Friday, October 24, 2014

Happy Birthday Meggers!!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest little girl I know. Meg is the craftiest, most creative person I've ever met. Not to mention messy...but I guess that comes with the territory of her creative craftiness:) She loves playing with her sister, dancing, playing minecraft, dressing up, and just being all around girly.
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This is Pj helping Cory and I decorate Meg's bedroom for her bday morning.What a good sis :)

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Meg got a Furby for her bday and Walker and Cory are having more fun with it than her


Christmas Festivities

Just some of the fun things we do leading up to Christmas day
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Here are the kids checking our Charlie, our elf from the north pole. This was the first night he showed up this year. 

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Grandma Jill made us a quilt this year that we get to take turns sleeping under. We love it!

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Christmas tree all decorated!

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Just a little gingerbread man making going on here. Yes, Preslie chooses to wear ballerina clothing even when it's a frozen tundra outside. I'm not gonna fight it :)


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this is a note that Meg wrote to Santa at school this year. I love all of the wonder and questions she has. Love this girl!! 


RaGnAR!!

I think this is by far one of the most fun weekends I've ever experienced. Lack of sleep combined with way too much laughing at inappropriate things, meeting new friends and bonding in a very short amount of time in a packed to the brim vehicle doesn't sound like much fun but you can't knock it til you try it. Oh and I can't forget the running. Lots and lots of running which also adsd in the factor or stinkiness. Yup...still one of my favorite weekends to date. 

We ran the Vegas Ragnar together with John Fisher, Chase and DeAnna Christensen and Todd Mitchell.
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Waiting for our starting time 

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This was taken sometime in the middle of the night not long after I'd ran 7 miles or so through dark neighborhoods wanting to die! 

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Our back seat crew at the momen

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Getting in some sleep any way possible

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When I said any way possible...this is what I meant.... any way

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Waiting for someone to finish at some finish line in Vegas

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Back Seat Crew at another moment 
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Team Shot 
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There was a whole other van running when we were sleeping. This is the whole team together at the finish line.

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Not to mention we scored an amazing hotel room for after the race. We were pooped but we still had enough energy to sit at a black jack table for a while and watch Chase spend WAY too much on gelato for us all. 

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Looking a little bit better after a shower

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Waiting in line for some gelato
Can we go back now??

Halloween Craziness

Happy Halloween! We had a good time this year as usual. Walker was Kyle Beckerman (Real player) Meg was a ghost and Preslie was a witch. It was a pretty easy year costume wise (not a whole lot of makeup or crazy outfits) so it was pretty low stress. Bring that on every year!
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Here is Meg marching around her school's halls in the annual Halloween parade

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The girls went to a fun Halloween party this year and played games, decorated cupcakes and dressed each other up as mummies. 

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My Crazies

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Beckerman

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My little Witchy Poo

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Cutest/sweetest ghost you'll ever meet


Happy Bday Cory!

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That right there would be my version of a nacho cake. He'd rather have gooey, cheesy chips than a sugary treat.  There might be something really wrong with him 
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Happy bday to this amazing guy. I could never ask for a better husband, best friend, father to my children. 

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and I threw this in just because it's so amazingly hot :)

Family pictures

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Happy Birthday Gawky!

Happy Bday to my favorite little guy! I know I think and say it all the time but I can't believe how fast he's growing up. It's so sad, but so fun at the same time. It's amazing to watch him grow and figure himself out. Walker is a funny, smart, entertaining, thoughtful, fun kid. He keeps us laughing.
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Waking up to a room full of random hanging balloons

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Showing off some nice morning birthday hair...hoping that what he's asked for is in that bag.

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We got to use the tumbling building for Walker's bday this year. 

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Can you find the biggest kid in this picture?