Bensen turned 2!

Oh my goodness, I can hardly believe my baby boy turned two!

 I can't imagine not having this spunky little boy in our family!

Bensen is so much fun! He talks and understands so well. He loves to jump off of everything, and play with his brother and sister. He likes to play with cars, trains, mega blox, tools, and ride his big wheel. He is a pretty picky eater. One day he will eat something great, then the next time I give it to him he wont touch it. Just depends on the day I suppose. When I took him to his two year well check visit they told me he was the calmest two year old they had seen in a long time.  He let them weigh him and measure him with no complaint. Then when the Dr. came in she said to me "How are you doing?" I said good, then Bensen asked her "How are you doing?"  It was pretty funny. Then when the nurse came and gave him a shot he barely flinched. He is one tough cookie.

Don't get me wrong he is pretty good at throwing a temper, and he has just started screaming for no reason and talking like a baby. Which drives me a little crazy.  The other day he threw a paper towel on the ground then pointed at it and screamed.  I told him to use his words and he said "I want the paper towel".

Sometimes we will walk Wesley to the bus stop, it is down the street quite a ways. On the way home Bensen asked me what I was doing, I told him I was just going home and he said "Me too!" He has been saying that a lot about different things.

For his Birthday this year we celebrated with the Bailey side the Sunday before his birthday.

I made him an Oreo cake, that I didn't get a picture of, and he opened presents. He had a lot of help opening his gifts. He got a couple of much needed outfits, a big car mat and cars to go with it, a little tool set, a dinosaur, and a mouse catching game.

His birthday was on Tuesday this year. The kids had the day off of school and Mike took the day off from work. We went to the movie grill and watched the Peanuts movie. The kids loved the reclining seats and that they got to eat lunch while we watched. It was quite the experience.

I felt a little bad because we only bought him one thing this year, a electronic white board.

So on the way home we stopped to get him some balloons.

 They were a big hit.

They kept him busy for hours.

The following Sunday we had his Borgstrom party. For this party he had peanut butter bars.

 At both parties he loved having people sing to him. And both times he was only able to blow out one candle. He had help from Jaycee at the first party and Grandpa at the second.

 He got a nice pillow bed from Grandma LouLou, a cute little tool box, mega box, cars, a shirt, bubbles, a Mike doll, a ninja turtle jacket, fruit snacks, and a ten dollar bill!

 He made out like a bandit!

We sure love this little boy, he keeps us on our toes and has such a big personality. We are so blessed to have him in our family.

10 Year Anniversary!

Time sure flys when your having fun! Me and Mike have been married for 10 years! How did that happen? It seems like just yesterday we were at the Manti Temple getting married.

Mike said he wanted to take care of things this year. He had some surprises up his sleeve. We headed out on January 3rd after church. Grandma Lulu watched the kids for us.

We stayed at a fun little bed and breakfast in Pleasant Grove. Mike had packed a picnic dinner.

The next morning we went to Kneaders for breakfast. I love Kneaders, but I'm never early enough for their french toast, so that was nice it was pretty delicious.

Then we went and saw a movie, it was called Concussion. After seeing it we were pretty shocked that people still play football...it's crazy! I really hope my kids don't want to play. It was educational.

Then we headed to Manti.

Mike rented us the the cutest little cottage, right across the street from the temple.

 He had got me a little something for every year we were married, each year had pictures and part of a poem he had written. It even made me cry. He is the best gift giver, because he is so thoughtful. Man I am lucky.

I got him a flashlight taser, Book of Mormon study guide and a 100 reasons why I love him.

 The cottage was pretty small, it was just these two rooms and the bedroom was upstairs.  I think the kids would love it, if we came down for the Manti pageant.

 We could see the temple from every room except the bathroom.

 We were going to see another movie, but I found a puzzle and talked Mike into putting it together with me.  I really like puzzles.

We took a puzzle break and went to dinner at Dirks Farmhouse. There menu was great, everything sounded delicious. I ended up getting the Navajo taco, and Mike got the KC bacon and blue burger. Both were great. We would definitely eat there again.

When we got back we finished the puzzle, then we watched Once I Was A Beehive. It was one of the gifts he had given me. It was pretty funny. 

 The next morning, our actual anniversary we went to the temple. We even got to be the witness couple. We were trying to decide if we had ever done a session there before.  I was thinking that I had, but nothing really looked familiar so I'm not sure if I really have. 

It was beautiful. 

 After the session we went and looked at the room we were sealed in. It's sealing room number 8 and they call it the emerald room. I was thinking it was number 1. Then we had someone take us and show us the sealing rooms on the lower level and the amazing spiral staircases. It was a really nice visit to the temple.

 After we took some pictures.

 I am so blessed to have married Mike, every good thing I have in my life is because of him. He is really amazing. And I sure love him.

 After pictures we headed toward home.  I asked if we could stop in Wales at my grandparents graves, Mike was all for it.

 I think we've settled on a name for our baby girl. We are thinking

Vivian Coral.

Unless either of us strongly feel it should be something else, that is what we are going with.

We stopped at the Gateway and saw another movie.

When we got home we picked up the kids and went out to "Chuck-A-Grandma". It was nice to get away, but it's always nice to come home. I sure missed my kids.

Thanks for making the last 10 years so great! I love you Mike!

Happy New Year!

For FHE we went to the Midway crater and went for a swim! Bensen was a little nervous, it was pretty steamy you couldn't see very far in front of you. He was crying a little when we got him in and he was saying "Nice and warm" over and over.  It was cute. Wesley got a little spooked toward the end and wanted to get out. Over all it was a pretty neat experience. We'll have to take them back when they can actually see what they were swimming in.

After swimming we went to Dairy Keen for dinner, which was delicious.

 Happy New year.  We played some games with the Borgstroms, then we took some family pictures.

 Which is always a fun time. Getting this many people to smile at a camera on a timer. :)

I think we all did pretty good.

 We usually spend this night with the Borgstrom side of our family.  But this year we switched things up a little. At around 8:30 we headed over to Trevor and Katie's house for a little more partying.

 We took our family New Year photo.  Man I love these people!

 The party didn't stop at midnight. 

Maybe it should have, because we got a little crazy after that.

 It must have been late because I was crying I was laughing so hard. Then I got nauseous because I was laughing too hard.

Good times.

I haven't finished my resolutions yet, but I sure am looking forward to this new year.

Happy New Year!!!