The Beicker Family

Where do you find your happiness?

2011-09-12T12:50:00.000-07:00

Where do you find your happiness?
Wow where to start.....

1.my daughters smiles
2.a good song that comes on the radio at the perfect moment
3. my best friend "The Hubs"
4.rain
5. watching my daughters ride
6.newborn baby calves
7.Evian water
8.the perfect pair of heels
9.finding $$ in the dryer
10 a cold beer
11. being totally caught up on the bank records
12.Fridays
13. watching my daughters sleep
14. chicken gizzards
15.a new sharpie pen
16.random phone call in the middle of the day with a good friend
17.clean sheets
18.Gods Word
19.picking up my girls from school
20.the future
21. AFTER a good workout
22.a spray tan
23. my daughters stories
24.my daughters
25. the sunrise
26.the sunset
27.a medium rare steak
28.Scentsy skinny dipping
29.The Bobby Bones Show
30. my family
31. post-it notes
32. losing the remote to our bedroom tv\
33. almonds
34. green grass
35.my sunglasses
36.sitting outside my parents house at night by the creek
37.the smell of my daughters heads
38.the barn
39.okra
40.a clean car
41.weekends
42.caller id
43.cattle shows
44.horse shows
45.pictures
46.my life planner
47.using my "paid" stamp at work
48.mi Madre
49.freebies
50.waking up each day

Life is hard sometimes...

2011-05-10T10:11:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am no longer pregnant. I had a miscarriage last week. We are doing good just taking it one day at a time. Thank you for all the texts and phone calls that we have received we really appreciate it.

Lone Star Classic

2011-04-10T18:55:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday Brinley showed at the Lone Star Classic in San Antonio at the Rose Palace. No, it was not another cow show but this time an Arabian Horse Show. She showed Casper in 10 & under showmanship. The class consisted of 5 kids all 10 and under.... the boy that beat her I want to see his birth certificate, I know that he drove himself there :) The class consisted of entering the ring at a trot and trotting the perimeter of the ring. She then was to line up behind the others with her horse set up waiting her turn before the judge (1st video)
When the judge nodded for Brinley to go she then had to "perform" a showmanship pattern that she had just learned the day before. (2nd video) Although I am a little bias.... SHE ROCKED IT!!! The chick took home second place in her first show and I could not be prouder!!!! Below are two videos that I took on my phone. As soon as the photographer sends me the pictures I will upload those also.

BIG Surprise!

2011-03-09T18:33:00.000-08:00

There are plans that every family makes:
*how to manage money
*items needed at the grocery store
*how many kids to have
*when to purchase a new car
The list goes on...

Then there are the plans that God makes for your family. After the shock wears off, you come to realize that although it is a very big surprise, and not exactly what you had planned AT ALL, it is indeed a blessing and a joy at what God truly desires for you.

Coming this fall we will be a family of 5!

Cutest Pushpins!

2011-02-28T18:42:00.000-08:00

Check these out they are adorable!
http://www.dustyandamy.com/2011/02/lil-gator-giveaway.html

Lets Rodeo San Antonio!!

2011-02-21T07:23:00.000-08:00

The 2011 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo has come and gone, and in the end I can say that we had an awesome run!!
We started out with Brinley and Pancho making their major show debut and they did AWESOME!

They won:
Grand Champion Open Miniature Market Steer
Grand Champion Pre-Junior Miniature Hereford Steer
and
Grand Champion Pre-Junior Showman!!

We are very proud of Brinley and all of her hard work that she has put in at the barn!

The next we moved in with the Junior Heifers and again we were very pleased. The kids that have bought our progeny have not failed us. Michael Hawes had Champion Heifer Calf with Baer Creek Sheza Cougar (Cougar and Michael were also Champion Heifer Calf in Ft Worth) I can't get the picture from San Antonio to download so here is her picture from Ft Worth.

Then we also had a third place with Baer Creek Grand Finale and a fifth place with Baer Creek Easy on the Eyes. The girls showed these heifers like pros against some very tough competition!

Next we leave for Houston in March and hopefully we have as much success if not more!!

Show us Your Singles!

2011-01-21T06:43:00.000-08:00

In honor of Kelly’s Korner blog doing a showcase of singles I am posting about my Aunt Laurie.

Laurie is in her mid 40's and lives outside of Houston, TEXAS. She trains/shows Arabian horses.
Laurie is a genuine, beautiful Christian woman. She has strong Texas roots, loves animals (has 3 dogs and her horses) , Texas Country Music, and her granddaughter. She has an amazing relationship with her two grown daughters. Laurie is the type of person that you know will always listen and give advice without judgment, or being condescending. She is a great listener and has a very open mind. She loves to laugh and have a good time.

Lets just say, you would be the luckiest man in the world to hang with this sweet woman.

Soooooo if anyone out there has/is a handsome, fun, outgoing, animal-loving, 40-50's , Christian single man/father living in Texas....leave me a comment and lets see if we can hook up two amazing people!!!!!

Bliss Townley Beicker

2010-05-11T19:49:00.000-07:00

I had to add a couple more pics of Miss Bliss. I can not wait until we go to Lubbock in a couple of weeks and I am able to cover this sweet gorgeous girl in kisses..... until then this pictures will have to do.

This one is my favorite so far....

The Beicker Family

I'm an AUNT!!!

2010-05-10T19:28:00.000-07:00

Welcome the newest "Beicker Chick"
Bliss Townley Beicker

May 10, 2010
1:40 AM
6lbs 11 oz
18.5 in

Proud Parents:
Clint and Amy Beicker

Proud Aunt
ME!!!!!!

Whats gonna work.... TEAMWORK

2010-04-21T14:17:00.000-07:00

Almost Wordless Wednesday

2010-04-14T11:44:00.000-07:00

Brinley and Casper

October

2010-04-13T13:02:00.001-07:00

So I am thinking that I have been slacking way to long. So how do I recap the last 5 months...... I guess month by month. Hang in there I will catch up

Brinley showed her heifer "Twitter" in the Guadalupe County Fair and Rodeo. She did awesome and we are extremely proud of her. She was Grand Champion Hereford Heifer and Reserve Champion Heifer of the show.

Booie ( Kimberly) and Brylen at the Rodeo

Brent and I went to Dallas for the weekend and Brent went to the Texas game.
Brent, Kevin Smith, Keith Smith &Larry Smith

We went to visit Clint and Amy in Lubbock and went to a corn maze farm. We only did half of it, but it was alot of fun!

Pumpkin Patch

"Jack" the bottle calf was born in October. Brylen really loves this calf as you will see in the months to come.

Giveaway

2009-10-26T14:35:00.000-07:00

Over at "From my Front Porch" Chelsea is having a wonderful giveaway! Go and Check it out!!
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I am working on about 4 different posts to catch up on our recent activities.... I hope to have them up tomorrow

HUGS!!!!!!

Post it Note Tuesday

2009-10-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Wordless Wednesday

2009-10-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

Post it Note Tuesday

2009-10-13T10:51:00.000-07:00

Loving this! I got this idea from Jenna Beasons Blog who got it from This, That and My Blog who got it from SupahMommy. You got the idea?? Anywho here are mine...hope you enjoy and feel the need to do your own stickys its pretty therapeutic!

NOT ME!! Monday

2009-10-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

I most certainly did not water down my girls milk the other night so that we would have enough for in the morning so that I would not have to go out and buy some more.

I most certainly did not close the door to the computer room and tell my girls that mommy was working on important business so I could check facebook and my blogs.

I most certainly did not cut in line at the grocery store (in front of TWO elderly ladies) and race back to the preschool to pick up the oldest... thinking that it was Wednesday and school let out at 11:20 when in all reality it was only Tuesday and they got out at 11:30

What have you not done?

New `Do....

2009-09-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

I am in the process of getting my butt in gear and working on my blog......but there is always something else to do......

However, I did cut my hair and I mean cut...... 6.5 inches to be exact

I will be blogging again soon..... I think...... : )

Donald

2009-08-17T20:13:00.000-07:00

We just got this picture from Donald in his uniform at NMMI!!!!! We are so proud of him! I had a chance to talk to him today and he is doing great. Enjoys baseball and the marching is ok....... he runs 1-3 miles everyday and starts classes on Wednesday! He has made many new friends and his only complaint was that the eggs for breakfast are the powdered eggs ugggghhhhh! We are going to see him next week I cannot wait!!!!

Praying for Stellan

2009-07-27T12:01:00.001-07:00

I have followed this blog for a long time and this little guy needs our prayers once again!

If your not familiar with him click on the photo and it will take you to MckMamas blog

to bunk or not to bunk

2009-07-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

So the time is coming closer when I am going to move Brylen from the nursery to a big girl room. Granted I still have some time..... the plan is not to move her until her second birthday (December 7th) but I like to plan and try to have it all laid out before I begin. So the thought has come up weather or not to bunk the girls together. I have talked it over with Brinley and she is for the idea but what if shes not after we have Brylen all moved in. I love the idea of them sharing a room and having the closeness and consoling that could come out of sharing a room. However, I do want to be on my toes and move them to separate rooms before the time comes that they are arguing over personal space. So I think that they could share a room for a couple or so years. If we do decide on rooming them together the issue of beds comes up. So I have been looking a bunk beds and I am really liking them so far, or do I go with a single queen bed? Or do I scratch the idea all together and put them in separate rooms. The computer room has long been designated as Brylens room but it could become an extra bedroom for a couple of years...... and the nursery could become a sitting/computer room....... : )
So what to do? What are yalls thoughts?

Wordless Wednesday

2009-06-24T15:34:00.001-07:00

Pa

2009-04-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

El-Roy Erxleben
November 21, 1928 - April 30, 2009

El-Roy Erxleben, age 80 of Seguin, passed away on April 30, 2009. Visitation will be held at Tres Hewell Mortuary on Saturday, May 2, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at Cross United Church of Christ with Rev. Jim Price officiating. Military honors will be rendered under the auspices of The American Legion H. U. Wood Post #245. Private interment will be held at a later date. El-Roy was born on November 21, 1928 in Zorn, Texas to Hilmar and Romana Kirchner Erxleben. He attended the Dietert School, graduated from Seguin High School (1946) and attended Texas Lutheran College. He served during the Korean War in the United States Army and was the recipient of the Purple Heart. He worked as Postmaster at the Seguin Post Office. At the age of 12, he began playing with the Julius and Milton Dietert Band and played with several other bands throughout the years. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Patsy Neumann Erxleben; daughter, Cathy Beicker and husband, Donny; son, Russell Erxleben and wife, Kim; grandchildren, Brent Beicker and wife, Katie; Clint Beicker and wife, Amy; Russell Erxleben II, Lauren Erxleben, Ryan Erxleben, Erin Erxleben; great-grandchildren, Brinley Beicker and Brylen Beicker; sister-in-law, Bernice Neumann; and a host of family and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Cross United Church of Christ, 814 N. Bauer, Seguin, Texas, 78155 or to the charity of one’s choice.

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

2009-04-29T05:50:00.000-07:00

This is awesome!!! I really want to get this on my Ipod Brinley has been dancing around the computer room all morning to this arrangement! Hope you enjoy as much as we do!!!!

Catch Up.........<3

2009-04-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

Brinleys 4th Birthday Party!

Brinley T-Ball Practice

Brylen & Daddy

Happy Birthday Brinley Ann!

2009-04-06T11:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Brinley Ann!!! The big 4!

Sleeping

2009-04-01T13:14:00.000-07:00

Sweet!

Sleeping in the shower with the dog

I should really get this girl a bed.......

Laminin

2009-03-31T10:46:00.000-07:00

I found this on another blog that I follow and wanted to share with all of you..... Just take 9 minutes and watch it..... you won't be sorry it is that good!

Told you!!!! : )

New `Do....

2009-03-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day I woke up to RAIN and I went to have my hair done! In the moment I decided that I wanted to go shorter on my hair........... and I LOVE IT!!!
Hopefully I will feel the same tomorrow!

My Brown BLACK BLUE GREEN eyed girl

2009-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:00

DAY 4

Now its time for the ugly bruises to come out we are for sure going to see the rainbow in these!

Today has been just gorgeous the girls have been playing outside most of the day. Brylens new word is bird and will point at the sky when she says it.... I wasn't able to catch her doing so but did get her talking to this 'bird' in the flower beds.

We absolutely LOVE our Goldendoodle Quinn. He is great dog for the girls and puts up with so much!

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Boot Scootin.......

2009-02-24T13:07:00.000-08:00

I got a new pair of boots on Sunday and I am so in love with them I had to share them with you. They are famous..... they were made for an ad in Cowboys and Indians and when I went to get measured to have some made for me I tried these on and they fit perfect.....meant to be!!!!

Today is day 3 post accident and Brinley is getting better.... she is complaining less of her head hurting and the swelling is slowly going away.This morning I was at the sink washing some dishes and I turned around and this is how I found the girls eating....... never mind that the youngest is on the table and not strapped into her seat lets look at the posistive.........at least they were sharing : )

I LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL!!! She really loves to boogie!!!!
She got it from her momma! : )

Brinley and the ground had a fight and the ground won.........

2009-02-23T15:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Brinley was riding and had a bad fall, she is going to be fine no broken bones just needs time to heal. She is pretty sore and badly bruised but as soon as she woke up this morning she was begging me to go riding. Nothing stops this girl. The swelling has gone down a lot in the last 24 hours so we are thankful for that. Below are some of the pictures I have taken of her.

DAY 1

DAY 2

YUM!!

2009-02-23T13:32:00.000-08:00

I have a new food addiction...........

HUMMUS!!!!!!!!

I love it.... I cant get enough of it and the best thing is that the girls love it to!!!!!!

SOOOO GOOD!

LOVE IT!!!!!!

2009-02-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

I love this picture and I just had to share!!

At last......

2009-02-01T20:47:00.000-08:00

Yeah I know.... I am a total slacker..... what else could I possibly be doing that would constitute not updating my blog in almost 2 month..........hmmmmmm I will get back to you on that.........

The last couple of days have been really sad for us. We had to put down our main cow Monday morning. I know some of yall are saying really a cow but if you truly know us then you know how important they are to us. C132 (the cows id) was the matriarch of our herd. She has produced MANY champions for us and really we would not have the herd or operation that we have if it weren't for her. JR 2Z Celeste C132

On to the girls........ Brylen started walking on my moms birthday (1-11-09) and I now know how much easier I had it before. She is everywhere and wants to get there by herself!! She is trying to cut come molers and is hating it! Her favorite words are "mama" "ball" "kitty" "cow" "horse" and the list goes on she is extremely vocal and lets us know what she wants and how she wants it.

Brinley is turning into a big girl before our eyes. She rides extremely well, loves gymnastics, not so crazy about dance, and wants to do everything with her daddy. She cracks us up daily with her thoughts and ideas, has decided that she wants to be a horse trainer when she grows up.... that is after she trains Quinn (our goldendoodle) how to play basketball like AirBud!

I am having problems with my computer uploading photos so as soon as I get that in order I will update some more

Until then Pray for Rain!!

Happy Birthday Brylen Rhey!!

2008-12-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

It is so hard to believe that our baby girl is already one today!!

Happy Birthday Brylen Rhey!!!

I am still stuffed from Thanksgiving : )

2008-12-01T12:43:00.000-08:00

Brinley grew a watermelon from a seed and was VERY proud of her masterpiece.
Maybe if we plant it at the right time next year we will grow a bigger one!

DAMN PAPARAZZI!!!!

I am in LOVE with this green chair! I really want to take some family pictures around it, in this area, or something soon!

I forgot to post this picture a while back so here it is......

Brinley is in love with Tyler Allan she thinks that he is the PERFECT man. When we were at the state show in October they were playing together and Brinley wanted to go see the horses that were at the other side of the barn. So she asked Tyler to go with her, well her world came crashing down when her "perfect man" told her no that he wanted to play football instead. She had to learn at an early age about a man and his football.

Please Read........

2008-11-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

My Dear Friends,

With our current economy, Christmas is tight this year. I will be making bedroom slippers for you all as gifts. Please let me know your sizes. You'll most likely agree that it's a splendid idea, and should you wish to do the same, I've included the instructions below.

How to make bedroom slippers out of maxi pads:

You need four maxi pads to make a pair.
Two of them get laid out flat, for the foot part.
The other two wrap around the toe area to form the top.
Tape or glue each side of the top pieces to the bottom of the foot part.

Decorate the tops with whatever you desire, silk flowers (this is most
Aesthetically appealing), etc.

These slippers are:
* Soft and Hygienic
* Non-slip grip strips on the soles
* Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh
* No more bending over to mop up spills
* Disposable and biodegradable
* Environmentally safe
* Three convenient sizes: (1.) Regular, (2.) Light and (3.) Get out the Sand Bags.

I've attached a photo of the first pair I made so that you can see the
Nifty slippers for yourself....

"Not Me!" Monday

2008-11-17T12:34:00.000-08:00

There is a blog that I read almost daily and she does this Not me Monday thing so I thought that I would give it a try. (If you ever have a chance to read her blog in its entirety I truly urge you to do so it is amazing how God is using her and what an amazing God he is)

I did not throw some clean already washed clothes back in the hamper because I did not feel like folding them knowing that my cleaning lady is coming tomorrow and she will do it. That would be totally lazy and selfish

I did not hide the last piece of fish under some lettuce last night at dinner so that no else would see and I could have it all to myself.

I did not just realize that it has been more than four days since the baby has had a full bath (not the washcloth and lotion kind) and then just put her in the kitchen sink to save time

I did not just pile some more clothes into the basket in Brinleys room instead of putting them in her dresser when the basket is inches from the dresser

I did not eat three pieces of Britnis cornbread knowing that it was totally against all of my healthy eating rules

Thats all I have for now but there are still some time left in today!!
Now its your turn what have you not done???? : )

Updated FINALLY : )

2008-11-03T13:10:00.000-08:00

"What are you doing back there??"

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Sorry it has taken me so long to post, but every time that I sit down to do it something else comes up. So here we go....... On the 27th we went to visit my grandmother in Yoakum. I needed to drop a bull off at my uncles place so we decided to make a day of it and visit Mimi for the day. The girls really had a blast Mimi cooked us a delicious lunch and the girls played and played. When I was a young girl my grandmother had a wonderful lady that helped her around the house named Miss Kitty. Well I had not seen Miss Kitty in YEARS so we decided to pay her a visit and show off my two girls. Miss Kitty is a saint and exudes only love so it was great to see her and I really think that it brightened her day.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We celebrated Halloween a day early but no one was the wiser. We had the football game on Friday night and Brinley was already dressed up from school so I contacted some friends in the neighborhood and off we went. Brinley had a blast! She was a butterfly this year. Brylen went as a cow and if you have been around her lately you know that it is her favorite word so it was very fitting. At school they had a parade with all of their costumes and then a party afterwards to say the least we took a good nap that afternoon.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well Brylen is ALMOST walking........ she takes that first step and then lunges it won't be too long !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We were out breeding cows last week for a flush that is tomorrow (keep your fingers crossed) and Brinley was driving Brylen around in her gator looking for "dead Raccoons and Skunks" with the Border Collie in the back! Long story behind the dead Raccoons and Skunks but to say the least my parents have had to do some critter control at there place. So anyways off the girls went with the dog in tow to take count. Kinda morbid maybe????? but they are country girls......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brinley and "Curly Moe" playing chase. I think that deer won hes a little faster than my future track star : )

"Curly Moe" eating out of the calf creep feeder : ) Kimberly came into town this weekend so her and my mom helped me take pictures of the girls I need to still fix the lighting and stuff but I will post some of those soon!

Until then PRAY FOR RAIN!!!!!!!

Weekend

2008-10-21T13:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to College Station to watch some of our calves show in the State Show. All in all we did really well....... The Junior Show we had Grand & Reserve Champion Heifer
and in the open show we had Grand Champion Heifer. We really could not ask for better.
(I got some really good pictures of Tyler showing Neon but I will post those later I still need to work on the lighting in some of them)
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We stayed with Kimberly and Kandi in their house in College Station. It was my first time to see the house and I really liked it. They have it decorated really cute and it is nice quiet neighborhood. So Kandi has these two kittens Lilly Mae and Dolly (or something like that) well my girls were in love with them. Brylen chased them everywhere and when we went looking for her we found her under Kandis bed with the one of the kittens. Poor girl could not figure out how to get back out from under there she kept trying to sit up then she would bump her head.

So Brinley is in love with the Allan boys especially Tyler. She wanted to do everything he was doing, sit by him, play football with him, cheer him on when he showed. She really thinks that he is just perfect : ) Mason (the younger Allan boy) on the other hand is infatuated with Brylen! He says that he loves her soft hair! : )

Kandi acting silly with JC Rogers when she is supposed to be working the show ring

REESE!!!!!!!!!! (he was a little sleepy)

Brylen and Harrison Faust - he is great guy traveled with all us girls this summer and loves my kids and never once bitched about it... at least to my face : )

Booie (aka Kimberly) giving Brylen kisses I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

We had a lot of fun with great friends, family and cattle!!

Donald the King

2008-10-21T12:51:00.000-07:00

Homecoming PepRally

2008-10-17T06:36:00.001-07:00

Donald and one of the girls that is nominated for Queen (Stephanie I think.....)

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Brinley cheering on the field with Jillian and Kyla!
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Brinley and Annette watching the PepRally!
Thank you Annette for letting her tag along with you!
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Brinley and Donald listening to one of Donald's coaches.

We Love Donald!!!!! He is such a wonderful influence to have in the girls lives!!
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Brinley cheering with the big cheerleaders!! Thank you Annette!!!!!
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"The Burning M"

the picture didn't turn out that good but it was really neat!

Homecoming Week

2008-10-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

Its homecoming week for Seguin and it is in full force. Tonight is the community peprally and parade and the game is tomorrow night. Brinley did MiniMats again this year and they get to cheer and preform a dance during the peprally : )

For those of you who know about "Our Donald" : ) I have very exciting news....... he has been nominated for Homecoming King!!!!!!!!!!!!! The boy has come a long way since I "found" him or he found me in 2000. We love him so much and are so proud of him for all the wonderful choices that he makes everyday. So keep your fingers crossed and think "King Donald"
wow that has a nice ring to it!!!!!

So I am off to pick up Brinley from school, take her to dance, come home change into her cheerleading outfit and off to the peprally!!!

Until later Pray for RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

What most of our weekends consist of......

2008-10-15T19:21:00.000-07:00

Mason Allan, Kandi and Brinley I Love this Picture! Baer Creek Best Kept Secret Heart of Texas Show October '08 Tyler Allan getting last minute pointers from his Dad before the Champion Drive with Baer Creek Neon Moon STM 127T (and he WON!!)

Brylen checking out the competition

Brinley and I watching the show

Randomness

2008-10-06T07:07:00.000-07:00

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These two bucks were outside my parents house the other day..... not bad huh?!?!

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Brylen will be 10 months old tomorrow!!! Crazy!! It really seems like yesterday that I was in the hospital with her and now...............................
she is a chatterboxing, cruising, almost walking, eye teeth cutting, sippy cup drinking, finger pinching, puppy, cow, kitty, horse loving, follow big sister around everywhere, 10 month old!!!!!

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Brent's birthday was on the 28th...............he is the 2-9 now!!!! We got together at my parents for ribs, salad and cupcakes
My parents, Brent's parents and I all went in together and got Brent a barbque pit for his Birthday. He was surprised and really liked it!!!

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Something must be in the air because my allergies are driving me nuts and I have a headache that will not go away............................. so until the tylenol kicks in PRAY FOR RAIN!!

aaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!

2008-10-02T08:35:00.001-07:00

Now that feels better!

I will post today I have so much that I need to put up here but the time keeps getting away from me!!

So have patience I will get to it............... today........................sometime.......................soon!

: )

September!!

2008-09-25T12:16:00.000-07:00

September... I really love the month of September!!
September is the month that two of my favorite people were born! Sweet Kandi Lynn was born on the 21st and My Brent Aaron was born on the 28th
September marks the beginning of Fall!
September fall tv starts! (Greys, Desperate Housewives etc)
September is football! (yes I do at times enjoy it)
September means that I can break out all the fall scented candles that I have secretly been hoarding for the past 9 months!
September is caramel apples
September is the start of major cattle sales
September is a closer chance of getting away from 100 degree weather
September is show steer calving month
September is Pumpkin
September is Pumpkin Spice
September is Candy Corn (I love CC until I found out that three handfuls of CC is equivalent to a Big Mac and fries!!!!!)
September is Scarecrows
September is jeans and MAYBE just MAYBE a long sleeve shirt or *gasp* a sweater
September is dove season!
September is just perfect!!!!

Fall Cleaning!

2008-09-20T12:09:00.000-07:00

I have for the last week been taking an honest effort at organizing my junk drawers. What I came to find out though is that I have allot more than junk drawers, I have junk closets, junk crevices, and my honest favorite the catch all table. So my goal is by this time next week I will be clutter free. I am going to take what I can to The Cranny here in town (bc all their proceeds go to the battered women's shelter) and then what they can't take I will send to Goodwill. I have just started but already when I walk in the door it is like this huge weight is off my shoulders. I feel as if my house is bigger. When we built the house and moved in we were young newlyweds that were really not thinking of a family, so the stuff that we saved at that time that was deemed "important" really has no relevance now. It is really sad to say that there are a few unopened wedding presents still in our house. Don't get me wrong they were unwrapped and the thank you notes were written but in the six years of living in this house I still have not found a use for some of it. I am sure that there are many people out there who have uses for this stuff I just don't. So I have no guilt in sending to some that is needy in that area! : ) The hardest thing that I having problems finding a GOOD place for are all the little Tupperware containers that I use for Brinley's lunch, Brylen's food when we are traveling and so on. I really don't want to end up with a bunch of bottoms and no tops or vice versa. Right now they are under my island in a big bowl, however I have already needed that bowl and what do I do with all those containers.................dump them on the counter! So I need a better system for that. After I am done with this cleaning/organizing I am going to tackle my pantry. I have always hated it and I always will unless I do something with it. We got these "nifty" can organizers when we built the house but they are so annoying. Nothing fits properly the shelves are not deep enough yada yada yada........ So I am going to try to attempt a middle ground for em and the pantry! I am not sure where that is but anything is better than the MESS that is there now! So here is my accomplishment for this morning......... I really wish that I had taken a before picture, but believe me it was bad the doors would barely close and when they did all kinds of stuff was peeking out from underneath.
So I am off to tackle another area of my house that needs to breath......
Until next time pray for rain!!!

bad mom.... but GOOD BOOK!!!

2008-09-18T07:41:00.000-07:00

Yes I am back from Ohio and have been for about a week and half now but........... I kinda got addicted to the Twilight book series and so all of my time has been consumed with that. Poor kiddos : ) I have been guilty of turning on the TV and plopping them down in front of it so that I could read my book! However I am done now with all four books and am back to being the good mother that I think I am! So when the girls are down for their afternoon nap today I will update my blog! Love to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!

OHIO

2008-09-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

We are off to Ohio for the weekend to buy a cow!!!!! Hopefully we will not get outbid because we REALLY want her : )

I will post when we return!

PS Keep your fingers crossed and pray for rain!!!!

Here Kitty Kitty.......

2008-08-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

I walked up on this game......... Brylen could not stop laughing!!

I guess the question that Im really asking is do you want a love that is everlasting......

2008-08-25T18:47:00.001-07:00

Saturday morning my mom came over to help me run some errands in town and right before we left I was finally able to get a picture of both girls smiling at the same time!!!!

When Brent came home this evening I went out to run in the neighborhood while he managed the girls. He did a really good job because when I came back in this is what I found!!

Pictures from this past weekend!

2008-08-21T19:45:00.001-07:00

LOVE THESE GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brylen trying to feed herself!!

The clean up!!!!

Trying to be like Daddy!!

Are Thursdays cursed for me?????

2008-08-21T19:09:00.000-07:00

Today started out like any typical Thursday....... running around trying to get Brinley to school on somewhat time, and trying to organize what I could get done in the time she would be occupied with her friends. So she goes to school all excited bc they are having a "pet show" today with their "stuffed" pets getting to show off their tricks and tell the class all about them. After I drop her off Brylen and I head off to run our endless list of errands. I decided to start in New Braunfels with the feed store and then head to the other stores that I needed to go to over there. So I am bee bopping along and Faith Lutheran Preschool shows up on my caller id. ugggghhhhh I knew there had to be something wrong, I automatically answered with "What Happen?" Sharon Stollewerk says, "well Brinley came inside from the playground to go potty (yay Brinley!!) and she was going back outside and Mrs. Katherine was following and she got so excited about whatever that she started to run and ran right in to the latch of the gate." Oh........... well crud! She goes on saying that I need to come look at it and make a decision. So off I go again hauling it to Seguin from New Braunfels. If any of you are ever wondering the quickest way from NB to Seguin is hwy 46. No matter what side of NB you are on head back to 46 and go. Believe me I have had to do it two weeks in a row now.
So I get to Faith Lutheran and everyone feels so bad, Brinley is curled up in Mrs. Katherines lap (WE LOVE HER!!!!!!) and I take a look at it, and my none medical degree prognosis is....... Stitches! So I call Dr Hartfiels office and take her in. Dr Hartfiel really is a saint when it comes to the kiddos. He talked Brinley through it and I think it went really smooth for a three year old getting stitches.
So I have come to the conclusion that I am banned from New Braunfels on Thursdays! (Previous post - Brylen)
Brinley will probably have a black eye come tomorrow but all in all she is a trooper!!!!!!!

On another note the prayers for rain worked but we still need more.
Sooooooo.......

Until next time PRAY FOR RAIN!!!!

Girls night then Scary night!!!!!

2008-08-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

So last night I was pretty pumped, I was getting a night out without the girls. Brent was watching the girls and I went to the Huisache to eat dinner. I could not of been on time to save my life. I left my wallet in the diaper bag had to get that..... then I meet up with a wreck on 725 that had everything to a stand still. However, I got there and had a blast. The food was wonderful and the company was even better.
Sarah, me, Katherine, Kendra, Karen

At the end of dinner I received a phone call from Brent stating that he did not think Brylen was breathing correctly. That every breath was a struggle and she was not keeping her food down. So I told him to take her by Dr. Hartfiels house and see what he said. I left for Seguin and was hauling it home. Brent called me a short time later and said that they were headed to the emergency room. I freaked! We arrived at the ER at the same time and I took Brylen in. After a stressful moment with the fast track woman we proceeded to the back. Brylen had a fever of 101.6 and was still not breathing right. So after ALOT of pokes they were able to get blood from her and we gave her a breathing treatment. That was the life saver...... 5 minutes after she had the treatment she was doing so much better. We took chest x-rays and the whole nine yards, but in the end she was doing better. Basically we are dealing with the same thing that we dealt with back in December when we spent almost a week in the hospital there. She is on breathing treatments and antibiotics until she gets back to normal.

Her fever finally broke today around 1 and she is starting to be a happier baby. Her appetite is not there but it will make its return full force. : )

Until next time pray for rain!!

Birthday!!

2008-08-11T20:04:00.001-07:00

Sunday (August 10th) was my Birthday. I am now 28..... still in my twenties but the thirties are coming quick. :{
We celebrated at our house with Brent's and mine parents, Kandi, Mimi and Papa Beicker, Donald, Austin and The Calls (minus Jack). It was a really great Birthday and I appreciate everyone. I cooked (yea I know shocking) lasagna and salad, and I made a strawberry cake with Ice Cream in the middle (my favorite) I think that everyone enjoyed the food and no one has told me that they are sick yet so all is good!!!

Brent got me probably one of the best (unique) presents yet. SEMEN!! Yes, you read it right SEMEN! There is a bull that we have been vying for semen on for a while and Brent came through and surprised me with it!! I know that allot of you are shaking your heads, but if you truly know us then you know that it was the perfect gift!! Thanks Babe I LOVE YOU!!

Thank you to everyone else for the wonderful gifts and your company, I appreciate all of you and love you all dearly!!!!

Peace, Love and Herefords!!

2008-08-11T16:01:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite times of the year is soon approaching. CALVING SEASON!! We have a had a couple born but the really good ones are still to come. We Love our BABIES!!! (both) : D

Babies!!

2008-08-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

A major perk for having a grandfather that is a veterinarian...... baby deer!!! The newest additions to our family are three little bucks that lost their mommys. May I introduce to you Larry, Curly and Moe. They are the cutest things and Brinley really gets a kick out of them.

Backyardigans

2008-08-04T20:22:00.000-07:00

We took the girls to the Majestic on Sunday to see The Backyardigans! Brinley loved it!! We had gone before to see Go Diego Go and I personally liked that one better, but to a three year old I think that they all rock!! The day before the show we were driving through town and I reminded Brinley that who we were going to see the next day. Well I asked her if she thought it would be neat to see them in person instead of on TV all the time, and she looked at me and said, "Mom.... its not really them its men dressed up like them. you know like trick or treat" The girl never ceases to amaze me with her thoughts. However I think once we got there she was so into it it didnt matter if they were puppets on the stage she just liked all the singing and dancing.
Until next time........
Pray for RAIN!!!! :D

Rockport

2008-07-30T20:27:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Brinley went to "the ocean" with Gigi and Giggles (Penny and Sammy) and Kandi. Brent and I met them down there on Saturday. Friday was my Uncle Darnells birthday so there was to be a 'surprise" party thrown in his honor..... I don't know how much of a surprise it ended up being but they still got to celebrate his Birthday in grand Knippa style (fishing, great food, beer and wine) :D Saturday came and Brent, Brylen and I headed down to "the ocean." It was a pretty uneventful ride..... except for if you are ever traveling between Goliad and Refugio there are NO gas stations along that stretch. So if your low fuel light comes on or is anywhere close to coming on acknowledge it and fill up. We didn't run out of gas but when you know that you have 31 miles to go before you are bone dry and you go 33 miles to the nearest gas station then you are running on fumes! However, we got to the gas station filled up ($118) :( and kept on trucking. When we arrived in Rockport we made it just in time to swim with the girls in the pool. Brinley is really becoming a little fish and has no fear. Brylen just laughs the entire time she is in the water, luckily she hasn't cried about it yet. That evenign we went to the house that my aunt and uncle had rented and had a wonderful dinner and some of my grandmas famous red velvet cake!!! YUUUUMMM!! It was great getting to see everyone and visit.
Sunday we decided to take Brinley fishing off the pier at the condo so that she could catch some "boneheads" :) or hardheads..... but NOTHING was biting. Brinley somehow lost her bait everytime "because she had a bite" oh well she had fun and that is what matters!
After that we decided to go across to Port A and grab some lunch and then head home to make it to evening service and then to try to fix the water pump at the property. We got all but the last accomplished but Herbolds Water Well Service fixed it up on Monday so my cows are happy once again!

Brylen is trying to cut her two top teeth... poor thing she just doesn't understand but hopefully they will pop through in a couple days! she is such a happy baby even when she is going through such pain. When they come through I will get some pics of my baby girl and all four of her teeth ; D Till next time Hugs Kisses and Warmest Wishes!!! XOXO

Gonna give it a try!!

2008-07-25T07:49:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!! I thought that to help us stay in touch with everyone familia and friends I would try out this blog thing. (bc email, cell phones, IM, texting, and snail mail dont seem to do the trick) :D

So we just returned this past week from our national show in Kansas City, MO and other than the natives (sorry northerners) everything was great! We are very involved with our cattle and love to see our hard work pay off. Brinley, my mom, Harrison (hired help) and I all left on July 11th with the big rig and the HUGE trailer loaded down. I vaguely remember a couple of months ago when we were looking at the new monstrosity of a trailer (40x8) and thought.. " wow with this thing we will never run out of room." Well........ with 10 head of cattle (one being a yearling bull and a cow calf pair) and all of the stuff that it takes we were tight. However, off we went northbound on I-35..... (Brent and Kandi flew to KC that evening) I have to say that traveling with a 3 year old defiantly has its humorous moments but to say the least when we got to North Texas we were done for the night. Luckily the Glasscocks were great hostesses and we crashed in Pilot Point for the night. Next day was more driving until the big city of KC came into view. (by the way I am the queen of the windmill game and can even win it while talking on the phone) When we arrived we got kinda lost in downtown KC but my mad driving skills if I do say so myself got us there just in time to work our butts off for the next 5 hours setting up tack, getting the cattle situated and the occasional bickering of whose way is the right way.... we got done and in bed. Brent flew back home on Sunday to work for a couple of days and take care of Brylen (with the Samantha Andrews help across the street and Cathys) but yes Brent had Brylen all by himself :D Sunday, Monday and Tuesday constituted of a bunch of work, and fun but waiting for the show days to start. Wednesday was showmanship and Kandi did an awesome job and placed in the top ten showmen for the nation!! Yay Kandi!! By Wednesday evening I was desperately missing my little bug and husband so 9pm could not come quick enough. Brent, Brylen, Cathy, Kimberly and my dad all flew in that evening and Donny flew in Thursday evening from a meeting in San Fransisco. However, they did not come a moment to soon Thursday was the start of the show days and to make this long story shorter we did pretty well. 4-Class winners 2- Seconds 1-Third and two DIVISION CHAMPIONS. Kandi also won Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder for the third year in a row. All in all I cannot complain about our Junior Nationals, we knew it was going to be tough and we took all babies but the best is when reputable breeders are looking at your cattle to purchase and show. It takes all of us all year to make this work and I cannot thank everyone enough for all the hard work that is put into making Baer Creek Herefords what it is! We finally made it back home on Sunday July 20 and I was so glad to sleep in my own bed again!! To say the least this week has been a lazy week of unpacking, washing, cleaning, trying to start my to do list that I have put off till after Jr Nationals and getting the girls back into their schedules.

I hope that I did not scare you off with this LOOOONNNNGGGG entry but if you are still interested I will try to post at least once a week as to keep you informed what is happening in the Casa Beicker!!