The Rundown: A wedding, two birthdays, a hit and run, and an easter egg hunt

Happy Beckham! This kid is full of smiles and sunshine!

The Elmo cake - because it make's him HaPpY!!! (You should have seen the truck cake that Aunt Eliza made him while we were in Utah! Please send us pictures everyone!!!:)

Ethan wearing his fire hat from the fire station and playing with his birthday cars.

Jake and I at the Easter luncheon

And that's what has happend for us in the last week. Wow.

The wedding was awesome. Our brother Eric married the beautiful Chelsea Hope last Friday in the new Draper, Utah temple. He was handsome and she was stunning. It was so fun to see everyone. We flew in on Thursday night (after being delayed for weather for 5 hours with two screaming children) and came back to Texas on Sunday. It was a whirlwind of a trip but so worth it! What a great party and a beautiful couple. You can see pictures of Chelsea's bridals on my sister-in-law's photography website. I can't wait to know Chelsea better, she seems like such a sweetheart, and the PERFECT fit for Eric.

Friday was also my 26th birthday. It was awesome to get a new sister-in-law for my birthday! I must admit though, I'm getting to the point where I'm really starting to feel it. Maybe it's the fact that I've had two kids now, or maybe it's just that I never thought I'd get this old, but those anti-wrinkle creams and AARP magazines are a callin' my name. Laugh if you will, I just always assumed I would stay 18 and skinny(er) forever. Thank goodness for joy in the journey!

Since Monday was E-man's birthday too, our family had a ginormous shindig on Saturday and spoiled us both rotten. And I mean ROTTEN. This is what happens when I ask Jake not to make a big deal out of my birthday - our family steps in and does it for him! It was really fun though, and I was greatful for the kindness of all our family. We are seriously so blessed! How do you even say thank you for all that? I have so many cards to write...

And now we come to the "hit and run" part of the title. WHAT?!? Yes, you heard me correctly. Jake was hit by a car on Tuesday. Now before anyone freaks out, let me explain: Jake is ok. Thanks, I am certain, to the many prayers and fasts that were offered on his behalf.

On his way to school Jake was throwing some trash away by the dumpster outside our apartment, when a truck pulled around and hit him. Jake said it seemed like the person was going slow - probably only about 5 or 10 mph, but they hit him none the less and then sped off like a rabid gazelle. Or at least that's my interpretation. Jake says they probably didn't see him, but how do you NOT see a 6ft 5in. , 230 lb. man in front of your car?!? He was alone and very dizzy, so he called 911 and waited for the ambulance to get to him. He only passed out a couple of times, and it turns out (from the CT scan and X-rays) that he has no major broken ribs or bones. Just a minor concussion with bruising and swelling of the brain, some nasty cuts and scrapes, and an achey body. I guess it's ironic that his trimester finals are the next two weeks.

We also had another party on Monday for Ethan's 2nd birthday. I attempted an elmo cake, since that's one of his favorite things right now, and Jake took him to the fire station for a tour during the day. They do free tours for kids and even give you a little hat to wear, let you honk the horn on the fire truck, and all that jazz. He loved it.

Thursday we also went to an Easter luncheon at Jake's school. After such a crazy week, it was nice to spend time together as a family again.

Sorry for such a saturated post, but these are some of the major things that have happend this past week, and I had to document it. Did you get through it Ok? If you need time to recover, don't worry, we've been there.