Mallory and AJ's Wedding

My cousin Mallory married her high school sweetheart on October 26 in a beautiful wedding in Alton, IL.

My cousin Jake walking Grandma Ann down the aisle :) We got to the church right as the wedding was starting so we had to sneak into the back. (Terrible wedding ettiquette. Sorry, Mal.)

Uncle Stinky and Aunt Michelle

The Matron of Honor (and her 9 month baby bump) and the Best Man

Sweet Kyla Margaret. This was her face as she saw Charlotte. She whispered "Charlotte" right after I took this.

The beautiful bride as the doors were opening.

I was crying at this point. Uncle Richard was crying as he gives his second daughter away :)

Seeing my uncles cry gets me every time.

She look stunning.

It was a Catholic wedding with a mass. Sawyer was actually a good boy! Busy but good.

Kyla Margaret with her Grandpa after the wedding.

Mr and Mrs AJ

The weather was beautiful, there were bubbles everywhere, it was amazing!

Charlotte loves her some bubbles...

The Weber Family

(minus John, Alex, Jeremy and Darrin...all of which at to work)

Aunt Bare and the most handsome little guy...

We headed to Target after the wedding to get a snack, a present, and some drinks.

Then we headed over to the reception....which had a beautiful view of the river and the bridge.

Charlotte LOVED the fountain. She kept finding people to take with her to the fountain.

Melia did Mal's bridal portraits. Sooooo pretty. She did them at the farm.

At first glance it does appear that she is drinking beer.

It's really apple juice. She insisted on drinking like everyone else. Who needs a sippy cup anyway?

Love that face... and my fat arm.

He played and played in the window....he even fell and bruised his cheek doing it but still got back up and played some more.

This boy and his Gigi.

Always such a lady. She gets her skills from her mom.

And Wayne is in the house!!! Poor boy was teething but he put that aside for the first 20 minutes that he was at the reception. He dominated that place!! He was into everything within minutes...and Charlotte was helping make sure he didn't touch stuff he wasn't supposed to.

Gigi and Papa and their babes.

Kyla finally was done with pictures and Charlotte couldn't have been more excited. She is obsessed with her. HOW CUTE ARE THEY?

They announced the bridal party and bride and groom. The crazies actually all took a seat while they did that.

Sawyer even clapped along with everyone else.

Heading to the dance floor for their first dance (which they shared with Charlotte and Kyla)

Poor baby Wayne. They headed home not too long after this. He just wasn't feeling well.

Sawyer loves his Uncle Cha Cha

The Weber grandkids...minus John and Eric.

Uncle Jim, Aunt Tammy, Ryan, Michaela, and Kurtis

Katie, Aunt Didi, Uncle Grant, Melissa, and Jake

The Hendricks family plus Alicia

Love this couple :)

These three are a perfect hot mess :)

And they are all so pretty....even Jake is :)

The Weber Siblings with their Momma

The core 6 if you will...

Pretty pretty ladies

This shall be continued in another post with the fabulous dance pictures :)

Alex's Saturday Off

Alex's work has changed stuff up with his schedule  so we had a Saturday that we got to spend TWO straight days together. Alex's choice was to go down to the farm and help with harvesting. With this being his first Fall here, he wanted to learn the ropes.

We drove down Friday night. We got to Grandma's house around 10. Charlotte stayed asleep but Sawyer woke up for about 2 hours. We listened to the STL game on the way down and finished watching it when we got to Grandma's. Jake, Melissa, Dad, Katie, and Alicia were there visiting as well. We always love getting to Grandma's house and there being a crew there. 

The next morning, Dad and Alex got up early and waited for Uncle Jim to get there to get stuff started.

As soon as the sun was up, it was time...

Grandma and I drove down to the farm to take some pictures and let the kids see the cows.

Love that pasture...

...and that pond...

...and the beautiful trees

...

three calves :)

And another one up on the other hill in the pasture.

After we got up and got moving, we headed to the next town over to watch my cousin Michaela play volleyball. Melissa went with us and Aunt Kathy met us there. After the game and after walking thru the craft show, we headed to eat lunch at the pizza place. Lunch with 2 toddlers that haven't napped yet is always fun :) Grandma was ready to hit the road.

They slept on the way back to Grandma's house. We took pizza, soda and chips to Dad, Alex, and Uncle Jim who were all harvesting over at Dad's farm.

Then we got back to Grandma's house. Both kids woke up (after 30 min naps) and wouldn't go back to sleep. So we played intstead.

Grandma brought the new kitties inside.

To say she was smitten would be an understatement.

He makes noises as he pets cats. It's like a high pitched hum. He was doing it to the kitty.

I AM IN LOVE.

So is she. Look at the fear in that kittie's eyes.

Around 5 we headed over to Dad's farm to check in with the boys. 

Beautiful, right?

Alex was manning his post!

Sawyer was LOVING the tractor.

Charlotte was nervous at first but she ended up warming up to the idea of the tractor.

Love this shot.

Here comes Papa!! With a wagon full of corn!

We love harvest.

Charlotte and Sawyer love Papa's truck. It was SOOOO muddy. 

Drive drive drive

So much corn. Such little hands.

After that, we headed back to Grandma's for our bonfire. We had a weinie roast!! So delicious. The kids ran around until dark and then ate their hot dogs. Sawyer went to sleep around 7:30.

Charlotte and Kyla just sat and watched tv together. They would take a break and get a snack then head back to the TV. 

Two tired beauties.

Charlotte was so good (for the most part) even with so little sleep. Alex and Dad got back around 8 pm. They ate and sat around with the fam. I finally had to get Alex to put Charlotte down around 9 pm. She just wasn't going to sleep for me. It was a long day with lots of in and out with the kids and lots of business. By 9 pm, I was exhausted. I went out and sat by the fire with the cousins and even got into the hot tub for awhile with Alex and Caleb. It was a fabulous day and I am so thankful that Alex chose this way to spend his Saturday off!!!

Harvest is the most beautiful time of the year :)