Family Christmas Fun!

Beach Family Christmas Party

My cute parents and Santa (aka: my nephew Hunter)

The love of my life... my very own Christmas present that just keeps on giving.. I love you babe!

My family had the traditional Christmas party this year... it's always a lot of fun getting together with everyone.. nephews and nieces we don't see often enough.. (most are grown or almost grown adults now - WOW, I feel old!)

A night of good company, laughter and fun.. The funniest part of the night is when my 14 year old nephew dressed up in the Santa Suit and played the big man himself! The funniest part about this was I think Jene really did believe it was the real Santa.. she was so excited!

Santa and I...

My only child at 2 that is completely enthralled by Santa! She followed him all over the house!

Becoming best little friends...

Jurnee would have nothing to do with sitting on Santa's lap.. so no picture of her.. I think she hid when all of this was going on.. again.. having 4 kids, i can't remember everything..

Janson was way embarassed that Santa kept following him around for a picture.. so funny!

My nephew Josh and I... I love this Kid!

My nephew Casey, his woman Rian, and Santa... They are soooo cute..

My family is lucky enough to have their very own nurses.. Nurse Beach and Nurse Wallin is how we are identified.. I love this Nurse... I am lucky enough to be working at the same company as her now.. kinda fun to be running into each other more often now! Love ya Tam!

Can you say CIRCUS!

Awhile back my Parents asked if they could take Jace and Jene to the circus. They took Jurnee and Janson by themselves when they were young, and wanted Jace and Jene to be able to have a turn. They took me, as well, cause taking two young kids at their age is not exactly easy.

We went Saturday morning. The show was at 11! The kids did not have any idea until we got there. Jene has never been and Jace has only been when he was about 1! They were so excited. Of course, Grandma and Grandpa spoiled them with lots of treats (popcorn, m&ms, sprite, lollipops, snow cones, cotton candy & toys).

Jace was not sure what to expect. He is a little sensitive and got a little nervous in the big crowd, and when the announcer came on and said there would be 'periods when all the lights would be out'. Jace started to cry because he thought it was going to be pitch black. What the announcer failed to mention was that there would be at least one spotlight on in the arena. Anyhow, he was fine, and loved the circus. He thought the clowns were really funny, and he thinks he wants to be a clown for Halloween now! He thought it was pretty cool. He loved the motorcycle cage! They put 7 motorcycles in this cage at one time! It was amazing!

Jene loved all the treats, did a lot of musical chairs/laps, and loved all the parts of the circus that had to deal with ponies/horses/ or ELEPHANTS! She loved loved loved the elephants and horses. She would sit up and clap her hands and get so excited to see them come in. She would even clap and say, "Yay" everytime they would do something or finish their act. IT was super cute. Now, if only they kept an elephant or horse on the floor the whole time, she would have WATCHED the whole thing. She wasn't to into the funny acts, cool stunt performers, trapeze artists, dancers, etc... what she was into was going PEE at least 5 times during the circus! That was a lot of fun.. let me tell you....

We walked over to the triad center afterwards because Jene and Jace wanted to see the water fountains. At least this helped us miss all the traffic, or most of it anyways. We ended the fun afternoon at Olive Garden for lunch. It was a nice lunch and a great way to counteract all the SWEETS we ate.

The kids are still talking about it and carrying around their lighted toys. They have had to have all their juice out of their clown cups! And they keep looking at the book saying, "he was funny", "I saw that", "that was cool", "Elephants". Great memories for them, and what better memories than with Grandma and Grandpa!

Thanks Mom & Dad for the Great Day and Afternoon! The kids and I had a lot of fun..and really appreciate it a lot!!

State Fair Fun

Janson Turns 10!

Janson turned 10 on September 10th! Wow! This kid is absolutely amazing!

For his birthday he wanted to go to the STATE FAIR! I did not oblige at all, I LOVE THE FAIR! We had a great time. Our good friends Mark and Mari went with us, and we had an amazing time. It was a week night, so it was not busy, all the displays were still up.. it was a lot of fun! We love fair food! It was extremely over priced, but still yummy. Jason even tried a deep fried snickers! He and Mari said it was FABULOUS!

Some cool things about Janson:

• He has a funny personality (he is a comedian)


• He is a math wizard


• He hates to put things in "ABC" order (alphabetical)


• He is a sports fanatic!


• He can name off sport statistics without even hesitating


• He loves playing soccer and football


• He always, always, always has to be wearing socks


• He is an excellent swimmer


• He is a great big brother (especially to his little sister)!


• He loves to hang out with his friends


• He has a heart of gold


• He is very sensitive


• He loves to hang out with his friends


• He loves CANDY.. so much that he had 4 cavities and has to get two teeth pulled!


• He loves to eat


• He loves soda (oops.. i don't set a very good example for my kids...)


• He loves to cheer for the opposite team that his dad does (makes jason so mad)


• He loves attention, especially from his dad


• He loves to swim and be in the water


• He loves to Kneeboard and WAKEBOARD


• He hates to do his chores
• He loves to play practical jokes (especially with things that shock you)


• You have to ask him 10 times to do something


• He is very sweet


• He picks on his brother quite a bit
• He loves MONEY!


• He loves to change his clothes and leave them on the floor wherever he is.. drives me nuts


• He does not like to pick up after himself


• He loves to play xbox


• He rocks on guitar hero and rock band


• He loves his Mohawk Hair do!

WE LOVE YOU JANSON AND HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR! Enjoy life while you are young, live it up little man! You are the best!