Ok I have been crazy busy and life is finally slowing down. So, I am now starting another blog. Since I am married I wanted the address to reflect my happily married life! So, if you would like to still follow me, my new blog will be :

rheesbekah.blogspot.com

My husband came up with our "celebrity" name....Rheesbekah....Isn't that cute! I'm going to leave this blog here but will be using the other one. Love you girls and hope to keep up with you on the other page. Maybe if I get time to be crafty I could seperate my life adventures and my crafts but for now I'm stickin to one page!

The Day after Christmas 2010

The day after Christmas we enjoyed a church service at our church. Which was something we really enjoyed because we had been out of town so much. Then we drove up to Bartlesville to enjoy another family Christmas. This was my side of the family. We also hadn't seen our dogs in weeks so we were so excited to see them!

This little cutie liked hanging out with Necia.

It 's always great to see my brother and his wife!

Christmas Day 2010

Well, this was definitely a memorable Christmas. Rhees and I are newlyweds and enjoyed every moment with our families. We drove all day Christmas Eve to get back just in time! We are so lucky to have such amazing families. We started our Christmas with Rhees' side of the family. His parents had a wonderful lunch and then the opening of presents happened. It was very organized and fun to see everyone open their gifts.

His dad had a little fun with his Granddaughter's doll hat! I'm so glad both of our families enjoy having fun and being silly! Makes it so much fun!
Evidently Rhees and his sister have a tape war every Christmas. This package was wrapped in packing tape. However, my strong husband tore into it like it was nothing! It think next year....it's on Jennifer!

Christmas Day 2010
I'm so thankful that Jesus is the reason we get together and enjoy family!

More Halloween Fun

We had a few things going on this Halloween season. We started early with my last post about carving pumpkins. Those were for our porch decorations. Then we had fun with the family! Rhees' sister invited us over to enjoy some more pumpkin carving with friends. They had the set up now!! She is so crafty, on top of things, and just loves to have a good time with everyone! I am so excited to be part of that family... very soon!
Rhees even let me help him!

Rhees is working very hard on our Pumpkin King ! We both carved this pumpkin and were very pleased with the result! I love working as a team!

And of course Rhees wanted to be the Pumpkin King! Doesn't he look stunning! And thanks to Camden's insight....we discoverd that the Pumpkin King was a Pumpkin!!! OHMY! ~ Teenagers...they are so funny!

tHe PuMpKiN KiNg!

This is Kaitlyn with a friend that is really like family! They are too silly!

Everyone made a pumpkin and HERE THEY ARE! There were so many different ideas! I love seeing people's creativity!

These were soooo YUMMY! Marshmallows wrapped in fruit roll ups!

They are Yummy Mummies!

Fall Fun

We enjoyed Fall Break last week. We were busy with life but made time to visit the Corn Maize. What a fun place ! We got to take one of my daughters friends and our friend who has a one year old. He is PRECIOUS!! Babies make everything more exciting! He loved it! (well, I think ....I mean he sure looked happy!) There was a box of corn that he sat in to play with the kernals. We took our shoes off and got in....felt lovely on the feet! Anyway we had a great time with the maze, hayride, duck race, smell of people roasting delicious food, and the screams from the haunted maze.

Then we enjoyed a nice evening tonight of carving pumpkins. We did this last year and wanted to keep up the traditions. Rhees always comes up with something wild, Necia is very original, and I'm pretty safe.

Rhees: Scary face and taiko symbol

Necia: Lady Gaga

Rebekah: Trick or Treat

I love doing fun things with the people I love: Creating Memories!

Refuel

Today our church celebrated all of the volunteers that work at our church! It was so nice to see everyone together having a great time ! Despite the Fall weather coming in we managed to have a great time at the park. We are so blessed by having these people in our lives!

We had so much fun eating hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, and sno cones~! Yes, a little chilly for sno cones but we have this awesome guy that has a sno cone shop and they were delicious!


Yep, never thought I would see this in my life time! Necia wearing a football helmet! Doesn't she look cute! Of course it had to be pink!

Well, it was confirmed today that my finance is not going out for the church softball team. He had fun trying to get the pastors into that dirty water. Look at it ......Yuck!!!

This is our pastor going DOWN! All of the pastors were so good about this. It was so cold outside and they stuck with it!

Wacky Golf!

We played two games and tied. Yea!!! Sadly, the third game he won. :( Yes, I'm just a little competetive! I just wanted him to feel good about his athletic ability! I'm so nice like that!

Engagement

I will always remember Aug. 20, 2010. Rhees did an outstanding job of proposing to me. We had talked about it and looked at rings so I knew the day was coming but had no idea he was going to throw in a little surprise.
Well, if you don't know Rhees ..I'm the luckiest girl ever!



He is my man who:



laughs with me



spends time with me



prays with me



opens doors for me



cooks with me



teaches with me



loves my daughter with me



is a dog lover with me



serves with me



and enjoys our families with me


So, yes he is an amazing Godly man! So, now what you were wanting to know about~ here is how it all happened.


We started our evening with sushi from FUJI. Because all great nights start with sushi. We enjoyed each others company and had the most amazing food at the sushi bar. Then we went to LaFortune Park ( we have a spot with a picnic table and pond that we always go to ) and enjoyed the ducks and the sun was setting. There was also a couple that was enjoying the view also and we really tried to wait until they left. But they weren't going anywhere so they got to enjoy our special moment too! Rhees had brought a large box with him. I wasn't sure what was in it and tried to guess but I wasn't successful. He opened the box and pulled out a CD player. And I thought well duh!!!! why hadn't I thought of that! He is the Music teacher.....of course there would be music involved! That was the big surprise. He also had a video camera and set it up so that we could remember this evening for the rest of our lives! So, he started the music and said that he had been waiting to play this for me because it reminded him of us. Then yes...He sure did!!! He sang to me! It was truly the most perfect moment! Every word was from his heart! And yes I did cry of course! Then he pulled me down off the table and got down on his knee and asked me to marry him! And of course I said YES!!! Then he prayed with me and it was the most peaceful feeling that we both had!




I can't tell you enough that God has an amazing plan for you! We know that waiting on God has been the most rewarding experience ever! Then we decided that we needed to celebrate with some desert. So, off to the Cheesecake Factory for some Appe Crisp. And here we are with our big smiles!!!

I have been looking at my beautiful ring every day and still can't believe that I'm engaged!! Well, the next story I want to share with you is about the *Bling*

We had looked at different styles and I showed him what I liked but he picked it out and added his own special touch. One thing that he really remembers about his grandma was a diamond necklace. It was eventually given to his mom and she was wanted Rhees to have it when he was ready for it. So, I guess he decided that I was that special girl. ( I love that boy) He took that special diamond and put it in my ring. I feel so honored to have this beautiful ring for so many reasons!

I can't wait to see what the future holds for us!

P.S. I'm thinking that the new title for my blog needs to be Memory Lane !

( if you don't know..our last name will be Lane isn't that soooo perfect! )