New Look-New Resolution

Happy New Year!  I know I made a point of saying I was going to write more last year and then only posted three postings, so here's to another try!

Uncle Bruce and I designed a new page and are going to do our best to post atleast monthly.  We are encouraging others to do the same.  We know Facebook is the easy way to go to see everyone at once, however, Tirza made a great point about printing your blog yearly and having a Family Journal.

So here is to the New Year and New Resolutions! We love you all!

More from Arizona & Our Vacation

The lights and concert at the Temple were awesome!  Thank you Rod and Lynda for the delightful crowning moment  and ending our vacation on a wonderful note!  I had to share some pictures of the lights at the Temple and here's to another wonderful year!

The reason for the season! A beautiful depiction of Joseph leading the donkey with Mary on it's back

                                A beautiful reflection shot of the Temple                                        

The Sister Missionaries were kind enough to get a shot of us.  And yes, it was a little bit cold outside!

Us standing in front of the reflection pool

We had such a wonderful time and even though we missed being with family at home, this was a truly wonderful and relaxing vacation.  Thank you everyone for such a great trip!

Vacation 2011

Hello from sunny Arizona! 

So much for doing good with posting, however we will end the year with our vacation and hope to do better next year!

We began our vacation Saturday, the 17th.  We had a slow start out of Fallon...not because we weren't ready, but because we had car trouble and had to borrow Mom's bravada and reload everything!  Thanks Mom!!!

We left Fallon around 1:30 PM and headed for Gilbert, Arizona.  First stop...Rod and Lynda's.  We arrived around 2:30 AM Sunday morning. Thank goodness Rod and Lynda were nice enough to let us sleep in and we got up and went to Sacrament and Sunday School at Crystal's Ward.  It was nice having Crystal teach us the Gospel Doctrine lesson and we were able to meet Maelee.

After Church we had a family dinner with Rod, Lynda and Lynne.  We had a nice visit and got a little sleep.  Monday we left for Deming, New Mexico to visit my parents, aunt, uncle and niece.  We arrived at their house around 4:30 PM and had some dinner and visited.  It was so good to see my mom and dad up and around after their accident.  Thank you Stevie, for taking such good care of them!  We appreciate you soooo much!

We were able to spend four and a half wonderful days visiting, playing pool, sleeping in and cooking for our parents.  Friday we woke up to.....SNOW!  We brought Christmas to New Mexico of all places.  Southern New Mexico at that.  Uncle Bruce and Stevie had a great time playing pool and Uncle Bruce supplied Stevie with enough snow to build a life size snowman.

Alas, our four and half days came to an end and we headed back to Arizona.  We were ready to leave by 8AM in the morning but all the highways were closed and we had a two hour delay.  We were lucky enough to get back to Arizona just in time to go to a Christmas Eve Dinner with Rod and Lynda's family.  We missed you Jacob, Joni and Xelly!

It was fun taking pictures and watching the excitement of the kids opening their presents.  Although we missed our grandkids, it was nice having little ones around and we are grateful to Rod, Lynda and family sharing the fun with us!

This morning we attended a wonderful Sacrament meeting with lots of beautiful music and worshipping.  We are now preparing a tri tip for lunch and we will go visit Crystal's family in a little while and end our day at the Temple to see the light display. 

It has been a wonderful trip and we appreciate those who hosted us and allowed us to share this wonderful time of the year with them.  Merry Christmas to all and have a wonderful 2012!

New Year, New Look

Just thought we would start off the New Year with a new look and hopefully be posting a little more frequently.

We miss everybody's blog now that Facebook has taken over.  We do appreciate those who still update their blogs and encourage everyone to try to post at least monthly.  The blogs really make it nice to print out books for the year as Tirza pointed out earlier.

We hope everybody is off to a good start for 2011 and wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year!

Birthday Girl of the Month!

Kennedie celebrated her 2nd birthday Saturday, August 14th with an Elmapalooza Party.  We had such a good time and were so happy to be a part of her special day.  We set up a mini water park in the back yard and the kids had a great time.  Carly did a wonderful job of providing decorations, an Elmo pinata and as you can see matching t-shirts she made for her and Kennedie.  The day was a smashing success!

It's Another Girl!

A few weeks after returning home from Finn's blessing we had another new addition to the family.  Annabelle Jean Beach was born July 22, 2010.  She weighs 6 lbs 6 ozs and was 19 1/2 inches long.  Lisa did a great job and I was very happy to be a part of her arrival.  The girls are now a head by one birth!

It Figures!

The day after we left from meeting Finn, Scarlett decided to join the family.  I apologize for not posting this sooner but the last few weeks have been a blur.  We are hoping to go to Utah the first weekend in September for Scarlett's blessing and to meet her.