Aren't they Gorgeous!!!!

Arli and Jake had their Engagement Pictures Taken on Saturday! Jake's

Mother Lorie took them and did a FABULOUS job!

Thank YOU!

this one is my favorite...

Arli and Jake are both so Adorable how could the pictures not turn out BEAUTIFUL?
If your as happy in Life as in these pictures. . .

YOUR LIFE WILL BE GREAT!

More Weekend Updates!

Sunday was Nancy's Concert (Rick's Mom).

She is the Director of a Choir at a retirement community. Grammy is very, very talented at what she does and she is Loved by all the charming 'old' people! They are really quite fun to watch and they draw a large crowd!

They took us on a "trip around the world" with their music!
this lovely lady was doing the huki lau! I bet she was 100! She was a HOOT! She shook her boodie at us!

The girls brought Grammy these beautiful flowers! Pop Pop sings in the choir too! He sings Really LOUD! But he is Really Great so that is OK!!! Your Awesome Pop!

Great, Great Job Grammy! You made the "old people" Sound really wonderful!

Congratulations Ian!

My handsome brother-in-law got his Masters Degree this last weekend!!! Go Ian! WE are so proud! Thanks for your great example of hardwork and dedication! Maybe I will be next. . .

The Gang is ALMOST All here!

I love my family and even though I have been proclaimed a Ragger' to get certain family members to blog, I am happy to report that almost all have listened to their oldest sister! (hey no comments from the peanut gallery! I still look pretty AMAZING!) Now the more you blog the more fun it becomes! So lets keep it going fam!! I really want to find out what you do often. . . even if it isnt fun for you it is fun for ME!

Nathan, Terra, Preston and Tracen plus waitin' for Kelci Tanner
Len, Shelley, Lindsey, Nikki and Austin Tanner

Tiffany, Justin, Hayden, Tanner, Breckyn and Caison Poo

LeeAnn, Bob, Amanda, Samantha, Bobby, Sadi, Cody, Ethan and baby Tytan (still within Amanda!)

ONE FAMILY IS MISSING CAN YOU GUESS WHO??? Get going LES!

Arli's Wedding

There are Soooo many choices when hosting a wedding!

The biggest problem Arli and I seem to be having is agreeing on decorations, flowers, bridesmaid dresses and of course her gown! I keep telling her I will spend as much money as she needs if she just does what I want!

How hard could that be?
If you want to see her ideas go here
continue on to see my exciting ideas!


Above are the lovely centerpieces I have found. I have thought that it being a winter wedding we should bring as many colors as possible in! Bright and cheery I always say!


This is my Favorite Cake!!!! I think the beauty of the cake is the homemade look it has! It has such Charisma!
Looks like some of the cakes I have made! (Danie says "nuh uhhh! you do better!" What a gal! still inspiring me)

But for something a little different this could be

GREAT!

(Remember the speech about colors!)


Suzy would love this bridesmaid dress! Right Suz?!

This dress is so wonderful! All the ruffles, I KNOW Arli loves them but I am not sure they will let her in the temple. . .

Soooooooo. . .

Here is my pick!

Good Right?

Last but not least here is my dream of the wedding dance (come on Jake!)

go here

Wish us luck! But just remember that in the end I will win the battle of the wedding!

mwahahaha!

Baby Garrett Is Here!!

My friend Whitney had this cutie pie early tuesday morning! I love newborns! The great thing about having young friends is you can play grandma. . .but only be a friend. Is that called something? If it is let me know, I would like to be called something fun. . .like hmmm, I dont know ?

You come up with something! Then let me know what you think!

Oooo. . . I feel like a grandma, but I am NOT one! Not ready to be one. . . Just working on that wedding stuff! Ugh! I wanna be a great mother-in-law first! Besides when I become a grandma I will be called Nana, not granny, not grams, and not grandma. It is good for others, BUT I want to be Nana! It was my mom's name for my kids and she was a great Nana. Whit was amazing! She didnt even cry! If I was that good I would have a million babies too!
Ash is so adorable, she is going to be an awesome BIG SISTER! The only problem might be if she helps too much!
I think Matty wants to be a doctor. He asks a lot of questions! I am glad I just dont have to answer!
Ben is funny! He likes Garrett fine. . . but lets just wait until he figures out he is going to be living in his house too!

Congratulations Whit and Aaron!

Salsa

We wanted a garden this year. Or so we thought. I am not a very good gardener, but we tried! Yeah US! I wanted a SALSA garden. Well we got it. Do you know how many jalapenos a jalapeno bush grows? Do you know you cant tell how hot they are by looking? And did you know that habaneros are the HOTTEST chiles you can grow? We thought we knew! Well our tomatoes weren't planted in a very sunny spot but they grew. The jalapenos BLOSSOMED as you might have guessed, and I am not sure where we planted the cilantro. . .hmmm

Needless to say we got some good, no GREAT salsa from our garden! Rick was amazing at chopping all the ingredients just right. The best part was he kept asking me for my expertise in salsa making. . . YOU GUESSED IT THE WORLD IS COMIN TO AN END! He is quite the salsa maker. . . just ask every one at this years Elders quorum BBQ!! Next year I am gonna research gardens a little better so we really have a wonderful crop of tomatoes (I know careful what you wish for. . .)

Yep, you guessed it me pretending to be cooking ( I was cooking just not at that moment see) and using an apron, so not such a great look! I will stick to changing into grubbies before cooking anything too messy!