year in review

2007 was an interesting year for the Beachy Family. Lots of good and some not-so-good. As 2007 winds down we can say again that God is good- all the time!

Enjoy the MANY pictures.....

Snow fun in January.



Our yearly trip to Florida in late February.





Carsyn turned 5 in March!



Beachy family trip to Boston in April.



Dale ran the Boston.





Micah was born in April.



June 1st the addition began.



The kids went to their first Cubs game at Wrigley.



Visiting Thomas.



Seeing the arch.



In October we sent Mom and Dad off to South Africa (for 2.5 months)



Luke celebrated his 4th birthday October 11th.




Dale's hip surgery (not pictured)


Reagan turned 3 December 14th.



The addition is almost complete.



Christmas at our house for the 1st time (due to Dale's hip surgery).

why

Why are so many stories of my sweet baby girl centered around poop?

Reagan has been doing SO well with going to the bathroom all by herself. No matter what- pee or poop. Today I knew she had to go because she had "stinky air". I took for granted that she can do this on her own no matter what the surrounding circumstances. I was in the basement doing the usual year end cleaning when Dale yells, "Amy come QUICK!". I ran up the stairs and he said, "Reagan is upstairs and has poop in her hand!" I RUN up there and here she is standing naked in the bathroom with poop all over her hands, up her stomach- almost to her chin (I am NOT joking), on the floor and on the toilet. She had already flushed and is obviously trying to clean up the mess (what a sweetheart!) She is smiling. I started laughing. Then after I calmed myself I gave her a thorough shower and we were off to the races.

Sorry, no pictures of this one.....

leapsters

The kids have been enjoying their leapsters. Reagan wishes she had one of her own. Luke and Carsyn have been selectively generous in sharing.

driveway

The driveway was FINALLY poured today!! We cannot drive on it for a least 10 days but WOW! We have a driveway!!!

floor

Dad and Darrell came yesterday afternoon and began installing the hardwood floors in the bathroom. They got about half done. Darrell is somewhat of a perfectionist- all the stars have to be aligned for the project to begin. :) All kidding aside- we were SO grateful that they dropped everything to come and help us. We are very thankful for our generous, supportive, loving family...

the best part of christmas

Jello-poke cupcakes- best dessert ever (if you ask dale, carsyn, luke and reagan). Aunty Erin is the greatest!

christmas

We had such a great day. We started out by waking at 5:58 (remember, everyone was in the living room). We attempted to get another hour of sleep but there was lots of chattering (Reagan)! At 7:00 we began by making much needed coffee. Then came stockings. We were going to eat breakfast then open presents but that quickly changed. We opened presents, played, ate pancakes, played, went for a walk (51 degrees outside), ate lunch then took naps. After naps Adam, Erin, Cori and Micah came over to eat, play and open more presents. We had a wonderful day. Hope yours was the same.....

white christmas

This is the first year the kids get to see White Christmas. We laid out the sleeping bags, popped popcorn and started the show. It is my FAVORITE Christmas movie (just ask Dale) :). I think we will start the tradition of watching it on Christmas Eve. We are going to attempt to sleep in the living room too. Should be fun.....

Merry Christmas to you all!!

good family time

This weekend the Beachy Family spent some good quality time together. Darrell, Beth and the kids came and joined us (and grandma and grandpa) Friday night through Sunday. Doug, Mattie and Adam joined the party on Sunday (to celebrate Darrell's leap into old age). The kids had a BLAST playing with their cousins!

All the while we painted, stained, hung lights, put in switches, set the faucet, cleaned, moved furniture and many other things. It was so amazing to see the transformation! We are so blessed to have such a great family. We did miss the rest of the fam though....

making rice krispie candy with grandma (of course!)





mom and Beth painting the balcony door



dad and Darrell working on the garage door



Darrell working on the electrical



mom and Beth painting the girls room



dad installing the balcony door handle (while Dale supervises)