California in October

We went out to California for the weekend for Peter and Donna's wedding and got some serious cousin time! And beach time! 

My mom bought all these goofy animal noses, which were a major hit.

 And then we went to the beach, and it was still warm enough to swim! My major motivation behind this was that I have been married to Jason for 8 years and he has still never attended a proper beach bonfire. Beach bonfires were a major part of my teen years, and it's nearly blasphemous that he has never been to one! So we got all the fixin's for a bonfire and we went!

Finally it was time to go. Tanner still refused to take off his cheetah nose (thanks, Nana!), so he got to take it home.

And here we all are, saying goodbye to the palm trees sun and parents in California. Until next time, folks!

Peter and Donna's wedding

The last Keithly kid finally got married! Peter married Donna on October 1st, 2016, and the wedding ceremony was beautiful! From our viewpoint, we could see Peter and Donna making their vows over a stunning waterfall (hard to see in the picture), over a plant-covered pergola. SUCH a nice venue!

It was so fun to have the family all together! Here are a few pictures we got from the event:

Donna, the bride, looked so beautiful! Peter really got lucky!

Donna and my mom

Peter looked so happy!

Peter and siblings: (L-R) Kenneth, Scott, Natalie, Peter, Donna, David, Karina

Dad's got it made in the shade.

As do Tanner and Sam. The fans were a nice touch, as it was pretty hot that day.

The adorable (*and only*) granddaughter, Lily

Scott and Ken

My little rascals

Ken and Tiff, et al

Natalie (p.s. I tried on that dress first!)

This one of Natalie and Max is super-cute!

We had a fantastic time with the family in California, and I'll blog soon about the other fun things we did while there.