California wedding

Well, to tell the full story...Jerry won a contest at work, so he and I got fly out to California for his brother Kevin's wedding. My mom graciously came to stay with our girls the week we were gone. To say the least, the PA rain followed us out to CA for MOST of the trip. It was nice to see family but it wasn't the same without our girls! And YES our faith was tried every day, to help Jerry and I work together and enjoy our time away. It was a beautiful Temple ceremony. Kevin and Megan were so happy. The day of their wedding the rain finally stopped! I'm grateful we could go. By the way, it was the most expensive wedding/trip we've ever attended (our luggage was lost the ENTIRE week and we both had to buy ALL new stuff). HaHaHa

"Choose The Right"

Natalie turned 8 years old the week after Thanksgiving. She had been preparing, over the last year, to be baptised in December. On December 26th, Natalie was baptised by her Dad with family and friends close-by. It was a memorable service! She and her Eastern cousins even sang together. Natalie continues to strive for righteousness daily. And enjoys reading her scriptures to strengthen her testimony. She is a "daughter of God".

Traditional tree decorating time.

The weekend after every Thanksgiving, we decorate and put up the Christmas tree together. Daddy and the girls are in charge of decorating the tree. And Mommy is to decorate the rest of the house.

Well, since we had recently moved-in we weren't quite sure where to put things this holiday. So, we moved the piano and coffee table for the tree to be in the right corner of the room.

How many girls...I mean lights does it take to decorate YOUR tree???

Only AFTER the tree was completely decorated did we realize that it would fit perfectly on the LEFT side of the fireplace.

And "THAT'S" how you get your Christmas tree from one side of the room to the other...you change the color of your decorations:)

"Welcome to OUR home!"

This was the video Jerry recorded as we were driving up to Corry Ave after we signed the papers and ALL 5 of us got our OWN key:) We love our new house. What a blessing and amazing miracle all that happened to get us to this BECK home to grow-up in! Now we have room for company. We'd love to have you come and visit anytime.

"The sweetest place of earth!"

...the infamous afternoon playing at Hershey Park. Yeah:) What fun!! Well this year, due to MY job and the weather, we didn't get to go to Hershey park until school had already started. @#$!Big mistake. Note to self: taking children to an amusement park after a full day of school is NOT the best idea. It's great...the girls earn their tickets every summer through a reading program. Since we went later in the season, we had perfect weather. Kimberly and Natalie even got to meet "Hershey" himself:) hahaha. Courtney was brave and went on every ride with her sisters this year! And Daddy found out his body isn't liking spinning as much... Thanks for the wonderful day together, girls. What a memorable time!

2009 First day of school!

Courtney, Kimberly and Natalie were ready bright and early this morning for their first day of school. Courtney (grade K) is attending Schaeffer Elementary School with Kimberly (4th grade) this year. Natalie is in 2nd grade, still at Nitrauer Elementary in the Spanish Immersion program. They love walking to the bus stops every morning with Daddy! It is a wonderful bonding time for everyone.