Christmas Eve

Our angels performed very well in the nativity scene during the Children's Christmas mass at St.Clare!

Merry Christmas from Team Beam!

 The kids were thrilled to discover Santa had made a visit while we were at mass!

Carrots had been partially eaten & stomped on outside our house....

 Milk had been consumed & only cookie crumbs were left:

 And the stockings had been taken down & filled!

Brystol's Birthday Party

All the kids had such a good time celebrating Brystol's 4th birthday!

Apple Cup

Jason spent Apple Cup with his extended family while Deirdre & I tailgated & cheered the Huskies on to a big win with our families!

Aunt Gerri giving Brady a haircut:

 Jason & Grammy:

The kids with Grammy & their cousins Raegan & Colton

 The next day I taught a couple great barre3 classes at the Roosevelt studio in Seattle. It was so fun to have friends & family (including Shane & Garrett!) in my class!

With Courtney:

 With Carly, Deirdre, Tory & Meggie:

SRBB Thanksgiving

It was an absolutely gorgeous fall day in Longview for our annual Thanksgiving gathering of the Steig-Richards-Beam-Bedard families!

#35

I was treated to just the best 35th birthday! A morning with my family, an afternoon wine tasting with friends,  dinner catered/cooked by Shane & Meggie & an evening cheering the Huskies on to a victory from the comfort of our warm basement. I could not have planned a more perfect day & weekend!

With Melissa Henderson at Sotor Winery:

 With Marie at Cana's Feast:

 Willamette Valley view from Vidon:

 Thumbs up for the Huskies:

 These kids were spoiled with love & attention by their Aunt & Uncle during their visit!

November Snapshots

Trip toy shirts from Mimi & Papa's visit to where they met (Stanford):

 Berkley Park:

 Glowing Greens (glow-in-the-dark mini golf) playdate for Brady & his two buddies:

 Proud Huskies in Oregon:

 Filming barre3 online workouts:

 Carson John wearing Papa John's reading glasses:

 Leather jacket circa 1977 (Jason's old coat):

Huntin' in South Dakota

The return of the South Dakota pheasant huntin' trip for the men in the family proved to be a fun time & excellent resource for hilarious stories!

 Shane, Uncle Marc, John, Jason, Tad & Garrett

 Garrett's first pheasant:

Halloween