Sesame Street: Will.i.am's Song "What I Am"

This my new favorite music video! Sesame Street and Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas. I am going to have my kids learn this song so they can sing it whenever they want to.

Christmas Cactus

For as long as I can remember my Mom has had a Christmas Cactus. If you've never seen one they are a regular cactus that blooms at Christmas and Easter. It should be called a Christian Cactus. Most of them are red or white and occasionally you'll find a pink one.

7 years ago my parents gave us a Christmas Cactus as a house warming gift when we moved out to Hurricane. It was gorgeous! It had bright pink flowers and always had a million blooms. I would call my mom every Christmas and brag about how gorgeous it was. When we moved into our house in Washington 2 years ago it decided not to like the new place. In our other house it had the perfect window to get sun from. This house is turned differently and has 3 huge trees that block the sunlight. So my beautiful Cactus hasn't bloomed since we've lived here. So, before we went up north for Thanksgiving I put it outside to get some sun and then accidentally forgot about it and it actually froze down here in southern Utah and killed my cactus. It was so sad.

So the other day when I was in Lowe's I saw this cute little red and white cactus looking up at me just begging me to take it home. So here it is in my kitchen with a ton of blooms. I hope it likes it here and I hope I can keep this one alive.

Griswolds?

We found the best house in Washington County for Christmas lights:
It was amazing! They must save up all year long to pay there utility bill. There was a huge line of cars driving by and on the lawn there was a sign that said: Sorry some of our lights do not like the rain. Which means they had more lights than what you could even see. WOW! Josh said that when he gets older his house will be better than that one. I hope so, that'd be cool. But we'll see when he figures out what a utility bill is if he changes his mind.

December Dentist

For some reason we always go to the dentist in December. We have the worlds best dentist: MASON WELLS! If you are looking for a dentist go to him. Your kids will love him. Anyway, none of us had cavities EXCEPT David. The little stinker had 4! So we are going back for his first fillings next week. I wish my boys would have gotten Joel's teeth. But they got mine. The girls got Joel's nice hard healthy teeth. Sophie and Shayne do not have a single filling in their mouth and Joel only had 3 little ones. I have numerous caps and enough silver fillings to choke a horse. I hope that doesn't mean that the boys will inherit all of my health problems. Yuck.

Swimming with the cousins

JoEllen and Kyle snuck away in the middle of the night to go to Disneyland without there kids! So I ended up tending all 4 of them. Sophie slept over last night so they could leave and then I brought them over today so they could play and sleep over here tonight. We decided to go swimming at the Rec. Center to kill some time. They all had fun but didn't tire out at all. If anything it got them more riled up. It's a good thing they all have someone there age to play with. Except Matty, she plays with Sophie.

Ladies Luncheon 2010

Every Christmas Season the Beckstrand ladies all get together and go to lunch. It started 6 or 7 years ago when Debra and Katie were in town for the holidays. We thought it'd be fun to get away from the kids and hubby's and just enjoy each others company. This year we went to Olive Garden. It's never about the place we go, it's about the time we spend. We really should do it more often and not wait for a holidays. We do get together once a month for Family Home Evening which is really good to keep updated on when everyone's activities. We are lucky to have Kellie with us this Christmas and look forward to the next time Debra and Katie can join us.

Happy 72nd!

My Dad turned 72 yesterday. WOW! Where does the time go? I remember when he was just 70. My Dad has always supported all of his kids and grandkids in all he can. Sometimes it's hard to be 2 places at once especially when he is up in Lehi and half of us are down here. But he always seems to do it. Everyone who knows my dad LOVES my dad. Recently he's gone through cancer and is currently cancer free! He doesn't have time for cancer. He's too busy and as soon as the ground thaws he's got a huge garden to plant. My dad has always been a great example to us all of hard work and kindness to others. We love him dearly. Happy Birthday!