Real *SNOW*

So we are happy to say that we have finally went out to play in the snow this year! We've been waiting for Ben's health to improve and couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. Here are some pictures of our adventure as a family!
Dane only had 15 minutes to spare and wanted to do something fun with Ben! It was a blast and we enjoyed every minute of it. Ben wasn't ready to be done but was tired enough to come inside with us.

Snow!?

Who knew that fake snow could be soo much fun!
(Notice we have real snow outside!)

Christmas Confessions

Ok so I'm slow putting up our Christmas pictures but I lost our camera in our stuff and didn't take any pictures of Christmas morning. Thanks to Mom we were able to capture the precious moments with Ben on her camera! So here are a few pictures of our quiet and small Christmas together!

Here is Ben coming up the stairs on Christmas Morning!

Dane and Ben excited over Ben's new train set from "Bampa" and "Moma"!

Ben's new tools! I was trying to help clean up the boxes.

Ben using his new hammer.

"Moma" helping Ben unwrap a presant. While "Bampa" looks on.

Ben's new tooth brush and he was showing everyone his teeth!

New Year!

We are learning everyday with Ben and his health. At times it is trying as parents to watch your child cry because there is something that has to be done. Even though we still don't have the answers as to why Ben is having such problems, I'm grateful for the peace and serenity that my testimony brings. I'm grateful for a New year to start fresh and begin anew to find myself. Something that seems to have gotten lost over the last few years of ill health on my part as well as Ben's. I look forward to accomplishing more and feeding my soul with good. I don't know where this year will lead as we travel through it together as a family, but I pray that we might be able to adhere to the plan the Heavenly Father has in store for us.
May you also have a Happy New Year!

Where did it go?

Dane and I decided to tackle the Christmas decorations yesterday. We wanted to put them away while Ben was asleep and we were very successful. By the time Ben woke up all the decorations were gone and we were rearranging the living room. Ben was happy because he wanted a ride on the couch while we moved it around.
Well I usually have Ben look out the window when Dane comes home because he always likes to see him come in. Usually our tree with "lights" has been sitting in our front window taking up almost all of it. So I told Ben to go look out the window and see the snow. He obediently went and was very excited about the snow. I than asked him if he wanted to see the lights. (This means that we turn on our Christmas tree lights for the evening.) He got all excited and turned around looking very puzzled and quite alarmed. He kept turning around in circles looking for the tree. He had a look that said this,"I'm sure that it was just right here and now it's gone!" He was very concerned, but we were able to comfort him and tell him that it was, "All Gone. Bye, Bye." After which he was content to know that the tree wasn't there anymore.
The look that he had and the sudden dawning was priceless! Dane and I had the giggles for a while afterwards.

Check out the Shiner!

Just a warning to all Mothers . . . .

The Wal-Mart carts bite back!?

Hershey Kiss!?

Isn't it a sweet moment when your baby learns how to kiss you!? It was for me when Ben gave us our first kisses and now is so eager to give them all the time.


Well the other day Dane came home from work with a candy cane full of "Hershey's Kisses". Once Ben saw that Dad had candy he wanted some!! He kept asking,"Bite, Meese! Bite MEESE!!!" (Translated: Dad I really want some of your candy PLEASE!!) Dane told him no and that he wasn't suppose to have any because of his health problems. But he told Ben that he could play with the candy cane, but not eat it.


Ben seemed to be satisfied and went on his way. Dane and I started discussing the holidays and when we were going to travel, what we were going to do, and who we were staying with on what days. When suddenly we realized that we hadn't saw where Ben went and noticed that he was too quiet!? I walked around out counter to find this . . . . . . .
























And wait there's more . . . . . . THIS . . . . . . . .

How did he do it!? I would really like to know!

So Dane and I stood there in AWE and Ben kindly walked up to Dane and said,"Here go!" as he handed him one of the kisses. (When Ben walks he puts his hands behind his back. And as he was walking away from us we noticed that his back was chocolate coated too!) Then he squatted back down to open another kiss for himself. Ben had unwrapped 3 kisses and had eaten them all! You could tell that he wasn't very good at getting all the wrapper off because he had spit out pieces of the tin foil and they were chocolate spit covered on the floor. I turned to Dane who was trying not to bust a gut, and asked him if he wanted the boy or the chocolate covered floor.

He said Ben!

I personally want to say that it's easier to get chocolate off your skin than your living room carpet!?

Merry "Kiss" Moose!!

Ho Ho comes early!

Ben has been just a joy to have in our home and always keeps us on our toes.
Just the other day I was emailing family when all of the sudden I hear this RRIIIPPPP . . . WHEEEEE. Someone was thrilled with his new find of hidden toys! I quickly went to his side and told him, "No, No, we have to wait until Ho Ho comes and than you can open your presents." Ben got all sorts of excited and ran over to our small homemade North Pole and pointed at the candle Santa in it's chimney. He begain exclaiming, "Ho Ho!!", while pointing frantically at the Santa. Than promply ran back to the tree grabbed another gift and sat down to open another treasure. Taking away a 17 month old's new found toy isn't easy, but I managed to calm him down and told him that we had to wait for later. This was something that he understood, but was still bummed that he didn't finish opening his new found joy!
I hope that by next year Ben will understand the concept of "Ho Ho" as a real person, and not as the candle on the counter.
Until than "later" works just fine.

Getting Started

Well I finally decieded to start blogging because I have such fun stories to tell and never like to sit down and write with pen and paper. My hand always cramps up. But I do enjoy typing and have enjoyed Meg's little stories and fun pictures.
Just don't know what to say now!