Our Family

Christmas 2011

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Festival of Trees

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N's Dance Costume

2011-12-24T11:13:00.001-07:00

N wanted to take some pictures of her Christmas dance costume. So we sent up the lights and snapped away. :)

It's A Girl!

2011-12-19T16:20:00.001-07:00

We had the ultrasound today and It's a Girl!!! We're excited :)

Nighttime Masks

2011-10-31T21:29:00.000-06:00

The girls and their night masks..the funny thing about AJ's is it's a shell bra for N's build-a-bear. It's a mermaid costume..They're silly girls.

Fall Pictures

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New pics of AJ

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N lost another tooth :) I can't believe how different she looks with a big gaping hole right in the front. Crazy! Don and the girls were up at my parents house. And AJ head bumped into N's mouth so my mom decided to just yank out her tooth cause it's been loose for awhile. The bashing of AJ's head to N's mouth also explains the big bruise above N's other front tooth. I felt so bad. It looked pretty painful.

AJ has been wearing Don's shirts lately for bed it's been pretty cute to see.

Croydon 2011

2011-10-03T21:21:00.000-06:00

Wow! I have sucked at blogging again. Oh well. We went camping at Croydon over Labor Day weekend. It was fun. The girls loved it. It's so nice having them be able to run around on their own. :)

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After camping over Labor Day weekend. Excuse the so unattractiveness of me. I was beat. :(

Movie under the stars and raindrops

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We went to a movie at the Capitol building under the stars. It was so much fun. We went with our good friends the Lowe's. I recommend it for next year. :) The kids had a blast. We also took my nephew Rex.

Sleeping

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The past couple nights I've gone into check on the girls and they've been asleep really cute. :) The first one of AJ I liked cause she was wrapped up and she wrapped up her doll next to her too :)

I turned around and and saw that N had a washcloth over her head. Could figure that one out till the next day she said she had a mosquito bite on her forehead that's why she had the washcloth.

This one was last night. She said she didn't want to be wrapped up (which is unusual and she didn't want the bear by her head. But she wrapped herself up and fell asleep with her head on the bear. Silly girls.

N's first day of 2nd grade

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AJ

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N's Dance Recital

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I edited this next photo to block the other girls face..just in case you're wondering what's wrong with your computer like I did when I first saw it. LOL

N's 7th Birthday

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Happy 7th Birthday N!!! Picture Overload

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I can't believe she is 7. We love this girl :) Even though she can drive us insane at times we are so glad she is in our family and she bring a lot of joy to our family. Love you girl!!!

Ladybug Dress

2011-07-11T23:32:00.002-06:00

I recently found some bags of N's old clothes. I loved this dress but the zipper was broken so today I decided to salvage it. :) I made a skirt out of it instead of replacing a zipper. Anyway, I like how it turned out.

Loving Sisters

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I love it when they act like this..why can't they act like this all the time? :(

Cousins and Sister in Law visit :)

2011-07-09T10:20:00.002-06:00

It was so good seeing you guys and glad we could hang out with you for a little while. :)

N's new haircut

2011-07-08T10:00:00.000-06:00

N got a nice new summer haircut. It's so nice to have it short again. :)

Vegas Trip Big Post

2011-07-07T10:00:00.005-06:00

After we had N's cousin her we drove to Vegas to meet up with Sam & Holly. We had a lot of fun. We went swimming, went to Bellagio to see the fountains. Stayed up way to late (I think 1:00 am Salt Lake time), which was fun. The next day we went to a little park in Vegas that had water fountains and a playground that the kids played on. It was good to see Sam & Holly and their kids. We LOVE their family :)

Cousin Visit - Big Post

2011-07-06T10:00:00.000-06:00

We were able to have N's cousin from California come and stay with us. It was so much fun. She and N had a great time. She was a little homesick at first but once she talked to her parents on Skype she did awesome. She was such a good girl while she was here. We set up the tent for them to sleep in but we ended up sleeping in the livingroom on the floor. We went to the Aquarium. That was fun. :) We miss her a lot.

Idaho

2011-07-05T10:00:00.001-06:00

My grandpa had a big field of Dandilions. He told the kids they could go pick as many as they wanted and they were so excited. LOL :)

Grandpa T, Don and all the cousins

Happy Independence Day!!

2011-07-04T18:24:00.002-06:00

Family Getaway

2011-07-04T10:00:00.000-06:00

We were able to go to the Canyons resort and stay in a Hotel/Condo with Dons side of the family. It was a blast. :) We had lots of fun. Thanks to Angela and her family for letting us stay there. :)

I love when the get cuddly. :)

The huge king size bed. She was exhausted. :)

Adele inspired hair-do

2011-07-03T10:00:00.001-06:00

Adele was supposed to come last month for a concert and I was bummed that I was going. I decided to do a Adele inspired do for the day she come to town. Turns out she canceled her concert cause she was sick. Now it's rescheduled and maybe I'll be able to get tickets this time. :)

Some New N Pics

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New AJ pics

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Traveling to Idaho

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Traveling to Idaho for the first time in the new car. :) Notice N's crazy makeup in this first one. We just got done with her dance pictures and she rubbed her eyes while crying and it smeared all over. Thought it was pretty funny. :0

Stopping at Sonic for dinner. :) YUM

What a goof

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Reading

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I love when N reads to AJ

AJ's Curly Hair

2011-06-29T10:00:00.000-06:00

First time curling AJ's hair with the spiral iron. :)

Happy 2nd Birthday AJ

2011-06-28T18:00:00.001-06:00

I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures. My goodness..AJ had her birthday almost 2 months ago. We didn't really have a big birthday party for her because she was sick. :( 2nd birthday in a row of being sick. Poor girl. Anyway, we did make her a cake and sang to her on her birthday and then we went to my parents house and sang to her there a few days later. I can't believe she's 2.

Out with the old, in with the new.

2011-06-28T17:37:00.001-06:00

We broke down and got ourselves a bigger car. Been savin' for awhile and lookin' for awhile. We're lovin' it. We traded in our Corolla that I bought after I graduated. Had it for 10 years I think. It was about dead..I'm surprised they took it. LOL

Sisters

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I love these pictures. N was sick and she came to play outside for a sec and got really tired and got her sleeping bag and laid on the grass. AJ wanted to lay by her too. They can be really sweet to each other when they want to be. I love these moments.

A Night with Friends

2011-06-28T17:28:00.001-06:00

We had our friends over for dinner last week. It was really fun. We were watching the kids playing outside and decided to take some pictures of all of us. We love this family :)

Family Reunion

2011-06-28T17:17:00.001-06:00

Pictures from our family reunion. We had a lot of fun and N had such a good time with her cousins. :)

AJ's 2 Year Old Pictures

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AJ

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Besties

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Frames

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I wanted to make a couple of frames. :) I loved how they turned out.

Thanks to my dad for helping me cut them.

Skirts

2011-05-01T17:21:00.001-06:00

Here's the skirt that my mother in law helped me make for N.

Also, this one is the one that my mother in law made me for my birthday. I love how they both turned out. :)

I love how they can be to each other. I love these moments :)

Construction

2011-05-01T17:00:00.000-06:00

This is what has been going on on our street for awhile now. We decided to go out and let them sit on it for a minute. They had fun.

Xena

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The girls were able to take care of our neighbors cat for most of

April. They LOVED to do it. AJ kept asking to check on Xena and

Natalie was sure to remember to go over there. I think they did a

pretty good job. :)

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Here's a pillow I just made..Don't mind all the imperfections..it's my first one. HEEHEE :)

Fat Cats & Easter Morning

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Our grumpy cats @ Fat Cats

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Flowers are blooming :)

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St. Patricks Day

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They had a fun time searching the house for things that the leprechaun did. The toilet was died green, the milk was green, the hamster was put on top of the china cabinet and the chairs were put on top of the table. :) Silly Leprechaun!!!

AJ

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Snow

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N wanted to have AJ ride on her back..I think they both had a pretty fun time. :) LOL

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N was sick on Valentines day and had to stay home from school. So we made a craft while she was home. It was really fun. :)

2011-02-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

Don and I went to St. George for my birthday/Valentines weekend. It was so nice. It was nice and warm and It was a bummer to come back to the snow. We had a good time. I think my favorite part was swimming outside in February. HAHA!! I loved it. My parents watched the girls for the whole weekend. They gave us that for our Christmas present. :)

We went out to grab a drink at 11:30 at night (Because we could LOL) They had these cups at the gas station. It's the most awesome cup I've ever seen :)

2011-02-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

My gosh!! I haven't posted in awhile. I need to get more pictures up. These are a couple pictures of the flowers that Don got the girls and I for Valentines day. They are so pretty :)

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Playin' in the snow

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This is how much snow we got the other day. It was CRAZY!!!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-27T15:29:00.001-07:00

**WARNING** Picture Overload

Santa left a mess on our carpet.

N was pretty excited when she saw the note.

She's been wanting footie pj's like AJ for awhile now so we got some and they are HUGE!!! It reminded me of the bunny costume in The Christmas Story.

AJ and her window markers..she's always asking to color. I love her crazy morning hair in this pic.

It was fun to watch AJ open her presents..she actually figured out how to do it this year.

N got this notebook with her own money and wanted to wrap it up too. Pretty funny girl.

I actually got some pretty good pictures of both girls looking and smiling :) FINALLY!!! AJ has learned how to say cheese and smile. :)

Here's the classic picture where you know she's saying "CHEESE"

Here's the cute little doll that she got from Grandma & Grandpa Beckstead. She was pretty happy about it.

Showing Grandma & Grandpa her PJ's.

Unwrapping presents at Grandma & Grandpa Beckstead's house. It was utter chaos.

This was most of the chaos!!! He was bawling over something. I don't know what.

This is mostly what the boys did..play on the DS while the girls played with their barbies..I didn't get a picture of that.

N got these boots for Christmas. He decided to try them on. HAHA

All in all..it was a good Christmas. :)

Recent Happenings

2010-12-24T10:50:00.001-07:00

N decided to draw on AJ with a Sharpie marker. I was not happy to say the least. I thought we'd have a cat for a day or 2. LOL N got a time out. Luckily it came off pretty easy with a wet wipe.

Here she is saying Meow

Here's Grandpa T and AJ at Natalie's school Christmas Sing a long. Nat sang awesomely. I don't have pictures..odd..I was busy recording her with the video camera.

Here's polka dot..i haven't not seen her drink out of her water bottle until last night. I swear she never drinks water. Her water bottle is always full when we change it. Anyway, it was so cute. She kept putting her paws up on the silver tip. It was the cutest thing.

AJ has learned to say "Cheese" and smile for the camera. I love it.

This is a cable splitter that she thinks is a camera. She puts it up to her face and says cheese. :) Creative.

Here's N before getting on Trax. We rode trax down to temple square to see the lights with some friends. It was really fun.

N decided to write a list or something. She is doing so good. She spelled all the days all by herself. She's a pretty smart girl.

Here's N with her box of crafts she got from Grandpa & Grandma DeLaMare..She loves them.

This is what AJ got from Grandma & Grandpa DeLaMare..A baby and a stroller. She is pushing it around the house ALL THE TIME..She is loving it.

N's dance recital

2010-12-10T22:20:00.001-07:00

N danced tonight and she did an awesome job. I'm so proud of her..she is pretty shy and it took a lot of courage to get up on that stage and dance. Thanks to everyone who came to see her. You guys are awesome. Sorry about the blurred out faces in these pictures..just trying to respect privacy of all the girls who are not mine :)

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Our gingerbread house that we made on Thanksgiving. This is the snowman with red hot eyes. :) We had a great Thanksgiving.

Scripture Bag

2010-10-30T13:53:00.001-06:00

This is the scripture bag I made for Natalie. I haven't taken a

current picture of it though. I put fabric flowers around top. It's

pretty cute. :)

Polka Dot

2010-10-30T13:42:00.001-06:00

I'm sorry I have slacked on my blog lately. It's been a tad crazy

around here. N got her hamster finally. This was her reward to get if

she filled up her whole jar with "fake" diamonds. She got a diamond

everyday she didn't cry at school. I'm so proud of her. This is how

the spent the first day we got her. Laying on the floor watching her.

Polka dot does not like to be held. I guess that's actually a good

thing. We lost her trying to put her in this ball while we were

transfering her out of the temporary box. We had to get our neighbors

to come over and help cause the 2 6 year olds and the 17 month old

aren't much help in that department. Anyway, my neighbor finally

caught her from behind the piano. It was quite a devastation in our

house. :) Anyway, it's been fun to have it.

Just a few of my favorite things

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N, AJ & the gorgeous red leaves in my backyard. I'm so glad they've changed colors. It makes me happy.

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I'll be doing another contest when I reach 400 fans on my photography page. Suggest the page to all your friends so we can get there fast. :) Go to my page.

Croydon

2010-09-28T09:21:00.001-06:00

We had a good time at Croydon this year. Here's just a few pics.

Fun Run

2010-09-28T09:10:00.001-06:00

On Friday N and her cousin did a fun run at his school. N was excited to be able to run with him. I was thinking this was just a little sprint race so I didn't think of dressing N up in actual exercise clothes. It ended up being 1 1/2 mile race. She was so excited to be running at first and then when she could see me anymore she started crying. But she finished the whole thing. I started getting panicked during the race cause I didn't run with them. I couldn't really with my broken toe. Anyway, I started walking the race against all the runners to go make sure they were ok. Finally I found them and we came in dead last because we were just walking really slow. They were really tired when I found them. But they finished the whole thing. I was so proud of them :)

Goldie

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Natalie's new pet. She got it from her friend Rachel's birthday party. She's loved having it so far.

In Remembrance of 9-11

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AJ and her Bobby

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I LOVE this picture. She's been carrying around this sheep a lot today. :) We call it her baby. The way she says baby is "BOBBY". I love it. I love hearing her talk. It's so fun to hear when they first start saying their words. She's got a lot of words going too.

AJ gets her cast off :)

2010-08-26T17:16:00.001-06:00

AJ got her cast off today. I'm so happy and she's happy to have her arm back. They said everything looks great. They couldn't even see the fracture anymore on the x-rays. So that's good. :) We're happy. They said we don't have to go back anymore unless there are any problems. :) She did good at first when they were cutting the cast off and then she lost it half way through. I felt so bad for her. Anyway, I'm glad to have it off and I think she is too :)

Here's the video

California Trip WARNING Picture Overload

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Due to the LARGE # of photos, LOL, the pictures are smaller on here, but you can click on the photo to make it bigger if you would like to see the larger version. :)

We went to California over the July 24th weekend. We went for Don's cousin who was getting married. I took pictures at the wedding and then the grooms brother and sister's families. It was really fun. This was AJ's first trip to Cali and the first time at the beach. We had a good time and we would love to go back very very soon. :)

At the In-n-Out in Barstow. The girls took a liking to these dogs who were sitting next to us on the grass.

Lots of playing with cousins. :) N loves her cousins.

Taking the family pictures. Don and the girls came along. They had fun running around. AJ is such a girl carrying around purses and such.

Running through sprinklers after pictures are over. ;)

At the beach. It was AJ's first time and she LOVED it. N always has a good time there. :)

She crashed at the beach.

On the long drive home. We got stuck in MAJOR traffic. The girls were keeping themselves busy playing around.

At the wedding..obviously i'm not in this picture with Don and the girls because I am taking the pictures. :) It was a really nice wedding and a super gorgeous day. :)

On the way home. We got slurpees, Dr. Peppers and sandwiches. It was a great trip. Thanks to all the Anderson family for letting us come and stay with you guys for awhile. We loved seeing you guys :)

AJ Update 8-23-10

2010-08-23T22:35:00.000-06:00

Well, AJ has her cast on still. It's been almost 3 weeks. She had to have it on for 2 weeks but they couldn't get her in again until this Thursday, the 26th. I'm so excited to get it off and be able to throw away that old stinky cast. I don't know how people can deal with it for 2 months or whatever. She's adapted quite well to it. She loves to hit it on things and make a big loud sound. Especially while I'm in the shower. She loves to bang it on the door and make sure that I know she's still out there and that she wants to come in. Except she doesn't want to get in the shower..she HATES the shower.. every time I start getting her undressed, she starts screaming. She's a goof. I'm glad that we got the waterproof cast cause I didn't want to have to wrap it every time we were going to get it wet. I'm glad for the new developments in the medical field that would let us be able to have a waterproof lining. :) Anyway, I'm looking forward to this Thursday. I screwed up and thought the appointment was last Thursday. Luckily I got a card in the mail the day before so I didn't get there and find out. Anyway, she's doing really good. I'm sure she'll love having her arm back to it's original weight (possibly less). Anyway, thanks for all the people who have been concerned about her and all the well wishes. :)

AJ Update 8-9-10

2010-08-23T22:13:00.000-06:00

I realized I have never updated on here about AJ. I did on Facebook but forgot to put it on here too. Here's a copy from the Facebook update.

We went to the Orthopedist on Thursday, and they took some more x-rays. They confirmed that the bone was fracture and they said that with adults they would regularly just put a splint on the finger. But with AJ being so young they said that she would need a cast so she would leave it alone. She'll have to have the cast on for 2 weeks..so another week and a half. I'm glad it doesn't have to be longer. So, anyway, we'll see what needs to be done when the cast come off. She's doing really good..she's still her happy self.

Showing her ugly cut. :P

Checkin' out her cut thumb.

While the cast is drying.

More 1st Grade Pictures

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Preview of N's 1st Grade pics

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I was just going through some older pictures and saw this one from last summer. I love it. She looks so little in her face.

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At the wedding reception in California

2010-07-31T00:47:00.001-06:00

Well, it's been kinda a crazy night for our little family. We started out at about 5:00 pm sitting on the lawn waiting for the ice cream truck. We saw a little girl walking all by herself so we asked her if her mom knew where she was..I think she said no. Then after that some kids came chasing their dog that got loose. They asked me to help. They were pretty distraught and crying. So I was holding AJ and walking down our street trying too help them. The dog end up crossing the really busy street and theboys started screaming and crying and all of a sudden the boy runs across the street also with oncoming traffic. Now I'm screaming at him to stop. Luckily he made it without a car hitting him. Now we have a few people out seeing what's going on. The dog runs back across the street towards me..a car had stopped to help us and he almost got him and I tried to reach for his collar and grazed his tail..and after that, if the chaos wasn't bad enough, I tripped with AJ in my arms. I tried to keep her from hitting the sidewalk but I couldn't we both went down and her head hit the pavement..I thought that was the worst of it but N noticed there was blood..we were trying to figure out where it was coming from and we thought it was me at first then we thought it was AJ's chin but then we looked at her hand and her thumb was sliced open..and it was really bad..I knew we had to take her to the dr..This was at about 5:15 pm. So I was ready to go to urgent care..at this point we had the guy who stopped to help with the dog helping us..he carried AJ back home and got her in the car and I tried to have N hold the shirt on AJ's hand but the guy who is our neighbor (whom I didn't know) rode in the car with us. He suggested we go to the ER. He noticed that she was getting kind of a dazed look and kept telling her to stay awake. I think he knew more what was going on with AJ than I did cause I was trying to deal with N crying too, OK and me crying as well. Anyway, so we went to the ER and I looked at her hand real good for the first time and noticed that it was bad. They took x-rays and found out that the bone in her thumb was broken..but not displaced. So for now they could clean it out, stitch it up and put a sling on it. So, for that they had to sedate her which was a little scary but they assured me that they were watching her vitals and that everything would be ok. So they did that and got it all stitched up. I'm glad I was able to hold her through the whole process of being stitched..they were really nice. I was doing pretty good during it but then the dr. started talking about her thumb in a pretty gruesome, nasty way and I started getting dizzy and feeling sick. So, luckily I was on the bed already so I laid back and they put some oxygen on me and gave me a "sick bag" :) Darn all that gruesome talk. LOL So, after that they wanted us to wait there for awhile and let her sleep so they could keep an eye on her while waking up from sedation. Then they also thought she sounded croupy while we were there..So, they discharged us and then decided to have us wait to get checked for the croup. They ended up giving her a breathing treatment. I've had one with my asthma..it just opens up the airway for her. Anyway, so after that they kept us there for a little while to make sure she was ok after that. After a 4 hour trip to the ER we were able to go home at 10:30. Than you think it would end there. LOL But when Don got home he noticed that the wallpaper was hanging of the ceiling by the swamp cooler. And took a closer look and noticed that the ceiling was falling down. OH JOYOUS!! I got home and noticed it and was a little worried and sure enough about 30 minutes it came crashing down on the floor. OH MY GOSH!!! When it rains it pours. Anyway, we just got that all cleaned up and now AJ is asleep..I'm grateful to Don's parents for coming to get N from the hospital and letting her sleep over at their house. :) I'm also so grateful for the guy who was so nice to help us and ride with us to the hospital..he was a HUGE help!! I also am grateful for everyone at the hospital. They were super nice and I'm so glad that they were able to stitch her up and get it all cleaned out. Now for the next few days we need to keep the splint/ace bandage on till we can go to Primary's and visit the Pediatric Orthopedist and figure out what needs to be done next. AJ was such a trooper..she's great and I'm thankful for N, she's a great big sister and a great helper. :) Also, for Don who rushed to the hospital to be with us. :) Wow!! I'm mushy tonight. HAHA!! Anyway, that's our story. I just wanted to write it down before I forgot.

E.T. AJ

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This is what happens when you don't watch AJ for a sec..N and I were watching TV and AJ was on the floor by us playing..all of a sudden we see her walking out of the room like this. She did this all on her own..it was too cute. She was walking and reminded me of ET. Then while I was taking her picture she walked in the other room for a sec and the last picture here is how I found her..

On top of the chair..we got a climber on our hands. :(

Kimball Family Reunion

2010-07-18T22:48:00.001-06:00

We went up to the Kimball Family Reunion this year and it was really

fun. The girls had a blast, and got completely dirty. N had a fun time on the swing, the zip line (which made me a little nervous) and the treasure hunt that she kept telling us about. We had a good time.

Watermelon

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Such a girly girl

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Happy Birthday Nat!!

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***WARNING*** Really long birthday post with lots of pictures!!!

Well, today is N's birthday! She is a whoppin' 6 years old. She was born at 2:42 AM on July 13, 2004. She weighed 9 lb 4 oz. And 22 inches. She was the chubbiest baby in the nursery..(Believe it or not!! LOL) I can't believe how fast it's gone. It's been fun looking back and the photos and seeing how much she's grown up. It's so fun to watch her now. She's reading so well and she takes such good care of her sister. :) She's a huge helper and we love her so much. Don't know what we would do without her.

Happy Birthday N!! You've gotten so big and I am so proud of you. You try so hard. Keep being your happy self!! Love you!!

Beckstead Family Pictures

2010-07-12T22:48:00.001-06:00

I just realized I never posted these pictures here. My friend Aubrey from aubreyboltonphotography.blogspot.com took these for us. The last time we had a family picture of us was when N was the youngest child. So we've had a few kids come to our family since then. Anyway, I love how these pictures turned out. Thanks Aubrey for taking these for us and putting up with our crazy family. LOL!!

Our Girls

2010-07-03T23:37:00.001-06:00

Little Fish

2010-06-28T21:25:00.000-06:00

Manti Temple Trip

2010-06-27T21:07:00.001-06:00

We went to the Manti pageant recently with a few families from our ward. It was really fun. I haven't been for years. N LOVED it. :) She was having so much fun meeting all the cast members.

AJ's 1 year old pictures

2010-06-27T20:47:00.000-06:00

Little Miss AJ

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2010-06-13T10:15:00.000-06:00

Oh! I miss our pup!!

N Lost Her First Tooth

2010-06-03T21:02:00.000-06:00

N lost her first tooth today. It was quite a traumatic experience. It looked like she had been in a major fight last night. We just gave up and left it for today. Then we finally pulled it out today. She would not let me even touch her mouth but with much talk about the tooth fairy coming she finally let me at it again. :) Onto the next tooth in a couple days..I figured with it being so traumatic I'd wait a couple days. LOL

Wheeler Farm Field Trip

2010-05-27T09:59:00.001-06:00

N went to Wheeler Farm for her field trip on her last day of school.

They had fun. A few moments of N being a grumpy stinker but she was

good for most of it. She has troubles when I'm there with her. :(

Anyway, They had lots of fun seeing all the animals and N's favorite

part was they "hay" ride.

2010-05-27T09:42:00.000-06:00

N had her Kindergarten Program on Wednesday. It was so fun to watch her sing songs and perform stories that they've worked so hard to learn. She won an award for doing the best on Nonsense words (I had to look it up online to find out what that was all about, It's basically reading made up words and sounding out each letter.) She's had so much fun in Kindergarten but is pretty excited that it's summer :) We're so grateful that my Dad (my Mom would have been there but she was teaching her class that day) and Don's parents could make it. Thanks for coming it meant a lot to N that you guys were there. :)

2010-05-21T19:29:00.000-06:00

I forgot to post this letter from N. I thought it was really cute. She gave it to me as soon as I woke up on Mother's Day. I think it says "Mom I love you You are so so so so sweet. Be so good on Mothers day. I'll hold a special thingy. Love N and AJ.