The Ceremony

My Brother Karl walked me down the Isle.
Grace, my almost 3 year old Niece tried to put flowers on the walk way.
She put some down and then picked them back up too. She was so excited
to be a part of the wedding. She said; "I'm getting married with Becky".
One of my really good friends Janea sang.


















Jason and Bishop McDonald Waiting for me.

The ceremony

Mom looks great here!


















Jason and I were married in Beaver Lake Pavilion, out side by the lake. Candles on the ledges surrounded the pavilion. It was cold, but Chris Schweikart has hot cider for people to drink while they waited.

Bishop McDonald married us.

Cake and the Family

My family that was here: Karl, Kevin and Nicole Rose (Oregon) Ruth, Isaac and McKell Davis (Bellevue WA) Blake, Sarah, Emily, Ryan, Spencer, Caleb and Grace Perkins (Vancouver WA) , Cindy and Mike Wells (Idaho) and my mom.

Our cake was cheese cake made from scratch by my good friend Carly Johnson. She also made 4 different sauces to people could pick what they wanted to put on it: chocolate, caramel, punpkin, blueberries. It was delicious!

One Month and Counting!

Well, It's been about a month and a half since we've been married. We are getting to know each other better- what upsets us and what makes us happy. I changed my job so we have more time to do that. Evenings are ours! We've had some funny happenings the first month. Here they are:

• Our pipes froze for a whole week! No showers, no dishes, no flushing the toilet! We showered at moms, did dishes and laundry at mom's. Good thing shes so close!
  
• I started a load of a laundry and filled our small machine to over flowing. The belt was burned and the pump stopped working for a while. We had suds everywhere! I took some pictures and may get them up. Jason is a good enough man to not say anything negative to me.
  
• I drive a little fast and pumped a hole in the oil pan in Jason's Passat, so that car was out of commission until Jason could get some liquid steal and fix it himself. We were a one car family for a week- funny since we have 3 cars and a motorcycle. Jason drove me to work and picked me up too and never said anything about that either.
• We dog sat for 10 days over Christmas this less than one year old Lab named Bella. She was a nightmare! She pooped and peed in her house, mom's house, ate shoes and tried to sleep on us! We drove back and forth from our place, to mom's and then to Renton where Bella lives. We will never do that again!
  

I need to get pictures of the bridal shower up and the wedding. I've narrowed them down to 630- getting rid of about 50 of them. Pictures and cards have yet to go in books and thank you card have yet to be written. It's on my brain, just not out of my hands yet.

I got a primary calling in church teaching the 8 year olds, the kids that just got baptized. Jason and I are giving talks on the 17th in Sacrament Meeting.

Halloween Weekend

A little blurry- but you can see that Grace is an elephant, Caleb is Frankeinstien, Spencer is bat, Ryan is Hobbs, and Emily is a bee. Maggie the Bassett hound is a butterfly.

It's always fun to the with kids on Halloween. I like the way Sarah handles the candy. It all goes into one big bowl and we all share with 100 % control by the adults. None of that "that's mine" and someone eating theirs all up first and then being mad that someone else has a lot left.

Perkins Family Pumpkins

Jason and I drove down to Vancouver WA for the Halloween Weekend so he could meet some family. My sister Sarah and her family live there and my brother Karl lives in Hillsboro OR. I wanted to see the kids in their costumes and Jason wanted to go to Mulitnomah Falls together. Here are some pic's of the weekend.

I was putting on Graces diaper for bed the first night and Grace proceeded to tell me that Me, Mommy and Daddy were all nice and wiped her bottom, but Jason was mean. She had not interacted with him yet at all.

In church on Sunday Grace sat right in his lap and started playing with him. She was pulling his tie and such and it was getting a little crazy so he tried to get her to stop by play bitting her like a bear. She said "Don't eat Becky, Don't eat Becky!"

After church we had the 3 youngest climbed up all around and on us. It was pretty fun.

Jason is great with kids.

Bainbridge or Bremerton?

Seattle is to the right of this map. The dotted lines are the ferry routes. Find Bremerton- through a straight and then go North. You'll find Bainbridge.

Jason and I went on a day trip to the Islands. Jason had never been on a ferry. We decided to go and find our honey moon cabin that we will stay in for 2 nights after the wedding and reception Friday night. I think that was a good idea. We don't want to get lost on the way there. We'll be anxious to get there. :) I'm the one that booked the place and I usually travel on the Bremerton Ferry headed to Bremerton as it's a short ride and my friend Rebecca lives there. It's also where the Navel Base is. We drove on the Bremerton Ferry and drove off about an hour latter, drove up the mail street, got a map at the gas station and then tried to find this cabin on he water. We called the lady who owns the place and she told us directions. None of them matched! I couldn't find anything that looked the same. It was then that I realized we were on the WRONG ISLAND! We were suppose to go to Bainbride Island, not Bremerton. Luckily Rebecca was at home and she gave us driving directions to get there. The great thing was Jason did not get upset at all. Not an i-o-ta! We found the little place by driving where we will spend the first 2 days of our married life. It's cute. Can't wait!

I'd never been to the expensive high class town of Eagledale with cute shops on Bainbridge. Bremerton is not like that at all. Jason wants to live there and he thinks he's ok with the commute. I'm not ok with the commute or the housing prices there!

Jason A Mason

I'm getting married in November to Jason Alan Mason. Jason is a brick mason and construction guy. He has blue eyes, is almost 6 feet tall, is buff and the kindest, gentlest, loving man I've ever met.

The old High Counselor that I worked with in the single adult program emailed me about him. He's a new convert and needs friends, he said. I asked if he was 'normal'. He is and very good looking too! We talked on the phone a few times before meeting in public at the single adult Ensign Ranch Family Camp out Labor day weekend. Our eyes connected and stopped us both in our tracks as I walked around the parameter. I shook it off as and told myself I didn't know him.

Later he came up to me and said "I know you. You're Becky". I was speechless and didn't know what to say. We danced a few times. I was able to introduce him to my sister and brother who were also there and he gave me a side hug that night.

After that he proceeded to chase me, calling me on my way home from the camp out. We didn't go out till the next sat after stake conference. He took me to The Cheese Cake Factory one of his favorite places. We talked about marriage, babies, how we wanted our life, etc. It was weird for a first date. I thought he was going to try to kiss me and I wasn't going to let him.

The second weekend after meeting him, both of us went to Astoria Oregon for a SA conference. We went in separate cars, but spent most of our time together. It was there that he held my hand for the first time as we walked on the beach.

I had concerns at first about how long he'd been a member- just a few months and that he'd been married a couple times. But with one prayer asking what I should feel and what I should do, peace came over me and I then I asked him about his past, he sat me down and told me. It was then that I wanted to kiss him and it seems like we haven't stopped since. I no longer have any reservations at all. I trust him completely.

I told him I hadn't been kissed for a LONG time and that I didn't remember how. I was right! For 2 weeks he kissed me while I was a bad kisser, but I finally got the hang of it.

One of our best dates was a motorcycle ride up to Snoqualmie Falls, dinner at a Mexican restaurant, and then 3rd row tickets, right in the middle of the theater for Wicked! It was so awesome. I was so excited for days before and days after! It was just great and he did a lot of work to get those tickets on such late notice. I was so happy that he did such a nice thing for me. We went to Alki Beach in West Seattle afterwords.

I found out later that Jason had thought that a friend would introduce him to his next 'girl'. He also prayed for a girl with short blond hair, brown eyes, athletic build, and small breasts! His prayers were answered! In a lot of ways Jason is just what I need in a man. While he doesn't have all the usual things on the list, like being an RM, knowing the scriptures, etc, he is what I need and he will get a knowledge of the scriptures and everything else that goes with that.

Jason has 2 kids. Megan is 21 and Ben is 17. They both live with their mom in Illinois.

We will be starting our life together on Nov 20th 2009!