Kelci's wedding

My sister got married the first of February up north and had a reception in Cedar the following weekend. While I didn't do much, the things I did do were time consuming, especially when you add kids, church callings, and babysitting. That's why I've been slacking in the blogging department. One of the things I made was her cake. All the layers except the top are styrofoam. This one has a real cake for the top so they could cut into it at their Bountiful reception (and save it for their 1st anniversary if they want). That's why the top doesn't look so good. I had let the cake thaw too long before trying to make the top piece so it was falling apart and was a mess. A lady in my ward that does cakes helped me with the cake and did a lot of the flowers on it. I was glad for her help and I learned about fondant so I'll be able to do better the next time around. For the Cedar reception we did another styrofoam top.

The happy couple after their cake fight.

Before the reception we ended up having a coolant leak that Jared had to fix before we headed home the next day. We made it to the reception about 1/2 an hour before it started. So much for helping. At least we were able to make it home. And I'm really glad Jared's able to fix vehicles!

The wedding party. Each family/sibling picked a color. We were blue, Lex was orange, Desiree was purple, etc. The two little girls were all the colors (in a tutu and their bows). We didn't have any blue so I made the boys' ties (all 3 of them), my shirt, and I made the two girls' bows.

 Boys and girls separated (and no kids) in rainbow order.

 The sisters. I'm glad Kelci had regular shoes on so I wasn't the shortest. :)

 All of my mom's siblings came. It was awesome! Uncle Kelly, Aunt Nanette, Uncle Jerry, my mom, Aunt Susie, Aunt Shenla.

My Uncle Kelly is awesome. After we cleaned up he played with Cooper. He grabbed him by his shirt/pants (not sure which) and swung him around. Cooper was laughing so hard. He loved it! 

 Cooper running away from Uncle Kelly. My little boys looked so cute in their black pants, white shirts, and ties (thank you DI for the clothes - except Cooper's shirt).

 The next day before leaving we went to a park near my parents' house so my brother could show us his gas powered RC truck. I loved all the boys standing there together - big and little.

 Lex chased Cooper with it a little. You can tell how big it is.

 Crue brought a Jeep and motorcycle and was having fun driving them around the sidewalk going around the toys.

On the way up north we stopped at Ikea. It was a pretty cool place. I was excited because I got a salad spinner for $2.99, a set of 2 funnels for $.99, and a small frying pan for $2.99. My sister put the kids on some comfy rugs we found. We ate lunch there too. It was pretty good.

 Seriously, have you ever seen a cuter girl?

 Some of the furniture was set up like it was in rooms so you could see what it would be like. Crue loved going in each one.

Info about my shirt (especially for Holly that asked about making stuff) and the boys' ties:
Tie pattern from Ottobre Design (search through the pictures for the neckties picture and click on that for the pattern). My friend Erin introduced me to it and I finally made some. I did Jared's the same way but used one of his ties that I took apart, as a pattern and followed the instructions on Ottobre Design's pattern.
My shirt is a Simplicity 3750 pattern. I did view A but did the length for view C (same pattern piece they just have you cut the other a little shorter). The blue is just the symphony broadcloth or something like that at Joann's that I was able to get for $2 a yard with a coupon. The white is satin from a jacket a lady in my ward made me for prom since my dress wasn't modest. Here's a good website to check out for help with sewing patterns and other things. http://sewmamasew.com/tutorials.php. This site has some good patterns if you want to try out something simple (http://www.made-by-rae.com/tutorials/ and http://www.made-by-rae.com/patterns/ - try the newborn pants and the itty bitty baby dress, both are free). Another piece of advice that I found out - pattern sizes DO NOT match your current size. My pattern size was actually about 2-3 sizes bigger than my clothes size. Measure yourself before you go to get the pattern and then you can match your measurements to the ones on the back of the pattern to make sure you buy the right size. If you have any questions let me know.