Halloween

Sam was Thomas the Train for Halloween. What else did you expect?!! I took him to my school for the Halloween costume parade and I accompanied Thomas as Sir Topham Hat, the railway conductor for the Island of Sodor. Sam thought my costume was very cool, even though most people thought I was Abe Lincoln!

Our Chrisitan deer

I have no picture to go with this post, but on Friday afternoon, Brian shot a large doe. After proudly showing the deer off to Sam, he turned it over to expose the inside cavity which was absent of any internal organs. This seemed to surprise Sam because he wanted to know "Where is the deer's heart?". Brian tried to come up with an explanation to satisfy a 3 year old, but Sam was still disappointed and exclaimed, "But dad, I wanted to see Jesus!" Confused by this statement, Brian inquired a bit more and Sam explained that he wanted to see Jesus inside the deer's heart! Isn't that the sweetest thing you've ever heard! I just about cried! He was so sincere and truly believes that Jesus literally lives inside our hearts. Don't you wish we could all have faith like a child? :)

Marathon Memories

Starting in August I began training for a 1/2 marathon. I heard a friend talking about the fact that she had been training for one and I just decided on the spot that I needed to do the same. Call me crazy but it's something I've always said was a "life goal" but I've never actually pursued it. So, I got on-line, found a 12-week training program and started running my buns off. I have to admit I really don't love to run, but once I started doing it, I really enjoyed the quiet time alone. The first couple of miles always stink, but after that it's just really peaceful and a good time for thinking and praying. So, on Sunday, October 28, 2007, I ran in the Grand Rapids Metro 2007 1/2 marathon. I achieved my goal to never stop running and I finished in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 44 seconds. It was a huge rush and a really big accomplishment for me. I'd like to do it again sometime, but I think I'll give my old body a break first.

Learning to Blog

I'm blaming this new blogging endeavor on Jen, my over-achiever sister-in-law! No, really I love her to death and I'm excited to try out blogging. I check her blog all the time to check up on my cutie patootie niece Mya and Jen promised me that it's really easy to make your own blog. So far, I think I'd have to agree. My hope is to use this site to document all our family adventures and to try and keep track of how fast Sam is growing up. I only wish I had started this when he was Mya's age. He's already 3 1/2 year old! I also hope to use this blog to help keep all our out-of-town Beckham family members up to speed on all of Superman Sam's crazy adventure and funny stories. He's a real ham! Guess I should probably wrap up this blog since it's currently 2:00 a.m.!! I get WAY more done once everyone's in bed. Only the important stuff though...like surfing the web and blogging! :)