FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Beckham's Newborn Pictures

Linda (my aunt) and Lindsay (my sis-in-law) started a photography business, Elle Photography. I had them come over and take Beckham's pictures when he was three weeks old. They are the best photographers! They come to you! It worked out really well because I ended up not liking the outfit I picked so I just kept changing him until there was one I liked. Plus, they got some great pictures of his room. It is so much more personable and was nice to not take my tiny baby somewhere where lots of people are. They are going to be doing his 6 month pictures soon too. If you want to check out their web site go to www.ellephotos.com.
They also have a blog at http://ellephotographyblog.blogspot.com/

BACK TO SCHOOL

Today I started school again! This is my third year teaching first grade. It is one awesome job, but it keeps me busy! To start off a good year I got to school at 7:00 this morning, and didn't leave until almost 6:00 tonight. I think my class is going to be a good one and it was such a great day. I will say though, the best part of my day was when I got home. I came in and Beckham was laying on the couch with Russ. The second he saw me his whole face just lit up! He just grinned and giggled, smiled and laughed. That is the best feeling in the entire world.

Because of the busy few weeks I have had getting ready to teach, I have 3 more posts after this one about the last few weeks, with some super cute pictures. Enjoy!

BOWLING

Saturday was Brody's Birthday. We all went to dinner and then out Bowling. Of course Jenn and I turned it into a photo shoot. I think Russ wouldn't mind if my camera got ran over by the truck. Here are some cute pictures of all of us.

Beckham ready to Bowl!

Big Boy Beckham

Beautiful Addy J.

Beckham and Addy J.



What cute Dad's



Cuter Mom's!



I love Beckham's faces



Me and my favorite babies!



MMMM!
Too bad it's just water



Russ and Addy
(Can you tell he is sick of pictures)

Beckham and the Lemon

The girls (Jenn, Shan, and I) went to visit Lyndsay in the hospital, she just had a little baby boy. Welcome to the world little Lincoln. After we decided to grab some dinner at Marie Calendars (by the way, don't recommend it). We thought it would be funny to watch Beckham eat a lemon, ya know, the whole face thing. Totally didn't happen, he loved it! I took it out of his mouth and he got mad. He ate two of them. What a silly little guy he is.

CHERRY HILL

A few weeks ago we went to Cherry Hill with some friends. Sherry Sterling invited us to go with her family and we invited some of my family. It was a fun group. Wes, Shannon and Halle came with us. They are my favorite people to camp with. I know I have said this before, but Shannon and I have so much fun when we camp. We love playing games together. This trip we played Ticket to Ride Europe, we played a double game which took forever, and we tied! We couldn't believe it! The water park was fun too. I had to talk Braeden into playing on the Lazy River, then we couldn't get him out of it. Beckham was amazing, he went down a little slide, fell asleep on the Lazy River with me, and even went down a big water slide on a mat with Russ. That night we mini-golfed, and I totally kicked butt! It was a fun weekend, thanks Sterlings for inviting us!

(If you click on the picture it will make it full screen, you've got to do that to the one of Beckham and Russ on the slide, and the one of Beckhams sad face to get the full effect of the cuteness)

Wes and Halle



Russ and Wes acting like little boys again



Russ and Beckham going down the little slide



Halle going down the little slide
(Don't ya just LOVE the goggles!)



Mean Daddy's



Look at that face!
Beckham loves water,
but not the cold



Kelsie and Russ



Braeden trying to get warm

Lot's of Posts AGAIN

I know, it is annoying to have a billion posts at once, but I have been busy. I started working in my building two weeks ago and have been there as much as they will let me. It takes a lot of work to get a classroom ready, plus, I do many things for the entire school. Thanks to Jenn, Shannon, and my mom for helping me with a huge project tonight, you all saved me a great deal of time. Hope you enjoy the posts!

IN LOVING MEMORY

On Friday night Molly Robbins tragically lost her life. She was a second grade teacher at my elementary school. She was a wonderful teacher! She loved her students and loved teaching. She was a lady with tons of spunk. She will be greatly missed.

http://www.rememberingmolly.blogspot.com/

HAPPY 6 MONTHS BECKHAM

I cannot believe that my little Beckham is six months old already. He is such a fun, lovable, and happy baby! I love him so much, and I absolutely love being his mother! Here are just a few of my favorite pictures throughout this extremely fast 6 months.

SWANSON REUNION

Every year we go to Hyrum for a family reunion. It is Russ' grandma's family on his mom's side (say that 5 times). This year we went up on Saturday and played at the lake on the waver runners for a bit. Then we went up the canyon where most of the family camps. Russ, Wes, and I decided to tube down the river (blasted cold by the way). We were going down for about 15 minutes or so and Wes says "I should have brought Halle, she would have loved it." He totally jinxed us, because about 2 minutes later we hit rapids. Not little rapids, but big ones, and they went on forever. I got stuck backwards on a rock and the river was coming up over my head, we all hit our bums on lots of rocks, and we all ran into some trees (some completely covered with spider webs, YUCK!). We think we are finally in the clear and we hit another section of rapids. This time Russ ran into a tree branch hanging out in the middle of the river and totally started freaking out. Yeah, that was because there was a snake on the branch that snapped at him!! I am so glad that wasn't me! But we made it back after about an hour. We can't wait to do it again next year! Next time Shan won't be pregnant and she can join us too! The rest of the night was fun, we had great food, played BINGO, and of course played lots of card games. Shannon and I are addicted to cards and games, we are slowly dragging Kylee down with us!

The three of us at the end of our ride



Beckham on a swing for the first time



Handsome dude!



Grandma, Grandpa, and Beckham