October - December 2010

I'm not very creative lately, so sorry for the lame post title, but hey, it's straight to the point!

Oct. 9th, Brandon and I found out we are PREGNANT! We had been trying for a few months so we were prepared and ready for a positive pregnancy test. I am due on June 22nd and we find out if it's a boy or a girl on Jan. 31st.
This pregnancy has been a bit different from my last two. I started having morning/all day sickness around week 5 and it tapered off around week 12. With Bran and Trey I was sick until about week 18. So my conclusion to this is that either a lot of prayers have been said in my behalf or this has to be a baby girl....guess I'll find out in January!

(Here's the test that made me SO HAPPY)

HALLOWEEN

Me and Julie at Witches Night Out at Gardner Village...we had a super fun time dancing the night away with some of our other friends. Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE girls night outs, especially with my best friend, Jules.

My little Pirate and Scooby Doo all ready for Trick or Treating

Unfortunately, it started hailing right as Brandon got ready to take them out, so they just got to go to a few friend's houses...but I bought plenty of candy, so they didn't miss out on too much.

THANKSGIVING.
We went up to Logan for a Thanksgiving feast with the Funk family (that's Brandon's Mom's side of the family).

I love this pic of the boys and their Great Grandpa Funk teasing each other.
You are never too old or young to have fun.

My Grandma Ketterman
On Dec. 14th, my Grandma Ketterman passed away. I was fortunate enough to be able to fly home for her funeral and be with my family. I love my Grandma Ketterman. She was the most hardworking, giving, spiritual woman that I know. She is definitely the reason I have the gospel in my life today and what better gift could she have given me. I know my grandma is so happy now with a clear mind and being in heaven with all those who passed before her.

This is the last pic I took of my Grandma. It was taken this July.

Here are her surviving grandchildren.
Jerry, Nickcole, Me, and Danny


For those who are wondering, this is my bro. Danny.
(I had to throw this pic in to try and embarrass him!)

CHRISTMAS!

The boys had tons of fun riding on Santa's train at the Provo Mall.

They enjoyed making their Gingerbread House, well Bran did, Trey enjoyed eating all the candy!

They loved their new Christmas jammies.

But their favorite part of Christmas was playing with their cousins at Grandma/pa Buttars house.

(Can you tell I finally cleaned my camera lens!)

We are excited for the new year, so much will happen this coming year:
A new baby
Bran in Kindergarden
Trey in Preschool
and I'm sure much, much more.

Happy Holidays!

Summer Randomness!

Family Pictures, taken June 2010

Bran, age 4...almost 5!

Trey, age 2 1/2...This is as good as it gets, he wouldn't even look at the camera!

Bran's choice of jammies in the middle of July...CRAZZZYYYY!!! All summer long I had to beg him to wear short sleeve pj's.

Trey loves wearing Mommy's shoes!

I love this...Bran just face planted into the chair and fell asleep. Bran's 1st day of Preschool...We are so proud of you Bran.

Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point

Hogle Zoo

Total Boys...one day I was wondering why things were so quite and I came upstairs and found this. I love their Nintendo DS's!

Don't they just look like they belong...Hopefully one day they will be my little Aggies!

My beautiful friend, Janeece

Janeece we will miss our beautiful Cinderella. You are so beautiful inside and out. I learned so much from you and will miss you....Til we meet again, my friend. I love you.

Here is a post I copied from her Cinderella Blog.

A bit about me

February 6, 2009

I’m a stay-at-home mom of a 5 year old princess and a 2 year old prince. I’m married to my prince charming, and we all live together in our own little “castle” of sorts. I’ve always loved music whether I’m playing, singing, or dancing. I’m a very happy person, and being a cancer survivor, I have a great outlook on life. So, as you can see, playing the part of Cinderella is really not much of a stretch for me.
Having a little girl of my own, I can see first hand the excitement that a princess brings. I believe that every little girl should have the opportunity to have a princess come to her birthday celebration.

I absolutely love doing Cinderella princess parties. I’ve always been a bit of a romantic, so it’s no wonder that I’ve always loved the classic princess movies. Still, I probably would have never dreamed of doing what I do if it weren’t for these two specific events:

My Little Princess

1. When my daughter was 3 years old, she saw a picture of me in my junior prom dress and asked me why I was dressed up as Cinderella. Minus the black choker and blue headband, I had to admit that there was a resemblance. So, that Halloween she talked me into dressing as Cinderella, and she dressed as Sleeping Beauty. We then attended our ward’s Trunk-or-Treat. Well, that led to the 2nd event.

2. That following summer, a friend from my ward was telling me how much she loved my Cinderella costume, and asked if I’d be willing to dress as Cinderella for her daughter’s princess birthday party. To be honest, I’d never heard of anyone doing that before, but it sounded like loads of fun, so I agreed. The party was so much fun. The girls were awe-struck. Especially the birthday girl. Still, I didn’t even think about doing this on a regular basis until my friend suggested it. After considering it for a while, I decided to give it a shot, and I’m glad that I did because this has been so fun and rewarding. My daughter absolutely loves it as well. She’s made me promise that I will be Cinderella on her birthday!

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Janeece Elizabeth Bean

• BORN: October 27, 1982
• DIED: August 25, 2010
• LOCATION: Spanish Fork, UT

Janeece Elizabeth Bean, our beautiful Princess, returned to Heaven on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Janeece was born October 27, 1982, in Richfield, Utah to Jack and Joyce Dean. She grew up in Glenwood, Utah and graduated from Richfield High School.

After graduating from high school Janeece went to U.V.U. where she graduated with an Associate’s degree.

Janeece married her eternal companion, Joshua Michael Bean on June 7, 2003 in the Manti LDS Temple. They became the parents of two wonderful children, Alivia 6, and Logan 3. Her greatest joy was being their mother.

She faithfully and lovingly served in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Young Women’s program.

Of her many talents and accomplishments, foremost was her love of music. Her angelic voice complimented her skills as a pianist. She used these talents to bring happiness to all around her, and especially to little girls for whom she created magical moments through her Cinderella birthday parties. Even as an adult, she retained a sense of childhood wonder when she became Cinderella for them.

For all of her outward beauty, she was even lovelier on the inside. In the relatively short amount of time she had with us, she lived life to the fullest. She touched the hearts of all who knew her through her courageous battle with cancer. She never gave up and always kept a positive outlook on life.

Janeece is survived by her husband, her children, her parents, Jack and Joyce Dean of Glenwood, her siblings, Richard (Dawn) of Hooper, Jackie (John) Harward of West Jordan, Joelle (Preston) Parker of Joseph, James of Ogden , and Dusty (Shikara) of Joseph. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Harold and Ida Brown, and Harvey and Blanche Dean.

Funeral services will be held on Monday August 30, 2010 at the Glenwood, Utah LDS Ward Chapel at 12:00pm. Viewings will be held on August 29 at the Walker Family Mortuary at 187 South Main Spanish Fork, Utah from 6:00-8:00pm and again on August 30 at the Glenwood, Utah LDS Ward House from 9:30-11:30am. Interment will be in the Glenwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations for funeral expenses can be made at any Mountain America Credit Union under the Janeece Bean Memorial Account.

Even though cancer took her from us, it could never take her from our hearts.

Vacation to NEW YORK and OHIO

We flew to Ohio on July 14 and the next day we headed up to New York to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant and church history sites. We were able to go to the Joseph Smith Home and the Sacred Grove.

Then we headed over to Niagara Falls and Brandon and I got to ride the Maid of the Mist.

When we got back from New York it was Bran's BIRTHDAY...He turned 5 on July 18! He got to have two full days of Birthday fun, which included a toy story cake, a trip to Chuck E Cheese and a pinata. Some of his favorite b-day gifts were a new DS and a real fur kitten.

Later that week we decided to check out a children's museum in Cleveland. It was pretty ghetto on the outside and we wondered if we should even go in...we decided to go in, and the kids were in LOVE! They had so much fun, they were totally bummed when we told them it was time to go.

But no worries, they had plenty of fun swimming and fishing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Also, Grandma took the boys to the Dollar Store which kept them very happy.

We also had a lot of fun visiting with family (Great Grandma's Ketterman and George, Randy, Carla, and Jodi, Joyce, Nickcole and boys, and also Uncle Danny).

We flew home on July 24 and our boys did a great job flying...it was a fun vacation, but I guess it's time for real life now.....time to have responsibilities again!

4th of July Weekend

On Friday, one of my best friends got married.

Julie, Me and Kate

Meet the new Kate Hudson!
(ps, I'm not sure why I look like a man is this picture...at least Kate looks BEAUTIFUL)

On Saturday, I finished redecorating my living room.

I LOVE IT! I gave it a new beachy/cabin feel. I now love to just sit in my living room and relax.


On Sunday, we did all the normal Sunday things and then in the evening we had some friends over for some:YUMMY! We also had lots of good laughs around our fire pit.


On Monday:

Brandon got to use his new truck for some MANLY stuff.

And then he got to:

YAY, we are so excited to get our fence up. No more finding Trey in the street!

Speaking of Trey:

He was super excited to wear Bran's old SpongeBob outfit.

And Bran...

He had a blast on the slip and slide.

Later Monday night, we got with some friends and played/practiced a little:

I had all the boys saying this....Just kidding....We are excited to be on a rec team with some of our friends in the ward. We start playing games in August.

So, even though our 4th of July weekend had no fireworks, it was still a pretty fun and productive weekend.

Before/After and My Nemesis!

Before

After

Before

After
Which allowed us to do this:

Which actually only lasted until about 12:30am!


Finally, my Nemesis!

The kids love it, I hate it.
It wouldn't be so bad if they boys would pour the sand out of their shoes outside, but they don't...Grrr!

RADkids

Bran had the opportunity to take a RADkids (self defense) class this week. Today was his graduation and he got to actually defend himself against a "bad guy". I was so proud of him, I thought he might be too scared to do it, but he did just fine and it was so fun to watch him. I feel so inspired by this class that I am going to take a RADwomens class later this year.

Word to the Wise...You better not mess with Bran!

Spring Break...and all that JAZZ

Watch out world, I'm going to be a Spring Breaker again!!! I mean, when I was in school, especially in college, spring break was a pretty big deal, but since I've entered the "real" world there's been no spring break. But now that Bran is a preschooler...I get to celebrate Spring Break again. YAY!
Truth be told, we didn't have any extravagant plans. But we did manage to do a few fun things.
1st-We went to a Jazz game. We had totally crappy seats, as you can probably tell from the pictures. And the only thing Bran and Trey cared about was the Jazz Bear and lucky for them the Salt Lake Bee was there too. But I must say we had a fun time and I am now officially a Jazz fan! They beat the Oklahoma City, Bobcats in overtime. It was a great game. I even found myself wanting a Jazz t-shirt to show my team spirit (sadly, I didn't get one)! But I did get a bag of Kettle Corn, which I didn't open at the game because I thought it would make for a great treat that night when we got home and were trying to unwind from the day. However, that bag of Kettle Corn never made it home. After the game, when we were walking to our car, Brandon made eye contact with a homeless guy and since he had no money to give him, he gave him MY bag of Kettle Corn. Did you hear that, MY bag of Kettle Corn. At first I was pretty devastated...I mean Kettle Corn from the Energy Solutions Arena isn't something you get everyday...I mean, that's a pretty special treat. But after I thought about it for a few minutes, I realized, I am grateful I have such a generous and caring husband.
2nd-We had the Godfrey family come stay with us for a night and join us for some fun. We went to Jumpin' Jacks and Pirate's Island. The kids had a lot of fun playing together. And Ashley and I had fun shopping with no kids...again, what a generous husband I have to watch the kids while I go shopping (you too, Cody)! If there is one thing my kids love most, it's being with their cousins. Thanks Godfreys' for making spring break fun for my boys.
Well, I guess that's all we did, but with a 2 & 4 year old, that's all you need to do. I need to really appreciate how simple life is with little kids, because I have a feeling it won't be as simple when they are older.

P.S. Thank goodness for spell check!!!