Chris & Robyn's Wedding

Chris and Robyn were married in the Salt Lake Temple on Saturday, November 22nd. Robyn was beautiful and Chris, with good reason, never stopped smiling (see his post on the subject).

We stayed at the Marriott Downtown the night before the wedding so we'd be closer on Saturday morning (the sealing was @ 9 a.m.), but we also wanted Kaitlyn to be able to come to the temple for family pictures after the sealing. Being downtown seemed to help facilitate both of these needs as Kaitlyn was able to sleep in a little bit longer and eat breakfast before she came to the temple grounds after we had already departed. BIG THANKS to Grandma & Grandpa O and Brooklyn for joining us from Idaho for the weekend to help keep an eye on our little one. (A little off the subject, the hotel stay was super fun!! The girls had a ball swimming at the large indoor pool after we arrived Friday evening & I loved the door-to-door service from the valets!!) My blood has gotten much thinner since moving to Texas . . . Saturday was a chilly morning as you can see from Kaitlyn's rosy cheeks!!

We also had a great time at the reception. I wish we had a picture of it, but Addy and Kaitlyn were the talk of the dance. They were so cute together and had a great time celebrating with Chris and Robyn!! (Rumor has it that there's more video of the little girls dancing than the bride and groom.)

Brooklyn was Kaitlyn's special friend all weekend. We couldn't have done it without her and especially were grateful to her at the reception as she just followed Kaitlyn around wherever she wanted to go and kept her out of trouble. The girls special treat was riding the carousel at South Towne Mall on Saturday afternoon.

We had so much fun this weekend. It was a fast trip and we were pooped out on the trip home to Texas, but it was all worth it!!

Incidentally, this day has been a long time coming. Chris had seen the future, and knew when his brothers pointed out that this was the day already reserved for the (at the time) 8th ranked Cougars to play Utah that he was actually doing us a favor. He knew BYU would lose to TCU making the late November game meaningless in regards to BCS bowl bids; we’re sure he even knew that BYU would get pounded by the Utes on that day. So thank you Chris and Robyn for a wonderful weekend!! But thank you also for planning your wedding so we wouldn’t have to suffer through another agonizing loss and allowing us to remember this day as the wonderful exciting day Chris and Robyn were married rather than the gloomy dismal day it was for all other BYU fans when BYU continued the 2008 meltdown and allowed Utah to go to their 2nd BCS game before we could even go once. It makes me proud to be an Air Force fan!! :))

Toddler Help

Kaitlyn is begining to really try to help around the house. She even wants to help change her diapers. I don't know what we'd do with her!! :))

Happy Halloween!!

Lady Bug Kaitlyn had a great Halloween despite being stuck home with no trick-or-treating or Halloween parties because of her first case of tonsilitis. She did, however, allow her mom and dad to dress her up and take tons of pictures (sorry, didn't get any good shots of the tonsils).

After taking Kaitlyn to the pediatrician's on Halloween afternoon, we had to stop and buy some trick-or-treat candy because we had planned on going to a Halloween party at the Swick's home (one of the guys Jeff works with at Wilford Hall). Boy are we glad we did. Last year we didn't have one trick-or-treater; this year we had tons!! We sat out on our front porch all evening along with the rest of the neighborhood (a nice Texas tradition to take advantage of the nice weather -- no longer are the days of winter coats over the top of your costume while you run from door to door in the snow), handed out candy, and tried not to let Kaitlyn get too close to any of the other kids.

Thankfully Kaitlyn was able to get 24 hours of antibiotics in her before our ward's Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat Saturday night. She still got to show off her wings and flirt with all the little super heros. FUN!! FUN!!

Fall Fun!!

Grandpa and Grandma Dillon came to visit us for their extended UEA weekend, and we had lots of fun visiting some of the sights in San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country with them. We had heard about this great pizza (Fralo's) place near our home so we thought we'd try it out with Grandpa and Grandma. The atmosphere was great!! (You sit outside on picnic tables under these huge oak trees.) And the pizza was amazing!! Kaitlyn had her first rootbeer here. She's definitely her Daddy's girl. As you can tell from the pictures, she likes rootbeer as much as Jeff!!

When we weren't eating out at amazing restraurants, Kaitlyn was helping us out in the kitchen. Thank goodness for the apron so she doesn't get her onesie dirty!!

Although Jeff got Thursday off, he had to work on Friday. Charla and Connor had invited Kaitlyn and I to go to the pumkin patch so we took Grandpa and Grandma along. Kaitlyn and Connor are so cute together and Kaitlyn loved being able to roam free (well, sort of) around outside and play with the pumpkins.

With all these activities, we didn't have too much time for just sitting around and relaxing. However, Kaitlyn did make the best of that time too and got some storytime with Grandpa.

Welcome to the World Little Man!!

It's a Boy!!

Justin Jay Lusk

October 18, 2008 ~ 9:50 p.m.

7 lbs 7 oz ~ 20 3/4 inches

Proud Parents JD & Jessica Lusk

Tired Mommy

Vitals

3 generations - Jay& Linda, JD, & Justin



Grandma O & Justin

Justin, Grandma O, JD

Justin, Grandma O, Aunt Erica

Excited Cousins - Aaron, Josh, Justin

We are so excited to welcome a new baby to our family. Congratulations JD & Jess. We're so glad he's here safely and for you to embark on this new adventure. Can't wait to meet baby Justin in person.

Love, Nell, Jeff, & Kaitlyn