Bela Girl

This is what we have to do to stay cool in AZ...wear as little clothes as you can (for Benson that's usually a lot less than the rest of us) and suck on popcicles. Or just stay inside and hide in the pantry.. or go through daddy's wallet. So fun! THe funny things that entertain 2 year olds..

Finally...here's some pics of the house. We're pretty sure we've found our home for awhile.. THis is my favorite part...the park right next to us! it's soo close! Now I just need it to be under 110 to be able to use it. Soon, or I might go crazy. This is Bensons favorite room..go figure. His playroom! He loves it. He plays so good in it all by himself. And he loves his coloring table. Here's Bensons room. Complete with Benson. He's sleeping in his crib in this picture. I painted it brown a couple weeks ago...it's fun, but still a work in progress. As soon as he gets his big boy bed we'll be able to use the bedding (that goes with the brown and the surf theme) that's on the chair in this pic. Here's the family room and kitchen. We've slowly been adding furniture, and it's coming along. Now we just need to replace our bite size tv with something to fill the hole. In time...

Jobs I've had: 1) Limited Too 2) Hostess/Waitress at Tony's in CA 3) Mentor/Advisor at Rise Inc. in Provo 4) 3rd-5th grade Special Ed Teacher Places for weekend getaway: 1) beach 2) beach 3) beach 4) beach Movies I can watch over and over: 1) I am Sam 2) The other sister 3) any harry potter movie 4) Life is Beautiful Guilty Pleasures 1) Oreo Pizookie from BJ's 2) People Magazine 3) shopping 4) browsing through Target Places I've Lived: 1) Mission Viejo, California 2) Belo Horizonte, Brazil 3) Provo 4) Gilbert What I thought when I first saw my significant other: Tanner sorta stocked me at first...I was a little scared. We had the returned missionary portuguese class together (it was my very first class at BYU..not a very good idea.) I think he thought it was kinda cool that I was young and spoke portuguese. He was and still is all about brasil, so he was into that. so my thoughts were... 1) "Is he behind me again?" He used to try and talk and walk with me aft...

I love these pictures...you can just see them amazement on his face. This was by far his favorite ride (it's a small world), and when it was over he kept saying 'more'. This was always my favorite ride when I was little and I'd want to go on it again and again. It's amazing how when you're older, you realize how cheesy and ghetto the ride really is, but it's so magical when you're little. Our little Edie girl has moved so far away from us, and Benson is sad. He loves his cousin. They had fun together at Toon Town. We walked over to the dumbo ride, and I went to get him out and he was OUT. He was so exhausted, so our day ended a little early. It was so fun though. I have always loved disneyland, and it was so fun to take my little one there and see the wonder and pure excitement of it all through his eyes.

Where do I start? We've been up to lots lately...we're finally moved into our lovely new house and we LOVE it! We love the house, the neighborhood, and the ward, and benson especially loves his backyard. I'll post some pictures when I take some..a couple people have asked to see it. I'm really slow at this (if you havn't noticed), but I'll get some up. In between packing, moving, and unpacking, we've managed to squeeze in lots of time in California. My grandpa passed away last month so I went home for awhile to be with my mom and family and attend his funeral. It was an amazing funeral, my grandpa was an incredible person. It was a really good trip, with lots of time to reflect and be with family. And Benson discovered his most favorite thing in the whole world to do...go to the beach. He'd cry when we'd leave after an entire day. I've never seen him be so happy.. and it made me the most happy. My boy loves the beach as much (or more) as...

So I'm a little slow at getting these pictures from our trip to hawaii up... I love it when life gets so busy that you really feel like there are just not enough hours in a day. That's how things have been for us and I love it! I don't like having too much time on my hands...I'm much happier when I'm busy. But it was soo nice to just relax and slow down in Hawaii. My sweet boy did so good with grandma. Everytime I'd call to check on him I'd hear laughing in the background. It was so nice to know he was having so much fun. Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa (and uncle stu, graf, and aunt julie!). Hawaii was so beautiful... We ate lots, went to a magic show, went zip lining (so fun) and just spent lot of good, quality time together. It was a perfect vacation... Now it's been back to life for us. We move in 2 weeks and have been busy getting ready for that. It's so nice to get neat and organized. I love to get rid of things..it's a great ...

I've done it again..and again. Bens and I just got back from spending almost an entire week in California and I didnt take one picture while we were there!! I even had my camera the whole time. And today we went to the zoo and I forgot to even take my camera! I got that unfortunate flaw from my mom...she never remembers to take her camera anywhere. Hence I have about 5 pictures of me under the age of 10 total. And a single 2 minute video clip of me. (she was great at everything else..:)) It's really kinda sad so I'm trying to do better with Bens...I'm still working on it obviously. These are just some random pictures since I have nothing really cool from our trip or the zoo to put on here... This isn't even our rocking chair..it's our neighbors but he loves it. They don't mind..:) He never wants to take a picture with me, and I really want one. I'll keep trying.