Month: November 2024

5/25/24

Mom discovered a new blueberry farm so we went first thing in the morning:

It’s early in the picking season:

But we found plenty of ripe and ready blueberries:

We had a youth trip to the beach and we all decided to go in the evening rather than the high sun heat of the day. We arrived around 4pm:

The beach was perfect and most of the people were leaving rather than arriving like us!

The Happy Couple:

The Driaza family were all set up and we joined them:

The Tanners, Engebretsons, and Lawtons came too! We had several body boards to ride the waves:

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset!

Going to the beach in the evening is great!

5/21/24

Happy Birthday Luna. Let’s have some fun! Luna loves to:

Luna loves to:

Luna loves:

Frosty Paws Dog Ice cream is a big hit for her birthday!:

Lizzy and Rachel made Luna a toy:

Happy Birthday Luna! We love you so much!!

5/15/24

This time it was the Young Men’s turn to Teach the Young Women some things. They taught us how to catch and throw a baseball:

How to tie a tie:

How to play a piano:

And taught us about caring for people with diabetes:

Good job guys!

5/12/24

Another iconic card from Lizzy:

Cooling towels are an excellent gift indeed in Florida!

Rachel’s turn:

A beautiful handmade card from Rachel:

Rachel put a lot of work and artistry into this card:

Pedicure tools:

A yummy smelling candle!

Mom was very happy!

Mom looked pretty excited about the contents:

Dark chocolate of course:

More fitness equipment for too:

Mom had to try it out of course!:

Mom’s friend Brooke Madson sent her this book:

5/11/24

Rachel had an assignment that put her artistic skills to work:

Yes, she got an A!

4/20/24

Rachel wanted Taco Bell for her birthday celebration so we went there right after picking her up from work (Bageland). Earlier in the day Mom went to several different places in order to surprise Rachel with a sampling of cheesecakes, being one of Rachel’s favorite deserts:

What to wish for??:

Now to tatse test!

Time for gifts. Lizzy first:

Mom and Dad of course got gifts for Rachel too:

Mom got Rachel one other gift:

Rachel has been wanting to take care of our neighborhood squirrels:

Yes, there is special squirrel food out there:

Happy Birthday Rachel from Grandpa Ed and Grandma Joyce:

Rachel was so happy with every gift!

Grandma and Grandpa Beck sent a very nice card:

And a special book mark gift:

Happy Birthday Rachel from Grandpa and Grandma Beck!

We all love you so much Rachel!

04/21/24

Today is Rachel’s actual birthday so we wished her Happy Birthday again:

4/22/24

Rachel wasted no time in getting her drivers permit!!

Passed easily due to all the studying and preparation:

Also look who’s enjoying the new feeding station:

4/17/24

We did a fun combined youth activity where we taught the young men how to comb and braid our hair and how to paint our nails!

Zach painted his sister Lily’s nails!

Now that was a fun activity!

4/13/24

Lizzy, Rachel and Mom went shopping for the dress:

Rachel helped with hair and make-up:

All dressed and ready:

Photo opp with parents:

Rachel escorted her out:

Sister Lewis and sister Michael drove her to the Stake Center for LDS Prom because their grandson was also going to prom and they wanted to take pictures of him too. Brother Lewis helped too:

Chauffeur style treatment:

Thank you Sister Lewis and Sister Michael for taking Lizzy to prom!

4/06/24

We invited the Araque’s over for conference:

Do you think we had enough food?

3/30/24

For our family the Easter Bunny always comes on the Saturday before Easter:

The Easter Bunny filled our baskets again this year!

A nice mixture of treats and beauty products:

Everyone has there favorite things:

Mom is the Easter Bunny’s helper so she wasn’t too surprised:

Dad snuck in something extra for Mom:

03/31/24

Happy Easter Sunday! First we went to church:

The Easter service was very nice!

We were invited to the Fleshners house for Easter dinner (Mom’s friend Dimple and Lizzy’s friend Mira). We made these fancy deviled eggs and white chocolate covered strawberries:

They had an Easter Egg hunt:

The little kids had fun:

The teens and adults had fun too:

We had a very nice Easter with friends and family!