I propose a joint Isaac and Avery week

While I know very little about these two, I know that they are cute and always look happy. Happy birthday to you too!

BEAN FAMILY FROM START UP TO PRESENT

1. Provo Utah, State Street
basement apartment
2. Orem, Utah
Trailor Home
3. Idaho Falls, Id
Trailor Park
4. Idaho Falls
different trailor park
5. Rexburg ID
Trailor park
6. Idaho Falls, ID
Trailor Park
7. Orem, Ut
on same street as Grandma Petersen
8. Orem, Ut
in an apt. enter Jennifer
9. Pleasant Grove, Ut.
our first new home 48.000 (eat your heart out)
enter Stephani
10. Price, Utah
another new home, a little bigger and yellow
enter Alisha
11. Heber City Ut.
a big brick home! Lots of room w/animals
enter Jeff
12. American Fork, Ut
a split entery w/fruit trees and a nasty neighbor
enter Greg
13. Idaho Falls, Id
home on Carol Ave.
sadly one child lost
14. Montpelier, ID
wonderful home backed against a mountain
enter Mike
15. Idaho Falls, ID
finally home at last, or is it???
enter Brian
Bet you didn't know we've lived in Idaho Falls
5 times, did you!! Try getting pictures of all
these Mike!! Actually, I have a few, don't know
how to get pictures posted though. How did you do it
Greg? LOve to you all, MOM

In Addition To...

Not to take away from the pictures already posted- but to add to them. I love pictures, but I guess that doesn't come as a surprise to any of you. Several years ago I printed a bunch of pictures for dad from slides that Uncle Bill had. I had intended to make a neat scrap book for dad, but realized that I don't know anything about the pictures I had printed. I showed them to him, talked a little, then they've sat in my drawer with my other pictures (sorry dad!). I thought that all of you might also enjoy seeing them. Reading the post by Mike jogged my memory. I look forward to hearing any stories that you might have dad. We have had fun looking at the pictures and comparing them to our boys. Might be our imagination, but Brant is looking more "Bean-ish" then "Piippo-ish"!

There are a bunch more of these, I'll post them as time allows!

Dad and Uncle Bill on Temple Square

Having a picnic...somewhere...in the dirt



Outside their house?

This picture reminds me so much of my boys- when Blair first saw it he had to do a double take before realizing who it really was!

Love those Christmas pictures- and the plaid robe!

I imagine that baseball played a huge part in your life. I have a lot of sympathy for grandma now, after sitting through a couple years of cold springs. Dedication!

Parade? I want to hear about the camera!

Tooele - The Birthplace of Our Father

So I decided that since so much work has already been done on our family history, I would contribute by also working on what I call "photographic geneaology." This consists pretty much of taking pictures of the places of our ancestors. So I decided to start slow and easy, with our fondest father. I traveled to Tooele and photographed some things that were part of dad's life growing up. I found it quite entertaining! Hope you do to! (Dad, feel free to veto or correct anything I throw up on here.....)


This is the house that dad grew up it. 125 S. 2nd Street! The window on the left is where a garage used to be. Grandpa Bean (Harold) changed it to at living room while dad was growing up. The current owner is very nice, I found out after he caught me petting his dog in the middle of the street.


This is the field where dad did so well playing baseball. This is the field where he played Babe Ruth . The fields where he played little league were nowhere to be found. The field has since been renamed Red Delpapa Memorial Park. You can't see but the bleachers and dugouts are purple!

This is where dad went to elementary school. It is simply called Tooele School. The middle school and high school he attended were bore torn down and rebuilt. This school is, oddly enough, being turned into condominiums.

The Ritz Theatre is where dad watched movies when he was growing up. It's right in the middle of "downtown Tooele." The lady in the botth did not like me taking pictures of her so she promptly left after my first picture.

I hope this gives some idea of dad's earlier life. Unfortunately many of the buildings dad grew up around have been changed, torn down, or modernized. But these should give you some idea of dad's childhood. We all love you dad! These are just a few of the pics I took in my galavant around Tooele so if anyone wants the others let me know!

Oh love pumpkins!

Jeff and I are super excited to carve pumpkins this year!!! This is what we carved last year. ha-ha. if you cant tell, we carved on pumpkin as a Vampire pumpkin and the other two have little punctures to show they've been bitten and little bit of fake blood :o) ha ha. We are both excited to do this again!!!

Super Why

I really want to be Super Why for Halloween . . .

. . . but I can't afford a green spandex body suit . . .

Crazy going slowly Am I?

Seriously, who ever thought trying to shove 2 guns, camo, duck blinds, decoys and clothes- not to mention 6 people- into a mini van- was a good idea. Well, that person should reevaluate their plans. We have been trying to get out of town for a bit now, and I am thinking that next year we are taking two cars to Idaho Falls for hunting. I can't wait to see all of you, but if I am bald from pulling all of my hair out...please don't laugh~

:(

I Propose an Emma Week

Belated, but still on time. I can't get over this little girl's smile.

I remember talking on the phone with her one time and she said she had been swimming with Uncle Mike . . . which is funny because she had not been swimming that day . . . and Uncle Mike lived 100s of miles away.

Happy Birthday Emma! We love you!