The Beckman Blog

We had the wonderful opportunity to visit both of our families during a whirlwind Spring Break trip.  :)  The children actually did fairly well with all the travel, considering their usual activity levels. :)   Unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera out much.  But I did get some picture highlights.  :)

First, we were able to spend a few days with Mom and Dad Beckman and Matthew.  Jonathan and Emma enjoyed following Matthew around and Kathryn enjoyed showing off her rolling skills.  Then we headed to Utah to visit my family, as well as Bryan’s brother Michael.

Visiting with Michael (and Stesha and Sophie)

While visiting with Michael, we were also able to take the children through the Draper temple open house.  What a sweet experience!  :)

The brothers

Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures while visiting my family.  At least the Sears photographer did!

Just the siblings (Chelsey, Brandon, Golden, Annie, me, and Brittany)

And the cousins. Do you know how hard it is to get five children, four of them 2 and under, to sit still and smile, or even actually look at the camera? :)

Another "cousins" shot

(More from this photo session further down – now back to the trip.)

After a few days with my family, we headed back to Colorado for one last day with the Beckmans.  And I finally remembered to take pictures!  :)

Jonathan and Matthew playing outside

Trying out the tree (Emma in the background, joining them)

Kathryn enjoying time with Grandma Beckman

Thank you, to both families, for being such wonderful hosts to us!  We had a great time visiting.  :)

Here are some more of the family photos:

Emma was ready to be done with the session

We still got a few more smiles out of her, though. :)

Jonathan

Kathryn

Emma

All three siblings.  These were some of the last pictures taken, and the children were done.  We still got some “mostly smiling” shots, though.  :)

Kathryn's face here makes me smile. :)

Stay tuned for more catch-up posts…  Bryan’s given me a day without the older two for Mother’s Day, so I’m trying to make use of it.  :)