Living Happily Ever After

My little sister got married on Friday.

She was absolutely radiant. Both bride and groom were, actually, although I didn't get any great up-close shots at the temple. I did get these fun far-away pictures while they were under the umbrella to stay out of the light snow that was falling.

Because we were on time to the luncheon we didn't have seats (apparently everyone else had been waiting at their table while we were chillin' - literally and figuratively - on Temple Square). So we got to sit at the table marked 'Bridal Party', directly across from the couple of honor.

Aaron and I made the wedding video, which made it's debut at the luncheon. Big project but great results. And Heather was there to help us chase Zeke (thank you, thank you!) for the day, which was such a big help.

At the reception, Zeke spent all 2.5 hours running around the reception center. Every time we looked away (which is frequent when you have a room full of people you haven't seen in 5+ years) he disappeared into the crowd or up the stairs to the bride's room. We did get a few moments of stillness when we got him some reception treats

and while he was fixated on Dynna's carousel.

Here's the happy couple during the cake cutting; no smashing (wahoo!) despite encouragement from the crowd.

Congratulations to Dynna and Ryan! May the times ahead be as wonderful as your wedding day.

Pancakes

Saturday mornings mean pancakes and eggs for breakfast, unless we have to be somewhere early in the day. Pancakes and eggs are two of Zeke's very most favorite foods.

A while back, we had leftover pancakes in the fridge from a mid-week pancake lunch. Friday night Zeke pulled them out of the fridge and brought them to me. I told him to put them back and we would eat them the next day. He did, but it wasn't long before they were back out again. And this time he decided to take matters into his own hands.

A piece here, a bite there ....

When the short stack was half gone, I decided we may as well warm them up with butter and syrup and make it an offical pancake bedtime snack.

Pancakes make for one very happy Zeke.

Shower Power

Last week my mom and I threw a bridal shower for Dynna. For those of you that know her and wish she updated her blog more so you could know what she's up to, here you go. For everyone else, you get to 'meet' my cute, nearly-married sister.

The food. Oh so good. Interestingly, at clean up there was only one peanut butter bar left and only one brownie gone. Peanut butter bars were the clear winner with this group!

Candiss made her place among the shower gifts for most of the shower. Partially to chew on the ribbons, and partially because I was sitting in her chair.

Popcorn buckets, a recipe for caramel popcorn, and the ingredients to make it. What a great idea!

And green oven mitts. We had a kitchen shower, can you tell?

Garbage Day

Part of our Wednesday morning routine is watching for the garbage truck. Zeke especially loves it, I think, because there is a W on the side of it in the logo. We get to see it twice, once on each side of our street. Every other week we get double the garbage truck excitement because the recycle truck comes too. It makes Zeke's day. Actually, we all love it.