And then there were 2...

We officially have the house to ourselves!!!!

My thoughtat, exactly...

It is way too quiet here and this may just be the thing to make me crazy...The Beck Family has migrated for the Spring Break Time and we are left here by our lonesome.

We have a busy weekend planned as usual and we will keep trudging on, although it will be so hard to come home to a quiet house. I don’t even have my own kids yet and I already hate empty nest syndrome.
My boss has coaxed me into an X’treme Body Makeover. It is going to be 10 weeks of 6 day a week workouts…Think I’m crazy yet? I do! We are going to work out M, W, and F from 5:45 – 6:30 AM and then T & R at 5:00 PM and Saturday at 8:00 AM. I better come out looking like a whole new person. My boss asked me if I would support her in this and of course I said I would. I didn’t know her means of support were to be there and endure the pain with her physically. So, I have suckered Neil into doing it with us! Ha!! No sense in going through this pain alone, I might as well take her with me, right?

We start April 2nd. I am pumped. Lyneil and I have been going to Curves but not as much or as regularly as we wanted. I am hoping to get a set schedule, direction from this 10 week program so that I can make good habits come from it. 21 days makes a habit….I am praying that 70 days makes a lifetime of habits.

Braxton has the tools and he is ready to measure our success!

We are going to be the cutest Tupperware ladies you have ever seen…It may take us a bit to get there but our goals have been set and we are glaring down the path of success! I am pumped.

I will post pictures of the two of us before and after…maybe an in between….we’ll see!

Updates from up Norh...

Well, I got to go and visit San Antonio. It was a nice change of weather. I left Des Moines in 22º and arrived at 8:00 PM in San Antonio in 62º! I was set! Three wonderful ladies from the church came and picked me up. We were able to go and chill out with some coffee and us time. Saturday we had our Ladies Day. We had huge turn out and we were pumped about it. I stayed with the Yager’s and I am so thankful that Karl and I have them in our lives.
They are Air Force and soon will be moving to Illinois. We will be 6 hours away rather than 17!!!! I am super excited about that. They have two little boys (4 & 6 yrs) and a sophomore in HS. Such wonderful people!

Not much other news than that! Lyneil and I are now Tupperware Saleswomen. If you need any or want to have a catalog party, let us know. We ship and can/will travel!

On other notes. Lyneil and I came home from having lunch with our husbands at McDonalds and Braxton sat down in the middle of the kitchen floor and started pulling his shoes off. Lyneil looked down at him and this is what she noticed...


Can you tell from the picture that his right foot still has a shoe on it (hence the shoelace) and the right shoe is actually sitting beside him. Hmmm. I wonder why he is rubbing his left foot as if it were hurting? Could it be that his MOM put his shoes on the wrong feet?
We have to laugh on account of going nuts sometimes....I love being an aunt! Poor Braxton. If only we had noticed earlier that his momma needed a nap today....

Love to all! Stay Warm…

Happy Birthday, Karl

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to Karl,

Happy birthday to you!

Karl has been ready to build a snowman since we arrived in August! So, finally we have snow. WE HAVE SNOW! We are still getting snow! Did I tell you we have snow. Anyway, Karl got to get out and build his snowman. What you should see is a snowman trying to go up a tree to get away from the shark fin that is behind him...Karl is so weird!

13 Things about SNOW...

I would love for it to go away

I love building Snowmen. I only have a couple of memories doing this, so I am excited about making new ones to add to the bank.

It is way overrated!

I hate the sound of crunching snow when you are walking in it. I can take the 2-3 inches of snow but there’s something about the sound of a thin layer of snow on the ground/concrete and the way that is crunches. It gives me chills…Like little snowmen running up and down my spine!

Looking forward to some mean snowball fights. Hope Braxton brings his “A” Game…

Love to watch my nephews get all bundled up to go run to the car. They have the cutest toboggans.

It is pretty to watch from inside, especially at night. You can look up at a street light and see all of the mounds of snow falling.

Don’t care for driving on it. It is slick as snot. (Could do without that part of it.)

I have been able to work from home because of it…SWEET!

Have I mentioned that it is COLD…?

Funny thing – Your car is always a dirt mess or clean as a whistle up here….We go in between both.

Not only do you truly need a “winter” closet but the winter shoes are a definite must.

Karl loves the snow and he is much more apt to snuggling when there is white, cold stuff on the ground outside! Love this one the most!!

I got tagged...

I have officially been tagged by My stinking sister Lyneil.

I figure that I need to do this one since Amy actually did and I Neil is giving me a hard time about it.... Good job Amy!

Here are the directions:
1)Grab the book closest to you
2)Open to page 123, go down to the fourth sentence
3)Post the text of the following 3 sentences on your blog
4)Name the author and book title
5)Tag three people to do the same

"We simply do not pray enough!
Faith is the third weapon we can sharpen in our battle to practice and teach self-control. As sinpleminded human, we simply need the faith that obeying Jesus is going to pay off."

I stole Light Their Fire for God, written by David and Anne Harper from Andy and Lyneil's library. This is a great book and I am glad that I have picked it out to borrow....

Granny Zant Update

Granny Zant Update

Granny made it through her surgery. She is in a room (not in ICU)….WHOOP! We are thankful and wanted to say THANK YOU to each of you prayer warriors.

THANK YOU GOD!

Prayers are Needed

Isn't it amazing how easy it is to talk to God? I have learned to appreciate the fact that my drive one way to work is 45 minutes. I love it. It is my quiet time with God and I can't get away from it. I don't have any interruptions and it is helping me tremendously.

I love this random picture I found on the internet of these two teams coming together in prayer. How wonderful would it be if we allowed God to still be a part of every team event we are associated with?


I have a favor to ask of all of you. My Granny Zant is going to have her vein swap surgery on Thursday, November 16th. She has had two very close calls and we are praying that this surgery will be one of which is successful without extreme measures of reviving her.

Her heart is sad also because of some family things that we are going through. Please pray that God's Will be done for our family.

It is great to be able to have such friends that I can rely on for prayer.