Hello all!
Just thought I would drop a quick note on here and let you all know the latest news in the Beckstead home.
Last month Keirstin moved back to Preston. So we are now down to 5 people living here. This house is still not big enough so we are moving. We found a 3 bed 2 bath with an unfinished basement in Herriman. We will be moving this week. YEAH! I really hate moving, but we are all excited to be moving to a bigger home. And with this winter weather we are having I am really excited about the double car garage. I will take pictures and post later.
Well, I have lots to get done so this is going to be short. We miss you and hope all is going well for everyone.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
WOW!
Okay! So I haven't been the best at updating our blog. There have been tons of changes at our house this year.
Shelby and Keirstin came to live with us shortly after Christmas break. HOLY COW! is all I have to say. All these people in such a small house is proving to be very interesting.
Sesha is having a blast with teenage sisters to mimik. She likes them to do her hair and get her dressed every day. But she does miss having her own room. (this is a universal problem in this house).
As for Shane and I we are just trying to keep our sanity. :)
I will post later and add some photos to the blog.
~Amber
Shelby and Keirstin came to live with us shortly after Christmas break. HOLY COW! is all I have to say. All these people in such a small house is proving to be very interesting.
Sesha is having a blast with teenage sisters to mimik. She likes them to do her hair and get her dressed every day. But she does miss having her own room. (this is a universal problem in this house).
As for Shane and I we are just trying to keep our sanity. :)
I will post later and add some photos to the blog.
~Amber
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
It's Almost Thanksgiving
Okay, so I haven't been the best at keeping up with the blog. Time sure flies when you are having fun. So we are keeping pretty busy around our house. When you live with a 3 year old one tends to be busy. It is starting to get cold and in a way I like it but in a way I don't. I am looking forward to eating turkey. Shane has been great and he has gone to the grocery store so many times getting ready for the big feast. I think that we might have everything that we need. Now we just need to find the time to get it all done. HA HA HA. Sesha is sure getting excited to eat turkey. Mom and dad came to see us on Sunday. It was great to see them. My daughter is a little ball of joy. She is so brutally honest. Sesha was telling mom about Frosty the Snowman and they started singing the song. You all know the words right???? Well it turns out that mom needs a little bit of practice. She was singing along, Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be with a corcob pipe and ......... then it went awry. So instead of Sesha just helping her out with the words she looked at mom and said "your doing it wrong" Then we proceeded to teach nana the words to frosty. It was fun. The words are corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of cole. (just so everyone knows in case Sesha wants you to sing with her). Then she proceeded to tell mom and dad about Rudolf the Red nosed reindeer and all about everyone in that movie. No she doesn't watch to much TV. So anyway. Not much else is going on here. We are just working and playing. The kids are doing great and they are all excited to come to Utah for Christmas. This is going to be a pretty fun holiday season. Now if it would just snow so we have a white Christmas. That would be the best. Well I am going to close for now. I will post more later.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Welcome Winter
Okay okay okay, So it is almost dare I say it WINTER!
The weather here in the big city of West Valley is very dreary. I don't really like the rain and if it is going to be cold let there be a reason. So I thought that we had winter here. It snowed and Sesha and I had fun building snowmen. Now it has melted and it is raining. Sesha is sad because her snow brothers and sisters have melted. Go figure that they would be family. I have told her that it will snow again soon but she is not buying it and tonight she wanted to put the trampoline back up. I don't know about her. She is a very silly girl. Shane is out of town this week working. Us girls sure do miss him. I wish that he didn't have to go out of town to work. I sure miss talking to him and seeing him every night. It makes me think back to when I was a kid and dad was out of town allot. I was remembering the night of the "Electrolux weapon". I know it probably wasn't very funny the night that it happened but we sure get a few laughs out of it now. I am thankful for the memories that we can laugh about now days. But no matter how cold it gets or how tight times get around my house I just don't think that I will ever be able to eat "Malt O Meal" Ever. I can't even see it in the store without about gagging.
So now that it is November and the holiday's are upon us I am wondering how everyone is doing with their shopping. I have a few things bought. So much for being ready before the first of November. Oh well it will all work out one way or another.
Okay, Well I am going to get some sleep tonight so I can get up for work in the morning. But before I go I am going to tell everyone about a funny story that Sesha has been telling me for the past few days. So it is road construction season in West Valley and they are working on 35th south. Any way there are two backhoes that are sitting in a vacant parking lot up around the corner from our house. The first few days there was only one of them. Then the other night I went to get her from Daycare and there were two of them. As we drove by them she stated in her most grown up voice from the back seat "Oh look mom, they love each other." Now everytime we are driving home she tells me that we have to turn at the "friends that love each other" Any way so tonight, it was getting dark when I was driving home from the daycare and she got all sad in the back seat of the car. She was almost crying (not mad but really really sad) I said what is wrong honey and she said "mom it is dark and them friends are out in the rain and dark. Can they come sleep in my room tonight?" I couldn't help it I started laughing and I didn't mean to. She said "its not funny, they are going to be sad" it took about 45 minutes of convincing her that tractors live out side and they wouldn't fit in her room. I will try to take a picture of these friends so you can see why she thinks they love each other. She has such a big heart and tonight it was broken. But then I found Mickey Mouse on TV and fixed Mac and Cheese and the tractors were a thing of the past. She is such a sweetheart. I just thought that was funny and wanted to share that with everyone.
The weather here in the big city of West Valley is very dreary. I don't really like the rain and if it is going to be cold let there be a reason. So I thought that we had winter here. It snowed and Sesha and I had fun building snowmen. Now it has melted and it is raining. Sesha is sad because her snow brothers and sisters have melted. Go figure that they would be family. I have told her that it will snow again soon but she is not buying it and tonight she wanted to put the trampoline back up. I don't know about her. She is a very silly girl. Shane is out of town this week working. Us girls sure do miss him. I wish that he didn't have to go out of town to work. I sure miss talking to him and seeing him every night. It makes me think back to when I was a kid and dad was out of town allot. I was remembering the night of the "Electrolux weapon". I know it probably wasn't very funny the night that it happened but we sure get a few laughs out of it now. I am thankful for the memories that we can laugh about now days. But no matter how cold it gets or how tight times get around my house I just don't think that I will ever be able to eat "Malt O Meal" Ever. I can't even see it in the store without about gagging.
So now that it is November and the holiday's are upon us I am wondering how everyone is doing with their shopping. I have a few things bought. So much for being ready before the first of November. Oh well it will all work out one way or another.
Okay, Well I am going to get some sleep tonight so I can get up for work in the morning. But before I go I am going to tell everyone about a funny story that Sesha has been telling me for the past few days. So it is road construction season in West Valley and they are working on 35th south. Any way there are two backhoes that are sitting in a vacant parking lot up around the corner from our house. The first few days there was only one of them. Then the other night I went to get her from Daycare and there were two of them. As we drove by them she stated in her most grown up voice from the back seat "Oh look mom, they love each other." Now everytime we are driving home she tells me that we have to turn at the "friends that love each other" Any way so tonight, it was getting dark when I was driving home from the daycare and she got all sad in the back seat of the car. She was almost crying (not mad but really really sad) I said what is wrong honey and she said "mom it is dark and them friends are out in the rain and dark. Can they come sleep in my room tonight?" I couldn't help it I started laughing and I didn't mean to. She said "its not funny, they are going to be sad" it took about 45 minutes of convincing her that tractors live out side and they wouldn't fit in her room. I will try to take a picture of these friends so you can see why she thinks they love each other. She has such a big heart and tonight it was broken. But then I found Mickey Mouse on TV and fixed Mac and Cheese and the tractors were a thing of the past. She is such a sweetheart. I just thought that was funny and wanted to share that with everyone.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It's almost November....
Holy cow this year has flown by. Yesterday I was thinking back over this year and it hit me 2008 is almost over. Where did it go? It was just like yesterday that Shane and I sat in the Walmart parking lot thinking how the heck are we going to get this TV home and set up to watch the Superbowl. (since his van was not big enough to hold the TV)! Now it is time to start planning for Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas. What happened!?!?!!?
So after contemplating for a while I decided that I would blog about some of my most memorable experiences this year. Month by Month as best I could remember
January: Nothing much happened this month Gas was cheaper and life was allot more relaxed. I was working everyday at Overstock. Jake had his b-day.
February: Shane and I celebrated our 9th year of Marriage and Sesha turned 3. Superbowl was coming on and the day of the big game Shane, Sesha and I headed out to find a "real" TV to watch the game on. We had wanted a big screen for a long time and finally had the money to buy one. The TV that we had picked out just happened to be on sale at our "favorite" store. So off to the first Walmart we went.... They were sold out. So we hit another Walmart.... Sold out. By this time we were all pretty tired of shopping at our favorite store. Shane said if they didn't have it at the Walmart by our house we just wouldn't get it. (yes we started at the furthest Walmart from our house). So we get to the Walmart by our house and they had the TV in stock. They put it on a flat cart and we paid for it and headed out of the store. We get to the Van and guess what.... the TV was about 3 inches to tall to fit in Shanes van. So since we know so many people in this great state I did what any annoying sister would do. I called my brother in Ogden and invited him to the game but he needed to come get us from Walmart first. He told me he had plans and couldn't make it but he had a friend that lived in West Jordan that might be able to help us out. So Brian called his friend and I headed to back into Walmart for some McDonalds. Sesha was tired and hungry by this time. And it was cold and anyway. We ate lunch and sat in the parking lot of Walmart for about 1/2 hour waiting for Brian's friend to come and get us. He got there, We loaded the TV in the back of his truck and Shane and the TV rode in the back of the truck in a Snowstorm to our house. We got the TV hooked up and watched the Superbowl on it. I don't remember who was playing or who won but it was fun with the new TV.
March: this is the month that I will never forget.... Life was going on as usual with work and home. On March 12 Shane called me at work 2 times and I am not supposed to answer my phone at work. I had just got there so I couldn't really take a break and take the call. Boy I wish I would have. Anyway he texted me and all it said was call me ASAP. So I did. He told me that they had just got the phone call that his dad had just passed away. So I told my boss I was leaving and would let her know when I would be back to work. We all met at Chet's house and started planning what was going to happen next. We called his wife and talked about bringing him home from the Philippines. Then it was decided that we were going to go there. This would have been fine but neither Shane or I had a passport. This is where it got really tricky. I called the Post Office to see if I could get a temp Passport since this was a death situation and they gave me a number to call in Washington DC to get a passport the same day. I called the guy and was told that in order to get a Passport we had to be in LA at 9:30 the next morning with a drivers licence and birth certificate and our flight information to the Philippines. So we worked together as a family and it was decided that Shane and I would fly to LA in the morning and we would all hook up in San Fransisco and catch a flight to Manilla at about 10:00 PM on the 13. Shane and I left Salt Lake at about 4:30 AM and flew to LA. When we got there the person that I talked to in Washington had forgotten to make our appointment. Just so you know you can't get into the Federal Building in LA without an appointment. So I almost started to freak out. This would not have been good. Anyway the gentleman at the counter listened to why this was so important that we get these passports and he said wait right here and I will be back. Someone upstairs was watching because they had a canellation and we got in by 10:00AM. So after we applied and they took our money they told us to come back at 1:00PM to pick them up. Now mind you this place closes at 3:00PM. So Shane and I drove around LA, We went to the ocean and tried to eat at a denny's I think. and at 1:00 we went back. So now we had been awake for well over 36 hours and we were realy tired. So we get to the window and they tell us they are not done yet. To come back at 1:30. Okay so 1/2 hour delay. No biggie. Well needless to say we got our passports at about2:45 PM and I was freaking out. But it all worked out. Then we headed back to the LA Airport. we made good time and we would be in San Fransisco by 7 and our flight to Manilla didn't leave until 10. So we boarded the plane was just getting ready to taxi down the runway and was advised that there was a cloud cover in San Fransisco and they had closed down the airport to all traffic. So there we sat on a plane on the runway. Needless to say we sat there for about an hour, then an hour flight, then since the airport had been closed we had to hold in a holding pattern for about 45 minutes. So we land in San Fransisco with 8 minutes to make our flight since our times were wrong on our itinerary and our flight actually left at 9:15PM. Any way with our carry ons (thank goodness we though ahead and put in a change of clothes) Shane and I started the mad dash across the SF airport. They pushed us through security and we boarded the plane, they shut the doors and we took off. Even before we had a chance to get comfortable. So not to make a bad situation worse but Shane and I are smokers and well neither one of us had smokes since before we left LA and now we were on a plane for the next 17 hours. We had also been awake for over 40 hours by the time we took off. It had been a rough start to a long week. Anyway, we spent the next week in the Philippines and had the burial for Blair and met his friends. It was a very unique experience to say the least. I had to go shopping at the Mall to get clothes since we didn't have time to grab our luggage in San Fransisco. That was an experience in itself. But it worked out for the Best. This is when I really started to believe everything happens for a reason. Without us having taken luggage to the Philippines we were able to get Blairs belongings home and not be over on baggage. So we got back to the US and had his memorial in Clifton.
April: Not much happened, Shane and I went on our annual Mesquite trip and this is usually a big social gathering with all the Tinners and we slept most of the time. We did drive to Vegas to visit aunt Sandra. Then we came home. I turned 32 and started to feel really old.
MAY: We moved out of our mobile home in West Valley to a small Brick Home in West Valley. I was so happy to be out of that trailor. This is a nice house it is small but it has a great big back yard. I love that part. Shelby had her B-Day. Sesha got her ears pierced
JUNE: the kids came for the summer and it was go go go. We had Lagoon passes and we went al lthe time. It was great. Shane had his B-DAY
JULY: the kids went home and Sesha went through withdrawls. Shane and I wanted to go to Alaska fishing but the events in March put a hold on that trip. Keirstin had her B-DAY. Shelby and Jake moved to Bonners Ferry ID.
AUGUST: not much happened in August that I can remember. Gas was way expensive so we stayed home and didn't do much but work.
September: It was labor day and our family started getting sick. We started working in our yard and got most of it cleaned up. It started getting colder and gas prices were still going up. I went to Jail when I was on my way to see my dad in the hospital on his birthday. Sorry Dad. Still don't have any proof of the reason: WV doesn't have any info they tell me to call Weber County and Weber tells me to call WV. So I just keep my booking receipt in case I get pulled over for that warrant again.
OCTOBER: It snowed and started getting really cold at nights. Austin turned 18. And Gas is under $3.00 a gallon for the first time since February. I was so excited to only pay $2.99 for gas I had to call Mom and Emily to let them know. It is sad that we are celebrating $2.99 for gas. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that is my year in review. I don't remember much else. It is almost the end of the year. I can't beleive it.
Well this is long so I am going to close for now. Keep smiling and keep posting. :)
So after contemplating for a while I decided that I would blog about some of my most memorable experiences this year. Month by Month as best I could remember
January: Nothing much happened this month Gas was cheaper and life was allot more relaxed. I was working everyday at Overstock. Jake had his b-day.
February: Shane and I celebrated our 9th year of Marriage and Sesha turned 3. Superbowl was coming on and the day of the big game Shane, Sesha and I headed out to find a "real" TV to watch the game on. We had wanted a big screen for a long time and finally had the money to buy one. The TV that we had picked out just happened to be on sale at our "favorite" store. So off to the first Walmart we went.... They were sold out. So we hit another Walmart.... Sold out. By this time we were all pretty tired of shopping at our favorite store. Shane said if they didn't have it at the Walmart by our house we just wouldn't get it. (yes we started at the furthest Walmart from our house). So we get to the Walmart by our house and they had the TV in stock. They put it on a flat cart and we paid for it and headed out of the store. We get to the Van and guess what.... the TV was about 3 inches to tall to fit in Shanes van. So since we know so many people in this great state I did what any annoying sister would do. I called my brother in Ogden and invited him to the game but he needed to come get us from Walmart first. He told me he had plans and couldn't make it but he had a friend that lived in West Jordan that might be able to help us out. So Brian called his friend and I headed to back into Walmart for some McDonalds. Sesha was tired and hungry by this time. And it was cold and anyway. We ate lunch and sat in the parking lot of Walmart for about 1/2 hour waiting for Brian's friend to come and get us. He got there, We loaded the TV in the back of his truck and Shane and the TV rode in the back of the truck in a Snowstorm to our house. We got the TV hooked up and watched the Superbowl on it. I don't remember who was playing or who won but it was fun with the new TV.
March: this is the month that I will never forget.... Life was going on as usual with work and home. On March 12 Shane called me at work 2 times and I am not supposed to answer my phone at work. I had just got there so I couldn't really take a break and take the call. Boy I wish I would have. Anyway he texted me and all it said was call me ASAP. So I did. He told me that they had just got the phone call that his dad had just passed away. So I told my boss I was leaving and would let her know when I would be back to work. We all met at Chet's house and started planning what was going to happen next. We called his wife and talked about bringing him home from the Philippines. Then it was decided that we were going to go there. This would have been fine but neither Shane or I had a passport. This is where it got really tricky. I called the Post Office to see if I could get a temp Passport since this was a death situation and they gave me a number to call in Washington DC to get a passport the same day. I called the guy and was told that in order to get a Passport we had to be in LA at 9:30 the next morning with a drivers licence and birth certificate and our flight information to the Philippines. So we worked together as a family and it was decided that Shane and I would fly to LA in the morning and we would all hook up in San Fransisco and catch a flight to Manilla at about 10:00 PM on the 13. Shane and I left Salt Lake at about 4:30 AM and flew to LA. When we got there the person that I talked to in Washington had forgotten to make our appointment. Just so you know you can't get into the Federal Building in LA without an appointment. So I almost started to freak out. This would not have been good. Anyway the gentleman at the counter listened to why this was so important that we get these passports and he said wait right here and I will be back. Someone upstairs was watching because they had a canellation and we got in by 10:00AM. So after we applied and they took our money they told us to come back at 1:00PM to pick them up. Now mind you this place closes at 3:00PM. So Shane and I drove around LA, We went to the ocean and tried to eat at a denny's I think. and at 1:00 we went back. So now we had been awake for well over 36 hours and we were realy tired. So we get to the window and they tell us they are not done yet. To come back at 1:30. Okay so 1/2 hour delay. No biggie. Well needless to say we got our passports at about2:45 PM and I was freaking out. But it all worked out. Then we headed back to the LA Airport. we made good time and we would be in San Fransisco by 7 and our flight to Manilla didn't leave until 10. So we boarded the plane was just getting ready to taxi down the runway and was advised that there was a cloud cover in San Fransisco and they had closed down the airport to all traffic. So there we sat on a plane on the runway. Needless to say we sat there for about an hour, then an hour flight, then since the airport had been closed we had to hold in a holding pattern for about 45 minutes. So we land in San Fransisco with 8 minutes to make our flight since our times were wrong on our itinerary and our flight actually left at 9:15PM. Any way with our carry ons (thank goodness we though ahead and put in a change of clothes) Shane and I started the mad dash across the SF airport. They pushed us through security and we boarded the plane, they shut the doors and we took off. Even before we had a chance to get comfortable. So not to make a bad situation worse but Shane and I are smokers and well neither one of us had smokes since before we left LA and now we were on a plane for the next 17 hours. We had also been awake for over 40 hours by the time we took off. It had been a rough start to a long week. Anyway, we spent the next week in the Philippines and had the burial for Blair and met his friends. It was a very unique experience to say the least. I had to go shopping at the Mall to get clothes since we didn't have time to grab our luggage in San Fransisco. That was an experience in itself. But it worked out for the Best. This is when I really started to believe everything happens for a reason. Without us having taken luggage to the Philippines we were able to get Blairs belongings home and not be over on baggage. So we got back to the US and had his memorial in Clifton.
April: Not much happened, Shane and I went on our annual Mesquite trip and this is usually a big social gathering with all the Tinners and we slept most of the time. We did drive to Vegas to visit aunt Sandra. Then we came home. I turned 32 and started to feel really old.
MAY: We moved out of our mobile home in West Valley to a small Brick Home in West Valley. I was so happy to be out of that trailor. This is a nice house it is small but it has a great big back yard. I love that part. Shelby had her B-Day. Sesha got her ears pierced
JUNE: the kids came for the summer and it was go go go. We had Lagoon passes and we went al lthe time. It was great. Shane had his B-DAY
JULY: the kids went home and Sesha went through withdrawls. Shane and I wanted to go to Alaska fishing but the events in March put a hold on that trip. Keirstin had her B-DAY. Shelby and Jake moved to Bonners Ferry ID.
AUGUST: not much happened in August that I can remember. Gas was way expensive so we stayed home and didn't do much but work.
September: It was labor day and our family started getting sick. We started working in our yard and got most of it cleaned up. It started getting colder and gas prices were still going up. I went to Jail when I was on my way to see my dad in the hospital on his birthday. Sorry Dad. Still don't have any proof of the reason: WV doesn't have any info they tell me to call Weber County and Weber tells me to call WV. So I just keep my booking receipt in case I get pulled over for that warrant again.
OCTOBER: It snowed and started getting really cold at nights. Austin turned 18. And Gas is under $3.00 a gallon for the first time since February. I was so excited to only pay $2.99 for gas I had to call Mom and Emily to let them know. It is sad that we are celebrating $2.99 for gas. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that is my year in review. I don't remember much else. It is almost the end of the year. I can't beleive it.
Well this is long so I am going to close for now. Keep smiling and keep posting. :)
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