Sledding!

We all met at Grandma and Grandpa's house and we spent the day yesterday and today sledding! It was a blast- my Grandpa got on his tractor and piled snow where it was needed to fix our tubing track, I think he had just as much fun as we did! We had tons of tubes and a pretty sweet track, although it sucked climbing up the hill to slide down, it was totally worth it! After our legs were numb from climbing the hill, we tied 3 tubes to the back of the four-wheeler and Mike pulled us around in the fields, it was ROUGH! I don't think anyone walked away without a battle scar- but it was awesome!! I couldn't post any pictures of the four-wheeler pull because it was too brutal and there was no way I could stop holding on to take a picture.. and because my camera died. Here are some of us while we're tubing though! You can just see in this one, Tim is so wanting to send Cass down the hill- poor kid!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa, we had a blast!

*The Greatest gift of all*

We had a great Christmas at the Beesley home this year. On Christmas eve, we came home to a few gifts from neighbors and friends sitting on our porch (thanks everyone).. anyway, there was one gift that stood out from the rest: I don't know if you can see the tag, but it says, to the Beesley family, "The Greatest Gift of all", and *open very last*. Well if any of you know me, you know that I LOVE Christmas and I can't stand the anticipation of waiting to open gifts- its terrible! Anyway, so I talked Tim into letting me open it anyway and this is what was inside:

It said, From: Jesus Christ, The greatest gift of all, "Eternal Life".. When I opened this, Tim and I just looked at eachother- it was really hard to find words. I had been so excited just to open gifts, I had overlooked what is most important. I can honestly say, that was "the greatest gift of all" so whoever left that on our door step, thank you so much!!

Here are a few pictures of Kray on Christmas...

What a weekend!!

So this weekend was super busy. We actually had 3 parties this weekend, and attended all of them! Friday night was Tylyn's 1st Birthday party- can I just say he got everything and then some! It was so fun to see him with all of those toys and eating his cute little backhoe cake that his creative mom made for him. He is just such a sweet little boy, I can't believe he's one already!

Saturday before my family Christmas party we stopped in at the Mt. Pleasant city drawing.. I was totally hoping for some super cool prize, but instead Tim won a 6 month subscription to the pyramid and a DVD about Highway 89- so if any of you need a great gift for your Dad or Grandpa just give me a call, I can hook you up with a very informative DVD that they may just love! Anyway, after the drawing we headed over to Fairview for a Marsh Christmas party-- this is always a blast. We always play the gift game where you take one out of the middle and you can take someone else's gift if you want it.. So I ended up with a crock pot (I have 2 already) and Tim ended up with the set of Maglite flashlights that we took to the party. The gift game was fun, but my favorite part was seeing my family- We had all 5 generations there! I just love them all so much!

Great-Great Grandma Marsh, Great-Grandma Connie, Grandma Lori, Mom (me) & Mckray

Lacee & Aibree are in the one below.

Me, my Mom and Lace- LOVE these two!!

And me with my boys!! I LOVE, LOVE them!

Sunday night, we had the Beesley Christmas party. It was so much fun, we had such a yummy dinner, cooked by everyone.. then we played the little gift game, which I then ended up with a remote control car-not just any car, this one can climb the walls.. it is SO COOL!!

Tim got Yatzee (spelling?)- which now I can probably talk him into playing a game with me- yay! We had such an awesome weekend- we are so blessed to have such wonderful families to share this season with!

KRAY UPDATE: He now giggles like crazy when you tickle him- I LOVE IT! :)

Also, things are going to be so busy the next couple of days, so I just wanted to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Love you all!

Happy 3-Monthday Kray!!

Today Mckray is 3 months old! I can't believe how fast time flies..

He brings so much happiness into our lives- Can't imagine our lives without him! We love you SO much Kray-bug!!

Mckray's Blessing

Yesterday was Mckray's blessing, it was perfect! He was blessed by his daddy, with his grandpa and uncles standing in. It was such a wonderful blessing- I am so grateful that Tim holds the priesthood and was able to bless our son. Close friends and family also helped make this such a special day for our family. What a blessing to have such wonderful people in our lives.

Here's a picture of Mckray in his blessing outfit-

-he is just so much fun!!

*Getting to know your Christmas tag*

Thanks Cath!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real of course, I've never had an artificial tree
3. When do you put up the tree? The weekend after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? As soon as I have time, usually the weekend after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? No
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably my big barbie house that my mom made for me
7. Hardest person to buy for? Tim's parents, they have everything!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, I got it last year from my BFF Jenn and I absolutely LOVE it!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I've never done any.. but if I did, I would probably just mail them
11. Favorite Christmas Movie? Definately ELF
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? The day after Thanksgiving- BLACK FRIDAY
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Uhmm, nope
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas Eve dinner
15. Lights on the tree? Of course, clear ones
16. Favorite Christmas song? Thats a hard one, I love all Christmas songs..
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel, we're pretty busy visiting both families
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Who can't?
19. Angel on the tree top or a star?A star
20. Open the presents Christmas eve or Christmas day? We usually open one on Christmas eve, and the rest on Christmas morning
21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? I don't know, I love this time of year. Theonly thing that ever really bugs me is when people make it all about the presents- come on people!
22. Favorite ornament theme and color? I love the antique looking ornaments and colors
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Probably ham and potatoes and gravy
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? I don't know for sure, I really need

some new tennis shoes though.
25. Favorite Christmas Tradition? Going sledding on Christmas eve day with my family and caroling that night with Tims family!

I Tag: Shae, Chanda, Aubrey & Annalee

Tis the Season..

Well with Thanksgiving here and gone, the holiday season has arrived. We've had such a busy but fun weekend. It started on Thursday- Thanksgiving.. First we went to Tim's aunts house, then went to my Grandma's later that afternoon for another feast :) All of my family was there, it was so fun to see everyone, especially my cousins new little (but very chubby) baby boy.. he's just 3 weeks older than Mckray! Here's a picture of Mckray and Bryson laying on the floor, they can't play with eachother yet, but give them a year and they'll be out of control! :)

After we were all done eating, the men watched the football game, while the girls looked thru the ads for "BLACK FRIDAY" Its a tradition for all of us girls to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving for all of the awesome deals!

So with our shopping lists at hand, we woke up at about 3:00 am Friday morning and headed for Provo. Sears was our first stop, followed by Kmart, JC Penny, a bunch of little stores in the mall, Target, Shopko, Babies R us and Roxy/Quiksilver.. In between all of this, we went and ate at IHOP- I LOVE their pancakes. So here's a picture of everyone at breakfast- I had to take the picture with my phone since I had left my camera at home.

Well after a 12 hour day of shopping we were all SO tired and ready to go home..

Saturday Tim and I woke up, he made me breakfast (he's just so dang sweet) then we got all bundled up to go and cut down our Christmas tree! We met Lacee and Colter and my mom and dad in Fairview and drove to the place where we could get our trees. After hiking the side of the mountain we finally found one, and I LOVE it! Afterwards, Tim went trap shooting while Mckray and I stayed at my moms and helped her put up her Christmas decorations. When Tim was done shooting he picked us up, we went home and got ready for the Mt. Pleasant lighting. Mt. Pleasant did a new thing this year, they had closed Main Street, and all of the businesses did little games, Santa was there, a choir and hot chocolate.. So we bundled up once again and headed for Main Street. Here is a picture of Mckray all bundled, he was so snuggly!!!

When we got home from the lighting, we put our tree up, and decorated it- It was so much fun.. the whole time Mckray just sat there and looked at the lights, his eyes were so big!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.. and tell you how grateful I am for each of you and your friendship. I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends who are so good to me. Especially my wonderful husband who would do anything for Mckray and I. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and the blessings he has been gracious enough to give to me and my family. I hope that you all have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! :)

Family pictures and one AMAZING husband!

A couple of weeks ago, we had our family pictures taken with Tims family. Well we finally got them back yesterday, so last night was a reconstruction night at the Beesley home! I had everything pulled off of the walls so we could rearrange and put our new family pictures up, plus I added a few new decorations. If any of you know Tim.. he hates change, especially when I'm changing things in the house every few months (I can't help it! :), needless to say he was NOT very excited when I told him our plans for the evening! But he just took a deep breath and headed for his tools!

So here are some of our family pictures..

And here are the pictures of our evening of measuring, hammering and hanging!

My poor husband- You can see how much fun he's having with me directing orders.. He's such a trooper! Love you babe!!

I know I'm cheesing it, but I'm so excited to have everything all hung up!

This is half of the mess that we were dealing with.. I'm surprised nothing got stepped on.

Opposed from his daddy, Mckray is having a good time- STILL sucking that thumb!

And here is the finished product- just the two walls in the living room that we added to.

Thanks babe, for all of your help- You're the BEST!!

*4 Things Tag*

4 Things I was doing 10 years ago
1. Going to middle school
2. Trying to find myself (weren't we all in middle school?)
3. Chasing boys!
4. Probably being mad at my parents! :(

4 Things on my list to do today
1. Dishes
2. Vaccume
3. Make dinner
4. Rock my baby

4 Things I love about my husband
1. His eyes
2. His smile
3. His personality
4. Just EVERYTHING about him!

4 Jobs I've had
1. Casey's-waitress
2. Fred & Audreys-sandwich maker :)
3. Sanpete Messenger-secretary
4. Sanpete Valley Hospital-billing/HIM

4 Movies I've Seen more than once
1. How to loose a guy in 10 days
2. The Notebook
3. Blades of Glory
4. Elf

4 Places I've Lived
1. Orem
2. Fairview
3. Mountainville
4. Mt. Pleasant

4 Places I've Been
1. Cozumel, Mexico
2. New Orleans, Louisianna
3. Tampa, Florida
4. Oceanside, California

4 Places I want to visit
1. Greece
2. London
3. Australia
4. Italy

4 TV shows I watch
1. Monday night football (not my choice)
2. Oprah
3. Rock of Love charm school (I know)
4. News

4 Things you may not know about me
1. I'm TERRIFIED of snakes!!
2. I can out-eat Tim.. (not that I'm proud of that)
3. I have milked a cow
4. I LOVE Keith Urban (man he's sexy!!!)

4 People I tag for this game: Cathie, Annalee, Lataya, & Tonya.
Anyone else who hasn't already been tagged.

*The backpack... or is it a frontpack??*

Last night Tim and I were trying to cook dinner and Mckray would not stop fussing- He just wanted to be held, and its a little hard to cook with a 14 pound baby in your arms... So out of nowhere Tim gets all excited and says I have an idea, so he runs into Kray's room and brings out this backpack-frontpack thing that I got from my shower, and does this evil laugh thing, like "I'm so brilliant!" Anyway, he puts Mckray in it, and instantly this boy is happy! And of course, Tim is so proud of himself, because "dad made him stop crying" (anyone else's husband do this?)

It was so cute though, they were just hanging out, helping me in the kitchen- so I had to take a couple of pictures!

This shows you how much Kray enjoyed it-- Enough to fall asleep in it! : )

Sleep...YAHOO!!

Last night Mckray slept through the night for the first time! YAY!! He slept from 10:30 until about 8:00 this morning! And I finally got to sleep through the night.. Man it feels good! What a good baby! Love you Kray-bug! <3

Aibree Dawn

This is my beautiful new niece!! Lacee had her baby yesterday, her name is Aibree Dawn! (Dawn after me :) ) She was born at 5:53 pm, she weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 17 1/2 inches long! She is BEAUTIFUL! I can't believe how tiny she is.. After holding my 14 pound bundle of joy, she feels like nothing!

This is just right after she was born.. (I'm pretty sure my sister is going to kill me for posting this picture!)

These were taken today when I went and visited them in the hospital.. Aibree's face isn't as swollen as it was yesterday.. Yes, this is a newborn diaper.. She is seriously so small!!

My mom, Me, Lacee, Aibree and Grandma Connie

~HaLLoWeeN~

So Mckray was a horse for his first halloween. It was such a busy day for us.. first thing that morning I took him down to Peterson Studios to get his picture taken in his costume since they do a Halloween special for little kids. Once Tim got home from work, we hurried and got him dressed up again and went Trick-or-Treating to family members. First we went to Aunt Shirleys, then Grandma Beesley's, then my parents, lastly we went to Tim's parents. It was so fun to take him out to see everyone and everyone was so excited to see him in his little costume. Here are some pictures of Mckray at the places we went...

Grandma Beesley's

This is at Tim's mom and dads-

Mckray screaming and Ty just hanging out.. He's such a cute penguin!

My beautiful sister holding Mckray at my mom's- anticipating her own baby girl!

Grandma Connie and Kray-bug

Uncle Toby- he has so much fun being an uncle!

This one is my favorite- Can you tell we had a long, busy day?

He found his thumb!

Tonight we went for a walk since the weather was SO nice- we walked up to my sister-in-laws, and on the way home Mckray started fussing and a few seconds later he stopped, so I look down at him and he is totally sucking his thumb! A few minutes later he switched thumbs and continued sucking! I thought it was adorable so I whipped out my phone to take a picture and this is the best one that I got.. I know its bad habit that I definately don't want him to have, but he just looked so darn cute!!

It's amazing how much we love him!