The Beeston Family

When your birthday falls on a weekday, you spread out the fun over the entire weekend. Kendall woke up Saturday morning itching to open up some birthday present. We let her open the ones from her siblings. She was so excited that they all knew exactly what she wanted (they got some help).




Per her request, she got crepes for breakfast... with Nutella inside.



Because her birthday fell on a Monday this year, we held her birthday party the previous Saturday. When we gave out the invitations to all of her classmates, plus friends from church, I did not expect so many children to RSVP. We had 24 children in attendance! 24 children at Peter Piper Pizza. That's a whole lot of kids! Thankfully, some parents stayed and helped out. Kendall got super spoiled with gifts! Lots of Trolls toys, Shopkins, makeup, and jewelry-making kits.



















We are so blessed to have Kendall in our lives. Sure, she bosses everyone around sometimes, and she picks fights, and she pouts when she doesn't get her way, but most importantly, she loves everyone. She is a loyal friend. She will fight for those she cares about, or for the weak that gets picked on. She never gives up, and gives 110%, every time. She is helpful, most of the time, and loves to mop, do laundry, and put the dishes away. But her favorite thing of all is to help out with Alexis. Alexis is not always happy about it when I have to free my hands from her and let Kendall be in charge, but at the same time, Kendall makes her laugh louder than anyone in the family. And she doesn't even have to try... I love my 1-on-1 time with her, when she tells me about the boys that she likes at school and at church. And I love when she asks me to tell her stories at night, just like my mom used to tell me bedtime stories. I also love that she can read on her own now. Chapter books can be scary when you're used to reading books with lots of pictures. But they don't scare her! She reads them to me, she reads them to Alexis, and she reads them to herself. If the iPad is not an option (electronics are forbidden on school nights), she will gladly pick up a book and start reading. I love my little bookworm. So happy she joined our family 6 years ago!

Alexis loves to pull up and stand whenever she can

Kendall was happy when I let her sit with her friend Claire at church. I anticipated for them to get rowdy, but they did really well.

Logan's cheer squad. We love to go to his basketball games and cheer him on.

Monkey #1

Monkey #2

It took long enough (we've been designing, changing, comparing, waiting for over a year!), but they finally broke ground on the pool. It's all very exciting. Sometimes the guys are there from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. Fortunately they do the loud stuff in the middle part of the day. I feel bad that they're working such long hours, but I'm happy they are working hard to make this happen for us. The sooner, the better. We've hit the 100s, so we can't wait to play in the water.

I got rid of most of Kendall's clothes, but I kept the dresses (they went to Aria first). It's fun to see Alexis wear clothes that Kendall used to wear. But it does make me miss my baby girl (aka Kendall). Kendall was about 11 months in this picture, and Alexis is 8 months. They look so much alike, even though their hair color is opposite.

Sunday pictures are exhausting... for me.

Taylor was super excited to be Star Student. All about Taylor. And all things creepy and scary. That's Taylor. (Until you put him on a scary ride and he loses his shiz. Figuratively.)

William and Taylor brought back macaroons from Disneyland and they tasted like Heaven.

Sometimes Kendall leaves sweet notes for us to find. I like them.

We went to the zoo and the kids had more fun with the duck and its ducklings than some of the other animals, like the tigers and monkeys. We probably could have avoided the cost and heat and walked around the lake by our house...

Kendall moved up to the Tumblebees. It was a huge accomplishment and she worked very hard to get there. Kendall also moved up to the next level in Swim lessons. But she really liked her instructor, so she cried as she handed Kendall her diploma and Kendall refused to get her picture taken.

We've heard a lot about Hurts donuts, so we had to check it out. My thoughts are that it was too far (40 min drive) and the donuts were meh.

Not sure what Kristoff did to piss off Kendall.

We went to the Aqua Tots Spring Festival, with petting zoo, open swim, water slides, and the whole works. Alexis even got to pet the bunny. I was fully expecting her to slap it or pull its hair, but she was surprisingly gentle.

Where is Taylor?

We love the Farmer's Market, as long as it's not too hot. The food is delicious. We can each get something completely different. And the kids can occupy themselves while we browse around. My favs are the crepes and waffles. Yum!

As we were driving down the street, we passed these guys. So we had to make a U-turn and chase them all the way down to the gas station to get some sweet pictures with these guys. Car chasing was fun, too.

So now, a little bit about this guy. I am so proud of him. He is a hard worker, he is ambitious, he is loving, he is generous, and he is fun. These last 2 months, he has also been working very hard on his diet and is down 20 lbs. As for me, I am only 3 lbs away from the goal I set myself back in February. Ideally, though, I'd like to lose another 8 lbs. That would be 5 lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight. But really, I just need my wedding ring to fit again. It's so weird... I'm not that far from my goal, but the ring is on tight, like blocking- my-circulation tight, like I-can't-take-it-off tight. What the heck do I need to do to lose weight in my fingers? Anyway... Back to that night... The food was excellent. The restaurant was super fancy. And the weather was beautiful, although super windy, just like our wedding day, when I had to take my vail off because it was ruining every single picture. One thing is for sure, I am one lucky girl. Also, my head could fit inside his.