Jackson Jonathan Beede

PROUD MOM & DAD, JONATHAN AND JENNA BEEDE:

I've been wanting to put pictures up of the latest Beede addition, but when we were in Vernal, I forgot to take pictures! Luckily his dad posted some pictures on Facebook so I copied them to post here! He was born in the beginning of April- I completely forgot the exact day. I know it was right before we went to Vernal and we were there the following weekend, so my educated guess puts it on the 3rd!! He's a cute little thing!
We visited them in the hospital and there we couldn't tell who he looked like, but these pictures give him away!! I think, anyway! I see mostly Jon and a little Jenna in these pictures!! Check him out!


We saw this as we were leaving town. Jon works for Pepsi and I think he used to work with Wendy's somehow! Whatever the case may be, someone there want to congratulate them!

CONGRATS JON AND JENNA!!! MORGAN AND I ARE SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!

Girls Night

It's been a while.... Sorry!!!
But I have some super exciting news... no, I'm not pregnant... I have a date, on Friday, with my cute little niece Sydney! We are going to see the play Beauty and the Beast!!!!! I can't wait, I think I am more excited than her. Actually, I know I am! I don't think she knew what I was talking about when I told her where I was taking her! However, she did know about the building where the play is- she's been there before. I've been looking forward to this day for a long, long, long, long time!!! I learned about this play before the actors were even picked for the parts... the bakery manager, where I work, is the owner of the production company putting on the performance! I get to hear all about the productions he's doing and he's always honest about how the actors are doing. i.e. with the last show, he had no problems telling me that the singing wasn't bad, but not the best he had heard and the dancing was definitely not the strong point! This show he is excited at how well they are doing. He said that everyone is doing so well with the choreography, the costumes are phenomenal and some of the best voices he's worked with. Can you imagine my excitement?! I'm oozing with it!!! One fact about the costumes, Belle's big yellow dress is complete with schwarovski? (I can't remember the exact name, but it's something funky like that!) crystals! Expensive, I hear! Making it sparkly and extra princessy! How fun!!! Anyway, I asked Tanna to help get Sydney excited, so she said she'd read the story to her! I hope she gets as excited as me!!! We'll see! Oh, and to continue our girls night, we will be having a sleepover at my house with a delicious breakfast in the morning!! ...Morgan and the rest of the gang (Tanna, Jeremy and kids) are invited!!! I'll keep you posted... Ooo! One more thing, we will be dressing up in our best for the big night... extra girly!!! Oh! I could squeal, I'm so excited!

26 TID BITS ABOUT ME:

I thought this looked like fun... I never usually do things like this, but the alphabet made it look more exciting than the traditional email forwards I get!!! So, I figured, why not?! Thanks for tagging me, Shakirra!

A- attached or single: very much... ATTACHED!!!
B- best friend: my hubby, of course! And Shakirra, Sterling, Elle, Cami... to name a few!
C- cake or pie: Oooo, yummy! Oh, right! Pie... Mom's apple pie or french silk, ooo, or that Caramel pecan chocolate silk yumminess from Village Inn (Utah's version of Denny's)
D- day of choice: Any day off, usually Wednesdays but Sunday is always good- work can't call me!!
E- Essential item: chapstick and earrings- I always thought that those people who always carried and used chapstick were weird... now I'm one of them! It's always in the right pocket pf my pants! And I feel NAKED if I don't have earrings in... I know, I'm weird!
F- favorite color: GREEEEEN... green car, clothes, iPOD, eyes, blog, binder, wedding, maybe even a green phone tomorrow... hmmm...
G- gummy bears or worms: tiny gummy bears, in ice cream from Cold Stone, worms in that fun flower pot dessert, yumm... I think I'm hungry
H- hometown: Camarillo
I- indulgence(s): I have lots! Air-popped popcorn, for one- yum! gummy watermelon slices, caramel squares- I stocked up after Halloween!!!
J- January or July: JULY for sure!!! My favorite holiday is the 4th of July! Partay!!!
K- kids: is that asking if I like them? YES- do I have any? NO- do I want any? YES, someday...
L- life is incomplete without: the Gospel, Morgan, Family, Friends, FOOD, Water, of course! Notice no mention of work, hmmm...
M- marriage date: December 28th, 2007, yes, still a newlywed... when exactly are you not considered a newlywed???
N- number of siblings: 4- 2 sisters and 2 brothers
O- oranges or apples: Well, preferably neither- I like Strawberries (California girl!) BUT I do enjoy a Pink Lady apple and I really like oranges if someone else peels them, what a mess!!! Ooo, mix them all together and you have a fantastic fruit salad... hmmm...
P- phobias or fears: my house burning down, but lets not go there- it terrifies me
Q- quote(s): "You look like a fine little helper, what's your name?"
R- reason to smile: I am married to the most wonderful man!!! And, I have yummy enchilada waiting for me downstairs, oh! and the sun is shining- it got in the 70's today! Now that's cause for a big ol' smile!
S- season: Spring- the snow is melting, Summer- there is NO snow! and I love warm thunder and lightening storms, Fall- all the colors
T- tag five: I think i only have 5 friends on here! So, Lindsay, Anie, Christy, Ellie and Amanda! But don't worry, I won't be offended if I don't see this on your blog! I almost didn't do it!
U- unknown fact about me: I can't think of anything so it must be unknown to me, too!!
V- vegetarian or oppressor of animal: CARNIVORE- I may not be able to eat very much meat at one time, but I definitely can't go without it!
W- worst habit: I doubt it's my worst, but I am terribly at keeping in touch with my family and friends. I'm so bad at calling them- they usually have to call me first. Sorry!!!
X- x-rays or ultrasounds: hmm, I've never had an xray, although it does sound fascinating! I have had an ultrasound (not for pregnancy), and it too was fascinating. It's cool to get a non-painful glimpse of what's inside of you!!!
Y- your favorite food group: Breads!!! Hmmm, YUM!!! is it a part if the wheat and grain group?
Z- zodiac: Aries

A Quarter of a Century... Hmmm...

So, yesterday I celebrated my 25th birthday... I had some hesitations about reaching this milestone- feelings of agedness, mostly! But as it came and went, I feel no different. Which I've decided is a good thing! Anyway, Morgan and I decided we wanted to do something fun for the weekend. We thought about staying and playing in Salt Lake, but with it being Conference weekend we opted to stay away from the chaos! Not to mention, big weekends in SLC always mean jacked up prices! So we got to thinking of other "exotic destinations" and came up with visiting the family in Vernal! It all started on Friday night when we first stopped in Bountiful for Morgan's Switzerland Zurich Mission reunion. It was most enjoyable! It's fun to put faces to the names in all his stories! From there, we headed on to Vernal, almost 3 hours from Bountiful. We got there at about 2 in the morning and crashed! Saturday we got a late start but really enjoyed the time off! We went and saw his brother, Jonathan, wife, Jenna and there day old baby boy, Jackson Jonathan Beede! He's a cute little thing! The poor little guy had to have the suction used to get him out so he has a perfectly round tattoo looking spot on the back of his head! Apparently he came out with a conehead, too! But by the time we saw him, it didn't look bad at all! He should turn out just fine! Although, that "tattoo" will stick around for a while turning into all the different shades of a bruise. But other than that, he's great! I'm kicking myself for not taking any pictures, though. I completely forgot- I was distracted by his cuteness!
Later that night, the men gathered and went to the Priesthood session of Conference while the women and kids gathered for pizza, brownies and a girl time!! It was really fun to bond with my new in-laws! Every time we've been to Vernal we've always done family nights so I've spent lots of time with them, but this time was different with just the girls. It was nice getting to know them better! The guys joined us later that night after their traditional "after Conference dinner"- this year they went to Golden Corral.
Sunday we watched Conference, were interuppted by the Carbon Monoxide alarms going off, had to have a Questar Gas guy come and find the problem (turns out it was the oven) and had a family (birthday) party for me and Danielle, Morgan's sister, who had a birthday a week before mine! It was lots of fun! Morgan got me a Waring Pro Belgian Waffle Iron. One of those fun ones that after you close it, you flip it! And it cooks them perfectly!! So fun! I hated my old one so I can't wait to use this one! And he got me this super cute brown purse. I only have black ones so now I have something to go with my brown-based outfits!!
So, Monday was the actual birthday. It was a good day! Morgan and I had money at True Value, from the wedding, so we went shopping and got some things for the house. Then we went out for lunch, where we both ended up ordering breakfast... is that still considered lunch?? Anyway, we then packed up and started our journey home! Oh, but the night didn't end there... we went to see the movie, 21. It was a pretty good flick. I quite enjoyed it! Then it was back to reality... for a day!! Tomorrow, Tanna and I are taking the kids to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. I normally would've worked on Wednesday since I took Monday off, but I decided to keep my normal day off (Wed) and play with Tanna and the kids! So, I think I'm done for the night!! That was my super exciting, super fun birthday weekend! So I didn't make it a more exciting post, but I thought I should report! Oh, and thank you to all who called, text or wrote and wished me a happy birthday! I enjoyed every bit of it! Hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of our fun day tomorrow so I can post something more exciting! Thanks again!!!