July 16-30 - Missouri Trip

Why oh why must I be so crazy about getting everything from one trip into one post??!!! Because I don't have time to sit down and do this updating in one sitting it has literally taken me at least a week and a half to do this one! Ridiculous!!! Anyway, it's the synopsis of our 2 week trip to Missouri - it's a darn good thing that I misplaced my camera for almost a week of it or else I'm afraid this post would've been twice as long!



Our whole family (minus Tim and Jenna : / ) got to go to Missouri for my cousin Kendra's wedding! We all flew together! What a blast!!!!

In the St. Louis airport.

How cute are they?!!!

Sterling with cousin Kinsie.

Matthew told Kinsie that if she wasn't gonna let him hold Sterling that he'd just hold them both!

Uncle Logan, cousin Matthew and Sterling.


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Kinsie with little Alexia.

Pops chillin' with the little man on the hammock.

Kelsey with Sterling.

The bride!!

Ty and Kinsie.

Aunt Connie with Alexia.

Brunch on Thursday morning.

Pops and Sterling.

Shanny and her girl!

Sterling stole Alexia's pacifier - she wasn't too amused!!!

My dear cousin Anna helping me crumb-coat the wedding cakes! Kendra made our wedding cake so it made it extra special to get to do hers!!!

Anna and her darling baby girl, Rosalind

Me working on the cakes.

Sterling - ready and waiting to go to the rehearsal dinner.

The bride and Alexia!

My parents with Kendra

Sweet cousin April with Sterling

Cara with the babies

Andrea and Timothy with Sterling

Uncle Ty with the nakie boy!!

I love this one of Ry, Shan and Alexia!!

The wedding reception

Sterling and I with The Cakes! Kendra designed the whole thing and I had a lot of help executing the project!! It was the first cake that I've done since having a baby - it made it a little interesting but in the end it all worked out! All the black is fondant overlay.

Andrea and the boy!

Mikayla and the boy!

Too bad Ry and Shan missed out on this shot! Poor little Lexi Lou had a bit of a melt down earlier in the evening and they had to leave.

Ryan and Selah

Dear Heather and I

Beautiful aunt Connie and Selah!

Happy Selah!!

Me, Aunt Connie, Becky, and Aunt Clarissa

Dear U. Pall lovin' on the boy!

Uncle Jay and Aunt Faith - long time family friends!!! I was so blessed to get a night to catch up with them in their lovely home! It was a wonderful connection that I hadn't anticipated making.

Buds!! Andrea and Kelsey

I love this one of Becky and Derek with Selah!

Sterling is crazy nuts about drinking water out of a glass!! Cracks me up!

How great is this one - my little Fish in the tub!!! Just in the last month he has discovered that he can roll over onto his belly in the tub too : )

Crazy guys!! Ty, Kyle, U. Rodney, U. Dan, Logan and Pops

A bunch of us were still around on Sunday so all got to go to church together - took up a whole row!

U. Dan and A. Connie lovin' on Sterling

Matthew with Evalyn

Sweet cousins!! Katherine, Rebeca, Lydia and Sterling!

All hands on deck for a back massage!!

We had a wonderful dinner with U. Pall and A. Kathy's family on Monday night!!!

Sisters! My mom and A. Kathy with Heidi

Cousin lovin'

So far Sterling loves books!!! I hope that love will continue to grow as he does. Hopefully he'll be like his dad in that!!!

High-centered trying to escape from one of his many sleeping pallets!

We got to go out for some girl time and coffee our last day.

Sterling intently checking out the new taggie that Aunt Connie made for him!