The Beck's Blogs

We had a great time playing in the snow. We got about 6 inches. It was enough to shut down our area for the most part, which is a good excuse to stay home and play. We spent some time on the golf course behind our complex, which had a great hill with about 100 yards of downhill slope. People were sledding on everything from turtle sandbox lids to inflated air mattresses. We stuck to our little round disc. Mainly we stayed in the front yard. The little hills were perfect for us, and less work for mommy to climb up and down. :)






Snow Angels!



Selah and Mommy sledding down the hill by the apartment. Too fun! It was our first time.



Charis enjoyed eating snow, making snow angels and sledding!






Charis in action!




No church tomorrow. We can't get the Jeep out of the ice right now, and the two wheel drive wouldn't handle the icy slope to get out of the neighborhood anyway. Inforced isolation is a good thing for a short time! :)

We are excited that we'll be having a baby in June of 2010. The girls like looking at the sonogram picture (which looks like a peanut) and talking about names - Samuel and Zaccheus are both popular right now :)

Selah and Eden had their own personal hunt after naptime. It was fun to watch them discover the eggs and really get into the fun. They shared and didn't seem concerned about the prizes inside. It was all in the journey :-)

Charis had Grace as her personal egg-hunting partner. Charis shared some of her bountiful chocolate with Grace once they sat down to open them up. All the kids shared and had a great time searching. With nearly 50 people, it was a beautiful day with sunshine, lots of food, and we enjoyed staying outside all afternoon to fellowship with our wonderful neighbors. It was awesome to hear how God had worked in lives so faithfully and to catch up on prayer needs as we visited with families from Africa and China and missionaries to the Middle East who are preparing to return there within a few months. What a fantastic way to spend Resurrection Sunday.

After 8 months of apartment living, we enjoyed the quiet of having no close neighbors or traffic noises while at my parents. Mom and dad's new porch add-on was a peaceful place to sit and watch the sunset - or for the girls to play "tea party" and blow lots of bubbles.

Charis was more timid than Selah about sticking her hand too close to Rusty and JW, the horses. Those big horsey lips have a long reach when a cookie is in sight.



Grandpa Jack and Selah visited at the picnic table. She is a busy 19 month old and a charmer, too.

We had such a great time visiting Georgia after 8 months in N.C. We were hoping for warmth and sunshine but even the surprising cool weather and rain didn't stop us from enjoying visiting with grandparents and great grandparents. It was so relaxing, and I know I slept better than I had in weeks.

It's hard to say who enjoyed feeding the horses oatmeal cookies more - Paw-paw or Selah. She was into it, regardless of the horse slobber or chilly wind.

A sure sign you're not going to be up for Mother of the Year? Hearing your 3 year old say her sibling is in the dryer....
-"Please tell me she's not in the dryer."
-"Yes, she's in the dryer."
- "Hiding!" proclaims Selah.
It's a good thing the apartment is so small, she's never more than a couple steps away.

Charis and Selah were excited to get "pillow case" dresses in the mail. It meant lots of twirling until they fell down dizzy and giggling. I'm grateful for anything that wears them out so they can go to sleep :-) Charis was at her silliest. Too bad her mom forgot to wipe the spaggetti o's off her mouth!

Charis had a great time at our sweet friend Natalie's 5th birthday party. Natalie and her mom planned a little girl dream morning get together complete with curlers, green face masks, and foot treatments in what Charis called "little pools" (foot massagers :0). Add in the glazed donuts they decorated with icing, sprinkles and m&m's, and it's no wonder she went hard all day talking like crazy and then crashed hard at 8:00! What a fun day! (Selah was there too, but she was only interested in having her toenails painted and eating m&m's off of everyone's plate!)

Our first snow day was fun. Selah stood outside on the porch - with her ever-present best friend "bankbet" as she calls it.


Then the cold days just get to be loonnggg days, and we end up searching for everything we can to entertain - like Charis loading Selah up and pulling her around the house in the little wagon.

New Easter baskets are soooo exciting. What could we do with them? I know, put them on our heads and call them a hat! :-)

This one is for Nana to see the pink dress she's wearing to church tomorrow. She loves her hand-me-downs from our neighbor!


That belly is straining at her strawberry shortcake top - she's in 90% for her height and about to shoot up again!

Gotta wear shades! Charis and Selah love getting cards from paw-paw because it means a trip to Target to get important things for any girl - like new shades! Charis has so much fun dressing up - and especially when Charis is in the mood for dressing Selah. This can be hillarious. I'm not what it will look like when they are 13 and 11 instead of 3 and 18 months....

I feel like singing that song from "White Christmas" - Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! (lucky for you that you don't actually have to hear me!) From COLD to warm to wet, cold and rainy...we're ready for Easter and Resurrection Sunday for more than one reason!

Poor little sickly girls - they each had an ear infection (both ears for Selah) and felt bad during our second snow storm of the year! Imagine - stuck inside for 5 days with feverish, miserable preschoolers while it's 40 degrees outside....what memories :-) We're grateful to be feeling better now!