The Beasley Family

Grant's birthday party

2011-08-08T07:05:00.000-07:00

They had a blast!

Celebrating

2011-08-06T05:25:00.000-07:00

Today we are having a party for Grant. I can't believe he is 9! He is starting 4th grade this year. He decided he wanted to just have a few friends go bowling and have cake after. He wants a Harry Potter cake. So we bought a kit from walmart to decorate a cake at home. Its gonna be pretty cool. Pictures later!

Its been almost a year...

2011-08-04T22:07:00.001-07:00

since I posted! I can't believe it! I am so slack! I am going to try and post more this school year. I can't believe that Grant is going into 4th grade! And Logan is starting his last year of preschool! My boys are getting so big! Daniel finished his masters program. Can't wait till the opportunity comes for him to be an assistant principal. He will be great at it! I am still at the preschool where Logan goes to school. I assist in the One year old class. Its great! I can't wait for the new school year to begin. I am also a consultant for Thirty One gifts. If you wonder what that is, click on the link to my website to the right. Not much else to say right now. I am going to try and post something every day from now until this time next year so be ready for lots of updates! I can't always promise the posts to be long but at least try and post some pictures or something. I have to get better with this.

3rd Grade

2010-08-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

Grant has started the 3rd grade. I can't believe it! He started a new school this year. And he seems to be really happy so far..though it is only the second day. Here is a pic of him on his first day :)

Summer

2010-07-29T06:49:00.000-07:00

Its the end of July already! Grant will be 8 years old in 3 days! I cant believe how quickly this summer has gone. We haven't done any major traveling. We did go on a camping trip with our church family and that was awesome. We rented a cabin...i don't do tent camping LOL It was a great time to get to fellowship with our friends. We have also been taking alot of day trips to go see Daniel's mom. She is still fighting liver cancer. Keep her in your prayers please.

Grant starts the 3rd grade this year! I cant believe it! I have a third grader! time flies by so fast. He has gotten so tall too. He is really excited. We bought his school supplies the other day and he was soo excited. I remember enjoying picking out new notebooks and pens and pencils. and the coolest pencil box. That was always so important in elementary school. He wants to use his pirates of the Caribbean book bag again this year. That's fine with me. :)

Logan will be going to 3yr old preschool this year. It is 5 days a week. I am so excited about this because I will have Fridays off...but he will have to go to school. So I will have Fridays all to myself! I can't wait! the thought of being able to go do errands or even just clean the house without interruption gets me all giddy! Isn't that sad?

That's it for now. Sorry for my slack blogging.

Blog Name

2010-06-21T10:42:00.001-07:00

I really want to change the name of my blog but I dont know what to call it. So please if you can think of a cute name for the blog please comment!

LIFE

2010-06-21T10:35:00.001-07:00

Well its been awhile I know..... but we have been super busy. Logan turned 3 last month. He is growing up so fast. The last two weeks we have been working on potty training. I think we have almost finished it ....we shall see.

Grant is doing really well. He tested for Gifted and Talented for school next year. He is really proud of himself. I can't believe he starts 3rd grade next year!

Daniel is busy as ever. From what it looks like he will be graduating in December with his Masters. He is working this summer with summer school and getting internship hours for his grad classes.

Me? Well.....I am doing pretty good. I am really loving my life. I have two wonderful boys that keep me on my toes. I have the most amazing husband that works so hard for me and the boys. I have great friends. And the best church family a girl could ask for.

Flag Football

2010-04-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

Grant attended a Flag Football Clinic with Roar Sports. It was awesome. He loved it. So we signed him up for the summer season. The clinic was free and along with the experience, the kids were each given a bible, a water bottle and the movie Facing the Giants.

Ben Watson, a player for Cleveland Browns, who graduated from Northwestern here in Rock Hill was the one who taught the kids how to throw a football, catch, and pass also. He was a really nice guy. Daniel taught his younger brother at Rock Hill High.

There is my little man running with the football! We will have many more pics as the season goes. It doesnt start till June.

Life....

2010-03-25T18:44:00.001-07:00

I can't believe how bad I am at posting anymore. Life is really busy for the Beasley Family.

Logan has moved into a toddler bed. He did awesome with the change too. Didn't get up one time! We bought him a Toy Story bed so he was really excited about it. The crib and changing table have gone to a new home already. I am sad about it but at least I know I will get to visit it once her baby comes. Silly aren't I? Logan is also talking soooo much now! Can't keep him quiet! LOL He loves school and has made lots of friends. His favorite thing to do is to play with his FisherPrice Trio blocks. He also has found a new love of going to the library. He and Grant are like best friends. They have thier days of course. But for the most part they get along great.

Grant is such a smart kid! We are pretty sure he is going to be gifted and talented. We havent gotten the results yet. He loves to read! He gets so excited when he gets a new book. He loves the Captain Underpants series. (silly name for a book!). He has like 3 or 4 books in his book bag because he never knows which one he will want to read! So much like me as a kid but he gets his school smarts from Daniel. The kid can multiply in his head. It takes him like 5 minutes to do a worksheet of double digit math homework! Its crazy! He also loves art. He is always coloring or drawing. OH...and he loves Church! He absolutely loves it!

Daniel is still working on his masters. He thinks he may be done in December! He such an amazing man. He works so hard so I can pretty much stay home with the kids. And it works for us. I love my job in life :) I also love working at the day school. Its nice to be around other adults.

I am really going to try and post. As soon as I upload new pics I will post. I need to take pictures of Logan in his toddler bed. We also need to take the boys to get new pics done.

OH! Grant is most likely going to play flag football! He has a clinic with real NFL players this weekend.

2009

2010-01-28T17:28:00.000-08:00

2009 was an awesome year. I cant wait to see what 2010 will bring our way! I cant believe it is already the end of January. I know I have been really slack in posting but this year I am going to try and do better. I just realized that I never posted Christmas morning pics or anything like that...so here they are!

I dont know why the pics are fuzzy...but as you can tell they got alot of good stuff! LOL!

Christmas Pics

2009-12-16T19:48:00.000-08:00

The mall we went to had a Polar Express theme. Logan loved this........

However......Logan did NOT love this LOL. But then Santa came to visit his school and the little man gave him a high five and took a pic with him. I think I have to stop going with him to get pics done.

Hopefully one day Logan will be this good with Santa.

Pumpkin Carving

2009-10-26T13:24:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday, Grant woke up not feeling so good. Took him to the doctor and he had a fever but it was just a head cold. He is fine now! But we were supposed to go to a halloween festival and then to the church picnic and since we couldn't, we grabbed lunch at Moe's (Grant's FAVORITE), rented some movies, and bought some pumpkins. After Grant took a nap and we ate dinner in, we decided to carve the pumpkins. Grant wanted a pirate and Logan wanted Buzz Lightyear. Daniel free handed Grant's pumpkin and we bought a kit for Logan's. Here are the finished results!

The boys with thier pumpkins. Logan was sooo excited! I dont think he really remembers Halloween from last year.

This is Grant's pumpkin! Daniel did so good!!!!!

This is Logan's pumpkin! I think I did pretty good! So glad we bought this kit!

This weekend is Halloween. Grant is going to be Jack Sparrow again. Logan is going to be Buzz Lightyear! I will post pics as soon as I can after Halloween!

Logan's First Field Trip : The Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-23T11:03:00.000-07:00

Logan trying to move the pumpkin!

Logan running around the pumpkin patch.

Logan picking out his pumpkin for school.

Logan giving his teacher, Mrs. Helms, his teacher, his pumpkin. She takes it back to school and they get to paint them this coming week.

My little man sitting on a pumpkin.

Logan sitting on pumpkins again!

Logan climbing over the pumpkins.

Logan playing with some of his classmates.

Banner Elk, NC

2009-10-21T19:26:00.001-07:00

This is the outside of our cabin.

The boys and I picking out little pumpkins.

The outside of the cabin on Sunday morning.

Grant sifting the dirt from gem mining.

Logan showing me his bucket!

Grant showing me his bucket!

My three favorite guys!

The guy looking at what Daniel and Logan collected.

Seeing what Grant found.

This is what the mountains looked like most of the trip.

This was one of the most beautiful trips to the mountains I have ever been on! The snow just made it perfect! Thanks to Kelly and Paul for finding such an awesome cabin!

Soccer Season Begins!

2009-10-08T08:15:00.000-07:00

And So it begins! Here is Grant at his first game of the season. He did awesome! I love that he enjoys it so much!

Here is the Coach talking to them before they start the game.

Going after the ball!

Grant in action!!!! Kicking the ball back into the game!

I have video too.....still trying to figure out to upload it on to blogger. Hope you enjoy these pics.

Life has been so busy!

2009-10-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

Life for the Beasley family, has been very busy. Daniel is super busy between work and grad school. Grant is in second grade and we now doing soccer again :) Logan is going to preschool now. I have been so slack with this blog! I can't believe the year is almost over! Its already October! We have alot of things going on in October. Daniel and Grant will be going on the Men's fishing trip with our church and we are going to the mountains for a weekend. And of course there is Halloween. Neither of the boys have any idea what they want to dress up in. I will post pictures of all these things as quickly as I can. And now some pictures for ya till next time!

Those pics are of Logan's first day of two year old preschool!

Grant's First Day of 2nd Grade

2009-08-20T03:31:00.001-07:00

Sorry I didnt post this yesterday. I was going to but I got distracted! Grant had a wonderful first day. He came home and was all happy that he has two of his really good friends from 1st grade in his class. He said he likes it but they didnt really do anything too much the first day. So hopefully today he will get more out of it LOL. I can't believe he is in 2nd grade. I still remember the day we brought him home from the hospital. He was such a good baby and has grown up to be such a wonderful boy. So here is a pic of Grant on his first day of 2nd grade.

Grant's 7th Birthday

2009-08-19T06:54:00.001-07:00

His party went really well. He had so much fun. Here are some pics for you to enjoy!

It has been a LONG time!!!

2009-07-21T19:47:00.000-07:00

WOW! According to this thing it has been since April that I updated this thing!!! That is just too long! Sorry!!! It has been a crazy few months. Back in May, My baby boy, Logan turned 2!!!! I can't even believe it has been two years already! I can't imagine life without him now. He is our little ham though. He loves to have his picture taken, loves to be tickled and he loves to make us laugh. He is also a little copycat! He does everything Grant does. Grant has to be very careful now about what he does so Logan doesn't hurt himself. Logan is talking more and more. His favorite way of being involved in a conversation is by saying the last word he heard someone say! LOL It is so cute. He will be starting two year old preschool in the fall. Just two days a week but with the way he loves to learn new things, I think he will want to go more!

Grant will be 7 in about two weeks. SEVEN!!!! I have a second grader now. I still remember the day we brought him home from the hospital. It is so wierd to have him be this old already. He is already into girls a little bit! LOL He is always looking. I guess it is a boy thing. He blushes when we notice. He is still my baby boy! He and Logan fight over me alot. But I guess that is normal. He is an awesome big brother. He shares everything with Logan.

We are in the process of moving the boys into one room with the bunkbeds and then have a playroom in the other bed room. Grant is very excited about this because alot of his friends have playrooms in thier houses. I think it will be good for them to share a room. I dont know if Logan is ready yet though. He loves his bed!!!! When he does wake up he just starts playing with whatever he has in his bed. He doesnt cry or anything. He also hasnt even bothered to try and climb out. But I know he will have to leave the crib soon. It just makes me sad.

Life with Daniel and I is going well. He is getting his masters in Administration right now. He is very excited about it. This fall I will be watching a friend's baby while she goes back to work. That should be fun!

Well that's it for now. I will be back though, I promise. I have to keep this more updated. I have uploaded more pics to my web album if you just follow the link!!!!

Spring Break 2009

2009-04-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

Spring break was great! The first part of the week was Easter. We went down to Hartsville for April's wedding and then spent Easter Sunday with Daniel's family. Monday we went bumming around Pineville to get out of the house. Tuesday was pajama day! LOL Wednesday we took the kids to the park and hung out together. Thursday we went to Discovery Place. It was our first time going. It was great! The kids had a blast! Someone pulled a fire alarm so we were outside the building for about 20 minutes while they checked the building! Logan wasn't too sure about all that. Friday we went to the Zoo with friends. It was AWESOME !!!! I have tons of pics but I posted my favorite one on here. I will upload the pics to my web album so you all can look! ( You gotta see the Gorilla pictures and I am not talking about the kids LOL).

The boys at Discovery place. They are standing in front of the blue screen that weathermen use. Logan was being silly!

Here are my boys looking at the elephants. Grant was helping us get a pic of Logan looking at them. I love this picture!

Then Friday night we hung out with Kelly and Paul for a little while. Then on Saturday we hung out at home and then babysat our friends kids Lexy and Zach ( the same kids in the zoo pics on the web album). We took all the kids to see Hotel for Dogs at the dollar theater. Then Sunday was Church and then resting up for school and work the next day.

Snow Day!

2009-03-06T08:37:00.001-08:00

Here is Logan touching the snow!

This is the front of our house.

This is our backyard.

Here is Grant, Logan and our Winthrop Snowman!

Here is Daniel making a snow angel!!!!!

Basketball Season

2009-01-30T04:09:00.000-08:00

Grant is once again playing basketball. I have been kinda slack in not taking pictures. But his coaches have been taking Video of the games and putting them up on a blog. If you want to check out Grant's moves go to this website http://obcbiddy.blogspot.com/ and click on the videos that are titled Howle because that is one of his coaches. Don't leave comments on that page but please leave comments here! I love to have people comment! Hope you enjoy the videos! Oh! And Grant is number 13 in the dark blue!

Another year has gone by.......

2009-01-13T12:14:00.000-08:00

Another year has gone by. The older I get the quicker the years go. I woke up the other day thinking, wow, I will be 29 this year! and then I thought THAT MEANS I WILL BE 30 next year. That means I am in the last year of my twenties. I can't even believe that. So much has happened since I turned 20. My parents split. I married the most wonderful man ever. I have the most handsome well behaved (most of the time) two little boys. Daniel and I bought our first house almost three years ago. I didn't go to my ten year reunion, but I am so going to the 20th. I found Kelly, who has become one of my best friends and a wonderful neighbor. I have learned how to budget money thanks to Daniel. I am so lucky to be able to stay home with my boys and take care of them. I have reconnected with my sister and her family, which is one of the best things to have happened in the last year. I got to see her and her family for the first time in eight years this past summer. It was so amazing. My friend Sarah had her first baby this year. Little Emma. What a blessing she is to Sarah and Matt. Her smile lights up the room. Kelly and Paul and Daniel and I have become pretty close as friends. We have such a blast together. This past summer we went to Atlanta to meet up with Sarah, Matt, and baby Emma. It was so much fun! Daniel and I had never gone on a trip with friends like that before. It was great. Hopefully we can do that alot more. My best friend since 7th grade, Liz, has FINALLY moved back to SC. Her and her husband now live in Greenville. They came to Grant's 6th birthday party. It was great! We are hopefully getting together again. soon. We also found a wonderful Church family at the Charlotte Ave. Church of Christ. And because of that we have made friends with Kara and Jeremy. God has blessed me and my family so much over the last 8 years. I know God will continue to bless us as long as we put everything in his hands. I hope all those who read my blog can look back over the last eight years and feel happy as I do.

No More Curls!!!!!

2008-12-08T17:18:00.000-08:00

I knew this day was coming but I didn't expect to be so sad about it. I gave Logan his first haircut today. I had to cut off his curls. I loved his curls. But his hair was getting really long for a boy and too many people were calling him a girl. Even some people who know he is a boy. He did pretty good during the hair cut. Towards the end he was getting fussy. But I think I did a pretty good job. It just made me sad to see the curls go and my little baby boy turn into a big boy in a matter of 30 minutes. Daniel's mom is paying for the boys to get Christmas pictures this weekend. So he will be so cute in them I think. I just thought I would share his first haircut with everyone.

The Best Husband Ever.....

2008-12-03T04:32:00.000-08:00

Daniel is the best husband and father anyone could ask for. He has been busting his butt this year to make sure that the boys and I have the best Christmas ever. Because I could not get work this year, money has been tight. Daniel has been working 4 jobs to make sure we would have enough money for Christmas. He teaches at the high school, of course that is his main job, he tutors at the high school in the mornings, He tutors a girl from Fort Mill every Monday afternoon. and on Tuesday and Thursday nights he works at Winthrop. He is just amazing!

In order to have a good Christmas, Daniel and I decided not to get each other anything for Christmas. We also decided not to give anniversary presents to each other. We just asked my mom to send us a gift card so we could eat out for our anniversary. That is really all we wanted.

Have I mentioned how sneaky Daniel can be????

While at his parents house for Thanksgiving, there was a jewelry store going out of business and with his mom's help ( she picked it up for him because he was with me in Sumter that Wednesday before Thanksgiving). He surprised me with the most beautiful necklace. It is a white gold circle of hearts pendant with a diamond in each heart. I was so surprised!!!!! I cried because I can't do anything for him. And he said that he didn't care but because I do so much for him and the kids that he couldn't stand for me not to get anything so he made sure he could do this.

How awesome is he? I can't believe how lucky I am!!!! Now everyone go hug your husbands for all the wonderful things they have down for you!

Thanksgiving......

2008-12-03T04:16:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was alot of fun. We went down to Daniel's parents in Hartsville on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and stayed till Sunday. It was nice getting a break from Rock Hill. Every now and then you just gotta get away. Wednesday we went to Sumter to see my old friend Stephanie Knight (now Brown) and her three boys! I couldn't believe that we were together with our children. It is crazy how much has changed in ten years since high school. Thanksgiving day was awesome. The food was amazing! We ate at Daniel's Grandma's house. After dinner we went outside so all the kids could play and Daniel got the kids raking. So that led to the adults raking ( I got out of it because I had to follow Logan :) ). So we had a raking party and then by the time that was done they started shaking the pecan trees to get the pecans down, so all the kids were picking those up. By the time we were done with all of that it was time to eat again. So we ate and then we went back to Daniel's parents house. I gave the kids a bath and Logan was asleep by 8. We went to bed shortly after because we were getting up at 3am!!!! to go out Black Friday shopping.

Friday was actually kinda fun. We got up at 3am and so did Daniel's mom. We took Logan with us and left Grant with his PaPa. Which I think they were both excited about. Lynn, Daniel's mom, waited in the car while Daniel and I stood in line at Toys R Us. About 10 minutes before the doors opened Lynn and Logan joined us in line. It was so crazy in there! But we got what we wanted or we got what the kids wanted! LOL Then we went to Target. After getting what we needed we got in line. And Logan fell asleep in my arms. So we are standing in this insanely HUGE line and I can't take it anymore so I head up front to go sit in the little food place with Logan because he is so heavy when he is asleep. Well, when I get up to where the lines are, I realized that there were other shorter lines. So I get in one and call Daniel to come up and get in line with the stuff. Well, while I am waiting someone gets in line behind me and after Daniel and Lynn join me with the buggy, the woman gives me attitude!!!!! It was crazy! I mean really, like she has never held a place in line for someone before! ugh, It made me a little mad.But I was polite and Daniel said that if she didn't want to wait in lines behind people then why is she out shopping on Black Friday. So we went to other stores and shopped and got home around Noon. Logan was the best little boy ever.

That was our Thanksgiving. Hope you all had a good one too!

Reba and Kelly Concert!!!!!

2008-11-23T18:45:00.000-08:00

Well as some of you know, I got to go to the Reba and Kelly Clarkson Concert this past weekend. And a big thanks to my MOM!! because she bought me the tickets as an early Christmas presents. It was AWESOME!!!! They are amazing together. I have wanted to see Reba in concert since I think I was 11 or 12 maybe. We were right on the floor, about 20 or 30 rows back. Well I got Daniel to go down front and get some pictures of them right at the beginning.

There is Kelly. Looks like she posed for Daniel! Oh, and for those who don't know the story, Kelly is going to be Daniel's second wife. He says he married me for Love and will marry her for money. So he was okay with going to the concert even though he isn't a big fan of country music. He went because he knew it was something I have always wanted to do! Such a wonderful husband!

And here is Reba posing for Daniel!!!!!

There they are together!!!!

If you have seen the REBA tv show then you know who the woman on stage with Reba and Kelly is........Its Barbara Jean!!!!! She came out when they started singing the theme song to the show.

This is them coming out for the finale. They ended the show with Fancy by Reba.

I gotta tell you. If you can go see either of them or both in concert. GOOOO!!!! It was great!

Renn Fest 08

2008-11-06T16:17:00.000-08:00

We went to the Renaissance Festival in North Carolina last weekend with Kelly, Paul, Kara and Jeremy. It was alot of fun. On the way there we ate at The Penguin which is this old resturant that the food network has had on their Diners, Drive In, and Dives show. Well, the resturant was super busy so we got our food to go and ate at a nearby park. Which I wasn't too keen on, but it was alot of fun. Here are pictures from the day. Some I took and some Paul took.

There is Grant getting fairy stones from the fairy for him and Logan. Logan wouldn't go up there!

We saw the jousting and sword act.

I took this picture! I thought it was really cool!

Grant and Logan were really into the show. Logan kept barking at the horses!!

This is when they were catching rings on thier lance.

My brave little man. Grant went on this kids jousting ride. He was really proud of himself and so were we!

There he is! Right after this picture he threw down the lance and hugged the "horse". I don't think he liked how fast the horse went on the line.

Paul took this picture. I love it! And I dont like pics of me!

This is a picture of Kelly, Kara and I at the festival. I like this pic of me too.

There are more pictures but just too many to put on here. I will try to upload them in my web album soon!

Halloween 08

2008-11-06T16:02:00.000-08:00

I just realized that I never posted Halloween pictures. So here you are!!!! I hope you enjoy!

Logan as HANDY MANNY. We couldn't find a costume his size but all HANDY MANNY wears a green shirt, jeans and sometimes a tool belt. And Logan happen to have tools from the show too. So it works.

This is Jack Sparrow as a child. LOL. Isn't he the cutest!

This is Grant and his friend we went trick or treating with. We had a Gangster Alien and a Pirate Princess and Jack Sparrow. Logan wasn't sure about the alien so he kept looking for him!

Logan only made it an hour before he fell asleep.

Kelly's Vase

2008-10-30T18:37:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do something special for Kelly and her new office. So I bought a ceramic vase and had them glaze the inside so it could hold fresh flowers. I wasn't sure what to do with it at first. And then I had a brillant idea!! I painted it green and then put blue, yellow and red puzzle pieces all over it. And of course I bought flowers for it. From what I could find on the internet, Yellow flowers mean friendship and cheerful thoughts. So I went to Walmart and found the prettiest yellow tulips that looked really fresh. They were perfect. And I put them in the vase for Kelly. I gave it to Kelly tonight. I think she loved it!!! I am excited about seeing it in her office at the center. And of course I am including pictures for you all to see!

I was very proud of myself for painting this! I hope you all love it as much as I do!

Lexington BBQ Festival

2008-10-28T15:33:00.000-07:00

We went to the Lexington BBQ Festival in Lexington,NC this past weekend. It was alot of fun. We went with Kara and Jeremy Burkholders. The Edinger's were supposed to go but they had some friends from out of town come visit. So they will go next year!!! The BBQ was really good. I loved how finely chopped they made it. The picture below is of the sand sculpture that they make every year. They start 8 days before the festival in order to have it completed in time for the festival.

This is a close up picture of the sand sculpture. Grant got a kick out of it.

This picture we took for Kelly. We thought it was cool. It was next to the sand sculpture. I am not sure what building it was in front of but I thought it was cool that they had it on main street. They also had a booth for the Autism Society of North Carolina. You paid a dollar to pick a duck and get a prize. Grant got a glow in the dark bouncey ball and Logan got a spikey yellow ball.

It was the 25th annual festival. They had balloons like this all up and down Main Street. Logan kept asking to touch them! It was cute!

Grant and Logan got those frisbees for free. Logan's kept falling off his head. Oh, and just to share, we got Logan up that morning at 8am and he didn't nap till we were on our way home at like 3 that afternoon. He was such a good boy!!! Let's hope he does as well at the Renn Fest this weekend!!!!

Random things that make me happy.....

2008-10-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

My friend Sarah did this and it was neat to learn somethings about her. And at the end of she asked What makes you happy? Well, here we go!

1. My husband
2. My children
3. SLEEP
4. When the kids go to bed and Daniel and I cuddle and watch TV
5. Talking to my mom on Saturday morning. And being able to email her when ever I have a question. And that she bought me the tickets to the Reba and Kelly Clarkson concert.
6. Staying home with my boys
7. My friends
8. Having an amazing church family
9. Iced or Blended Mocha drinks
10. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting..
11. Road Trips with family and friends
12. Christmas
13. Shopping (I am a girl hehehe)
14. My friends being happy
15. Game night
16. Having people over to hang out
17. Hopefully Mary Kay will soon!
18. My blog
19. Watching show on the internet!!
20. Finding old friends on Facebook
21. Watching my kids discover something new
22. Helping Grant with his homework
23. Knowing I have good kids
24. Not watching politics :)
25. Grey's Anatomy
26. Weekends with my family
27. Going out on dates with Daniel
28. Getting to go to the Reba/Kelly Clarkson Concert on November 21st
29. A clean house....doesnt happen too often but I love it when it does
30. Being able to think of 29 things that make me happy !!!!!

So....What makes you happy??

Soccer is here....

2008-10-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

Soccer has started again. Here are a couple pictures of Grant playing. The first one is of him kicking the ball and the second one of him is him waiting for the ball to come to him. He is a really good soccer player. It is his favorite sport. Enjoy the pics!

LOGAN IS 16 MONTHS OLD!!!!!!!!

2008-09-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

Logan is now 16 months old. We just had his check up. He is 33 inches tall and 25 pounds. He is the biggest 16 month old I have ever seen. But he isn't fat, he is solid. He loves to eat. He really like fried rice and fried chicken. He loves french fries. He likes fig newtons. He says ball, dada, bubba, mama, kitty, Nat (the cat's name), down, food, no ( sometimes), yes, booka (book), bumblebee, Pooh as in Winnie, PaPa CooCoo means cookie. He tries to say Kelly, Paul, and Grandma. We are working on it. When Grant comes home from school and we do homework at the table, Logan has to be in a chair at the table with a crayon or pencil and some paper coloring. It is so cute. I will be taking pictures of that soon. He is getting better about riding in the car. He doesn't scream when he wants something anymore, He can say That or this and he points at what he wants. He loves to sleep! Some days when he is tired, I can ask if he wants to go to bed, and he will run to his crib and try to climb in it! He takes a 2 hour nap everyday and sleeps like 12 hours a night. But he is so full of energy when he is awake! He wants to be just like Grant. He loves to look at books and be read to. His favorite shows are Handy Manny and Winnie the Pooh on disney. And he still loves his blankets! He has two of them in the crib with him at night!

There is Logan kissing the cat!

Logan and the cat.

Logan feeding himself!

Logan feeding himself again! He insisits on a spoon or fork all the time now! It is so CUTE!

I hope you enjoyed your update on Logan! Stay tuned for more :)

Family Reunion

2008-09-24T15:27:00.000-07:00

That is my niece Kimberly and my nephew Kirkland.

This is Gene, my brother-in-law holding Logan. Logan LOVED him!!! Daniel had to leave the day before me and Gene helped me so much with Logan. It was great!

Grant in the ocean for the first time. He was willing to do anything to be able to play with Kimberly and Kirkland.

This is my sister Lisa. It was amazing to see her. I hope to do it again soon!

Saturday Night Live Rocks!

2008-09-14T10:13:00.000-07:00

Fun at Kelly and Paul's house!

2008-08-31T11:38:00.000-07:00

Our little Monkey!

2008-08-21T16:11:00.001-07:00

Our little Monkey named Logan discovered that he can climb into the green chair in our living room. Here are pictures of the process.

There he is getting started with the climb.

Getting up there pretty well, isn't he?

HEY MOM! I DID IT!

Then Big Brother gave him a pillow and a blankie.

He loves it!

Now we start the climb down.

It didn't go as smooth as he would have liked! But it was really cute.

Grant's First Day of 1st Grade

2008-08-20T15:44:00.001-07:00

Today Grant started 1st grade. He had alot of fun. He bought school lunch. And he said that his pencil box not only holds pencils, but it also holds scissors, glue, crayons, and erasers. He got to play with his old friends at recess. He also made a new friend named George. Here are pictures of Grant before Daniel took him to school today! Oh and he said that he wanted to be dropped off today like a big boy. Man, do they grow up fast!

Daniel's Last Day of Freedom

2008-08-18T17:56:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday was Daniel's last day before he started back to work, so we took the kids to Carowinds. It was so much fun. We went to the new wave pool they built. That morning before we left, Kelly gave us her waterproof camera to use. It was so great not worrying about the camera. We defintely have to get one of those. Here are some of the pictures we took!

That picture is of Daniel and Logan behind a wave.

There they are again! Logan loved the waves because Daniel would jump with him.

There is Grant waiting for the waves. The first time the waves came he held my hand, but then he got brave and let go of me and just jumped on his own! I was very proud of him.

Grant again waiting for the waves.

The waves kept pushing Grant farther away from me! He loved it. He figured out how to walk in between waves to get back to me.

There's Daniel and Logan again. This is inbetween the waves. They only come every like 10 minutes or so. Logan is pointing at Grant I believe.

See how far away Grant is? He wanted to see how far we would let him go from us. He loved it!

Logan got tired of being in the pool, so he and I got out while Daniel took Grant into the deep end to jump in the waves. So I gave Logan a snack.

And I took some cute pictures! I love this one! Those big blue eyes!

Such a cute little man!!!

Grant with Jimmy Neutron!

Daniel and Logan with Jimmy!

And there are my boys with Spongebob! Logan loved meeting him. This is also the first picture we have of Grant with Spongebob.

Then we went out to dinner. This is Logan stabbing the paper with his crayon.

And there he is trying to color.

And there he is kissing the table. I don't know why. He got really fussy after this picture and the manager came over to see if he would like some fruit since the food was taking a little while. How cool is that? And he didn't charge us for it! Logan ate the whole bowl of canteloupe.

We had alot of fun that day. It was a good way to end Daniel's summer. I think he really had fun with the kids at Carowinds. Hope you all enjoyed the pics. Next time it will be pictures of Grant going to first grade!!!!!

Beasley Beach Vacation 2008

2008-08-14T12:44:00.000-07:00

We went to Myrtle Beach a few weeks ago with the boys and Daniel's parents. It was a lot of fun. We stayed at a friend's condo. It was really nice. We went to Ripley's Aquarium at Broadway at the beach. Grant loves going there and now that Logan is into fish, he really liked it this year.

There are the boys looking at something in the pirate exhibit.

That is the sea turtle they have at Ripley's. This was the first time that we had seen the turtle swimming around.

There are the boys looking at jellyfish.

This is a picture of one of the sharks that Grant took with his camera. He was very proud of this picture.

Logan on the beach for the first time! He loved it! He had so much fun running in the sand. He wasn't too sure about the ocean water though.

Logan's footprints in the sand.

Grant's footprints in the sand.

That picture is of Danny, Daniel' dad, finding a pretty big shark's tooth. I thought it was a good picture of the four of them together too.

Grant's 6th Birthday!!!

2008-07-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

Logan's One Year Check-up

2008-07-23T15:00:00.000-07:00

Logan had his one year check up today. He is in the 95 percentile on everything. He is 31 inches tall. He weighs 25 pounds. The doctor says he is doing great! He is also impressed with how we are handliing discipline with Logan. He said if he gave out gold stars that I would definitely get one. He got two shots and his finger pricked. He did good. He only cried for a minute. His next checkup in september is when he will get 3 or 4 shots at once. That might not go so well. Logan is growing so fast!!! When he and Grant stand next to each other, Logan is above Grant's waist!

Logan's Favorites :

Logan loves fruit, Mcdonalds chicken nuggets and fries, and my teriyaki chicken that I make. He still doesn't like carrots or mashed potatoes. He also doesn't like to see other people eat. If he sees you eating, he demands that he has some too! The kid will try anything once. Its a nice change from Grant who still won't always try stuff, but he is getting better at it.

Toy: He still loves his big brother but he loves balls and balloons. He also likes phones. And anything that Grant is playing with he wants it too.

He loves his blankets too. He loves to fall asleep while we rock him and cuddle with his blanket. And thank goodness he doesn't care what blanket and so he isn't attached to anyone inparticular.

He still has an amazing smile. When he is being silly he wrinkles up his nose at you!

He now has 8 teeth but he eats like he has a whole mouth full of them.

He is just moving everywhere. If you put him down he only has one direction. Straight. The minute he hits the ground he just takes off.

He loves to dance. Anytime he hears music he starts to boogie. He also dances when we sing "shake, shake your booty!". In the car when he gets fussy sometimes we can play the song "Love Song" By Sarah Barilles. He really likes that song.

When he is all done with his food, I put my hands up and say "all done!" and now he does it all on his own but he just says "ah!".

That's it for now but if you have your own memory of something Logan has done around you then please share it with me by leaving a comment or emailing me!

A New Arrival.....

2008-07-21T08:53:00.000-07:00

My friend Cami had her baby this past week. His name is Xander Griffin Brooks! He was 7lbs and 20 1/2 inches long. She had to have a c-section because he was breeched. She did really well. And Xander is so cute. Cami and I went to high school together and were college roomates. She and I lose touch every now and then but we are always there for each other. I am so happy for her. She is going to make a wonderful mother. Here are some pictures of Cami and Xander.

A Beasley Update...

2008-07-16T17:23:00.001-07:00

We are doing really well. We have been busy with going out of town on the weekends. We will be home the next two weekends though. This weekend we are going out to dinner with Kelly and Paul for Kelly and Daniel's birthday. Sarah and Matt were supposed to be here for that too. But sadly, they won't be able to make it. Grant and Logan are going to a friend's house that night also, so it will be a real DATE NIGHT!!!

Then next week, we will be getting ready for Grant's birthday party. He will be turning 6 on august 1st. Can you believe it? He will be going to first grade this year. It is crazy how fast they grow up.

That is Grant on the day he was born. I will be showing more of these when I do his blog on his birthday.

Well that is all for now. I will blog again soon!

Shake Shake Shake...Shake your booty

2008-07-09T16:55:00.000-07:00

This is a video of Logan dancing to me saying "Shake shake shake...shake your booty"! He is starting to try to say shake shake also. It is a really cute video! Hope you enjoy!

Fourth of July '08

2008-07-09T08:15:00.000-07:00

We spent the Fourth of July in Hartsville with Daniel's parents. One of the churches down there has a really great fireworks show. We also sold my old red escort. Kinda sad. I had that car in college but it needed to go.

Here are some pictures of the day.

There is Logan laughing at his PaPa! Logan said papa this weekend and made Danny's day!

There is Grant sitting in his Grandma's lap at the fireworks.

Logan has one of those light up things on his head.

Logan in Grandma's lap. A few minutes later she let him on the ground and found out how hard it is to chase after him. He loved it though. He would runaway from her giggling. But we told her if she put him down that she would have to chase him. She didn't mind a bit!

Now, the picture above was taken with Grant's brand new digital camera. He had most of the money but we helped. It is part of his birthday. Here is a video of the finale of the fireworks taken on Grant's camera.

Hope you all liked the video. Grant is very excited about his camera.

Atlanta..

2008-07-02T12:51:00.001-07:00

Atlanta.....

2008-06-30T06:15:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful time in Atlanta. I really wanted to put up my scrapblog first but I haven't worked on it yet. So here are some pictures for now.

Grant holding Emma. He asked to hold her. I thought it was so sweet. And while he was holding her he talked to her. Such a big boy! And Emma is a very sweet baby.

There are Logan and Grant at the Georgia Welcome Center. They are sitting on a Georgia Bulldog.

On our way to the Coca-cola museum, we say Nickelodeon Slime Across America. So of course we stopped for Grant. He got to shoot real Slime and get a slime ball! He loved it.

There is Grant getting a free coke from the Coca-Cola Museum. That place was pretty cool.

Then on Sunday we went to the Georgia Aquarium. It was the most amazing Aquarium I have ever been to. We got there about 10:30 and left at 3.

There are a few pictures for now. Soon more pictures and videos.

An update on Grant's summer so far.....

2008-06-22T07:50:00.000-07:00

Grant has had an eventful summer already and its only been two weeks! This past week he had soccer camp. He had alot of fun. This week I am signing him up for fall soccer again. He says soccer is his favorite sport right now. Daniel and I think that is because he gets to run around so much. Here is a picture of him getting his certificate and soccer ball. The sun was in his eyes, that is why he is making that face.

The week before last Grant went to spen a week with his Grandma in Hartsville. He went to vacation bible school at her church. He had alot of fun doing that too. And boy did he get spoiled. Here is a picture of him on the last day. They were singing songs and doing motions to it.

Next weekend we are going to Atlanta to see Sarah and Matt and little Emma Grace. We are very excited about it. Look forward to all of Grant's adventures this summer!

Here's some interesting news......

2008-06-18T15:54:00.000-07:00

I am now a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant. Wish me luck!

My Little Man

2008-06-06T13:08:00.000-07:00

The picture is of Logan being silly, or of Grant actually, Grant put the bandana around Logan. Now the video I am putting up is of Logan talking and of him doing something the I used to do as a baby. It is the sniffing thing that he does with his nose. I hope you all enjoy, I know my parents will.

Schooooool's Out for SUMMER!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-05T12:02:00.001-07:00

Well, it has happened. Grant has completed kindergarten and is now a first grader. (pause for tears) I can not believe that my baby is going into the first grade. He is getting so big. Today I went and had lunch with him. I took him McDonalds since it was the last day of school. Logan, of course, went with us. It was a good day. I took lots of pictures. Here are some of them.

Grant and Mrs. Radcliffe

Grant and Mrs. Kyber

Grant playing outside

Grant and Logan on the play ground

Grant "painting" the wall with water

Grant and Logan playing in the water outside.

So there you have it. Grant's very last day of kindergarten. He decided he wanted to leave when Logan and I left school. He was sad about leaving so Mrs. Radcliffe let him get a prize out of the treasure box. He got a little yellow truck and she gave him a book. She told me today that all he really needs is to practice reading of course and he will be set for First grade. She says she is not worried about him at all. That he is very smart and catches on so quickly. Well, I don't know what else to say except that I am sad and happy all at the same time. I also wished that they had done a graduation of sorts but they don't do that.

A cute video of Logan

2008-06-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

I know everyone has wanted to see a video of Logan walking. So here it is.

End of T-Ball

2008-05-31T16:18:00.000-07:00

Well, T-ball has ended. But it went out with a bang. These first few pictures are of the game.

This next picture is of Grant recieving his baseball trophy.

Now, prepare yourself. These next few pictures are of Grant getting on an inner tube that you ride behind a boat. Yes he wore a life jacket. Daniel and I could not believe that Grant did this. I was really proud of him.

Now here is a video of the boat pulling Grant away from us while we watch from the dock.

The little head on the right is Grant!

Logan's First Birthday Party!

2008-05-29T04:08:00.001-07:00

Here are the pictures we have all been waiting for. Logan's birthday went very well. Everyone had fun! The kids all behaved and played with everything we had set up. They really liked the craft that we did. Logan really loved it. He had so much fun with everyone. I think we have almost 40 people here in the house. It was crazy but fun.

Lynn, Daniel's mom, made the cake. She did a wonderful job. It is better than anything I could have gotten at walmart! I guess we know who gets to do the cakes from now on!!

There is the birthday boy! He is waiting for his cake. He didn't like the cake. He kept pushing it away.

There is Grant and Logan. Matthew and Nathan too.

There is Matthew and Logan. Also Blair from our church.

Cutting the pretty cake!

Grant showing Danny a sticker from the craft.

Daniel, Grant and Logan. Emma too! They are opening Carrie's present to Logan. She got him one of those cool bags that has his name on it and all. It is great!

Opening more presents.

He had alot of fun opening the presents.

He liked the wrapped presents more than the gift bags.

Logan's First Birthday

2008-05-27T06:30:00.000-07:00

Logan's party went really well. I can not believe he is one already!!! I know everyone wants pictures and they are to come but our camera died so Daniel's dad took pictures. We are trying to get them from him. It may take a few days.

Emma Grace is Here!

2008-05-22T04:06:00.000-07:00

Sarah had Emma Grace yesterday! Another baby born in May. She is 8lbs and 19 inches long. I am sad that I won't get to meet her until she is a month old. But as I get pictures so will you guys. Enjoy!

There is one of Emma's first pictures!

What a sweet couple of girls!

There is Daddy Parks!

AWWW! She is already sticking her tongue out at the camera! That's my girl!

2008-05-09T15:05:00.000-07:00

Today at Grant's school, they had a Mother's Day Program. These are the videos of the songs they sang.

This second video made a few of us Moms cry.

I have a Terrific Kid at Richmond Drive!!!

2008-05-07T06:27:00.000-07:00

I remember growing up and seeing those Terrific Kid bumper stickers on cars. I never had one because the private school I went to didn't do terrific kid. But now I have one, but it is because Grant is a Terrific kid! He was so proud of himself today. The video below is of him and his principal. His principal is reading what his teacher wrote about him.

T-Ball Game 2

2008-04-28T04:42:00.000-07:00

This is Blair and Victoria. They go to church with us and love to come see Grant's games. He didn't want to take this picture but I made him. He is shy around the girls.

T-Ball Game 2

2008-04-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

Here is the team picture.

OOPS!

That's Grant with the ball about to throw it.

Here is a video of Grant hitting the ball.

Grant's Ladybug House

2008-04-25T04:06:00.001-07:00

Last night Grant found a ladybug and wanted to keep him. I told him I didn't know what we could put the ladybug in. So my little man went in the house and found this shoe box. And He said we could put windows in so we can see the lady bug. And I was really impressed with this idea so I said okay. And we went and cut out windows and I taped parts of a ziploc bag inside so we could see the ladybug. Grant got some leaves and sticks to put in the box. He took it to school this morning to show his class because they are talking about insects right now.

We put windows on each side. Grant was really excited about this project.

If you look closely you can see the little orange blob that is a lady bug!

First T-Ball Game

2008-04-25T04:01:00.001-07:00

This was his first time up to bat during the game. I think he was a little nervous!

He is right in the middle there with the ball about to throw it to first base.

He is watching to see where the ball is going to go so he can hopefully catch it.

I am not sure who "won" but Grant did an awesome job out there and had lots of fun!!

Inspired by Sarah

2008-04-23T05:50:00.000-07:00

I kinda took this post from Sarah because it inspired me to think about my life and the things that I am and what I think. I hope Sarah doesn't mind me using her post but its such a great idea.

i am: blessed

i think: my kids are amazing

i know: i am lucky to have an amazing husband who works so hard for us

i want: to lose wieght

i have: too many things to do and not enough time to do them

i wish: I had a magical wand to clean my house with :)

i hate: being late

i miss: having family close by

i fear: someone taking my kids

i feel: tired

i hear: Logan trying to wake up

i smell: my lotion

i crave: anything I don't have to cook

i search: for new recipes

i wonder: if we will ever make enough money

i regret: not saving money like we always say we will

i love: Daniel and the boys

i ache: for some time away from it all

i care: what people think of me

i always: check my email

i am not: always happy with myself

i believe: in God

i dance: when no one is looking

i sing: Logan to sleep

i cry: too much

i don’t always: say what I am thinking

i fight: sometimes

i write: on my blog....thinking about writing a children's book....

i win: on the WII

i lose: my mind on a daily basis

i never: want to lose my husband

i confuse: Daniel LOL

i listen: to oldies because its better for Grant than the new music

i can usually be found: on the computer

i am scared: that I don't do everything I should be doing as a christian

i need: a maid

i am happy about: summer and upcoming vacations

T-Ball Practice

2008-04-17T16:42:00.000-07:00

Finally! Here are pictures of Grant at T-Ball practice. His first game is this Saturday. So there will be more pictures soon!

Chair on the go......

2008-04-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

We bought one of those travel seats for Logan so when there isn't a high chair we can use it, like at My mom's house and Daniel's parents house. Well, right now it is in the house because we grabbed it out of the van when we came back from Mom's. Well, I used it today because Logan just wanted a quick snack. So I had him in the chair in the living room. I got up to put the food away and when I turned around He was crawling with the chair attached to him. I laughed so hard and ran for the camera. Here are the pictures. I hope they make you laugh too.

He tried standing up with it on, but that didn't work.

It was like he didn't even now it was on him!

The view from the back.

Here he comes!

There he goes!

My Field Trip by Grant

2008-04-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

Today I went on a field trip to the Lazy 5 Ranch. Mommy was not able to go with me because of Logan. I had alot of fun today. We rode in wagons around the zoo, it was kinda like a hay ride but there wasn't any hay. I got to feed a giraffe.

And I fed a pig. I got to feed a Lama too!

I saw some bulls there too!

They had a goldfish pond.

I fed goats too! There were sheep too!

I didn't get to feed the camel but I saw them!

So that was my trip to the Lazy 5 Ranch. My favorite animal was the giraffe. I really liked the zebras but they wouldn't let us feed them because they bite sometimes. Now I have to go have my after school snack and play with Logan.

Spring Break In Maryland

2008-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:00

For Spring Break this year we went to Maryland to see my Mom. It was alot of fun. Well, the ride up wasn't any fun. We decided to drive at night in hopes that Logan would sleep most of the way. Well, of course that did not work out. Logan cried and screamed for about 4 hours of the 8 hour trip up there. All that made him happy was to have a bottle, and I know all the books say not to give in at times like this, but I don't think that the people who write those books have ever been in the car with a screaming 10 month old for four hours. So We kept giving him bottle after bottle. We tried to wait two hours but he would just scream. So after four bottles and four and a half hours of screaming, he fell asleep almost all the way there. We got to Mom's house around 2 am Saturday morning. After unloading and getting Logan back to sleep. We went to bed at 4 in the morning. That Saturday we spent indoors because we were all so tired.

On Sunday, We went to Washington. It was so much fun. We rode the Metro into the city because it is really hard to find parking spots at the mall. We went to the Natural Museum of History. Here are some pictures of our Sunday in Washington.

Mom and Logan on the Metro.

Ernie, Mom, and Grant on the Metro.

Logan on the Metro. Mom learned quickly that Logan does not like to wear shoes. He kept kicking them off and she kept putting them back on. After the third time, she put his shoes in the basket under him. It was fun to watch.

This is a giant sloth!

That is the T-Rex. The yellow blur underneath it is Grant. The camera took a lot of blurry pictures and the batteries kept dying. And of course after this trip to Washington I left the camera in the van and didn't get anymore pictures. Sorry Kelly! :)

A dinosaur! (not sure which one)

The Woolly Mammoth!

We thought this was pretty cool. We tried to get Grant to stand next to it, but he wasn't in the mood to do a picture.

This is the church that the President attends.

The Washington Monument.

The Capital Building.

This is a picture of the Cherry Blossoms that bloom in Washington. I took this picture from my friend Danielle on Facebook. We didn't make it down to the Cherry Blossoms because it was too cold and it was late by the time we left the museum.

It was a really good visit. We spent alot of time with Mom and Ernie. I am a little sad we didn't get more pictures, but that my luck with cameras and I really don't know why we didn't use Mom's camera. But I promise next time we see them, which will be this summer at the beach.

Oh!!! Before I forget, Logan took his very first step at Mom's house. He walked three steps to me all by himself. He keeps trying to do it but he is now a little hesitant but he got a walking toy that he can push and walk with and he loves that. He giggles when he does that. Pictures of that to come.

Logan wants to win!!!

2008-04-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

I entered Logan into a cutest baby contest. Go to this link and vote for him! Thank you!

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index_c.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=449170&x=.jpg

One Mom's Opinion

2008-04-03T07:16:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to voice my opinion on circumcision. I think it is a great thing for the health of boys. But if you have a baby boy make sure that the doctor that performs the surgery puts a ring on the baby. This prevents the skin from adhering back onto him. If you don't have the ring then there is a good chance that you will have to take your little baby to a urologist and have them cut the skin again. I had to do this today. Poor Logan. He is okay now but it was not a fun process. When I told the doctor that the surgeon did not put the ring on and that I thought that was the cause of the problem, she agreed with me. She said she wishes more doctors would use the ring to prevent the babies having to go through unnecessary procedures. I just wanted to share with other parents.

Shocking.....

2008-04-02T09:54:00.000-07:00

Kelly has already posted this video but I want to post it to. I think most Christians will feel the urge to share this too. Kelly is right. This is yet another obstacle for us as Christians to over come. I have always liked Oprah and I think she does do alot of good for people. But this is hurting her and all the people that will do whatever she says because she is Oprah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA

Bath Buddies

2008-03-25T17:36:00.000-07:00

My boys both needed to take a bath so I put them in together. Why not right? Saves time. Well, they had so much fun that I had to take pictures. Logan loved being with his big brother. Today Logan is ten months old. When Grant was this age he was walking by himself. Logan isn't ready for that, thank goodness because I am not ready yet either.

Easter Morning

2008-03-23T13:32:00.001-07:00

Easter morning has come and gone but the fun is still going. The Easter Bunny hid baskets for the kids. Grant's basket was under the table. Logan's basket was behind the chair. Grant found Logan's for him. They were both happy with what they got. Of course though, Logan tried to go after Grant's toys.

There is Logan and his basket.

There is Grant right as he pulled it out from under the table.

There is Grant trying to get his toys from Logan. They both wouldn't fit in the picture. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Grant's Easter Egg Hunt At School

2008-03-19T14:00:00.001-07:00

Today was Grant's Easter Egg Hunt at school. He was really excited about it. Here are some pictures of him in action!

GET READY! GET SET! GO!!!!!!!

There he goes!

He was really good at finding the eggs!

And he keeps going!

He was so proud of himself for finding those eggs. Three kids ran by them before he got to them.

There he is going for some more eggs.

Still looking, never give up!

Hey MOM! I found a shiny one!

There is Logan, just watching the action.

Well, that was fun! What's next?

Daniel and Grant

2008-03-18T04:41:00.000-07:00

Grant had his first Tball practice. We forgot the camera, but when we got home Grant wanted to practice some more, so He and Daniel went into Kelly and Paul's yard (their's is bigger) and threw the ball around. Here are some pictures for you.

Our Crazy Cat

2008-03-18T04:38:00.001-07:00

The other night, We were about to go to bed and looked over and saw the cat in the rocking chair. So of course we took a picture!

The Best Birthday Present EVER!!!!!!!

2008-03-05T12:43:00.001-08:00

This is my Kia Sedona van. Daniel bought it for me!!!! Now we have two cars so I won't have to drive him to work and all that.

Don't you just love that family on the back of the van? I have seen those everywhere and had to have them for my car. We are also going to put our ROAR soccer ball magnet on the van.

The inside of the car!

Grant has claimed the very back seat. He said he wanted to sit in the "trunk" of the van! And Logan is in the middle seat. Grant loves the van. Today after school, he asked if he could just stay in the van. Of course I said no, but I am glad he really likes it!

Brothers at play......

2008-03-05T12:32:00.000-08:00

Here is Grant and Logan playing in thier pjs one night. They have so much fun with each other.

This video is of Grant being very silly and Logan loving every minute of it.

The same night I took this picture and video, Logan said his first word other than dada and mama. Logan's first word is UP. He says it all the time. And we think he realizes that if he says it then he will get picked up. As soon as I can get him to say it to the camera you all will get to hear Logan say UP. Oh, and also look forward to pictures of Grant playing t-ball. His first practice is next thursday!!!!

Here is a cute pic or two........

2008-02-26T16:30:00.000-08:00

There is Logan enjoying himself at the baby shower. He loves those beads! He still plays with them and thats a big thing for him to like the same toy for longer than a day!

There is Courtney and Logan! He was very popular at the shower. So was Will, Sarah's nephew.

Sarah's Baby Shower

2008-02-26T16:06:00.000-08:00

Well, I must say that I am really impressed with Kelly and I. We really now how to throw a party! Everyone had fun. But the best part is that Sarah enjoyed herself. She got to see alot of people she had not seen in a long time. And alot of family. Here are some pictures of the event.

Look at that spread! We had a nacho bar. Everyone loved the food.

That is the King Cake that Kelly made for the party. The King Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition. Hidden inside is a plastic baby. Tradition says that the one who finds the baby has to throw the next baby shower. But for our purposed the one who found the baby, won a prize. Sarah's mom found the baby!!

This is the diaper cake that Kelly and I made. Sarah loved it so much that it was her carry on for the plane ride home!!! Can you imagine what people thought?? I wish I could have been in the airport to see everyone's faces. I bet it was great.

There is pregnant Sarah and pregnant Courtney! How cute are they! Courtney is having a baby boy sometime in June I believe.

How cute is that! I can't remember who did that. But we all loved it.

Here is Sarah opening presents. Her mom gave her the things she had saved from when Sarah was a baby. It was so sweet!

There is Sarah. She is reading her favorite book from being a child. Her mom brought it to her. Emma is going to have some very special things coming her way!

Guess who Logan met........

2008-02-26T16:02:00.000-08:00

At Sarah's baby shower, Logan got to meet his blog buddy, Will Parks. They got along really well. It was great meeting Amy, Will's mom, too. Here is a picture, thanks to Sarah, of the two of them together.

Grant's Last Basketball Game......

2008-02-26T05:22:00.000-08:00

There is Grant! He really enjoyed his last game. I have a couple videos that you will enjoy. He did make a basket but we didn't catch it on video. We were upset with our selves for that too. He really enjoyed basketball. After the second game when he scored his very first basket, he was on fire for the rest of the games. We of course never had the camera ready when he scored a basket. He did though, almost every game. Daniel asked him if he wanted to play again next year and he said yes. I am so glad we got him involved in ROAR.

Random....

2008-02-21T06:16:00.000-08:00

Okay, now I know it's not Christmas anymore but we just got our scanner hooked up to the computer and I wanted to share this picture with everyone.

Aren't they the cutest!!! I love this picture!

Grant's Basketball Dinner

2008-02-21T05:42:00.000-08:00

Basketball has almost come to the end. We have one more game this weekend and it is over until next year. The basketball team had their dinner at CiCi's pizza this past Tuesday night. Daniel took Grant because Logan had a cold and we didn't want him to be around to many people. Grant ate almost 4 pieces of pizza and he got his trophy. The picture below is of one of his coaches giving him his trophy.

The picture below is of Grant and his basketball coaches. He loves basketball. We will be starting t-ball in a month I believe. We hope to have pictures of his last game this weekend. Hopefully we can get a video or a picture of him making a basket. He has made baskets the last three games.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

2008-02-14T05:08:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today. I thought I would give you all a new picture of Logan. This one is of him on a little play thing at a birthday party we went to last weekend.

Logan is growing up fast.....

2008-02-06T05:23:00.001-08:00

My litte man is now pulling himself up off the floor. I can't believe it. He is too young to be doing this, at least I think.

Look at that little booty!! He wants to get into everything now .

Look at that! He has one hand on the chair. At Kelly's house last night, he pulled himself up at her coffee table and was standing up holding something with both hands. He wasn't holding on to the table at all. He was just leaning against it. He has way too much control.

Isn't he cute!!!!

Look how tall he is! When Grant stands next to him. He is above Grant's waist. Its crazy!

Just a Little Fun

2008-02-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

When Kelly and I were at Target today, I decided to be silly and put bunny ears on Logan. He looked so cute I had to take a picture. I hope you all love it. Both of them have such blue eyes!!!!

10 Things

2008-01-29T06:13:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged by Amy , who is Matt's sister in law, to name ten things about Logan. This is easy :)

1. He is always smiles. He even smiles with his eyes. Its amazing. He even wakes up smiling every morning. Even when I have to wake him up, he smiles at me. Its the best feeling.

2. He is all over the place. He is crawling everywhere and pulling up on the couch. He hasn't figured out how to stand up thankfully. I am not ready for that.

3. We call him "Boogie". This is because when we first brought him home, I could not get him to stop crying. So Daniel took him and started to rock him singing "hey boogie boogie, hey boogie boogie". And of course it stuck. He loves it when we call him boogie.

4. He already has two teeth! The two bottom ones. The two top ones are now trying to come through. He is being a trooper too. He isn't too fussy about it.

5. His favorite toy is his big brother, Grant. We are trying to get Logan to call Grant "Bubba" because its easier to say then Grant. Grant loves the nickname. Grant will come home from school and ask Logan if he wants to play with his "bubba". It is so sweet.

6. I love Logan's eyes. They are a grayish blue, but sometimes they are as blue as the sky. Especially when he is wearing blue.

7. He loves to eat! His favorites are green beans and bananas. He gets so excited when I put him in the high chair because he knows that it is time to eat. I can't put him in the high chair with out him thinking its time to eat. Even in resturants, we either have to feed him before we get there or right when we get there.

8. When I lay him down in his crib, I cover him with his elephant blanket. It is really soft. He pulls it up to his face and rubs on it and starts to fall asleep right there. Then I turn on his music. He listens to classical music while he is sleeping. We did this with Grant too (Grant still listens to it) because it drowns out the noises we make watching tv or when we have people over.

9. Logan spits up sometimes still and to prevent it from getting on our clothes we always cover up with one of his flannel blankets before we pick him up. Well, he has figured that out. So when ever he sees me or Daniel with a blanket on our shoulder, he gets so excited and squeals. One time in a store I put the blanket on me and he just yelled all happily. These ladies next to me couldn't believe how happy he was to be picked up!

10. Logan is just growing up way to fast. It is kinda sad for me because he is my baby. I won't have anymore kids. I don't want anymore than two. Two is more than I can handle sometimes. I just wish I could keep him a baby a little longer. He is already in a big boy car seat. He is 28inches long and 22 pounds. He is off the charts for his age. He is 8 months old and is wearing 12 to18 month clothing!!! Everyone says that he is going to be a football player one day.

I hope everyone enjoyed my ten things. Now I am going to tag Kelly to tell us moms ten things that people with out kids get to do that we can't anymore!!! Good Luck Kelly!!

A day in the life of Logan

2008-01-28T16:22:00.001-08:00

This is a day in the life of Logan Beasley! I thought you all would like to know what he does all day. We only have one car so I have to drive Daniel and Grant to work and school.

6:00am bottle

6:45am drive daddy and brother to work and school

7:30am nap between

9:30 and 10:00am veggies, cereal and a fruit

10:00am to 12:30 play

12:30 to 2:00 nap

2:00 bottle and drive to get brother from school.

2:45 to 5:00 play and pick up daddy from work

5:30 bottle

6:00 nap

9:00 bottle and to bed

then we wake up the next day and do it all again. He is a busy boy isn't he? The schedule does vary when we have things to do but we pretty much stick to it. Thankfully he can sleep anywhere.

Oh, and he is now in a big boy car seat. He loves being able to see all of us.

There he is in his big boy seat! That is his puppy that Grandma Lynn bought him.

My little man is growing up......

2008-01-24T16:39:00.000-08:00

Grant got his first report card today!!! Can you believe it? A report card! He is doing great of course. He is so smart. His teacher loves him. I just wanted to share that because I just can't believe it.

Logan at 7 months......

2008-01-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

Okay, so picture this, Logan is crying and calling for "mama". So I go in his room and what is he doing? He pulled himself up and is sitting on his knees in his crib. Of course I took pictures.

This is Logan on his knees in his crib.

Here is Logan and Grant. Grant loves to get in the pictures now!

That is Logan laughing at his favorite toy! His brother Grant. I hope you enjoyed the pictures!

A little Update

2008-01-20T13:02:00.000-08:00

I just thought I would let everyone know how Grant's second basketball game went. He played really well. He almost got a basket and we think that made him want to get the ball even more because he started blocking the other team really well. One of the kids on the other team had the ball and Grant was blocking him so well that the kid didn't know what to do , he was just standing there with the ball. And what did Grant do? He stole the ball and passed it to one of his teammates. He was very proud of himself. He did great! Daniel looked at me at one point and asked who was that kid and what did he do with our son! LOL

Logan is doing well. He is crawling all over the place. He is also starting to pull himself up on the couch. He can only pull himself up to his knees but he is determined. He is eating solids twice a day and still having 4 or 5 bottles. He is getting bigger and bigger everyday.

I hope everyone is doing well!

First Snow of 2008

2008-01-17T09:49:00.000-08:00

I don't know if you could really call it a snow day, but I do. School was delayed by two hours and so I decided to keep Grant home and let Daniel have the car. Of course I let him go outside, it didn't last long because it was pretty cold but he threw some snowballs and was happy. I didn't take Logan because he was taking his nap. Oh, and the reason Grant has on two different gloves is because that was what I found first and didn't feel like searching forever for the ones that matched. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Grant shaking snow off his glove. His hands got cold fast.

Grant made a snow ball.

Grant throwing his snowball.

Our house.

Kelly and Paul's house.

And Grant with another snowball.

Grant's First Basketball Game

2008-01-15T10:50:00.000-08:00

These are pictures of Grant's first basketball game. His team lost but he had fun. He also had his own fan club at the game. Daniel's parents, Kelly, Paul, Victoria and Blair from church, and of course us. He only got the ball one time really but the other team took it before we could take a picture. But we have many more games to come and of course there will be more pictures.

Grant is the one with the yellow shorts on. Most of the pictures are faraway, but you can tell its Grant.

He is really far away in this one. But his arms are up to protect the goal. Its so cute to see five year olds play basketball.

There he is again, protecting the goal. Good Job, Grant!

There is a close up of Grant and one of his teammates.

There he is again protecting his teammate, and secretly hoping that his teammate will drop the ball so that he can get the ball.

Here they are saying good game to each other.

Here he comes with his snack. He really enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy all the pictures.

Grant and Brogan

2008-01-11T06:39:00.001-08:00

Grant and Brogan were climbing all over the rocks at Cherry Park and we decided we needed a kodak moment. Thanks Kelly for remembering your camera!

The Mashed Potatoes......

2008-01-11T05:29:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures of Logan eating mashed potatoes for the first time.......

That is right after the first bite.

This is the second bite. He isn't sure he wants anymore.

After the second bite, he really doesn't like it. But it doesn't seem to really stop him from taking another bite.

That is after the third bite. He looks really unhappy. But the pictures don't end here.

This was the face that made us stop feeding him the potatoes. It was so funny though because no matter what he would still take a bite. The potatoes must not have agreed with his tummy either because he spit up the little bit of potatoes that he ate.

Logan talking....

2008-01-10T08:10:00.000-08:00

This is a video that Kelly took of Logan. It is very funny.

How adorable is he!! I love it. Grant is the one waving of course. I hope you all love this video as much as I do. Have a great Day!

Logan Crawled!!!

2008-01-08T17:27:00.000-08:00

Logan crawled tonight! This video shows it but the video is kinda dark but I am sure we will have more in the coming days. Hope you all are doing well!

Just a little note....

2008-01-07T09:32:00.000-08:00

I have put new photos on the link MY PHOTOS. Just wanted you to know.