About Me

Timm and I have been together for 4+ years. Although it is a long distance relationship, we are very happy and hope to someday be together forever! We are lucky enough to see eachother once a month and we LOVE our time together! We have been through a lot and our love has only grown stronger because of it. We are best friends and soul mates. Timm has 2 boys, Griffin 10 and Maxx 8. I have TJ, 11 and Eliza 8. The kids love to be together and get along great! It is a little crazy when we are all together, but so much fun! We love our kids more than anything! Timm is a graduate of the University of Illinios with a degree in Engineering and I graduated from Ottawa University with my degree in Elementary Education. Timm has a great job that he loves with Caterpillar Machinery in Peoria, IL. and I teach jr. high at the best school in Mesa, Az., Kino. We both love our jobs and love what we do.

Wednesday

Exploring Oregon

On Sunday, we went exploring some sites on the coast of Oregon. We first stopped by the Peter Iredale, a ship that sunk in the early 1900's. It was so cool!!


Battery Russell, Fort Stevens State Park It was constructed by the U.S. Army toward the end of the Civil war and remained active through World War II. The fort was built to protect the North against an English invasion from Canada, should the British join the Civil War on the Confederate side. In its long history, Fort Stevens never fired its guns in anger.
It was interesting to see how America was protected in that area during war.

Oregon 2008

TJ, Eliza, Morgan, and Jai
There are wild bunnies that live all throughout the RV park. The kids loved chasing them and catching the babies! Morgan and Jai are friends that we met last summer and are from Canada. The girls get along so great and have so much fun together.
As we were heading home from dinner, we saw tons of elk...so we stop for a picture
Uncle Jeffy and TJ at the skate park

Oregon July 26th - August 4th 2008

Fun in the Sand


Eliza and Grandma burying TJ

Gearhardt.....the beach that we can drive on.....so fun!!!

Burrrr!! It was a little chilly and breezy on the beach

Eliza loves spending time with her grandma and misses

her tons while they are away for the summer.

TJ is getting sooo tall! he loved playing frisbee with his grandma!

We hiked from Ecola Park to Indian Beach with Grandma. It was a great hike, but it started raining just after we got started. We were soaking wet.... but finished and had a blast!

Summer Fun

T.J., Griffin, Maxx, and Eliza
Splashdown
East Peoria, Illinois
July 2008


Back to the 50's Car Show

St. Paul, MN

June 20th-22nd

Becker Family Vacation


Coloring Contest


Hanging out watching the hot rods go by....my favorite part! We had a wonderful time, the weather was beautiful, I learned tons about cars, and saw lots of cool hot rods.

Grandpa's 40 Ford


Monday


Happy

Father's Day Timm!!

You are the BEST!

On Father's Day, Timm, Me, Griff, Maxx, Debbie, Phil (Timm's parents), Darin, and Noah (neighbors) went to the Peoria Chiefs Baseball game. It was fun....until the storm came and it was cancelled. Timm and Darin won a raffle for an autographed wooden bat which had Ryne Sandberg's signature and I got Jackson's (from Hannah Montana) autograph for Eliza. She was super excited! I wish she was there to see him herself!
Showing off the autographed bat


Jason Earles... a.k.a. Jackson
from Hannah Montana




Another school year come and gone!!

Skateland
Vivianna, Julia, me, Diane

2007-2008 Kino Jr. High Student Council

All though very time consuming and lots of work, I loved being the student council advisor!

4th period girls.....a little crazy!!

Last day of school......What a year!! I LOVE teaching at Kino. The kids are wonderful!