The trip

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged, but it hasn't been for lack of things to write about. August was a busy month. The main event was our family's trip to Utah for Aunt Nancy's wedding! It was a long drive, but it was worth it to escape the 100+ temps here in Austin for the lovely 75-degree weather in Utah. Utah has also somehow been stealing our rain - it was greener there than I've seen it in a long time and Texas is just drying up. I ran outside a few minutes ago and took this picture just outside our apartment:

Sad, huh. We're living in a wasteland. But we did get to escape this ghastly weather for a couple of weeks to the much greener pastures in Utah.

We met Cousin Paige for the first time. What a cutie!

She and Elinor seemed to hit it off, though Elinor is looking pretty solemn in this picture. They played a lot and it was so much fun to see them following each other around. We will have to visit frequently to nurture this friendship.

This is Emily and Caleb waiting for Nancy to come out of the temple. No, Emily's smile is not forced at all! :)

 The DVD player kept them entertained... until the batteries died.

Then we had to be a little more creative.
Caleb got grumpy.

 So I gave him the camera and sent him off on assignments to get shots of different people.
Here's Emily.

This was probably Paige or Gabe.

Here's me.

Take two.

 Emily was kept happy by being asked to "be beautiful."
Isn't she a sweetheart?

Grandma made matching dresses for the granddaughters, so here are Emily and Elinor together.

And the three of them here. Caleb may have been holding El in a headlock.

And, just because we were kept waiting outside the temple for so long for Nancy to glam up, I will leave you now, wondering if you will ever get to see the lovely bride in all her glory.
Plus this post is getting a little too long for my liking.
xo