The Beeson Family: April 2009

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!