Merry Christmas!

Snow Day - The Story

We woke up this morning and I had a feeling that the kids were going to be out of school again due to the weather so I thought, why not document our entire day. I mean who doesn't want to get an inside look at what the Beechers do when they have the whole day off of school. Now you don't have to wonder anymore....

7:15am Kanyon looking and pleading for another day off school.






















7:20am getting his wish as we check the school website and see school is canceled again..






















7:45am Ivy wakes up and is happy she gets her brothers home again all day.






















8:00am Saul and Eli sleep having no idea about the good news they are going to wake up too. (As I shut their door to let them sleep as long as they want)















9:06am Eli wakes up and crawls into my bed to hear the good news and get a blurry picture taken.















9:10am Pancake time.















9:30am Kids decide to play in the snow. In 14degree weather.






















9:35am Snowball fight.















9:45am Ivy wants in on the action.






















9:50am Ivy wants nothing to do with the cold and comes back in the house.






















10:10am Kanyon and Eli decide to come in also and leave a nice mess of snow clothes.















10:20am Game of "Duck Duck Goose"















10:30am Saul wakes up and sees my camera out and wants to take a picture of me doing the dishes.















12:15pm Pulling out of the driveway to brave the snow and get Eli to a birthday party















12:16pm realizing that the roads really are icy and wishing I stayed home.















1:30pm Birthday Party for Eli's friend. (not pictured, me getting lost on the way to the party and driving around for 30min)















2:45pm Leaving the party and scraping my windows.















3:15pm Kids wanted McDonald's and I gave in.















5:00pm Me scrubbing the carpet where Kanyon had tracked black ice all through the house. I was not happy.






















5:15pm Russ is home and we head to Lone Star for dinner (kids eat free on Tuesday's, you can't pass it up! I know the kids just had McDonald's but I wanted Lone Star.)






















6:30pm I organize my closet.






















7:10pm We cap off the night with a Family movie night of "Horton Hears a Who". (Well, I watch some and then come and blog)




















What a day.. And that was only half of the pictures....

Pack Meeting

Saul earned his first badge this Month. Kanyon also earned another bead. Its so fun to watch your boys go through scouts. They did the funniest skits. We also made a few crafts. Their scout leaders are the best!

































Ivy Making
a snowman.

Nice Words

Tonight we had three Missionaries over for dinner. After I was standing doing the dishes and Russ comes up to me and says..

"Babe, you pulled it off. With ease and elegance"

We have the Missionaries over at least once a month but tonight just those few words made all my hard work totally worth it!

So much for that...

I put the star on the top of the tree last night. All the lights were on ALL the decorations.... My pretty clear glass ornaments with a picture of Christ in side that I decided to make 24 of to try and have Christ in our decorations. The individual placed
poinsettias with a nice bunch around the top with the star.. The kids prized home made ornaments with their pictures on them. Now... Broken, ruined, soaked, crushed.

I woke up this morning and heard a crash.. Russ was up so I thought he had done something. I didn't get out of bed but heard Russ cleaning something up. He finally came up and told me that the Christmas tree had fallen over. Glass and water everywhere. He had cleaned up most of it before I got a picture. So, back to square one. I have to wait for him to get home from work to really access the trees real issue. So for now I am leaving it where it is.

Christmas Tree Shopping

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to a tree farm to cut our own Christmas tree down. We have some great friends that introduced us to this last year and we have made it a tradition. This place is awesome. You get a hayride up to the trees, free hot chocolate (all you can drink), Santa is there, kettle corn, petting farm, gift shop... and the list goes on. The weather was great the whole time until we started on our hour drive home. It rained/snowed and we woke up to more snow the next morning. I couldn't get enough of the outdoor mountain smell. (Maybe it was the kettle corn smell..) But makes me excited for Christmas, If I had just gotten started earlier on making some of my gifts..

Thanksgiving Time

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with some friends and with Russ's parents this year! Bob and Katie (Russ's parents) are such hard workers; we got so many things done that I have had on my list for months! Thank You!


Russ thought we needed a picture of the Turkey. I know.. I know, I out did myself. :)

Wits End!

Okay, this is my fourth child so you think I would have it down by now... But my little Ivy has got me at my wits end! All three of my boys together never gave me the trouble that she does. Lately she has been wanting to be naked, taking off her diaper and running around. at first we laughed a little but it has started to get a little out of hand, like the other day she stripped in the Gym babysitting. Well, yesterday I had had enough. right before her nap she had pooped and took it upon herself to get her clothes and diaper off in my room... On my floor... After that episode I put her down for a nap and heard her in there for a very long time talking etc. When I finally went in to check on her I found this... She had taken all her sheets/ blankets/ pillows/ books/dolls etc off of her bed (After she had ripped one book to shreads) and was slipping around on her crib matress that was all slippery because she had peed on it and having a great time. I guess she couldn't quite get her shirt off. Anyway, I had painters tape lying around because we have been doing some painting and I taped her diaper on. I taped it on all day today again and plan on doing it until she is potty trained I guess. I am just a little nervous that if she decides to strip again at the gym babysitting that I don't get the authorities called on me when they see the tape wrapped around her waist. I truly do not know what else to do... All I know is that I am done washing sheets and scrubbing floors.
























The poor book she ripped up.









































She thought is was all just great fun!











Didn't even mind the tape.

Date Night...

When your husband plans the date....

Last Night.....

The highlight of my life.. To see them happily playing together..











































































































There's no place like home....