Our 7th Anniversary

So, I knew our anniversary was coming up, but when the day actually came, I completely forgot! Mike woke up and gave me a card, and then I realized that I had done nothing for him! So, I sent Mike out shopping for a few hours (so he could return everything I bought him for Christmas- no joke) I went onto a website called the dating divas, which I love! They have all sorts of spouse date ideas, I especially like the ones that you can do at home. So I pulled a few things together and we had a date night when the kids went to bed! I think it was the best anniversary we had!


He came home to this invitation taped to the door, in an envelope


Then while he was reading a book to the girls, I got this all set up, with candles everywhere! including the awesome iPad app that has just a candle light, so cool.



The game was just a list of questions to ask back and forth, we switched it up a bit and tried to answer for each other. I actually learned quite a few new things about him that night!



Another fun part was that the girls made me get into my wedding dress. I was unsure at first, but they were so excited, that I couldn't say no! I was also pleased to discover that I still {barely} fit into it.

Happy 7th Michael!

Napa

Some wonderful friends invited us to go up to Napa, CA right after Christmas. We had a really great time! We swam in the heated pool (only in Cali can you swim at the end of December), visited a castle, rode a tram up a mountain, and the kids asked if they could live in our hotel room forever! It was beautiful there!

On top of the Mountain!


The tram ride to the top


The Hotel pool

The Awesome Castle

Te jetted tub that girls were dying to play in, in our hotel suite!

Our Christmas Best

All I have to say about these pictures is - POOR CHASE!

Beall Christmas 2011

Christmas jammies!




{We got to have our niece Camryn visit us this Christmas! We loved it!}



Little Guys First Christmas




Christmas Morning, with all of its spoils!






Testing out their new rides

We have been so blessed this year! With lots of changes and events, we truly feel as though the Lord is guiding us everyday! We have had such a wonderful holiday this year with family and friends. We have tried really hard to find a good mix of having fun and teaching our children about why we celebrate Christmas. Our goal next year is to spread those teachings that we know to be true with others through service! I wish we would've done more this year. Anyways, these are the pictures from our Christmas.

Chase at 9 months

Bath time is his new favorite place to be! I love this guy, he is seriously all over the place these days and yet he'll still totally cuddle with us, it's awesome!

Oakland Temple 2011

In our family, we love seeing the lights at the temple EVERY YEAR!

Chase at 8 months

He found a friend, and was hanging out with him for quite some time...

Riley's Pow Wow

This was way back at Thanksgiving (the Mystery spot was way back in the 1st week of November...can you say busy! - or slacker, whatever)

This was her first Kindergarten production. I teared up only once. It was all so cute, Riley got a speaking part! They had darling little songs and poems, it was just wonderful!

I barely caught it, but her line was "Native Americans would harvest corn and grind it to make bread." I think we were practicing that line for a month! Even Chloe knew it by heart.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now on the Christmas!!

The Mystery Spot

This place gave me a headache! But it was fun for the kids...it really is a mystery! You'll have to go there to find out...

My Parents:

I love Chloe's face in this picture, she did NOT want to stop for a picture!

2 Super Heroes and A Rock Star

Happy Halloween!
We had fun! My girls picked out these costumes all on their own - Mike was very proud. As for Elvis, that was my choice. He is going to want to dress up as a super hero for the rest of his life, so I figured with all that hair he was gonna be Elvis! I think they all looked so cute! Enjoy the videos, each of my kids costumes came with a theme song this year.



Introducing BATGIRL!





SUPERGIRL!












and ELVIS - the King of Rock n Roll!