allen reunion-park city 09

we had our annual allen reunion {ben's parents and siblings etc} a few weekends ago up in park city. we stayed at the mariott mountainside resort again...which we LOVED.

grandma allen wheeling all the kids down the hall :)...

jakob, korbin, & kaden playing games on my phone...

gavin on park city main street...

riding the trolley...

walking up main...

swimming fun {gavin's getting a lot more comfortable in the water now...he was jumping in by himself and everything}...

kaden loved the hot tubs...

uncle stevie & gav...

kaden loved the waterfalls...

grandpa & grandma bought all the kids cute hoodies at the outlets...

{we had a robot party for korbin}

korbin with his robot balloon...

the boys loved wrestling with korbin...

hangin' out in the lobby...

we went to olympic park & the olympic museum...

jakob & kaden...

some of the boys...

kaden loved climbing the stairs...

uncle stephen & gavin...

uncle seth...

gavin's shoe :)...

on our way home from park city we had family pictures...and then went to larry and darla's for a bit. we had fun playing in all the fall leaves!...

it was a gReAt weekend! we love our family!!!!!

erin & steve's wedding

i know that erin & steve got married about 2 months ago {so i'm a little behind :)} but i still wanted to post some pics from their wedding. most of these photo's were taken by lyndsey {seenbox photography} or me.

i absolutely love this pic i took of kaden...

my bro, carter...

my little sister, kirsten...ben was SO helpful throughout the whole wedding {i was running around like crazy setting everything up etc, and he had the boys and the rest} :). love you babe...

i love this pic lyndsey took of the boys...

kaden wanted to stand in line with me :)...

randi porter {kimee's best friend} did all the food for the reception. she did an AMAZING job!...

congratulations again erin & steve! we love you!... and lastly, a funny pic of the group. hehe...

to see more details of the wedding reception go here...

rhino-riffic :)

ben went camping a couple of weeks ago with some friends {crazy, it was SO cold that weekend...like snowing} and rented this rhino for the trip :). the boys thought it was the greatest thing ever.

they wanted to go with their daddy so badly!

kaden helping ben get ready to leave {loading up the rhino & the 4wheelers}...

happy halloween!

meet mr. fish and...

the fisherman who caught him :)...we had a fun halloween. the boys loved dressing up and LOVED trick or treating! we were so happy that the weather was nice {well, nice for october that is}!

after we had been out trick or treating for a bit kaden said, "ok, that's enough". hahaha! the sun had gone down so it turned cold, and i think he was tired of walking :).

happy halloween!

and just an added side note {it made my halloween, i was so excited}...hwtm saw my halloween dinner post & contacted me to see if they could feature it today! i was stoked! {click on image below if you want to see it}

pumpkin patch

we went to the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago with kaden's preschool class. all the kids loved it. the weather was so nice, too!

gavin hanging out the front of the giant pumpkin...

kaden, hannah, & haleigh inside the pumpkin...

picking pumpkins...

all the kids put their pumpkins into a big wagon {and of course, had to help miss mandy push it out}...

witches night out

some friends and i went to witches night out at gardner village last weekend. we had a blast! i love that place. we laughed all night long. good times. love you gals!

jamaica!

so....i talked 4 friends from my neighborhood into going on a girls trip to jamaica with me {well, 3 friends and one husband who surprised his wife}! we got back about a week ago. the trip was A-MAZ-ING. we all had the time of our lives. here's a picture overload from our fun getaway...

in the chicago airport {why the beads? i picked everyone up that morning & greeted them with jamaican colored necklaces :)}...

amy & i on one of the flights...

eating breakfast in our swim suits the morning after we got to our resort {from this point on we lived in our suits! we were in the water non stop :)}...

our resort had a water park. we all felt like little kids again!...
cute amber lounging in the lazy river...
and amber's cute toes as well...

i stacked all the tubes onto mandy. {like i said, we acted like little kids again :)}...

i loved all the bright colors everywhere...

the view of part of our resort from the top of one of the water slides...

part of the water park from above. so. fun.

amy & katie on the upper boardwalk :)....

i want to go back...

the sunsets were always AMAZING...

rasta time...

some of the performers one night...

the drink my cute friends brought me while i was on the phone with ben one night in the lobby...

i loved the chairs in this part of the lobby...

i surprised everyone with sea shell bra's :)...
having smoothies at one of the wet bars...
all the girls...

the pirate treats i brought for 'pirate night' :)...

mandy's standard optical add :)...

ok. we had SO MUCH FUN acting like little girls and going down the water slide every day. we kept going down in trains..and would laugh SO HARD at the bottom because we would all land on top of each other!...
the water was unreal!...

snorkeling...

i brought rasta hats from home for everyone as a surprise. we were all dorks and wore them around. we had so much fun though, and that's all that matters :)...

havin' fun on the paddle boats...
this is my FAVORITE pic from the trip...

laying out in the warm sun...

i literally fell asleep floating in this tube. it was so relaxing. mandy and amber decided to adorn me with flowers :)...
pirates in the caribbean...

we went to the nurses station to take some pics. it was the coolest little building...
being pirates again...
all our toes on the beach one night...

i love these next couple of pics i took of mandy and amy...

we loved the virgin drinks...
and ate A LOT of fresh pineapple!...

mandy again {she was a great model :). she was always a good sport and would do what i told her to do..hehehe!}...i brought boa's for everyone to wear one night. hehe...

some of our dessert...

dancing the last night {there were performances every night...we would always get up in front of everyone and start a dance party :)}...

4 am in the montego bay airport... going home :(. come back, come back to jamaica...

we all had SO MUCH FUN. the trip was awesome. now it doesn't seem real that we even went. I LOVE YOU amy, mandy, katie, & amber! thanks so much for all the jokes, laughter, memories, and FUN! good. times.

september alaska trip

ben just got back from alaska again. it literally is his HEAVEN on earth there :). i love how excited he gets before he goes...and how he can't stop talking about it once he gets back! shane {ben's good friend} was able to go with ben & his uncles this time. they all had the time of their lives.

look at that glacier! crazy!

riding the small plane from juneau to gustavus...

they saw a lot of bear this time!...

and whales! how cool is that?!...

they also did a lot of river fishing this trip....

look how close this bear was to them!...

another awesome whale pic ben took...

and wolves...

i'm so glad you had such a good time, babe! you deserved it!!