Leviisms and Rubyism

I am interrupting the catching up of our posts to bring you the funnies of our children.

Yesterday Levi was in rare form. Here is a warning that the rest of this paragraph is a little graphic. We were having a nice dinner yesterday. Towards the end of dinner Levi decided to stuff all the rest of his mashed potatoes in his mouth at the same time. This resulted in gagging which resulted in throw up all over his plate. Noah (the best husband ever) went to get his plate and take it to the sink. When Noah took his plate Levi said, "WAIT! IT LOOKS LIKE PACMAN!"

Then later last night Grams and I took Levi and Ruby to see a play at one of the local high schools, that our friend directs. The play was Hello Dolly! For those of you who aren't familiar with the play, one of the lead characters is named Dolly Levi. Upon hearing her name in the play Levi was quite upset, and had the funniest face and folded his arms and pouted. How dare someone use his name without asking!

Ruby and Levi both love the son "I'll be there" by the Jackson 5. It is on a certain commercial on TV, which is where they learned it. May May downloaded it to her ipod, so the kids now listen to it more ofter. Today, I ran in a store and left Ruby in the car with Meghan. Ruby started asking for a song, and she finally figured out it was "I'll be there." What was Ruby saying? "I'll be Dave!" So the song now goes, "Just call my name, and I'll be Dave!"

Hope we made you laugh.

Happy New Year!

We are excited to have a great year ahead of us. Our blog has suffered because of our business and craziness.

Noah is still in school. He should finish his graduate degree in December and then plans on doing a post-graduate degree that will take him another year. He is still working for the City of Denver as a neighborhood inspector.

Levi is enjoying preschool. He learns so fast and is so excited to be in school. He loves practicing writing letters and painting. His favorite thing to do is play in the gym at school. We can't believe that he will start kindergarten in the fall. He is learning the 4th article of faith right now.

Ruby is a little princess. She is very intelligent. She learns things when we teach them to Levi just by observing. She is also a comedian and is always making me laugh. She loves Disney princesses and Hello Kitty. She is also a little artist and likes to draw. She carries around a horse purse with a pen and paper in it, so she is always prepared if mom is making her do something boring.

Isaac is 9 months old. He is small for his age, which I don't mind at all. He has changed so much in the last 3 weeks. He is crawling on his hands and knees, waving, clapping, and pulling himself up onto furniture. He has his 4 front teeth and is finally sleeping through the night.

I am enjoying our little family. Noah and I set some goals for our family this year, that keep us busy. I am going to finish my last 17 credits of college and finally earn my degree. Noah and I are going to run a 10K race (6.2 miles) in May. After not wondering how we were going to find time to exercise, it has become an integrated part of our days.

So if our blog is sporadic and I post Christmas pictures at the end of February again next year, you will know why!

Happy Christmas!!!

Christmas was great for us. It is fun to be around family and to be able to see the kids so happy.

We spent a lot of time baking for the holidays. We made cookies

And gingerbread houses!

On Christmas Eve, family came over and we had the usual Beals festivities. Part of the festivities include acting out a nativity. This is a picture of Ruby as Mary. Levi was Joseph and they were supposed to carry Ruby's baby around and ask everyone if there was room in their inn. They first went to Uncle Josh. Levi asked if there was room in the inn, and he said Noah. Ruby started crying, she was so sad. It was so cute, and of course Uncle Josh changed his mind and said that she could stay there.

Josh and Debby's little girl is 3 months in this picture, Isaac is 7 months. This is what you get when you have a 100 percentile baby next to a 3rd percentile baby! They will be such good friend when they get older.

We had a great Christmas day. On Christmas Morning we woke the kids up to open presents before Grams had to go to work (she is a nurse). Ruby woke up quickly, sat up, and started to cry because she didn't see her kitchen in her room. She just didn't understand that the present were downstairs. It was pretty cute.

O Christmas Tree!

I love the smell of a fresh cut Christmas tree. I could skip the whole picking out the tree thing, since I am not a big fan of the cold....or keeping my baby warm from the cold. This year we did our tree in 2 parts. We went and got our tree on a Friday night and then had to wait to decorate it until the morning.

Levi was so strong holding up the tree! Isaac fell in love with the tree right away! He was actually really good about just looking. He did like pulling the ornaments that he could reach, but never opened any presents.After the tree was in the house we hung around just smelling the tree and being together as a family. It was good fun.

Then for some reason we started showing the kids how to go crossed eyes (look at your nose). Levi was pretty good at it.Ruby was hilarious. I laughed so hard I was crying and asked her to show me a lot for the next few days. This is what happens when you say, "Ruby, look at your nose."

NEW MOON!!

I love when movies come out. Meghan, Ashley, and I went to the midnight showing of New Moon. You may recall from last year that we made matching shirts when we went to the midnight showing of Twilight. So this year, we made New Moon sweatpants.

We left at about 10 and were prepared to wait inside the theater for a few hours. Due to the huge turnout at the theater (10 midnight showings sold out) they had us all in a line outside! It wrapped clear around the building. So, there we were....freezing cold! So I took a trip to my can and to Ashley's car and found....2 blankets, a winter coat, a hat, and gloves on top of the coats that we were wearing, and the hat and gloves Ashley had. So we survived until they let us in around 11.

The movie was fine. Better than the first one. For us Twilight junkies it was a great night out. Since then, I took Noah to see it, and must say that I liked it a lot better the second time.

Cute Kids!

My sister Marie took these pics of my kids in December when she was out to visit. These are my favorites. Super cute!

Isaac (7 months) is scooting around (hasn't figures out the hands and knees thing yet!) He chooses not to sit on his own. I am sure that he could if he tried, but he would rather be on his stomach so he can move. He has started eating baby food, although he goes through stages when he won't eat anything at all.

Ruby (2 years & 2 months) is our little princess, and she knows it. She is into everything girlie....necklaces, braclets, purses., and playing dress up. She is also our little artist and can keep herself entertained with a paper and pen for a long time. She is just getting into cartoons like her brother. Dora is her favorite. She wishes that she could go to school with her brother. I cannot believe how big she has gotten and how mature she is.

Levi is 4 1/2 and can't wait for his birthday so that he can turn 5! He does preschool with 10 other kids that go to our church and loves it. The are learning so much all the time. He catches on quickly and is good at memorizing. He has been working on his articles of faith and just said #3 all by himself last night. He is also our techno junkie. His 2 favorite things to do are play on the Nintendo and play computer games. He is a little heartbreaker. He has develped his first little crush, it is so cute!

GOBBLE GOBBLE!

Thanksgiving came and went quickly at our house. We had a great dinner with Noah's parents, Aunt Meghan, Uncle Fizz and Mandy,and Great-Grandpa Neal. We ate turkey and played our traditional game of BINGO, complete with prizes and had a great time together as a family.

This year, for the first time since Levi was a baby we left the kids asleep at home (well, we took Isaac) and went out for black friday!!! It was so much fun. We hit 2 Walmarts, JC Penney, and Toys 'r Us and got home before the kids even woke up. It was fun to do something crazy together. And it was sucessful.

These are pictures of the kids with the turkey hats that my friend Carrie and I made with the preschool kids. They were pretty cute and perfect for the turkey day!!

WICKED WAS AWESOME!!!

Noah and I don't go out alone very much because the time he has free from school and homework we like to spend with the kids. In November Noah and I went together to see it. Noah loved it! I have to say that I even liked it better the second time.