Some updates...pictures to follow.

Do you think that time gets faster the older you get? I mean, seriously, when you were younger didn't things just seem to creep by? Anyway, I can't believe that it's already the 12th. I did make a mistake, though. I didn't call my brother, Trevor, on his birthday. I thought about it about 5 times that day, but every time I thought about it was a time when I wasn't able to call. I'm a bad sister.

Well, I'm weaning Benjamin. Is that a weird thing to put on a blog? Probably, but there you have it. This week is his last week nursing. Babies have to have breast milk or formula for their first year of life, so I've done it and I'm ready to move forward...I think. So far Benjamin is dealing really well with it. He's such a sweet baby. I will post pictures of his first birthday party, which was also his first real taste of sugar. It's a good thing I waited till he was a year....he's already addicted.

Yesterday Josh was released from the Bishopric. He served for 22 months in our student ward, which is really long in a student ward. It was a great experience for our family. It will be fun to have Josh sitting with us on Sunday - Benjamin has never had his dad sit next to him in our home ward. But we will miss it. We are so grateful for the memories we have and for the wonderful friendships that we now have. We truly are members of the church of Jesus Christ and it is perfect. In every calling we both have been blessed and also refined to be better people. Thanks to all for your love and support...always. We are surrounded by great people!

THE most AMAZING water slide - EVER!

This past Saturday our ward had an activity out in Weston, Idaho. That is where the Nash's live, Jessie Hylton's parents, and they have this amazing water slide! Seriously, it's incredible - these pictures just don't do it justice. Our ward went out there for a rockin' good time!


As you can see in these pictures, Benjamin LOVED the pool that Grandma Nash put up! There are also some pictures of us going down the slip and slide, our Bishop going down, and crazy Mike Hylton with 3 inter-tubes around him. Next we have a video of Josh taking Benjamin down the slide...

It probably would have been better if I had taken Benjamin down first - Josh went a little fast down the slide. Benjamin wasn't a huge fan, but then again he was very tired. It was fun, nonetheless!

THANK YOU JESSIE AND MOM AND DAD NASH!!!

by the way, there's another "new" post down below.

Our visit to Casper - AKA God's Country!

In August we had the opportunity to go to Casper. The last time we were there was when Benjamin was 1 month old - so it had been a while. Evan and Ashlee also came from Littleton. We had a lot of fun spending time with family. As you can see in one of the pictures, there were deer that visited my parents neighbors - no, they don't live in the country or anywhere close to it. We also got to go up to "The Falls" in Casper and took some fun pictures. Benjamin also got to take a bath in Nana Howard's famous sink! All the grandkids get baths in that sink and it wouldn't be a trip to Nana Howard's without it! To see the pictures larger, just click on the collage - that way you can see Josh and Ashlee's fun faces! 

 

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

This is Benjamin's new favorite position. I had to capture it with the camera because he likes to stay there for a couple of minutes at a time. He cracks me up!

B-B-B-BENNY, Benny and the Jets...

We were at my sisters this weekend and Benjamin's cousin, Addison, had these awesome Ariel glasses. We just had to put Benjamin in them. Can you tell that he is just thrilled to death? Josh says that he looks like a baby Elton John - hence the Benny and the Jets song. Yikes!

The 3 best years of my life!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JOSHUA AARON!

I LOVE YOU!!!!

10 months and growing

Here are some pictures of our sweet little King Benjamin. You can't tell, but he has 4 teeth! You can kind of see some of them in the pictures. As you can tell Benjamin loves his bath time and he also loves his monkey and we often find him asleep with the monkey on top of him. He also loves to sit in front of the refrigerator and play with the letters. He's so much fun. At his 9 month appointment he was 18 lbs 15 oz (35th percentile) and very tall - as the doctor put it. They always do an imprint of his feet on a card and the doctor was amazed by his big feet! So, Josh is happy that we have a tall boy. Benjamin has already signed a contract with the Boston Celtics. He's so much fun and is starting to mimic a lot of things. He also likes walks with mom and Aunt Jessie, and he loves bread...just not a lot of it all at once. I had to sweep some out of his throat the other night because he was choking on it. SCARY! But all is well here in Zion, er, Logan. Every day is Zion with my boys! Yes, I meant that to be cheesy and sappy!