Thanksgiving Pics

Pics of our Thanksgiving. Jennie's family was here for the endowment & sealing and we all spent the day together. Her sister has twin boys that are Aiden's age. It was fun to watch them run around together. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Our Thanksgiving

We had a very eventful Thanksgiving weekend. The Benson family started arriving late Wednesday night. The cooking began at 6:30am. YIKES! We ate at 12 noon. Here is a pic of Candy, Jennie Raye, Me & Amy (Jennie's younger sister) after we had lunch.The reason we ate so early is so that we could get to the real fun of our Thanksgiving which was off roading in the VW bajas. The latest and greatest in the way of our off roading toys is the Mini Buggy that Robert just got. Aiden still needs to grow a couple of inches before he can reach the pedals, but it is super small & great for the littlest grandkids. Aiden had a blast riding around with Kendell. And I think Kendell enjoyed it just as much!

This Thanksgiving was super special because on Friday Jeremy's whole family (Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister and all the spouses) were able to go to the Temple together for the first time. Jennie & Candy both received their own endowments. It was a great feeling to have all of us there together. Then on Saturday Logan & Jennie Raye were sealed. Following their sealing, Jeremy's dad & aunt served as proxy for the sealing of Jeremy's Great Grandma & Grandpa Benson. Then Grandpa Benson was sealed to his parents.

I was so blessed to be in the Temple for all of these wonderful ordinances. It reminded me of how thankful I am for those blessings in my life. To have parents who blessed my life by being sealed before I was born. To have Jeremy by my side for all eternity and to be able to share that blessing with Aiden and our future children. I am grateful I have had the chance to count my MANY blessings over the last week. Especially those that are the most lasting and important.

My Little Climber

Ka-Chow

A little background for a second and then the real story....

Aiden LOVES CARS, the movie. He asks all the time to watch "Light-a-queen" (lightning mcqueen). He has a Lightning McQueen toy that says "Ka-chow", which he repeats all the time with great energy, and come Christmas he will have plenty more of "light-a-queen" to play with.

Jeremy decided the other night to change the crib into a toddler bed for Aiden. He's been doing really well. He even sleeps great at naptime without a fight. I'm enjoying that while it lasts! He usually wakes up between 7:30 and 8:00 in the morning. And he is my alarm clock! Another thing I completely enjoy - especially since I know that #2 will have his own way of ruining my beautiful sleep habits.

Today I woke up on my own at 8:30. I ate breakfast, checked my blog, balanced the checkbook and THEN started to really wonder what he was still doing asleep! So I quietly opened his bedroom door thinking maybe he was playing quitely with his teddy bear. Nope. He was still out cold. He didn't even hardly stir when I went in there. So I left his door cracked and started picking up around the house. I thought I heard him talking a minute later. I went in again and he was STILL asleep. I leaned over him to see if his eyes were open (they weren't) and right then - IN HIS SLEEP - he said "KA-CHOW!" It was the cutest thing. I practically ran out of the room to go call Jeremy. He didn't answer, so I called my mom. We have all gotten a good laugh out of that today. This is the pic I HAD to take right after the phone call to my mom. He woke up shortly after this... about 9:15!

It's a BOY!

I don't think I'll ever trust my prenatal gender instincts again!!! I was sure this one was a girl. We will put aside the fact that I REALLY wanted a girl and my 'instincts' were totally biased! We are so happy that the little guy is healthy and growing well. They said he is in the 59th percentile for his size. I didn't know they could tell that already! I am still wrapping my head around the fact that we'll have another boy, but I am getting excited already. We had a really hard time agreeing on Aiden's name, so chances are this one won't be any easier! We probably won't decide until he makes his appearance in March.

Here are a couple of the ultrasound pics. We get a 3D ultrasound in about 8 weeks & hopefully there will be more to post then.

Cute Little Profile

Yep! Its a boy!!!

Halloween Pics

Ultrasound Day

We get to have an ultrasound done today at 4pm! I'm sooooo excited to find out what we are having! I wasn't sure I wanted to know this time around, but now that the day is here, I can't wait! We are taking Aiden with us. I don't know if he will get it at all, but Jeremy and I both want him there with us. I will post the "results" this evening!

Halloween Fun

Sorry it has taken the better part of a week to post all of our Halloween pics! We got to go to Vegas for Halloween, so I haven't bothered with my blog since then. Enjoy!

On the Saturday before Halloween we went to a little pumpkin patch. Aiden wouldn't look at the camera so this is the best pic I could get. He was going nuts with all the pumpkins everywhere. And he says "pu-kin" so cute. We got a tiny little pumkin for him and a normal sized one for the whole family.
Here are some pics of our Halloween parties. Saturday night there was a neighborhood carnival at the park. Aiden was Bob the Builder. This was the best picture I could get of him all decked out. Mommy & AidenOn Monday we had a party at our house. We did a potluck and carved pumpkins. The food was wonderful and we had a TON! The older kids (5 & 6 yr-olds) had fun climbing in the tree. We were so happy to have so many of our friends around us for FHE.



My Boys with the pumkin that Jeremy carved for Aiden. How cute!

The McDowell Family

The Young Family

The Cotter Family