Family Photo circa 1982

this photo was taken when we first moved to Tacoma. We were living on Sunset beach so this is basically our backyard!

boo boo's surprise

the bait: lilli's puppet show (no talking)the surprisee: booboo (he almost didn't come down)
some of the guests:
happy birthday song: bella accompanying all of us
macrae pops a balloon. of course!

picture of a deer

words cannot express how much joy this past holiday season brought into my life. last year was amazing. as we were awaiting a family gift (given december 29th).
and 2009 was just well, more.
more sisters. (oh how i love my jenny and lexi-but that's a topic for a different blog post)
more boys.
more thoughtful gifts.
more cookies.
more fun.
more food.
more dyer-style celebration.
more apread out gift opening.
more togetherness.
more seattle.
more gannah and booboo.
more pictures.
more days together.
more love.

i miss my siblings so much it almost hurts right now.

the following pictures are just a few of my favorites from christmas morning at gannah's house. they are in no particular order except the first two.









as you read this, i am wallowing in my post-holiday blues on a boat near guatemala or something like that. i think i will recover from my sadness. until next year...

LET LOVE RULE

(warning: long post with many pictures...i apologize for cramming it all into one posting...and i want to apologize to kjrst for stealing all of her good ideas)

just a short week ago the dyers gathered at a cabin (yes, all of us in one house!)in midway, utah to celebrate the forever love of keith and jenny.


union finalized at the Mount Timpanogos Temple February 21, 2009


there was some serious relaxing and lots of Ben's cookies...

here's a little recap on the weekend events:

thursday the kids spent most of the day in the copious snow outside the cabin

the next day was snow day for the big kids at Park City

(thanks brandon, for taking one for the team so i could hit the slopes! you are awesome and i love you!)

a little pre-wedding dinner at the Market Street Broiler Grill. the entertainment included embarrassing moments shared in speeches, family slide shows, and a little song by Duff and Andrew. there were so many of Keith's most loved people in attendance i can't possibly picture them all. here's a few...

the big day...at the temple

oh, the day didn't end there...a beautiful ring ceremony at heritage gardens~gorgeous!

keith was a 6 year old boy on christmas morning!!

regardless of what sophie was texting to her friends...this reception was OFF THE HOOK!

we welcome jenny into the "dyer sisterhood" and rejoice for our keeber who found his tenderr roni.

Let LOVE Rule!

(thanks kjrst for the photos. i don't enjoy piracy but in light of the fact that i had my hands quite full the whole weekend, i did not take one picture myself. i couldn't have taken pictures a quarter this awesome anyway. to see more of her amazing talent please click here )