FINALS ARE OVER!!!

I took my last final this morning, and was so happy to be done. I am out of school till August now and get to spend as much time as I can with my Benny. We I do go back to school in the fall it will be in the nursing program!!!!! I will try and keep up on posted more ofter now that I have time. Please check back

Just Us!!

When Ben got home for the weekend it was about 95 degrees. It was beautiful once the sun went down and so we went out and started playing with all of Wyatts bubble toys. He has a little grill type bubble blower and I have kind of become a master at this toy. I can get the thing to put out some pretty big bubbles.

I have entirely to much for with a 10 dollar childrens toy, but that's why we grow up is that we can enjoy the simple things in life righ!!

This is a picture that Ben was able to get of my master big bubbles!!

We have a ditch that runs around our yard to help drain rain water, well it does work. It more or less holds water and makes it muddy and nausty after every rain fall. So we have gotten some dirt and filled in most of the ditch and are letting the grass grow. It's very much a work in progress, but one load of dirt at the time we are getting there. Ben borrowed a neighbors small tractor and leaved out the last little bit of the dirt left of the side yard. Wyatt loved being able to ride with daddy, but it made it very hard to drive!!!

Update!!

This is Susan, Her mom Bonnie, and I we are the Screwballs, Bowling League 2009

We were outside playing for Easter and wyatt had to pee, well if you gotta go!!

This was Wyatt's new bubble blower that the easter bunny brought him.

Well not a lot has changed since my last post, but I have promised that I will get online and check in more often. School is killing me, but I just keep telling myself that it's all going to be worth it. Ben is still waiting on Utah, but the latest is that they are putting the call in Friday or Monday. So he is getting his stuff ready so that as soon as the call comes in and he hears the word go he is on his way west. I am going to miss him, but I know that he is going to be out there close to family and friends and that's going to make it easier. School can't last forever and I have only been going just over a year now. Wyatt is just growing and getting smarter by the day.

My husband the LINEMAN!!!

I am really not writing this for any reason imparticular. I just wanted to post a little bit about my absolutly amazing husband. His dad past away when he was three, and yet is the most caring and passionate father I have ever seen. He never really had a role model on marriage, but he is so providing and loving. From the time Ben and I first got together he has always loved the outdoors, and could never imagine working anywhere else. In December 2004 he got into the apprenticeship doing what he loves climbing poles, being outside, and never having to put a tie on or sit in an office. This picture was taken during one of the many storms that Ben has gone on. He was fixing powerlines for people in Indiana after an ice storm. I love this man very much and am so glad that he is part of my life. I could not have asked for a better husband, father, or provider for us. LOVE YOU BENNY!!

Valentine's Day

Today Wyatt's daycare a Valentine's Party for the kids. I got out of class at around 1 and so rather than just grabbing Wyatt and heading home I stayed at the daycare for the party. I took my camera so that Ben, who is on storm, could see Wyatt's party so that he doesn't feel like he is missing out.

This is Wyatt and I at the Daycare. I love him!!

This is Wyatt and his little friend Ethan!! For a long time they were the only boys in the room with a bunch of girls, so they are really close.















After snacks the teacher had some games for the kids to play and one of them was fishing. They had so much fun picking to hearts up and getting their prizes. Wyatt picked out a colidescope.















All of the parents were asked to sign up for bringing treats for the kids. One of them brought cupcakes that had some RED frosting on them, not a problem till we realized it STAINED!!! LOL

This is just a cute picture of Wyatt playing in his Wagon one of the days last week when it was warm.

Christmas Trip!!

Well as most of everyone know Ben was working in Texas and had been since September. Well on December 13 he finally came home. Wyatt and I were so excited we drove all the way to Joplin, Mo to get him. On the 17 of December we head to Idaho for Christmas and New Years. We got there and had so much fun hanging out and seeing family. Three days before Christmas Ben was heading to Logan to buy Christmas for me when he was ran off the road. He wasn't hurt but my truck was, about 10,000 dollars worth of damage. Thank goodness for insurance! We got it fixed, but we ended up staying at my mom and dad's for a month. We had so much fun being there, but was glad to get home and back to some what of a schedule. In the mean time our truck is fixed, we are home, school starts this week, Wyatt goes back to daycare, and Ben goes back to work.

Oh the things they say!!

I was on my way home from school today, I had picked Wyatt up from the daycare and was driving the 15 minutes home. Last summer I got a chip in my windshield and when we took it through the car wash the hot water on the outside and the A/C on the inside put a huge crack on my window. I know nice right. Well we where on our way home and this was the conversation between Wyatt and I.



Wyatt: Mom your truck is broken you need to get it fixed.

Me: What's wrong with my truck?

Wyatt: right there on the window mom there is a crack you need to get it fixed.

Me: Okay I will get it fixed.

Wyatt: don't worry Mom I will fix your window i have screwdrivers in my packpack.

Me: oh really what are you going to do with screwdrivers??

Wyatt: I am going to fix the crack in the window.

Me: oh thank you buddy that would be nice.

Wyatt: Ya mom i will fix it cause I am very super strong.

Me: LAUGHED!! I was laughing so hard that I couldn't say anything, but what did you say Wyatt??

Wyatt: I said I am very super strong, and I am very super fast to.





I love my little boy and it makes me so happy that he is old enough that he wants to help me fix everything. I really can't wait for the day that he can actually do it, but I do pray that he never tries to fix my windshield with a screwdriver. Life is so wonderful and I am so grateful for my son.

Thanksgiving at Grma Jean's

Since Ben is still gone Wyatt and I decided to spend Thanksgiving at Ben's mom's house in Iowa. We really like haning out with Grma Jean she lives in the country and there is always something to do. Well Wyatt and I showed up at Grma's before she got off work on Wednesday and when she arrived home she all the good stuff for some really yummy desert.

We had eaten two Thanksgiving dinners on Thursday so Friday night we sat down and made this.

Wyatt loved the ice cream more than the 7-up.

Yummy!!

Sunday afternoon Family fun!!

Last Sunday Wyatt and I decided to make cookies and while I was doing this I thought of how much I enjoy Teresa's blogs with all of her cute pictures and stories. I thought how easy is it to just take a couple pictures of the items and fun we had so here goes. Ben is still working in Texas and so Wyatt and I have fun trying to find things to keep us busy!

When I said that Wyatt and I made cookies I of course did not mean from scratch. Sams club has this great and handy little bucket of cookie dough. We usually always have a bucket in the fridge and whenever we want cookies we simply pull it out and make a batch and then back in the fridge it goes till our next cookie craving hits.

We love these treats and this is the first time that Wyatt has waned to help make them. We had a lot of fun.

Enjoy!!

Happy Halloween!

I know that this is a little late, but I reallly wanted to put pictures up of Wyatt in his Halloween Costume. I asked him about two weeks before Halloween what he wanted to be and all he would say was a Dinosaur.

We had so much fun just going around the block here in our little town. All of the people we really nice and it was great weather. It was almost to warm for him to were his costume which growing up in the west was a real change.
We stopped by one of my friends house and took some pictures also. This is her little boy Gavin and Wyatt loves playing with him.

Houston

WOW!! I have started this same blog three times maybe this time I can actually finish and post it. Well Ben has been working in Houston, Texas since about mid-September cleaning up and rebuilding the power lines after Hurricane Ike. Wyatt and I have just been tyring to get by day-by-day without our Daddy. Finally it just got to be to much and so we decided to head south for a visit. We book our flight and was able to go down there with him for a week. One of the days that we were there we took Ben lunch down on the job. It just so happen that he was working right on the Gulf so we got to play in the water and sand. It was so much fun and warm.

We were also able to drive into Houston and spend some time with our friends that we had down there. Most of them had not seen Wyatt since he was first born and others had never seen him at all. We went to a Resturant called Casa Ol, it's one of my favorite and I so missed there green sauce. It's kind of mix of Guacamole and sour cream so good.

All in all it was a great trip and I really hope that it's not another three years before I get to spend time with my friends again. I also hope that it's not to much longer till Ben comes home. He was supposed to be home on the 15th and the closer it gets to that day the further back they keep pushing it. We are now to the point where they are saying he won't be home till 2 weeks after Thanksgiving. Well i am hoping that it is soon and for now this is what's going on in the midwest.

Photo Tag

1. Go to your pictures.
2. upload 4th picture of 4th folder
3. Post.

This is my Wyatt at my moms helping with the laundry. It was at Christmas so much fun!!

4. Tag 4 of your friends.
Jaycee, Teresa, Jennifer, Tara

My AWeSoMe husband!!

1. Where did you first meet? Nugget Canyon, we were working construction on a bridge.
2. How long did you date before you got married? 7 months
3. How long have you been married? 7 years January
4. What does he do that surprises you? The ways that he lets me know that he cares about me and loves me.
5. What is your favorite feature of his? His strength, his drive, the way he loves his family
6. What is your favorite quality of his? I love his work ethic, he isn't afraid to work hard.
7. Does he have a nickname for you? Lollipops
8. What is his favorite color? blue
9. What is his favorite food? pizza & BBQ Chicken
10. What is his favorite sport? Ben doesn't do sports he loves spending time with Wyatt and I though.
11. When and where was your first kiss? JJ's parking lot about a week after we started dating and he picked me up and held me to kiss me.
12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? We are not really picky anytime we get to spend together is great
13. Do you have any children? 1 little boy that acts, talks, walks, and is jsut like his daddy.
14. Does he have a hidden talent? A lot of them to many to count
15. How old is he? 26 three months younger than me
16. Who said "I love you" first? He did! that's one thing I love about him that he isn't afraid to say it in front of anyone
17. What is his favorite type of music? Today's rock, White Zombie, Three Days Grace.
18. What do you admire most about him? Personality... I love everything about this man
19. Do you think he will read this? probably not, he's not big on blogs

Update!!

Wow! i was just thinking that I get on this thing everyday and check to see what's going on with everyone and here is me nothing. I am like Kelly I didn't think I could post anything if I didn't have pictures. Well crazy guess what I am doing it tonight just words no pictures. I know boring, but my computer is in the shop and all I have is my laptop and I have fake nails on which makes it that much harder. Well i am working hard at school. It is really getting tough, but I love it and today we got to work on frog muscles and watch them contact and found out why streched muscles work better than non stretched. It was really a great lab and I loved finding out all the information. Ben is in Texas working still trying to get everything put back together from Hurricane Ike. I guess he made a bigger mess than they told you about on the TV. Wyatt is growing like a weed and is funny to be around. I love being a mom and he makes me smile and happy to be alive no matter what my mood is. Well I really hope that this finds everyone well.

My big Boy!!

Wyatt and I took a trip to the zoo and it was so much
fun just taking pictures of my little man doing different things.












He looks so serious and like such a big boy.
It makes me cry!












It wasn't until after I got home that I realized
it looked like these two are sitting the same way.













Little boys!

TWILIGHT THE MOVIE!!!

I know that there are some of you that read my blog that don't care, but for those of you that do Twilight that movie is now coming out three weeks early. Harry Potter the movie that was due to come out Thanksgiving this year has been moved back to next summer opening a spot for Twilight to be released three weeks early!!! YIPPY!!! Oh happy is not the word for it. I can't wait and I will have my seat picked on November 21!!!! Oh I really hope it's as good and I have it to be in my mind.

MEMORY TAG!

This is my first time doing a tag, but I thought it would be fun.1. As a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!


2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty fun to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

More Family Pictures

WOW!! What fun family can be

WOW!! Well we just got home from a family reunion and man oh man was it fun. I know that I have the coolest family in the world, but this weekend just made me know it all over again. We all got to meet at in Powell at Bret and Heidi's house and the fun began. Friday morning we all headed up the canyon above Lovell to Bear Lodge. It took three vehicles and one non working walkey talkey to get up the canyon, but we made it in good time and hurried to get the trailer unloaded so that we could go fishing and site seeing. We went to a little pond that just our luck had been closed the days leading up to our trip and was freshly stocked for a derby the following day. The pond was only open to the public one day and we just happen to get there just in time. My dad caught the biggest fish I had ever seen out of the pond and was so proud. After that we headed back to camp for dinner and bonding time. Bret, Bart, Tara, Michelle, Kelly, and Heidi helped get dinner on while Ben heated rocks up over the fire to put ontop of the Dutchovens. It was really fun snapping pictures while everyone made dinner. The next morning was breakfast and clean up so that we could hit one more lake on our way home to fish some more. Which was very funny to me for a family where the majority of us didn't even like fish to spend that much time catching them!! One the way back down the mountain we also stopped at Burgess Junction and had a couple Kodak moments. We all laughed and had so much fun. When we got back to Bret and Heidi's we swam in a wagon and played cards. I love my family and wouldn't trade any of them. Thank you all so much for making this a great vacation it wouldn't have been the same without you!!!

How time flies!!

Well I do get on this thing from time to time and obviously I don't write when I get on. I was looking and noticed that I haven't updated in like three months. I am so sorry to those of you that do get on here only to find that I have not wrote. Well life is good. We are in our new home and could not be happier. I love having my own space that is mine that I don't have to pay rent to someone else. Wyatt is getting to big and I wish he would go back to be my little boy who naps when I tell him to and doesn't look and me and say" MOM I POOPED". He is the funniest thing though and I wouldn't give up my time with him for anything. Ben is doing great he is working out of town right now and has been for some time now. He doesn't like being gone, but it's really good money and we like spending it, so you have to make it some how!! LOL

Well I am really getting on here to talk about our Fourth of July trip. We got to go up to Ben's moms and spend the weekend. The little small town that she lives in puts on quite a show. We went and had a potluck dinner the night before which was really good. The fourth we got up and headed over to watch all the events. They had truck pulls, and tractor pulls and a parade and fireworks. We all had so much fun and was really glad that we made that trip. Here are a few pictures of our families adventure up north!! LOL