Christmas 2011

Christmas was so much fun this year. The highlight would have to be getting to skype with my brother Tyler who is in Rye Colorado right now on his mission. He is doing great and he's hilarious as always :)

 

a few real men

love this kid!

love mommas cookin!

aren't you jealous of our red and white Christmas pajamas? haha

Holiday excursions

For thanksgiving this year we were planning on going to Utah, but plans changed and we ended up going to Boise. We had already bought our plane tickets before the plans changed so our travel time was a little longer than expected, but i was excited to go to Boise! It was just Ben and I that came for thanksgiving but we had a lot of fun. The trip consisted of eating a lot(obviously), going to a Boise State football game, our traditional pumpkin shooting, and we saw the movie Hugo(which was good by the way). When we got back to Utah we stopped and looked at the Temple lights in Salt Lake. They are always so pretty. It was a great Thanksgiving trip and my in-laws always do so much for us. Thanks Mitch and Evaly! :)
After our Thanksgiving trip It was onto Christmas mode. WOOHOO! Ben was very insistent on getting a tree as soon as December hit! We went to Home depot because they are the best prices and all their dang trees were tied up! How are you suppose to pick out a perfect tree if they're all tied up...so lame. We left very disappointed and annoyed after opening maybe 5 trees and not liking them. What happened to you home depot?! Everywhere else was closed so the next night we left earlier and decided to check out some tree lots in our area. The hoity toity Del Mar lots. Well...we headed straight for the "blemished" section once we heard that the normal ones were 75 bucks! Yeah right. We found one that looked totally fine for half price! I even told some people that were complaining about the prices to check out the blemished section(they were jealous of our beautiful blemished tree, I could tell). This was also the night Ben discovered his favorite egg nog ever(it is really good), Knudsens pumpkin spice egg nog.
Last night My parents and Rachel met us for dinner for Rachel's birthday which was on Tuesday. After dinner we went and walked around the Hotel Del Coronado. I would love to stay there sometime it's so pretty. We had a gay ol' time and it was very festive.

Sunrise on the way to Boise

The mountains looked so awesome! 

 We found this hat at a candy shop and knew exactly who should wear it. Haha(it says "My dog makes me happy" if you can't tell)

 Coolest tree!

 Fake smiles? Haha

Oh the smell of...

A BRAND NEW CAR! Woohoooo! I like it a lot and we got a great deal on it.
Thanks Ma and Pa for letting us use YOUR car for so long. Never again...hopefully ;)

Halloween Pictures

This year we carved pumpkins, went to a haunted house, and of course, dressed up. Here's some pictures! Don't ask me what Ben was. According to him he's a Canadian,,,,hmmm interesting

1 year :)

1 year of marriage to my best friend.  I'm so happy that the good decisions we make in life lead us to where we belong. I like to believe in fate because it's more romantic ;) haha! There's no doubt in my mind I belong with Benjamin and the longer I'm with him the more I realize how lucky I am that he's my husband.

This is when he first noticed me and fell in love at first sight....hahaha not really but it at least got me that first date I believe :)

Our first picture together. Awww. This was three weeks after we met and I thought it was a big deal that he wanted me to come to his graduation. Haha! I remember I was SO embarrassed when I accidentally sent a text to Ben intended for my mom that said, "Well I guess Ben likes me since he wants me to come to his graduation" hahaha...what a dork!

Right after he proposed...I was more nervous than he was and couldn't believe it was actually happening!! Haha. He planned the best day up in McCall Idaho.

Official! I'll never forget how happy I felt in the Temple that day after I was sealed to Ben for eternity and to have so much family and friends there.

and last but not least...

(Insert picture from our anniversary celebration last night) Haha! Somehow we forgot to take one...my bad. I did take one really cheesy one of our rings next to the candle on our table but there's definitely no point in posting that! We went and ate at Roy's in San Diego and my dinner was sooo delicious...poor Ben wasn't quite as happy with his. We decided we're going to stick with our favorite place Flemmings from now on...you just CAN'T go wrong there. 

We'll have to take a picture together tonight since today is our actual anniversary. It's just gotta be documented right? 

Ben's Blog

LaRee has told me that this blog is "OUR" blog and that I should post to it. This was in response to me saying that I should start my own bored Mormon housewife blog. So here is my first post as such, a bored Mormon housewife. This has been on my mind a lot lately and really makes me so grateful:




There are three more episodes that are just as touching, and one involves a fight with a cougar. ENJOY!

Gazing...ohhh man

This guy Braco is a professional "Gazer"...Okay just watch this video at least up to 3:15sec to see what all the fuss is about. 

These

People

Are

Serious!!!!

Hahahahahaha! Ben says we are going to a Braco gazing session. I think not...but maybe. Hahaha.

Last weekend...

Last weekend was a lot of fun. I got to see my best friend Paige who was visiting her family for the weekend. I met up with her and we were supposed to be "shopping" with her mom and sister but really all we did was talk. It was great :)
Then Ben and I got to hang out with his sister Kelsey and her whole family who live in Yuma and my mother-in-law Evaly who flew in from Boise to visit too. They stayed in a hotel by us and we went out to dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant Cafe Coyote in Old town San Diego. The next day we went to see the Midway museum with the whole crew. It was great to hang out and I love seeing my nephews!
After the midway we ate lunch and then Ben's family headed out of town and we headed for little Brooklynn's 1st Birthday party. It was fun to see old friends and hang out with my family. Brooklynn looked so cute! The party was tie-dye theme and she was all decked out in the cutest outfit her Grandma made. Ben and I made tie-dye cupcakes for the party and they actually turned out really great! We got a little competitive with the tie dye frosting...he was really good at it I have to admit.
Here's some pictures from the Midway...