Saturday, January 3, 2009

Operation: Regan's 30th Birthday Surprise!


I am asking anyone who is friends or family of Regan's to do me a favor! He is turning 30 years old on January 29th, and I am creating a book of memories, stories and experiences people have had with Regan. Even if you just want to wish him Happy birthday, anything really works! This is a huge secret, so PLEASE don't tell him! I am banning him from checking this blog and his facebook! Please send anything to me by January 25th to suzukiviolin@hotmail.com!
If you have any other questions, please email me!
Thanks,
Andrea Fackrell

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

How cute!


This is the sweetest picture of Sunny feeding her new Baby Alive!

Christmas Day!






We had a wonderful Christmas Day! It started at 5:30 AM! Who wakes up their own kids on Christmas Morning? Well, we do because we like to do our own family christmas morning, and then go over to my families house at 8 am! Riley and Sunny just loved their Christmas presents! Regan decided the day before Christmas to get the kids a hampster and they just freaked out! I told Regan the only way he could get it is if HE and He alone takes care of it! I hate anything that looks like a mouse! Riley also freaked out when he saw that he got a lego star wars computer game and controller! {That saved us a ton of money to not get a game system-just get the computer game!}
Sunny just loved her Baby alive and is so excited to see it pee and poop on her potty! Hopefully that inspires her to go on her own potty!!!!!

I hit the jackpot this year! Regan is a great husband and he got me my very own CRICUT for scrapbooking!!! I am so so so excited to learn how to use it! Way to go Regan!
And of course Regan had to get a toy of his very own! I got him a Air Hog Helicopter and he was flying it throughout the day on Christmas! We had so much fun spending Christmas with my family and with Regan's family! What a great Christmas this year!

Christmas activities!






Christmas Eve was just as I have always remembered it! We started out at my mom and dad's house for the traditional Nativity reinactment and then the talent show! Riley was a wise man, Sunny was an angel, and our sweet baby Ellie was the baby Jesus! Afterwards, each family performed Christmas songs! Our family was pretty impressive this year! We taught all of the boys in our family how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin and I accompanied them on the piano! WOW-I was so impressed with Regan because he seriously learned how to play his 1st song on the violin in 15 minutes! They actually sounded so good!

Riley played Jingle Bells on his violin and Sunny accompanied him on her jingle bell!
From there, we drove through a huge snow storm to South Jordan for the annual Groves Family Party. The kids were given a present by Santa and hit a pinata!

December activities






We have had a ton of fun these last few weeks! We have had so much family in town, so we have been going back and forth visiting different families! Utah has had the biggest snow storms the past week and I seriously cannot remember the last time I saw this much snow! Regan went out yesterday and made a snowman with the kids! I was secretly glad that he did and that I stayed inside with Ellie because it looked so cold outside!
Regan's parents from Alaska took Riley and Sunny to Build a Bear workshop for their christmas gift and the kids just loved that experience! {Sorry some of the pictures are sideways! Any suggestions?}

Our Family

The McKell Family

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