The Sarles Family

Taylors 1st Day of KINDERGARTEN

2009-09-30T20:19:00.000-07:00

My little one is so grown up.
Her first day of KINDERGARTEN!

Taylors 2nd Surgery this year

2009-09-30T20:17:00.000-07:00

Taylor had her tonsils and adenoids

removed. This first picture is obviously

before the surgery. Cause afterwards

she work up screaming hysterically

and it took her about an hour to calm

down. She did however stop and

the healing process was quick! She also

had to miss the first week

and a half of Kindergarten!!

Trip to Utah/Vegas

2009-09-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

Sean had to do some field rides in Vegas so we

all piled in the car and he dropped us off in Utah to

hang with The Macks and Aunt Tippy! We had

a blast we revisited BYU, Ate at Cafe Rio, played,

and Ate Cafe Rio(my favorite restaurant from our

BYU days). It was a short trip but on someone

else's dime so it was a fun one!

Savy, Taylor, Emily, and Beckham

Emily and Beckham

Eating Breakfast

So Cute!

SLIP N SLIDE

Savy, Emily, Taylor, and Beckham

Beckham and AUNT TIPPY!!!

The kids were so excited to see AUNT TIPPY!

A hug HOTDOG from this ever so famous hot dog

stand from our BYU days!

Taylor and Aunt Tippy

Sean and the Mack boys.

Tiffany and I

Snuggling

The kids playing at Cafe Rio! YUMMMMMMMY!

Taylor and Savy (they had so much fun together)

Aunt Tippy and Taylor

Haley and I

Trampoline Fun

2009-07-20T16:09:00.001-07:00

The Fourth of July Great Mall Fireworks!!

2009-07-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

Our attempt to get a family picture that the

kids obviously did not want to be in!!

And you gotta love Beckhams neon green

socks that he was bound and determined to

wear regardless of if I approved or not.

Wrestling with Don
Poor Don

Racing the kids!

Tyson and Beckham sharing a chair.

I love this picture!! What a photographer!!

The Finale!

Tyson's Birthday Bash

2009-07-20T15:30:00.001-07:00

Our good friend Tyson turned 3 on the

Fourth of July! The kids have not stopped

talking about how fun his water party was

so I decided to post it for you all to see.

They had so much fun, I think the best part

for them was squirting the adults. It's not

very often that you get to do that.

Happy 3rd Birthday Tyson!!

Gina, Me and Bethany

Kimbal and Gina

Audrey and Taylor

Deanna Rose with the Sweeney's

2009-07-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Another fun day at the farm with friends!!

Grandma and Papa's Visit to Kansas

2009-07-20T08:17:00.000-07:00

My parents came in June for a visit and to help

out with Taylor's hand surgery. We had a really

great relaxing(other than Taylor's surgery) weekend.

We did however make it out to Bass Pro Shop

Beckham's favorite store in the whole world.

Taylor showing Grandma her scrapbook she

made from our trip to Disney World in January.

Would you ride 475 miles on a motorcycle???

Me either!!

Is this true love or what??

Taylors Hand Surgery

2009-07-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Before the Surgery

They were running a little behind so we
had lots of time to color and spend time
with Taylor before the surgery.

We had to wake up really early to be
there so she even took a nap before the
surgery even began.

After the surgery, taking the IV out.

Just waking up.

Sean pulling Taylor out in the wagon

Taylor was born with all her fingers connected

on her right hand and the hand is quite a bit

smaller than her other hand. They call it

Bracci Syndactyly (short webbed fingers).

This was her third surgery to finish out the

separating of her fingers. Taylor has been

a brave girl through all the surgeries.

BBQ with the Farmers clan

2009-07-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

Once a month for the past two years we

plan themed nights with some of Sean's

friends from Farmers. This night was a BBQ

it was lots of fun and we actually brought

the kids which we don't normally do. They

did have lots of fun and were pretty good.

We are the only ones in the group with

kids so everyone pays lots of attention to them.

Taylor's Preschool Graduation

2009-07-19T14:02:00.000-07:00

Walking in to the graduation song.

Piper and Taylor

Taylor and Mrs. Chris

Taylor and Beckham eating the treats

Alayna, Taylor and Mindi

Mindi and Taylor

What a big girl. Graduated from preschool.

Looking over the past two years!

Beckhams Class, the kids shared the same

teachers, Beck went in the AM and Taylor

went in the PM.

Taylor's class the past two years!

Soccer Highlights for Taylor and Beckham

2009-07-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

Sean, Lindsey and I coached Taylor

and Beckhams teams this year. We

had a lot of fun but it was a lot of work!

Aunt Melissa and Taylor cheering Beckham on

Taylor and the Briarwood Preschool gang

Kayla, Ashley, Mara, and Taylor

Fun Season!! Fun memories!

The Farm with The Sarles Clan

2009-07-19T09:56:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Beckham love this barn slide!

Swinging with Grandpa

Eating a yummy huge Popsicle

Grandma getting attacked by all the goats

Beckham has become a pro at feeding

the goats bottles.

Taylor has too.

Jolynn and Melissa feeding the goats. They kept

running away from me with the bottle in their

mouths.

Taylor and Beckham riding the horses.

Beckham waving

Melissa showing the kids the worms to fish with

Fishing!!!!

Taylor so proud of the fish she caught!

Both kids were afraid the fish would touch

them so Sean and Grandpa had to hold them

up and assure them they wouldn't touch them.

Taking a break to eat a PB&J.

Beckham loves the tractors, when we first

started going to the farm I had to push him

around on them and now he pedals so fast

around the track. Crazy what two years can do.

Grandma caught a fish too.

Beckhams 4th Birthday

2009-07-18T19:26:00.000-07:00

Beckham's party had an Incredible HULK theme.

Sean and Beckham made the pinata from scratch

because we couldn't find a hulk one and Beckham

insisted on having a hulk one. It actually turned

out pretty good. It was hard to break thou.

Most of the kids, Tyson , Taylor, Audrey,

Hayden, and Beckham

Val and Tyson

Bethany and Ryan

Orin and Gina

Grandpa Sarles, Don, Thomas, and Grandma Sarles

They were baking appetizers.

Caitlin and Ronna

Jolynn, Gina, Bethany(with her cute prego belly) & Lindsey

The dress code was black by the way everyone else

missed the memo.

Beckham and his Hulk face and hands from Sean

Opening presents!

Easter 2009

2009-07-18T18:38:00.001-07:00

Lots of fun Easter activities, we dyed eggs twice,

had three Easter egg hunts and much more.

Decorating Easter Eggs with our friends

Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard!

A little silliness with the four hour long

"Glitter Egg Dye Process"

Putting out some carrots for the Easter Bunny!

Looking for Easter Baskets

Darn Easter Bunny Hid them!!

Another Easter Egg Hunt at Easter Dinner

Nice fake smiles guys!

The rewards of an Easter Egg Hunt

Jonathan playing and singing songs to the kids.

Springbreak continued The Sarles side

2009-04-26T17:04:00.000-07:00

Great Grandma Violet and Beckham

Out to lunch with Great Grandma Violet

Roasting marshmallows in the fireplace with lyssa

So Yummy!!!

Ice cream cone at the mall of America.

Taylor and Grandma Sarles

The Froggy Hopper at the mall of America

The swings

Meeting Dora and Diego

Dinner at McCormick and Schmicks

Underwater world Shark

The roller coaster

Meeting the Easter Bunny

Giving the Easter bunny a squeeze.

Springbreak in MINNESOTA

2009-04-26T15:19:00.000-07:00

Cousin Abby

Taylor trying on Aunt Tippy's sunglasses

Taylor and Abby

Beck trying on a wig

All the cousins making cookies with Aunt Tippy

Me and Tippy and Jackie

Me, Tippy, Jen and Jackie

Grandma Gourley and the girls

Playing "Clue" just couldn't get enough

Singing

The was a huge snow storm the day we arrived,

and then it all melted a few days later. So the

kids went out in their boots and splashed around.

They played for hours out there and got super dirty.

Beckham helping Ally through the puddle.

Shopping with JoDell. Beckham and Bella picking

out some shorts together.

Trying on some sunglasses

Jackie and me

Jen, Jackie and Me

Grandpa Gourley, Taylor, Uncle Curt and Uncle Stephen

Saying goodbye

Abby, Ally, Taylor and Beckham

New Trampoline

2009-03-15T19:42:00.000-07:00

We just got a new trampoline. We absolutely love
it. There hasn't been a day yet that the kids
haven't made me jump with them. The first
week we had it I was showing the kids all the
cool stunts and flips I could do on it. Not such
a good idea. I spent the entire day throwing up
and couldn't get off the couch, and the next morning
I could barely walk I was so sore. I will never do
that again. I do however jump on it with them
still I just don't show off. Thanks Grandma and
Grandpa, we love, love, love it.

Beckhams Surgery

2009-03-15T19:26:00.000-07:00

Ear Tubes and Adenoid removal

Before the Surgery
Playing with Taylor before the surgery

Beckham in the hospital bed

Snuggling Mom after the surgery

Taylor reading a magazine she bought at the hospital store

Beckham getting his IV taken out. We had to

bribe him to drink 7-up so they could take out

the IV. He was being kind of stubborn. He

did a really good job and the surgery went well.

This should help with the amount of ear infections

he has been getting since his tubes fell out in October.

Our Trip to Disney World Flight and Hotel

2009-03-12T13:22:00.001-07:00

Sean surprised us Christmas with a

trip to Disney World. We were so

excited to go. We stayed at Disney's

Caribbean Beach Resort. It was really

fun and we had a Nemo themed room.

Day 7 Magic Kingdom

2009-03-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

The whole family. I love the castle

in the evening, it changes to different colors.
Anastasia, Lady Trumaine, and Drisella

Iridessa

Tinker Bell

The Mickey 3-D Show

Waiting for the Parade to start.

The Buzz Light year ride again.

Sean hit a record high score.

Sean told us that this time we

weren't able to get reservations to

eat dinner at Cinderella's castle, but

he was just tricking us and surprised

us by taking us there. It was so much

fun and we were all so excited.

Perla

Suzy

Fairy god mother attacking Sean

This is our favorite restaurant at

Disney but you have to make reservations

way in advance or you can't get in. They

give the boys each a sword and the

girls a princess wand and then you get

to walk up the long windy stairs to the

top of the castle to eat dinner.

The awesome chocolate crown sundae

My dessert, and Seans

Day 6 Epcot

2009-03-12T10:14:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Beckham each got to choose
at toy today. Taylor got a baby Ariel that
she had been looking at all week and
Beckham walked around the store for
an hour and finally settled on a little
tiny tiny stitch and some mickey suckers.
Mary Poppins

Belle

The Finding Nemo Ride and Turtle Talk

The Nemo ride.

Waiting for Turtle talk to start looking

at the fish in the aquariums.

The kids inside Bruce the shark

Beckham playing with the psycho

birds. One of them actually landed

on my head because I was eating

a chicken nugget.

The whole clan with Mickey, Minnie,

and Goofy. A special meet n greet

for Visa members.

Mickey grabbed Sean the second

we walked in for a big hug. He was

a little embarrassed.

Dopey took Beckhams little Stitch toy

from him and was playing with it.

Snow White and Dopey

Mulan waking Taylor up from a nap.

Mulan

Mulan and Mushu

Beckham fell asleep on the way to lunch.

Dinner at Akershus Royal castle

dinner with the Princesses.

Taylor dancing with Belle

Princess Aurora

Jasmine

Alice in Wonderland

Cinderella

It was my Birthday today so they

brought me out a cupcake and sang

to me.

Beauty and the Beast

Jasmine, Aladdin, and the Genie

Beckham playing with the Thomas

trains in England.

Sean and Beck in an England phone booth.

Journey through time

When we got back to the hotel

Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger

had brought me cards and Balloons.

And I got a $75 gift card to spend.

Day 5 Hollywood Studios

2009-03-12T06:45:00.001-07:00

Meeting the Monster Inc crew again.

Playing in the Honey I shrunk the

kids playground with daddy.

He even crawled through the nets.

Big huge ant and Oatmeal cream pie.

City Scenes

Trying on Hats

Lunch at the Sci-Fi Dine in Theatre

Waiting for the Disney's Pixar Power

Dance Party Parade to start.

Little Bo Peep

Mr. Potato Head

Jesse

Taylor got chosen from the side

to dance with this girl in the parade.

It was really cute and she followed

and did everything the girl did.

Monsters

Boo from Monsters Inc.

A bug from a Bugs Life.

Goliath and Jo Jo from Jo Jo's Circus

Little Einsteins

Waiting for the Fantasmic Show to start.

Sean bought the kids each a light up

toy and a light up drink for the show.

Day 4 Hollywood Studios

2009-03-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

This is Sean and my favorite park

at Disney World. Our Favorite ride

is the Rockin Roller Coaster. Sean

took Taylor on the Tower of Terror,

she was totally freaked out and

wouldn't go back on it with me.

Taylor and Beckham waiting

get on the New Toy Story 3-D Ride.

This was Beckhams favorite ride at

this park. Not a shocker since it's

another Toy Story ride.

Playhouse Disney Show
The Incredibles

Another ice cream break waiting to

see Buzz and Woody.

Buzz and Woody

Beck was in heaven, he loves this movie.

The Green Army Man from Toy Story.

Riding the Toy Story 3-D Ride once again.

Taylor loved shooting this machine.

Sean trying to beat his previous scores.

This was a really cool car stunt show.

Lightning McQueen, Beckham calls

him Kachow because that's what he

says in the movie.

Tow Mater

Mike Wazowski

Sully, Taylor was afraid of him

so she refused to be in the picture.

Honey I shrunk the Kids Playground

The kids had lots of fun playing here.

Frozo from the Incredibles

Bolt and Rhino from the movie BOLT

The Sorcerer Mickey

Handy Manny

Day 3 Magic Kingdom

2009-03-11T13:43:00.000-07:00

Daisy Duck

Gepetto playing with Taylors Minnie ears.

Beckham loved Pinocchio although he had

never seen the movie until after the trip.

Gepetto loved playing with anything and

everything he grabbed Beckhams arms

and was walking him around on his feet.

Beckham could hardly believe it was Buzz light year!

A huge favorite next to Spider man. He kept asking

why we weren't going to see Spider man at Disney World.

Sean and Beckham driving the race cars.

Taylor was a really crazy driver she kept swaying

back and forth. I was car sick by the end.

Belle's Story Time.

Beckham was chosen out of the audience to play

Gaston. It was so fun to watch him up on the stage

the whole time. He was so nervous he chewed his

cheeks the entire time. He did a great job thou

and played a wonderful Gaston.

Here Belle was showing him the Beast in the castle

so that Gaston would believe her father and not

take him away to the insane asylum.

Here he was at the castle and he was fighting with

the Beast.

Taking a bow. What a wonderful show.

Eating some lunch.

Iridessa a fairy from the Tinker Bell Movie

Tinker Bell herself!

Rosetta another fairy from the Tinker Bell Movie.

Cinderella

Belle

Sleeping Beauty

It decided to rain this day so we got all soaking wet.

The kids with Jasmine

The whole fam with Captain Hook and Smee.

Just Peter Pan. Beckham was a little disappointed

that Wendy wasn't with him like she was the last time.

Sean spotted Jack Sparrow while he and Taylor

were riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride that

Beckham refused to ride on because he got scared

on it on our last trip. So Beckham and I ran in to

see if we could find him for a picture. We found him

and Beckham refused to get in the picture, so I made

Jack promise he wouldn't touch Beckham, so Beckham

agreed. Then there was a line of people asking him

for a picture and he took off running with out saying

anything.

I love this picture!

Sean and Beckham went and rode rides for awhile

and Taylor and I went to visit the fairies and

princess's again.

Taylor was in heaven meeting these guys.

Beckham and Sean hit this ride about 12 times this day.

Beckham was seriously obsessed with it. And Sean tried

to beat his previous scores each time so it was fun for him as well.

Day 2 Animal Kingdom

2009-03-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

The Tree of Life.

A Bugs life 3-D Show

Kilimanjaro's Safari (this was a really bumpy ride)

This rhino came right out onto the trail.

We had reservations for Breakfast with the characters

at Animal Kingdom. The kids loved this and Beckham

finally warmed up to the characters with a little pep

talk from Sean. And the food was really good.

Taylor and Goofy

The kids had autograph books so they got

autographs from every character they met.

Beckhams first time standing next to a character.

What a big boy!!!! I was so proud of him as was Sean.

Daisy Duck!

Donald Duck

Beckham eating breakfast. It was a buffet

so the kids got to choose whatever they wanted

I think there eyes were bigger than there

stomach's, they also loved that at every meal

they got to choose chocolate milk. Something

I rarely buy at home for them.

Mickey Mouse

Daisy came around to our section and collected

all the kids for a parade around the restaurant.

Goofy

They had a little petting zoo so the kids had fun

petting the goats and feeding them.

We were so excited to meet Pocahontas!

Rafiki from the Lion King

Sean could not believe it, in all the times he has

been to Disney he has never seen Jimney Cricket.

Thrk from Tarzan

Stitch

Dino Land Pluto and Goofy

The kids having a snack while Sean planned out

our next adventure. He is a great planner and

tried to make sure we got to see everything we

wanted to.

Taylor was taking a nap and Beckham wanted to

meet some more characters to prove to us he

was not afraid of them anymore.

Thrk

Kenai from Brother Bear

Donald Duck

Goofy, this is Sean's favorite character

Day 1 Magic Kingdom

2009-03-10T19:00:00.000-07:00

Cinderella's castle in the background
This is one ride that I cannot do without getting sick.

The Mad Hatter Beckham was a little shy of the characters at this
point but he did agree to play in Winnie the poohs
playhouse.
Taylor with Tigger, Eeyore, and Pooh

The kids love the dumbo ride

Beckham is always willing to pose in a picture with

any of the Disney princess's

We had dinner at Tony's Town Square

The Buzz light year ride this was Beckhams favorite ride.

Beckham made me be in all the pictures with

the characters so that I was in between the character

and him, he was a little shy of them he said.

Pluto

Mickey and Minnie

Chip and Dale

Donald and his cousin, His cousin had very messy

handwriting so I couldn't read his name.

Game Night with the Macks at our house

2008-12-28T17:22:00.000-08:00

Beckham, Taylor, and Ronna
Grandma Sarles and Beckham

Jolynn and Haley

Sean and Matt snuggling

Playing games

Savy and Taylor

Emily and Savy

Christmas Day at the Macks

2008-12-28T16:51:00.000-08:00

Taylor, Sean, Jolynn, and Beckham
Emily, Savy, Taylor, and Beckham

Jolynn, Haley, and Lindsey

Jolynn and Taylor

Taylor and Beckham

Matt, Ryan and Andrew

Beckham and Sean reading books.

Christmas Morning

2008-12-28T16:14:00.001-08:00

Rudolph and his friends left a big mess on the floor.
Santa only left a few crumbs on the plate.

Santa brought Taylor the Pixie Hollow Tree House

that she asked him for.

Beckham got the Spider man crossover Transformer

that he asked for.

Cookies for Santa and Oatmeal for Rudolph

2008-12-28T15:42:00.000-08:00

Ant Julie came for a visit

2008-12-28T14:58:00.000-08:00

One kind of cookie that we made.
Ant Julie let us help her mix the dough

and pour in some vanilla and milk.

Dancing at Chuckee Cheese's

We had a great time with Ant Julie and can't

wait for her to come play sometime again.

Seeing Santa at Bass Pro Shop

2008-12-28T13:58:00.000-08:00

This is the first year that Beckham would sit on

Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted. He was

so proud of himself for this accomplishment.

What a big boy. He's whispering in Santa's ear

that he wants a Spider man Crossover Transformer.
Taylor's telling Santa she wants The Sleepy Hollow
Tree House for Tinkerbell.

This is Beckham's favorite store. So we of course had

to try out all the four wheelers and other toys.

Sushi Nite at the Sweeney's

2008-12-28T13:21:00.000-08:00

Jolynn and Bethany eating cookies
All the kids eating cookies

Grace and Orin

Ryan, Sean, and Beckham

Sean and Beckham

Gina trying to kill Bethany

Trip to LA

2008-12-28T11:54:00.000-08:00

Sean and I took a much needed trip alone with no kids to

LA right before Thanksgiving. Sean's parents came down

to watch the kids at our house. We had a lot of fun alone.

Sean and I at Todai (Sushi Yuck)

Hermosa Beach

Sean and I at Hermosa Beach

Malibu

The MLS Cup Chicago vs. Ohio

Sean and I at the MLS Cup

Sean with a Player from the LA Galaxy.

LA Temple

Sean and I at the LA Temple

Jumping in Leaves Thanksgiving Morning

2008-12-28T10:09:00.000-08:00

Out to Fritz for Taylors Birthday Dinner

2008-12-28T08:43:00.000-08:00

We went out to dinner for Taylor's 5Th birthday with

Sean's family and the Macks. The kids pick this

restaurant for any event that needs to be celebrated.

They love it because your food is served to you by a

train that circles the entire restaurant. We had a fun

time celebrating with family and friends. Thanks

everyone for all the wonderful presents.

Beckham, Sean, Jolynn, Linda, Taylor, Rand, Maisie, Melissa

Ronna, Taylor, Melissa, Sean, and Andrew

Beckham crying because I ordered him chicken nuggets

and he wanted a cheeseburger.

Jolynn and Maisie

Beckham, Maisie, and Taylor

Taylor opening presents

Taylor was so excited to get twenty dollars from

Grandma Gourley. (She got the Barbie Diamond

Castle DVD with the money.)

Taylors 5th Birthday Party!

2008-12-28T07:31:00.000-08:00

Jaclyn, Piper, Nina, Emily, Sarah, Mindi, Audrey, and Taylor

I cannot believe Taylor is 5 already. Time flies!

We had a wonderful "Princess Party" again.

Everyone dressed up as there favorite Princess.

We decorated crowns, put on princess makeup

and were sprinkled with pixie dust. We played

Princess Bingo, pulled strings out of a pinata and

collected lots of candy. It was a wonderful Party!

Taylor blowing out the candles!

Opening Gifts!

Collecting candy from the pinata!

Playing Princess Bingo!

(I made the game myself.)

Pulling strings out of the Pinata!

Eating cake and Ice cream!

Fall

2008-11-13T21:25:00.000-08:00

Trick-or-Treating

2008-11-13T21:20:00.000-08:00

This is how much candy we got.
We stopped by our friends house to get some pics.
Kimbal, Beckham, Taylor, and Audrey

Halloween

2008-11-13T21:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween. The weather was like 75 degrees

so we went out trick-or-treating for 3 hours. I was

dragging the kids and Sean around by the end.

Girls Night Out

2008-10-21T16:44:00.000-07:00

Bethany, Gina, Me and Sara

The four of us do a playgroup once a week.

We escaped our children and husbands last

week and went out. We went to Cheesecake

Factory for dinner and and then back for a movie.

Halloween Shirts

2008-10-21T16:38:00.000-07:00

My sister Julie sent the kids Halloween shirts

in the mail last week. I wanted to take a picture

of them to show her. They would not stop blowing

kisses and laughing. So here's what I got.

Thanks Ant Julie for the Halloween Shirts.

This was the last picture I took. I threatened them

with their lives if they didn't quite blowing kisses.

Although the kisses were for Ant Julie.

APPLE FARM

2008-10-12T15:32:00.000-07:00

We went to the Apple farm with the Macks.

It was a lot of fun. We got to go on a hay ride.

There was also a barn of animals that the

kids enjoyed seeing with Ben. While I finished

picking apples. We had a huge bag to fill. After

we picked apples Ronna bought us all apple donuts,

and apple cider. Afterwards we went back to the

for a Chili dinner and Apple Strudels from the farm.

Ben and Beckham

Taylor held the bag of apples as we picked

them until it got to heavy to hold.

We got to use a cool stick to get the apples out of the trees.

Taylor and Lindsey

Beckham eating an apple.

Ronna, Kristen and Jolynn

Beckham and Ben

Thomas

Taylor, Caitlin, and Andrew

Jolynn and Lindsey

Andrew, Beckham, Taylor and Ben

Andrew and Taylor

Andrew, Lindsey, Taylor and Ben

Taylor and Beckham standing by the corn.

Taylor was mistaken she thought we were at

the Apple Farm to pick corn.

Taylor picking and apple all by herself.

Galaxy Soccer Game

2008-10-12T15:09:00.000-07:00

The Galaxy played the Kansas City Wizards. So we

got to see David Beckham play soccer. Sean's parents

came to see the game with us, it's kind of a tradition.

Walking in to the game.

Melissa, Taylor and Grandma Sarles

Taylor thought it was Disney World

Beckham thought the game was boring so he crashed.

Eating snacks!

Beckham and Melissa

Taylor and Melissa

Sean and Beckham

Taylor crashed also.

He's so amazing!

Rekstads Visit

2008-10-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

The kids swiming in the backyard.

Beckham with a squirt gun.

Of course we had to see if we could fit all four kids

in the bath tub at the same time.

Beckham and Ally

Taylor and Abby. Taylor constantly talks about

Abby. I don't think there is a day that goes by

that she doesn't mention Abby. We had a fun time

while they visited and hope they come again.

RLDS Temple and LDS Visitors Center

2008-10-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

Curt wanted to see the RLDS Temple so we

went on a little tour of the LDS visitors center

and then got to see the RLDS Temple. It was fun

to visit this again. I had not been here since EFY

as a kid.

At the visitors center they have a little play area

for the kids. The kids really enjoyed playing.

Taylor in the little house.

Ally riding the horse.

The RLDS TEMPLE

The kids posed in front of Christ at the visitors center.

The Rekstads

The Sarles.

Taylor and Beckham driving the horse and cart.

Fritz's

2008-10-12T14:13:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Beckham wanted their cousins to experience

their favorite restaurant "Fritz's". It is a train restaurant

where you order your food by telephone, and your food

is delivered to you by a little train that runs above the

restaurant. I think we all had a good time and no one cared

how loud the kids were because it was a place for kids.

Abby Taylor and Ally playing with the Jute Box.

Posing in front of the Train on the way out.

Taylor gets that sas from Sean.

Adults can pretend too.

Ally and Beckham waiting for the food to come by train.

Taylor and Abby sharing a squeeze.

May I take your order Please....

Always a challenge to get four kids to pose.

Visitors

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We had the privilege of having my sister Jackie

and her family come visit us for a week in September.

We took them to one of our favorite places in Kansas

Deanna Rose Farmstead. It was over 100 degrees

outside the day we went so we were all soaking wet

with sweat by the end of it. Kansas is the hottest place

on earth during the summer so I think they were in

for a shock. I had forgotten how hot it gets here. I

attended an EFY at KU as a kid and remember not even

being able to do my hair because it would just go curly

after being outside for a second. All the memories came

back when we experienced our first hundred degree day

here.

Taylor and Abby feeding the baby goats a bottle.

Beckham feeding two goats at once.

Curt helping Ally feed the goats. The baby goats chew on

your clothing and shoe laces while you are feeding them.

Ally riding a tractor.

Taylor was so excited her and Abby waited there turn for

the bright pink tractor.

Beckham and Ally milking the cow.

Beckham kept squirting it up at Ally.

The kids looking at Pippy the huge cow.

They have a little movie on milk and such. So we

watched it in the nice cool air conditioning. It felt great.

Beckham and Ally on the big Tractor. This is one of

Beckhams favorites he loves big tractors. He pretends

he's driving them and I usually have to drag him off.

Taylor and Beck on the tractor.

Beckham, Abby, Taylor, and Ally! They were all

having so much fun. Taylor and Beckham were

so excited to show there cousins all the fun things

in Kansas.

Taylor and Abby

Ally and Beckham

Ally feeding the big goat oats.

The kids hanging on the fence.

Taylor and Abby

The kids sitting on a bench in the Butterfly Garden

Beckham, Abby and Taylor pretending to be flowers.

Beckham pretending to be a butterfly.

First Day of Preschool

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Taylor is now in her second year of Preschool

She was so excited to go again this year. Beckham

goes in the morning and Taylor goes in the afternoon

so she could hardly wait for her turn to go.

The bus finally came.

What a big boy. He didn't even cry he was so

brave. He watched Taylor go everyday last

year and she made it home everyday so that

probably made it easier for him. He goes in the morning

from eight to noon and Taylor goes from noon til 4.

It is a great break for me and I get some quality alone

time with each of them everyday.

4th of July

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We went to the Great mall Fireworks.

Tyson and Beckham blowing bubbles
Beckham and Mommy
Glow sticks

Waiting for the fireworks to go off.
Setting off our won fireworks.

Sean showing Beckham how to do the firework.
(they weren't real they were confetti ones)
Sponge bob Popsicle.
More bubbles