Glad They Only Come One At a Time

We survived our adventure and I have to say I could not have done it without my super husband. Here are a few ways Christian helped out:

First, when in the car Christian would tell all the kids we were in a space ship and our mission was to attack all the aliens (the other vehicles). You should have heard the special effects Christian can do, I have to say I was quite impressed and I laughed even harder listening to Benton try and mimic his Daddy.

Second, Christian took the mornings on. They kids would yell at the bedroom door "CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN" and he would always get up and talk them in to being quiet until I got up.

Thirdly, the floors have never looked better than when Christian would sweep up our daily messes. I loved his help after dinner.

We are glad to be home and Benton is thrilled to have his mom back to himself!

One Week Down

When my parents would go out of town when I was little I was the one they would get the call about saying I was home sick. So I guess I deserve this. 2 babies sick with strep. We have been to the doctors twice within the last 24 hours and everyone at the clinic knows our story. I can tell they are wondering how we will survive, but we are thanks to good neighbors and friends. Wish us luck for the next 5 days!

Why We Will Be Busy...

Hello all! I realize I have posted in a while, so I thought I would give a quick update. We had a great Christmas and fun vacation in Arizona, which I will post pictures later.
Christian and I will be busy for the next 11 days watching some pretty cute kids. We will be having a Benton who is 1, a darling 2 year old girl, and two busy boys ages 3 and 4. There parents went on a cruise to Europe and we started our time here bright and early at 6:30 this morning. So far the day has consisted of: Benton discovered his nose has a hole in it, great fun for Mom! Then I found Benton and the little girl playing in the toilet water, yum. We have been through 2 meals, major messes, and I am now enjoying some quiet time as they are all down for a quick nap.
Wish us luck, and any suggestions would be great on how to keep up with them all!

Where has this month gone?

Here are a few happenings from the past few weeks:

Fun get away to Park City over Thanksgiving. Thanks dad for the fun time!
While in Park City I learned:
Benton likes to put his face in the water.
Midnight shopping at the Outlets is in deed busy! Thanks Jill for surviving the madness in Children's Place with me :)
and
Michael John is a competitive player at Ticket to Ride and Dad accidentally cheats :)
Enjoying the lights at Temple Square (twice).
Shoveling tons of snow at our complex, I am glad Christian is willing to do most of it!
And enjoying Christmas party after Christmas party.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

It's Nights Like These...

When Benton wakes up at 12:30AM with a fever and needs some extra love from his mom that I think how grateful I am for:
A mom that cared for me when I was sick AND left me that same rocker she used to rock all 7 of her babies
AND
I am grateful for a mother-in-law that cared enough about my comfort to make a cushion to go on that rocker that I now get to rock her grandchildren in.

Notice how he is the one sock wonder, always is.

Gotta love the morning look.

Why ONE Car is MORE Fun!

Christian has been riding his bike all summer and most of the fall, but now that it has turned cold we have been back to sharing our one car. I have found several reasons why it is more fun this way :)
1. I get to drive carpool in the morning (Christian and our neighbor who is in the same situation as we are) my first drop off is at the chemistry building and my second is the bioengineering building then back to home with a sleepy one year old.
2. I get to see Christian through out the day. Going to work, then school, then back to work again, then home.
3. I have several more opportunities to listen to Glenn Beck.
4. When Christian has the car it is a good excuse to walk everywhere, gotta keep the pounds off somehow this season!
and lastly 5. Did I mention I get to see Christian more often!

Happy Halloween

Nothing beats trick-or-treating at an Alzheimer's facility. I took Benton in to my work to show him off and they were doing trick-or-treating with all the patients there. It was hilarious to watch him go up to these elderly people and take their candy. This one lady gave him a sucker but then became confused and tried to grab it back telling him "that is my sucker give it back!"

Benton also got to go for a ride with a sweet lady who doesn't talk much these days, but really opened up to Benton while taking him for a ride down the hall. So cute!
Here is Benton with one of his friend Parker. Cute boys having fun at the Stake Halloween Party.
We had a lot of fun dressing up this year with Benton as the Big Bad Wolf, me as Little Red Ridding Hood, and Christian as our fearless Hunter. My dad invited us back to his ward Halloween Party. My dad won 2 prizes, one for his awesome Harley Outfit (little did the ward know it isn't a costume at all!) secondly he came in 2nd for the best chili.


Here is Benton winning his prize for having the scariest costume in his age category (he is pretty scary for being a Big Bad Wolf and all :) It was cute when Christian held him up he started clapping for himself, along with everyone else there.

We also had a lot of fun trick-or-treating at 9th and 9th in all the stores. We were lucky enough to have both grandparents come out with us. We came home with way too much candy so we ended up throwing it all out (after we ate our favorite pieces of course). Halloween is a lot more fun when you get to enjoy it with a child!
Can't wait for next year!