The Beardall Family

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter

We started a new Easter tradition last year of having a family breakfast on the Saturday before Easter and holding our own Easter egg hunt. The city egg hunt is so barbaric! It's like vultures on a carcass! So we hold a nice friendly egg hunt for the kids and then have a great breakfast. Last year Sterling cooked made to order omelets and it almost killed him! We have too many people! It was nearly midnight when we finished - ha ha ha. This year we went with 4 types of breakfast casseroles and they were really delicious! It is really wonderful to spend time as a family and take time to celebrate the blessings of the Savior. Mom and Dad were in Idaho visiting Jason and Amber and their boys so we missed them but are glad they could go and spend time with Jason. Everyone else that missed all the fun - we hope you get your sorry butts out of bed next time and join in the fun! Ya big party poopers! Thanks to Cynthia and Sterling for hosting yet again - they are so generous to open up their lovely big home to accommodate our ever growing family!

I am very grateful for my Savior and all he has done for me - my life is very blessed! At this time of year, as new life is blossoming everywhere I am so thankful that we too can start fresh anytime we want to improve and do better. After the winter comes the spring - I stand all amazed! Happy Easter to all...

Corbin, Alec, Trey, Matthew and Ellie - getting

ready for the big egg hunt!

The teenagers - Michael, Madison & Courtney

Aww - too old to hunt eggs!

Steve and Miss Avery - ooh - she is so cute!

Melissa - feeling rotten with an

ear-ache and 7.5 months pregnant!

But she looks great!

Mr. Sterling Rees - hanging back and watching

the festivities!

Tiffany & Scott

Me and the Timoteo

My sister Cynthia

Counting their loot!

Miss Madi - no one else from her house came!

We are so glad she did!

Avery - yummy!

You gotta love the glasses! We couldn't leave

them alone - put them on and your world changes!

You turn into a goof-ball!

Scott and Steve

Cynthia and Me

Beautiful! :-)

Alec

Madi and Court

Tim and Sterling

How about a little kissy-poo!

Matthew holding one of his prizes!

Alec picking from the prize table!

Matthew and Alec coloring eggs!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Cabin Trip at Oxford, Idaho!

It started out with a bang! We picked the kids up from school early...or at least we tried to. Courtney was not happy about going away for the weekend. She wanted to stay behind and go to the Salem Hills High School basketball game. I actually had to go into the lunch room and find her because she ignored the note to come out. We almost had a little scene! So after that, we got on the road and made our way to Oxford, Idaho (about 3 hours away). Our friend Shaun knew of a great cabin to rent that would hold us all! We are quite a crowd too - between the 5 couples we have 18 kids! This cabin is nestled on the hillside all alone with fields and fields to snowmobile in. The cabin had 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen and 2 sitting areas in addition to a giant loft area- it was 3 levels in all. We had plenty of room for everyone to play, read, nap, eat, visit or do whatever! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends that we enjoy spending time with. On Valentines Day we set the kids up with pizza and a movie projected on the wall and off the adults went to Downata Hot Springs for their "Steak & Soak" special- it was so fun! The funny thing was, some of us ladies didn't bring our swimming suits, but no problem because they rent them. Sick I said - NO WAY! But guess what...I rented and so did my friends. We didn't like our suits, but we still had fun and thank goodness it was dark! What a fun weekend! We had an awsome time - hopefully we will make this a new tradition!