Beavers MIA

Sarah update: the Beavers have been otherwise occupied and unable to make blog posts. Oh, and their computer is in the shop! Hopefully we will get some new and exciting posts in the next week or so.

colleen was here

HEY
Today was the last day of school so I'm so excited. but not so much of swimming every morning and night.


Tonight we are going to spend the night at Gram and Papas house and help them put up their tree so that will be fun.
BYE
Editing: Susan Beaver (she doesnt like how i spell words)

Annapolis-marathon swimming weekend

Thank God it is over. Annapolis is the worst pool ever for parents....a fast pool for swimmers, so we suffer. Conlan did a FANTASTIC JOB! He dropped time in 7 out of 8 events. The most exciting part was he made it thru his 200 free! Conlan has had a major mental block when it came to swimming over a 100 yards. He was so proud of himself when he completed the 200. Colleen had a mixed meet. She added time in 5 out of nine events. BUT she kicked butt in 3 events. She made it back to finals in her 100 breast and 50 free. She ended up 4th in the breast and 5th in the free. She was led off on her 400 free relay, so her time counted and she got a 1:00.08. She so bad wants to swim it under a minute, but she is getting closer every meet.
We were very appreciative of Sherry and Vic letting us stay in their home. Wonderful food and company....Karen came to visit us at the pool this afternoon. It was nice to see her. She always makes me laugh.
Also a special thanks to Gram and Papa for keeping Donavan. He had the time of his life. He ate a lot and shot his new BB gun.

Happy Birthday to our little boy!

Donavan is 8 years old today! He has brought many smiles to the Beaver family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONAVAN

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Cough cough cough

I am having my annual Lets see if I can cough up a lung. After a couple of nights with no sleep, my children showing concern, and Ray comparing me to Quinda I went to the doctor today. After a 2 hour wait, I got my antibotic for a sinus infection. Hopefully I will be back to new in a couple of days.

Holly Ball Dress Up

Donavan and Conlan

Conlan had his football end of the year party!


Donavan enjoyed the first snow fall last night. Today he got a wild hair and tried to clean his rooom!

400 IM

400 IM

Colleen and Alexa swam the 400 IM for the first time today! They both did an excellent job. It was great they were side by side, they push each other to do their very best. Colleen did it in 5:33 and got first place!

Getting ready for Christmas

First FCA meeting

The first FCA meeting was today. YEAH! Unfortunately it was arranged at the very last minute, but there were 11 girls that showed up. They have already got the next meeting planned and the girls were excited about telling their friends and even inviting boys! It not only warms my heart that Colleen has taken this project on, but also that her group of friends all have a love for Jesus.
Another mom and I have taken on responsibility of helping the leadership team. Maybe one day I will be Jane like and have all kinds of teenagers talking to me:)

Poison Ivy

Only Conlan can manage to get poison ivy in December. Apparently it was on the tree that the deer stand was attached. If you saw the pics from the hunting trip you can see Ray had him covered from head to toe. Conlan is now covered head to toe in a nasty itchy rash. He got steroids today so hopefully in a couple of days he will be back to new.
Colleen and I went dress shopping tonight, for her dance this weekend. We got super lucky and got a great dress for cheap. We went into this shop and the two chinese ladies got all excited. They treated Colleen like royalty, which she ate up. They were so nice I almost felt bad that I got the cheap dress:)
A special thanks to Sarah for making my blog look festive!