Tis' the Season!

Ignore me in this photo, it was very late and I look pretty scary. But i guess it's okay to look scary because it is Halloween time! Anyways I made this pumpkin cake and i was so thrilled it actually turned out. To my surprise the person that was most excited that I made such a cool cake was mike... he was so happy for me! He's very sweet and supportive of my crazy baking kicks. Lately I have really been loving the magazine family circle, it has provided me with some really great recipes and ideas. So a big thank you goes out to Family Circle Magazine for this little delightful treat!

I'm Obsessed!

Oh the joys of cycling class. The moment the teacher said remove your seat I fell in love with this class. It is the total body workout and our teacher is crazy! She has us do push-ups, pull-ups, squats, and abs while cycling. And I'm convinced all can do it, the momentum of the peddling just keeps you going. So Go find a cycling class and join in on the fun. Oh and a special thanks to Becca for being by my side to keep me going as well!

Happy Birthday Cherise Lynn!

Happy Birthday to my dear sister Cherise. We love you so much and you have been a great older sister, you are one of my favorite sisters. ( That is quite the accomplishment since I only have two and both are so cool that they both are my favorites) We are sad we are not there to celebrate with you and party it up. But know that Mike and I did go out to celebrate your birthday by seeing the movie FAME! We enjoyed it and we were very thankful for you being born on the day of the opening so we could see such an inspiring flick. If you were here we would have taken you with us but instead we took you in our hearts. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERISE! WE LOVE YOU!

Baby Shower

So our little Glo had a very brilliant idea to get all of us girls together, get hours for her internship, and to give back to the community.... A BABY SHOWER. No she is not pregnant but she is gathering baby items for mother's who can't afford necessities for their baby. I thought it was so fun and and she provided such great food as well! All in all it was a success and it was so good to be with all the girls. Good Job Gloria for hosting a great baby shower.... I hope you throw me one just like that one someday.

Peaches

My wonderful Mother in-law was so sweet to invite me up to help with canning her peaches. It was my very first time canning peaches and I loved every minute of it. The colors, smells, and the taste of the peaches made me so happy. I love fall and this was just a great welcoming to my favorite season. I have to say Mom and I were a really good team too, we canned 35 cans of peaches in only a couple of hours! We both felt pretty good with our accomplishment.

Happy Birthday Michael Jameson!

Last Thursday was Mike's birthday... the big 24! I think he scored big, he finally got the bike of his dreams and all the cool accessories to go with it. He has wanted a bike since before his mission so I thought it was about time he got one. (Plus I think he is pretty cool and I must love him a whole lot to spoil him.) We went over to his parents house for dinner, cake, presents, and good fun. Then Friday morning we left for Moab to continue his birthday celebration. Neither of us had be to Moab so we were pretty excited and didn't really know what we were in for. That night we camped at the Arches National Park and it was an amazing camping spot! And somehow we got it for free... Mike is really good at getting the best deal. Saturday we woke up very early and did a hike, all of the arches and rocks we saw were so amazing. After our hike we went south of Moab into to Lasal Mts. and it was a completely different world, tons of trees and wildlife. We went up to lake and camped right by it. I was seriously loving my life because we saw so many wild animals, such as, cows ( i know they aren't really wild but they were roaming everywhere) beavers, deer, goats, lizards and the list goes on and on. Our little trip was perfect and to make things even better we only spent nine dollars! So it's safe to say that the Rees Family Loves MOAB!

Maybe I shouldn't have given him a bike.... now I'm # 2 in his life.

This picture just makes me laugh but I wanted to capture our little home for the night. I'm actually surprised Mike is smiling because he didn't think this was one of my best picture ideas.

This was one of the "wild" cows. I was a little scared that the cow was going to pop into my window while taking this picture.

Back to the Blogging World

After a long summer of no internet.... I'm back! The summer what some what uneventful. I know summer sales can be quite the thrill. Lucky for us we have families with fun agendas! Here a some of the things that kept us going through out the summer.





Rockies Games at Coors field was one of our favorite things to do on the weekends. We got to go to the the 4th of July game and the fireworks were amazing!


I got to go to San Fransisco for My cousin's wedding and it was gorgeous and perfect weather. Not to mention the best wedding cake I have ever tasted!

We gained another sister on the Rees side! We are trying to catch up to the number of boys in the family... and we gained a good one!



Oh the Lake. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect week with perfect food and everyone was there to enjoy it all!

Baby Carter is just practicing to be just like papa. He was so good the entire week, I don't think he cried once.
Here's the cute little couple that made this all possible. They are the best parents ever and they really know how to throw a good week long party! We love you and thanks for all you do for us.