Celebrating BreeAnna's Birthday with Papa Ray Beckstrom

Last weekend, June 5th 2010, BreeAnna and I, her mommy, got to spend the weekend with Papa Ray Beckstrom for an early BreeAnna birthday celebration. When we were driving up to his house (2 hours away), we called him on the cell phone. It was entertaining listening to Bree talk to her Papa. Every 20 seconds or so she'd say his name, "Papa Ray Beckstrom". I honestly think she just loves to say the name. "Papa Ray Beckstrom. Papa Ray Beckstrom. Papa Ray Beckstrom". That is kinda fun to say. : ) And I must say she sure loves him. Here are a few snapshots of the trip, although we didn't get a picture of them on the four-wheeler together. I got those pics with the cell phone, however.

Bree signing how old she's turning.

Papa Ray Beckstrom took her shopping for her birthday and bought her a helmet and Rollerblades! Wahoo! BreeAnna is crazy about roller blading ever since we took her to Classic Skating last summer. There was a free family night for the members of the Orem Library Reading Program. I'm kinda excited cause I love to roller blade myself. Now I've got someone to go with. She also loves to rock climb. I'm totally looking forwarded to rock climbing with Bree. I just hope I'm not an old fogy by the time she's able to go with me.

April Fools Day Cake

We've been sick over the past few days, lethargic and have hacky coughs, but that didn't thwart our April Fool's Day fun. For dinner we made an April Fool's Day cake. It sure was tasty. The filling is a chicken and rice casserole. The topping is food colored mashed potatoes. Bree, Taylor and I decorated the top. Sorry the pictures are all out of order. For some reason this silly program won't let me rearrange them tonight. Oh well.The next picture is of Carson. The poor little guy got so confused. He kept pointing and saying "cookie" because he doesn't know how to say cake. Taylor gave him a piece and he spit it out, then pointed to Bree's plate and said, "Cookie." We gave him some of hers and he spit it out. He continued this until he tried all of ours. After dinner we walked past the "cake" and he pointed and said "cookie" and then pulled his arm back and made a discusted look. Here's part of the look. :)

March Fun

BreeAnna and Carson helping me rake the yard. :) They were actually great little helpers.

BreeAnna couldn't find a butterfly so she asked if Carson could be her butterfly. :)

We got to stay over in Midway with my mom and dad in a condo. 'Tis crazy, but fun.

We just got this little guy Friday the 19th of March. He's such a cute little guy and the newest addition to our family. :) We named him Hedgebert McPricklesworth, "Hedgie" for short. Look at that face.

My mom's birthday cake- March 5th

Grandma LaRene's Birthday Party-March 5th

This is my first attempt at a 3-D cake. I got the idea from the March 2010 Family Fun Magazine. Now that I succeeded in actually making a cake pretty and edible, I can't wait to design my own cakes. :) I made this cake for my mom's birthday party. Here are some shots of my helpers and the party:

Helper # 1 (Carson). I don't have a picture of my #2 helper (BreeAnna)

Helper #3 My Bob Dad :)

The grand finale

Our party guests/friends

Grandma making a wish

Grandma putting on her birthday queen crown from Phyllis Miller. Laurie Stone is her acting servant.

Grandma was kind enough to let Bree help unwrap her presents.

Grandma unwrapping her gifts.

Scrapbooking Pages

This is BreeAnna's friend that we used to babysit regularly, infact, she named her new favorite stuffed animal after her, Skylee.
I worked on these scrapbook pages a few months ago. Everytime Skylee comes over, we spotlight a new letter and learn about things that start with that letter. This day we spotlighted the letter "P". I'm trying to make them an ABC quiet book using these scrapbook pages.

December 1st. Carson's First Real Steps!

This is one of my pre-Christmas presents. My baby is learning to walk. Here are Carson's first real steps. We had really good timing getting the camera and capturing his toddling. Check out his hip action!

Rookie Digi Scrapbooker

I'm a rookie digi scrapbooker. It's all my sister-in-law's fault. ;) However, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I've been trying to post a couple of my finished pages, but it's not working right now. I'll try again soon.