Mauri + Jonah

Backing up a little bit to my baby sister's wedding! Mauri and Jonah were married on August 9th in the Provo City Center Temple. I tagged along for their bridals (a few weeks before) to get some video of their first look. How dreamy are these photos?!

Mauri was a STUNNING bride. I'll also forever regret not wearing a veil for my wedding.

- The Wedding Day -

Love my sistas!

Still can't get over these bouquets! So dang pretty.

Emmett was a biiig fan of the smores bar.

Everything about the day was beautiful. The sealing, the temple, the reception, the flowers, the colors, the cake, the singing, the send off, and obviously the bride and groom. I didn't take the time to go through all of the wedding photos, so just trust me on this ;) Our mom has got to be the ultimate wedding planner after doing FIVE weddings. She's amazing and deserves a vacation haha.

Welcome to the family Jonah!!

It's a Pike Party

It's October 1st! Which pretty much means fall, pumpkins, sweatshirts, and halloween! All my favs. I may or may not have stayed up until 2 am last night trying to find a fun family costume idea. I'm pretty sure I found the perfect costumes. Now to convince Jason ;)

This weekend was a fun one! We attended a wedding reception Friday evening and Saturday was my birthday {which I'll share in a separate post} !!! The reception was celebrating Haven and James Pike. I've known Haven and her family for forever from growing up in the same church ward, so their reception was filled with lots of familiar Colorado faces. Emmett was instantly the center of attention when we arrived lol. So many people wanted to snuggle him and I'm sure Emmett was lovin' it. That boy loves attention and new faces! The reception was held in a huge and  g o r g e o u s  backyard. It was a hike to even get to the party. They served cheese, meat, crackers, veggies, bread & oil, and bundt cakes! Mmm, my kind of party.

^^ Seriously look at that crowd! Emmett loved hanging with his new buddies.

Emmett started getting fussy the later it got. Before heading out I took him out on the dance floor to see if it would change his mood. It did! There's nothing a little music and dancing can't fix. We had such a fun time!

Congrats to the happy couple!

Chey + Richard

Okay. I want to be real for a second before I jump into this post. Yesterday takes the cake for hardest 'mom' day for me. I cried four... maybe five times? To be honest I lost count. Emmett had his first bad topple. I woke up to a thump and a scream. The sound made my mama heart sink all the way to my toes. I called Jason, he called the pediatrician {cause I was a mess}, and for the rest of the day I held my baby close and didn't step away from him for even one second. I quite literally felt like the world's most terrible mom and it was crippling me. We took Emmett to get checked today and guess what! He's fine. Perfect actually. Our pediatrician told me not to blame myself or beat myself up because kids fall, they get hurt, and we can't protect them all the time. He reassured me that I was doing a great job and that I'm an amazing mom. I really, really needed to hear that. Motherhood is hard. By far the hardest thing I've ever done. It's tiring, demanding, stressful, difficult, busy, lonely, draining, messy, selfless, tearful, and wonderful. And I guess I just want to pass along the encouragement. So to all you moms - You are strong. You are amazing. You are doing a great job. Rant over.

Now to get to what this post is really about.. Cheyenne and Richard's wedding! They were married and sealed in the Salt Lake temple on August 17th.

^^ Totally stole these pictures from facebook haha. Such a gorgeous couple!

They held a ring ceremony and reception in Bountiful later that evening which we attended. Emmett and I met up with the family beforehand to eat lunch and hangout for a couple hours in the most gorgeous condo downtown. My parents were staying there for their short visit and it was quite a fun spot to all get together! On our way to the ceremony, we swung by my Goldsberry grandparents house for a quick feeding and outfit change, then we all rode over together.

This great grandma LOVES her Emmett boy.

It was a night full of family, friends, yummy tacos, snow cones, a sleepy baby, Todd's crazy dancing, and lots of love.

Congrats to the happy couple!!!

- Updating my post to add some of my fav pics chey posted -