Pedophile or my Brother?

Stephen had a full beard when we met up in Nauvoo and one night he decided to shave it but not before showing off a sweet stash and looking like a true pedophile in this picture. Ansley reminded me that I didn't have these in my Nauvoo blog so I decided to add them now... they make me giggle!
Another picture of the pedophile....
Before with the full beard!

Cohen's Birthday

I am so happy I got to be in St. Louis for Cohen's first birthday! On Sunday, the day before his birthday, we had a birthday party with all TJ's family. Ansley, TJ, and I went all out on the decorations and spent all the beginning of that week preparing. The party was amazing, we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, ate cake, opened presents, and visited. Above is Cohen in an outfit Mema gave Cohen.
Opening Presents!
The cake after Cohen ate it.... my beautiful work destroyed but worth it for Cohen
After the cake... I will cry if I want to, cry if I want to...
He loved it!
Lick those fingers clean.
My parents and I got Cohen a Cozy Coupe for his birthday and he absolutely loves it.... not so much riding in it just getting in and out of it. As long as he loves it I can't complain how he plays with it.
Enjoying his birthday dinner.

Now for the decorations.... if I do say so myself it looked amazing and Cohen is one lucky one year old, having a party look this awesome!
The front door Admissions sign, section 8 because he was born in August which is the 8th month, and yes we made that awesome sign.
Our concession sign.... also amazingly made by the trio... and our beautiful tissue paper pom poms
The food set up and the decorations on the tables.... Ansley hard at work in the kitchen finishing the last minute details.
Happy 1st Birthday in the baseball theme, of course!
Decked out high chair for the coolest one year old little boy I know!
Last of all.... the most amazing part of Cohen's birthday was the cake. After two boxes of fun-fetti cake, one box of red velvet, 6 large cans of whipped icing, and 17 hours later we had this beautiful cake. Designed by the thee of us, TJ did the dirt, bases, and base lines, Ansley did the amazing grass, and I did the ball and the writing.
Close up on the ball.... sooooo cute!
I am so proud of this cake.... I had another picture! Okay it didn't take us 17 hours but a good portion of Saturday was devoted to this cake! Happy Birthday Cohen, you are well worth all of it!

My time in St. Louie

One of my first days in St. Louis we had spaghetti and meatballs...
"On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meat ball when somebody sneezed."
Any who it was the cutest thing because it was Cohen's first time eating spaghetti and he loved it!

Shoving as much in his mouth as fast as his little hands could.

Also he is such a big boy and drinking out of a sippie, I can't believe a year has gone by since little cohey bohey was born.

Make sure you lick your little finger clean.

We also did a photo shoot with Cohen for his birthday invite, here are some of the pictures that I took.

Typical Cohen face.... "I didn't do anything...."

Such a cute little poser...

It looks like he is smashed up against the fence but he really isn't.... it makes me laugh so hard.

My wonderful cheesecake from Omaha Steaks... thanks Hodge Family

Don't worry I shared.... I did eat two pieces though. Come on it is my cheesecake!

For Cohen's birthday my parents and I got him a Crazy Coupe or a Cozy Coupe... whatever it is called. TJ and I put it together and I decided to get in and take it for a ride. It was a tight squeeze and I kinda got stuck but it is all in good fun.

Help me out!

Carly's Wedding and the Journey to St. Louis

The happy couple... Carly looked beautiful!
I can't believe Carly got married, my first younger cousin to get married. While we were waiting outside the temple my 10 year old cousin came up to me and asked, "are you married yet?" Nope! He told me I had 2 months left to find someone before he was butting in and finding someone for me. So don't be suprised to see me getting married soon.... not even. The wedding was beautiful and I had such a good time hanging out with my cousins. Clinton, Kelly, and I went to Lava Hot Springs the night before the wedding for a relaxing time.... So fun to see all my aunts and uncles and cousins again.

The beautiful cousins

Jangela and I.... I love Angela sooooo much!

Top Modeling in the Car.... The Anderson's car does not have air conditioning and there was about 17 of us in the car so we rolled down the window as we were going 60mph on the freeway. We thought it was the perfect opportunity to Top Model, like there were fans.... soooo beautiful.

We are classy Top Models...

We went to the church early to help for the reception and while they were taking pictures we decided to play with the bridesmaid's hats..... we are so silly.... and I am sooooo tall!

Fallin over... I have terriable balance.

Gummy smile....

My Mom and I headed down to Salt Lake a day early before my flight left for St. Louis to spend time with Uncle Jon and also to see my bff Amanda. We went shopping with Jonny and then went and picked up Amanda. We went to the Valley Fair Mall and ate Panda like food and went to Shrek 4. Which I would highly recommend for young and old! It was so funny and it was good to spend time with Amanda again. We also laughed a lot especially after we got out of the theatre and saw that Mom had a giant chocolate stain on her pants. The next morning we went to breakfast with Uncle Jonny at Village 21.... I mean Village Inn.

Mom and Uncle Jonny

Quick photo shoot of Amanda and I in the back of the car!

Summer Break '10

Famous Dave's anyone? Yes this is my delicious dinner.... My dad competed on a softball team for work and after the season they all go out for dinner to celebrate. My dad allowed me to come along and it was worth it!

The rent and I!

For my birthday my mom got me a minke quilt kit and I finally had enough time to complete it... it only took unpicking the binding twice and ten hours later that I finished and love it! So soft and will keep me warm in those harsh cold Rexburg winters! Thanks Mom!

I pillowcase I whipped out to go along with my bedding... a project I was supposed to complete last summer but didn't have time for.

Mom and I decided to go to Education Week this summer because I was off school and it was something to do. It was amazing and I learned a lot from the speakers. We had a really good time going to classes, eating at the crossroads, going to coco bean, and porters. We snapped a quick photo of us in the gardens on our way to classes.

Me with the "better than everything" cupcake...

Mom.... so delicious

Our lunch at the crossroads.... a Thai barbecue salad

One of my favorite parts of the day was going to the devotional where Elder Bednar spoke. It was amazing and I snapped a quick picture... but he was looking the other way.... so he is the one turned around.

Mom and I before one of our classes!

Mom in class.... looking like a student