My 22nd Birthday!!

This year for my birthday my parents were away...in europe..very sad..seeing as though its my last birthday at home!! weird..oh well..but we still had tons of fun...bbq and a pool party...

Mel and I..one of my bridesmaids

Look at this cake!!! Does is get any better than that??? DQ yum

I got some of these pool creatures for my birthday

My fiance and I!!!!

The Girls

candles on the cake

big jump

I got this bonsai tree as a gift from Muck...its soo nice..he made it!!

the guys..

kelly and i...my maid of honour

some verses

Psalm 100:3-5

3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations

i lovee these verses....they say soo much in a very short and clear way.....verse 3 helps me remember that we are Gods people.....although we belong to Him, he leads us in a way that a shepard would lead his flock of sheep...very lovingly...very protected, and gently...he does not shove us along the road of life and neither does he leave us behind if we stray off the right path....verse 4 encourages us to just give thanks....to remember the one that blesses us...God...so many times we try to take the credit for the good things that happen in our lives...the accomplishments and the shaping of our character....when in fact we could have neverrr done it alone...not without Gods help.....and verse 5 is cool because it states that no matter how much the world rejects the Lord and no matter how hard they try to disprove God as creator...God will always come out on top...his love will endure through it all.....his faithfulness continues....

a little cutie

this is after dance camp one day...rachel had enough of the frilly pink...she spent the rest of the afternoon digging around looking for creatures....all of which i had to see and inspect and make a comment on...haha...one day she came in from playing and had the pocket in her hoody filled with worms!!!...she lovess crawling things.even crabs at the beach....she has no fear this little one

my tiny dancers

my little girls both had dance camps last week....and it was soo fun for me...because it was at the same studio that i danced at....i haven't been there in a couple years so it was fun to go back and see people..and just see the studio....its so cute that rachels head does not even reach the bar!...its also so weird that its the exact bar that i spent countless hours at...its so strange how time just keeps going...it honestly feels like yesterday that i danced there..and now i look after kids that attend that studio...and who knows..maybe in a few years i will have my own little girl dancing at this very studio....time flies!!!

Anna goes to Josh's Grad

This is Anna and Josh....anna is my soon to be sister...and josh is her beloved boyfriend...josh graduated this year and anna went to grad with him..sooo cutee!!

i love this picture...hahaha..its so funny...you can see the terror is josh's eyes..." i gave her that thing so now what do i do with it?"...haha..anna is just so happy

a beauty

a very cute couple

sisters

here i am taking a ride on carl's new contraption...i dont know what it does or how it does it,,, but i like driving it!

holding hands

a tiny update

hello everyone...how are you?? by now i am sure you are sick of looking at the pictures of my rings..haha..i have not updated in a while..sorry...we have been so busy planning!!! my parents left yesterday for europe and they wont be back until the 23rd..so we wanted to get a few of the important details out of the way before they left..such as the venue for the wedding and what not.....its been sooo much fun..right now i have 6 very thick wedding magazines and i just look through them over and over again,...for ideas...i tried on my first wedding dress today!! yaaa,,,but i am sure i will be looking around alot more..its just so fun....this is a picture of us when elsie and carl (stevens parents) had their 25th anniversary party....soo my friends..i will do some more posting of hopefully more interesting things soon...because i dont work all next week!!!! i will have time....okk....until then...