The Four of Us Now

2009-07-21T13:05:00.000-07:00

We've had a busy summer! We took the boys to the Omaha Zoo. Carter loved it! In his pic with the bear, it could be a Minute Maid Ad. After running like crazy, Brandon fell asleep which was actually kind of nice! For the 4th we hung with Mom and Dad and Dad lit off his illegal fireworks stash that they bought in Missouri. You can see the big grin on his face! We set such a good example, I know! (Don't worry, Carter is just getting snaps, no fire or explosion involved there!) We also went to Ankeny's Summerfest and Carter loved the rides. Brandon keeps us busy chasing after him and he's really into hats right now. He's so cute! In less than a month I go back to school. Some days I'm soooo ready and other days I wish I had more time. You can't beat a job that gives you 3 months off in the summer.

JUNE 2009

2009-07-05T19:39:00.001-07:00

Yee Haw! Good times at the cabin with friends. Both for us and the dogs!

I swore I would never own a 4 wheeler, let alone two! But they are soooo much fun. We went trail riding in Northern MN last weekend, and we got so muddy. It had rained a lot lately, so the dust was much better than other times.

Our friends talked us into bringing the dogs up too, and we are so glad we did. They had sooo much fun too. By the end of the weekend, Brutus was starting to jump off the dock, as long as one of us was close by. He's in training for goose/duck season. Brian has a guys weekend planned in October.

We didn't get a chance to swim, but the boys sure had fun with the raft we put out a couple weeks ago. Our friends have two boys, and every other weekend they bring another kid along. His dad was killed about a month and a half ago, so his mom lets him come to the cabin on the weekends that he would normally have spent with his dad. Our friend, Pat, and his dad were close friends so he's almost a part of the family already. They are all good kids, and we enjoy having them around.

Spring Festival

2009-06-14T11:50:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had one of those weekends that you felt like all you did was run..think hamster on his wheel...that was this past weekend for me. We had our New Sharon Spring Festival and I volunteered to be on the committee. I thought that would a good way to meet more people in the community. Well it worked a little too well. I am no longer incognito in New Sharon!

I was on the Queen committee and in charge of Future Royalty. We started planning in January and I really enjoyed it..most of the time. There were a few drama moments but those passed quickly. Friday night it rained and rained and rained. I am pretty sure that I saw a dog floating down the street at one point! That didn't stop us from having the show go on. We had a supper in our City Park Bldg and then because of the monsoon we also had a dance team perform, my future royalty contest, a Christian band (Piercing the Darkness....very good!), and teen dance in the same bldg. There was a lot of people shoved in one small area. I actually got up and talked in front of all of those people (and didn't pee my pants or pass out). Thank you Speech class!

Braden and Emma hung out in the rain and attempted to ride some of the rides. They popped in every now and then looking like drowned rats and then away they went again. Oh to be a kid and enjoy playing in the rain! Also thank goodness for living in a small town and being able to let the kids run and for good friends that live close to the square!

Saturday our family participated in the first annual Jace Race. Jace Carrico was a little boy in Braden's class that passed away last year from a brain tumor he was diagnosed with 4 years ago. His family wanted to give back to the community so they established the Jace Foundation which will give money back to the schools, community, and offer scholarships. They were hoping for 75 walker/runners and we had 450!! It was awesome to see and I was so happy they had such a great turnout. My friend Sandy and her boys and Emma and I walked the mile, but Jamie decided to run the 5k. Jamie ran it in 24 minutes which was great since he didn't train and hasn't ran since high school!

At 1 was the parade. Emma was a Queen's attendant along with her best friend Lyddia (helps when mom is on the Queen's committee!). She rode the float with the candidates and the Future Royalty winners from friday night. Braden made a float for the parade. Ok..Jamie made the float and Braden and Levi (his best bud) helped decorate it. Braden then pulled it with his 4 wheeler. He was a little nervous and Jamie and I were also when we saw him in the parade almost rear end a tractor! We yelled and he stopped..it was all good =)

2:30 finds Emma and me at the program in the park (luckily the weather turned out nice). Emma and Lyddia had to hold the robe for the Queen of 2008 and then sit in the gazebo with the Queen candidates for 1 1/2 hours. Yes, my daughter actually sat like a princess the whole time! It was announced at the program that Braden's float won the Most Humourous Ribbon!!

After the program and clean up I brought Emma around to ride a few rides and then we headed to Chris and Sandy's house for supper with the family and to just veg out until the fireworks.

I am pretty sure I walked a marathon on Friday and Sat. combined and was pretty sure my feet were going to fall off. But I survived, the kids survived and another year has come to a close.

BORED AT WORK :) TIME TO BLOG!!!

2009-05-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

Hello all! It's a rainy Saturday morning, and I'm at work:( Doesn't look like anything will be happening for an hour(ish), so I thought I would say a few words...

Well, since my last post a lot has happened. Easter weekend was spent with Brian's family. Amy and Jason flew in from Seattle, Donna and Grandma Katie drove up from Pella, and Aunt Vivian from S. Minneapolis joined the fun too. Friday night we had all the family and several of Amy's friends from Minneapois join us for dinner. I cooked most of the day, and have to admit it was a great meal. I had never done brisket before, so I had Brian grill some brats, just in case, but the brisket was so good we had lots of brats leftover:) Saturday morning was pretty relaxing. Brian and I headed off for a walk while Jason and Amy slept in. Then they headed down to Minneapolis to see some friends and shop for one of the bridemaid's dresses. Donna went down with them to look for a dress for the wedding too. We met up with them for drinks downtown, and had a great time. Since everything is smoke free, several of the couples that joined us brought their kids along. There two, two year olds were sooooo cute. I think the little girl had a small crush on the little boy. And the two babies slept through all the noise! After that it was dinner at Amy's former roommates house. More fun! Then Sunday was Easter. We did the traditional Easter ham, etc. with Brian's family and then everyone headed home! Ahhh...peace and quiet again.

A few weekends later, and it was Tulip Time!!! Wow. That snuck up on me. I had been trying to train for the Klompen Classic 5K, but not doing as well as I had hoped. In all honesty I was praying for rain that whole day. But I did it!!! I had a great cheering section too. Thanks Sandy!!! If anyone is interested in doing it next year, I will come down and join them:) When I decided to do the race my goal was to do it in 30 minutes. I didn't quite make that goal, but I don't think 32:04 was too bad for my first race. I even beat a few of our classmates. Once I caught up with my mom after she was done walking, Brian, Sandy, Donna and I headed to good ol' Georges for dinner. Mmmm...I love thier grilled chicken sandwiches.

Thursday morning Brian and I worked on Donna's garage attic for a while. I can't believe how much stuff Stan had up there. We hauled a lot of scrap wood to my dad's, dumped a large dumpster full, had a large stack of stuff for Goodwill, and there was a lot that went back in the attic. We worked on it off and on all weekend, but I stayed away when it was time for Donna to decide what she was keeping and what she could throw away. I didn't want to be in the middle of that. Thankfully I had friends to meet, and parades to attend. Thursday afternoon I hung out with Sandy and her family. I luckily missed the whole STD thing (read Sandy's earlier posting to understand). Sandy and I had a chace to catch up with Megan Crawford Armstrong too. I had seen her about 10 years ago. Her boys are growning up fast, and her new baby was tiny! Then Brian and I headed to the Checkerboard for dinner that night. I LOVE thier onion rings. Donna was busy and my parents didn't seem to want to go, so we actually had dinner by ourselves. Then we headed to my parents house to catch up with them and Elliott and Chas who had arrived in town from KY.

Friday was another nice day in Pella. I had a chance to meet up with the Beyer clan before the parade, and tried to follow them through. I had them in my sights at the end of the parade, but then got hung up with someone else's stoller, and POOF, they were gone. Oh well. I ran into several other people and catch up with them. I knew Kerry and Adam had to get going anyway, because we were all going to invade their house in a few hours. We had such a good time getting together with everyone! The kids are so sweet and fun. Watching Braden and Emma play the Wii was too funny. On the drive back to Pella that night I realized how much I miss all of you guys!!!

Saturday was chilly! Wow. I thought I was back in MN. I didn't pack for that kind of chill. Oh well. We headed over to my mom's house around noon to meet up with a family from DSM and some cousins from Omaha. Both parties we running very late, so Mom and I caught up a little while Brian helped my dad a little. The family from DSM finally arrived shortly before Mom had to head to town to be in the parade. I never did see my cousins from Omaha. They arrived in town just before the parade, and left shortly after. That night we had steak dinner with my parents, Elliott and Chas. After that we headed up to visit with Brian's grandma and aunt.

Sunday was Mother's Day, and we went to the country club for lunch before heading out of town. We packed a lot into 5 days, and were pretty tired when we got back. The dogs were happy to be home too.

Well, eveyone, I think I'll stop for now. Good to see all of you again!!!

Emma Beth

2009-05-14T19:00:00.000-07:00

Happy 7th Birthday Emma Beth!!!!

On May 15, 2002 Jamie and I were blessed with a little girl. I remember the Dr holding her up and saying "It's a girl" I got tears and couldn't believe that I had a little girl. It was a little hard to see her right away since my arms were strapped to a table, but Jamie brought her over and showed me a beautiful little baby with a head full of dark hair.

Everyday with Emma has been an adventure. She is such a joy to have around and the things that come out of her mouth amaze me..sometimes amaze me in a horrified way, but amaze me none the less!

Emma is such a girly girl/tomboy. She loves to dress up and play barbie but then 5 minutes later she will be outside climbing a tree or chasing the chickens!!

I am looking forward to the next year with my little mini-me. I pray every night for Emma's health, for her to be a good friend, to have a good day at school, and for my sanity. Donna, keep that padded room available just in case....

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, silly, fun, loving, daughter!

What a weekend with an actual blog this time....

2009-05-10T16:07:00.001-07:00

Ok...I hit enter a little too fast the first time so let's try this again.....

I had a great weekend!! It started Wednesday night when I had the honor of cheering Donna on in her first ever 5k run. YEAH Donna!!!! I am so proud of you for running it and finishing it in a little over 32 minutes. That is awesome! I am starting to train so that next year we run it together...better put that in your calendar...I should be able to accomplish that if I start now..I hope =)

Thursday I took off at noon and Tulip Timed with Chris and Becky. We ate and had a great discussion on STD's while waiting for the rain to stop. Ok maybe great isn't the correct term..it was very educational and entertaining...only my family could turn STD pictures into entertainment! Donna came up after the pictures (so sorry you missed them) and after walking around West Market we headed off to find Megan (Crawford) Armstrong whom I have not seen for over 15 years! It was great to see her and meet her family. I do enjoy Facebook and finding all of those that you don't see for a long time.

Friday -Jamie, me, the kids, Brian and Donna headed up to Kerry and Adam's house for a get together with them and Brad and Megan and all of the kids. What a blast! A little different from when we used to get together..LOL! It was a lot of fun and we will definitely need to do that more often.

Saturday I slept in a little and then headed up to Tulip Time to help out at the ORC stand. CRAZY! I don't know if Kerry saw the panic in my eyes when she saw me but I was ready to escape after 3 hours. My hat is off to Chris for working that craziness for 15 hours. Yowser! Jamie and I went to supper with 2 other couples for my birthday and one of the guys birthday which is on Tuesday. We then hit Scooters in New Sharon...I had my first shot (I know 32 years old and I am finally taking my first shot??) It was actually quite yummy..but 1 was enough for me.

Sunday- Slept in again (Aww sleep...) Had lunch at Lynn's house which was nice and relaxing and then headed home for a nap (aww sleep sweet sleep...). I got the cutest letter from Emma for Mother's day and it made me weepy. I love Mother's Day especially when it is the day before my birhday. 2 days in a row where my kids have to behave and be nice to me. What a sweet reward =)

What a weekend!

2009-05-10T16:06:00.000-07:00

Birthday day

2009-04-18T09:42:00.000-07:00

Braden and his friends played army/indians

Braden, Ben, Gunyr, Levi, Callen, Tyler, and Colter

Here is their camping spot for the night

The girls (minus one) celebrating Becky's b-day at Sports Page

Momma girl came along also

I have survived the weekend! Friday was a little busy and I literally dropped into bed at 10:30 last night and didn't move until 7.

Mom, Chris, and I went to lunch w/ Becky for her birthday. I then drove to New Sharon to drop Braden's b-day treats off and pick up him and his friends. We had to stop at the sitters for Emma (I didn't think I would have enough room and made her ride the bus there, but ended up being short 2 boys so it worked). Emma was met by a series of groans and "oh no's" when she got in the car. She just laughed and tried to hit the boys in the back with her coat. I had an image of 8-10years from now and guessing the reaction won't be the same at that time!

After dropping the boys off at home I drove Emma's to my mom's house for a sleepover and then drove back to Osky to get the pizza. In the meantime I rec'd an SOS call from Jamie. Gee..I only left him alone for a little over an hour!

The boys played outside most of the time and then went to their "tent" around 10. Aww..the peace and quiet.

Finally had all of the boys picked up by 11 and now I am really enjoying the quiet. I now know why I only had 2 kids.....

10th b-day

2009-04-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

Happy 10th Birthday Braden!!!
10 Years ago at 12:26 p.m Braden James Tyrrel was born. He weighed 9lbs even and was 21" long. What a day that changed my life forever!
After gaining 70lbs, being admitted to Mercy for a week to stop premature labor, being put on bed rest after released, having to be induced because he didn't want to come out after being told to stop 6 weeks earlier, going through back labor, and then being told I had to have a c-section due to him being breech! I knew that he was going to be a difficult child and he didn't disappoint me for the first 3 years. We went through colic, pneumonia, numerous ear infections and then finally tubes, and temper tantrums that could make a saint cry! Oh yeah..also that time he peed on his videos in his bedroom just because he thought it would be funny!!
Braden finally decided that he wanted to be my golden child and he has not disappointed me.
3 words for Braden- Compassionate, funny, and very sweet! I so look forward to watching him grow into a teenager, young adult and beyond.
I can't believe he will be able to get his permit in 4 years and he has already driven Jamie's truck from his Aunt's house to ours (around 6 miles) by himself! Jamie was driving the tractor in front of him.
Braden you are awesome and Dad and I love you more than anything in the world! I know deep down that Emma does also =)

Weekend in IOWA!

2009-04-07T09:30:00.001-07:00

Hello all! Yes, another trip to Iowa. But this time it wasn't Pella! Brian and I headed off to Lone Tree to help Brian's aunt and uncle celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. Brian's aunt has been fighting malignant melanoma for 6 years now, but it is spreading to her brain so we wanted to spend some time with them before it changes her too much. After a couple of brain surgeries she is doing fairly well, but she has troubles getting her thoughts out a lot of the time. I have always adored Aunt Marla, and am grateful to have been able to spend some time with her-especially with a special celebration.

We headed down Friday night, and met for dinner at the local casino. Then it was back to the house for some cards and wine-a usual tradition with this family. We headed off to bed before midnight- not a usual tradition. Usually it's much later, but we are all getting older:) Saturday morning we met Brian's cousins for an Easter egg hunt before heading off to Davenport to meet up with a college friend of mine, Shelby. We hadn't been in contact for many years. I guess FB does come in handy sometimes. We had a great time catching up, and meeting her family. By late afternoon we had to head back and meet the rest of the family for dinner at 3 Samurai. We sat at one of those tables where they cook in front of you. The kids loved it! Then it was back to the house for...yep, cards and wine! I actually skipped the wine, but did learn to play dirty rummy. I did really well the first two hands, but then got beat-severely. Then on Sunday we got up early because of the weather. We left Lone Tree by 7:30am, but hit the storm at Cedar Falls and continued until we got to I35. Glad we left when we did because I35 was closed later in the day North of Story City. All I could think was, "It's APRIL!!!" Can the snow PLEASE go away...

First Haircut

2009-03-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

So Brandon had these cute blond curls in the back. After 3 people in two weeks thought he was a girl (do they look at the clothes?), we decided for a little trim. Brandon was not happy, and definitely let us know!!

Weekend

2009-03-29T14:07:00.000-07:00

I had a very busy weekend and am going to be dragging all week!

It started on Friday. Braden built his first Pine Derby Car for Cadets and they raced them on Friday night. He was very proud of his car but pretty bummed he didn't get a trophy. Jamie and I told him that we were proud of him that he did everything on his own! The counselors helped him cut it out (power tools and 9 year old is not a good combo!) but Braden designed it, sanded it, and painted it on his own.

After we got done with that we went to Scooters (bar and grill in New Sharon) and met up with a bunch of friends to celebrate Jamie's b-day. It was a lot of fun and we didn't get home until 12:30. I am surprised I didn't lose my hearing or voice that night..a band was playing and it was a little loud (listen to me..I am so old!)

I was up at 7 on Saturday for some crazy reason and Emma and I headed up to Des Moines with her best friends Lyddia and Karlee and their moms. The 3 girls went to a dance clinic for the Energy Basketball dancers. They learned a dance from 12-2. We then hung out until the game that night. Jamie and the rest of the boys from the other families met us for the game and to watch the girls shake their groove thing between the 1st and 2nd period. The kids had a blast at the game and were super excited that Energy won the game by 2 points in the last 4 seconds..whoo hoo! Braden and his friend Levi were enjoying watching the Energy Dancers..oh yeah, Jamie was enjoying that also! We finally got home around midnight on Saturday night.

I was then up around 8:30 this morning and had to head to New Sharon to help with a fund raising brunch. Finally got home around 2 and really wanted to take a nap, but of course I can't sleep.

I really hope next weekend is quiet.

It's starting to feel like spring...

2009-03-16T11:36:00.000-07:00

Yippie!!! The snow is almost gone, and it's almost 60 degrees!!! I think a walk along the river is in order after I finish lunch. We didn't get outside as much as we should have this past weekend. We were busy processing deer and antelope meat, again. The brats went a little better this time. We have made two different kinds of brats, three kinds of burgers, and two batches of Italian sausage. Yes, we still have more to do. We have to finish this coming weekend, or forget it. We are way too busy over the next few months. Between work, family stuff, and a few fun things we have very few weekends free between now and July. Most of it should be fun though.

Well, I don't know much else. It's time to head outside!

Our first baby

2009-03-08T17:01:00.001-07:00

One of our goats had her first babies today! She had a female and a male. They are pretty cute and Braden and Jamie got to assist in the birth. Braden thought that was pretty cool. Emma and I were in DM shopping for a spring coat (it seemed like a good idea until the snow started flying!) and so we missed out on the excitement..maybe next time!

Emma has a new kitty to love..her name is Cookie and she is a sweetheart! We got distemper med for her so hopefully this one stays alive! We are down 3 animals since Buster, our pup decided that our pet rabbits looked like fun to kill. He broke into the barn and killed the rabbits, knocked our heat lamp over and burned a whole in the floor (luckily Jamie found him when he did or the whole barn would have burned down) and was going after our baby chicks (yes, we are raising our own farm fresh eggs). We decided that we couldn't have a dog that killed our other animals so he had to go to the ARL. It was a hard decision, but necessary.

Not much else going on. Waiting for the weather to dry out and warm up..someday, right?

2009-02-22T19:24:00.001-08:00

Hello, everyone! The Beebe house is tired of croup! William woke up Friday night with a barky cough and has been sick ever since. I just spent over 30 minutes to get him to sleep. Who knows how long that will last. We had just gotten him to sleep from 9 to 5:30 (one night and we were so proud) and then he goes and gets sick again. Donna, I know you are saying to yourself that is why you do not have kids! Kerry, I know you are probably not getting sleep either.

Other than the illness, I had a really good weekend. Friday was my day to spend with William. I have been taking off a Friday almost every month to spend with him. I guess it kind of cancels out daycare. Our church group went to a Des Moines Bucs game on Friday night...definately a wild night around there with dollar beer night. Saturday I had lunch with my friend Sara from residency and then was able to get some scrapbooking done! Brad got to hit golf balls. We are learning how to" rotate" the child.

My work has been really busy also. We have had a lot overturn of new employees. We actually fired a nurse on Friday. Our office manager's husband got transfered and this is her last week. I am not trying to be negative but I am tired to "training" new people.

Brad and I are going to Phoenix this coming Saturday for a couple days. I am starting to think that it was not a good idea as it gets closer to leaving William. It will be good for Brad and me to have some time the two of us (and some sleep.) I am nervous about the grandmas caring for him, but I am sure that he will do fine....just harder on mom I'm sure.

Well, nothing else too exciting here. Talk to everyone else soon! (oh, Sandy, why are you not on Facebook? Kerry just convinced be to join and it is very fun)

Some beach...somewhere....

2009-02-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

These are just a few pics from our Galapagos Island trip.

I don't know about you guys, but winter is getting really old. So I looked back at some photos to remind me of warmer days! Maybe in a month or two I can walk to work without a winter coat and gloves:)

Nothing much exciting happening in our lives. Work has been very stressful for both of us, but for very different reasons. Brian's job is very slow, and I can't keep up. Our hospital has been full for quite some time, and we just get hammered with add ons that everyone wants done ASAP. We are in the middle of replacing a room, so we have to do some of our cases in general x-ray, heart cath, and the OR. It just means a lot of running because we don't always have all the supplies we need. According to my last construction meeting the room should be done in a few weeks. Yay!!! I should be heading to North Carolina in April for some training, so maybe I can get a little warmer weather there. We are just planning a quiet weekend. The most excitement I'm planning is taking the two dogs to the doggie day care place, and give them baths. They need it, and we leave all the mess there.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend!

Where is Spring?

2009-02-15T09:11:00.000-08:00

Hello, I am not sure about the rest of you but I think it is very cruel to tease us with 60 degree weather that melts all of the snow and then to have 4-5" of snow dumped back on us! I was finally enjoying seeing brown..knowing that green will pop up one of these days..heck, I even found where all of our rock to our driveway was hiding. Now all I see is white, white, and more white..oh wait..maybe it would help if we didn't have 3 white vehicles, a white house, white goats, a somewhat white horse, and a white barn =) I think Jamie and I really need to venture in different color palletts.

This weekend is much calmer than last weekend was. I tried to pile way too much stuff in 2 days..and most of that stuff was actually on Sunday. Emma had cheerleading camp on Saturday and then Jamie and I had to help set up for the wrestling tournament that our school was hosting last Sunday. We got done with that and had supper with Donna and Brian and Jay and Carol Kime which was nice and relaxing. Sunday was the day that never stopped. I was at the school from 8:30 until 1:30 for the wrestling meet. Braden got 1st..Yeah! Then the kids and I headed to Pella to help my grandma celebrate her 95th birthday. Chris set up a really nice slide show for her and used the song "It's good to be alive". Grandma found that funny..good thing she has a sense of humor!

After the birthday party my whole family headed to the bowling alley for Madeline's 10th birthday. Hard to believe that Madeline and Braden are 10 this year...something about double digits that makes you feel like they are growing up very fast! Probably doesn't help that Braden is talking about girls already and telling me stories of how his friend's go on "dates". He thinks it is stupid...good job Braden, keep thinking that until you are 25!

We went to my mom and dad's house after bowling for cake and pizza. We finally got home at 9 on Sunday night and for those that know me..that is pretty late for me.

Hope you enjoy the pictures. Also enjoy the thought that Emma is going to another cheerleading clinic at William Penn this coming Saturday. If she didn't look like me I would seriously wonder if they switched babies at the hospital!

2009-02-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Things are finally slowing down at the Beebe house. Brad and I decided that Januaury was way to stressful and we are very happy to move onto February!

Today was Brad's mother's 50th surprise birthday party. She was a good sport and wore the 50th tiarra that we got for her. After the party this afternoon the family went to Golden Corral in Boone for dinner. To be honest, my stomach is making so many noises that I have never heard at the current moment.

Well, after being sick all January, we have all been healthy this past week! William has a very mild runny nose, but what baby his age does not?!?

Thought you guys might enjoy a few pictures. As you can see William does not like the snow either!

Hope every one is well,

Megan

SOLD!!

2009-02-03T14:31:00.000-08:00

Anna checking the bull out

Emma and her friend Lyddia Braden and his friend from Monroe

We finally did it! At 3:30 today (After 3 1/2 hours in closing) we finally sold our Monroe house. Jamie and I are beyond thrilled and relieved. It has been quite an adventure and a definite test on our marriage. Luckily we passed with flying colors..or at least leaping colors..and we can now put that behind us and focus on our farm.

We had quite a past weekend. On Saturday Braden had a wrestling meet in Monroe. He got 1st place after pinning all 3 of his opponents! We then headed to Becky and Dave's house for a bit and then all headed to Des Moines to eat at Johnny's Italian Steakhouse to celebrate Mom's 60th. Shelley talked me into having Anna come home with us afterwards and sleepover so we had her on Sunday. She is a riot! Emma and her had a lot of fun playing together.

We watched SuperBowl at Jamie's sister's house and Braden must have had too much excitement because he got sick Sunday night around 10. So I got to spend 1/2 the day home on Monday and then tag teamed with Jamie.

It has been quite the week.

Hi

2009-01-29T18:06:00.001-08:00

No pics either. First of all my scanner/printer broke so the pics I wanted to show will have to wait. Second Brandon got a bad cold that really flared up his asthma so we've had some VERY sleepless nights and many doctor visits. I can't wait til spring!!!

2009-01-25T20:23:00.000-08:00

Hello all! I don't have much to say this week. Definately no pics... unless you want to see me at work! That's where I have been ALL weekend. Megan, doesn't call stink sometimes?!? Oh well. It's just part of the job, and I am grateful to have a job. Lots of others aren't so lucky. My brother and SIL have been cut back to only 20hrs per week right now. Yikes!

Hope all is well for everyone. Have a great week!!!!

Grant's weekend

2009-01-24T07:06:00.000-08:00

We had the pleasure of having Grant overnight. Mom celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday and since she has had Grant at her house since last Friday (Chris, Curt, Becky and Dave went on a cruise), I offered to take Grant so she could go out. Grant is a lot of fun and it is always intriguing to hear what comes out of his 4 year old mouth! He found great pleasure in running after Pepper and trying to find her after Pepper decided that she had enough.

He helped Jamie with the chores this morning. He was a little disappointed we didn't have any chickens..guess we will try better next time =)

Emma lost her first tooth this past week. She was very excited to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy to come. Well the tooth fairy did come that night and due to inflation and the cost of living left $1...but forgot to take the tooth! So after Emma pointed out to me that her tooth was still under her pillow, the tooth fairy came again with a quarter, and made sure that the tooth was taken. Of course Emma then wanted her tooth back but I explained that the tooth fairy needs the tooth. Luckily I didn't need to explain why!

Braden got 3rd at his tournament in Sully last weekend. We were very proud of how he wrestled and glad that he had some competition that was the same size as him.

We decided to take this weekend off, but will be back at it next weekend when we head to Monroe.

He also got some exciting news on Thursday. His teacher was to choose 2 kids from her class to attend a writing conference at William Penn and she chose Braden! Jamie told him that he attended the same conference when he was in 4th grade. We are very proud of him for being chosen.

We are finally going to sign our closing papers on the house this week. It has been drug out for a month and I finally had to do a little pushing to get it finished. Jamie and I are more than ready to have that chapter closed!

Stay warm today and tomorrow! I am ready for Spring!!

Weekend in Iowa

2009-01-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

Hello there all! We are just home from another weekend in Iowa. What a weekend! We headed down to start the process of packing up Brian's dad's tools, etc. He was really into woodworking so there is a lot to sort through and sell. Up until recently Brian's mom was being a bit difficult about this whole process, but she kept saying she wanted to get started. So we weren't sure how all this was going to go. At this point the plan is to bring anything with any value up here to sell. We have a much larger market, and Brian is a much better salesman. He knows what things are, and can "wheel and deal" better than anyone I know. So this weekend we packed up a lot of stuff, and then plan to drive down again in a few weeks to load everything into a covered trailer. Then the real fun will begin with unloading everything into our garage and trying to sell it:) Brian's mom did pretty well through the weekend though. I think it was mainly because she was so excited about the phonecall she received from Amy's boyfriend asking for her blessing to propose to Amy on Saturday. She had a really hard time staying quiet until Amy called Saturday night with the news. (Jason had called Thursday night). It was kind of fun because we were together with Brian's aunt and grandma when she called. We were celebrating Brian and Grandma Katie's (91st) birthday. Grandma was glad to hear they were finally engaged. She hasn't been very happy since she found out they were living together. The sweet part was that Jason had asked Stan's blessing before he died. I think that helped Grandma a little:) So now the big question is when and where. The only thing I can say for sure is that it won't be in Iowa!

Hope everyone is surviving this lovely winter. I am soooo ready for spring!!!

January brings Wrestling and Snow

2009-01-12T16:47:00.000-08:00

We had Braden's first wrestling meet yesterday in Eddyville. He had 2 matches...he won the first one and had a panic attack during the 2nd one. The kid during the 2nd match was a little more top heavy and when he was on top Braden couldn't breathe. He freaked out and left the match. We (mostly Jamie) are now teaching Braden the important lesson that we finish what we start. He has another match in Sully this Saturday so we will see if the pep talks help.

Thanks to all of the great snow we got today the kids built a fort after they got home. They rolled 10 large snow balls and were having a blast. Emma's picture is a result of too much cold weather!

Part 2

2009-01-10T20:46:00.000-08:00

Ok..sorry about the title and nothing else the first time! We celebrated Grant's 4th birthday at Happy Joes tonight. His theme was Superhero's and we were asked to dress as our favorite Superhero. We had a lot of fun and it was as noisy as any get together of ours gets!

Party like a Superhero!

2009-01-10T20:45:00.000-08:00

Pics

2009-01-08T17:55:00.000-08:00

I finally got my computer back and running...I was going to post last night but then another virus snuck in and I thought I had better shut it down and call my new best friend (that would be the computer repair man) and ask what the ?? I did, he reassured me (just like a best friend should) and all is well with my life.

I did decide after dealing with a lawyer and a computer guy that I should have gone into one of those fields. I could handle charging $104 and $65 per hour for my services. Oh well..it is just money right?

So as for the pics.. a few Christmas shots (Sorry about the red eyes) and the 4 wheeler picture is Braden and his friend Gunnyr. He spent the night last weekend and brought his 4 wheeler over so they were tearing it up and having a blast. I told Jamie that I see our future..a bunch of boys coming over with their toys! I didn't get a shot of Emma on the 4 wheeler, but wish I had. She got to drive it after Gunnyr left and Braden went inside. All I saw was her flying by the window with a big old smile on her face and then she went flying by standing up and laughing. I never dreamed that I would have a daughter that is such a tomboy and girlie girl at the same time. Jamie wants to enroll her in wrestling so that she knows how to take care of herself when she gets older. I told him that since she can take down her brother and his friends now I think she will be good to go as a teenager =)

I will be posting again on Sunday..Braden has his first wrestling meet in Eddyville. I will let you know how he does.

Thanks for the posting of all of your holiday pictures!

Holiday Pics

2009-01-06T17:09:00.000-08:00

Here is a pic of all the siblings. We had a good time with all of use together at Mom and Dad's. We had lots of get togethers, but they were spread out enough that we weren't too busy. The boys got lots of new toys. Our house looks like a Toys R Us exploded inside! But it's keeping them busy for awhile!! I also had to include a pic of Brandon taking after Mommy! He actually won't drink it, but he does like to carry around the cans. Some habits are hard to break!

Happy New Year

2009-01-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

The Beebe family had a busy but enjoyable Christmas.We started parties in middle of December with the "Walton's." My Grandma Van Wyk loved having all of her boys together. In the picture: Spencer (Jason's), Logan (Jill's), twin Andrew, Lane (Bradley's). In the front are William, Ben and twin Ethan.

We just finished parties yesterday. My cousins Jon and Mark were only home over New Year's. Actually we are not finished because Brad's extended family canceled their party earlier in December do to weather but no make-up date has been set.

On the 23rd we had church and William was Baby Jesus. When I received the phone call and agreed, I didn't realize that I was agreeing to being the entire Holy Family and wearing costumes! We always spend Christmas eve in Jefferson and Christmas day in Ankeny. William was not really interested in Christmas and was just off his schedule. (He was up all Christmas Eve....maybe waiting for Santa?). Brad and I got him this cool toy already in November. So Brad spent all Christmas morning putting it together with the "walker" from his parents. I know the big no-no toy of the AAP. Christmas was fun this year. Brad's nephew Robby also got a DS. The twins were fun to watch with presents. Ethan loves William and always want to hold him...and then drop him. It is always so much fun to try and get pictures of everyone together.

We are almost done working in our basement. Just a little bit of touch-up painting. It is my turn to host my work holiday party next weekend so we have been on a mission. Brad is happy to have his Cub's hangout and has been watching football all afternoon today!

Poor Elliot! I have had the "yuck" this week and actually missed work on Wednesday and thankfully had taken a vacation day on friday. Nothing better on New Year's than fevers and nausea! Good thing Brad is such a great husband and went and rented lots of movies. So far Brad and William have been healthy. I'm so glad that we have had a quiet day today because I am still not 100%.

Well, Happy New Year everyone! We need to start planning our next get together because it might take all of 2009 :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

2009-01-04T11:11:00.000-08:00

Lt pic is of some of Brian's cousins, Emma and Mallory.

Pic below is me being an "Auntie" to Elliott and Chas's dog, Maddie.

We had a pretty good holiday season. Christmas was a very busy time with both families. We arrived in town around 6:30pm on the 24th. Before we had our coats off, or the truck unpacked, Brian's mom was asking if we could light the grill to cook the shrimp. Mmmmm...fresh from Seattle thanks to Amy's boyfriend's parents. We had a nice dinner after we took moment to light a candle for Stan. It was very strange not having him there. Brian was the only male present that night.

Christmas day turned out a little different from the usual. Typically we spend it with my family, but Elliott and Chas went to see some family in Sioux Center. So we spent the morning and early afternoon with Brian's family. Then we headed over to my parents' house. Then plan had been to have prime rib, but Elliott had ended up in the ER with severe flu symptoms. They gave him fluids and some meds so he was doing better, but he really wasn't in the mood for food. We still had a pretty fun evening, but left early so he could go to bed. Then the fun really began. Donna's brother, sister, and their families had arrived! We stayed up until almost 2am playing Christmas trivia, singing, and then some were even dancing in the kitchen to ELVIS!!! Yes, there was a bit of alcohol involved, but Donna's family is usually a riot. They all stuck around until Saturday morning, and then headed home in the lovely weather. I was super glad we weren't going anywhere until Sunday am.

Saturday night, the 27th, we got together with my family again to celebrate my parents' 40th anniversary, and Chas's birthday. We had the prime rib that night! Mom was pretty excited because it was their 40th, our 10th, and Elliott and Chas's 5th in 2008.

After a few days of work, it was New Year's Eve. Elliott and Chas came up to join us. They had never been up to our house before, and we had a great time. A Fabulous comedian, Jeff Dunham, was performing in Minneapolis. I laughed so hard I cried. After the show we headed home, ate some snacks, and rang in the New Year! I'm amazed I made it that late to tell the truth. The next day we slept in, watched some football, played some pool, and just spent some time together. The four of us haven't really had much time just the four of us. It was nice to catch up a little. They are hoping to move back to Iowa, and so are we. It would be nice to see them a bit more often.

Well, that's our holiday season in a nutshell. Hope everyone else had a nice time too.

Another year..

2008-12-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

Another Christmas has been survived. We only had 2 gatherings to go to this year. We got by pretty easy. It was pretty relaxing. Thursday we went to Jamie's parent's house for lunch and were home by 4:30. On Friday we headed to my parent's house late afternoon and got home around 10. Aside from the horrendous fog we had to drive home in, we had a very fun evening. The kids were happy with their gifts and now that Emma has a Nintendo DS our car rides are a little quiter =)

Jamie and I are both off the rest of this week. Not sure if we are totally sane! I had to leave the house today for a little sanity saver.. I did take Emma with me. We headed to the library and then Wal Mart...pretty exciting stuff, but way better than staying at home with 2 children whose idea of fun is beating on each other!

Stay sane this week and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T11:59:00.000-08:00

Wow Sandy, that is one fine sweater. I don't remember it from your Mom though. I just wanted to drop a quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! Safe travels!!

You asked for it...

2008-12-23T05:27:00.000-08:00

So here I am in the 1st annual PPI Ugliest Sweater contest. I am proud to say that I got 2nd place. I lost by 1 point to our I.T. guy who wore a hot pink Poncho w/ fish on it. I did not get a picture of him...but believe me when I say it was ugly!

Please take note when admiring my shirt that I found this in the dark depths of my mom's closet. You may remember it..she bought it when she worked at the High School because she thought the kids would enjoy it. Bringing back memories? =)

Have a great day and I am proud to say my outfit is much better today!

I agree! BRRRR...

2008-12-23T04:56:00.000-08:00

Wow. It's really cold for only being December. It was -13 yesterday when I drove in. That wasn't the wind chill. That was just the temp. Today it's slightly "warmer", but we are getting quite a bit of snow, again. What will January be like?!?

O.K. Sandy, you promised some ugly sweater pics!!! Where are they? My sister-in-law and her boyfriend did that last year at Christmas with some friends. They found matching Mickey/Minnie Mouse sweaters at a Goodwill. His was a little too small which made it all the more funny.

We have a crazy night tonight. We are leaving for Iowa tomorrow so we have to get packed. Brian needs a haircut or his mom will have to complain about how long it is. We have a few more goodie tins to drop off at the neighbors and some friends. I have one more gift to wrap. Then there is the grocery shopping and food to make for Brian's Christmas party Wednesday afternoon:) I had hoped to get a few more things done over the weekend, but since I was on call that didn't happen. I spent most of the weekend here at work. At least they let me be at home during the night!

I should get to work:(
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

BRRRR

2008-12-21T12:09:00.000-08:00

Baby it is cold outside! Donna, I sure hope you are faring better in Minnesota than us Iowans. Nothing like a little snow w/ 30-40 mph winds to make you stay inside. I am hoping the roads are doing ok so I can actually get to the highway tomorrow and get to work.

The kids and I made cookies yesterday. Nothing like Arctic temps to bring out the baker in me!

Emma wanted cut out sugar cookies. Yeah, that didn't work out so hot. I was going to cut the recipe in half (I mean seriously who actually wants to make 7 doz sugar cookies!) but in the midst of cutting the butter in half I got a phone call and forgot to cut the sugar and eggs in half so I had to add the rest of the butter after the fact. They are quite yummy, but I couldn't quite get them rolled out and able to use my very cute cookie cutters. I told the kids a circle is a shape so that should count for something =) They had fun frosting them and adding decor. Not sure who likes to eat sugar cookies with toffee bits, mini chocolate chips, swirled chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, mini york mints, and sprinkles, but as I told Jamie...some people make sugar cookies that are a work of art, our kids make abstract art =)

Stay warm!

Almost 5:00!

2008-12-19T14:32:00.000-08:00

It is almost 5:00 and I get to go home and start my "finish all chores before Christmas" stuff! Emma and I are going to bake cookies, I have to wrap presents, and we have our first Christmas on Sunday at Jamie's aunt's house.

Jamie took today off so he has been home with the kids all day. Wonder how he survived =)
Braden called me at noon to ask what he should do. He was bored. I told him to go outside and play and he said he had already done that. I asked what his dad was doing and he told me he was asleep on the couch...I guess that is one way to deal with being at home all day! I am very envious...

We are having ugly sweater day on Monday...the person with the ugliest sweater wins a prize. I am headed to Goodwill tonight. If I can't find an ugly sweater there I don't know where to go! I will post some pictures on Monday..should be fun to see what people come with.

Have a great weekend or week if you aren't reading this until Monday or later =)

Snow Day?

2008-12-18T18:17:00.000-08:00

I'm sitting here listening to the freezing rain hitting the windows and praying for a snow day tomorrow. Mostly because I'm not finished writing my final exams that my students have to take. Of course I should be working on those now! However, I need a break. Carter and I have had the stomach flu this week and I'm hoping Adam and Brandon don't get it. Brandon's 1st birthday party is Sunday and I really don't want to cancel. I think we're ready for Christmas here. We actually had our first one last week with my dad's side. Here's a pic of all the kiddos. Ethan is on the left, then Brandon and Carter, and on the right is Aly (still can't believe that Kurt is a father :) They are posing with the stockings that Mom made for them.

Christmas is coming!

2008-12-14T05:47:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Ready for Christmas yet?!? This is the only free weekend we have to get all our stuff done. Saturday we went and did almost all of our Christmas shopping. Now I just have to pick up our Christmas card and mail them out, and do all of my holiday baking. I wanted to give a little something to all the neighbors for being so helpful this past year. Taking care of the dogs, picking up our mail, plowing our driveway when we were gone so much last winter. I have Monday and Tuesday off so I think I should be able to get it all done.

We were in Iowa again last weekend for deer season. As you can see from the pic my hubby once again had a good season. We now have an elk, 2 antelope, and 4 deer in the freezer:) The elk was all processed out in Colorado, but the rest is up to us! We could a grinder and are going to try making our own brats, etc. Anybody want some meat? The food shelves won't take wild game, and we have way more than we need.

Well, I should get moving and go pick up my Christmas cards before the next storm comes through. It's supposed to bring us at least 6 inches:) It's still better than all the ice you guys get!

Hope everyone has a great holiday!!!

2008-12-09T18:55:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! The Beebe's are franticly trying to get ready for christmas and paint the basement. It was my turn to host the work Christmas party this year. So, we are trying to turn the basement into a Cubbie hangout before the first of the year. Tonight was Christmas cards...you should be getting yours in the mail soon!

This is also my hospital week. It was neat because my cousin Carol had a baby girl last night so it was fun to see her.

Alison's wedding went well. It was a very full weekend starting with spa time to opening gifts. My dress mostly stayed put with 6 safety pins and stripper tape. Yes, it is a great moment having your aunt and grandma's best friend getting you "into" your dress for the big day. My grandma's friend said "Honey, you know,people pay good money for those."

Hope everyone is enjoying the season..hope to write more soon!

Megan

Christmas is coming!!

2008-12-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

Pictures are: Emma and Braden while decorating the Christmas tree, Pepper enjoying the fake branches before the tree was assembled, Braden and Grant riding 4-wheelers at Thanksgiving, and Braden on his 4-wheeler (early Christmas gift)

I am a hunting widow today..and probably tomorrow. I can handle 2 days out of the year..not sure how Donna does about 50 days out of the year. Ok, probably not that many, but I am sure it feels like that..right Donna? =)

I am trying to get my Christmas cards, wrapping, the last few gifts and such done today. I can't believe that Christmas is in a few weeks. Where in the world has the year gone!

Braden is heading to a friends house today (just wait Kerry and Megan..pretty soon your boys will be leaving for playdates) and so Emma and I are hanging out doing girl things..such as the above mentioned. Yahoo.

Megan..Donna and I were talking that we haven't got the lowdown on Alison's wedding..where are the pictures and the gossip??

I mentioned to Donna that if..I mean when, Brian and her come back this spring/summer that I want to have all of you to our house for a bbq. That way you guys can see where I live and we can get the guys and the kids together.

Well Braden just left so Emma and I get to head to town to get a b-day gift for her friends party next Friday..I swear my kids have a bigger social life than I do. Oh well.

Snow!

2008-11-30T12:31:00.000-08:00

I'm watching the snow fall as I type this afternoon. It's not even December yet! All the boys are alseep so I have a little break! We just got Carter's 3 year pictures back. He's getting so big! Brandon has been fighting ear infections so we've been getting less sleep than usual. He did decide yesterday that he's ready to walk! So now he takes 10-12 steps before he falls. Crawling is still the fast way, but walking is getting better. We didn't have too busy of a weekend. We went to my parents and my grandma's, but that's about it. A nice break before the craziness of Christmas!!! Carter is really excited this year. He is bugging Adam to put up lights on our house like all the neighbors! Here's his latest pic....

2008-11-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the party, Megan!

Well, Thanksgiving weekend is almost over. We arrived in Pella late Wednesday night. Both Brian and I couldn't seem to get off work on time so it was a little later than we had hoped for. Thurday am I helped Mom with some cooking. Brian's grandma and aunt from Minnapolis joined us, and we had a great time. Mom cooked an incredible amount of food, and we didn't eat the rest of the day.

Friday Brian and I spent most of the day going through Stan's garage. We took pictures and wrote down model numbers of a lot of the power tools. Wow. We have our work cut out for us! Stan had so much stuff. I think Donna is ready for us to start selling some things, so we will be back in Pella to work on that after the first of the year. I'm sure it will take us multiple trips so I will try to be in touch when that is so we can get together sometime.

Now it's Saturday, and as I am typing this Brian is returning from pheasant hunting. (Can't live a week without doing some type of hunting!) We'll see how he did. I think he just has fun taking the dog out. Mom and I spent the morning decorating for Christmas. It was kind of nice because I won't do hardly any decorating myself. Soon we will head into town to do a little shopping, then Brian and I will have supper with his aunt and grandma. She's making her famous fried chicken!!! I usually don't eat fried chicken, but her's is amazing. She doesn't make it too often anymore. She's almost 91, and has a hard time cooking that big a meal. So when she does make it we are pretty excited. (Brian just poked his head in and said he got one bird. Brutus was a very good dog too, so Brian is proud papa).

We are heading out first thing Sunday am. We have to pick up Donna at the airport tomorrow evening, and we want a few hours at home before the work week starts.

I hope eveyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!

Wow I finally figured this out!

2008-11-26T20:11:00.000-08:00

Megan has finally entered the world of blogging (with a little help from Brad).

We just finished preparing our first turkey. I had compiled a lot of information about turkeys from all of the Moms of patients at the clinic. I settled on using butter, mustard, and seasoning salt in a turkey bag. Hopefully everything will turn out! We are having Brad's family over for Thanksgiving tomorrow. Hope everyone has a fun Thanksgiving with family!

What a weekend!

2008-11-23T16:27:00.000-08:00

Hi there! I read today that the Hawks beat the Gophers 55-0 and I thought to myself "Hmm...I wonder if Donna decided to cheer for the Hawkeyes" =)

Today was the first day that I was of the living. Last Wednesday Emma got the flu so I was home with her all day and again on Thursday until 12 when Jamie took over. Then about 2:30 on Friday morning I got the flu and it knocked me flat for 24 hours. I slept for 20 hours..no joke. I had water and about 3 crackers on Friday. Saturday I finally was able to eat a little more and actually stayed awake to watch movies, but was asleep by 8 and in bed at 9 on Saturday night. Today I left the house and feel so much better. What a crappy flu.

That was all I was up to this weekend. Hopefully this coming week and weekend are better...of course it is Thanksgiving so I can make up for that lack of food I got the last couple of days. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!

Go Hawks!!!

2008-11-23T10:09:00.000-08:00

Wow! What a game. The Hawks beat the Gophers 55-0. Brian's mom, aunt(Donna's sister, can you tell?), and uncle came up for the game. Marla and Gary live just outside of Iowa City, and are HUGE Hawk fans. Thank goodness the Gophers were still playing in the Metrodome. It would have been way too cold to sit outside and watch it. I wish the pic of the football field was a little closer so you could see all the cute football guys' tight ends:)

Donna is staying with us until Monday, and then she will fly out to Seattle to spend Thanksgiving with Amy, her boyfriend, and his family who are from the Boston area. Brian and I plan to be in Pella with my parents and Brian's grandma and aunt from Minneapolis. We will be back the next weekend too for deer opener. Lots of stuff going on, but it should be lots of fun! What are all you up to for the holiday?!?

Catch up

2008-11-16T17:06:00.000-08:00

Hey there. I have no pics either. The past week I have done nothing but work 12 to 15 hour days. I was so glad when Friday came. Saturday morning I headed up to our friends' cabin. Brian had headed up there on Friday, and was doing a little deer hunting. And yes, he got another one. He has gotten 2 antelope, an elk, and 2 deer so far this year. He still has a deer tag for Iowa too. We might make an attempt to make our own brats this year. Some friends of ours tried it, and said it wasn't too hard. So we took off from the cabin around 1pm so we had some of the evening left. I worked all last weekend so the housework that I normally do on the weekends still needs to be done before Brian's mom, aunt, and uncle come this Friday. It wouldn't be so bad, but I have something every night this week except for Tuesday. I think we are going to eat out more than originally planned. Saturday we are tailgating with some friends before the Iowa vs. MN game which should be a lot of fun. Hmmmm... who should I cheer for. I'm from Iowa, but work for the university hospital. Brian's aunt said I have no choice but root for the Hawks. What do you guys think? :)

Hope everyone has a good week.

Here I Am!

2008-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00

Don't worry Sandy! You're not the only one. I have no pictures this time. My kids and Adam have had the most horrible stomach flu ever and then all the boys got horrible colds and Brandon now is refusing to sleep. So I have no pictures right now! I'm the only one who has been healthy! Carter just turned 3 and Brandon will be 1 in less than a month. I can't believe how time has flown! Other than that, nothing too exciting over here....

2008-11-09T14:19:00.001-08:00

Here are the other animals..I couldn't get them all on the last post.

2008-11-09T14:04:00.000-08:00

Hmm..are you guys using this blog because this is starting to look like the Sandy blog instead of the 4 of us =) So, I decided to post a few pictures of a few of the animals we call family. We have Sugar, our yellow lab mix that we adopted from the pound last summer. She is with Lucy, the cat we all adored and I ran over...yeah, not a good day at the Tyrrel house. Buster is our newest addition, a sheperd/lab mix that we adopted from a friend. He is very lovable and very ornery! Pepper is our inside kitty...affectionately known as Big Fat Pepper. Oreo and Garfield are on the lawn mower. Oreo was inside until he drove me insane now he is an outside/garage kitty. Garfield is the stud of our farm...he hasn't been doing so hot lately! The goats are supposed to be getting pregnant so we can sell the babies to those that like goat meat. The ram isn't doing so hot on that front yet. I am seeing a pattern here with the males on the farm =) Teddy is our Paint and Trigger is our good old horse that just wants to eat and not have to work anymore. He used to be a ranch horse and I do believe he is used up. We also have a bull calf, 2 rabbits-male and female (gee can you say great Easter gift for your kids...what is better than baby bunny =), and numerous other cats that are around to keep our farm mouse free.

That is all of our animals. Now someone else needs to be adding something so I am not the only one blogging. I don't want to read about myself anymore...LOL!

Halloween part 4

2008-11-04T17:54:00.002-08:00

Oops...forgot to post the last time! Jamie and I went to our first costume party at the new Bar and Grill in New Sharon. I found out 1 hour before we were to leave to take the kids trick/treating that this was a costume party. So I dug deep in my closet and found this getup...ok so I actually dug deep in Walmart's closet, but all in all I didn't think we did too bad for pulling getups together in 1 hour.

Halloween part 3

2008-11-04T17:54:00.001-08:00

Halloween part 2

2008-11-04T17:51:00.000-08:00

Emma decided she wants to be a cheerleader in high school...so we found her a rah rah costume and off she went to spread joy to others =)

Halloween

2008-11-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

Here are my precious children awaiting the time to come when they can go door to door and get candy from strangers....oh isn't Halloween just grand! Braden decided he didn't want to be anything gruesome this year and went as Darth Vader.

2008-11-03T18:04:00.000-08:00

Great pics Sandy! Oh, the memories. Here are my little guys for Halloween. Carter is going through a huge Thomas the Train stage. Brandon had fun riding in his stroller.

Look at us!

2008-11-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

So I decided that we needed some oldie buy goody pictures of us in our youth. I went searching for some pictures and found these. I think they sum us up pretty good =)

Look for a new post from me tomorrow..hopefully. Jamie and I attended our first Costume party last night. Oh yeah...me in costume. I didn't think I would ever say that!

The four of us!

2008-10-28T19:22:00.000-07:00

O.K. Here we go! I'm a little new to the whole blogging thing so I am just trying this out. Since I don't have any kid pics to put on (and it's too dark to go get one of my puppies) I thought I would post this one from Megan's baby shower. I don't have much news to share. All I have done since we got together is work, so I am ready for a break! I think Brian and I are actually going to spend some time together this weekend! I think we are going to leave the house Friday night so we don't have the trick or treaters. Maybe I can get some Christmas shopping done too. This is the only weekend Brian and I really have free until shortly before Christmas. Can't believe it's barely over 8 weeks away.

Well, I hope I did this right. We'll see... Bye for now!!!

My first post!!

2008-10-26T13:14:00.000-07:00

Took me a while to get here, but I am finally going to try and post. Kerry says it is easy to do..we will see =) I am including a picture of the kids at the State Fair. This is the only vacation we took this year. Hoping that once our house in Monroe sells we may be able to take them somewhere a little more exciting. Of course we have our multitude of animals to think of so we will see what happens.

Adding pics

2008-10-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

Ok, I'm messing with uploading pics. It's easy! Here's one of Brandon!!

Here we go!!!!

2008-10-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

All right guys, so I took the liberty of setting up our blog! I think I'll send you guys an invite, then if you reply back I can give you the ways of posting yourselves. So basically you'll all have the rights to add pics, posts, whatever you want!

The title is The Four of Us Now at www.fourofusnow.blogspot.com

That was one of the few options I had that wasn't taken and I didn't want to put our names in the address for privacy reasons. Hope this is ok!

Anyway, sign up and post away!!!!

Kerry