Oh my Heck! Check out that icicle!

Okay, Steve woke up yesterday morning (well, almost lunch time as he worked the swing shift the night before) and he found this

Yeah, it broke our fence. This is the privacy fence right off our patio. Good times in Utah. See what you're missing you Floridians!

Okay, so Steve and I have been diligently (well I'm much more diligent then Steve, of course you knew that) trying to loose weight! I hit my 20 pound mark today!!!!!! That's my halfway mark people and I only did it in 7 weeks. Dang if I'm not going to look great on that jet ski this summer! Steve has done great also, he has lost around 15-17 pounds, we're not positive because he keeps adjusting the scale. I weigh myself at work, so it's a sure thing. I'm really proud of Steve though, because self control of what he ingest into his body is very difficult for him. He's really done a great job!

So Trenton got a haircut last weekend. Sorry I do not have a picture for you, I will try to remember next time. But anyway, it is spikey in top. He is so cute! Every morning he hurries to get dressed for school and then he promptly searches me out with gel in hand and says, "Can you please do this?" Well after a couple days of gel, I realized that if I just wetted it down,the gel from the previous day just came back to life. So I didn't put any gel in it the other day and boy was he not convinced. He was so worried all day that it was going to go flat and after we got home from school that night, he begged me to put some more in before we went any place else. I know he's a boy cause I changed his diapers for so long, oh and he pee's in my face a few times, but my heck!

Britney is as beautiful as ever. She told me she would run a 5K race with me this summer. We will start training for it when the weather gets better. She's going to kill me, she's so tuff. Steve has been exercising downstairs and Trenton has worked out with him a few times, but the other day Britney joined them. She out did both of them on sit-ups and push-ups, never broke a sweat and never slowed down. That girl might look like nothing, but she is solid to the core. So anyway, I don't want her to loose it, so I thought maybe running together would help keep her going. I'll let you know if I end up in the hospital.

So I guess what we've basically learned here is that we have a prissy boy and an tough girl. Hey, at least they're happy!

Love ya'll

It's been a long winter and it's only half over.

Hi all! Well, we have been very busy at the Beasley home, hence the delay in updating this beautiful blog!

Christmas was fun. Everyone here got pretty much what they asked for (not big dreamers). We really had a great holiday and enjoyed spending it with friends and family. Our home-made gifts were a big hit. Trenton made Britney a shelf to hang in her room. It has a birdhouse and 2 birds on it. She loves it. Britney made Trenton a camoflauge pillowcase - which she sewed mostly by herself, and she also made a stuffed animal - a monkey. Okay - that was a crisis for mom. Actually, I panicked and begged my little sister Kellie to help her make it - THANK YOU KELLIE!

So see this monkey - there are a ton of parts. Anyway, Kellie could only spend 2 days with Britney and that didn't finish the product, so I had to finish it. I sat down in front of the sewing machine, looked at that monkey and almost cried. Someone told me one time that Heavenly Father knows how to sew. So I would pray really hard and then do a step, and then pray really hard and do another step. The Lord really can sew, because I have no idea what I did, but it did get finished, and quite well I might add.
Anyway, Steve made me a shelf that I can hang a quilt from - love it! And I made Steve.....well, I took an old metal milk jug that he want's to save forever because it belonged to his grandfather. So I painted it white, stenciled animals on it in grean and then put this shrubbery flower arangement in the top of it. FABULOUS! He loves it of course.

So we just got done with Britney's birthday. She is 10! How did that happen. We did an Around the World slumber party. Her invitations were airline tickets. When her friends showed up, we had them be seated in the airplane. Steve was the piolet, Trenton the co-piolet, and I was the Stewardess - of course.

Steve was halarious and had the girls laughing the whole time. At one point he grabbed a balloon and when we went to land he yelled, "Oh no, a flat tire!" and popped the balloon. It scared us all to death. Trenton about fell out of his chair he was laughing so hard. It was great.

So anyway, we went to Italy for dinner, Africa for a safari, China for fishing, France for a fashion show and make-over, and Mexico for a fiesta. We had them busy forever and didn't eat cake and ice-cream until 11:00. By the time they got in bed, they were so tired they were out like little lights. We had fun, but glad it is over.

So I guess I better call this quits or no one is going to ever try to read my epistle again. Love ya all. Have a great February, cause knowing me I won't write again until March.

Well, we are well on our way to Christmas! My sisters and I went shopping the day after Thanksgiving as usual - our favorite day of the year. We shopped down in Salt Lake this year, it was different but still a lot of fun. Of course I think everyone is crazy at 4 in the morning.

We made our gingerbread houses on Monday. Trenton and I went with the more traditional look, while Britney and Steve opted for the Red Neck gingerbread house

We had a lot of fun. The kids are great ages and Steve and I are just trying to hang on to every moment we have with them.

We started this tradition last Christmas that we draw names betweent the four of us and whosever's name we get, we have to make them a present and we only get $15.00 to spend on the materials. We did this last year mostly because we didn't have a lot of money, but after we saw how much the kids loved it, well.....it's tradition now. Last year when we opened these gifts, the kids didn't care at all about what they were getting, they were just so excited to watch the person who's gift they had made open it, it really helped them understand what "giving" is and I felt like it made Christmas meaningful. So anyway, we did our shopping for it today and everyone is really excited about what they are doing.

We had our Primary Sacrament Meeting program a couple of weeks ago and the kids did really good. They both had a speaking part and did great! Britney even got to tell a personal story.

Well, to close with I'm going to try to plug in a picture of us when we were in Yellowstone this last summer. We had so much fun there.

Well, this is my first time at blogging, so be gentle, okay. We had a lot of fun in October, but are wondering where it went. I am now 37 and Trenton is a whopping 7 years old, can you beleive it? He's just huge too. He had a great birthday, hopefully I can figure out how to post some of those pictures. He wanted an army guy party. For those of you that are unaware, Trenton is dedicated to being a Marine when he grows up. Anyway, we made marshmallow guns at his party, they were a huge hit.

We went Trick or Treating of course on Halloween. Trenton was an army guy (what else), Britney was a Mummy - I thought her white hair added really well to the costume, and I was a clown. Steve could hardly even look at me while I was in costume. When I took of the orange wig, he finally gave me a kiss. Apparently he has something against redheads - hope that's not offensive to anyone. Of course once you see the picture of me, you might actually have a greater understanding of his dislike of the clown.

We are doing great! Parent, Teacher conferences are this week. I'll just brag right here. Britney got almost straight 4's (4's are the highest they go) on her report card and Trenton got all 3's and 4's. They are doing so good and we are really proud of them. Britney's favorite subjects are reading and math. Trenton's favorite subjects are of course recess and lunch. Boy that kid can eat.

We had them make out their Christmas lists the other day. Britney wants a baby sister and Trenton wants a baby brother. The difference between boys and girls amazes me. Trenton's list was well......a list. Britney's on the other hand, was a list with an explanation by almost every item as to why she would like it or how disappointed or not disappointed she would be without it. Oh my gosh, its halarious. For example, she writes: puppy, but if you can not get one, I don't really care.

Anyway, hope the holiday season finds everyone well. Have a great week!