Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sooner Birthday!

Today is one of my best friend, Jen's, husband's 38th birthday and besides heading over to their house after work for a Birthday BBQ, I am bringing him a Sooners Helmet Cake (or attempt at one anyways).

After a lot of trial and error...here's the end result.



Not perfect (wish I could have figure out how to make the face mask stay but the fondant I used kept falling so I had to just pipe it on) but not half bad right?


So to all you Sooner Nation Fans out there and CHAD.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Friday, April 17, 2009

WARNING: Objects in Picture May Appear Larger Than They Are

First the picture to go with the Title of this Blog (which is referring to me, not my petite mom)


Now the not so secret, secret I have been keeping...



I'm PREGNANT! (a collective sigh of 'phew I was going to say she had packed on some lbs' )

I am happy and excited to announce that Gabe and I are pregnant with our first baby. I am about 21 weeks along and due at the tail end of August (August 29th to be exact, though we all know how exact that really is, NOT).

We are totally jazzed as both Gabe and I have always wanted kids and this will be the first Becker grandchild for my parents, and the first BOY (yes I said BOY) for Gabe's parents in about 8 years (they have a slew of grand and great-grand kids but the last 4 have all been girls).

So many changes this year as I will be moving up to Pomona (about 2 hours from SD) after the birth of the baby and living with Gabe and then later in the year we will look to move into our own house possibly a bit closer. I still plan on working at my job (it's a great gig!) and have the opportunity to telecommute a portion of the week and then possibly stay in SD for a portion of the week when Gabe is working (he's a Police Officer so he has whacky hours). So the good news is my family and friends will get a lot of baby time (oh yeah, and still see me a tons too!)

For those of you who don't know the background; Gabe and I have had a long distance relationship for just over 3 years and he's definitely the love of my life. We have known each other for about 15 years as friends in the same circle and things just aligned and here we are!

For proof of his existence take a gander at us from our friends Sara & Nick's Wedding in 2007. I know we make a pretty good (and modest) couple! He's a handsome little devil! Hopefully our baby takes after him.

Well, that's it...that's the news...that's why I have been so sporatic in the Bloggin' department this year. But now that the cat is out of the bag (officially), I'm sure future blogs will keep you updated on the baby's progress.

Thanks for sharing in our excitement!






Happy Easter!

This Easter was spent with all my siblings, my parents, my sisters' 'significant others' and Moira's mother-in-law, sister-in-law and beau. Gabe ended up spending Easter with his family in Pomona (but one of these days soon you'll see him at a family gathering, I promise).

We had a really yummy meal and easy going conversation for dinner. Moira even made these adorable chick cutouts for part of the table decoration (sorry for the blurred picture):

Here's my family 'hamming' it up for the camera:
For dessert I attempted to make a garden themed cake with a new cake pan my mom had given me for Christmas. The mini cakes turned out awesome (carrot cake can't go wrong), but frosting those suckers was another story. I ended up putting some of the 'veggies' on a round cake that I decorated with a bit too bright pink and purple cream cheese frosting...but the crushed oreos for dirt and the overall affect was still cute (in my humble opinion). Judge for yourself (btw...the vegetables were suppose to be carrots, lettuce, pea pods and radishes...a stretch...I know).


After dinner we all convened in the living room, or should I say Becker Bowling Alley for a little single elimination Wii Bowling. All 12 of us participated and boy all I can say is we are one competitive bunch. Even the newbies were 'in it to win it'. It took 3 rounds, but in the end, my sister's boyfriend, Jon was the victor. Though Moira gave him a run for his money in the finals.

Doesn't Jon look happy he won?
After all that fun, we all got our Easter Baskets (hey, I may be 36 but I still am a candy loving girl at heart!) and hopped along our merry ways.

Some parting shots of some of the participants of the Easter Festivities at the Becker Household:

Moira & Sheona (can you tell they're my sisters?)

My Dad in his 'take me serious' pose:

Moira's hubby, Mark, loving that I always take pictures of him:
The Extended Easter Family (The Hills):
Ranee & Cindy (great picture of Mom and Daughter)

Cindy & Alan

Hope everyone else had as great an Easter as we did!