Surprise Beard Party

When you have a friend with the last name Beard who has a birthday coming up its hard not to throw her a surprise beard party. So that is what we did. Happy BEARD Day Elyse!




The guests anticipating the arrival of Elyse while we sport our facial hair.


Surprise! She had no idea. Success!


Some of the party details....including our homemade photo booth!


Stay tuned... tomorrow I will be posting our photo booth pictures :)

Road Trippin

Alden and I hit the CA 1 for a little weekend birthday road trip. Alden usually prefers to "do" rather than to "have" for his Birthday.

Here is a sneak peek picture of our adventure. I can't get over those cliffs, that water, and the bridge! Forgive me America for day dreaming about Europe lately.

*Stay tuned for more posts of our trip

BIRTHDAY WEEK

Alden's birthday week started out with a bang. On Friday while I was at work Alden's sister Addie showed up out of no where. Currently she is going to school at BYU-Idaho but she decided to pop in this weekend for a surprise. And boy were we surprised!

Alden was still in DC on business at the moment, getting ready to board a plane and come home just to catch the tail end of his birthday (hence the need for a brithday week!).

Addie had the idea that we take BART (the subway) into the airport and surprise Alden and his mom as they got off the plane. BRILLIANT! So we got on BART with signs and balloons in hand (and camera!.. only to discover I forgot my SD card...Rats!)

We made it to the airport with perfect time and ran to meet them at their exit. The double surprise made for and exciting start to Alden's 24th Birthday week.

We then ate homemade German chocolate cake and chips a salsa (what birthday boy wants, birthday boy gets).

The next day included garage selling (our favorite past time), brunch at the Hunts, shopping, Thai food, going to the movie Moneyball and stake conference. Pretty much all of our favorite things rolled into one day.

*Picture includes a slice of Alden's cake as well as a card I threw together via this inspiration.

Happy Birthday my darling.
23 was a crazy year mostly. but I am proud of you. I don't know many 23 24 year olds that do what you do. your positive attitude amazes and motivates me daily. I love you more than all the stars.

Welcome to 24. I've been waiting for you.

Celebrate!

Going to town to celebrate Alden's Birthday. Yes, we are partying all weekend long. Thats how we do it around here. We are also celebrating our new camera!

*Picture of our home taken by Alden (Thank you mom for the b-day banner!)

Happy Birthday Alden!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart! Thank you for making me laugh, smile, and be oh so happy :)

You wanted a duck for you birthday... Maybe when you are older ;)

One day I told you we should make some art for our house, I came home to this. Haha. love you.

You decided to make cookies for me and my roommates.... ha. The amazing thing is somehow you were able to fix it and in the end we ate delicious cookies!

When we decided to take our first trip to Idaho you went out and bought a FULL cowboy outfit. Then you wore it the entire 4 hour drive... even when we left at 10 at night.

You proved yourself worthy to date an "Idaho" girl.

You took me skydiving and held my hand ALMOST the whole time :)

You kissed me on the Grand Canyon

You took me to beautiful Monterey for my Birthday!

You carry me on your back :)

You treat me like a queen!

Happy Birthday Alden. You are the best husband I could have asked for. You make me happier than I ever could have hoped or dreamed to be. Love you.