The Beeson Family: 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

What a Way to End the Day!

These pictures were taken while trick or treating this evening....

It's been a jam-packed 36 hours! Both boys attended parties yesterday which started their festivities. Drew decided he would wear the venom costume yesterday and Ethan stuck with his new Batman costume. Then, this morning, the boys were at a friend's house while Eric and I worked a bit. Drew decided he was going to be Robin, Batman's sidekick this morning. We reconveined to have lunch together. Then, it was home to re-energize for the rest of our day! After nap time, Drew changed into his Scooby Doo costume and we went and visited "Aunt" Jeanie for our first treat of the evening! We then met friends to trick or treat with in our neighborhood and when feet were tired and buckets were filled, we moved on to a party! We got pizza and made snacks and I organized games for the kids. They played "lava pit", "pumpkin harvest", "spiderweb crawl", and "monster/pumpkin bowling". After way too much sugar, we loaded up to head home!

Clocks are set back, October is complete! Now comes the best and my favorite fall treat....NOVEMBER! What could be better than my anniversary, my birthday and Thanksgiving all in one month! Whew!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

One Fine Fall Day...

(Click on picture to see them up close.)

Pony rides, petting zoo, no pumpkin patch, what will we do?
We'll climb on tires, swing higher and higher,
Hunt through the maze of hay...
All on One Fine Fall Day.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Summer Tribute!

I can't believe how fast the summer has gone. I think this is the fastest flying summer yet! When we were in Missoula and not working or traveling to Seattle, Las Vegas, Bonners Ferry or Coeur d' Alene, here's what we did to fill our time. We played on the trampoline with the sprinkler on many hot days. We played on the slip and slide and made sponge bombs. We made soap snakes out of water bottles and washcloths. When we were tired of the heat, we came inside and made mobiles, the kids helped me bake, we played dress up, and read Magic Tree House books. The kids asked their dad to play "wrestle" or "swords" almost everyday when he'd come home from work and a few times, we snuck out to the woods to explore. We made it to the pool and Splash Montana and picked up a small pool at the end of summer clearance sale. We hit the cool movie theater and played in the spray parks around town. The boys enjoyed having a neighborhood friend, riding bikes and Ethan loved his new scooter he got for his birthday. When legs were tired, bodies were hot, and we needed to relax a bit, the kids would play the ever popular game of pretend using superhero "guys", they would play Wii or watch a movie on Netflix. Whew! I'm going to miss the play time I've gotten with them when school starts next week, but I look forward to a new season of learning for Ethan and the changes and memories that comes with fall. We have more of Missoula to experience this fall like a Grizzly football game. Every season has something fun and I want to experience it all! Goodbye to summer and welcome fall!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Sour Candy Experiment

You have to see these pictures up closer to get the full effect. You can click on the collage to see them closer. The facial expressions are priceless! So, I was given a "sour candy" kit including a pipette, citric acid, corn syrup, flavorings, molds and several directions for making different kinds of candy with different degrees of sourness. The sour scale started at "pucker up" and went all the way up to "help". Boys are the perfect candidates for this kind of kitchen science! They wanted to reach the "help" on the sour scale of course! They followed the directions to make liquid sour grape candy. We dropped bits of sourness on different parts of their tongues to experiment with their sour buds. I think we got a few "pucker" faces. In case you're wondering, yes, I tried it too. It make my jaw hurt and my mouth water like crazy! I've had more sour than that, but I thought they'd added enough "acid" to their bellies for that afternoon! I'll let you know how the sour gummies, sour suckers, and sour marshmallows turn out!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sunshine and Summertime

Ah, the good memories of summertime! 8 days of school left and the kids are gearin' up for summer! Every ounce of sunshine is being soaked up here in Missoula. We've hiked by the creek, we've played tennis, we've gone to the spray parks, we've played at the playgrounds, we've walked to get ice cream, we've made coke floats in frosty mugs, we made homemade ice cream, had a sleepover, and played in the sprinklers! We're off to a great start towards summertime memories! We're warm on the outside (burnt on the the shoulders...just mom) and warm on the inside!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

My twin Niece and Nephew

Isabel is the one reaching and Connor is the one awake without his feeding tube! Both are at home and they are 18 days old and doing well. Just talked with Lance and Lisa today and they are adjusting to having life be all about their babes. Mom and Dad are there to help with that and love on their doggies as they adjust to their 2 new masters ;o) These babies are miracle babies and we feel very blessed! We get to go see them for a week at the end of June and for the 4th of July! Can't wait!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Easter with Poppie and Grammy

Easter morning, the boys helped Dad make pancakes for Easter breakfast. Dad made Ethan a plate sized pancake while he made Drew a pancake face complete with a bacon smile and strawberry eyes. The boys wore their Home Depot aprons to help in the kitchen. We took a few picture before church.

Moser Egg Hunt

The kids got to have their 2nd egg hunt of the weekend at the Moser's home. Drew likes to find an egg, open the egg, and eat it's treasures before moving on!

Boys and Dirt

After our Easter festivities, the Moser kids and our kids went out to play in the very large dirt mound in their yard. After a few hours of play, the kids were covered head to toe in dirt. Drew and Brock were pretty proud of their work. We had to strip them down at the door, make all of the kids take baths and showers (thank goodness they have several bathrooms) and we borrowed pj's to put on the kids. Fun times for boys in the dirt!

Easter Family Pictures

New Furniture: Courtesy of Galey's Showroom

Furniture fairies visited this weekend and look at what they left us!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Eric the Great

Most often, I am posting pictures of the kids and all of the joyful events they bring into our lives. It's rare to see pictures of just Eric, and extremely rare to find me in a picture. As I was looking through pictures from this Easter and the most recent spring events, I was enjoying and reliving our special family moments. I find myself incredibly thankful for the family I have and the precious memories we've shared. Eric has been in my life for more years than not. I've known him since I was 14 years old! My most favorite memories always include him and the gift he's been to me. I thought that was worth documenting.

Friday, April 24, 2009

1st Baseball Game

Ethan (and family) had their first baseball game experience! This is a coach-pitched little league game. I'm proud to say he hit the ball all 3 times he batted. He ran his little heart out and has a mean "ready stance". The game lasted a little long (a little over 2 hours), but the kids have to get the hang of things. The coach gave Ethan and his teammates a huge piece of gum before the game and they were all out chomping on the field. There were only a few times when a few kids sat, but they stood up when coach said "ready stances yellow team!" They come barrelling into home and have such a proud look on their faces! Ethan's first time to home plate, he stood on the home plate until someone told him to come in. I guess he was relishing the moment. He was so excited about his first game, he wore his hat and yellow shirt to school the next day! Ahh, brings back softball memories! Fun times!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

1st Annual RCC Easter Egg Drop

River City Church Missoula has adopted this mission statement: "Do whatever it takes to reach people far from God." We decided to create an access point for this by dropping 20,000 Easter eggs out of a helicopter over the fairgrounds. Slash and the Easter bunny made an appearance. Jumping castles for the little ones and helicopter rides afterwards! The team ended up get prizes donated like a Wii, IPOD, bikes, gift cards, and an X-Box. We partnered with several local businesses. With 30 volunteers, the event was put together. 5000 mailers were sent out and 5000 people showed up! WHOA! (We didn't tell anyone that we only had 30 volunteers to man the whole thing!) Here are a few pictures from the event. The hunt portion was crazy! Wish I had pictures of that, but I was too busy trying to find Ethan in the masses! I'd say it was a hit and right in line with the goal which makes it a success! We're here to make God famous and I'm pretty sure people are wondering why we've made a big deal out of Easter! The buzz had started!