My cousin Mickelle got married the first weekend in June, but I'll admit, aside from a few I snapped with my baby, I don't have any pictures of the wedding.  Me, my parents and siblings were busy helping Mickelle's family cater the food for the reception at a beautiful indoor-outdoor venue overlooking the valley.  We put together a charcuterie board Olivia-style, and boy did I gain a lot of respect for my sister Olivia who frequently caters charcuterie boards at weddings with no one but her husband to help her. Olivia wasn't at Mickelle's wedding, but instead there were probably ten of us various relatives bustling about all night making sure the board was stocked with food.  By the end of the night, my parents sent me home because I was full aches-and-chills sick with mastitis (for the second time). Moment of note for me, as a mom, was when we were trying to take group pictures after the wedding, but it was past Beckham's nap time, so when everyone did a quick cheer for the bride and groom for a photo, Beckham was startled and immediately started crying, and all the dozens of people grouped up for the photo said, "Awww!"   

Beckham swiped some of that ice cream so fast

Some other (very important) things that have happened this May/June:

**Dallin's stepbrother Cooper and his wife Kaeli welcomed their first baby, Leroy!

**Dallin and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary! We enjoyed a lovely dinner at Toscano followed by a play at the Hale Theater.  

 This year, Halloween celebrations started in the beginning of September. Has it always been like that? Houses in my neighborhood have been fully decked out with zombies and skeletons for weeks, and so has the car wash. I shouldn’t even mention the stores, which have been selling Halloween things since August.   We got a kickstart to spooky season with a night at Kuwahara’s Pumpkin Patch for Dallin’s work.  We go every year for the crazy-looking pumpkins, but this year we were able to go into both the haunted houses and enjoy a live show.  And of course, you can’t beat free food.

 For Valentine's Day Rachel and Dick invited us to Just Add Chocolate. It's a small store in Lehi where you are given chocolate molds to fill with all sorts of fillings (peanut butter, Nutella, raspberry, biscotti, coconut, blackberry, you name it!) and top with all sorts of toppings. My favorite was the dark chocolate cup I fitted with a fresh raspberry and Oreo crumbs!