Our Nephew Chase

So Nate has a twin brother, Jon and Jon is married to Holly.  They are some of our favorite people to hang out with.  It's funny to see how similar Jon and Nate really are in their mannerisms and humour.  They both love the outdoors, high risk jobs and building things.  Jon and Holly were married a little over a year before us and have paved the way with all the firsts. (they also LOVE black labs, this is Aspen their dog.. pretty sure Brody is in love with her) 

Nte and I were so excited this last week when Jon and Holly had their first baby, a little boy Chase who is absolutely adorable.

We're excited to have him in the family and look forward to spoiling him:) And YES, Holly really does look that good after having a baby.

Brody

This is Brody, my brother's dog.  My brother decided he wanted a puppy and so he went out on a whim and bought the cutest puppy ever.  Too bad he lived in BYU housing and couldn't actually "have" a dog.  We became the babisitters and ever since then, Brody has become a huge part of our lives..

A little bit about Brody: He loves to eat!  He'll eat veggies...

...couches, wedding cake, hampsters, make-up and computer cords..(except he won't touch pickles)

He has his own facebook page as "Broderick Ogden" with 85 friends...

He is a cuddler, actually he can't really sleep by himself.. he HAS to have someone near by

When he's bad he hides behind the couch hoping no one will notice.  The best part is he LOVES to run. He's the only living thing that I know of, that patiently and sometimes not so patiently, waits by my bed at 5am for the alarm to go off hoping I can drag myself out and take him for a run. Who else does that?  I wish more of that could rub off on me!

Wedding Day

Recap of the Wedding day...Instead of making it convenient for everyone, we decided we wanted to be married in the Manti Temple, so early that morning we make the trek to Manti. This was my favorite part of the whole day.  The weather was perfect, the view was incredible and the ceremony was perfect in every way, we were even lucky enough to have Nate's Grandpa seal us. It was a testimony to me of the power of the temple and I was so grateful for the chance we had to be there with all our family and friends that we love so much!

After the Wedding, we sped back to Orem for the Reception.  We had it at the Timpanogas Park up in the Canyon, one of our favorite places.  So many people helped out!  My friends Erinn, John,Katie and Ryan came up from Cali and saved the day by putting things together and then my sisters (including sister-In laws) who are ALL creative decked it out in beautiful decorations.

My Mom also found an Awesome Caterer who had amazing food!

We danced...

Took a ton of pictures...

 

My cousin beat everyone to the bouquet:)

Had a blast talking to people and seeing people we hadn't seen in forever!

And then the night had to end... (If you look closely in the top right hand corner you can see the flame of fire from my brother who decided to light 30 sparklers at once...the scars are still healing)