Birthday Bensen!

I cannot believe my baby turned one today! He has always been such a good natured happy baby. He loves to cuddle and he love loves hair! Most of the time he is pretty gentle and just combs it. Every once in a while he pulls it pretty good. It is amazing that just a year ago he was so small.

 I kind of miss the days when we could just sit and snuggle and take naps all day.

But he is super fun now, and every now and then we get a nice nap in. It is so crazy that in one year they can change so completely!

He has turned into a pretty big flirt! He does this cheesy smile a lot.  I can't get enough of it

 He started walking about a month ago. He gets around very well.  He is getting pretty good at the stairs also. He loves to sing and to dance. He likes to help with the laundry, by help I mean pull everything out of the basket and mess up everything I have already folded! :) He loves to move things from one place to another. His little temper is starting to show itself more often.  Sometimes its hard to tell if he is hurt or mad, they both sound the same. I have to rock him to sleep. If I try to just put him in his crib he screams, I've let him cry for over 45 minutes, but the second I pick him up he settles right down and goes to sleep. 

He gives the best hugs and kisses.

He can say hi, ouch, ah oh, da da, ma ma, ba ba, bye bye, and cookie.  Grandpa max is pretty sure he can say pizza and pa pa.

He tries to whistle, which is pretty cute.

He mimics his toy firetruck. 

We had a Bailey party for him on Sunday, it was combined with Spencer's party. He really liked his chocolate cake. Everyone was there to wish him a happy birthday!

Then on Monday (his actual birthday) we went to Chuck-a-Rama for lunch. Then later that night we had a Borgstrom party. Everyone was there except Andrew, Cheryl, Miriam and Quentin.

 At both parties he had good help opening his presents.  He always has a lot of helping hands.  I don't think he minds it.

Grandma LouLou made him a monkey blanket.

Instead of cake, since he had some the day before, he had peanut butter bars.

 This was the first time he had peanut butter.

 I'm pretty sure he liked it!

We are so blessed to have Bensen in our family! He is so loved by everyone, and he brings us so much happiness!

Happy Anniversary!

I am so lucky to have Mike in my life! Today is our 9 year anniversary. Time flies when your having fun. We have been blessed with three beautiful children, Mike has a great job, and we live in a beautiful place close to our families. I don't think I could have imagined us being so blessed!
Now, don't get me wrong we've had our problems, but the good far out weighs the bad.
Mike works so hard, and takes such good care of us. He is the most selfless person I know. He is such a good example to me and our kids. He is always serving others, and he loves it. He is always looking for someone to help. The whole time we've been married he's slept in one time that I can remember and that was yesterday! He likes to keep busy and almost always has a project going on. Right now he is working on finishing our bonus room, but he has found some time to help his parents with their apartment rental. He is smart, witty, funny, the best dad, hard working and not to mention good looking! Along with so many other things. I am so glad he is mine...I love you Mike! Thanks for putting up with me. :)
For our anniversary this year we went to Roosters for lunch and then to the movies.  We always see a lot of movies around Christmas and New Years, so the only movie left for us to see was the 3rd Hobbit.  It was pretty good. I like most movie though. For dinner we stayed in and had crepes.  It was my first attempt at them, and they were ok.

 The kids loved drinking out of our fancy cups, it was their favorite part! But who doesn't love drinking out of fancy glasses, I know I do.  We even had some fancy sparkling grape juice. It was the perfect ending to a great day! I sure love these people!

A New Year

Happy New Year!

 We spent the evening at Mikes parents house. More food, more games and more fun!

We played a few new games, Forbidden Island and Ticket to Ride. They were both fun.

 We love cousin times.

 I love my family, I'm sure glad they are mine!

 When we got home we read scriptures and said prayers then went for a pony ride! Don't let Mikes face fool you, they all loved it.

I am looking forward to this New Year. I hope to draw closer to my Heavenly Father, become a better mom, study the scriptures more diligently, and to avoid contention. This year I want to learn more about gardening more specifically herbs.

Happy New Year!