Catch up

Christmas was a wonderful time. I t was nice to be surrounded by family. Ben enjoyed it much more than last year. He was so excited to open his presents and loved the new plane he got from us. Here are a few pictures from Christmas eve and Christmas. I will post more photos later (I can't get my camera to load).

Opening presents

He was so excited

Eating oreo balls

Uncle Dallan pulled him around in the hamper for a long time, then Storm got in on the fun!

Ben and his cousin Nathan

Making cookies for Santa

mmm, yummy

Finished project

Playing with uncle Michael

Tucker

My brother came home on my birthday from his mission to Iowa. It was the best birthday present EVER!

Benjamins buttons

So my sister-in-law inspired me to write down all the special little treasures that Ben does each day. I created a new blog just for him where I will post something he has done everyday. One day I will print it and he will have a journal of growing up! It is a link on the right hand side by my photography page.

Arizona

chick-fil-a cow

Riding the carousel I did when I was little

He is hugging his animals

Temple lights

one sock on and one sock off

shooting hoops with grandpa

Horses

Ben's first gum ball, don't worry it wasn't in there long

he wanted the lemon, love/hate relationship

my child wanted to eat toilet paper, there are bite marks

strainer on his head

cousin Kate

Grandpa and Ben

going strollin

my cousin had twin girls, Grace and Holland

My cousins Erin's little girl Charlotte

Kate

Well, so I just got back from a great trip to Arizona to spend Thanksgiving with my dad and family. I left Friday the 20th at 9pm. Yes it was late and I had ben in a sling and pj's so I thought he would fall asleep and be perfect on the flight....not quite what happened. He was fussy, not screaming, just fussy for the first hour. I had to take him out of the sling during take off because it wasn't approved airline saftey. I bounced and patted his back and he finally fell asleep in the sling. It was for about an hour and we started to descend. Ben was still asleep so everytime a stuerdess wen tby I would act asleep, so I wouldn't have to take Ben out of the sling. He woke just as we landed and was just vacant. Grandma and Grandpa Tayrien met us. We went home strait away and went to bed. When we got up in the morning my sister Amanda and her daughter kate were already awake and ready to meet us. ben was so sweet to Kate. He would always give her hugs and pet her head softly. My other sister was there too, she is about 8 months pregnant. I had two cousins come down from Idaho and Utah to spend the week with us too. It was a full house. THe first day was the baby shower for my preggo sister. Lots of friends adnd family came for that. The next day was Sunday and church. Monday we stayed home and only visited Grandma Tayrien's work so show off the babies. Tuesday We went to thrift stores and played with all the toys the grandparents bought for the kids. Wednesday was my sister Amanda's birthday so we all went to the salon and got our nails done...Thanks Sambo! Then we went to New moon. It was so good and worth seeing multiple times if you have read the books. Then thursday we went shopping at old navy and of course had lots of good food. Then some of us slept for a few hours, but some stayed up the whole night for...black Friday! We left the house at 11:30pm for the mall. We shopped there for a few hours and then moved on to walmart. we got all the things we wanted and had to wait till 4:30 when they opened up some things and then ran to the check out. We were out of there before 4:45 and on our way to Target. I really wanted the cute bag they were giving away to the first 500 people. When we were walking throught the doors, it looked like we would just miss them, so I was pushing my cousin Vanessa to run ahead and get one, then when we got there she said there were boxes left! lol! We were there for about an hour, because the lines were so long. We got home at 6, just as Ben woke up:( my dad is such a great guy that he took Ben and sent me to bed. Kathy took Kate so Amanda could sleep too.

Ok, the next day we went to the Tayrien family thanksgiving Mexican food lunch. We got to see lots of family. It is nice to see some I haven't seen for 10-15 years. My sister Sam went home Saturday and my cousins left on Friday. The rest of the trip was just a lazy week. Ben got a little sick and would wake up in the middle of the night throwing up and have liquid BM's. It was scary so I called Daniel and went to buy medicine at walmart. he fell back to sleep, but he woke up like that for about 4 days. He got a blessing from my dad. One day he woke at 5am and my dad put him in a pushing car and took him and Koda (dog) for a walk around the neighbourhood for an hour. He is now doing better and sleeping through the night. I don't know what it was, but I am glad it is over.

It is nice to be home again in our routines and our space. We had so much fun!