Happy Birthday Meags!

Okay, I hope you know how much I love you. I just got home from the ball and came upstairs after sending home the babysitters and laid down on my bed. It took me ten minutes to get up and take off my dress and take my hair down. I got all cozied up in my jammies and was pulling back the sheets when I realized that today was not just "Ball Day" but also my sister's b-day. I have looked all over the house for our vonage phone but I can't find it and I can't page it because if it wakes up Ellyn I may have to kill myself. What I'm trying to say is that although it kind of feels like I just ran a marathon (as close as I can guess having not run one myself) I still got up to call you and now, in desperation, blog you. So here is your little b-day message:

I hope you have a wonderful day. I am so happy you were born. I still remember the evening mom and dad brought you home from the hospital. I remember looking at your umbilical cord and being worried that something so ugly was on my new baby sister. You and all of our siblings are my best friends(this includes my husband- who is not my sibling). I felt you with me tonight as I pinned my hair up into the "mowhawk" (which worked fabulously by the way) and as I donned my jean jacket with my dress. I knew you'd be proud of me. You are one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out (tied for first with a select few). Thank you for ALWAYS being a supportive, fun, loving sister; my partner in crime on all of our family adventures with kids and no husbands. Have an exciting 20th year and know that you are loved. Love, me

ColoradoBennett

"I wanna give a shout out to all my hommies havin' birthdays." When I turned on the car this morning, Adam's radio station came on and this is what one of the cool young hipsters was saying. I'd like to say the same to Meagan and Mike. And Cole and Jan.
Jess, I'm sorry to hear about Tony's crash in the snow. I was driving on black ice the other night (see Adam's blog) in the worst winter conditions I've ever experienced. Meagan, your Christmas Tree pictures are wonderful! What fun, can't wait to see your tree and decorations. I have had three giant tupperwares in the living room since last Saturday, but I don't envision unloading them for a few more days. I did dig through and find all the Christmas outfits and I'm excited to get the kids all decked out. Sierra had a great time pulling out an old candy cane and chomping on it while I wasn't looking. I told her to throw it away, but instead she snuck a few more bites and said, "See mom, I'm not getting sick!" Poor little T is sick, and both of us are loosing a lot of sleep because of it. Not a lot gets done when you are walking around in sleep-deprived brain fog, even though I have more to do every minute. All the ward activities in December makes my head spin, but I think I say that every year and it always turns out perfectly wonderful. We've been invited to our first "Adult Only" Christmas Party and we are feeling very grown-up and special about it. I'm pretty sure Tristan is going to think it is a pretty crappy idea, though. I'm really going to try again with the videos on the blog. We have some great ones from Ellynn's wedding, but I couldn't get it to work the other day and I just about went nuts trying.

I am so happy Geoffie

I started to tear up when I read your blog. I am so happy for you and proud of you. You are going to do great. So on December 4th you leave for 2 months? Will you be back for Christmas? Darla, let me know if you need anything while he is gone.

Meags, Happy Birthday a little early. I know I won't be on the internet tomorrow so I thought I would write this now. I hope you have a great day!

Mike, Happy Birthday a little late. I hope you had a wonderful day as well. I hope the ball went well, I am sure the decorations were wonderful.

Tony had a little run in with the snow as well. He left work last night at midnight and it had snowed about 2 inches, just enough to be very slick. He turned a corner and unfortunately the car didn't turn. He bumped into the curb and busted the wheel. Luckily it wasn't worse then that. Oh the woes of winter driving...I hate it.

I haven't done an ounce of Christmas shopping or decorating so that I what I am dedicating my Saturday to. My friend Cassie's baby shower is tomorrow so I will miss Michelle's (Jordan's fiance) shower, but I am looking forward to the wedding next week. Just a little side note, I can now feel the baby move. On Thanksgiving morning Tony and I definitely felt her and now I feel her all the time. It is wonderful. Oh, the other night we visited with our back door neighbors and found out they are in to home birth, they were full of information. It got me thinking but I am not sure if I am brave enough. That is all for now. I love you all.

Love Jess

povo bennett

so this is the new office. the erj 145. ground class starts monday in St. Louis. I still can't believe it. Of course since they're hardly paying me anything it must be true. I flew out to St. Louis on Monday and got in around 9:30pm. I slept fairly well that night which is a surprise but i know a lot of people were praying for me. The next morning I arose and headed over to the American Airlines training center where Trans State Airlines operates. As soon as I got there they handed me a test that I had to pass to continue. Following that I met with a panel of TSA employees. A chief pilot a check airman and a member of HR. They asked me some questions and I was able to answer even though my body was cramping up from nerves. They asked me to leave and then after a few minutes invited me back into the room. I sat down and they asked me to start Dec. 4th. I'm very happy to be taking a big step in my career. I only dread leaving my family especially with Darla pregnant. I figure I can't complain when I think about Brooke and anyone who's been involved in the military. Two months of ground and then I'll be sitting in one of those sweet birds. Thanks for all the support from everyone. Jordan I feel awful I will miss your wedding. Hope it goes smoothly. I'll write more later. mucho love

bg life

sorry, just a couple more. aren't they beautiful. they are perfect together!! i am so glad they are ours


 

bg life

here are a few from the wedding as well not any serious one, but they are dang cute


 

bg life

this is up picking out our chistmas tree. it was the most perfect day. the sky was the most perfect blue the pictures don't do it justice.


 

hey brooke

Brookie before I forget again and cory kills me will you email me your pictures from the wedding and reception.  I love you!!!!………meags

Seattle Bennett Living in Colorado

Well its been a while since my last confession, sorry, I have sinned a lot. One I always count on my wonderful wife to wish everyone happy birthday and while I never see the card assume that she threw my name in there somewhere. Two while I have read many blogs about the fun wedding it was no Disneyland so Brind maybe keep that one in mind, not that you should get married in Disneyland but maybe at the nearest temple.

That being said I want to wish Mike a happy late birthday, I look forward to the time when you will live near to us again and I can drive over to your house for a quick random visit like we use to have in Issaquah after the family left, those were the good old days. Not to steal Geof.'s Thunder but congratulations on the new job he has been hired by a real live airlines and how great is that. I am so happy for you and your family you are on your way.

Well the storm that hit Utah the last couple of days has now wondered into Colorado. Mindi got into it pretty good on her ride home from the temple last night its about 25 miles south of us and by the time she left she not only got rush hour traffic but black ice and 12 car pile-ups.

So now I am sitting at home doing a little work and waiting for people to clear off the roads before I head south.

Love to All

Adam

mike's big day

Happy birthday Michael, I’m afraid I’ve waited so long to post that you will be in bed and your birthday over before you get to read this.  Anyways whenever you read this I want you to know how wonderful you are.  You take such good care of my sister and your girls.  What a special treat it was for you to send brooke for ellynn’s wedding.  None of us will ever forget that.  I hope you had a wonderful day.  I’m sure you are now just worrying about your ball that is only now a day away.  Even if everything goes wrong with the decorations I guarantee you guys will be the best looking couple and really isn’t that what it all comes down to.  (Especially in the army).  Live it up and enjoy getting another year closer to 40!

                    Love………..meags and gang

Geoffie George

Geof., just wanted you to know that our prayers are with you. I love you and I know you will do well. Just remember, you've done all that you can do and the rest is in the Lord's hands. If for some reason this doesn't work out (which I am confident that it will) it is only because the Lord has another plan for you. You are a good man, a good father, a hard worker, and you and Darla are always striving to do what is right. The Lord will bless you in your efforts. Don't stress, if that is even possible. We love you. Love, Brooke

utah bennetts

I wrote a blog yesterday but for some reason it was erased and I was too tired to re-type it. We just got back from Logan about an hour ago. Geof. had to run off to the airport to work until closing, so I put Dayne down for a nap and Cole is laying on the couch watching Superman (the old school cartoon). The poor little guy got pretty sick this weekend. He couldn't stop coughing last night so I sent him downstairs to watch movies with Geof. and my brother. We had a nice, relaxing weekend with them. It was just their fam and ours (oh, and my cousin Tyler). Most of the time I wanted to sleep (this pregnancy is killing me!), but my sis-in-law got me out of the house a few times for some nice walks. On one particular walk, we ran into some deranged cat who we thought might be rabid because he couldn't stand or walk straight. He kept trying to chase us but would fall over. It was pretty creepy. Hm...what else exciting happened? Not much. I only ate about 4 bites of the Thanksgiving feast and was stuffed. I really don't understand that about being pregnant either. So Brooke, your next couple days sound CRAZY!!! You're amazing. What an entertainer!! I wish we lived near you (in Germany of course). Your mom told me about your trip back to Germany-the flight, train, taxi. How long did that take you and were you just exhausted when you got back?!! How lame that EVERYONE's gonna be in WA. for xmas except us! Dang it! Alrighty. I gotta run. SOunds like you all had a wonderful holiday. We're doing pretty good. Geof.'s still his usual stressed out self and I can't wait to hear back about this job interview. Well, I guess we have to wait until he actually INTERVIEWS (Tues.). love you all! Darla

Bavaria

Funny that in our first four months over here I will be home twice and then who knows when. But... as most of you know we will be home for Christmas for sure. Mike picked up the tickets on Tuesday and we are all sooo excited. The girls are thrilled that they will get to see their cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles again. They aren't quite over missing them on a daily basis. I'm also so happy that Mike will get to be home with his family for the holidays. It has been so long for him and would have been so much longer if we stayed here and he is deployed next Christmas, which is most likely the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited as well but I'm spoiled and I love the excitement of my little family.

Things here have been crazy since getting back from the wedding- which I loved every minute of by the way. I'm so very happy that I was able to be there. What a blessing and what a wonderful family I have. Back to what I was saying-CRAZY- once I got home I had two days to get the house ready, decorate for Christmas and get Thanksgiving dinner put together for our family and two other families from Mike's work. I was stressed more than I would have been if it had just family or friends, but everything went smoothly. My turkey turned out fabulously, I love those oven bags. I also was able to use my very cool Christmas dishes that mom and I bought at Costco last year. Jess, I know Tony likes to have his Thanksgiving before his Christmas, but it just made everything a bit more festive.

So one major event down, one to go. Next week is the ball and due to a miscommunication between Mike and myself I'm not just assisting in embellishing the centerpieces the Convention Center is putting on the tables, I'm in charge of it AND decorating the whole reception area, which I had no clue about till yesterday (the reception area part). So it's like decorating for a wedding with five days notice. Luckily it's Christmas decor and I was able to go over with Mike yesterday and do a little planning. All the cocktail tables need center pieces, we're gathering all their plants into groupings and stringing them with lights, I'm decorating a few Christmas trees, doing something for the reception line area and doing the head table and calling it good. A little stress. Also I get to go alone to the ball because Mike has to be there the whole day. It's all good.

Well I have to go put my house together. We are having another game night tonight. Our little weekly weekend fun. There is just more to put together because yesterday instead of doing all the cleaning I should have, we went Christmas shopping. Yeah!!! Meagan, I fed my kids Thanksgiving desserts for dinner last night as well. Jane asked if she could have a turkey sandwich and I said yes, as long as she made it and cleaned it up. That's the kind of good mom I am.

Well I love you all. I'll write again, possibly after the ball. So wonderful to be with all of you. I love you. Love, me

Another surprise

So you were all surprised by the fact that Parker (Tony's brother) had gotten married, well here is another surprise for you...they are pregnant. They told us the other night. It was a honeymoon baby. She took an antibiotic while on the pill and oopsy daisy. We were all pretty shocked to say the very least. Kim is probably the most shocked however she is also excited because she never thought she would live to see her own children grow up let alone see her grandchildren. Our kids will be about 3 months apart. Crazy eh?

We went to a cabin in Oakley on Wednesday night and came home today. It was fun to get away for a few days. We were with Tony's family and the McKean family (that is Greg's family, Kim and Greg's mom Annelee are best friends so she is like a second mom.) It was really fun and both families get along really well so it works out. I hated being away from my fam because they were all together this year but what can you do. We found the keys to some four-wheelers at the cabin and had a wonderful time riding around through the mud and snow. I was soaked and muddy afterwards but it was worth it, right Elly!! Speaking of Elly, the wedding was a suc-cess! It was just beautiful and really great to see everyone.

I love you all

Love Jess

bg life

I cannot stand the silence any longer.  The splendor of Ellynn’s wedding has sustained us this long, but we need some renewing.  We had so much fun down there.  Having Brookie fly in was the icing on the cake.  We had a fib hang out session with Alicia and Kevin.  And our kids fell in love with my aunt Connie.  Wil was looking at a picture of the wedding party and stared naming people, he got through our immediate family then everyone else was aunt Connie.  He said, “I just love her berry, berry much!”.   We had a wonderful thanksgiving.  It was just mom, dad, Brinders, his new “friend” Julia, our friend josh, and our little family.  We ate at our house, which is rad, cause I have all the leftovers!!  And I got to use all my china.  I have been married for nearly 9 years and this is the first time I have been able to use it.  (Adam I don’t want to hear it.)  Mom and I went running at Lewisville Park in the rain.  It was totally quality.  I had to really talk her into it, she just wanted to do a road run, but once we started running she didn’t want to stop.  We heard a dogfight up on the trails after we had already done them (thankfully) and there was a women screaming and everything and mom wanted to go up and see all the excitement.  Cory put a picture of the family at the wedding as my backdrop on my desktop.  I said someone was missing and he couldn’t figure out whom, I said that Jason wasn’t in the picture.  He said it was because it was just the family.  “Funny, because you are in the picture, so are Mindi, Darla, and all the babies.”  I have decided not to make dinner tonight in stead we will just eat leftover deserts, not even left over food, that would be to responsible and this is my day off.  Mom is pulling to have me drive down to Jordan’s wedding with her, but I can’t imagine putting my babies back in the car.  And my big kids can’t miss any more school.  If fact walking Jackson to his class room on my first day back I was wept back to my childhood days and quickly reminded why I hated school so much as his teacher reminded me just how much school he has missed already.  I felt like saying, “yes ma'am, sorry ma'am”.  But I was strong, smiled with my head held high and turned and walked away.  Hope you all had a great thanksgiving and have a great weekend.  Love to all, blog on my family……………….me    

Meags

You might not get this before you leave but if you do, give me your opinion. Never mind, I will bring my three pairs of black heels because I have room- no diapers etc... and we can see. I just don't think any of them will look right with grandma's dress. I will also bring something else to wear. I don't feel badly not matching (there isn't a line anyway right?) I just want to be there.
Can't wait to see you all. Love, me

bg life

Brookie, sorry I have no shoes for you, but elly might have something.  I’m sure we can figure something out.  I love you, can’t wait to see you.  Oh wil was so excited he thought sadie was coming.  Loves………………me

..winter, ugh

It's here. Fall is over. Snow covers the mountains and you know that "chilled to the bone" feeling will be here until March. Not that I'm complaining, at least I have a million things to look forward to. That's what's nice about the holidays. It's Jan. and Feb. that get to be hard. We should plan something fun for those months as well. (: Poor Cole is so much like me. As soon as we get home from Disneyland he's asking when we're going back. I always have to have something to look forward to. My VT came over today and boy is that fun trying to keep my kids happy while listening to a spiritual lesson at the same time. Fortunately, although my VT has only girls herself, she also is the oldest girl with 5 younger brothers, so she really understands my frustrations with Cole. Most of the time she spends entertaining Cole, relieving me from that stress. So I studied like crazy for my Bio. test last week thinking I had blown it not bringing my book to Disneyland. So on Thurs. of last week, I cart my kids over to my friends house, and then continue to ride my bike up to UVSC in the freezing cold wind, so I can study for an hour more and then go into take the test. When I went up to the desk to get my test however, they told me the test wasn't until next week (this thurs.). Lame! But looking at all that's going on this week, I'm guessing it's a blessing that I was prepared so hopefully I won't have to do much studying today and tomorrow before my test. Dayne fell off the toilet while watching me brush my teeth and fell face first onto the edge of the door. She split her lip open and was inconsolable for a good 30 min. Poor baby. And of course Cole's having a "I don't like Dayne" day so the extra attention toward her really angered him. :( Geof. has been doing 11-12 hr. days at the airport which suck for me but at least this way we can continue to pay our bills (hopefully). well I have to run and finish the dishes. Can't wait to see all of you at A. Jack's on Thurs. night. Brookie, I talked to Ellynn about Jason and she said he's a lot like Mike: he's a computer nerd, but also loves the outdoors. So anything Mike would like, that's what Jason'll like too. We can't wait to see you!!

bg life

I feel like there is so much to tell and so much to comment on that I will never be able to do it all so I have been avoiding getting back on here.  Disneyland was everything I dreamed it would be.  Except that I had to share Ellynn’s attention, but Jason is worth it.  We are excited to have him as part of the family!  I think I could move to LA just so I could be near the happiest place on earth.  Two mornings Darla, Brind and I ran around down town Disney, the front gates and the perimeters of the parks.  I was just so excited I could wait for them to open.  Bennett loves Jackson and Bennett loves wilohm bennett loves hazel.  That was Bennett’s addition to the blog.  I need to clarify, Bennett typed that whole thing herself, Cory didn’t believe me but she did.  I was making dinner and she was going to town.  Mindi you are amazing with the whole video thing and the audioblog.  Boy, Adam sure did get himself a smarty-pants.  Cory is reading over my shoulder so I can’t type, so now I am going to take him out running so I can feel better about myself.  Well I thought we were going running, but her just plopped down in the rocker so I will keep on keeping on with this baby.

Well now it’s Sunday so I didn’t really get to keep going.  We spent the afternoon up at the Allen’s and now we are home just long enough to fry up some taco meat to take up to mom’s.  Cory says he feels like a stovetop commercial.  Brooke I think you and I had the exact same thing at the exact same time.  Did you use my fork?  Wow the holidays feel like they have already started and I just want to put everything in slow motion.  We had a lesson on being thankful for hands in nursery, which last all of 4 ½ minutes.  Those little babies crack me up.  None of them are even 2 yet but they all know how to fold their arms and close their eyes.  I can’t believe how fast they learn.  All the pictures are great and I can’t wait to see you all in a couple of days.      

ColoradoBennett

It took me about three hours, but I finally figured out how to post a video! Whhooohoooo.

Storybook Ride

ColoradoBennett

Thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday. It was wonderful. Adam has gotten very good at spoiling me. Speaking of spoiling, we are hanging out at Gram and Pop's today. Gram got a new treadmill with a TV in it and so I showed up this morning with my running clothes on. I didn't even bother to change the girls out of their pjs 'cause I knew Gram would have a good time getting them ready for me. I ran two miles and then took a nice shower alone (which is a big deal). I told Gram and Pop they were running a fantastic day spa: good workout equipment, clean showers, and outstanding childcare. Fortunately they have a good sense of humor. I finished drying my hair and brushing my teeth by 1 p.m. (after Pop took Sierra out to run errands and Kaia was down for a nap). Gram laughed and said, "Bet you'd never thought you'd see the day that it takes you until one in the afternoon to get ready." True that. I think I heard Meagan say once that it is her goal to be showered and clean by the time Cory gets home from work. She runs a heck of a lot more miles than I do so I can see how that would be a reasonable goal.

darla

ooh Brookie..how exciting?!! What do I want from Germany? um, anything. Anything German-jewelry, clothing, art, something quirky. I don't know. Anything under $20 I guess (: As for Jason, I'll have to get a hold of them. This week has been crazy busy for me and I'm sure for the engaged couple as well. We don't see them as much as we'd like. But I WILL try to get a hold of them. Hope all is well. love Darla

Happy Birthday Mindi

We hope you have a great day!!! We love you and can't wait to see you. You are the nicest ol' gal on the block. (That's from Dennis the Menace, we love that show.)

Love Jess and Tony

MINDI!!!! HAPPY DAY TO YOU. We LOVE and Admire you sooo much. We do wish you were closer so we could see you more. have an awesome day. love, the utah bennetts

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINDI!!

Okay, I can't get you on the phone so I am posting to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY." I love you and hope you have a wonderful day. Can't wait to see you next week.

love, Brooke

happy birthday mindi

To the birthday girl I wish a day of beauty and peace.  Two things that is hard to come by as a mother of three tiny ones.  We had so much fun with you this last week that I wish our time together could last all year round.  Oh that distance between our two lives.  We all love you and are so glad you were born!!!!
                                                 Love……….meags & gang

Ps now I have to try and catch up on the blogs

Question

Darla, I need to know what you would like for Christmas. Also, if you would ask Ellynn to ask Jason (unless either of them read the blog regularly). There might be something here that he wants me to find before I come and we will be going to the big city this weekend. Otherwise it will be our choice!!!

Okay, that covers it. Blog out. Brooke

P.S. Cameron, I do want to go visit the K- Sea as well. I've seen beautiful pictures.

Ellynn's shower

Hey to everyone. Hope you're having a good week. Just wanted to ask a favor from each of you. Or at least those of you going to Elly's shower. We're all gonna either bring a dish (something bridal shower-ish) or a "chocolate" dessert. If you have any q's, let me know. Thanks! luv, Darla p.s. The shower is Thurs. Nov, 16 @ 6:30. You guys are great. Thanks! Darla

ColoradoBennett

Adam came home early to vote now he is off to Costco and he took Sierra with him. So I'm down to two kids and both are asleep. I should be off folding laundry, but instead I cannot resist the blog. Disneyland was fantastic. My family is shocked and abhorred that we would let Sierra go on rides like the Hollywood Tower of Terror. But that is just one of the many differences between the way my family travels and the way the Bennetts travel. A friend in the ward is a die hard Disneyland fan and she was blown away by the fact that we spend five days, open to close, on the park. It is beyond human, led by the superwomen Meagan and LeAnne. Our day at the beach was great too. Except we got lost for an hour or so, had to pay 30 bones to get into the beach, had to walk 4.2 miles to get the water, and had McD's ice cream afterwards. I'm not complaining, just reminiscing. It was wonderful to be able to bless Tristan with so many family members there. He looked so awfully cute in the same little outfit that Adam was blessed in.

Bavaria

Okay, after recalculating, the weight would be closer to 500 and something. We aren't a small family.

Jess, the Candy Mountain video is weird to the point of demented. Sadie really loves it. She doesn't understand obviously. Tell Little Kev we hope he's feeling better. How nice to have family to do something like that. The whole trust issue is big with me after my back. I love that you are doing the nursery brown and pink. Hey, if you're wrong it can be a boy named Indy after Indiana Jones and you can change all the pink to light blue.

Nothing much going on here. A weekend of being sick and bad weather. Jane, Sadie, and I stayed home from church on Sunday. We all felt terrible. Mike took Ellyn so that I could get some rest, plus she loves nursery. Jane stayed home from school yesterday but felt well enough to go today. Sadie and I felt good again by yesterday, just kind of low energy for the last couple of days.

Jane doesn't have school the rest of the week, hopefully we won't have too many wet days. I have to get used to bad weather and staying in the house all the time. Everything in town really closes down by 6:00 every night. No trips to Target or Chili's, kind of an adjustment. I have about a million appts. during the day this week and they are all at the same time. I have Ellyn's autism support group meeting at the same time as my German class and the arrival of Mike's household goods from Korea. Thursday, Jane's parent teacher conference is at the same time as Ellyn's therapy and I didn't get a chance to change it because Jane came home with the sheet today instead of yesterday. Hopefully I'll get that changed around or Mike can go to one or the other. I was supposed to have a presidency meeting Friday morning but that's been cancelled. We are going to try to go to Prague Monday I think. We are excited. The girls and I are going to the pool again on Thursday. We went last week with our friends and they loved it and so we are all going back again this week. The kids have so much school off this month it is absolutely unreal.

Cam, we didn't go to any other castles that day. We were kind of just doing a recon of the area. There is a great military resort near there and I think we will try to go out again this spring with Mike's parents and do more. That area is so beautiful and I can't wait to spend some time there. Your family is so cute by the way. Now, you are leaving for California the day of Ellynn's wedding or did I get that wrong?

Okay, that catches you all up on my uneventful life this week. It is true, by the way, Mike bought me a ticket to Utah for Ellynn's wedding. He asked me how often she plans on getting married and told me sisters need to be there for sister's weddings. He was able to get two of the days off work and my friend Marianne is watching them Monday. So, if you're wondering, my husband is way up on my favorite list. I couldn't have anyone better. Can't wait Ellie Boo. While Meagan's milk is amazing, my expiration date is still a few days short, but it is the most exciting way ever to measure time. Just wait till your pregnant or your husband's coming home from somewhere.

I love you all. Take care and see you soon. Love, me

Hey C.Dog- Would too fit. Mike said so. So there!

What's an extra four hundred lbs. to a little storybook boat?

3 words...

WHAT. A. BLAST.

Another great trip with a great family. More pics are bound to come. And Brooke, it wasn't really that fun.

OK, maybe it was. But at least we could all fit in the boat.

c.dog.

BEST WEDDING PRESENT EVER!!!

Yesterday i got the best phone call ever! Brooke is coming to the wedding!!! oh brookie, i'm so excited! i can't tell you how happy it makes me that you will be here! jason is way happy too. probably not as much as me but..
so things are crazy as ever. today was my day off of school and work but i almost think i would have rather been doing that than running all the errands i had to do. i went to 3 fabric stores and still couldn't find the material i wanted for the center pieces! i'm so mad. but i think jason and i finally found an apartment! we find out in the next couple days if we got it. we've been looking forever and just haven't been able to find anything in our price range that didn't either make me nervous about getting murdered in my bed or make me wish i would be murdered in my bed. this place in an answer to prayers so everyone cross your fingers that we get it. time is flying by! 12 days. actually jason has a count down on his computer and according to that its 11 days 8 hours and 13 minutes! i worry about having everthing ready but i think it will all come together. i've got a good team working with me. well that's about it. it was great to get caught up on the blog. i had no idea about tristans story or meagan thinking she's incompitent. meagan, i could kick you! did you ever know that you're my hero, the wind beneath my wings, everything i wish i could be? well it's all true. the same goes for all of you. i honestly thank my lucky stars... and my heavenly father everynight for the most amazing family ever. extended, immediate and soon to be. i'm so lucky! k take care you guys. i love you more than my luggage.
elly

Jessica

Cam, it is great to hear you are back in the house. We drove by the other day and saw lights on and I was so happy for you guys. The halloween pictures are great.
Brookie, I checked out Mike's family blog and saw all the pics, they are adorable. I also watched all the funny videos that were posted. The candy mountain one was very strange and yet I couldn't stop watching it, I had to see the ending which turned out to be pretty funny. Tony had shown me the Weird Al video before, it is funny. Lyd is in Munich until this Wednesday. I am not sure if she gets to sight see at all or if it is all business. I hope she gets out a little bit. The friends I told on Monday are just my ward friends so I really only see them on Sundays and I have been doing a pretty good job of keeping my stomach sucked in although I am getting to the point where it is hard so in the last few days it has been poking a bit. Only about 5 people in my ward know and I think only Joey at work knows but the word will be out fairly soon. I told my best friends when I was around 2 months along. We went to the sonographer and she is pretty sure it is a girl as well but still didn't have a great view, I guess she is quite modest. We are just going to go for it and paint the nursery...we are going with chocolate brown and pink and Ton has some crazy things he wants to do with it. We are doing wainscoating (I have no idea how to spell that, it is bead board) half way up the wall and then we are painting the rest. It should be cute. Tony said all the freaks came out on Halloween while he was at the hospital, he has some pretty whacked stories too. Sometimes I can't handle them especially while we are eating.
Well Little Kev had his gallbladder removed on Thursday. He has been having severe pain for the past few months and when he called his surgeon uncle on Wednesday to make an appointment he said he could do it the next day. He is doing well and has been taking it easy the last few days, he said he already feels better.
Meags, I forgot to tell you, I already do that thing where I see a date and think about the baby. We were at the movies and there was a preview for a show that would be out Spring of 2007 and I thought, I will have the baby by then. It is fun to do.
Elly, I got your wedding announcement, I love it. You look beautiful, it is a great picture of both of you. I love the brown, it is just an elegant annoucement, I love it.
I love you all and can't wait to see a lot of you soon. Love Jess

Crabb's

We had a great Halloween other than it was so cold outside that the girls didn't last too long Trick or Treating. Im not complaining though. Harley wanted to be a Bride and Liza was a little Witch. I'm not sure what Beck was but it was cute. Alisha had brought over a little halloween outfit that was black with glow in the dark paw prints on the front and it had a tail on the back. Really cute. Well, we are back in our house and we are so excited. Even the girls are happy to be home with all of their things. It will take us some time to get everything put back together. About the time we do it will be time to take down all of the everyday decorations and start decorating for Christmas. I told Monica we would have the house decorated right before Ellyns wedding. We leave for California that day and I want the house ready for Christmas when we get home that next weekend. Monica just shakes her head at me but it will be fun decorating. I got a new Nativity set this year for my birthday and we have bought several more Santa's. The trick will be figuring out where to put it all. Anyway - there's the update for the Crabbs. Can't wait to see all of the pictures from the "Happiest Place on Earth".

Cam

P.S. - Brooke, after you went to Neuschwanstein Castle did you go to any of the others like Linderhof? I was there on a foreign exchange in high school and got to see all of those places. If you get a chance you need to go to Konig Sea(spelling?). Neat place to go hiking.