It's all about Stacia!

Stacia turned 8 on Feb. 8th


She couldn't decide on a theme for her party so we had Wizards of Waverly Place party favors, this is everyone putting a spell on the birthday girl :)


We had a High School Musical pinata


and an American Idol cake so I guess her theme was Musical Wizards :)


She had a lot of fun with her friends, singing, dancing, eating pizza, cake and ice cream and even giving herself a little make over.



When her friend party was over we were off to Grandma's for her family party. On the way she said it was okay if the family got her clothes because she already got a lot of fun toys from her friends, which made me laugh. She was right, she got a lot of cut clothes from the family, but she also got some toys...she's just a little spoiled:)




About a week after her birthday I took her to get her ears pierced, she was excited and very nervous. It just happened to be the Saturday before Valentine's day and the jewelry store was packed so we had to wait forever but her turn finally came. I took the before picture and her smile looks a little apprehensive which still makes me laugh.


I was surprised she smiled for this picture because this is the second ear, but when I asked her about it she said she smiled because she knew Aunt Cindy would see the pictures and she wanted her to see how brave she was. What a cute girl, and she was very brave.


She looks so grown up :(


Another very special day was soon to come. Stacia was Baptized on March 6th. She has been looking forward to her baptism for a long time and it was a really wonderful day. My mom and I had taken her shopping for her dress and all of her cute accessories, (thanks mom she loved spending the day with you!) Grandma and Grandpa Ginn flew in to be here with her, and got her a set of her very own scriptures. Bobby preformed the baptism and confirmation, it was a great day that I know she will remember forever. Thanks everyone for supporting her.





At one point Stacia said to me, "it seems like it's been all about me lately" and I told her that it's okay to have it be all about you sometimes, we are so proud of her and love her so much. I can't believe she is growing up so fast!! Time passes so quickly and I'm glad we can have these moments where we can stop and celebrate.

December '09

My Auntie Nenka came for a visit at the beginning of the month. She got really sick while she was here, but other than that she had a great visit. When she arrived she said all she wanted was to see a good snowstorm (she lives in Florida) and she definitely got her wish because it snowed and snowed the whole time she was here. We all spent a few days at the cabin and almost got snowed in, which I would actually be fine with :)


She stayed with us for the first few days of her trip and was rewarded by Lauren finding her Lancôme face cream and making good use of it. At least she has good taste, none of the cheap stuff for my girl.


My birthday is on the 16th and every year I force Bobby to take me to dinner and a movie, I say force because going to the movies is probably his least favorite activity. So we saw "The Blind Side" which we both loved and had a fun night out. This year he also got me all of my favorite treats and some beautiful earrings with my birthstone which was a total surprise. So, even though I'm in my thirties now, it was still a really great day:)


Christmas Fun!!

The kids made an awesome gingerbread House.



I love Milli's hair!


For as long as my kids can remember, we have spent Christmas with Uncle Jeff. It is always great to have him here, this year he helped the kids decorate cookies for Santa and they all had a lot of fun. Lauren cracks me up, instead of decorating the cookies she would just dip them in the frosting and eat them. I guess she thinks she needs them more than Santa does. I think they turned out great. Milli insisted on leaving chocolate milk because that is Santa's favorite and of course we can't forget Rudolph so the kids left him a carrot.


Christmas morning is always so much fun. The kids got lots of great toys and games and clothes and had a great time making a huge mess with all of it. Thank you Santa for a wonderful Christmas!! After all the craziness of opening presents we had a nice big breakfast and then headed off to Grandma Lemke's to see all the cousins and spend the day with our family.






The kids were obsessed with getting a pottery wheel. I kept telling them that Santa might not bring one because he knows how messy they are, but Stacia assured me that I was wrong and that she knew Santa wouldn't let her down. Well she was right and they were all very happy. The best part is when they were playing with it they all kept saying "this is a lot messier than it looked on TV" I just had to laugh.


Snow Fun

The kids really wanted to try out their new sleds so we piled up the snow in the back yard and they had so much fun going down that little hill.


Bobby helped the kids build a big snow woman which is something they love to do and beg to do as soon as it snows.


They made her some clothes and hair out of food coloring, isn't she pretty? She kind of looks like a big snow cone :)

Bobby's Trip To Seattle

Bobby took a trip to Seattle one week after my trip to Seattle... I know, we should learn to plan better :) Anyway, Jeff got them tickets to the MLS Championship game so he couldn't pass up the opportunity, especially because Real Salt Lake was in it. Lisa Pett told me that going for a soccer game was way less embarrassing than going for Twilight, but that's just crazy talk :)

Bobby served his mission in Seattle and he was able to go see a few things. This is one of the apartments he lived in.


He said that it was red when he lived there so it has been re-painted, which tells you how long ago his mission was, haha


Of course they went to Pike's Market. It was weird seeing his pictures because it was stuff I had just seen myself.

Jeff's friend Brandon, Jeff and ?


Bobby and Jeff on the Ferry to Bremmerton.


I told Bobby that he had to get some good pictures of my boyfriend (Mr. Beckham) while he was there and I think this is a pretty good angle.


They made some awesome signs to cheer on the boys.


RSL WINS!!!!!!!


They also got to attend the after party which was by invitation only. I guess it pays to have connections. This is Bobby with Kyle Beckerman from RSL.


The Championship Cup


They had a great time and are looking forward to next season, Go REAL!!!

New Moon Party!!

We did it again! We rented a theater for the next installment in the Twilight movie series, "New Moon". It all started way back in April. I told my sister Rachel that I knew someone who already rented a theater for this movie and was already selling tickets. She couldn't believe it because it was 6 or 7 months before the movie! After talking about it with a few people she decided to call the events coordinator who helped us on the last movie. She told her that not only have people already been renting movie theaters for New Moon, but they were already almost sold out for opening day! Of course she went ahead and reserved our theater and that started our crazy 6 month journey of selling tickets and preparing for our private New Moon screening. We had a blast! There is something about watching a movie with a theater full of people you know, or at least know love the series. We ended up selling EVERY SINGLE seat in the house! Which made it even more fun.

The sugar cookies were such a hit last time that we decided to do it again, I know , I look super hot in this picture :)




Don't I make an awesome Bella?


The movie was awesome!!!! I loved it!!!!





We had an after party at my mom's house. It was great to sit and chat about the movie.


My old neighbor Deann Thaxton made these cool cupcakes.



We had a great night and are now looking forward to "Eclipse'', which comes out in June!!! We hope to see you there :)