Just Because

I have been loving this song today. I'm happy Christian asked me to marry him in his parents kitchen almost 7 years ago.

A Little Bit About them

Benton age 4

What makes you happy?  "Not getting mad at me"

What is your favorite animal? "Dinosaur"

What is your favorite thins to eat? "Corn dogs"

What is your least favorite thing to eat? "Pizza"

What is your favorite thing to do? "Play with friends or just playing with Parker"

What is your favorite TV show? "Star Wars"

What is your favorite color? "Red, green, yellow, black, and white and orange oh and purple"

What is your favorite song? "Of course I have a favorite song, its like a hula hoop...from Alvin and Chipmunks"

Who is your best friend? "Parker"

What do you like to do with Daddy? "Sword fighting"

What do your want to be when you grow up? "Fireman"

Kate age 2

What makes you happy? "Kate"

What is your favorite animal? "Puppy"

What is your favorite thing to eat? "apples"

What is your least favorite thing to eat? "yucky stuff"

What is your favorite thing to do? "Play princess"

What is your favorite TV show? "Princess"

What is your favorite color? "Pink"

What is your favorite song? "At last I see the light" (the Tangled song)

Who is your best friend? "Repunzel"

What do you like to do with Daddy? "Play in my room"

What do your want to be when you grow up? "Have a baby"

Benton

Benton always wants to share his testimony at church, but he wants us to help him. So for FHE we had him put a bag together of all the things he believed in: book of mormon, jesus... and then we all bore our testimonies. Benton's testimony went like this: "I want to bear my testimony. I have this sister and she does not know how to share. It is really frustrating and we try and teach her to share, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen." When we said a testimony is something we believe in, he said "yeah I do believe Kate can't share."

We were driving in the car and Christian and I were talking about something coming up and he said "Oh that stinks we have to..." and Benton in the back said "Oh no that was me, I have been tooting back here."

At playgroup a few of the kids chased Kate and it scared her. Benton sat down on the floor and held her saying "its okay little sister I am here." Then he stood her up and took her by the hand and made all of the friends say sorry to her and give her a hug.

For some reason Benton was waking up in the middle of the night, just to be awake. I woke up at 4am to find all of the lights in the house on and him watching Netflix with a box of cereal. We went out the next day and bought a clock and showed him what time he could come out. The next morning I asked him how it went and he said "Well I woke up and it wasn't quite 7, so I just watched a few movies until it was 7." I told him that isn't how it works and he said "yeah mom I tried that and it just doesn't work for me."

These 2

I am kind of obsessed with these 2 people. They are so cute together (well most of the time.)
A few things I love:

• Benton tries to help Kate say the prayer.
• When she is crying he will tell her "its okay little sister I am here."
• She looks for him first thing in the morning.
• They play hide and seek together.
• He can get her out of her crib.
• He will climb in her crib with her and play.
• She never likes to hear him cry, just because it makes her sad.

I hope they always keep this close of a relationship!

Happy Birthday Benton

We had a week full of parties for Benton. Who knew it could be so fun to turn 4? Party #1 was a surprise to Benton. We told him we were going to Grandpa's and instead showed up at Cowabunga Water Park with his cousins. He was thrilled! We hadn't been there before so we weren't sure what he would be able or would brave enough to do, but thankfully he has some really cool older cousins. They took him to the top of the highest slide while Christian and I waited at the bottom. We kept thinking there is no way he is going to go down that, a few seconds later he was flying through the water and ready to do it again.

His actual birthday was on Sunday and the primary did a spotlight on him. He was so cute standing up there. They asked him "why is today a special day?" and Benton said "because today is Sunday." He loved telling everyone he was now 4!

 I love this picture...just look at his face! I forget how exciting birthday's are when you are little.

Benton kept telling everyone when he got his full Iron Man suit he would get his powers. He was pretty excited to finally get that suit...and he has worn it almost daily since.

Benton loves the Utes, even though most of his cousins are Cougar fans. I think his favorite part of the week was spending time with his cousins, thanks to everyone for making it a fantastic week!

Congrats to Alisa and Drew

Christian's sister, Alisa, got married a couple of weeks ago. She was beautiful and the wedding turned out great! Welcome to the Andersen Family, Drew!

 Little miss Kate...she kept calling all the brides a princess.

I Want a Cabin

 We are going in a few weeks to a cabin for youth conference, so a few people from the ward went up to check it all out. A great weekend, and all thanks to Elder and Sister Cheney (a service missionary couple in our ward)! They are definitely some of the best hosts I have ever had! It makes us want to buy a cabin, but I guess the smart thing to do would buy a house first.

 We had a total of 6 kids, all 4 and under...but they did great!

 Kate fell in love with Elder Cheney. He carried her on the hike and picked flowers with her. The pic below you can see her holding his hand, so sweet!