Our Growing Family Tree

It's been a fun summer for our family. Along with our summer activities like swimming and hiking and spending time together, we have also expanded our family. In June we got two new baby boy cousins. Brandon's sister Erica, and her husband, Stephen, had little Stephen Austin Haner, and my sister Daya, and her husband, Kirk, had Riley James Tracy. Then in July my brother Anton, and his wife Jennifer, had Samuel David Conklin. We love all of our new boy cousins! Finally (for now) we got a new Uncle on August 1, 2009. Spencer Chriswell married our Auntie Erin, Brandon's little sister. It was a beautiful setting at Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, a beautiful day with sunshiny skies, and she had the most beautiful flower girls and bridesmaid I've ever seen...my three girls! Not to mention some of their other cousins and Aunties as well.



Kyleen, their cousin, Celeste, and Tamsen checking out the waterfall while waiting for the wedding to start.



Tamsen felt like a princess in her pretty dress.



Kyleen is such a little romantic, and she loves dressing up!



Breanne was a bridesmaid and the first person to walk down the aisle. She was a little nervous, but she did just fine. I can't believe how grown up she is getting.



Their first kiss as "The Chriswells".



Erica, Stevie, Erin and Breanne. Isn't that a cute picture of Breanne?


The reception was a big PARTY! Erin wanted it to be very "kid friendly" and she accomplished that! There was a carnival theme and they served hot dogs and pizza and had a candy bar with salt water taffy and lemon heads, sweet tarts, and jordan almonds. They also had a big popcorn machine and cotton candy machine. Throw in dancing and helium balloons and you have a night to remember! The kids had so much fun, and so did everyone else that attended. It was a celebration!



The first dance.



Papa and Breanne shared a swing dance and then they did "The Chicken Dance" together while Grammy, Aunt Daya, and I watched and giggled at Papa's "chicken wiggle".



Jerrin was looking like a little hottie while he enjoyed the dance floor.



Breanne encouraged one of Spencer's nephews while he did a little break dance demonstration.



Birds of a feather flock together, and apparently so do flower girls.



Tamsen LOVED the cotton candy!



Dallin danced with all three of the Hunter flower girls. They felt very special. What a handsome dance partner.

It was a great time and we look forward to spending more time with Uncle Spencer and Auntie Erin when they get back from their honeymoon to Maui. Hopefully they will avoid the hurricane that is headed there this weekend! We also look forward to playing with our new little cousins as they get bigger. We sure do love our family!