Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Wrapping up the end of {JULY}

What a crazy busy fun month of Summer July has been! Here goes the last few weeks before jumping into August :)

Because eating shaved ice from Bert's in the backyard, in pajamas, after a crazy busy week is pretty dang near perfection!

Grandma and Grandpa Morrow brought up her slide from Twin Falls while they were up for the reunion and she was thrilled to get to play on it! She climbs all over it and then claps and giggles after sliding down :)

Sunday afternoon bike rides are the BEST. We love to bike to the park and picnic or play!

OH these snapshots just melt my heart.... over and over again... Someone pinch me... She is really ours??!!!

We had the missionaries over for dinner and she was all sass and attitude in her little Minnie Mouse outfit!

Just a little daily snippet :)


Just when I think she can't possibly get any cuter! She is so stinkin big! Stop growing up!

Because having a tickle war in mommy and daddy's bed seemed like the perfect way to celebrate Friday!

A little fun family selfie getting some lunch at Blaze before heading to the waterpark!

Little fishy :)

Bum in the air like she just don't care ha ha

Our grumpy little goober walking the halls during church. Baby for sale... Any takers?!

A nap fixed her attitude and grumpiness ;) Afternoon naps after church are the BEST! Snuggling and then headed to the park!

She loves to climb through the tunnels with daddy and daddy will do just about anything for his baby girl ;)

Peek-a-boo!! 

Adalynn learned how to cackle and it is hilarious! Cracks me up and she thought she was pretty funny too! 

Summer nights are for spontaneous picnics at the park together with all of us crazies! You can't beat eating outside in the sunshine



She loves her some chicken ha ha!

Raspberries from daddy!

Her favorites for lunch, Peanut butter & honey sandwich and kidney beans! Then a little shopping with mom. It must be fun to be ONE!

One of Jordan's accounts is The Cheesecake Factory in Boise, so he made sure to surprise me for National Cheesecake day! We shared some yummy cheesecake and even got a slice to take home! I was in HEAVEN!

Clean house and a napping toddler called for some serious scrapping!

I was attempting to clean out the fridge while this cheeser was busy finding a place to sit! Too cute :)

Sometimes being a mom, you kind of just say things like they are. While everyone else was posting throwback Thursday posts, I chose instead to document the fact that I actually got a shower AND 5 min to myself. In the SAME day. Wahoooo!!! #mommywins

Wrapped up the last day of July with some Friday shenanigans at Roaring Springs! Love to have this awesome park so close to keep cool all Summer!

Stay tuned for August highlights! The fun doesn't just stop there ;)

Love,
Jordan & Elise

Monday, August 24, 2015

Beck Family Reunion {Meridian,ID}

Still going non-stop in July! Summer is so much fun :)

After being back from Twin Falls for a few days, everyone was meeting up in the Boise area for the Beck Family Reunion! We had people coming from all over like Arizona, Texas, and Utah!

We had my uncle's family and my immediate family staying with us at our house, so we headed home to have a few days to get ready for them!

First things first, Miss Adalynn had some crazy curly hair that was getting a little out of control, so I took her for her {FIRST} haircut! Just a little trim to even up all the ends. She took about an inch off all over and Adalynn giggled the whole time! She just starred into the mirror and smiled. Such a well behaved little girl!





All done!!

I have been working with Adalynn on "dipping" lately because she is super into having EVERYTHING dipped in either ranch or fry sauce :) I decided to let her try to do it on her own since I do most of the dipping, and 5 seconds later, I returned to this! Oh boy, what a cute little ranch face!

OK time for some reunion fun!! 2 full days of fun were planned and we were all so excited to see cousins and aunts and uncles!

Day 1 was all day at Roaring Springs and Wahooz. It was a blast to catch up with everyone on my Grandma's/Mom's side of the family!

I hung out in the kiddie area with this little miss!

Eric & Dallin

Caleb, Gina, Joshua

Eric & Dallin

Trent & Sherri

Grandma & Grandpa Rice 

Candra, Carlee, & Owen 

My mom, Crystal, Gina, & Cenia (cousins)

Grandpa Rice 

Grandma & Grandpa taking a ride in the wave pool 



My dad

Joshua and Justin

Eric, Jordan, & Caleb 

Bryson & Blaine

Adalynn's favorite area is the splash fountains :)



Justin & Joshua getting warm

Trent, Sherri, & Dallin

Cenia, Carlee, Crystal, Gma & Gmpa Rice, & Gina

My mom & dad, and Justin

McKayla & Olivia 

Fred and Carole

My mom & dad

Bryson, Eric, Blaine, Joshua, Justin, Caleb, and Dallin

Justin & Dallin

Bumper Boat fun!!!






My dad & Candra



The aftermath! Caleb, Justin, & my dad

All the wet boys came and hugged my mom after they got out!! ha ha





Gmpa & Gma, Fred & Carole, Donna, Ray & Jean

Sam loved to chase Adalynn all around and Adalynn loved having a cousin to play with!

GoKart racing! Trent, Sherri, My dad & mom, and Olivia

Miniature golf! Me and Jordan, my mom & dad

Gina, Olivia, Sherri, & Trent


HOLE IN ONE!!!

Day 1 of the reunion was so much fun and we were all BEYOND tired! We headed back to our house and passed out! Ready for day 2!

It was fun to have a houseful of people staying with us, but we had an unexpected 6am visitor..... Good thing she is cute! She must have just been so excited for more cousin time! ;)

Saturday, everyone met up at Hero's Park in Meridian. We had tons of games to play, lunch catered by Famous Daves, and just some good old visiting and catching up!

All the guys have to have a friendly game of basketball!!


My dad & Mike Rice

Gina & Crystal

Uncle Fred


My dad, Gmpa Rice, and Mike

Caleb & Eric

McKayla, Liz, My mom, and Sam

Carter & Owen

Owen, Olivia, Crystal, Carter, and Gma Rice

McKayla, Sam, and Liz playing large Jenga!

Blaine, Joshua, Aaron, Fred, and Bryson

Cenia, My Mom, & Sherri 

Eric, Gma & Gmpa Rice, Me & Jordan

Becky Rice, Donna, & Carole

Lunch by Famous Daves :) YUM!


Candra, Me & Adalynn

The cousin table :)
Olivia, Sam, Carter, Carlee, Owen, Liz, & McKayla

Owen :)

A little Croquet with the guys!

Sam and Adalynn :) They are inseparable!

Bryson, Joshua, Caleb, Blaine, and Owen

McKayla 

Ray and Jean did a history of Great Grandma Fern and Great Grandpa Ivan Beck

Jean drew names for a few of Great Grandma Beck's quilts!


Me, Carole, and My mom

Volleyball!

Everyone who was able to come! Sad that several couldn't make it, but we had a blast!

Justin, Me, & Eric

Bocce with Fred, Crystal, Cenia, and Carole

Grandma Morrow with Adalynn :)

So fun to have such a big game of volleyball with everyone!

The cheerleading section

Card games under the ramada too!

The Sommers side ( My grandma's sister)

The Rice Side (My Grandma)

Ray & Jean (My Grandma's sister)

 Me & Jordan

What a fun few days to get together with everyone! It has been about 7 years since the last time we had done a reunion! On to more Summer fun!