Happy LOVE Day :)

Dear Cupid,

I wanted to thank you, I couldn’t resist, Some don’t believe, but I know you exist. You first chose a man, and then took a shot. Your aim was right on, in his heart it caught. He then was star struck and in love he fell, With me of all people. What a story to tell. He's handsome and charming, one of a kind He’s just what I wanted you read my mind. It’s been 3 great years and much more to come, To you I must owe a very large sum. I’ll try to be the best wife that I can, Cupid, you rock! Dude, you’re the man.

Love, Karen

"if"

if i were a month, i'd be may. if i were a day of the week, i'd be saturday. if i were a time of day, i'd be mid morning. if i were a sea animal, i'd be a starfish. if i were a direction, i'd be south. if i were a gemstone, i'd be a pearl. if i were a tree, i'd be a magnolia. if i were a tool, i'd be a cricut. if i were a flower, i'd be a gerber daisy. if i were a kind of weather, i'd be sunny & hot. if i were a musical instrument, i'd be a piano. if i were a color, i'd be purple. if i were a fruit, i'd be a kiwi. if i were a drink, i'd be water. if i were a food, i'd be a ceasar salad. if i were a place, i'd be a tropical island. if i were a material, i'd be a floral print. if i were a scent, i'd be evergreen. if i were an object, i'd be a pair of sunglasses. if i were a song, i'd be "wannabe".

Superbowl XLIV

we spent superbowl sunday with some GREAT friends at our place.

most of us didn't have a preference of who won except jace and blake.

jace rooted for the SAINTS! and blake, the colts.

it was an exciting game and jace got his wish!

WHO DAT?!

some pics from the evening:

brian and lauren :) blake, brinli and thaliea lynds and cody! i'm so bummed we didn't get a pic of ALL the AWESOME food. chips and salsa veggies! scotcharoos cookies pigs in a blanket brownies pizza marshmellow popcorn wings! thank you friends for coming! we had a BLAST!

Nothing On My Mind but GEORGIA

As most of you know, McRae is my parents FIRST grandkid. Because of this, it is SO hard for them to go very long without seeing her. My mom can hardly stand it. So.... we are GOING TO GEORGIA!! We leave one week from today... the 13th! Jace can only stay until the 16th so he doesn't miss too much work. However, McRae and I will be there for TWO WHOLE weeks! We are so very grateful for my parents flying us home. It is hard to live 2000+ miles away!

Things I Love About Georgia:

my family!

mall of GA

trees!

steak n shake :)

my home ward

zaxbys!

the smell of my house

the warm weather :)

my moms bed!

frontera

friends!

So thank you mom and pop... but mostly thank you MCRAE! :)

(they wouldnt fly us home if it weren't for her!)

Jazz vs.Cavs

Jace and I drove up to Salt Lake to eat dinner and watch the Jazz vs. Cavs game with some friends! My old college roommate Emily, her husband Ren, Kels and her friend Casey all drove down from Rexburg. It was so GREAT to see them.

EM and I at CPK Jace.Me.Em.Ren.Kelsey.Case

Jace and I

kels and i

DIPLOMA :)

Oh yeah... she can crawl :)

So I totally forgot to post this! McRae starting CRAWLING at seven months and one week.

Since then, she can now climb the stairs, give slobbery open mouth kisses, wave and stand alone for about 15 seconds. more pics to come...

Merry Christmas!

We spent Christmas in GEORGIA! Despite not having a "white" Christmas, we enjoyed being in the south with family!

Sunday before Christmas Mom and I shopping! This is one of my favorite pictures of us! One of our Christmas Eve traditions is gingerbread house competition. This year we enjoyed the contest with the Nickel family.

This is the boys. They won.

Here are the girls. Second place....

McRae was LOVING unwrapping presents. However, as most babies do, she was only interested in the paper...

Our little family Christmas morning.

All the kids in our new p.j.s. on Christmas morning. (another christmas eve tradition)

Decorating sugar cookies!

About to leave for the airport to go home :(

me and my brothers whom I LOVE!!

We had such a great, relaxing vacation! thank you to MOM and POP for the GREAT food, entertainment and awesome gifts! I have so many more fun pictures but couldn't add them ALL! We can't wait for the fam to come out HERE to see us in APRIL :)

Ladies and Gentlement...

WE HAVE A COLLEGE GRADUATE!

Jace Mecham

Bachelor of Science

Technology Management

Building Construction and Construction Management Emphasis

The night of Jace's LAST final we went to dinner to celebrate!

At Utah Valley University they only hold the graduation ceremony once a year in April. We look forward to seeing Jace "walk" later on this year!

ALMOST here...

only FOUR more days until my JACE is a COLLEGE GRADUATE!

let the count down begin :)