Since the Announcement...

January

We started the semester off right with a ......

Spencer was the MC for the spelling bee and did a fabulous job ... you should have heard the words he had to pronounce, I didn't know half of the words even existed.

February

Happy Valentines Day

From Spanky, what a nice hubby

Valentines Dance - A University 2nd Stake Valentines Dance - How romantic

Just for fun

March We found a spider in our shower so...

....we decided to peace out ...

... of our cute little one-bedroom apartment to the Blickenstaffs home! They are serving a mission in Long Beach California so we have been fortunate enough to live in their home while they are gone.

We moved over Spring Break AND the Eagle Idaho Lee's were here. It was Brian's birthday and he still helped us move along with Tom, Rich, Derek, Mike, Becky, and the Tolsons. Thanks!

We later celebrated Brian's birthday at Cafe Sabor. The boys LOVED the fried ice cream!

April

In March and April, Spank and I had the opportunity to work at Utah Dance Fest. We spent Firday and Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 12:00 a.m working away. Spencer was the MC for the dance competition in April and I sold "novelties" (shirts, sweats, bags, etc.) for the March and April competitions. It was a lot of hard work but was so worth it.

May

Happy Graduation! May 7th, 2011

Spencer, Mike, Becky, Derek, and Grandma Sue spent the whole day with me. They followed me around and sat and listened to the graduation speakers as well as watch me walk. I felt so grateful for them and all the time they sacrificed to celebrate a goal I have been waiting years to accomplish. What a great family.

A special thank you to Spencer. He is a great support to me and I am so grateful I got to finish my college career with him.
Tom was there to greet me in his robes! Kathie was there too and Rich. They were there for the ceremony and day as well. They too, sacrificed a lot to be there! How lucky am I to have all of this love and support!

THANKS

After graduation Spank and I hit the slopes!!! Actually just hung out in Park City. We had a blast!

We were pretty much the only people in all of Park City and it was so nice! We loved our visit to Olympic Park, the Family History Center, shopping at the outlets, and driving around from one ski resort to another!
So grateful for a vacation!
MAY 20th...
Happy Birthday to the cutest twins of all time, Spencer and Maryn!
We sang Happy Birthday and blew out the candles TWICE!! A true twin party! SO FUN!

Happy Birthday!!!

A Friends BBQ with the Petersons, Fairbourns, Maryn, Meghan, and Derek! We ate BBQ chicken, grilled pinapple, watermelon, funeral potatoes, and grilled zuccini.

While I have been growing a baby girl in my belly, Spencer has been growing a little something of his own ...

An ENORMOUS garden!
Tomatoes, Peppers, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Hot Peppers, Tomatoes, and More

He is a pro gardener.

We had a great semester and a great start to the summer!

The Announcement

This week we told everyone "The News". Spencer and I are having a baby!
We are so excited.

The baby is due July 12th, we find out if we are having a boy or girl in six weeks, and luckily I haven't been too sick! I have felt nausiated and of course the other fun pregnancy stuff.

The Toslons, our cute neighbors and friends, brought Spencer, Baby, and Me some delicious chocolate cup cakes .... WITH CANDLES to congratulate us! We felt so special. We even lit the candles and blew them out. It was so thoughtful of them, we are grateful for loving neighbors.


p.s. Richard and his cute date Maddie were at our house when Tyler and Nicole, the Tolsons, brough the cup cakes over. They got to witness and participate in the fun, sorry we don't have more detailed pictures. We had so much fun with Rich Razzel Bedazzle the World and Maddie Bust-a-cap-eed! Thanks for a fun evening.

Big THANKS to everyone for all of your kind words and support.

Love, Spencer, Alicia, and Baby

A Long Time Coming ...

Hi there, remember us. Sorry we haven't updated for a long time. Here is a little taste of what we have been up to this past semester, enjoy ....

Spencer planned a WAY FUN getaway to Salt Lake City the weekend before school. A perfect way to kick off the semester.

Dinner anyone? Homemade with some help from Pillsbury Pizza Crust and Ragu

Utah State! Hey! Aggies All the Way! Ag football with the students.

Oops! Thanks spank for using your manly man skills to clean up the chicken gut clogged pipes--

Back To School Dinner with the V-Noy's! We even got Mechanical Pencils, Pens, AND Gum!

Thanks

Huntsman Scholarship Banquet

My good lookin' hubby

Aggies vs. BYU football with our Peterson friends (please note the sister-in-laws in the back ... priceless) Thanks for saving GREAT seats Meghan, Jake, and Kristina. The Aggies WON! They beat BYU! Historical. We were so close to the front that we got to rush the field at the end of the games. So Fun.

Priesthood session in Salt Lake. Daddy Mike and Spank.

General Conference weekend in Sandy, Utah with the West and Hernandez families. What a special evening. Elder and Sister West were one of Spencer's favorite senior couples on his mission. The Hernandez family are also lifelong friends.

12 people, 8 pumpkins, 1 tiny apartment..... priceless.

(At one point we had 14 people carving pumpkins at a time. We had to put our table upside down on our counter-top. We had apple cider and donuts for our FHE treat)

S + A = LOVE

Seasoned chicken, steamed cabbage, rice, sauce, and green olives

In loving memory of our sweet Grandpa Jay. November 6, 2010.

Babysitting

Turkey Bowl. We had SO MUCH fun bowling on Thanksgiving night. THANK YOU Mike and Becky for this fun evening.

P.S. Derek works at this bowling alley and he is PRO (at bowling AND working). You should see this kid spin the ball down the lane. I feel like i'm watching the pros on T.V..

Thanks for the great memory Mike and Becky.

So tired from all of the festivities ....

So so tired.

some ...

midnight ...

HAIR CUTTING FUN!!!

All of the LEE kids/young adults we able to get together for lunch over the Christmas break. It was so much fun to all be together. All six kids, the married kids spouses, Brian and Joni's four kids, and Mark and Jeana's baby boy growing inside.

Kathie gave Tom a Wii for Christmas! We played and played, it is so much fun.

Our first Christmas Eve!! We spent Christmas Eve with the Lee's and Christmas Day with the Van Noy's. Thank you everyone for helping make our first Christmas perfect. Thank you for all of the yummy food, great gifts, and most of all, the great FAMILY TIME!

St. George HERE WE COME!

Happy New Year!

"Special Pop"

The fun ....

just never stops!

Eagle Idaho HERE WE COME!! The weekend before spring semester started, Spencer and I got to travel to Eagle Idaho to visit Brian, Joni, Marcus, Tyson, Carter, and Tanner. Spencer got to go skiing all day with Brian where he had a blast, they even skied DOUBLE BLACK DIAMONDS! Alicia got to hang out with Joni and The Boys all day! They had waffles for breakfast with the "special ingredient" and McDonalds for lunch FUN! The Boys colored the pictures above for Spencer and Alicia. We love them so much and look at them every day. Thank you Lee's for a great weekend. We love you.

Pasta for dinner and only 200 calories! OH MY

Home Sweet Home. Spencer and I are so glad to be home and back into the swing of things. School has started and today we were able to attend and teach our nursery class. We sure love our calling.

Words cannot describe and numbers cannot count how many blessing we received this past semester. We are very grateful to our loving Heavenly Father, our Savior Jesus Christ, and our family who continually supports us. We love you.