The Boys

I love these boys.  Everyday when Brett gets home it's a party.

Ready...Set....Go!

1. Boys.

2. Mr. McShades

3. Blanket time!

Lincoln turns 2!

For Lincoln's birthday we went up to the Michael Mellors to enjoy a fun weekend with them.  It was so fun to be with them.  Brett and Lincoln went up on Saturday and I came up after my lesson on Sunday.  On Monday morning we went to Pump It Up and Lincoln and the kids LOVED it!  

 We were jumping on this one for a LONG time...

 The men playing in the playroom...

 Tuesday was Lincoln's birthday!  I can't believe we have a two year old.  He is so darling and we LOVE him so much!!!

 It was raining pretty hard but we decided to go to the DC Zoo anyway.  We hadn't been before but it was so fun!  It was free to get in and it was fun to go downtown DC...

 Lincoln loved the squirrels in the small mammals house...

 Monkey...

 Tigers...

 Seals...

 Otters...

 And a Panda!

 He was pretty tired after the zoo and fell asleep on the way home....

 He loved his birthday present!  A fun new shopping cart!

It was a great day!  We love our two year old boy!  Some fun things Lincoln does right now:

LOVES cheese, raisins, goldfish, juice, cinnamon toast crunch, and bananas and knows how to ask for them.

Plays with his toys in the morning until mom and dad finally wake up.

LOVES his blankie.

Loves reading stories.

Knows his shapes and some colors.

Loves playing with his toys.

Sleeps from 7-7 every night, sometimes longer.

Loves when daddy comes home and yells daddy!

Loves when he is allowed to watch the Backyardigans or Harry the Bunny.

Every time we go to a store I get a compliment either about how cute he is or how pleasant he is, sometimes both. :)

Loves the park and playing for hours on the playground.

He is the best boy ever and I love him so much!

I love this boy with all my heart and I can't imagine loving another child as much as I love him.  He is my buddy and my best little friend.  I am so grateful to have such a beautiful, happy, pleasant boy.  I couldn't ask for a better blessing besides Lincoln and Brett.  So grateful that I have been blessed with such an incredible life.

1. Lincoln.

2. Fun weekend with the Michael Mellors

3. Two fantastic years of being parents.

Christmas

To go home this year was the best Christmas present I could ask for.  We missed our families so much!  The flight home was great.  Lincoln was a champ.

 We got home at 10 in the morning and so we enjoyed the day with Claire and went over and visited my family.  After we went to Corbin's to celebrate my Dad's birthday and Brett's birthday.  It was so great to see everyone!

The next day was Saturday and we had a great day with the Mellor family.  We made chili, sugar cookies, rang bells, and even put together Disney puzzles.  It was a fabulous day.

 Lincoln loved standing on the table and joining in on the bell ringing.

 That puzzle was harder than it looks...

 The next day was Sunday and my mom threw a Beus Family Christmas Party at her house.  All my extended Beus side came and it was a lot of fun.  

 I especially enjoyed the game of rook with my uncles and cousins.

 Lincoln and papa learned this game together...Papa would say read, set....

And Lincoln would answer...GO!  And drop.  It was played everyday.

Love my Laina!

 My dad gave Brett a Boy Scouts of America gun.  It is truly a gorgeous gun.  Unfortunately my dad thought it wouldn't work to take it as our carry-on home...weird.

 Love my family.

 On Christmas Eve we had a beautiful snow fall.  I have missed the snow so much since moving to Virginia.

 We had a great time playing in it and...

Sledding on the back hill!

Also on this day Katie and I enjoyed helping Claire in the kitchen to make a delicious dinner.

On Christmas Eve we got to talk to Josh.  It was great to talk with him.

 Again...I love this girl.

 Christmas morning was so fun.  Unfortunately I didn't take very many pictures, but here are what I have.

My moms beautiful wrapping!

 Lincoln confused and happy at the same time.

 A table setting fit for Christmas morning breakfast.

 Laina playing with her new boxes, and earlier announced that she will be getting a baby brother soon!

 The men.

 Again, Love this little family of mine.  And geez my husband is hot.

 Papa is hilarious!

 Part of the group.

 Brett's birthday followed the next day where we celebrated by going to Tepanyaki, yum!  

 After we devoured a delicious Baskin Robbins Cake.  

  On Brett's birthday Brett, Katie, and I went to the movie Lincoln, while Claire kindly watched our Lincoln for us.  

 

Whew...okay, the next day we had Laura's baby shower!!!  It was such a blast and I'm so, SO excited for her to be a mom.  

 Claire did a fabulous job getting the house put together and preparing amazing food!  

She got lots of great gifts and it was a great time. 

 After that we had a few days to chill out a little bit.  On Saturday we went to the BYU Basketball game down at the Energy Solutions Arena.  Kirt and April had tickets that they weren't going to use so they gave them to our fam.  It was a great game and fun to go with my family.

 That Sunday Trevor had his Eagle Court of Honor.  It was so fun to watch him receive such an amazing achievement.  So proud of Uncle T!

 The 5th annual Red Neck Shoot out was cold, but awesome out on Stansbury Island.  The boys were extra excited this year because they brought an explosive called Tyranite...it was a TON of fun.

My dad definitely had a fabulous hit!

 Me ready with the .22...

 Brett loves the handguns....

It was the best break I could ask for.  We had such a wonderful Christmas spending time with family and enjoy not being in school.  Can't wait until next year!

1. Brett turns 27!

2. Laura having a baby this year!

3. Andrea having a baby this year!