Grand Canyon!!

Nana and Papa came to visit and we all took a mini-vaca to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. It was our first visit and it was absolutely beautiful!!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Princess Brooklyn!!

My Baby girl turned 3!! She is such a doll and the most girly girl that I know! She changes her outfit at least 30 times a day and constantly refers to herself as the Princess!! She is a sweetie and getting to be such a big girl! I love you Brooklyn! Happy Birthday!! Brooklyn's Nana made her this gorgeous Princess Belle dress! She looked absolutely beautiful!!

blowing out candles with Josh and friend Ashlynn

costume change #30 for the day! :-)

Dora bike that I found at a garage sale for $3!!!

Rock Star outfit sent from Grandma Boyer!!

Pin the crown on the Princess game!! Big hit!!

Brooklyn and Ashlynn!! SOO CUTE!!

Kiddoes with Uncle Keith!!

New Blog!!

I just created a blog specifically for my crafting items!! Freel free to visit and give me your feedback!! Thanks!!

http://justbeccuz.blogspot.com/

Also feel free to tell me what you think of my new online craft store!!
http://justbeccuz.etsy.com/

Child Chefs-part 2

On our last Iowa visit, Doug's Mom thought of a brilliant way to keep 4 hyper grandchildren in check while cooking lunch: play "cooking show!" She had the kids pretend they were cooking in front of the camera and had to explain what they were doing.
I reproduced that idea into our home and held a "cooking show" while baking cookies. We used our best British accents and explained to Aunt Collette-(who was actually filming this for the use of blackmail) what we were doing. They had to wiggle their butts when "shaking" an ingredient into the bowl. They then had to be my taste testers...which turned into the cutest picture opportunity!! They were so cute about both licking the mixer together!!

This picture is going on my wall!! SOO cute!!

6th Anniversary

Doug and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary this year!! We had so much fun at our favorite sushi bar- the RA!! It was so yummy. We stuffed ourselves beyond belief and I've been craving it ever since!! Here is a picture of one of the sushi rolls we ate-it's call the Las Vegas roll!! Super yummy!!

We've been through a lot in 6 years!! We've moved 8 times, experienced many job changes and trials, received many college degrees, shed many tears, shared many more laughs and many joys, birthed 2 beautiful children together, grew up together and can't wait to grow old together!! I love you Dougie!! Happy Anniversary!!

Child Chefs

A friend of ours had us over for a fun play date to make individual pizzas. The kids rolled their own dough, spooned the sauce on, and completely covered it with cheese and pepperoni! What a fun idea! Josh and Brooklyn had so much fun!

Ketchup Shots!!

Our darling daughter has been known for drinking ranch out of a cup, but today amazed even me. We went to McDonalds for dinner and I filled up 6 mini paper cups with ketchup, and Josh was asking for more ketchup by the time all the food was disbursed. I thought maybe I'd forgotten to put them on the tray, so went back and filled up more. When I returned, I realized that Brooklyn had actually horded all the ketchup and actually drank-or gulped-or swallowed-all the cups of ketchup. Ugh!

My Very own Online Craft Store!!

I have to thank my friends and family for pushing me to develop my paper-crafting talents!! I love creating cards and scrapbook and other home decor, but have recently started to sell my creations. I opened an account with Etsy.com and opened my very own craft store (within their website). I'm so excited to keep creating, and share items that I am truely passionate about!! If anyone would like to request cards or creations, I am happy to think of new ideas! Contact me by e-mail if you would like to purchase something, instead of buying it online (I will give you a better price! :-)

If you would like to look at my new shop, the website is...
http://www.justbeccuz.etsy.com

I will be updating my store and posting more items constantly.
Thanks for your support!!!

Happy Birthday Doug!!

Doug has reached his final year in his 20's!! Happy 29th Birthday Handsome!! We celebrated his b-day a few days early and picked him up early from work and went to dinner at a Mongolian Grill and then watched Ice Age 3 as a family!! Hilerious movie
On his actual birthday, Doug was treated to golfing with his buddies, and then ate a fabulous dinner of frozen pizzas and cupcakes!! We are so gourmet!! I wanted to make Doug a family calendar for the past few years, and never had the time, but I was determined to finish it this year as his b-day present. I'm posting the pages below so that my sister, Jessica (who helped me with this project) can see the final outcome!! Happy Birthday Sweetie!! I love you!!

These are the calendar pages...