tucker & lauren got married! (aaand it was tess' third birthday)

tucker married lauren! she is the sweetest girl ever and im still pinching myself i have her as a new SIL. it was a beautiful, memorable day. we loved every second of it. 

which was good because the wedding festivities totally over-shadowed this little girl's third birthday (her birthday was the day before the wedding). we made sure she felt as special as possible.(and in case you dont speak tess.... this is her saying her birthday is october 20th)

happy birthday, tessy! we love you!!!

the following morning was the wedding. this was the kids waiting outside the temple for tucker and lauren. 

jocelyn came up for the weekend! it was soooo fun to have her there. 

sisters!

it was the first time in a long time that all the millward cousins were together (besides tyler and liam {who is on a mission}). it was a blast getting to catch up with everyone. and it was scary trying to get this shot before sam decided he was over it.

we had a donut truck serving hot, mini donuts to the guests. so i thought it would be fun to incorporate the donut theme into the cake display. there were also polaroids from the day hanging above the cake. 

eating our fair share of delicious mini donuts (donut mind if I DO) and hot chocolate. 

after the cutting of the cake and the bouquet toss there was DANCING! good thing tess brought lamby for the party. :)

valentines day

tess was feeling it in her heart headband a couple weeks ago. pink, pink and more pink!

i saw a picture of a manicure that had these cynical conversation hearts on the girl's nails and tried to have my local nail lady recreate it. yeah..... that didnt go over so well. lets just say (its shellac so i cant just take it off) i have been hiding my nails for the past week and a half. i had to get some sort of revenge on the situation so i made cynical conversation heart sugar cookies. 

minute-to-win-it valentines candy game for sully's class party. 

sully's valentines. 

valentines day morning. she loved her nerd rope and princess shoes!

craig took me out to dinner and dessert downtown (date night on a weeknight!) that night. the space needle was pink! very fun. 

my valentine. 

a band aid birthday!

tess celebrated her second birthday last month! we had a little band aid birthday party for family. she looooooves band aids ("bamaids").

band aid birthday banner!

happy tess.

that night the boys chose the dirty bird (red robin) for tess' birthday dinner. that way, she could have the waiters sing to her. 

after dinner we came back home for presents, cake and ice cream. she couldnt sit still.

grandma cheri and grandpa rod!

just a few pictures of her during her birthday week. she loves a good stroll through target like her mom.

dont even ask what shes doing here but i loooove her smile. i think her brothers have taught her some bathroom humor....

i was fixing her piggies in the mall one afternoon when a stranger walked by and said i had to have an action shot. ha! 

happy birthday to our princess tess.

end of the summer

it took awhile for seattle to heat up this summer but once it did, we enjoyed every second of it. tess and i frequented our favorite splash pad often. 

tagg and sully had soooo much fun at their first skyhawks sports camp. 

tess and i had sooooo much fun eating at molly moons. a lot. 

we went camping with our friends one of the last weekends in august. it was fantastic. out site was across the field from one epic slip and slide. 

dangerous (i was waiting for someone to knock a tooth out) but fun.

in the morning, we went tubing down the river next to our campsite. it was very exciting. 

and right before we packed up to head home, the moms had a turn down the slip and slide. not as cute as when the kids did it.

we enjoyed star wars night at the mariners game. the weather and junk food was amazing. 

after the game craig and i drove over to kerry park. neither of us had ever been before. which is shocking. the park has a gorgeous view of downtown. 

one last trip to the splash pad for the season. rocking that neon yellow!

at the last second craig and i took a little trip down to portland (sans kids) to visit brady and jocelyn. we had a great time staying up way too late, sightseeing, getting in fights with strangers and eating at fancy restaurants in cut offs and scrubs. 

grandma cheri and grandpa rod took the boys to race track one day. the boys had a great time getting geared up and racing each other.

more molly moons.

kaitlin, my mom, amy, brooke and i saw gwen stefani in concert! she was an amazing entertainer (although no one was as entertaining as the inebriated "girls" behind us) and we all had a super fun night.

anna left for HARVARD LAW. she is such a beautiful person, inside and out. we are all very proud of her.

we paid a visit to the fair on labor day. we saw suuuuuper cute bunnies, smelly cows/pigs and ate one delicious elephants ear. a good time. 

and the boys had the time of their life in these floating ball things. :)

tess went to back to school shoe shopping and was really feeling her new boots. 

my favorite three humans had a wonderful summer. ready to get this school year started. 

summer stuff

we went with the gessels to see 21 pilots. holy crap that was a great concert.

i looooove their music and they put on such a great show.

out of body dancing!

i had custom stamps made for our eggs/cartons. i love how they turned out. (guess i named our situation 'plum tree farm'. we do have plum trees..... :) )

 

i found tess chomping on an apple that had fallen from our tree. hope it was worm free! 

megan came in town just in time for kaitlin's bday. we went downtown for hello robin, saw a naked man in a window, "borrowed" an old wood door and watched the bachelor back at my house. pretty much a prefect night. 

dahlias from our yard. how much longer do you think i will be able to make them take dumb pictures like this?

she loves the swing!

and the boys loved their week and skyhawks sports camp. 

weeeeeeee weeeeeeee!

can i eat her?