Random Thought #4

Although silly I find it sad the Heidi Klume gave Seal the Auf Wiedersehen.

Ponies

Ha ha so my darling husband is very tired around 9pm every night and I am an insomniac so the other night when he was somewhat comatose I decided to put his long hair in little ponytails...and now I am embarrassing him on the blog. A warning to the wise don't sleep next to a night owl insomniac we get bored and you are an easy target!

Laney's 13th Birthday

Basically the only things I ever post are pictures from my phone because the are the easiest to get on the blog. Someday I hope to actually get the other pictures I want to post on the blog but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you!
Moving on Laney had her 13th birthday last week so I thought I would share some pictures of her shopping trip with her friends and some pictures of the cake I made her. I am one of the worlds worst cake decorators (although I did like the rose made of the orange pieces on the top) but I am really good at making yummy tasting cakes. This one was a chocolate fudge cake with a Mandarin orange whipped cream filling and orange butter cream.... I call it the orange chocolate cake!

Laney, Sarah, and Tiff

*** This is a public service announcement beware of creepy people at the mall getting in your pictures.....oh wait that's Mirissa!!!***

Mythbusters

I am putting posts up here in the most random order but oh well! I have to post about this because it was so stinking cool!  My handsome hubby LOVES the Mythbusters so when my sister-in-law told me they were coming I hurried to the web site and snatched up two VIP tickets for Robert's Christmas present. I was so excited to give them to him that it basically made  my whole Christmas. Well this Wednesday we finally were able to go to the show! It really was so much fun. Adam and Jamie are way funny and interesting. I have to say the very best part was when Robert got picked out the audience to join them on stage. He had to dress up in a lot of rubber rain gear and ride a bike against another guy. Robert had the side with the faulty hose so he ended up getting a balloon full of water splashed on him but I don't think he minded at all! After the show we were able to meet Adam and Jamie and get our picture taken with them and have them autograph a picture for us. I know I really enjoyed the whole thing and I'm pretty sure it was Robert's favorite Christmas present ever especially since he was able to participate with them! (sorry most of the pictures suck because there was no flash photography!) 

Waiting to go in!

View from our seats.

In our seats excited for the show to start!

The stage ready to go!

Adam and Jamie!

Jamie's Q&A

Jamie lifting Adam by interlaced phone books!

Don't worry Adam lives through this!

Robert on stage getting suited up!

Robert is in the blue gear on the blue bike on the left side!

Riding the bike to get the water up the pipe!

Robert about to get wet!

Us after the show waiting to meet the Mythbusters!

Practice picture ha ha no one was ready!

See they are real!!!!

Trans- Siberian Orchestra

So a couple of days after Christmas we enjoyed a little bit more of the Christmas spirit when we went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was a lot of fun and we had great seats! The only problem I had was the fact that the bubble snow ruined my boots! But overall it was a fun end to the Christmas fun!

Baby Blessing

I have a few things that I need to put on the blog but I don't have the other camera....so we will skip forward to the pictures I do have on my phone from my cousin Alex's little nuggets blessing. One of the greatest things about being married to a local boy is that we are close to so much family that it is totally reasonable to go to things like this! We had a great time seeing the family but most of all I enjoyed this adorable baby. She was the sweetest little thing! I am going to have to go visit Alex and Kate again soon so I can get my hands on that angel baby again!

Goodbye 2011.... Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow!

As 2011 comes to its close I can only look back and feel blessed with all the many wonderful things that have changed for me. My family has been truly blessed over the last year.  Many of you already know that 2010 was one of the hardest years of my life. Things changed drastically in my life and I had to find courage to fight through it all. I know that I made the right decisions for me and that by making the choices that seemed impossible at the time that I was blessed immensely by my father in Heaven. I became a stronger person though the trials that I faced. Last December while I was in search of some “dang Christmas cheer” (My family remembers that line fondly I’m sure) I received the best gift that has ever been given to me. I received a 2^nd chance with my Robert. We had worked together many years ago and were able to spend a little time together but we both went our separate ways. In the years that followed we saw and did many things… we lost things that we worked hard for, we were lonely, we were happy at times but we were always searching for the missing part of our life. When we met up again Robert had to deal with my issues…I had been damaged and I vowed never to marry again. Robert of course had other plans. He stood by me and changed my mind by changing my heart. I found my very best friend in 2011 and I will always be grateful for that. He is my partner in every way. He makes me smile every day. He protects me in his arms. He’s a true gentleman. At times I feel as if I don’t deserve the giddy happiness that each day with him brings me but I am not giving it up! So as this year ends I am a little sad to leave all the wonderful memories behind but at the same time I am excited to see where 2012 will take us and our families. I wish you all a happy New Year. May you open up your heart, make the hard decisions, laugh until you snort, cry is someone’s arms, and thank our Heavenly Father for all the trials and blessing he gives us! Ready or not 2012 here we come!

(Hopefully Robert will still love me after posting this picture... I love him so much this is just an example of the smiles he gives me!!!)

Random Thought #3

Just one quick thought to leave you with. As a business I never think it is appropriate to use comic sans as a font for a document. That is just my opinion....now if you are in the comic business go a head but anywhere else it is not very professional!

Merry Christmas

I don't think I will be posting for a little bit with all the crazy holiday stuff coming up. Thought I would wish you  a Merry Christmas and leave you with a song courtesy of Laney's Jr. High Orchestra!

Graham Cracker Creations

The Beatty Family has a fun tradition of building graham cracker houses....and I use the word houses lightly they have become a competition for the coolest idea and structure. We usually build these on Christmas Eve so we have plenty of time to get them done....however with everyone going different directions this year we held it last night but even with the time crunch this year did not disappoint. (Oh and by the way we consider the Henrie's part of the Beatty Clan so this is their second year with the party!)

This was the Henrie's AWESOME Wizard of Oz scene. Stephanie brought her A game this year because she felt that she was robbed last year with my Uncle Jac's scoring system!

This is Mirissa & Jon's barn...once upon a time it had a really awesome silo but the twister that took Dorthy to Oz took it too!

Ok I'm not going to lie I am kind of jealous of Laney's great idea. This is the house from UP complete with Kevin, sails, and balloons  plus it is on stilts to make it look like it's floating!

Jake and Court gave us classic Christmas with a Christmas tree and stocking!

Brett made a dinosaur this year... We all thought he looked like Rex from Toy Story!

Stacy made the cutest tree house. You can also see the huge mess that we have behind her tree house too!

Last but not least Robert and I made a pirate ship. Well Robert really built it. I made the characters and contemplated stealing Stephanie's babies.....they are so dang cute!!!!

Hope you all have fun family traditions that make your Christmas special!