Ode to my sister...Rebecca Claire Mitchell

Just today I got home from school at 8:30pm, parked my car, and checked to see if Jordan had gotten the mail. to my surprise he hadn't and in the mail box was a large yellow envelope addressed to Michelle and Jordan Beck . It had three stamps and a return address to my wonderful sister Rebecca! I sped walked down to get into the house so I could open it right away. I could only speed walk because I learned the other day that you shouldn't run over iced cement!



As I opened the letter like a crazed person, i pulled out a sheet of pretty stationary that was nicely laminated! With it there was a smaller piece of paper explaining "Michelle and Jordan, this is what I wanted to say on the big day. Like yourselves, I was very nervous and didn't get out everything I wanted to. "
As I started reading the toast, my eyes started to pool with water. As a tear began to fall I found my self reading a funny sentenced and then began to laugh. Jordan, sitting beside me on the couch, inquired to me what I was laughing about. I turned to him and as he saw that I had been tearing up he leaned toward me and read along with me.


Isn't she beautiful!?!
I have to say that Jordan and I thought that all the toasts at the wedding reception were perfect and loved them dearly. though I know how Rebecca feels and I truly appreciate and am excited to have this in my photo books forever.

To my sister I love her with all my heart! She is so smart, pretty, and heartwarming! Everyone she meets finds out why we have all fell in love with her. Everyone knows what I'm talking about.
For all the times we fought and chased each other around the house with barbies in hand; I would never give anything for my sister. I would never change her, or take for granted anything she has to offer.

Rebecca deserves a medal and a standing ovation, not to mention she was the perfect maid of honor!

Love to Becca! XOXO

A lot of you know that Jordan and I are now living in his apartment he had before the wedding. It's not so bad and so good. The one thing it lacks is storage for all our STUFF combined!

After the wedding Jordan and I went out to Ikea to spend a little wedding money (Thank you everyone!) ; and ohhh..man that place is so cool and a bit overwhelming. I think we had the best time going through the children section!

One thing we were looking for was some cabinets for our kitchen/dinning room to add extra storage. And that is exactly what we left with. Also to point out the cool oak woodblock counter top!

This is the unit that "we" (Jordan) took 2 days to build. *Its missing a drawer in this picture on the left side

As most of my family knows I can't ever just have something the way it is. I always have to add a little to it.

So I thought of a modern design that I think looks good for the face of the drawers and got some fabric to line the inside of the shelves.

This is how it started....

1. I got a wall paper to cover the front that could be painted on.

2. I cut out stencils from poster board and drew the pattern on the wall paper.

3. I mixed all the colors for the pattern then Jordan and I painted in all the shapes, starting with the lightest color. *Tip: It is always easier to cover over lighter colors with darker colors; if there are mistakes to hide. (if the other way around you with be having to put layer upon layer with the lighter color) start with being loose the lighter colors and then be more tight and precise with darker colors.

I do have to give most of the credit to Jordan. I am my father's daughter and I am great for starting projects, but not so good at finishing them in a timely manner; right mom? So as I sat on the couch watching TV or playing Wii fit; Jordan was on the couch painting. He really pulled it out at the end!

It did come out a bit more bold than expected, but we love it!

Have you Wii Fit today? Jordan has!!!

Jordan has become a pro at Wii Fit! Its really exciting to watch him grow! haha

If you would like to see more pictures you can visit http://www.weddings.bellapictures.com/

There are more great pictures from the getting ready to the reception.

The Boys!

The Girls!

Chapter 1: Mitchell/Beck Wedding

December 30, 2008 was the greatest day of my life!

Jordan Beck married Michelle Mitchell in the Newport Beach LDS Temple. January 2, 2009 Jordan and Michelle celebrated their marriage with Family and friends at the Olivas Adobe wedding and banquet hall in Ventura, CA.

The love that we felt as that momentous week progressed made us feel so blessed and lucky to have each other, and especially our families and friends.

Jordan and I would like to first thank everyone who put in time to make our wedding days GREAT! We do not have all the words to express our gratitude.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

Our first christmas tree! oh so cute!

...and things comes down!

And the laws of gravity prevails!!

Frosty

Snow Angels

Angels are falling from the sky!

WOW! Our first blog!

Lets see how it goes!