popcorn and movie with dad = priceless

Dinner Entertainment

Last Saturday Mom came into town. We went to Cracker Barrell for dinner. Ben was hamming it up.

LumberJack Ben

It has gotten cold in Tn, well cold for Tn! Ben has a new jacket and hat he is sporting around. He kind of looks like he has puppy dog ears!

The bus got stuck. He was a bit irate.

Tower Building

The day after Thanksgiving Ben and I had a leasurly morning of car racing, puzzle solving, and mostly block building! I love that he loves blocks! We built 3 or 4 towers, a garage for his tonka cars and a number of other structures. This particular tower he did himself! he sorted out all the single blocks! He was so intense!

Turkey Bowl

Here are some pictures from the Jackson Ward Turkey Bowl. Only 9 guys showed up, but it still seemed pretty successful!

Give Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving! We are having a quiet holiday at home in Tennessee this year. I am too pregnant to travel, we will miss being in Texas with my fam, but we look forward to spending the day with our fam here in Jackson! We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and want all of our family and friends to know how very very much we love and appreciate them!!



This is my make-shift cornicopia, one mushroom gourd short thanks to a certain little house bassett!

This is the turkey ben made at story time on Tuesday. He had so much fun coloring and pasting!

... and this is my newest, and only, Thanksgiving Day decoration. Isn't he cute! Hope ya'll have a great day! More fun pics to come!

Bedroom Basketball

Talkin' about Sissy

Bedtime Bear

Ben got a new bedtime buddy on Saturday. This is one of those LED night lights that are soft plastic and can be moved around the room and charged during the day. It is a little polar bear. Ben really digs it. He is still figuring out how to turn it on.

Not Milk!

Yes! Ben IS actually drinking something besides milk! We went to Arby's for dinner Saturday night (we do alot of eating out when I am pregnant =} ) Matt got a Sobe Citris to drink and Ben REALLY liked it, so we got him his own little cup and straw and he went to town! It isn't often we get him to drink anything but milk!

Car Crash

What happens when you take a little boy that is late for his nap, been playing with friends, put him in his carseat, hand him his blanky and a pacy? Unconciousness, that is what happens, in about 2 miles! Gotta love the kid!

The Park

Last Sunday was Stake Conference and after Matt had worked nearly 80 hours we made the executive decission not to drive to Memphis for the meetings. It was an absolutely gorgeous day here in TN so we took the boy to the park to play. Mom isn't much fun at the park these days, so it was nice for Ben to have Dad there.

Mr Cool

Ben found his shades last week after an extended absence. He had a little trouble getting them on right to begin with, but once he figured it out he was all suave!

New Jammies

I worry about Ben getting cold at night. He won't let me tuck him in with blankies, he is usually awake for a few minutes after I/Matt leave him for the night. I had been going in and covering him up later, but one night he woke up on me and I spent a while getting him back to sleep. So, we have moved into our winter footie pajamas, thanks to awesome deals at Sam's! Ben wanted to show them off, so here you go!

Pumpkin Carving

Well, again the pictures loaded in reverse order. Oh well. Unfortunetly we did not get a single picture of the final product. It turned out pretty well too!

Piano Time

He loves to play the piano. We try to do a little piano time each day! It is really cute when he sings and accompanies himself!

Rain Gear

It is very important, or at least useful, when living in TN to have a good rain jacket. As it was pouring buckets last night Ben got to try out his new one. THanks Grammy! He was trying to figure out the zippers!

Lazy Sunday

The boy loves fruit and he loves his daddy. I got out a plum on Sunday to snack on. Ben asked for it and took it over to matt and they shared it! Got love that he likes healthy foods!