Mr. and Mrs. Luster!!!!

This past Saturday one of Trav's best friends, Levi, who was his roommate and teammate at Concordia got married! It was a beautiful ceremony and reception in Temecula. Ashley, the bride, arrived in a horse-drawn carriage...talk about fairy tale! The sweetest thing was watching Levi wait for his Bride. The love and excitement he felt was shown all over his face and as he came to tears when seeing his Bride for the first time that day, I think the whole crowd did also! They are such a special couple and great friends to us. Trav was honored to be one of the best men and stand beside Levi. We are excited for the years to come with them!!!


Look at that smile!

Kiss the bride!

Trav's Best Man speech!

Looking good boys!

The beautiful bride!

Nice Levi!

CUI guys

Butterfields hit the pumpkin patch!

It's hard having all the nieces and nephews living out of state! I was spoiled when I had them here in California and now I miss them all like crazy! My sisters are good at sending frequent pictures so that we are kept up to date in their busy lives and can watch the little ones grow up. Leanna and Jon just sent some pictures from their pumpkin patch visit and I have to post them because they are so cute. The kids are growing up way to fast and I wish I could be right by them along the way!


Maddie and Huds

The Butterfield gang!

She is looking older and older!

Sweet Hudsie

Picked a Pumpkin!

Samdog

Sammy and Savi

PuMpKiN cArViNg!!!

With Trav away in Temecula for the pre-wedding events for Levi, the apartment was just too empty! So, Friday night the girls came over for some pumpkin fun! Who said carving pumpkins was just for kids? We had a fun time carefully picking out our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch! We picked up some pizza and some tools and began our challenging pumpkins. We roasted the seeds and threw in a chick flick while we carved...for about 3 hours!!!! In the end, we were pretty impressed with our masterpieces and decided this would be a new tradition...that will carry on even when we all have kids! The night ended with a scary movie....yikes. Thankfully Lindsey spent the night, otherwise I wouldn't have slept!!!! I'm so thankful for the girlfriends in my life and I cherish the times we have when we are together!

Another Disneyland Adventure!

On Friday night we got to have a "date night" with Vander! We took him to Disneyland and had a blast! He is at such a fun age.....and he is more of a daredevil on rides than I am! Thankfully Uncle Trav likes the rockets and flew up high with him! Who knew that the train could be such a fun ride too!?! The dinos were a hit! Afterwards, we went and had dinner at Chick-fil-A and he was just the cutest thing. He picked out the table, sat perfectly still, and ate his chicken and chocolate milk all on his own! When did all of our nieces and nephews grow up?!?! Here is a slide show of our Dland night....yes, I am obsessed with Scrapblog!!!! :-)

Melissa's Shower

This past Saturday, Ashley and I held a shower for our high school friend Melissa at the apartment. We had so much fun planning, decorating, working through all the details, and awaiting the day. With the two of us working together, we are quite the shower machine!

Melissa is marrying her high school sweetheart on November 23 and we are all anxiously awaiting the wedding! It has been so much fun watching them grow as a couple and they are amazing friends! Melissa went to the University of Edinburgh and it has been so neat having her back in the States! The shower was a lovely evening with the girls...and it was fun watching Mel blush!

Wedding season continues on!

Millie Arrived!

Happiest Place!

My sister, Kristel, is in town with her two boys and yesterday was their first trip to Disneyland!!! Parker and Kody LOVED it!!!! Their eyes were like saucers the entire day! It was the absolute perfect day for Disneyland...sunny but cool and the crowd was not bad. I think it's neat being with someone for their first Disneyland trip. The excitement over everything that the boys showed made the whole day that much more fun! These pictures don't capture half of the fun that the day was!



It was a bumpy ride for them with Parker driving! :)

Parker loved Disneyland!

"Cheese!"

Parker and Mimi at lunch!

Kody snuggled up with Papa!

He was in awe!!!

Only the greatest ride there! :)