HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREASA!!!

Today is my mother-in-law's birthday!

One year older... and still Beautiful!

We started the celebration by throwing a surprise party!  I am sorry to say the Temple trip in the previous post took place at the same time :( so I missed the surprise part... But I did make it just in time for desert!

ICE CREAM!!!!

(Sorry this is not the right way)

Marrissa and Kelsey win the prize for best dressed as usual!  Cute Girls!!!

And Handsome boys! (They took about twenty self-portraits, Love it!)

It took a while to find Lexi's smile...

But I did!

Happy Birthday Treasa!  We love you!

Family Temple Trip

My littlest sister Sami turned 12 in January and finally, this weekend, we were all able to get together and take her to the Temple for the first time.

Sami did a great job. 

 I had a great time with my family at the Temple.

It's a tradition to go to Leatherby's when ever we are within 10 min of the restaraunt.

Check it out...

Two cups of extra sauce and all!  I wish I had the picture I took a few years ago of this same ice cream at the same restaraunt.  It was WAY bigger!  Now every time we go Brooke and I whip out the picture to show our waitress and say "I want it to look exactly like that!"  They have tried and failed a few times, and we didn't even ask this time.

Next stop... The DI :)

This is the UGLIEST thing I found there.

...A beautiful desk featuring a different animal skin on each panel!  Needless to say, I HAD to take this pic.

After that we did some REAL shopping!  We spent a couple hours in Kohls...

...My dad might not admit it, but he had a GREAT time with his Girls!!!

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

I just wanted to send a quick shout out to my brother Shane who is serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

He is loving his mission despite all the ups and downs.

Here is a recent email he sent me- spelling errors and all!

hey alexa!


im really sorry i dont have alot of time im in the mission office everything is shut down cause we have gotten over 50 inches of snow in the past week all is well of me i hope all is well with oyu ill be sending you some pics here in a min i have to switch comps but thanks for the email call mom on mon and ask abotu what i did this week you will never believe what i have done ha ha thanks i hope you have a great week and ill talk ot ay later!

Love

Elder Bakker
 
 
Here are a few pictures he sent me . 

He was very excited about this snow storm.

Gotta love the Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches!

More Snow.

In his email today he said they have two baptisms this coming Sunday and hopefully two more next Sunday.

We are very proud of Shane.  He has grown so much and is doing a great job.

Six More Weeks of Winter

A few days ago, on Groundhogs day, the groundhog saw his shadow, you know what that means…Six more weeks of winter.

A few days ago was also was also my birthday! Cody did a great job of making it a special day.

My day started off with a test first thing in the morning, but when I got home Cody was ready to shower me with gifts…

He got this idea all by himself. A while ago I told him that I saw Susan (our wedding photographer) put a copy of the family proclamation over a family picture. Well he got in contact with Susan and picked the picture he wanted all by himself! He got an 11x14 to put in this frame…

He made the frame with some wood he bought and I love it! I should say he is making the frame; it will be painted black. BEAUTIFUL!

Next I unwrapped a Shower Curtain

I love it! Now our bathroom looks so homey.

Cody then started to prepare a special dinner just for me!

He put the apron on just for me too!

The Menu: RIBS!, red potatoes, green beans, Texas Roadhouse rolls and a little bubbly

You can’t really tell from the picture, but the room is lit only by candle light…How Romantic!

It was a wonderful birthday! Thank you to everyone who called and text me and sent me cute cards in the mail. I have the best family and friends!

Project Complete

I have FINALLY finished my wedding scrapbook!  I got some supplies I wanted for Christmas, so I have been working on it for the past month.  I am so excited about it and just to have it done.  I am not the most creative person in the world, but I worked hard on it and I am very proud of it. 

300 Plus pictures later...

I used a lot of clear photo corners, so each picture is easily removable.  I also wanted to have every picture in the scrapbook so I combined photo pages with crafty, well thought out pages.

I had a lot of fun with my little project.  I have never completed a whole scrapbook before.  I have made pages and started them before, but never finished.

The AFTERMATH!!!

The real reason I finished me scrapbook tonight is because of the mess I have made.  I can't stand it anymore.  You can see in the above picture the hole for me to sit.  That hole has gotten smaller and smaller ever day.  The pic was taken a few days ago, tonight there was no spot for me to sit, I just gave up and sat on the scrap paper that was in my spot.  Tomorrow I will have the day to myself while Cody is at work, most of that time will probably be in this room trying to clean up a little bit.

For my next scrapping project, I am going to back track a little and do Cody and I wile we were dating and our engagement.  (There is probably about three hundred of those pics too)

Next time you come over make sure to ask to see my Wedding Scrapbook.  I'm excited to show it off.

WELCOME RIGDON!

Rigdon Ash Fawson

Born to Natalie and Josh Fawson on Jan. 12 2010 at 9:12

7 lbs 11 oz 19 3/4 in long

Can't wait to see him in person!!!

New Year 2010

We spent New Years Eve with our Friends Brett and Faith.  We went to Village Inn for dinner and then played games and watched the ball drop.

 

 

Shane and Amanda invited us up to spent the night at a condo at Powder Ridge on New Years day.  We had fun relaxing with them.  We got up early the next morning to go sledding and swimming with the boys.

It was a little cold and windy, Devin is hiding his face from the wind

Cody is wearing the coat I got for him

 

 

 

I was informed by Devin before we got in the pool that this is not a real shark.

We had a super fun Winter Break.  Now Cody is back to work and I am blogging, waiting for school and my new job to start.