Temple Song

Ben loves to sing the "Temple Song."

ROAR!!!!!!

Here are some of our favorite Ben quotes for your enjoyment.
Some we hear everyday, and some were just one-timers, but still pretty funny!

"Hi pretty Brooklyn! Hi baby girl! Hi pretty girl! Hi pretty Brooklyn! Hi baby Brooklyn, glad to see you!"

"That's a great idea!"

"Sink is so beautiful!"
(Other beautiful things include bubbles, toys, puzzle, Christmas lights, crayons, bed, blankets....pretty much everything.)

(In the middle of Sacrament meeting)
"Go to sleep right now, Brooklyn."

Me: "Ben, are you ready to be happy now?"
Ben: "No, I'm still sadding."

"Thank you really much!"


(The second the closing prayer in sacrament meeting is over, as loud as he can)
"Go home!!!!!!!"

Some random lady on the train to Salt Lake: "What's your favorite TV show?"
Ben: "Price is Right!"

Me: "Ben, you're doing great!"
Ben: "Yeah, I'm doing great!!!!!!!"

Me: "Ben, would you like some macaroni and cheese?"
or "Ben, would you like to get in the bathtub?"
or "Ben, do you want some ice cream?"
or "Ben, are you ready for lunch?"
or "Ben, do you want to go outside?"
Ben: "No thanks, I'm too little!"

And his favorite one, the one we hear at least 20-30 times a day...


"ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!"

Christmas Fun!

Well, now that Christmas is over, here is our Christmas post. We had a fun Christmas season this year. Ben is finally big enough to be excited about Santa, snow, presents, Christmas lights, and more Christmas lights...

...so we took him to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square.

He loved it!!!!


He loved the lights so much, he even came up with his own "Christmas Lights Dance", which was pretty awesome!!!

We had fun too, even though it was FREEZING!!!


We caught the end of the nativity program they had by the Tabernacle, and McLain got this awesome picture with the Christus in the background.


Christmas morning was fun too. Brooklyn is just cute as ever.


And Ben was super excited to get out of bed and open presents.


At least we thought he would be!

Getting Festive!!

Well, we don't seem to take many pictures around here, but now that finals are finally over for McLain, we can fully invest ourselves in the Christmas season.

Decorations are in the process of going up...

Lights are being untangled...


Lights are burning out...

And Sheri learned how to make these yummy treats which McLain has since dubbed:
"Moose Poo Delights"

We are super excited for the 4 week long Christmas break (compared with the usual 3 weeks). Aside from McLain being able to work and save us from an untimely financial death, we don't know what to do with ourselves. With the cold, we might just stay inside and, well . . .










ya know . . .












SLEEP!

Happy Late Halloween!!

We had a fun Halloween season this year! Here are some of the fun things that we did...

One of the ladies in my ward taught us how to make these super cool bug cupcakes. So, when my sister Emily came to hang out with us one weekend, we attempted making them.

We had centipedes and ticks, and many other things.


But my favorite had to be Emily's creature. Can you guess what it is supposed to be?


If this is what you guessed, you were right...a scorpion!


We sure had fun!!!

We also went to the pumpkin walk with my sister, Julie and her husband, Doug, and their cute little boy Zach. Good times!

Like father, like son...


And now for the cute costumes.

At the ward party, we went as Peanut Butter and Jelly.
Ben was a Pea
Sheri was a Nut
Brooklyn was Butter
McLain was Jelly
We were Pea, Nut, Butter, and Jelly.
Sorry, no pics of that one.

But here are the cute kids on Halloween night.

Ben was a rugby player, and he loved going Trick or Treating.


And Brooklyn was a cute little bumblebee!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!