Getting into the spirit...of LOVE!!~~

We pick up trinity from school twice a week so today when she got off we decided to get into the Valentine spirit by making cookies! Yummy-Yum-Yum~~!! We also watched Alvin and the Chipmunks Valentine special! Oh how I love this loving time of year! :)

Happy 1st Birthday Nephew!

Donna and I went out and took Lucas's 1 year old pictures. He is such a little ham! So funny to work with and he will purposly ignore you and look away from the camera while smiling and as soon as you are not paying attention he'll look straight at you! lol Such a funny little boy! We did manage to get a couple great shots though!

Birthday cake fun!

~~~~~~Lucas's First birthday cake!!~~~~~~

Bowl-ERAMA!!!

We took everyone bolwing again at our little dinky place. It's so ghetto, but so fun! Mary and Trinity recently moved back to St. George and the Mangelson clan came to visit last weekend. Friday we to Pirate island for dinner and they sang to Lucas for his birthday which was on saturday! Then we went bowling and hung out. I love spending time with my sisters and their families. :)

The Big Day for LUCY!!!!

So on the 30th of January was my sister Lucy's big day! She Got married!!!!
We are all so excited for her! I'm glad she found a good man. Lee is such
a good guy and they are great for each other! Congrats you two!!!!
Well because me and Donna are really into taking pictures we got the job of
taking all of her pictures that day! It was a lot of work and hopefully between the
two of us we got all the pictures she wanted!
They got married in the Mount Timpanogas Temple..



















Lee's Family....

















Our family...

Lee and Lucy Christensen!!!!!!!!!!!

The luncheon was at their church and Lee's sisters and mom made awesome food.

Jared, Donna, and Lucas.

Lucy and Lee introducing everyone.

We had a couple of hours in between the luncheon and the reception so Kole and I snuck over to cabella's :) Awesome store!! And then we came back and helped set up the reception which was so beautiful!




(I'm a sucker for antlers!)

Her sign in table..

One of the cakes Donna, Hannah, and I made:)

Lucy and Lee with the parents.

The cake!!!!!

The food table...

The ladies who helped out in the Kitchen...

Ok,... so we started out with 7 COSTCO CAKES!!!! and RAN OUT!

Someone had to go buy more. That's how many people came to

this busy, busy reception!!!

Kids playing..

The place was packed!! and when I say packed I mean the line was solid for 2 and 1/2 hours and the line went all the way down the hall and out side!!!

Talking with old friends....

Lee's sisters.

The present canoe (cute idea huh!?!)

Trying to mash cake into his face. They were pretty nice to each other though!.

Kole and Me after a LONG LONG day!...

After it all..... Both of them were so tired and so glad it was over.!!!

And guess where he took her on their honeymoon.????

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COSTA RICA!!!!

How fun for the both of them! For him to travel some where he's never been before and for her because she hasn't been back since she was adopted from there almost thirty years ago.

Congrats you two!! We all love you and are so happy you found each other!

XOXO-Tabitha

Wedding Cake and Baby bumps @ 1 in the morning...

So the night before our sister Lucy's wedding, Donna had the job of making the cake and recruited Me and Hannah because we were staying at her house anyway. It was long baking the cakes and the rice krispies. But so much fun spending time with my sisters. By 11 we were acting like sillies because we all usually go to bed relatively early. The husbands were all out bowling till about midnight so when they got home... Oh boy! There was cake and frosting everywhere and we were giggling and acting like teenage girls. So much fun! Well the boys went to bed and so did little pregnant Hannah who needed her rest. And it probably didn't help that we were all so stomach sick from eating soooooooooooo much sugar.

----------------------On a side tangent.... Hannah's Having a GIRL!!!!-----------------------

So the rest of the cake was left to Donna and I . We had a heck of a time trying to get the gnash(melted chocolate and cream) the right consistency!! But finally around 1 or 1:30 or 2ish(I'm not really sure, I kind of lost track of time) We finally finished and went to bed because we were so exhausted... And lucky us we had to wake up early too.....

Dear Mom and Dad

Dear Mom and Dad,

You are the best parents in all the world! You are always there to talk to, give advice to me, and listen when I need it. You've always been there to teach me new things and Love me always. Dad, Thank you for being so full of knowledge. You teach me something new every where we go and you are my living history book... (PS history is my favorite subject) You know EVERYTHING! And Mom, Thank you for the same thing. But instead of history you are amazing at teaching me anything else I need to know. It amazes me sometimes when I ask you the most random questions and you always know the answer off the top of your head. Like how do you make tempura zucchini? Or what do you do when a baby wont stop crying? And you can teach me to do the most craftiest things, like most recently crocheting. You are Amazing! I am the luckiest girl in the world to have parents like you! I love you!!!

XOXO- Your Baby Girl!!