Beck Family Christmas 2010

Beck Christmas 2010
Merry Christmas to one and all,
Here's our top adventures and excitement for 2010

* Our family explored the Olympic National Park over Spring Break. We loved the moss covered trees, the tide pools, and of course, a hotel where we could get out of the rain!!!
* Weeze got her best time ever on an olympic distance triathlon at the Spudman triathlon. It was so great to do a triathlon with a whole group from our ward. Half of them had never done a triathlon before!!! Loved it!
* Sierra's pet bird Tulio is our family pet! He loves to be whistled to and he whistles back. He loved to whistle around 2:45 every afternoon when she comes home from school!
* We (Shawn) FINISHED the BASEMENT! We love having 3 bedrooms, a living room, bathroom, utility room, and laundry room all downstairs! And I even dusted the window sills! Now Shawn is ready to do things he WANTS to do...go hiking, dirt biking, going to the gym...
*Samuel is so excited to have his own room! He and Hyrum did a total room makeover and cleaned and organized their new rooms! They were so thrilled with the new bedding that Mom surprised them with.
* Dallin played football for our new Herriman High school. The team went to the playoffs! That's an amazing thing for a first year High School! He loved playing even though he had a few injuries! Oh and Dallin is getting his driver's license in 2 days!
* We all learned something new this year, how to take a canoe down a very shallow Payette river and paddle and camp for 4 days! We all learned how to pack a canoe, paddle and not tip it over, and avoid river obstacles! Thank you Grandpa Beck for inviting us on this adventure!
* Hyrum turned 12 and is a Deacon now. It's so great to see him passing and Dallin blessing. Hyrum also has been into Airsoft guns this year and had a war for the 12 year old party!
* Shawn had a great weekend of dirt biking with his brothers Jared, Jason and -bro.-in-law, Tom. They all met up and and played here in Utah. Our weather pooped out on us, rain and more rain...but come on...it's dirt biking. They did all spend 2 hours cleaning the bikes though. Thank you neighbors for the power washer!
* Having three kids in Young Mens and Young Womens, our summers were filled with Youth Conference, girls camp and Boy Scout camps! I'm so glad Shawn doesn't have to take vacation time off so I can be at all these events. Our Autumn Hills youth are the best!

We all hope that you all are being blessed with the spirit of Christ this season, and remember that we all are truly blessed because of him.

Love you all,
Shawn, Weeze, Dallin-16, Sierra-14, Hyrum-12, Samuel-10.