy with Madi's bouquet, 

 Because this is Jimmy with my bouquet.  ( I think he did it at Sam's wedding too.)

 I swear every picture I found of Atticus he's eating treats that I definitely didn't give him.

 Also, I love this.

This is about the only picture of her from the night.  I think it's funny.

 My older brother is the most adorable dad.

Cousins! 

 

Mary.

 Kyndi was annoyed at her Italian soda.  I can't remember, but she either forgot the soda water or the flavoring.

 So my mom's biggest pet peeve is when people let their kids run wild in public.  She especially hates this when she's hostessing weddings.  I always hear about it when kids throw stuff into the fountains or creek.  So yep, apparently I (and my older brother) are those parents.  The photographer (who we know very well) came and informed Jonathan and I that our boys were running through the creek.  Which is a first for the Eldredge Manor by the way.  Sorry mom.

 I love these two pictures after we got them from the creek.

 Turds.  Seriously.  
They are really great boys on their own but together, they were monsters.

 And they also love each other.

 They danced to good songs

This was Labor Day in my parent's backyard.

 

 Using the ramp as a slide.

 Anna and Atticus

 We also randomly met a kangaroo that week.

 Jonny was not so sure.

 This calm lasted about two seconds.

 Mostly they were like this.

 And this.

 Group hug goodbye.

 Waving goodbye.

In Summer!

I'm going to make an attempt to do some catch up and post a bunch of pictures from last summer.  I'm not even going to attempt to put them in order.

These were at my niece, Avery's, baby blessing.  Atticus got put in time out, so my dad gave him a cookie and my mom sat by him the whole time.

Dan worked on the basement lots and cut himself open real nice.  For whatever reason they cut off his shirt to stitch up his forearm.  So they sent him home in a purple paper shirt.

 

Lots of sink baths. 

Helping with some yard work.  (He was being a dragon.) 

 Also, some helping with the basement.

 Sprinklers and laying out.  (He actually can hardly stand to go in the sprinkler, his face getting wet freaks him out.)

 They're "drying up".

 We got to see our friends Henry and Olivia (And Laura!).

 Fed some ducks.

 And played at the park.  A lot.

 He wanted to swim but we have no pool.  So he's swimming in the grass.  And yes, that's a pool noodle tied around his waist.

 Blew some bubbles. 

 We went to Bear Lake with Dan's work people.  My kiddos loved it!

 Jonny loved playing in the sand.  She eventually ate that handful she's got in this picture.

 Atticus was super brave and did lots of swimming.

 And he made some great castles.

 He loved the paddle boat until it rocked a bit and then he had a meltdown.  That water is about seven inches deep there.

 The 4th of July fireworks were actually on the third.  We watched from a random church lawn.

 Atticus told ghost stories while we waited for the fireworks to start.

 He would act out each firework.

 On the actual fourth we decided to be true Cache Valley-ers and go to the car show.  And then lamely did sparklers in the daylight because I didn't want Atticus up late two nights in a row.

 He's a Ghostbuster.

Hanging out. 

We spent lots of time like this on the porch so Jonny and I could hang out in the shade and watch Atticus play.  This day we were also having some pudding. 

 We went to Tracy Aviary with my Williams cousins.

 Boating with my family.  Jonny loved sleeping on the boat and LOVED swimming.  Atticus had to be coaxed into the water and was nervous the whole time.

Atticus took over as captain.

 I love this kid.  And this is the best picture there ever was.  And he loves super heroes and being the hero.  (And he's a bit of a ham.)

Morning snuggles with my babies.

They love each other. 

We got to see Laila and Harrison (and Jennifer!).  They had to give each other one last kiss.

Hung out with Avery.

Sun streaming down at the Pioneer Day parade.  I purposefully dressed Atticus trashy (Camo tank top, denim shorts, and cowboy boots) to upset Jameson.

And I dressed him like this to embarrass his Uncle Jimmy.  (And the poor kid got so sick at the parade we spent most of it in the bathroom.)

This is us on the back of a four-wheeler at the Bronson's cabin.  He fell dead asleep on our ride.

Rode some horses in Heber.

Made some Inside Out characters out of pipe cleaners because Atticus loves Joy.  (And six months later he still has them.) 

Summer is exhausting.

Eventually we let him do sparklers at night.

Baths!

Atticus is a great big brother.  Jonny loves his bike.

We made a time capsule to put in the walls of our basement.

A shocking discovery of Atticus in the mud.  He normally hates being dirty.

Summertime basement happenings.

Harvest.