Deja Vu

This looks familiar....today Joshua was climbing a tree and got poked in the eye. We took him to urgent care and sure enough he scratched his eye (the same eye) again. He's got a patch on until tomorrow. We'll do medicine this week and pray that his vision will be fine. I'm wondering if I should just make him wear safety glasses all the time??? What's a mommy to do???

Welcome to my new crazy life

The last two weeks have been super wacky for us! It started with the teacher work week at Temple. The kids were not feeling well and they had to go to the school with me. They were so tired and sick that it was just not good at all. One night Abigail asked to go to bed at 6:15 pm. By the end of the week they were all starting to feel better so that was good. Tuesday the 19th was the first day of school. Everyone was feeling great and excited. The two big kids have been great. They both like their teachers and I think they are going to have a great year in their respective classes. Chloe has done very well in her K4 classroom but has been crying when she has to go to after school care. I'm hoping that she'll get more comfortable as the days go on.

As for me, the actual teaching part has been good. I had forgotten what I liked about being a classroom teacher. It's busy but it's fun. I still like it! :) I have to get used to things like putting my lesson plans and grade book on the computer but those things will get easier with time. It's been hard because I've been putting a lot of extra time in trying to get things set up. Once I feel comfortable with how things work it should be much easier.

It doesn't help that we signed the 3 big kids up for Fall Ball and they are all playing on different teams. Abigail is playing girls softball, Joshua is playing machine pitch baseball and Chloe is on her first t-ball team! The other night we had 2 practices and a game all at the same time. Fortunately for us Abigail's practice and Joshua's game were at the same place so Bob could stay with both of them and I took Chloe and Josiah to Chloe's practice. Some days we will be going straight from school to piano practice to the ball field. YIKERS! Cooking dinner just went out the window. At least the Fall Ball only lasts until mid-October. And since the days are so full of activities they should fly by.

In light of all these things you can expect much less frequent blog entries. I'm going to try for once a week....but we shall see. It's even hard to answer my phone these days. Each minute is so precious that I have to choose what will be the best use of it.


Here's the video of Chloe's first official at bat...Classic! :) Pictures of the other kiddos playing will come soon!

Oh and I couldn't leave Josiah out of the first day of school excitement so here's a shot of me and my little buddy!

That's a lot of days!

3,285 days ago this picture was taken (that's 9 years for those of you without a calculator)! That's nine years of fun, laughs, moving, changing jobs, moving some more, babies, friends, tears, hugs & kisses, being separated, being reunited, arguing and making up and so much more. We just had no idea what we was in store for us when this picture was taken. But we're so thankful for each other and for the nine years we've had together. Lord willing there will be many more filled with much more adventure! :)

A picture's worth a thousand words

The Beeks Summer Road Trip 2008...Thanks for the memories

Reunited with old college buddies Andy, Beek, Key and Jason. Still chillin'!

Scherzer!!!

Our dear friends Barb and Dan

Bob and Chuck after an evening of manly bonding

Susie Barb and baby boy Bos! :)

The kiddos loved driving Grandpa's "tractor", especially Josiah

A great day at the beach...but Grandma forgot to put on sunscreen, ouch!

We could join the circus with this act, "The high flying Beeks"

Beeks with Great Grandma B.

Kids take the field at 5/3rd Field. The activities were fun and it was a good game!

The Little Man takes in the view of the field...it's in the blood.

Fun at the playground with Cousin Faith

We managed a date night at Comerica Park and met up with Paws.

Tearing down Tiger Stadium.
Josiah wanted to skip the baseball game and stay to watch the demo.

Kiddies day at the ball park. Free rides, face painting and run the bases!
A memorable day for sure!

Beeks take the field

Family Fun

We had to chase Paws down for a family shot and Josiah was totally scared.

Aunt Dana and Uncle Mikey

Bob and Jeremy squeezed in a mini baseball road trip to Pittsburgh to catch a Pirates game.

My Sweet Friend

Father and son trip down the river

Mad Hops

Joshua and Keith building castles...Joshua can't work without his tongue hanging out.

Abigail and Eve, our little flowers

I couldn't resist taking this picture!

The Mermaid Lagoon

Celebration after completing a Mario Bros level!

Funny Pants live on

A pit stop at my sisters house was too short but fun. Grilling, wiffle ball, ice cream and pancakes and bacon for breakfast! Cousin Aaron and Joshua had to show off their muscles!

There were hundreds of pictures to choose from....I hope you enjoyed these. They give just a little glimpse of how much fun we had!

Back to the new normal

We are back from our 2008 summer road trip. We are definitely feeling the double edged sword of vacation. It's that thing that happens when you are waiting so long to see people you love dearly and then the time comes and you have so much fun and then it's over too quickly and it's kind of depressing to think that you won't see them again for a whole year. And on top of that you have to go home and unpack, catch up on laundry, get your house back in order and go back to work. We are certainly thankful for the opportunity we had to see our friends and family, but it really felt way too short! So I had an idea, I'm going to try to convince Bob to start working on inventing the Star Trek Transporter so we can see our friends and family any time we want!!!

So Bob is back to work and I am gearing up for my job teaching 4th grade. I am pretty excited now that it's getting so close. But it will definitely take some getting used to for the entire family. I haven't worked outside the home since Abigail was a baby so we'll be trying to figure out how to keep the house running in an orderly fashion and juggle 3 different Little League teams and piano lessons. I'm guessing that it's going to be a circus for a few months but I suppose we'll get it figured out and get into a groove...I hope.

As soon as Bob gets the pictures from vacation on the computer I'll throw some up for your viewing pleasure. :)