Christmas: A Winter Wonderland!

We all prayed for snow...




...then we prayed for snow plows.




The Boy.


Boy + Snow = Love at first sight.



Beck, Dada and Grandmary's old hat.




Beck recievingVIP treatment... sled down, sled back up.




Choo choo.


Clark, Chelsea, Beck breaking the sound barrier.



Little diddy over the green sled.

Shifty.

Beck's first snowboard lesson... on the snow skate.

Christmas Eve Dinner... Butternut Squash Soup, 7 Layer Dip, Veggies, Lil' Smokies, Spinash Dip, and much more... yum.





Clark's wrapping job... jk. These are a few of Nat's creations. (Nat doesn't think my giant balls of paper and tape are very attractive.)




Christmas Eve! I wonder what it could be???...


New Pajamas!

Beck and Bryce posing for a picture.

The Cousins!

Beckett's Stocking.

Beck was more interested in eating Santa's leftovers then he was to look in his stocking.

Slinky, Slinky, everyone loves a Slinky.

Dancing Brobee!

Dancing Beckett!

MC Becksta'.

Still rappin'... days later.

The Loft.

Beck's new pastime... he's actually pretty good too.

What a trip! Thanks Tyler and Kristen for hosting! It was a Christmas vacation we will always remember!

Christmas Videos

Crickets for brunch. Props to Jonathon and Carter.

... In case you forgot how gross a cricket is.

Air Hog Fun. The Avenger! (aka Birdman)

Beck's first sled run.

Ring around the Rosies.

Dancing Brobee.

Fun with Travis.

O' Christmas Tree

So far every Christmas Natalie and I have been married we have bought a real Christmas tree to decorate and put in our home. The interesting part of that tradition is that each year we have left town for Christmas, so we have ended up giving our tree away before Christmas. Last year we put our tree outside our house with a sign on it saying FREE... we went to the grocery store and came back and it was gone. We like to think that a family who needed it thought it was a Christmas miracle. It is a fun tradition we have going. If anybody would like to nominate a family for us to give our tree to... please have them make a video and send it to us... we will review and consider.

Beck liked putting on the ornaments almost as much as he likes taking them off... Beck caught in the act.

Nothing better than a flammable tree and fire.

For those that are confused why our apartment looks so different...we recently moved into my parents house in Huntington Beach... while they are in Boston serving a church mission. We love having the extra space and backyard. We will be calling my old home our new home for the next 12 months. This picture is for family interested in seeing the new family room layout.

Curiosty kills cats and burns Beck.

Our first trip the ER! Hopefully Beck's first and last trip, but if Beck is anything like his Dad, this will be the first of many wonderful ER experiences (broken finger, broken toe, sprained back, sliced thumb, broken ankle, concussions, meningitis, etc.). I felt right at home in the waiting room, we played the "try to guess what is wrong with that guy" game while we patiently waited for Beck's name to be called.

Beck handled the whole experience like a champ, he had all the nurses wrapped aroung his finger (no pun intended), figured out how to use all the hospital equipment, played peekaboo with our serverly injured and sick neighbors behind the curtains, and thought his bandanges were pretty cool.

Beck was determined not to let this accident prevent him from going to nursery. "...No unhallowed (or burned) hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, Prop 8 protestors may combine..."

Lotion... at least it's good for the skin.

Just when you realize the boy has been quiet in the other room a little too long... it's already too late...

Vampire Weekend!

Introducing....

... Count Beckula!

"...Is my bat tie straight Dad?"


Beckula and his Newport posse.

Mr. vampire on his way to the first house.

One piece of candy... ah ah ah. Two Piece of candy... ah ah ah.

The living amoung the dead.

Beck finding out that Mom and Dad's first date was in a cemetery.



If you can't tell... I am a prop 8 sign.


The Boyacks!!!