Mission call

Dad and Mom Beck sent in their mission papers around the first part of January.  They were so extremely excited to find out where they would be sent.  They had been preparing for a mission for so long - especially since it had to be delayed 5 years while becoming Bishop.  The mission call finally came on Saturday, January 26.  We got together that evening with all of the siblings (minus Eric who was at work) and enjoyed this special time with them.  They got the call to serve in the Atlanta, Georgia mission leaving on May 6th.  It was pretty emotional for them. 

What a great example they are to my 6 future missionaries!!!  Serving a mission is such a huge sacrifice and they are so great to go even though it isn't the most convenient thing to do.  I know that their family will be blessed while they are serving also.  So excited to see what the next 18 months bring.

 

 

The very long awaited day!

My parents purchased a home in Taylorsville back in December.  It was so exciting to start the renovation part since that would mean we were that much closer to them moving.  Byron and I helped pull out all of the carpets in the house while Miguel came in and retextured, painted and added some great improvements to update everything.  There were so many bright colored paints through out the house that this transition really did make a huge difference.  The carpet was also covered in dog hair and very dirty.  After about 3 weeks of remodeling, it was ready to move in.  Miguel did a fabulous job.  The first couple of pictures were taken with the old owners things.  Then Dad and Mom wanted to remodel the bathroom completely to get rid of the bathtub and put in a walk in shower (thinking ahead to when Dad might need that accommodation).  The bathroom turned out beautiful. 

Luckily Dad and Mom were talked into using U-pack so they didn't have to drive the moving truck across states.  I think this was a great choice for both their stress levels.  The moving truck arrived in Corcoran on January 11th.  Luckily the branch was great to help in any way since my dad had just gotten over pneumonia and wasn't doing very well.  After the moving truck left, Dad and Mom came to Utah and stayed at my house until they could get into their house.  It was really fun having them so close for that week and get to visit with them every day.  The new carpet was installed on January 16 and the move in began on Friday the 18th.  We were so lucky to have Eric, Jeff, and Cooper come to help from the Beck family.  They were amazing and such amazing troopers - we seriously couldn't have done it without them. 

The kids all had a great time helping unpack at Grandma & Grandpa's house.  Byron was excited to get up the shelves that had been sitting in their garage in Corcoran for many years.  We tried our best to put together their food storage room with all their food and the shelves.  It looked awesome.  Dad & Mom have never had a room like this and were so excited after seeing the shelves up and food on them. 

Since they have moved up here it has been so awesome to have them attend different activities that my kids are in or just to have them stop by unexpected.  I am feeling completely spoiled having them so close.  They have talked about possibly moving to Utah after they both retire, but it was one of those things I had to see to believe.  I told my mom the other day that they have probably seen more family in the 4 months they have been here than the total time they lived in Corcoran.  It has been so fun to drop by on a Sunday evening to visit or go up on a weekend to help them with a project. 

House with previous residents

 bathroom demo

Master bedroom texturing

Living room texturing and adding light since there has never been one before.

Camille and Tanner being our awesome organizers in the food storage room.

Dallin helping to get their washer and dryer up and going.

Johnathan alphabetizing all of the DVD's - what a huge project since Dad loves buying them:).

Parker getting strong muscles as he was such a great helper.

Bradley standing next to the moving truck after it was empty.  I didn't take pictures during the moving process since it was kind of hectic and crazy.

Parker and Carter looking for food storage items as they are climbing up on the mounds of boxes.

The finished product of their bathroom - I am totally in love with the tiled look.

My favorite part is that they are parked in their garage.  They have great motivation to keep it clean as they don't want to park out in the snow.

January Happenings

Byron and I came home from going out to these two cuties laying on the couch together.  I have loved seeing Johnathan and Bradley get so close this past year.  Bradley has hated having his own room for quite some time.  He asks almost every night if he can sleep with Johnathan.  I also love how if Bradley needs help with something he will ask Johnathan most of the time because he has the patience to help him. 

Tanner's Arsenal Soccer Team started a season of futsal.  They split into two teams and played once a week for about 2 months.  I really enjoyed watching these games.  They were very fast paced and only lasted about 45 minutes total.  I had never seen futsal played before.  The ball is weighted a little and a little smaller than the normal soccer ball.  There are also 5 players on each team so a lot of running around.  Tanner gets such a great workout and thoroughly loves it. 

 Tanner in red with his good friend Mason Draper next to him playing against his team.

 Carter, Bradley and Parker enjoying the game.

Carter and Parker made these cool bowls in class this year.  Unfortunately the one on the right broke in one spot.  I love their creativity.

Bradley put together his own drum set and had a great time making some fun music one day.  This boy always has something going on.

Winter Wonderland

We continue to get more and more snow.  The kids enjoy every opportunity they can get outside playing in it.  We have these huge icicles forming off of our house in the backyard.  The kids love breaking them down and sucking on them.  Not sure how clean these are, but they sure entertain for quite some time.  We also had fun going to Centennial Park with Byron to go sledding.  It is always so much more fun with Byron there. 

  

 

 Byron going down with Bradley.

 Parker in red and Tanner in blue

 Carter trying to snow ski:).

Byron and I

New Years Eve

Another New Years Eve - how can they possibly come and go so quickly?  We celebrated up at the Beck's house.  Jeff and Emily's family was there along with Eric and Melissa.  We all had a great time.  We played games all night.  Some of us played Telestrations, scum, Connect 4 and

Prudo.  Everybody had a great time especially the cousins loved getting together.  I thought it was so funny going downstairs to see all of the boys with their electronic devices playing games either connecting with each other or doing their own thing.  Pretty boring in my book, but they love it.  We spent the night which was nice to just go to bed instead of having to drive home after midnight.  (Parker- stripes, Carter- gray)

On New Years we went together to see "Here Comes the Boom."  It was such a fun family movie. 

Cadan made me laugh.  Him and Bradley were watching Spiderman and Cadan was giving a step by step commentary to Bradley about what was going to happen.  I guess he really likes this show:).

 Ringing in the New Year with the traditional pots and pans.

Parker having a little too much fun making noise:).