Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Rhen's school projects

Rhen has been working hard in 4th grade and has done a few cool projects lately.  This drawing and essay about an octopus is so cute and well done.

And she made these sand art projects that are super cool!


And also passed off her math facts which is a great thing to accomplish already this year!  She is a hard worker and I'm so proud of what she does in class.

Monday, January 28, 2019

Potty Trained

What's this I see?  Desh going potty on the toilet?  And just like that...no more diapers for this boy.  It was literally that easy.  He told me that he needed to go poop one day so I took him to the toilet to try.  Sure enough, he pooped and never looked back.  I gave a big "whoop" of excitement and cancelled the amazon diaper subscription.  We are officially baby free at our house!!!  What is this freedom I'm feeling?

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

There was an old lady...

Liev made this cute book about the old lady that swallowed the teacher.  I love the writing and illustrations that he did - such a great project for this 2nd grader!

Friday, January 18, 2019

Temple baptisms

Now that Rease is a Beehive, she was able to get her temple recommend to do baptisms for the dead.  She could not wait for this day to come!  Josh and I took her today and Josh was able to baptize her while I watched from the side and handed out towels.  It was a really special experience to be there with her and watch her full of joy doing that work.  I loved every minute of being there with my oldest daughter!

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Out to eat

It's not very often that we take the whole family out to a restaurant.  Simply because it is just pretty chaotic and not a very fun experience for everyone.  But the kids all earned a free meal at Texas Roadhouse from school so we decided to give it a try.  It actually turned out pretty great.  That little bucket full of peanuts kept the boys entertained for most of the night and we went early enough that it wasn't too crowded yet so our food came fast.  We all managed to sneak into this picture, even little Desh who's forehead is barely poking into the picture.  Love all these kiddos of ours!

Citrus Pear

Citrus Pear is our new favorite thing to do!  We gather up a group of ladies and go make freezer meals for a couple hours and have a blast doing it!  We usually end up doing a class about once a month so we can keep our freezers stocked and also so we have a night out as friends.  Love this idea and the yummy food that comes from it.


Friday, January 11, 2019

Bike Race

Rease and Rhen have been in a "tween" fitness class at the rec center and one of their favorite classes is the spin class.  Today there was a spin challenge and the goal was to get to 62 miles on the bike.  There was music and movies on the screen to watch and a handful of kids working hard to get to 62 miles.  I walked in towards the end and watched the girls finish up their last few miles.  Turns out that Rhen won the whole challenge!  And Rease came in 4th place!  I'm so proud of these girls and not just for winning, but for working hard for something that was really difficult.  Good work girls!

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Welcome to Beehives!

With the new age change in the church, Rease got a 6 month head start to being a Beehive!  Her cute class came and "heart attacked" her before picking her up for the first activity of the year.  She is so excited to join the Young Women in our ward! I can't hardly believe she is old enough to be there, but she is.  It's going to be a great year for her with her awesome Beehive class.

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Ski Season

It's officially here!  Brighton in the winter time is our place and we are so excited to start skiing again.  This year Rease and Rhen are taking "freestyle" lessons and Beck has joined the ranks and has his own set of lessons along with the others.  We are hoping for a great snow year and can't wait to see the skills that are learned on these mountains in the next handful of weeks!





Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Josh's 40th Birthday

My favorite person and partner for life just turned 40 which means a big celebration was on the agenda!  There is not a person on this planet that is more kind, generous, hard-working and thoughtful than this man and we all wanted to show him how much he means to us as a dad, friend, brother, son and husband.  We celebrated for a solid week and showered him with love, kisses, gifts and lots of carrot cake!!!  Mostly though, we just feel lucky to have Josh Beutler in our lives and know we are all better people because he loves us.  Happy Happy 40th Birthday Josh!  You are the man (of my dreams)!

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Sailboats

Question: What do you get when you cross toy sailboats and a toilet?  
Answer: A $99 plumbing bill and a toy in the garbage.

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Snow Day

We were so lucky and got a bunch of snow on Christmas this year!  We couldn't wait to get out and play in it!


Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Christmas Day

Christmas Day started bright and early at our house.  But not too early that Santa didn't have time to drop off a few gifts!  
 The kids all slept in the boys room this year and lined up on the stairs for a quick picture before heading up the stairs (age order of course!)
 We take our Christmas morning slow and easy.  I love to see what each of the kids got for each other, so we open sibling gifts first.  This is super fun for them to give gifts to their brother or sister and for them to feel grateful to each other too.  Love this part of the morning!  
 The rest of the gifts are opened one at a time, although there is some complaining that it's not going fast enough.  But for me, it's worth it so we can all see what everyone opens and their excitement!  Some of the biggest hits this year? A Golden State jersey for Liev, a rock tumbler for Keen, art stuff for Rhen,  a tiny arcade game for Beck, a set of cars of Desh and new roller blades for Rease.  I got the most amazing hand drawn picture from Andy and Kristi that captures our family perfectly!  I teared up when I saw it because it is so priceless.  And Josh and the boys all got mega nerf guns that will come in handy this week for some nerf gun battles!  Overall, an amazing morning together and so much fun to have so many people we love with us too.
 After breakfast and a quick pick up, we got busy playing with our new toys.  Uncle Greg was all in with the kids and did everything they wanted to do.  Play-Doh, new card came, Mancala, basketball, whatever it was he was part of it.  We loved having him with us!  Josh and I, unknowingly, got each other Ninja Suits for skiing and had to show them off together!

We love the family and friends that spent their holiday with us and are so grateful for the memories that we made!  Most of all, we are grateful to celebrate for the birth of our Savior who loved us and gave us His life.  May we continue to remember throughout the year.  

Monday, December 24, 2018

Christmas Eve

Christmas is finally here!  The kids have been counting down for weeks and weeks and I wonder if they ever thought it would get here.  But here it is and one of our favorite people came to spend the holiday with us.  Uncle Greg came to town and we were lucky enough to have him for Christmas Eve and on!  Keen attached himself to Greg's hip and everyone was happy.  We also had my mom and dad and Andy and Kristi stay over with us so we had the best houseful for the holiday!!
 Christmas Eve for us is all about yummy food, reading the nativity story and caroling.  Caroling is a Beutler tradition that Josh says is one of his favorite memories of Christmas.  We have taken that into our family too and we all love it.  This year we graduated from fake candles to the real thing - and it was a hit!  The kids LOVED having their candle lit and keeping it lit while we sang.  This is by far our favorite thing every Christmas Eve.
 After caroling, pjs and off to bed to wait for Santa.
These darling stockings (all made by Aunt Hayley) were hung by the chimney with care - even our visitors added theirs to the mix!


Sunday, December 23, 2018

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Friday, December 21, 2018

Christmas Sing-Along

Butterfield Canyon Elementary does a Christmas Sing-Along every year.  Rease's teacher sent some pictures of their class and grade doing their songs for the school.  Love these things that the kids get to do!

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Christmas Art

I love all the art projects my kids do at school and they have come home with some darling ones for Christmas this year!  Love their talent!


Christmas Trains

I helped in Liev's class for his Christmas Party and we had the best time making Christmas Trains.  He did a great job with his and loved eating it afterward even more!

Funny Faces

My kids all love seeing themselves on camera so we take full advantage of that whenever we can - today we made funny faces and laughed at each other!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Braces

At long last...Rease got her braces on!  She has been counting down the days and was so excited to be able to get started.  We stopped and got a treat that she would not be able to eat for a while and she downed the whole box before we got there!  But now it's official and she looks so cute as a brace face!

Sunrise

We some some amazing sunrises from our kitchen window and this morning was one of the best ever.  Those colors!  Wow!

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Watching Santa

We have a Santa that climbs up and down his ladder next to our tree and Desh is mesmerized by it.  He just stands and watches and can't take his eyes off it.  I'm sure to him it is pretty magical...

Bed head

My kids wake up with some amazing bed head.  Desh had a good one this morning - and a cute little face to go along with it!

Bucket List

I'm sure Rease got her list-making skills from me...sorry about that.  I found this cute list on her floor today and couldn't help but take a picture of it.  Maybe she means "to-do" list instead of "bucket list"? Regardless, I'm proud of this list-making girl of mine!