Weekend(s) Fun!

We have fun!

Josh and I may be married with a two year old, but we have a lot of fun...no matter what! The first weekend in February we went out to our former Bishop's cabin, who was released the weekend prior. It was us, the Hyltons, the Howes, and the McMurdies. Sadly, I only took two pictures. We ate, played games, stayed up LATE, ate more, played outside in the snow, ate more, and played more games, and went home. Bishop Wilcock's cabin is in Bear Lake West. They took their rhino out and pulled some of us up to the top of the hill on sleds. Then we would sled down the hill...Josh said he was going about 20 mph. I wish I had pictures, but the sledding sounded like a lot of fun! Benjamin and I did not try going down...we only got pulled up.

Matching McMurdies. This picture says it all.

Benjamin helping Heidi with the puzzle. Don't let him fool you, he threw a lot of pieces on the FLOOR...not much help. And yes, Heidi, you look smokin' hot for only four hours of sleep!

Fast forward to this past weekend...

Not technically the weekend...but this is me and Jammin having a photo session. He's such a sweetheart!

He decided he wanted to get in on this action. He kept saying "cheese" whenever he would "take" a picture

Cheese mom, cheese!

Trying to admire his photo work...too bad the batteries were dead. And this is when I decided it was time for another hair cut! Benjamin's hair is just so fine that it looks better short!

The actual weekend!!! Friday night Josh and I went and watched Viewers Like You (Mike Hylton's band) at the Logan Art House and we also watched The Antics - they're an improv comedy act. It was fun...but we didn't get home until almost 1 a.m. and then stayed up talking to the girl who baby sat, until 2 a.m. What does this have to do with this delicious picture? Well, Benjamin, thankfully, slept IN the next morning (9 a.m.) so his parents could(8 a.m.)! I was so refreshed for the day that I made some buttermilk syrup (SOOOO good), cut up some fresh strawberries and got out our freshly whipped, whip cream. Benjamin got mini chocolate chips on his. When Benjamin finally woke up...we had a very happy breakfast.

SEE!!! Happy, boy! I am just glad I snapped this picture at the right time. Surprisingly enough...he ate ALL of his strawberries, but left almost all of the chocolate chips.

The highlight of the day - our NEW kitchen table. I really wanted to surprise Josh, but it didn't exactly work out. So I left the receipt on the kitchen counter for him to see before he left for work. Benjamin and I had gone and purchased it on Friday afternoon and it was being delivered on Saturday! We already had the perfect matching chairs, but we bought the bench and the table. We LOVE it!

When the delivery guys came in with boxes and then just left...I was a little shocked. But I started working. Benjamin helped me put the table together - he was quite helpful as he snapped Styrofoam in half and threw it. He aided in the mess making - I'm sure that was his plan. We had a lot of fun. I love my Benjamin!

Before we got the table and basically right after breakfast, Benjamin got a haircut. Then we went on a walk. When we got back from the walk Benjamin wanted to stay outside because it was so beautiful. So we did. Then he started walking to our backyard...or mud pit, if you will. If Benjamin would have know how dirty he was about to get, he would NOT have embarked upon his journey to the mud. He ended up falling and got mud all over his hand and then started FREAKING out because he was dirty. Then his fearless mother had to go save him. My nice running shoes, now have stains from the mud. But they still work, phew!

Here is Benjamin after his mother had to strip him in order to put his clothes in the washing machine. This is the "I never want to get that dirty again" face! Yes, I have a little boy who doesn't like dirty hands. Oh dear!

After the hair cut, bath, mud, putting a table together, mom putting the bench together, a nap, and mom's shower...Benjamin played in the bathroom while I did my hair. His favorite past time - looking at himself in the mirror. He's starting to sound very high maintenance...doesn't like dirty hands, likes to look in the mirror. Oh well.

Didn't snap the shot fast enough - this had so much more potential!

This one...he looks SOOOO much like my nephew Lincoln. It kind of scared me when I looked at it because of the resemblance.

Another thing that Benjamin loves to do - read. Here he is reading all by himself. You didn't know he already knew how to read did you? It's true...sort of. He reads...just not what's in the book and you really can't understand what he's saying. Usually it's something about a train crashing.

 I know, right? We are fun. Seriously, Josh and I laugh more now that we have a child - and we laughed A LOT before we had Benjamin. So don't let anyone ever tell you that people with children have no fun. SO not true. You do have to be a little more creative, but it's worth it.

Good news - we are going to close on our house this week. Can you believe it? Neither can we, so don't hold your breath....just in case we don't.