First Haircut

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

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...

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

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?

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....

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?

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!