I have a second to breathe!

ok Let's pretend these pictures are in order!  I'll give ya the quick synopsis of the summer since June....Well, we've had 4 birthdays, went here and there, and started another school year....me included, (that's why the lapse in info to the blog :() ) And the such. 

Samuel turned 11!!! We did a Minute to Win it party.  Lots of fun games and laughter!

Pick up the bag with your mouth.

Try and balance the pop can!

 Silly Samuel and buddies...thanks for celebrating with him

 Hyrum found his candy stash for his b-day...he's now 13!!!

 And the Bowling scores speak for themselves....they had a great time bowling

 Fries and milkshakes end the party just right...Happy 13 Hyrum

 Samuel got his Arrow of Light...no more Pack meeting for the Becks!  We graduated onto Court of Honors for Boy Scouts!

 His 11 year old scout leaders were super...thanks :)

 Dallin asked Jessica to the Homecoming dance...ohhh I just love it!  They had the dinner in our backyard...BBQ style and Dallin was the grill Chef!

 The whole group...lot of fun!

 Dallin playing on the Varsity team for Herriman High School!  Love it

 Sierra is now an official Herriman High school student! 10th grade for her.  

 Hyrum is now the only Beck over at Ft. Herriman Middle school.  Big change from elementary...but good

Samuel is now my only Herriman Elementary kid...Kida sad...we're all growing up.  He's the big man at school...6th grade is great

The kids and Shawn threw mommy a superise 40th B-day party!  I absoutely loved it!  My family rules!  Just what I needed for my 40th!

We completed our Family goal for 2011...Hike Mt. Timp.---to the summitt!  Here's Sierra on our early start...4:30 am

Samuel and Hyrum crawled down inside this melted snow chute...yes, still a bit of snow up there

Keep on trucking up boys...you're doing great!

Hyrum on TOP!!! taking alittle nap!

Mom and Sierra...We did it!

Coming down the chute

Shawn and Samuel ! 

The summer treated us well, and hope you all are great!

A bit of the summer fun!

Here's what we've been up to. These are sorta out of order but you get the gist of the summer!

 Weeze placed second in her age group for the Echo triathlon!

 Coming in for a good finish

 My Dallin turned 17!  yes, it's true!

 And our Sweet Sierra turned 15!

 Shawn really likes Whoppers so that's what he got for part of his Father's day gift!

 Jason, Kali and the girls--Hailey and Sydney came for a visit on their way to Japan for 3 years.  We went down to music and the spoken word on Sunday.  Love the family!

 And this is what the garage looks like when all the brothers get together and go dirt biking!  Our garage has never been so full of dirt bikes!

 We all went up to the Mine for a visit!  Love them big old tires!  Syd and Hailey

 We got invited to our friend's family reunion and got to ride a horse.  Hyrum think's that's OK!

 Shawn and I hiked most of Timpanogos on July 2. Yes, there is that much snow still there.

 About 15ft. was still at Emerald Lake...and it's only the size of a swimming pool at this point.

 Sierra got her hair curled for a Young Women's activity.  She hasn't let anyone curl her hair since she was 2!  I love it!

 OK,. there has been some serious rain at our home lately, and we get some killer rainbows!

 Samuel and Hyrum with their end of year awards!  Good school year! Happy summer!

So, in a nutshell, there we go. 

Florida--BECK style!

Hi all,
We just went on a magnificant Florida vacation!  We spent 10 days...9 of them were on a different beach each day!  We used two giant bottles of sunscreen, because it was hot!!! 91-95 each day!  We played in the 88 degree ocean which was like a big bathtub!  We snorkled and saw the most amazing sea life...sharks, eels, all sorts of tropical fish, sting rays, sea turtles...and yea alligators!  We learned a lor about the different kinds of birds in Florida and learned a fair share about ocean life, the Everglades, mangroove swamps, and how expensive food is down in the Keys.  Wow,We took our whole family on a true vacation!  Airplane rides was exciting for them all, and we all got to experience very wild turbulance!  We got a NEW rental minivan, which had a magnificant A/C which I didn't even mind if that was cranked the whole time!  And of course, the Discovery & Animal planet, what would we of done with out you!  That's what playing for 6 hours on the beach, then coming back to the hotel to rest does to you! 
I posted tons of pics. on Facebook, so you can see the trip there.  We have several Monday nights ahead of us to write all this down  in our Journals.  And our kids think we rock! 
Yea! Happy Vacation!

Samuel by the Sea turtle nests

Us Everglades board walk

Dallin and Hyrum, first time snorkling at Bonita Beach

 Key West

End of bridge, this is the bridge they blew up  in the movie True Lies

 Shawn and Hyrum, snorking near Bahia Honda, we saw the shark here!

 Hyrum at Ft. Wayne at Key West

Feeding the giraffe at Lion Country Safari