BECK BULLETIN

We are on a journey, sojourners on this earth. Let us share with you the highs and lows of our lives. Heaven is a sweeter place now that we have two beautiful granddaughters waiting there for us.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Family Memories

This past weekend we had the most amazing weekend! The entire family got together at Matt and Heather's and what a weekend we had....A friend blessed us by allowing us to use her SUV for the weekend. By the time we loaded up all of our things, plus Darin, Jody and Caily's....well, you can see that we had quite the load!
It was soooo much fun to see Heather and Matt in their own home...Heather did an awesome job of painting and decorating. She appreciated the touch of the Fraser Valley that we brought with us .....
Caily was so excited about the Teddy Bears Heather brought out for her to play with...
This picture typifies the weekend....Aidan and Caily loved playing outside with anything they could find...balls, Tik's sticks, Tika, just running in their amazing back yard.
We treasured this special time together as families.....

Heather and Matt were awesome hosts...they sure do have the gift of hospitality.
Caily loved on Tika any chance she got...
Heather decided to help Caily's hair out with some gel.....this picture sure does show off her 'tude'....
A special memory was celebrating Aidan's 2nd Birthday together...he was in awe of all the candles...
So much fun...
Bocce ball was the perfect game to play in their amazing backyard....even Aidan got right into it. Measuring whose ball was closest took precision....
One last game was played before we headed for home....
This picture was taken as we were packing up to leave. Darin took advantage of the opportunity to feed Jaxon and hold his nephew one last time. The next time he sees him he will probably be running......

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Beach

Aidan loves the beach so we decided one of our outings while Jody and Caily were here was to head to White Rock and the beach! Of course first we had to stop for Fish & Chips...we had come straight from church so everyone was hungry

Caily hams it up for the camera!
Aidan gets ready for the sunshine outside.
We had made sure that the tide was low so there was a lot of beach! Megan watches her men head out!
Grandpa was the chosen one....off he and Caily go and you can see Jamie and Aidan off in the distance on the right side of this picture.
Grandpa shows Caily and Aidan where a crab is squirting up water.
Aidan was afraid of the approaching train so he and Jamie just sat and watched it coming.
Aidan found this awesome rock...so Jamie would throw it up and make a giant splash. Aidan loved it!
Aidan shows Caily how to get dirty....

and he gets dirty indeed! She is still learning....but a good start!
Dave giving Megs a break from holding Jaxon.
Jamie and Megs headed home so Aidan could get his nap, but Caily wasn't quite finished playing in the water....
She loved it...

Mommy's turn....


All done and ready for the ride home....another awesome day of making memories!


Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Cousins....what a blessing!

One of the fun things about Jody and Caily's visit is that the cousins get to know one another. We are having so much fun watching them interact! Grandpa has his arms full!
I love this image...Jody meeting Jaxon!

Jaxon is quite taken with his Auntie!

Caily enjoys spending time with her Auntie Megan too!

With Caily needing the high chair, Aidan gets to try out Grandma's booster chair(over30 years old!) He was very impressed with himself!

Saturday morning the weather cooperated beautifully for our planned trip to the zoo....so much fun to be had!

Not sure Caily was even breathing here....

She was looking at this giraffe....even bigger than the animals on the ranch.
Caily wanted Mommy beside her...

Aidan wasn't sure about the safety of his feet, and pulled them way up into the stroller...is that fence safe?

Dave and I found it surreal...we were at the zoo with our kids and their children! Where did the years go? The last time we were here, our kids were little.

Jaxon gets a free ride.....

Aidan loves the animals...

Sorry that these next pictures are out of order, but sometimes I just can't think in reverse to get them right. Saturday evening we were together at Jamie and Megan's for some more cousin time. Aidan was climbing up to get a book off his bookshelf and Caily thought nothing of joining him on the train table!

Aidan loves jumping on their trampoline and Jody and Caily joined him...they had so much fun together and we were amazed at how careful Aidan was with Caily.

Jumping can be tiring business....

I managed to catch Aidan mid-jump on this one.

Caily was quite taken with all the jumping...
Of course I have hundreds more pictures, but these at least tell part of the story...so much fun to be had and memories to be made!