Cause for a Celebration

My parents threw Kolby and I a party last week to celebrate our marriage and to bring all of our friends and family together in one spot! It was wonderful to see so many faces I have missed the last few years, spending the weekend laughing, drinking and of course eating amazing food with so many great people. It was also Lily's debut to majority of my extended family, and possibly the most people wanting to ogle over her in one spot!

The weekend began with a BBQ at my parents house to get both sides of my family acquainted:

Kolby is ALWAYS the king of the kids... no matter where we go they love him!

My little 2nd cousin Sky meeting Lily for the first time. 

Sky and her sister Piper were mesmerized by Lily, as are most of the little girls we meet!

It was so amazing to have one of my closest friends Ashley there to spend the entire weekend with us!

Oops... Mom forgot Lily's food- nice start to the BBQ...

Followed by the big party the next evening; complete with a live band, plenty of dancing, a handful of our closest friends and a beautiful view of the beloved central Oregon:

One of  only 2 pictures of the 3 of us the entire weekend

Kolbys best friends made it down from Portland for us; he wanted everyone to see how well his tie matched my dress and to make sure everyone knew that this was the reason he chose a purple tie :)

Lily was a little overwhelmed with all of the activity but got a nice 2 1/2 hour nap in, surprisingly during the majority of the band playing.

My wonderfully supportive friends who made the trip to celebrate with us, I am forever thankful for them!!

Sister/Auntie Julie (Lily was quite content with our car key to play with-luckily no damage was done)

My Mom's side of the family: Nurmi's

My Dad's side of the family: Moulton's

The celebration was followed by a wonderfully relaxing trip to Las Vegas without our little peanut (left behind with both of the Grandmas and GiGi) and we were so busy relaxing and trying to see everything I didn't take a single picture. It was sort of refreshing to just enjoy the week without the worry of capturing it! I wanted to make it to Vegas at least once, and I am so glad we did- but it was quite possibly the last time! It was tougher than I had anticipated spending 5 days drinking, in the 100+ weather and loosing money for no particular reason... I know we had it hard :)