Mother's Day and such

Mother's Day was great this year. I may have given a small hint to Daniel that I wanted flowers. Well I actually was napping on Saturday and Daniel took the kids out and I thought that when he got back he had flowers but he had just dropped something off in the house and came back later.

These are the flowers he got me. I love them. As of today they have turned a little too far and need to be thrown away but not bad having them around for a week!

I took a picture of the flowers so of course Bens needed his picture taken... what a cutie!

Then Bens told me that Kimber needed her picture taken. I don't think she was happy about that!

What else has happened here? Daniel is still in school... we are on the downward half of the quarter and school in general. We are happy about that!

Oh yes... I got my lenses put into a different pair of glasses as mine had seen better days! Bens kept asking where 'two glasses are'? I finally put them on him for a few minutes. He looks pretty cute. He hasn't asked about them since he wore them. I will post a picture of my new glasses soon but I didn't feel like taking my picture today.

One last thing that has been going on here, for anybody that doesn't know yet either through Facebook or word of mouth, we are pregnant again. We are expecting baby #3 in mid November. To answer a few FAQ... yes it is planned and Kimber and baby will be about 17 months apart. We are excited to bring another baby into our family.

I know... enough for one day! I hope everybody will keep on going past this post as there are four posts today! I have been procrastinating all month and today is the day that I am doing it all!! Anyways, I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

A Day at the Zoo!

It was b-e-a-utiful last week so we went to the zoo on Thursday with a few of our friends. Thanks for the call Bethany!! Benson's friends Chandler and Davey were there and they had a great time seeing all the animals!

It was Field Trip Day at the Zoo and it was Crazy!! We got separated from everybody so I took the chance to film the two kiddos together.

There is a petting zoo area and they have a tractor for the kids to play on. Bens was more interested in that than petting the animals!!

This is the best picture of the boys that I could get the video I did is even better!! They had a lot of fun finding places to stand and slide and hide!

How cute are they? We had a hard time having them keep their hands down long enough to get a picture! Definitely a great video op!

This has always been one of Benson's favorite places to stop at the zoo. With all the fielder trippers it got a little busy. It is a tight area as well so to get a stroller in there is crazy. Thankfully Lisa went in with the boys and I stayed by the strollers.

Our little girls second trip to the zoo. She did really well and was happy the whole time. She was so cute chilling in her stroller. She would prop her feet up on the tray of the stroller, I just wish somebody would push me around all day so I could do that!

Kimber waiting for the boys while they played for a bit. She was a delight!!

Birthday Week with Nana and Papa

Bens had great fun having Nana and Papa here.

He got to have a special birthday lunch at McDonald's with just Nana and Papa.

Posing with Ronald McDonald himself!

Papa and Benson chowing down on food.

Playing in the Play Place. He was in little boy heaven!

I don't know where this was taken but he was pretty cute in his rain gear.

Daniel and I were able to go to the temple with my parents so we took some pictures down by the fountain.

We ended our week by going out to Seaside and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle at a RV campground. It was lots of fun. We went to the beach and walked around. Bens was asleep when we got there but when he woke up we took him out onto the sand. He wasn't happy... this was the best picture my mom got.

Bens got his very first carousel ride and loved it! I wasn't sure if he was going to enjoy it but by the end I thought we were going to have tears getting off. Luckily one ride was good enough!

Every time we came around I got Bens to say 'Yee-Haw!' It was pretty cute. He picked the seahorse by himself to ride on. It was fun watching him on it. I got a little sick spinning around but I'm old compared to him!

Papa and Kimber saying good-bye.

Each picture was better of one or the other... Kimber sure loved being with Nana and Papa. She does have a Mom complex right now though so she wouldn't stay in their arms for very long at a time.

Playing with her shoes... she loves shoes but only to play with. Keeping them on her feet is a huge battle!!

Bens saying good-bye to Nana and Papa. He was such a good boy and had a lot of fun having a whole week of birthday! He really misses seeing his Nana and Papa!

Bens' Birthday

So I might be coming close to being a month late on this post but here it is!

Bens was so excited to have his Nana and Papa here. Since then he talks about them coming and I have to remind him that they came already.

Here are a few videos of him opening his presents. He opened them all the day before his birthday as that is when we had our family party. After the family thing we had some friends over for cake and ice cream

These have been a pretty big hit! Daniel found these on the internet and they were cheaper than toy ones. They should last a bit longer too!

He looks so cute wearing these!


This is the masterpiece called Bens' cake! I couldn't have done this without Daniel's help. It took the majority of a Saturday to make it.


All was good and well until we tried to put it in the fridge. The cardboard was just a bit too big. We worked it out though and no harm was done.

Happy birthday song when our friends came over. This was the first year he actually blew out his candles. Last year he just didn't get it.

How could I not post this?

Countdown!

So our little Benson man has been super excited that his Nana and Papa are coming to visit next week. Over the past few weeks he has looked out the window at the sound of every car thinking that Nana and Papa were here. We have endured a few melt downs of tears when he finds out it wasn't them and that he had to wait for "2 more nursery's" before they came. We have made more than one call to my parents house to talk to them to help him calm down.

Last week my Mom called me back after one of these phone calls and suggested that we make a paper chain for Benson as a count down. It has worked wonders! We sat down on Thursday and colored some construction paper and glued them together and immediately got to rip one of them off.


Here is the first day getting to rip one off.

He loves having me draw snowmen for him. Showing off his first chain. Only 10 days to go!

Yesterday Bens insisted that we take more pictures of the paper chain. 7 days and only 1 nursery to go!

For the life of me I couldn't get him to hold the paper any farther down!

I think next time we won't tell him we are having visitors until a few days before they come!! Have a great day!

Easter and bit of other stuff

Finally my Easter post! I just can't get on here quick enough! Oh well, here is a lot for you to enjoy!

Bens coming down getting ready to find his Easter Candy!!

We tried to stop the candy gorging that Bens did last year. I like how he takes the candy out of his mouth and puts it in the bucket!

He got to show off his loot to Gramps. It was neat being able to share a bit of Easter with some family!


Bens when he was done eating his candy. We let him stuff his face after he finds his candy until he says he is done and then we ration the candy from then on. He enjoyed his candy!!

The other day I went to get Bens from his nap and found him like this. I had to take a picture!

I didn't realize what was going on with his feet until He started undressing. His right foot is the socks he was wearing that day (there is a whole in the sleeping bag) and his left foot was a sock he got out of his drawer and put on over his sleeping bag. Now only if I could get him to put his own socks on regularly!!

My friend Meaghan came to the door the other day and asked if she could take Bens outside for a while since she was already walking around. Of course I said yes!! He was due to come out from his nap anyways!! When he came back inside he had some flowers to give me. He has added flowers a time or two since then as well!

Side story. Bens' birthday is in a week and a half and his Nana and Papa are coming down for it. He is so excited for it!! When he heard Meaghan knock on the door the thought it was Nana and Papa coming to see him. Yesterday he broke down in tears because they weren't here. We are going to make a paper chain today to help him count down and understand when they are going to get here!

Yesterday we took a little while getting Bens ready for his nap and this is how I found my little girl!!

I picked her up and she fell back asleep on my shoulder for most of the afternoon. What a sleepy head! She is sleeping as we speak!

My Kimber smiling big! I love it. I really could watch her smile all day long!

First... Bens got into the bread and started eating on his own. Second... he was doing a really cool dance but I didn't get the camera quite in time. It was still pretty cute though!

Daniel took this video so I didn't even know about it until I was downloading the videos. Too funny!

One more video of the cutest little girl around (I may biased on that though)!!

Love Spring Break!

So this is going back to a few days after the last post so a little bit more than just our break!

I feel so blessed to have to funny and cute kids! They sure do keep life interesting!

Kimber is the happiest little girl! She has been starting to scoot around on her bum recently. If she gets really angry she pushes herself backwards on her stomach and today she rolled from her tummy to her back. In short, she is a lot less active than Bens was at this age but we are so ok with that!!!

This is one of Kimber's first times eating in the big high chair. We had an unfortunate accident with the portable one and moved her into this one promptly! You can see the bruise on her right cheek from landing face first on the floor while strapped into the other seat. She rebounded quickly and has loved the new high chair!

She doesn't quite understand the concept of the sippy cup yet but sure does love playing with it! Plus how can you now love looking at all those rolls she has!

I love this picture! I don't even remember what Bens was eating but I sure can bet he enjoyed it!

Two Sunday's ago was not my favorite day but with these two cuties it couldn't be all that bad right? Daniel was in the midst of writing his board exams and had finished his exams... 19 exams in one week only day off was Friday. Sunday left me at church with both kids, Bens not wanting to stay in Nursery and Kimber fell apart at the end of Relief Society. I would have just gone home if I hadn't given a ride to somebody and I was playing the piano in RS. A friend (Thank you Emali!) Took Kimber out in the hall and Bens stood on the piano bench behind me and hugged me while I played and told me (quite loudly) I was playing too loud. I was elated when Daniel walked in the door at 5!!

But really with Bens looking so handsome and Kimber looking like Alice in Wonderland it was too unmanageable! I don't look forward to the rest of the boards to come though!

Kimber went on the swings for the first time and she loved it!!

Daniel has had a lot of fun playing with the kids over his break! This was the day we tried to go to the zoo but realized to late that is was spring break for all the kids around here and the last nice day of the week. After a valiant try we had a picnic at a park! We made it to the zoo on Thursday though and the kids loved that! We also went swimming last week. Bens had been asking for weeks to go. He loves the waterslide! Other than that we had enjoyed being home and relaxing!


Here is a silly picture to leave you with! Bens scraped his head last night so I tied a cold wheat bag to his head... He enjoyed that!!

Happy Easter everybody! I am sure we will have a lot more fun pictures to post asap!