Our trip to California (mostly).

We were in California December 7-14th to participate in my niece Nathalie's wedding. She is the oldest of 20 1/2 grandchildren and when I heard she was planning to get married I volunteered to do her hair and make-up. It was my pleasure to help her and although I did her H & M, she is naturally beautiful.

Our family's adventure started with Cora's first airplane ride. Michael vows to never fly with small children again. I vow to get Michael medication next time so he won't worry about it so much. ;)

I took a similar picture of Evan when he was 7? months old so I HAD to take it of C.G. too. Too close to call as to who's turned out more adorable. It was the first thing I did when I walked in the door at my parents house.

Birthday twin Juliet and her 3 older siblings all came bounding in for a mini reunion and baby comparison. The are both pretty cute, don't you think??

First of MANY many trips to the trampoline with cousin Liam who is 9 months older than Evan. Liam and his parents live at my parents so he's always available for a play date. Whoop! (Mike and C.G. are in the background, cheering them on)

The first morning. "Someone" was happier than the other to be awake, can you guess who? My favorites are where she's pulling Evan's shirt and also where she looks to be trying to tickle his feet. :)

So as most of you know, Juliet and Cora Grace are cousins, both born in California, different cities but only 4 hours separate their age of 6 months 2 weeks old. At 7 days old, they met and took their first photo shoot so it was only appropriate that at 6 months and 7 days, we do another! :) (Jen don't hold your breath for a 1 year and 7 days photo shoot, unless of course, you are coming here! ha ha ha). It's fun to see how far much they've grown! *sigh*

Then of course a few of C.G. by herself. (trust me, this is not all of them)

In 'down time' (what's that!? Mike's foot was hurt so he was in real pain and I was constantly chasing, changing, putting to sleep, feeding, waking up etc the kids. This was no 'relaxing' vacation.) we watched "Yo" or something else on Sprout PBS or Nick Jr. (my older sister Katrina and her daughter Amber are in background). Cora sat with my sister Ashley, entertaining her with her cuteness. Then Evan dominated a ginger bread house. lol.

My sister Carlyn who was my only sibling (besides my bro Isaac who's on a mission in TX) who hadn't met Cora yet. She loved her... as predicted. :)

On another day we took some time for ourselves and went to the local Mall. It had a water fountain and although we didn't come and plan to participate in the water fall, you can see that Evan did and LOVED every minute of it. (it was high 70's that day) Thankfully Old Navy was one store down so I bought him so new pants afterwards. ha ha ha! It was well worth it.

On to the main event: Nathalie's Wedding! She and her husband Austin were married in the Los Angeles Temple (so were we, 13 years ago!). These are pictures of us waiting for them to come out the back doors as is tradition. Ahh.

My niece Adelle, adjusting her accessories. ;)

This was the cutest thing! Grandma Karla or as I have been trying to get my kids to call her, "Putsie" (childhood nick name), was sitting on a curb with a hand full of her grandchildren, entertaining them. Specifically, she was teaching young Luke the expertise of how to gurgle water. I am so glad my camera caught this! xo Mom.

Look at this little loiterer, my nephew Stewart. Adorable! 2nd cutest brown eyes I've ever seen. (Evan being 1st, Mike is now in 3rd, sorry honey but I think you understand, ha ha ha)

My pretty sister Jenalyn. Can you believe she's NINE months pregnant by this picture? I didn't think so. Baby boy Reese will be here soon to be Liam's little brother. I wonder if his cheeks will weigh him down too? ;) he he he. Below this is Jenalyn with her husband Darren, she felt miserable with pregnancy and chasing an almost 3 year old. It doesn't show.

The Riff Raff... My sister Ashley and her boyfriend Kimball, my bro Jesse's profile. Then we have my SIL Kelli, newly skinny brother Vincent, my SIL Lael's back and my niece Colby's head over Lael's shoulder.

Bffff cousins, Lincoln and Jace who are always attached at the hip. Ashley, Cora and my bro Wade.

3 generations of Wutkee: Jesse, Stewart and my dad Allan.

My own moment with Cora Grace. She is soOO cute!

The crowd waiting (it was actually MUCH bigger than this but this is what you get from my angle). My oldest brother Carl is in the tux center. I love that I got this shot cause it shows how proud and excited he is to watch his daughter come out to bask in the glow of the celebration waiting for her. <3 (my niece Shain in pink v-neck, a SIL, Lisa is behind her in teal and red hair)

Announcing...

Austin and Nathalie Dixon!

12.11.10

(they didn't even plan that. cool huh!?)

This is all the pictures blogger would allow me to have on my blog. I may have to start a new one cause I sure as heck am not 'buying' more space. (well, we'll see I guess) I had some more documenting of the visit but I have to work out the space issue.