The Beazer Family Review

It feels strange starting a blog 5 years into our relationship so I feel the need to summarize our lives up to this point.

Matt and I met at a U of A Institute of Religion welcome week activity in September 2005. We liked each other instantly and began dating right away. In August 2006, Matt proposed and on December 29, 2006, we were married for time and all eternity in the Edmonton Temple.

We continued our studies at the University of Alberta. Matt was studying petroleum engineering and I was studying to be a drama teacher. On October 31, 2008, we found out we were expecting. 

In June 2009 we both graduate from the University of Alberta and moved to Calgary Alberta, where Matt had been offered a job working as a reservoir engineer.

On June 13, 2009, our lives were changed forever when our daughter Aurora Nicole Beazer was born. She was almost a month early and weighed in at 6lbs 9oz. 

Aurora (nicknamed Rory) has brought so much love and joy into our home. There have been challenges as well (I don't do well when I'm up all night), but I wouldn't change a thing. 

Our first halloween together as a family, we dressed up as bees (get it Bee-zers!) Rory made quite a cute Bumble bee. 

For Rory's first Christmas, Matt bought her a Canadian Olympic Hockey jersey, which she faithfully wore for every game, cheering on the men and women's teams to olympic gold in Vancouver.

For her birthday we took her to the Calgary Zoo and then back home for an Elmo party with her family.

Rory got all "inked up" on Canada Day. She was not impressed with the maple leaf tattoo (somewhat visible on her cheek). I'll remind her of that when she's 17 and wants a more permanent one... 

In September, we splurged and took Rory to Disneyland. She loved it! Since we've been back she has fallen even more in love with the Disney princess Aurora (with whom she shares a name). 

In October we were lucky enough to have family pictures taken with Darren Roberts. You will see his pictures all over this blog. He is so talented and I love how our pictures turned out! 

For our second family halloween , I went for a more manly theme (Matt's friends had mocked him for wearing fairy wings and a headband at the previous years halloween party). We dressed up as the Battle of Alberta. Matt and I each dressed up as our home teams and Rory wore a handcrafted hockey puck. I loved it!!

We are now approaching Christmas and are busy as ever! I promise despite all the busy comings and goings this month, I will keep you all in the know. 

Now that I am all up to date, I'm off!! Rory's napping and there's house work to do.