Shout Out

Here's a shout out to my adorable hubby:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Click Here

Pampered Princess Party

This year for my Birthday Celebration, Mark treated me like a pampered princess! Well, he treats me like a pampered princess most days, but this day I was particularly pampered. I have such a good husband. He made my choice of delicious crepes with fresh strawberries and whip cream for breakfast. Mark is a great cook! We enjoyed church and then I came home to yummy gnocchi with marinara sauce and garlic bread. We had some fun unexpected visitors who came caroling birthday tidings to our door. Thank you Poulsens for the good company and the delicious cookies! Too bad I didn't take a picture, what was I thinking? One great thing about this day is no doing the dishes for me! yay! Mark showered me with many other gifts besides "no dishes day" including some mixing bowls that I've been wanting, a nice pair of kitchen shears, and furniture! What great gifts!
Making sure to celebrate all week long, we went shopping and out to eat at Texas Roadhouse on Saturday and bought a bed and a computer desk among other things. He didn't want to wrap both items, so he gave me the receipt to represent them :) Hopefully we will be getting the items within the week. We also enjoyed cheesecake with candles and everything.
It was wonderful being a pampered princess this year!
Thank you, Mark!

Why Not?

One of my hobbies is celebrating holidays that aren't really holidays. If there's a reason to celebrate, I ask, why not? Pi day (3-14) happened to be yesterday and we had some delicious coconut cream pie with our friends, the McCrakens. It was my first attempt at homemade pie crust. I would say it turned out pretty darn good. How could it not turn out good with 2 and a half sticks of butter in the recipe? Mark about puked when he saw how much butter I was using, but you only live once, ha ha! We also used real whip cream, yeah. real. That stuff is so good, I think I could eat a whole bowl of it by itself. I would say pi day is probably kind of a nerdy holiday, but if it gives you a chance to eat delectable home made pie, be a nerd for a day! Happy Pi Day to all you nerd alerts out there! Next year, I think I will try and make a pie that looks like this sweetness....
We also celebrated National Pancake Day when I was in Utah in February. I learned about this little hidden treasure of a holiday last year when we lived in Texar. IHOP gives out free pancakes, which we participated in last year. There wasn't an IHOP for miles around (get on that G-town! build an IHOP so that the citizens can enjoy National Pancake Day), this year we made our own. Since Benj will be leaving to Peru soon (tear drop), I conjured up a llama pancake. Yes, you read correctly, a llama; dedicated to Benji, Peru, and Cuzco, one of my favorite llamas who stars on the hit movie The Emperor's New Groove.

Llama Chef, Lacey AKA Paige Davis (new nick-name made up by the sibs)Elder Cole himself with the Cuzco look-alike.
Good luck Benji!!!!! Gonna miss ya!

Wedding time and CMM Cinco

Our monthly vacation in February started off with a bang as we went to Mark's brother's wedding in Bunkerville. The wedding turned out really great and we are excited to have Tishelle join the Tew clan!!! Sadly enough, we don't have pics of this event due to our camera being lost forever. But, just for the record, it was beautiful.
The Tews had the pleasure of being the party planners for Cole Making Memories, one of our favorite traditions. Every year we have a little (or big) retreat with my family. We decided St. George would be a prime spot for the occasion and decided to do it in February so that Benj could be there before leaving on the mish. (We may be on record as the first family to have a family reunion in February) Amazingly enough, we had the WHOLE clan there!!! As always, we had a FANTASTIC time together!

The boys have a tradition of doing a golf tournament every year. Usually it's Benj and Chris vs. Ed and Greg. (The in-laws are treated as out-laws for this event, sorry Mark and Geo. ha ha. just kidding. Mark went golfing too, of course). Chris came with a surprise of an official trophy for the Cole invitational and The Benj-Chris team has their name on the trophy for two years in a row now! Gav found a lizard that he named "Bluey" but sadly the little guy didn't make it through the vacation.


We were able to fit in some joint Tew and Cole family volleyball and lunch. This is Mark showing off his serious hops. Check out that form...okay he's really just fixing the net. :)Swimming was also a highlight for the CMM Cinco Partay. The kiddos were in heaven. We have many March birthdays in this family and we had a big birthday dinner and purple party with Grandpa Merle and Karen. The food was delicious and the bubble blowing contest, guessing game, and "what's yours like?" game were very fun! We couldn't have a vacation without at least one little hiccup in the plans. Greg ran over a tent stake, time to change the tire! Oh the memories!


The little girls were OBSESSED with the AFLAC ducks given to them by the famous Grandpa Ed. In my opinion, these little chicks may be included as part of the family now. They spent the entire vacation with us. AAAFFFLLLAAAC!
GOOD TIMES, people GOOD TIMES!!!

I've been wanting to post some "Christmas Fun in Utah" pictures but I can't find my camera...talk about lame! We haven't seen it for a while. I'm sure it's around here somewhere!? Hopefully it's around here somewhere. Until then...Cheerio! (is that the right spelling? I'm not talking about the cereal. hmm. oh well.) Just for the record: we DID have a marvelous time in Utah for the Holidays! Thank you fam!

Family and Friends,

Merry Christmas! We love you.

Mark and Lacey

Just how "wicked" was "WICKED?"

TOTALLY INSANELY WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not believe I forgot to post about this little date. This is what Marko gave me as an annualversary gift. We finally attended the long awaited musical.....and this is how I felt about it....