Wedding Day

On Saturday February 21st, we officially added a new member to our family through the marriage of Kacey to Kimberly Julianna Christensen. I shadowed the bride as she got ready for the upcoming ceremony to capture for her as many moments as possible on this her special day.

The Back of the dress

The front of the dress

Her little sister helped her get dressed

Putting on the garter

Smoothing the legs with lotion

Showing off her pedicure

Time for hair and make up.

Brianna helps secure the hair clip that has been worn to a few weddings in Kim's family

A close up.

At last she is ready!

Time for a few glamour shots

The Rings

Close up of the engagement ring

Now it's time to get Ruby ready. Her dress was made from two pillow cases

Great Grandma gets the honor

All ready, a few years from now it won't be near this easy.

Mother and Daughter

Ruby untied the tings so they had to re-secure them

Kacey and Grandma getting ready to walk down the aisle

Almost time to begin

That concludes the getting ready portion of the joining of two hearts. Stay tune for part two, the ceremony

Wedding Cards

As the news of Kacey and Kim's upcoming nuptials spread through the family I knew I needed to get on the ball and get a card made for them. I had a little over a week and I like to procrastinate as long as I can. This time though there was not enough time for delaying the inevitable and I had a three day weekend so it was the best time to get started.

I got an idea to use my Happily Ever Cartridge with Cinderella and Prince Charming and make a cute little scene they could frame. Well in order to make it work it had to be larger than any card would really be. So I decided that if I was going to make it so they could frame it, I might as well just frame it myself and make it their gift. Once I got the scene all laid out I needed a picture frame so Jared and I went shopping for just the right frame. Luckily it didn't take long and here is my final result.

So I spent all day Sunday and part of Monday creating the gift I decided to wait until Tuesday to make the card. I had an idea in mind from my new Wild Card Cartridge but could not find just the right paper to pull off. Tuesday afternoon found me in my new favorite store (see Valentine's Post) searching for paper. I had a whole bunch in my hand but decided rather than buy every piece to pick one and some embellishments and make them work, along with whatever was in my stash.

See the below picture for what I came home with. I really only bought the flowers the one printed piece of paper and the white shiney one behind the black. Since I have tons of black paper. With these in hand, I set out to create what was in my head.

I really only bought the flowers the one printed piece of paper and the white shiny one behind the black. Since I have tons of black paper. With these in hand, I set out to create what was in my head.

After a little cutting, some gluing and a bit of cussing, this was the final result.

Now finished it measured 11.5 by 6 and though I tried I could not find and envelope to fit it. So I had to modify a a manila envelope to make a template that was then cut out of poster board. The poster board looked tacky so I modge podged tissue paper over it and added the bride and groom die cut, their names and some flowers.

More Valentines

So I as promised a week ago here are the highlights from our Valentines night out. We decided around 4 that we should go out and do something for Valentine's just because. Since we both really enjoy going to the movie that was the perfect date. So we headed to our favorite theater. The Megaplex at the district

I love the way the area was designed and really enjoy just watching this fountain.

Of course when we got there it was crowded. Not only was it Valentine's day but the schools up near there were having their Sweethearts Ball
After Jared got the tickets we decided that we better find somewhere for dinner as it was still early enough to not be too busy anywhere. Usually when we are up at the District we just go to Red Robin, but decided on this day to try some where different. So went to Mark Anthony's and Italian restaurant in Riverton. We both decided on one of their Valentines specials which was Prime Rib and pasta. It was really good. When we got there it was not too crowded but by the time we left the place was packed with high school kids in fancy dresses.Then it was on to the movie to enjoy Friday the 13th. The lady that took our tickets was making fun of Jared telling him that he was suppose to take me to a romantic movie on Valentine's Day not a slasher flick. I responded to that by saying nothing says I love you quiet like Jason Vorhees terrorizing other people on the big screen. I love horror movies. Something that I undoubtedly inherited from dad.

And of course no movie could be complete without a nice cold drink and buttery popcorn
It really was a great way to spend the evening.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope every one had a great Valentine's Day this year and was able to spend some time with the ones you love.

My Valentines started on Friday when Jared had this pretty bouquet sent to me at work. It was a great surprise to me. He knows that I love lilies and prefer them over roses.

Since my work decided to be closed on Presidents day, it was a three day affair. Jared and I decided to spend the weekend at home just enjoying the things we like to do. My mom joined Brian and his family on a trip down south so she brought her dog out to spend the weekend with Chloe and Sandee.

The morning of Valentines Jared made me a bacon and egg breakfast. Since he hasn't been working much since Thanksgiving he has pretty much taken over the roll of cook and house cleaner

Leaving me with free time to do the things I love to do, such as making cards. Here are some cards that I made for Valentines this year. I like that the paper on almost all of the cards and envies that I made coordinate. I found this awesome paper store on Redwood Road in Salt Lake called Heartland paper. It is the same store I found the paper for my New Years cards.

Tigger for Brian and Kollette and Eeyore was for my mom

Chocolates for the kids, plus I added a dollar inside their card. The Ferrero collection is for Brian and Kollette. Luckily I had an extra day or two to work on theirs sent they went out of town

This cute little Robot card I made for Jared. I got the Wild Card Cricut cartridge a few weeks ago and I am loving it. With it I can make all sorts of different shaped cards. If you have a Cricut and even remotely are interested in making cards I highly recommend this cartridge.

So I spent most of the day on Valentine's making cards for a swap that I joined on a card making group I am in, plus trying to catch up on my Valentines stuff plus some other cards that needed finishing. Since this post turned out rather long I will post on another day to tell you what Jared and I ended up doing to celebrate Valentine's day. I just wanted to get this post out quickly since I was late with my Valentine wishes to my blog readers.

Again I hope you all had a great day, however you chose to spend the day.

Wedding Bells are ringing......

Invitations have been sent out. If in their excitement, Ruby or her parents have missed you, please accept this as their invitation to you and join them in celebrating this wonderful occasion at 11:00 am Saturday February 21st 2009 at the Rock Canyon LDS Chapel in Provo

Happy Birthday Cheyenne!

As hard it was to believe that Kaitlyn turned 8 in January, it is really unbelievable that my little Anni gator (AKA Cheyenne) is now 12. Today is her birthday. We all got together on Saturday to celebrate but I wanted to take a minute and wish her a Happy Birthday. She is really turning into a beautiful young woman and though we love to tease her, Jared and I are so glad that she is part of our family. We have shared many special memories over the years, from the Blues clues play d'oh to loving me this "ittle much" we hope to make many more fun memories with her in the coming years. Happy Birthday Cheyenna McGee. We Love You!

So let the celebration begin. No birthday is complete without gifts. So here are the three we gave her, plus the card I made. You will have to wait a little while in the post to see what is inside those packages (and no peeking)

We were treated to a barbecue dinner with hamburgers, chips, salads and veggies.

Of course there has to be a picture of someone eating!

Just posing

The 1st present was from her Grandma Karma and Grandpa Dennis

Presents from her family. Bottles to collect sand in from all her various trips

A nice skirt, since she will now be in Young Women's

and some pants, just because

Her basketball that she asked for. One of the presents from Jared and I. really mostly a joke.

A bling designing kit

The real basketball, Again I procrastinated on getting her a gift so when we showed up at her basketball game earlier in the day I asked her what she wanted and she said a basketball. so surprised!

Grandma Lynne super surprised her with this rag quilt made from some of Grandpa Reid's shirts

It was the hit of the party! I see this wrapped around her and I can picture my dad being there, to give her a big birthday hug, wearing that exact blue plaid shirt.

Make a wish

Keep wishing

Now blow out the candles

What ever you wished for, we truly hope that all your wishes come true.