~The BeCk 5~

Been Way Too Long!

2011-07-06T15:14:00.002-06:00

Life isn't always what it seems. I know that i haven't been posting in a long time. Because i felt that if i just didn't put it out there i could keep my head in the sand and not believe. Although sooner or later you have to come up for air and see that things are still there waiting for you to deal.
I have had to do this more then i care to say. First with one of my kiddos, that was harder then anyone would ever know! Almost a full year of hell, yet we came out the other side! Then just when i felt the right paths have been chosen something else hits me square between the eyes!
We are here to help out our parents when the times comes. This isn't something i take lightly at all! My parents a good people (all four of them). I will do anything to help each of them at anytime! They each have had a hand in raising me to be the woman i am today. I don't believe they did a bad job at all!
There are many people whom don't understand why i feel this way with my other Dad. Yes we have a very bad past. One that i have chose to forgive him and move on from the ugly past. If i can do this that is all that should matter. I will be in his corner just as he has been for me through out the last four years. This isn't always easy by any means but it comes from a daughters love.
So at this time i am trying to help him out any way that i can with everything going on in his life. But i'm also trying to be there for my Mom too! This isn't easy when your burning at both ends to try and keep the peace!
I am happy to say that Dylan has graduated from high school and is heading off to UVU the first part of Aug. I'm so very proud of him! I know what an amazing man he has become and seems to grow more so everyday. I feel that he turned out wonderful even when there was so many pot holes he had in his road of life. He will go on to do many AWESOME things in his life, and i will be there to cheer him on the whole way!!!
Devin is heading into High School with all the excitement and fear hat comes along with it. He's also coming into his own in so many other ways. He loves to work with his hands and just made a paddle for his scout trip, and it turned out AWESOME!! He makes me happy and proud with everything he does!
Rachel is still the bull headed young lady that she has always been. I sometimes don't know how i make it through yet another day with out banging my head on a brick wall. She's also a great help when she is in the mood or wants something. Out of the three of them she's the one that pushes the limits. I couldn't see my life with out her in it that's for sure! Love her even on the bad days!
So that is life here in Beck world. Not at it best.....Not as it worse either!

2009-10-08T01:07:00.002-06:00

Well Dylan is now 17 (as of the 6th) so does that mean that I am becoming old.....Um that's a BIG NO!!! Sorry to say but you are only as old as you feel and i don't feel old at all!
In other news Justian is still waiting to see if the military will keep paying him so that he can get his other shoulder done, hope to know something really soon!
The kiddos are all just growing like no other and going to school. Each one of them seem to be moving right along. Football season is well underway and so there is at least one game a week around here for this family. But you know LOVE FOOTBALL so it's all good!
So that is the short story around here:)

Memories Of The Best Kind....

2009-05-02T22:48:00.002-06:00

Yesterday evening while the breeze was at it's best i had to run to the video store. As i walked out to my Explorer i cought the most amazing smell and had to stop and really take it in. The lilic bush next store. I don't know how long i just stood there either. Well any way have you ever had one of those moments when something from your childhood that you loved comes flying back???? I did and it brought happy tears to my eyes.....yeah i know corny but true!
Any how in my grandparents back yard where i grew up we had the most beautiful big lilic bushes. I loved that when i would get on my swing and start to just get going up so high i would be able to really smell them for some reason. Or later on as i got older i would just lay out there while the breeze would be going and just take in the smell of them. So this is one of my most favorite smells in the world from growing up! It really made me miss my childhood home....where i was always safe and felt the most love! My grandpa is still there and i go when ever i get north....but it just doesn't seem often enough any more!!
I have a small bush on the side of my house that no matter what i do i can't seem to get it to bloom hardly at all. (Yard work is so far from my faovrite thing to do)This makes me very sad.....but hey i can't even keep a house plant alive! So I'm very happy to have the one that i get to smell from a far every year.
I have no idea why I have such a girlie girl thing i have going right now.....Memories can't live life with out them!:)

Meet the new member of our family!

2009-04-07T00:22:00.003-06:00

We went and pcked up our newest member of the famiy. We have been waiting to bring her home for a couple of weeks now. So here she is.............

Xena our BEAUTIFUL black pug! And also one of her and Mojo meeting for the very first time.

Jusitan's Big Day!

2009-03-31T19:27:00.005-06:00

Well Justian was bapisted on last Saturday. It was a WONDERFUL the whole family was there to support him! My Dad gave the opening prayer and Dylan gave the talk on Baptism. He had our home teacher perform his baptism for him. Of course our two favorite missionaries where there too!:)

After we went to my parents house to have cake and ice cream. Rachel and Devin made him two different cakes to celebrate with. :) They did a very good job to it was way YUMMY!

So to all those of you that missed it we would have loved to have you there with us!!

Next Saturday

2009-03-22T22:33:00.002-06:00

Well as of next Saturday Justian will be a full member of the LDS Church! He has worked so hard for this for so long now it is such a WONDERFUL thing! I was thinking about it and wish that i was able to throw together some kind of lunch for after but i just don't see that happening at all. But the most important thing is that he is getting to go forward with this after the long wait!
So we will be dunking him at 12:00pm at the 1st ward if anyone would like to be there. I will be taking pictures to post so i wlill be sharing some time next week! I'm so very HAPPY for him!

Just Got The News....

2009-03-14T17:11:00.002-06:00

Justian was just told last night after months of teachings and going through everything with Dylan that it's a GO!
He will be getting Baptised into the church!!!! We are now just trying to work out the date and then go from there. He is way HAPPY to be able to go forward with being a member!
I will try and post the info when we have it.
We so CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

IT MUST BE IN THE AIR DOWN HERE......

2009-03-09T16:02:00.005-06:00

Okay so here it is after just a few days before this happend i had said none of my kids have ever cut their own hair......can you say JINX! After going with my Mom to enrichment last week we came home to do homework. Rach was cutting pictures from magazines to put on her soundbag. When i looked on the floor next to her i found this....

I thought that i was going to have a heart attack i tell you what! When i asked her if she cut her hair she told me no i didn't....then she looked at what i had in my hand...that is when her story changed. I didn't want to do it i was just cutting and the hair got in the way.......

I took a good look and knew that i was in for a short new hair cut for her....not that i minded she hates her hair done! Then with her in tears knowing Daddy would be home soon and see she said sorry...take me to shower...NOW!!!! So after all being said and done her being more upset then anyone...including Daddy! The next day she stayed home from school to get her hair cut and the dreaded shot for school that she needed. Leading her new WAY TOO CUTE hair style she likes to call the pixie cut i always wanted!

I told her next time just ask for a hair cut and we can get one for you....NO MORE SISSORS FOR RACHEL!!! I have to say I really likes it too though!

New News.....

2009-02-28T17:16:00.003-07:00

Wow what a last couple of weeks we have had here! My parents have moved out of their house and i have been helping them get all that done, either by helping with the move or watch the kiddos all here. It has made for a really long week that is for sure!!!
Kayla has moved back to FL to try and work things out with her Mom and Stepdad. Along with any others that she had issues with. I was really SAD to see her go but i totally understood her reasons and stand behind her for it. She is going about everything the right way that is for sure.
We are starting the moving of bedrooms around here. Now that Dylan decided to stay with my parents and not come home. (this is something i feel okay about because we will be able to slowly work together as a family to build it better) First we have to shampoo Dylan's room for Devin to move into it. We just painted it last summer so it looks good and colors Devin likes. Then Rachel get's to pick out what color to paint her "new" Room (Devin's old one) then shampoo her carpets and then i get to move all my craft stuff into her old room and then the frontroom entry way will be just that not everything else.
I'm really not lookinf forward to all the moving of things but the painting part i don't have a problem with at all! I love to do things like that. I hope to have the extra money to paint the craft room. Because i'm going to put the top bunk from Devin's set in there for a spare bed and i want it to look nice. I really love being able to make changes to my house..make it even more us! I think i already know the color i want to do in there....just not sure. Will have to post pictures when i get all this started.
Any how that is what has been up here in Beck Land as of late......

Is it the weekend yet????

2009-02-05T17:31:00.007-07:00

Justian has Guard this weekend and I think that i'm going to just be lazy and do a whole lot of nothing. He will be here in Fillmore they don't have to drill in Beaver this month....Thank God! We have to pay for him to travel and it totally sucks when we are low on funds right now. Although he just loves to sleep in the Armory.....hahaha!

A couple of weeks ago our niece got baptised in Meadow. She was so happy and still has a smile on her face! Here is a picture of the kiddos there (the best that we could get with them all in it anyway) Devin with Joe on his lap,Rori,Rachel,Dylan with Nash on his lap.

Devin had been at his scout camp the night before and me being the mean mom that i am i took this on the way to the church.....Yeah he was way sleepy and couldn't keep his eyes open.

Then being even more mean i woke him with the camera ready to take his picture again....LOL!

Needless to say i just don't think he will trust me to nap in a truck or car ever again...But with the way that he sleeps i don't think he will be able to help it at all.

about two weeks ago Rachel had fun hair day at school, this is where they could do all kinds of fun things to their hair and come to school. Well we were at my parents house and Kayla had come in from school just as Rachel was letting me finish her hair up and thought it would be fun to join in and do hers....although i didn't get pictures of Rachels i did get some of Kayla's....LOL! Have to say i don't know which one is loving the big sister role more out of the two of them!

We will be up North over the following weekend to get our taxes done, at least to Provo anyway and with any luck all the way to Salt Lake. Here's to finding out how much money we have to put on bills....LOL!

So that is how life is in the slow lane.....See you all on the flip side!

Have a Happy!

How About That Superbowl....

2009-02-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

Well i really wouldn't know much about the game. After church the kiddos and i went over to my parents house and Justian stayed home, he's still really sick so he really hadn't been out of bed. For the last almost week i have been helping my Mom put together some small scrapbooks for her sister that past away last years Father and best friend. It has been one heck of a chore but i will be happy when they are done! She hasn't wanted to let me get all funky with them like i would if i was to do them.....so it's been really dragging for me!
I so wish that i would have taken my camera.....note to self DO NOT leave purse at home when going places!!! My Dad and Rachel made cookies last nigh, no this isn't uncommon but it is funny to watch so it would have be GREAT to get some snapshots!
So that is our Superbowl Sunday for ya......Oh such Fun!

Welcome to Our Jungle....

2009-01-30T16:54:00.000-07:00

I have thought about doing this for some time now and just got around to it. This will be a place for family and friends to get to check out how things are going here in our lives. The name has been picked out for some time and i have now added one more kiddo to our family.....although she is 18 years old and always has been in my thoughts! She is the daughter i gained from my first marriage. I may have divorced her Father and lost touch with her. But she has never left my heart or thoughts!

We are all going about life the way that we always have. The kiddos are all going to school and doing well. Justian drives for a dairy out of Delta although has been laid off until spring time. I'm still the at home Wife and Mom pulling my hair out from time to time.

So here is the family each one alone.....

Justian

Randa

Dylan

Devin

Rachel

Kayla

Any how that is life in the slow lane at this time.