Maddie's Play

We had the wonnderful opportunity to see my little sister perform in a play over in Mesa. She was the star of the Twelve Dancing Princess and did a fabulous job!!

Girls Trip to SF

Last weekend I had the priviledge of meeting up with some of my most favorite girls in my very favorite city for a relaxing weekend! We shopped a ton, ate at all of our favorite places and talked till all hours of the night!

We met up with Rachel, Michelle, Stephanie and Pepper for dinner at the E & O Trading Co. It was delicious!!

Courtney, Tami, Becca, Michelle and I stayed at the Marriott Marquis hotel and had a fantastic weekend!!

Uncle Wayne comes for a Visit

A few weeks ago my mom's brother came to town for work. We met up with him one night for dinner. It was so fun to hang out with family. Thanks Wayne for treating us to a yummy meal!
Benson wanted to feed everyone.

They've got the same smile!

The Zoo Again

Benson had an Oreo, this was the result! I think he looks good sporting a goatee!!

Binkie war-Contenders: Boston and Benson

Kena and her cute friend Kyson.

Benson loves brushing the goats.

My Three Favorite People

Playing with the kids

Temple Square

I love this place!!!

Trip to Utah

Ben and I decided we wanted to make a quick trip to Utah for New Years. We packed up the kids and made the 10 hour trek to hang out with family and friends! It was so much fun to hang out with people we love and miss! We were able to get together with some dental school buddies for what is quickly becoming an annual Christmas party! The Ladies (Tami, Me, Michelle, Cindy and Becca)

The Guys (Mark, Ben, Aaron, Dave, and Brian)

Kena with sweet Isabel. (She wanted to take her home with us!)

Cute little Ryder

My hungry kiddos

Christmas Evening

For Christmas dinner we went over to my dad and Christina's house. We had a wonderful lasanga dinner and stayed up way too late playing the Wii! It was so fun to be with family! My brother Nate thought it would be very funny to give my kids each a box of matches for Christmas, (he had recently taught them both how to strike a match!!) and he gave me a fire-extinguisher!! There were several fun gifts passed around. My kids were totally spoiled! Benson got a ride on dump truck and Kenadee got a little piano along with a ton of other stuff!
Kena and Benson love their Papa!

Because he lets them do stuff like this!

And this (My kids thought they were really playing, it was so funny to watch them move around like everyone else with the wii remotes!)

Me and my dad

Nate and Millie

Miss Marie (my family's adopted grandma), Paige and Christina

Heidi and Maddie

Christmas Morning

My mom and Heidi came over to our place for Christmas morning. It was so fun to wake up with the kids, at 8:30, and go out to see what Santa brought! (This may be our last year to sleep in on Christmas morning!) The kids were so excited! Kenadee got several games and books, Benson got a tool set and some balls and together they got a play house. Ben got some games and gift cards and surprised me with bedding! We had a yummy breakfast of carmel french toast, scrambles eggs with bacon and cheese and orange juice. It was a wonderful day!

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve we went over to the Benefields. We had dinner, watched the Miracle on 34th street and visited. Afterwards we took the kids home and let them open one present each, then read the Christmas story in Luke. I love the expression on Kena's face as Benson opened his Thomas the Train bathtub toy from the Benefields!
Kenadee opened a package with some fun balls from Samantha.

Christmas Projects

This year I made a lot of our gifts. These sock monkeys were my favorites!

The Zoo with Maddie and Paige

Since it was Christmas break, my little sisters Maddie and Paige came to stay a couple of nights with us. We took them to the Phoenix zoo. Kena and Benson absolutely love the zoo! It was so nice to have extra help with my kiddos!