My Birthday

I have to begin with what a WONDERFUL HUSBAND and AMAZING FAMILY and FRIENDS I have. I am so blessed to have them in my life. Thanks so Much!!!

The Big Party

A couple of weekends ago, my great husband put together a suprise party for me for my birthday. He did such an awsome job. I had absolutely No clue that he was going to throw me a party, (usually I am extremely difficult to surprise). But he did and I had so much fun. Also the food was great too!!!

Can you say SURPRISED!!! Ha ha

The delicious fondu feast that Kim and my Mom put together, soooooo good it had every thing apples, marshmallows, cream puffs, strawberries, bannanas cheesecake, brownies, grahm crackers, you name it we had it.

Everyone just hanging out and laughing

My Actual Birthday
The next weekend on my actual B-day, I had a wonderful day as well, I slept in, got a pedicure and a massage, and then went to the temple and to dinner with "My Gene"

The Temple

Ok so after our session at the Temple we walked around and just hung out for a little while and while we did so, we ran into a rafter of like 20 turkey's they were just chillin and looking for food I guess just behing the Temple on the grass. This may not mean much to most of you, but my mom told me that she had seen like 20 turkey's too once at the Temple, and I didn't believe her I had only seen a couple at a time spread out, but this time there was a ton of them and I couldn't believe it. It was quite the site. Gene and I couldn't stop laughing. Sorry no picture.

After the temple we had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and it was sooo good, I love everything on their menu. When we got there the lady told us there was only going to be a 15 min wait, and after 30 mins we decided to see what was up. Come to find out they had buzzed us twice, but our buzzer was broken, so we didn't get it. We were STARVING, so as soon as we sat down we ordered, then ate 3 baskets of bread and were full when our food came, but Gene stuffed himself and ate all his dessert. I was a little smarter and took some home.This was Gene's I am so hungry, why haven't they buzzed us yet, don't take anymore pictures of me face. I thought it was hilarious.JJust being bored

Time Out For Women

The next day I got to go to Time out for Women. It was such a great day. I had never been before and had such a fun time with Linell, Kelly, my mom, and Lori. The speakers were great, (One of them was actually one of my religion teachers at BYU), and the music was awsome. I can't wait till next year.

We had quite the spread for lunch in the parking lot. My mom brought us these really delicious turkey sandwiches, grapes, carrots, and drinks it was perfect. Thank you Kelly for a great day.

Mom's Wedding

I am finally posting photos from my mom's wedding that happened a couple of weeks ago, We have been quite busy in the Barrow household he hee.

Here are just a few pictures from that wonderful day, the photographer's photos are much better than ours, but you will see what a beautiful and enchanted place the La Caille restaurant is in Utah. We were so excited to have our Cousin Mindy at the Temple that day, it was really great to spend time with her and share that special day. Thanks for comming, we miss you!!!

Mom's bouquet doesn't it look real?Mom and Bill in the courtyard at the La Caille Mom, Bill and his kids at the Temple The drive way up to the restaurant
Mom and Bill right before they leftMom and the kids
Mom and TaylorSharing chocolate dipped strawberries, the were Soooo GoodGene and I driving Logan's car to La Caille

The Summer is flying by

What Thanksgiving Again: Yup, that's right we did it again, My mom's fiance Bill wasn't able to make it to our Thanksgiving this last year, and was really bummed, so we decided since we had an extra turkey that we would go ahead and do it all again on a much smaller scale for his last visit. It was lots of fun, and nice to have turkey again. he hee Even though it was Spring time.

Loge's we love and miss you, can't wait till you come home!!Happy Birthday "MY"Lauren!!!

Pop's Birthday: the boys decided that for thier dad's birthday they would buy him a tool table, not thinking that he really wanted one, but that they felt he needed one. Come to find out it was EXACTLY what he wanted. He was really excited about it. It doesn't look like much but it took 6 hours to put together, well while watching TV. He hee We had a little BBQ dinner for Sterling at our house since Kelly was out of town. It was alot of fun!



Phantom: Kim, Parker, Gene and I all went to see Phantom of the Opera. It was such a wonderful evening. We headed off to Sacramento and had no traffic and just missed the I-5 construction. We then went to dinner at a new restaurant called Ella's it was sooo good and the best service I have ever had at a restaurant. Every time we left the table someone would come and fold our napkin for us and place it on our table. The staff was so attentive to everything that we needed even before we knew we needed it. The food was amazing and we ordered just about everything they had on the menu between the four of us. Plus appetizers and Dessert. Oh, the dessert was amazing. I had this amazing carrot cake with homemade butter ice cream. It was to die for. Kim and I were in heaven.

Movies: Gene and I finally saw the new Indianna Jones Movie, not too keen on the whole alien temple scene, but a very entertaining movie none the less, and a great way for us to beat the heat and sit in an air conditioned theater for two hours. Plus we got to hang out with some great friends and hear all the details about their wedding.

B-day with the Solomon's: For Gene's Birthday our awsome friends the Solomon's took us to the Melting Pot for dinner. We had tons of fun, and great food, even though our waitress was a little akward. Hardly any of my pictures turned out because of the steam, but this one managed to be clear. Thanks Guys your the best!

Bodega Bay: Marc, Kristen, Gene and I decided to go to Bodega Bay for Gene's Birthday, we had a wonderful time, the weather was perfect until we got to the ocean, then it was a little windy, but it usually is. So we hung out, walked the beach, relaxed, ate tons of crab (well, everyone but me of course) and even more salt water taffy.


We are so blessed to have such great friends and amazing Family members around us. It is so important to us to be able to spend time together, laugh, and create wonderful memories with those that mean the most. We love you guys!!!

Napa Valley

This last weekend Gene and I spent some time in the Napa Valley. We had so much fun. The weather was sooo nice, and the rolling hillsides were beautiful. We left early friday morning, and picked up our cake at the bakery. Every year we get our wedding cake top made ,mmm so good, but this year we decided to make it a little different and we got a chocolate lady finger cake with chocolate buttercream filling,covered in berries. It tasted exactly the way I was thinking it would, absolutely delicious. he hee. Anyways after the bakery we were off to a beautiful picnic spot for lunch, and after that we were going to spend the rest of the day at the spa. It was soooooo wonderful, and beautiful, the employees were so kind and even gave us free smoothies for our anniversary as we layed out by the pool. It felt so nice to just relax and not have to think about anything or do anything but just enjoy one anothers company. After the spa at like 8:30 pm, we drove to the little town of Windsor where we stayed the night. The place was great our room was like a little appartment, it had a full kitchen, and living room with a fire place, and there was a hot tub right outside our sliding glass door. it was sooo nice. The next day we drove all over, first to my favorite spot of the day the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in Calistoga. It was super fun, they had cooking demonstration, tours, a great store, and of course an amazing restaurant were Gene and I just had to have lunch. Gene got a steak, and it was the best steak I have ever had, my halibut was awsome too, and the dessert couldn't have been better, we had to get two, they even wrote Happy Anniversary on the plates. After our bellies were so full we couldn't move we decided to head to the redwood forest, and then to the beach to walk around and watch the sunset. It was sooo much fun and a weekend I will always remember. Thanks Babe for being so wonderful to me!

Five Years

I can't belive we have been married for FIVE years. I feel like just yesterday I was waiting for him to come home off his mission and now we have this wonderful life together. He is so great!!
I just have to take a moment to say that I have the most wonderful man in the whole world, and I am so blessed to be able to spend eternity with him. Everything that he does and all that he gives to me, and for me, everyday truly amazes me. He is such a selfless and loving person. He is forever making me laugh, always keeping me close, and he never forgets to kiss me goodnight(or goodmorning). He is my perfect soulmate. We have had so many wonderful life experiences and memories together so far, and I can't wait for all of the great ones to come. I Love You "MY" Gene!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!