miNi Lil' cHeeScAkE's!!!!

While sitting in the doctor's office last friday I came upon this recipe in a Martha Stewart magazine. Anyone who knows me...knows I love cheesecake!!! Actually we all do. Dave, Brook, Tay...we are all fans. Well, I made these on Sat and we gobbled them all up!!!! I made another batch tonite (per Dave's request) and I hope I can stay away from them!! This can't be helping my diet. If anyone wants the recipe let me know..Im too tired to type it right now:) The recipe is from the Comstock Fruit Pie Filling Brand. We used cherry and blueberry pie filling but any flavor would do or even fresh fruit!!! Enjoy the pic!!!

AuNt KaThY

Last friday we headed up to Orem to attend Dave's aunt Kathy's funeral. She was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and then they found out it spread to her brain and other parts of her body. It was a very fast and aggressive cancer and we are so glad that she did not have to suffer long. The funeral was beautiful and everything went perfect. The songs that were sung we so beautiful and the speakers did an amazing job. Dave was able to sing with the rest of his siblings and all of his cousins. They sang "Family's can be Together Forever " and I think everyone in the whole chapel was in tears. It was cold and rainy the morning of the funeral but as we walked out of the chapel to go to the cemetary it was a so sunny and it stayed that way during the whole time we were at the cemetary. Dave was a pallbearer along with his brother and cousins. It was a beautiful service. We are so thankful to have known Kathy in this life and we are sure we will see her again. She was such a strong, vibrant, happy woman and we still can't believe this has all happened. Her husband Mike and son Tyler have remained so strong through all of this. Kathy was an amazing woman and we are going to miss her!!!!!
The beautiful rainbow we saw on the drive up there...It stretched across the whole sky...
Dave, his mom Diane, & his brother JoeyDave and JoeyAt the cemetary in OremKathy's son Tyler, his wife Amy, and Kathy's husband MikeDave and his brother and sisters and momThe Bean kids
Crystal & LyndiThe whole familyPat & LyndiDave and ICrystal and I

VaLeNtiNeS TaG!!!

Valentine's TAG
Answer the questions about your sweetheart…
*What is your husband’s name? David Jonathon Bean
How long have you been married? 10 yrs this June...OH MY!!
*How long did you date? 6 months
*How old is he? 31
*Who eats more sweets?Me..definatly
*Who said I love you first? Dave I think
*Who can sing best? Um probably him
*Who is smarter? He is. He can do very confusing math problems in his head and can fix ANYTHING
*Who does laundry? I do...Dave has no clue how to do laundry..
*Who pays bills? We both do
*Who sleeps on the right side? Dave does and I always want to but he says NO!
*Who mows the lawn? Um what lawn? We have rocks in the desert! He rakes them:)
*Who cooks dinner? I do,But he does the BBQ
*Who drives? He always drives if we are both in the car. I havent driven in a car with him in it for 10 years!!!! He doesnt trust my driving skills...whatever!!!
*Who is first to admit they are wrong? Always me!!!
*Who kissed who first? He kissed me
*Who asked who out first? His sissy Crystal set us up on a blind date but he called me & asked if I wanted to go...
*Who wears the pants? I like to think I do..but probably him
I tag Jackie, Jillynne, Vanessa, Melanie, Tasha, Lyndi, and everyone else!!!

SwEEt LittLe MiLLiE!!!

We went to St.George on Friday to meet the new baby of the family, MiLLiE KaTe. She is so SWEET and so TEENIE TINY and we just love her! I of course forgot to pack my cam (which was setting right by the door! ARR!!!) So I just snapped a couple of pics with my phone! We LOVE Millie!!! We then headed up to Parowan and stayed the weekend there. We had alot of fun but meeting MiLLiE was the BEST!!

hAppY hAppY birTHdaY bRooKlyn!!!

Brook turned a whopping 9 years old on New Years Day!!! Yes its true folks, I have a 9 year old! Just typing that makes me feel so old! Anyhoo, we usually have a big family party for her bday since it falls on a holiday, but this year it was just us and Brook's cousin Stacia came over. We went to dinner at Brook's favorite restaurant, CARINO'S on New Years Eve. We had lots of yummy food and lots of Italian Soda's! Then we all stayed up till about 12:10 (exept Dave, he crashed early) and we rang in the new year! We told B she could go anywhere on her bday, roller-skating, ice-skating, bowling, ect. She decided she wanted to go roller-skating and then she changed her mind and decided she wanted to go sledding at Mt. Charleston. So on her bday we started off the morn by going to her favorite breakfast place, DUNKIN DONUTS! Then we headed up the mountain and went sledding! We had alot of fun but it was very crowded and very icy! Then we came home and recouped and then we went to another one of Brook's favorite places, PANDA EXPRESS and had dinner. We were very sick of fast food by the end of the day!!! Brook got a new cell phone and some ds games and a ds cover. Grandma Diane made her a very CUTE quilt and Grandma Gail sent her a way COOL lava lamp! It was a GREAT day!
HAPPY 9TH BROOKIE BOO!!
The girls at Carino's downing their italian soda's!
The pup-cake, Brook did the sketch, I did my best to make it!(supposed to be Anni)9 Candles!!!B and her new red phoneB and her pup-cake

mE & tYtY...

Just have to give a quick sHoUt oUt to my lil bro TyTy!!! I have been thinking about him alot lately. We talk at least 20 times a day and his little Londyn is the cutest!!!! Love ya Bro!!!

MiLLie iS hErE!!!

Dave's sis Lyndi had her baby girl this morning!!! Millie was born 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long. She was born at 2:27 am. Lyndi sent me a text and said she has tons of black hair! We are so happy for their family and we can't wait to meet Millie Kate Dunlavy!!!! Congrats Pat & Lyndi!!!!!

Grandma Dotty's Bread!!!

Well for the past few months I have been getting all of my Grandma Dotty's homeade-from scratch recipes. She is the best cook ever!!! I wanted to get as many as I could so I can pass them down to Brook and have her recipes long after she is gone. I finally got her homeade bread recipe and I am going to make it today. The only kind of bread I have ever made is from a bread machine so I am a little nervous and I'm hoping it turns out! If any one has ever had my Granny's bread (Jillynne & Mom) you know how good it really is. My grandma's mom died when she was very young and I had always thought she got the recipe from her, but yesterday she told me that she got it out of a newspaper. It is the best bread in the entire world!!! She told me she isn't able to make it anymore because its too much work, so I hope I can pull it off and take her some when we go to visit!!! Wish me luck!!!

ShOuT oUt 2 ShEiLa!!!!

Shelia, my WONDERFUL cousin, my AMAZING hairdresser, and my ONLY living relative here in Vegas is an AMAZING beautician!!!! Sheila has been doing my hair for about 5 years now and I just love her and her work!!! A few months ago when she did my hair I promised I was going to write a blog about her amazing hair work but I just got too busy and totally forgot! Well, this last Saturday she did my hair and I must say she out-did her self once again! I always tell her what kind of look I want to go for and its as if she reads my mind and does it exactly how I imagined! I swear she has magic fingers! She does great cuts and does a PERFECT JOB everytime!!! Sheila works at RAIN off of Decatur and the 2-15 so if anyone is ever in Vegas and wants a terrific do, give Sheila a ringy!!!
THANKS again Sheila!!!! And thanks for putting up with my thick, dry, un-managable hair for all these years!!! xoxoxo!!!! I'm not one to snap photos of myself, but I uploaded some pics from my cell of my new do!

Christmas in Parowan...

So this year for Christmas we headed up to good ol Parowan, Utah. We wanted to have a "white christmas" and boy did we ever! It snowed on Christmas Eve and all day on Christmas! There was actually a very bad blizzard on Christmas night and it was a little scary! We thought we were going to be snowed in!!! Santa found us in Parowan and Brooklyn got some pretty neat things! She got the fur-real pet, "Biscut" who speaks and obeys to many different commands. She didn't know if Santa would bring him or not so she was super exited when she opened it! She also got the my little pet shop tail-waggin' fit club and the my little pet shop digital planner. She got Wii- Sing it & a choo-choo train and lots of clothes and jewlery!
We went to Grandma Dotty's house in Cedar on Christmas day for dinner and got to see lots of family and had some yummy food and pie!!! There's nothing like Grandma Dotty's cooking!!! We had a great christmas and it all went by way to fast!!! Here are a few pics from my cell phone ( I forgot to pack my cam!!!) I was so sad about it the whole time....

Christmas Eve

Santa made it!Brook & Biscut
Brook, Dave and the choo-choo
Santa ate all the cookies and the reindeer ate all the oranges!!!

MeRRy ChRiStMaS To aLL!!!!

We hope you all have A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Thanks everyone for your comments about Dave. He is doing a little better today. He has been seeing lots of doctors and cardiologist and getting ALOT of test done. He has been diagnosed with SVT and may have some other issues with his heart and lungs so hopefully we can get it all figured out. He took the week off work to get the test done and get some much needed rest.
Our christmas is going to be a little quiet this year. We don't have Taylor so its just going to be the 3 of us! We are heading up to the Bean house is Parowan and spending Christmas there. No one is using the house and we have always wanted Brook to be able to experience a "white christmas" so thats where we are headed! Hopefully Santa can find us there!!! We hope you all have a WONDERFUL christmas and see you all next year!!!!

2nd Worst Day....

Yesterday was the 2nd worse day of my life..(And the worst one for Dave)I am in a hurry and very tired but Dave was in the hospital all day yesterday and I thought he was going to die! Yesterday while at work he was having trouble breathing and then blacked out. Then his heart started racing like 1000 beats a minute and he couldn't breath. So one of his guys took him to the hospital in Henderson and they thought he was having a HEART ATTACK!!!!!!! After many test and long hours of waiting they told us that a test had come back postive for a BLOOD CLOT IN HIS LUNG!!! But then after a cat scan the dr's told us that it was clear and no blood clot. They think he had a small heart attack, and he is only 31!!!!
It was so horrible and I was already having panic attacks from all of this happening with Dave and then they brought in a guy who had been in a horrible accident (in our same "curtain") and I was having major flashbacks and needless to say I was having trouble breathing myself. I thought Dave was going to DIE!!!! Dave said he had a near death experience and he is acting a little different:) I kept telling Dave I wanted to call my friend Amanda in our ward, and have her husband and some other men from our ward come and give him a blessing, but he just kept telling me to wait. So I was saying prayers all day long and thankfully they were answered!!!! He also had been diagnosed with a heart problem which is a very long word, so its a very scary thing. His family has alot of history with heart problems. My sis in law Lyndi (hi Lyndi!) has a pace maker and she is my age. And my mother in law has a pace maker as well. I hope nothing like this ever happens to Dave again! I am very happy to report that my hubby is still here with us:):):) This goes down as the 2nd worse day EVER!!!!! I am so thankful that Dave is ALIVE and will be here for christmas hehehe:):):)

PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes its true folks. Someone here is PREGERS!!!! Someone has been doing the good ol hanky panky, the kissy kissy huggy huggy. Call it what you will, its has happened!!!

But don't fall off your chairs people, its not me, its my dog! Anni is pregers AGAIN!!! This is not good news to us though. We didn't want to have another batch of puppies, especially so close to her last litter. After this litter, someone is getting fixed!!! We arn't too happy about this, but maybe as time goes by we will just have to accept what is. Looks like she is due sometime in Feb. The pups should be ready to go just in time for Easter. Pup anyone?????

ChRiStMaS cOOkiEs!!!!

So I promised my primary kids I would bring them some of my famous sugar cookies for their christmas gift and I have been baking all day! Its alot of work and I am no where near done, but thought I would post some pics of my cute decorating! I made homeade icing for the surface and then I found some very cute glitter frosting in tubes at Michael's, so I am using that for the ornaments, tinsel, ect. I think they are turning out to be pretty cute if I do say so myself, not to mention they are very soft and moist and almost melt in your mouth! (thanks sissy for you secret recipe!)

ps. its still snowing outside!!!(see below)

It'S sNoWiNg!!!

Well, it doesn't happen to often here in the desert, so when it does we have to talk about it...Yes, its SnOwInG in Las Vegas! It started about 7am and its not 10 and its still coming down! It's a BliZzArD out there! I snapped a couple of pics...it just barely started sticking to the ground. Too Bad Brook is at school and she can't play in it:( Take a lookie...

Front of our house..

Our street..The View from our balcony...Our house again...