A Tribute to my Grandma Mickey Beck

A Tribute to my Grandma

Phil 3:20-21

"For our citizenship is in heaven from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself"

My Grandma died today December 10, 2008 at 87 years old.

She was a very sweet woman, even at the end of her life.

When i was in third grade my grandma taught me how to play jacks on the driveway in Encinitas. We just laughed and laughed.

One of my grandma's favorite things was playing cards and when we would beat her she would say, "pooey"...or "Jerry you cheated".

My grandma LOVED CHOCOLATE; chocolate ice cream, rocky road, nut cluster candies, just loved chocolate. I remember one time at my parents house. She wanted my dad to get her some rocky road and the doctor told her to watch her cholesterol...my dad said we pro baby shouldn't and i said, "come on dad" if she wants chocolate ice cream give her chocolate ice cream, you only live once...Grandma just loved it that i stook up for her and we had a bowl together. I've never know anyone who loved Chocolate as much as my Grandma. I fed her in the hospital on Sunday and she wasn't too into eating anything, but they gave her a little dish of Chocolate ice cream. I said to her "Grandma you've always loved chocolate ice cream, what do you say we go straight to desert." She was so sweet and I fed her four bites. My mom said that was a lot. Chocolate to the end...

Awhile back my mom and i were in San Diego for a wedding and due to a odd situation at my grandma and Aunt's house my mom and I decided we should go back home at 2 am (my mom found a cockroach on her back...we were ready to leave...funny) Anyway, I was in charge of waking my Grandma up and seeing if she would come home with us at 2am, she said, "okay I'm ready" and she wasn't even fully awake. She just perked right up and went along not knowing what time it was, she was always such a good sport. It was such a great trip home, we laughed a lot and stopped at diner for Breakfast. My Grandma was always flexible and went along with the rest of us, no matter how goofy.

When my grandma was eighty for Christmas I gave her a "cool" vest from old navy (i wish i had the picture in a digital print) and she put it on right away and posed for me at eighty, so funny.

Since she moved to San Diego with my Aunt after my grandpa died my grandma was involved in a autobiography class with other people her age. She used to tell me about the people in her class and all the odd things "old people" did in their life.

When I went to visit her for the last time on Sunday, she did something funny that i would like to share. A nurse in the hospital kept saying, "I'm your granddaughter, I'm your granddaughter" and my grandma who barely spoke and was in a lot of pain looked at her and said, "your not my granddaughter". So funny.

She will be greatly missed.

I love you Grandma

We look forward to seeing you again one day.

San Diego two years ago

Pictures...

Jason took this photo of Nolan after a nap. So cute how he has his hand hanging out of the crib. Nolan is such a sleeper...

Bath time at Thanksgiving...o'to have a large sink in the laundry room, so cool.
A day with the cousins...they just love each other so much.
My parents with all their grand kids at my brother and sister in-laws house. Wow...there are one, two, three, four, five and six...they would of never thought to have six grand kids.

Fall Leaves

Fall leaves

Are you done yet Mom?
Let's just play over here, why mom does her thing? (Not really, but o'so sweet) I'm walking she's still watching, i'm walking... Let's try leaves...okay mom cool:)

Pictures of the kiddos

Some pictures of the kiddos

I'm finally getting out more with the kids. The light was perfect for pictures on the lawn. It would of been nice to have Dylan's helmet off, but you know i didn't even notice...isn't that terrible...i think it's cute the way they turned out.

Okay look at his eye in this one, did you get the photo mom!

One more from the 31st...we couldn't get Nolan to sit up...his belly is so big he just likes to lay a lot, he's sitting up more now, but this day he was laying so heavy on Dylan and would not sit up, so funny.

More Fall Photos

School parade

Hey MOM!!!
Picking up our leaves and the neighbors (even though we have a gardener...it's a fun activity to do together) and we needed to burn some time on the 31st.One of Dylan's favorite activites, bike riding. Our street is filled with these beautiful trees. The house is about 60years old along with the rest of the neighborhood, but a lot of the houses have been re-done. In any case, the trees are old and just booming with color in the fall.We like the location of where we live due to being so close the Los Gatos and outdoor activities

Awana Trunk or Treat

Dylan's artwork in the corner

Taryn and Jason handed out candy

31st of October

Dylan just finished winning the piston cup.

Doesn't he look like a real race car driver with the fence in the background. To cute.

This was at his school they had a parade around the playground.

This is the second time Dylan has chosen to be a race car driver.

Note: about the costume, around the number 95 there are lights and in the corner of near his shoulder there is a button for the noise and lights, it makes a car starting up noise and lights up. So when we got the costume he put it on almost every day for a week or so and i would declare, "lightening McQueen's in the house" and Dylan would just laugh and laugh. What a picture though...just classic...

Disney on Ice

Date with Mommy

Jason got some suite tickets for Disney on ice, which is a great way to take kids to the events in the arena. So we went on a date. It was all about Dylan and I until we got to the suite and discovered...

Another boy...the same age as Dylan...

It was pretty entertaining.

Pumpkin Patch on the Coast

We ventured out to the pumpkin patch as a family, what an ordeal. We decided to go to the coast to a pumpkin patch right on the hillside, it was so beautful. We thought we might get hit with fog, but it turned out to be an awesome day. Some of you have asked how we move around with the twins; this is one way "baby bjorns" are very helpful...but i could never make it through the pumpkin patch with all three kids by myself.The coastline is so beautiful behind us
This pumpkin patch was neat; it had tunnels under the hay stacks for the kids to hide in, Dylan just loved going through them
Dylan holding Taryn
Taryn wouldn't look up she was so fascinated with the dirt

Nolan...so cute

Jason and Dylan searching for pumpkins
Okay i thought this was so funny...Jason holding a huge pumpkin to the wagon...we make due i tell you...
Nolan was so cute he looked like he was helping Jason with the pumpkin

A Twin Visit to the doctor at five months

Visiting the doctor with the twins

These are so cute i just had to share them.
After the first two disasterous doctor apts by myself with the kids i decided it would be best to have Jason tag along and he thought it was a good idea as well. Having one child get shots is hard enough having two is tough. How come when your husband comes along it's never as hard as it was described??? I was lucky though the nurse gave Jason a look and a detailed explanation of why help was needed after the last visit. The doctor also was thrilled to see Jason tag along. Dylan was so thrilled to not have to tag along to one of the twins doctor visits....

This visit below went so smoothly, i mean even pictures, wow!

Taryn dressed before shots, doesn't she look SO cute!

Taryn preparing for shots before weighing in at 15lbs (already)! Taryn thought it was party time, little does she know... Preparing Nolan for weigh in at 17lbs at 5 months

Remember these guys were born at 34 weeks...cool huh...what a cutie!
Both getting ready for shots

Okay that's the end of the pictures before shots...we had to have all hands on deck after this photo...