The Beecher Bunch

All I want for Christmas is, this thing taken out of my mouth..

2009-12-19T17:45:00.005-06:00

Warning: Graphic picture below!

Kanyon has had this Cyst under his tongue for months now. Poor guy, I honestly don't know how he has been able to eat or talk with this. The Dr. told us he would need Surgery to get it out. Kanyon was such a trooper! Needles don't bother him and he was willing to let all the Doctors and Nurses do what they needed too without any trouble at all! The Nurses told us he was the "sweetest patient" they have ever had. The Surgery didn't go exactly as planned but they were able to get most of the cyst out. After he received a shot of Morphine where he had an allergic reaction. They fixed him up but next time he will not be receiving Morphine. He is home resting now and is slowly recovering.

Waiting for Surgery.
Kanyon of course chooses
to watch the news..

After it is over.
Heading home.
Kanyon just wants a bed!

Impressive

2009-12-06T14:33:00.006-06:00

This Saturday Russ had to be the Medical help at a Wheelchair Basketball game. We decided to take the kids because we thought it would be something great for them to see. I tell you what, it is pretty impressive at what these guys can do in a wheelchair! As we were sitting there Eli looked over at a guy in the audience watching the game (who was also in a wheelchair) and said "Mom look, a real guy in a wheelchair that really needs it" I said "Eli, all these guys playing really need the wheelchairs." and Eli said "WHAT?! I thought they were just doing it for fun!" So funny!

Another Impressive thing is that we actually got our Christmas lights up on our house. Not all of them but we are making progress. Maybe by Christmas Eve we will have the time to finish it..

So much for that...

2009-12-02T08:39:00.008-06:00

After listening to General Conference this past Oct. We thought that the idea President Monson mentioned in his talk "What have I done for someone today" read the talk here.
The idea of the Warm Fuzzy jar sounded like a great idea for our family. Every night at dinner we discus what warm fuzzies we have done that day, it can be saying a nice thing, helping someone out at school or home or just smiling at someone who you think might need it that day. Then we put the warm fuzzies in the jar.. Until last night. Our little Ivy took it off of the shelf and as I was cleaning up dinner I hear a crash. This is what I find.. Poor Ivy kept saying "sorry Mom", "sorry Mom", "Tape fix it", "make better". (not to mention I had just moped that floor 2 min earlier) We may just have to make a new one.. But this time I think I will get a plastic jar!

Traditions

2009-11-29T20:34:00.010-06:00

Every year since we have lived here we have gone to this awesome little Christmas Tree farm the Saturday after Thanksgiving to cut down our Christmas Tree. It seems that we are either traveling during the holidays or have Family visiting that it is hard to have our own Family traditions. This is one that we have been able to keep the few years we have been here. We are going to miss this little place!

After finding the "perfect" tree twice. (Other people thought it was the Perfect tree also and they were the ones that ended up taking them home) Russ was afraid I was going to fight one lady. I assured him that if she would just put down her saw I could totally take her. We ended up walking away and finding this little joy. I didn't have to fight anyone for it. The kids were not having fun anymore and just wanted me to pick one so they could go get more free hot coco.

Kanyon was our Lumber Jack this year.

They are thinking
"don't look at our tree
we cut it down fair and square, hurry Ivy sit on it!"

Santa even made a visit in the barn.

My Girl...

2009-11-20T10:05:00.006-06:00

There has been talk.. Talk that my blog is basically a "scrapbook of Ivy". So, maybe it is..

I took these yesterday spur of the moment. I can't resist. She is only this little once right?!

The Weekend

2009-11-10T19:12:00.011-06:00

It was such a beautiful weekend, instead of getting done the numerous things we have to get done around the house we went and hiked the "Devils Icebox". We went into the cave and had a great time. The boys saw a bat and that was the end of the cave for Eli. It has been so nice to have such nice weather.

For Sale

2009-11-05T15:08:00.003-06:00

No refunds or exchanges!

Haloween

2009-11-04T09:17:00.005-06:00

So, after Kanyon's incident the rest of Halloween went well. We had a great time at the ward party. Russ and I dressed up as the Swine Flu. (We were in a hurry and that was the best we could come up with) Ivy took to Trick or Treating like a pro. Elbowing out all of her competition on her way to the doors.

Old man, Kate Gossilin, Billy Mays, Napoleon &Deb, Workout duo, Swine Flu

Embarrassament!

2009-10-30T19:18:00.007-05:00

When you are in Fifth grade; and you Accidentally grab your First grade Brothers Costume thinking it was yours and realize it moments before you have to parade around your school is a Nightmare. Well, That happened to Kanyon today. Kanyon and Eli both have the same costume's but one is much smaller than the other. Kanyon was changing into his costume at school and realized when he couldn't fit his pants into it that something was VERY wrong. He didn't know what to do so he took his pants off squeezed himself into the costume and made the best of it. When I saw Eli parade by in a costume three times his size I knew what had happened. I ran to find Kanyon (laughing so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants) he was already parading in front of the whole school. I thought I should just take pictures to document this horrible moment in Fifth grade for him.

Here is when I noticed Eli was definitely wearing the wrong costume

Kanyon is hunched over because he can't stand up straight. Look at those ankles. Classic!

I wish you could experience it in its full glory like I did. Poor guy. His Teacher and I had a good laugh. He is still a little traumatized.

Family Time

2009-10-28T14:36:00.003-05:00

I made this desert for Family night the other night. It was a BUG hit. (Thanks Angela for the idea) They are just chocolate bowls with ice cream in them. The kids thought they were SO fun and SO easy to make. Then on too Pumpkin carving. Our house is pretty scary this year. I will take a picture of the outside and post it sometime.

New Camera/Grandma's Visit

2009-10-21T13:56:00.015-05:00

Most of you know that my beloved Camera was stolen from my car about a month ago. I have been very devastated about it until now. Our Home Owners Insurance replaced my camera and I LOVE it! I actually love it more than my last one. Here are a few pic's I have taken just trying it out and getting used to it. Also my Mom has been in town visiting. (Out of all the pictures I took I have zero of her, weird) Anyway, here are some pic's of our fun.

Corn Maze.

This is only after the first time Eli fell in the mud. He looked much worse by the end.

Amish Country

Random picture of the kids all huddled around the computer playing games.

Magic House

2009-10-13T12:14:00.002-05:00

We are trying to fit in all the stuff we haven't done in Missouri since we are moving next summer. The Magic house is one of the places we haven;t gone too yet. It was huge and exhausting and the kids didn't want to leave. The Adults couldn't get out of there fast enough.

Captian Underpants

2009-10-08T09:34:00.002-05:00

We have a sick sense of humor at our house. I think it has to do with all the boys running around in this place. I am now even finding fart jokes funny. Well, my boys love these books, Eli and I just finished this one and I laughed so hard through the whole thing. I couldn't wait for him and I to start reading it every night. If you have boys and have a distorted point of view about what is funny. You should go get these books. Hysterical!

Family Night

2009-10-05T20:25:00.004-05:00

Tonight during "family night" we discussed being prepared. Right as we sat down Russ yelled "fire drill" where we all jumped up ran outside to our family meeting spot the light post. After we were there we came back inside and talked for a bit about what to do in a fire etc then (getting the idea from the Friend magazine) we told the kids that they had two minutes to take whatever they thought they would need to be gone from the house for 72hrs. Maybe longer. After we all met in the car and drove out of the drive way we discussed what we all got. Here is the run down

Russ: Ivy and her shoes (thank goodness someone put her in the car we were all frantic)
72hr kits
keys to the car (Keys to the wrong car , luckily I had the right ones in my purse)

Jessica: Dried apples/peaches
Ivy's blanket
Diapers/wipes
Purse
Shoes

Kanyon: Blanket
Clean pair of socks
Clean pair of underwear (he has his priorities)
Shoes

Saul: Blanket
Huge box of Gold Fish crackers
Bakugan (If you don't know what these are you don't have boys)
No shoes

Eli: Blanket
Connect four game
No shoes

So if all else fails, Kanyon will have clean underwear and Saul and Eli will have a game to keep them occupied. I think we will try this again in a few weeks/months just to see if we can start to think about real survival.

Lake Powell 09

2009-09-20T14:25:00.009-05:00

No words, just pictures.

Fish Lake

2009-09-16T12:01:00.010-05:00

Fish Lake is probably our favorite trip of the year. Grandma Lu hooks us up with an amazing cabin and we stay up way too late laughing and playing games. The kids catch snakes, fish and play outside all day long. This year Eli got bit by a snake. I don't know if he will join in on the snake hunt next year. Beautiful weather and great company make for a fabulous Labor Day weekend. If only we didn't have to travel 20hrs to get there...

Saul Turned 9 while we were at Fish Lake.

Russ and his Brothers after a long early morning fishing trip.

Broken..

2009-09-03T11:05:00.003-05:00

Eli Broke his arm on Sunday. We were at a picnic at the park and Eli was on the top of the slide. As he started to go down he noticed a little tiny kid climbing up the slide at the bottom. Eli panicked in fear that he was going to hit the little kid and hurt him so he grabbed onto the side of the slide (not realizing how far up he was) and jumped off landing right on his wrist. After 5 1/2 hrs in the ER, Eli has a Buckle Fracture. He only needs to where the cast for 3 1/2 weeks. We got a water proof cast so on our trip to Lake Powell he could still swim. But we found out that he still can't get it in lake water.
Eli chose a Black cast. Not very exciting but they were out of Glow in the dark. He has been a trooper and if your going to brake your arm it might as well be doing something heroic.

The rest of the Trip

2009-09-02T09:42:00.008-05:00

I know this is a lot of pictures but I promise I did edit A LOT out.

This was probably my favorite place we visited in Hawaii. It was just a look out point on the road and we hiked down to the edge. It was Amazing!

We hiked to the top of the Diamond Head Crater - NOT a fun hike but totally worth it when you got to the top.

Pearl Harbor Memorial

A flea market where we spent way too much on overpriced souvenirs.

My second favorite place was this Botanical Garden we went too. Although we went after church and I wasen't expecting to hike around in new shoes. I got BAD blisters this day. I still am healing. No joke.

This is what it is all about for me.

We met up with some great friends we had in Medical School. They live in Hawaii now and are in the Army. It was fun to see them.

China Town. Crazy place.

This is what Russ's Mom got for Ivy from the trip. SO cute.

Eli & Saul Trying out the boogie board that we brought home.

Snorkeling and Pineapple Plantation Hawaii part 2

2009-08-30T20:15:00.010-05:00

Sharks Cove Snorkeling!
We didn't see a shark thank goodness!

That is the REAL bark.
Amazing!

Pineapple Ice cream!

Hawaii ~ Part 1

2009-08-28T11:16:00.013-05:00

I know it has taken a while. I feel like I can't catch up with everything. This will take a few posts but here is the first. These are not in any real order.

Russ's cute parents
came too.

Hiked to some falls

Bamboo Forest

This was when the Hurricane.. or, really the Tropical storm hit. Everyone was so worried and it turned out to be nothing. This is from the city bus window.
LOTS MORE TO COME!!

The begining of THE TRIP...

2009-08-25T18:59:00.010-05:00

Before I get to Hawaii I need to show the before. We had tons of fun with cousins before Russ and I headed out.

Hiking to Mt. Timp Cave

This is how we all felt...

I know, I know..

2009-08-24T13:58:00.002-05:00

I know I have been back for almost a week now and still don't have pictures or all the funny stories from our month long trip. Let me just say that there are about 400 amazing (if I do say so myself) pictures begging to be put into a montage; but my card reader is holding my pictures hostage.. I am beside myself about it. I took my card into a camera shop today and they are trying to recover them for me. I guess my card has been "corrupted". Of course it has; just because I went to Hawaii and took my camera everywhere and now I can't even look at my pics. Also today is the first day of school and I couldn't even get a picture of my boys... Even though it would look like every other picture they have because they refused to where their new clothes. Like it is not cool to have creases in your shirts. They don't want to look like they care what they look like. Anyway, I will hopefully get my pictures back tomorrow and show them off then.

Don't be too Jealous..

2009-07-21T15:42:00.001-05:00

We are off so spend a few weeks in Utah and 10 days in Hawaii. See you when we get back. Aloha!

What we do in the Summertime

2009-07-13T12:00:00.006-05:00

Saul and Eli have been going to Summer School. Kanyon decided he didn't want to go this year so us three have been finding activities to do.

Give it up for CEU!

2009-07-10T13:51:00.004-05:00

Just a shout out to my favorite College. (Well, the only college I went too) Met my Husband there, sluffed classes playing sipa all day, skipped work to hang out at the dorms, bleached Russ's hair for the first time. CEU was a definite party school. Best years of my life were spent there! Besides the years that followed of course. Russ and I both fantisize about how great those days were. These are good too but, those days were freedom. I have been waiting to put this on Ivy for yrs now and it finally fits. I was worried she might grow out of it before halloween so why not let her wear it anytime. Ahhh nastolgia...

I know she looks constipated in this picture. But she was dancing and doing a cheer. It just looks painful.