august celebrations

august is a slower month in the family celebrations arena. only 2 birthdays and 2 anniversaries.

first off is august 7th. TWO anniversaries on this day. that's right, 2 of my 3 brothers got married on august 7th - just a few years apart :)

travis and jen got married in 1994 i think??? i'm really sorry about this picture, guys, it's the only recent one i could find (and i stole it from sarah's blog). this is a picture of them at my sister's birthday party - they were dressed in 1968 attire :) not his real hair - haha. of course jen looks cute, as always :) they met in their single's branch in san diego. i remember meeting jen the christmas before they got married; they were both going to be in utah visiting their grandparents. that's right, jen (from CA) had a grandma who lived in MONROE, too. small world, eh? anyway, they kept dating, jen put up with travis :), and they got married in the san diego temple the following august. they spent the next 8 or so years in hawaii (we missed them) and now they, of course, live in denver.

andrew and sarah have been married for 4 years. here they are with their two kids, jane and reynolds on vacation in oceanside.
they met in st. george while they were going to dixie college. after they both went on missions, they decided the sparks were still alive. they got married about 6 weeks after andrew got home. they also live in denver.

ali is our oldest niece on the colton side of the family - she was the first grandchild. she turned FOUR years old on the 19th. i can't believe she's 4!!! time FLIES. this is an old picture, but she looks too cute in it not to use it :)
she is the sweetest little girl and is lucky enough to get to spend a lot of time with her grandma. who wouldn't love that, especially growing up? she has made so much amazing progress this last year and discovers new things all the time that make her giggle and laugh like there's no tomorrow. she is an awesome little girl.

spencer is my oldest nephew on the cottle side of the fam. he turned 14 on the 28th of august. crazy.
this picture was taken earlier this summer at his little brother's baptism. spencer, or rell as i prefer to call him (spencerelli) started high school this month and is at school from 6am to 6pm (early morning seminary and football practice after school). the kid is busier than i ever was at that age - he's busier than i am now. i love spencer to death and i will always be his favorite aunt - it's been that way since he was born :) spence - we'll always have "i'm done" :)