Mom's Bridesmaid Dresses

When we went to Idaho Falls we went to my Grandma Beth's to get some of the things we might want from her house. My aunts had gone through the house to clean it out. They found the dresses they wore for our parents wedding reception!! So funny. We had to try them on and go show my mom!!

She knew what they were right away and about died laughing!! It was really fun. I don't think many people have the chance to try a bridesmaid dress of their mom's! We were loving ourselves even though we felt like we just stepped out of a polygamist colony!!  Classic homemade beauties from 1972!

Horses!

 We took a little family vacation to visit my parents in Idaho Falls.  We wanted a change of scenery and so we headed there. All my siblings were there except Megan. She lives in Denver and will come at Christmas time.

It was fun for all the cousins to spend time together.

Shanntel and Nate took us out to their new house and the kids got to ride their horses. Everyone waited for their turn.

We love to have Shane spend time with us whenever he can. What a handsome hubby I have!

Sweet Shanntel giving everyone a turn. She got more exercise than she wanted for sure!!

My sweet girls!

And smarty pants Jace. Who waited patiently for everyone to go first. He wanted to be last because he thought he might get a longer ride. He was right.

What a fun memory for everyone!

Hallie's 11th Birthday Party! Think Pink!

 We had a surprise party for Hallie's birthday! She was totally surprised, because it was a month late! I am usually not that bad about birthday's, but she kept wanting a slumber party and we could never make that work because of soccer games. We would have had to wait two months to make it work, and then it would be Abbie's birthday. I finally just decided to surprise her and hope she would be happy.

I think she was really surprised and I think she had a lot of fun!! We had a pink party because that is her favorite color lately and because it is fun!!

Lots of pink treats and decorations.

Pink cupcakes with soccer ball rings- how can i go wrong?

cute friends in their pink!!

What a cute 11 year old blowing out her candle!

Everyone got some socks as a party favor. We played Pictionary (which most the girls had never played!!) on big white boards, had lots of treats, and lots of laughs.

What cute friends Hallie has!!

 And to finish the party while we waited for mom's, we had a great time playing Just Dance 2 on the wii. Once the dancing started no one wanted to leave!!