Pretty as a rose {my birthday cake}

I apologize for our absence in the blog world lately. Our internet has been having major problems thus interfering with our time dedicating to blogging. Anyways, hopefully it will be working just fine from now on :) 

Last week I turned 21! Crazy eh? 

This first post about my birthday is showing off the birthday cake and cookies I made for the occasion.

Want to learn how to make these cute, yummy creations? Go {here} !

They're super easy and lots of fun :)

Flo is One!

Flo {our goldfish} is one year old today!

She is the most beautiful fish. She reminds us of the fish on Pinocchio, Cleo. She has the most gorgeous fins and tail, and she knows it. Boy, is she vain. We love waking up to her flitting back and forth waiting for us to feed her each day.  :) 

Happy Birthday Flo!

To celebrate the occasion we made fish sugar cookies!

We would also like to introduce a new addition to our family:

Gus Gus

He is absolutely adorable! Flo and Gus Gus get along so well.

He is Flo's little shadow :)

Let's hope we'll be able to celebrate his first birthday next year :)

2010 Recap { May - December }

The last half of our year....

Jake and I were married in the Timpanogos Temple on May 15. It was a perfect day!

It was a wonderful start on our forever!

Our beautiful reception!

We went on a cruise to Mexico on our honeymoon! It was Amazing!

We went camping with our friends Donnie and Jessica!

Donnie taught Jake and I to fly-fish!

We had a fun summer, just relaxing and playing!

We spent the Fourth of July with both of our families! Jake also ran the Provo Freedom Run that morning!

He did AMAZING!

I turned 20 this year!!!!!

The Wood family reunion was a blast! It was fun to get to know Jake's family better!

Jake turned 23 this year!!!!

I cut my hair short this year! I love it!!!

We had fun carving pumpkins and going to the pumpkin walk! 

Jake made our six month anniversary absolutely wonderful! He set up a 

candlelit lunch from Chili's in our front room.

My family pictures from this year! {with the newest addition...Jake!}

One heck of a Birthday

It still surprises me just how lucky I am to have Kylee as my wife but this really put things into perspective. Waking up on my Birthday we had my favorite cereal "Cap'n Crunch Berries" and before i could get back into the room she had made the bed for me and clean the apartment so spick and span that i felt like i was in someone else's house. we took a trip to pets mart so i could use my bday money on some plants for our fish and then get a air pump for my bike. after that we got chicken for a BBQ that night with our best friends Donnie and Jessica Howell. Then before Kylee went to work she pulled out the book i thought i had lost the other day. Turns out she got sick of me with my nose in the book and she Hid it. Like I said, Kylee makes me a better person(by force sometimes). When I had already started marinating the chicken our Donnie and Jess arrived and gave us the big surprise, they spoiled us with eating out. even now on monday morning i am still full from all the food and cake that we ate this weekend. Speaking of cake...
What a MASTER PIECE!!!! it was the best Birthday cake I'd ever had. IT was Kylee's idea and i think the best way to end a fantabulous day with my favorite people. i even got to make a wish as i blew out the candles, Yes all 23 of them.
I am not sure why but the blowing out candles tradition is the most special part of a birthday and it takes me forever to think of just what I'm going to wish for. I guess now i realize its not a time to make a wish but a time to say a personal prayer to God thanking him for the life he has given me, which is much better than the life I'd always blown candles out wishing for. Thank you everyone for the most memorable Birthday so far. All of the Phone calls, facebook messages, and cards made me understand just how much you all care.