March Happenings

Back in September 2009, seven members of the Beck family started the "Biggest Loser" competition to see who could lose the largest percent of body fat. Byron & I both participated in this competition which lasted for 6 months - ending on March 1, 2010. It was a great opportunity to realize what foods I was eating that weren't good for my body and to also exercise more. I also loved spending time with Byron exercising more and taking many walks together. Byron ended up winning the "Biggest Loser" Competition. I am so proud of him and all the hard work he put in for 6 months. To celebrate, we went out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes with everybody that participated. Now the hard part has been trying to keep the weight off, eating well and exercising without the competition to keep us going.

I am so lucky to be able to work with the Bears right now - especially since Johnathan is in my den. We went bowling in March and had a great time. Here he is with 3 of the boys.

Lehi holds a Gala every year to help raise funds for the library. When I found out that Jon Schmidt would be performing along with a nice dinner, I wanted to go. Camille was excited to be my partner so we decided to have our "Night Out" that I go on with each child throughout the year be this activity. Melissa heard we were going and wanted to go with us. We had a great time together. We were in the far corner of the room, but still were able to see fine even though we stood through most of the performance to have a better view. We had all seen Jon Schmidt perform a few years ago at Thanksgiving Point Gardens but can never tire of him. He was amazing! He had a base player perform with him and the songs sounded so awesome together. Jon is such an awesome entertainer and is hilarious. We had such a great time!

Camille has so many creativity juices flowing through her all of the time just ready to come out. She created this awesome balloon hat one evening and I couldn't not take a picture. It reminded me of those women who wear fruit baskets on their heads - the balloon hat was so colorful and fun. I don't know where she comes up with these things, but maybe it has something to do with being the only girl in a family of boys.

Tanner & Bradley were enjoying the backyard when the weather was pretty stormy outside last month. Tanner is so cute always taking great care to make sure Bradley spends plenty of time outside and is well taken care of.

On March 15th - Byron calls me around 3 p.m. asking if I want to go to a Jazz game with him after he received 2 tickets. How can I pass that up when he says it is either me or he will invite a brother or his dad? I quickly made arrangements and we were off by 5:15 p.m. We had such a great time together thanks to the generosity of Nu Skin. The food was fabulous and the game was really awesome also. We sat in the first row directly behind the opposing team. We would have had better seats had the players of the team not been so tall or standing up so much. Nu Skin is spoiling is us way too much lately:).

While waiting for the game to start - Byron looks over and sees one of his old bosses that he worked with at IGA (a grocery store) while in High School. His boss, Terry seemed excited to see Byron. Terry's daughter - who worked with Byron also - was there with her two children. They had fun reminiscing for a short time before the game started.

Here are Byron & I during the game with our awesome seats!

During the half-time game, we were entertained by the Jazz Bear shooting hoops while doing flips in the air - it was really cool. This is a fun shot I capture of him.

Byron was making dinner one evening when the kids were saying how good of a cook dad is. Then Tanner pipes up and says, "Well duh, dad's the one who taught mom how to cook." Byron & I got a great laugh out of this. Little do the kids really know, right?

Last month Byron went to a 4 day training in Las Vegas. While he was away, we went to Classic Skating in Sandy and enjoyed the bouncing slides for 2 hours. We had never done anything like this before and it was a lot of fun. Bradley was pretty nervous at first, but quickly got the hang of it. The above picture is one of my favorite. I love seeing the kids working together to show love and help each other. Here Camille & Tanner are helping Bradley make it up to the top of the slide.

This area was a huge bouncing trampoline. This was Bradley's favorite place to play. Here the kids are trying to stay on top of this blown up thing that kept on turning and dumping the kids off. We survived with only one crying episode from falling off and getting kicked in the head.

Bradley enjoying the slide.

Parker, Carter & Johnathan

While Byron was away in Las Vegas, we had Pack Meeting where Tanner earned his "Arrow of Light." We wanted to wait for Byron to be at this awesome ceremony, but due to conflicts in scheduling and Byron's upcoming trips, we would have had to wait until June. So we opted to record it instead and go ahead and let him receive it. Tanner's Grandpa & Grandma Beck came down for this special occasion.

During the ceremony of Tanner and his friend, Brett Roberts. My favorite part was when Tanner's face got painted. He looked pretty cool.

Here is Tanner pinning on my mother's pin.

Tanner worked really hard to receive his "Arrow of Light." I am so proud of him and this huge accomplishment.

Johnathan also received his "Bear" this same Pack Meeting. He was so excited to have his Grandparents here when he received this award.

On March 27th - Tanner went to Wheeler Farms with the 11 year old Scouts for a wood carving festival. While there, a man that was selling these cool neckerchief slides that he carved asked the boys to come over and talk to him. Tanner was the first boy to come over. This man had Tanner go over and pick out the bolo tie/neckerchief slide he liked the best. He had him put it on and then gave it to him - boy was Tanner one happy Scout. This normally sold for $50 and Tanner couldn't have picked a more appropriate one for himself - a cool BYU player. The details are just amazing! On the back of the carving this man wrote how many times he had shaved with his knife to create this cool masterpiece. He wrote "48,156." - This will be treasured by Tanner for quite some time.

On March 30th - Bradley & I went on a 5 mile bike ride. Little did I think that he would be falling asleep at 10:30 a.m. The last 1/2 mile to my house his poor head was nodding back and forth. I felt so bad for him. He must have needed a nap:).

Each year in 5th grade - the kids put on a Wax Museum where they are able to pick an important person from history and act them out. Tanner became "Patrick Henry" for a day and did an awesome job. Thanks to some neighbors he was able to get this costume that ended up working perfectly.