The Pierce Family: Beck Christmas

Monday, December 27, 2010

Beck Christmas

As always, the Beck Christmas party was a blast! I had a great time seeing cousins I haven't seen in years and wished others could have been there.

This year, the most coveted bingo gift was a puppy (Aunt Sue got it).

I come from two very large families Jones and Beck (Aila was Jones #100 and since then three more have been added). Growing up I always assumed everyone had a lot of cousins but then I started dating Eric, who only had a total of 15 cousins while I have 57, and I learned not everyone has big families. I think you have to be a Beck to TRULY understand how large our family is.

The Kids & Spouses (2 are deceased)

The Grandkids (8 are missing)

The Great-Grandkids (I don't even know how many are missing)

Total number????? I believe it is around 150. Yes, the Beck's take the commandment to "multiply and replenish" seriously. I love my large families!!!

1 comment:

Brenda said...: That is a party I hate missing!! Thanks for the pictures I love them. Christmas in Idaho sounds like a wonderful thing, I wonder when we will spend it there again. Your family looks great!!! Tell everyone hi!!!; December 27, 2010 at 9:10 PM

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“I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk’s lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone’s garden. I want to be there with children’s sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”