And it's finally here a new post that I promised would happen!

Last weekend for Memorial Day we went to Southern Utah. It was a lot of fun to go and see family which we hadn't seen in a long time. K youngest sister graduated from High School and that gave us even more incentive to make the Track. Graduation was fun, short, funny and a little bit sad too. I had a chance to reminisce and think back on the days of high school and the fun I had. I was glad we were there to share this experience with the family. After Graduation we went to The Pizza Factory and it was delicious. After all that fun we headed up to Cedar to go to the Cabin. This year we were able to have everyone up at the cabin (except for one of our nephews), it was so fun to have 35 people there G had soooo much fun with her cousins I don't think she ever wanted to come home. We played lots of games, ate good food and enjoyed the beauty of the outdoors. Here are some of the pictures of our wonderful trip.

I've been bad about posting....

Call me a slacker or whatever you like, I haven't posted a new blog in ages but I'm here to tell you that I will soon change that !! I've been looking through some pictures and I have decided I needed to update this thing! I will work on it So check back soon and I'll have new pictures a new blogs updates!

Pay it Forward!

So, here's how this game works-the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (or be lazy and copy and paste like I did). Then come back, let me know you're going to play and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! I think I can be creative. Challenge me!

Picture Princess

* My Little Princess loves to be in pictures. She smiles to the camera every time. She loves people and makes anyone feel special by her smile. She is a joy to our family.

* I think she would look best with this dress from Shabby Baby.

http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-92-botanical.aspx

Challenge!

Hello
The holidays came and went so fast, I will add photos soon. It makes such a difference when you have a child during the holidays, I can't believe it it completely changes the meaning of it. I thorouhgly enjoyed Christmas this year it seemed so real the Christmas story as I looked at my little one and envisioned Mary doing the same. I also enjoyed the looked on my baby's face as she woke up that morning and her reaction to her little gifts she was so happy with the wrapping papers that could have been her present. hahah.

Anyway now to the real reason I decided to post tonight. As you can see it's quite late well almost midnight. I just finished reading the last book of a very popular series I'm sure a lot of you have read. I finished and I had a troubling question why in the world can I read a huge almost 800 page book in a couple of weeks and not be able to read The Book of Mormon with the same enthusiasm, excitement and need to finish it. I've felt so ashamed lately that I have decided to Challenge myself and those of you who would like to join me... I am planning on reading The Book of Mormon as a novel, or as an entertainment book, I know it may be hard but I think that it will be worthwile and if I see it in that light I will understand it better. I plan on reading the published version that came out in 2004 (573 pages), The reason I want to do that is to help me visualize the book not only as scripture but as a book that has interesting stories that will help change our lives. I know it may sound cheesy but I need every motivation I can get to finish reading The Book of Mormon and gaining a greater appreciation for this "Marvelous work and a Wonder" So don't hesitate to ask me when you see me, how am I doing on my reading the more people ask the more I will need to read. If anyone takes this challenge with me let me know your feelings as you read aI would love to hear your insights. I plan on taking notes on all the people, and places of The Book of Mormon so I can better get to know them.

That's all I had to say, by the way those of you who were wondering I thoroughly enjoyed the last book but I'm glad it's over, it was getting too crazy for me. But as always a good ending.

Good Night! Becs

This is for Granpa Ken

Thank you Papa Ken for all the horse rides, Hope you have a great Birthday!

Trip to Brazil. Viagem para Brasil

My little family had the opportunity to go visit my home country in October. We had a great time, we stayed in Sao Paulo with family , and enjoyed the company of my Grandma the whole time during our Trip. We left Phoenix on Oct.4 and arrived in Sao Paulo Oct. 5. Our international flight lasted about 9 hours and we had a layover in Texas and that flight was 2 1/2 so we had about 12 hours of flight. It wasn't too bad I made sure I was loaded with baby food bottle and my favorite and best friend "Tylenol". It was great, the little one slept most of the time, she had a little bassinett which was also a plus for flying international, they also gave us baby food on the plane she liked that. We arrived in Sao Paulo and I could vagaly remember some of the places we went it was about 12 years ago since I was there last. SP is a huge city and the most shocking sight for me was all the slums and ghetto but there are nice areas of the city too.My Aunt lives in a very nice neighborhood that felt like we were in the jungle, It was so pretty, it was a gated community and it didn't even seemed like she lived in the city.The one thing that I was also shocked was the way people drive over there, It is insane! We set in traffic there for about 3 hours or so, and the cars are so different. Also the motorcyclist are crazy they drive super fast in between lanes.

On Sunday we had the opportunity to see a lot of family members. my aunt planned a BBQ (Churrasco) and everyone came to see me, I felt like a movie star! We were all treated so well and received so many gifts it was amazing, people that I didn't even remember came and showed their love. G was the highlight being the first Great Grandbaby on my side of the family, Everyone was spoiling her we came home with a whole new wardrobe.

We spend almost a week in Salvador, Ba to see the beach and to spend some time with some family members there, it was beautiful. Then we Traveled to the suburbs of Sao Paulo and went to visit where my grandparents live Rio Claro, and Where I used to live Limeira. I was able to visit with one of my bestest friends in the world and the hospitality from her family was so great I didn't want to leave, I felt like a little kid again hanging out there like I used to, the house that I used to live is still there and looks exactly the same, it was interesting because all the other houses around it looked completely different and were remodeled.

We then traveled back home on Oct. 16 arriving here in Phoenix Oct. 17. It was a short visit, I wish it was longer but it was nice to go back and to remember my roots, Also to teach K a little bit about my culture, it was so nice to see him interact with the people there. EVERYONE loved him he did so well with his portuguese a lot of people thought he was fluent! He enjoyed eating all the different fruits and all the yummy food eveyone made us, me too. G also enjoyed home made baby food my grandma would go to the store and buy her fresh veggies and fruits just to make her food.

I was grateful for the opportunity to go and see how people are happy with the smallest things there. I think that sometimes we get so caught up with everything that goes on in our lives that we don't appreciate the things that we have, like hot water in all our faucets, showers, etc...clothes dryer, Heating and air conditioning. etc... Even though people didn't have some of these luxuries that we enjoy they were so happy with just being alive and working. It was great to feel the love and energy from the Brazillian people.