Draper Temple open house

I had Friday off of work, so Thursday night, mom and I drove out to Monica's to stay the weekend. On Friday we got up early and drove to Draper to go the the temple open house. We had such a great time, the temple was beautiful! I am so glad we got the opportunity to go. After the open house we went to lunch and went shopping, then went back to Moroni and spent the rest of the weekend with Monica, Dewey and Ellie.

Jazz!!

Last Friday we went out to the Jazz game with our good friends Miika and Brandon. They played the Nuggets and it was so much fun! They went down by 19 in the first half, so we were a little nervous, but they had a huge comeback in the 3rd quarter and won the game! We had a blast! We love our Jazz, and we're so glad we have friends who love them as much as we do!

After the game we dropped Miika and Brandon off at his dad's house and we went and stayed the night at Amanda's. We had fun playing with the girls on Saturday morning. They are cuties. Brilynn and Maycie put the twins in their doll strollers and were pushing them around the house. They were so cute! I can't believe they are already almost a year old, time flies!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Ben's birthday was on the 26th, and he turned 26! I can't believe we're getting so old! After I got off work we had dinner over at my mom and dad's with MiKell, Lee and Kaden and Grandma Monsen. Then we went up to his mom and dad's house for cake and ice cream with them and Dale and Shannon's family. It was a fun night for us, thanks everyone for helping us celebrate! Happy birthday Ben, I love ya babe!!

Weekend Getaway!

I know, three posts in one day, you're going to think I'm sick or something. Anyways....

On Friday I was at work and I called Ben and asked him what he wanted to do for the weekend. He said he wanted to get out of town (with his work and homework and everything he's been feeling really cooped up lately). So spur of the moment we decided to head out to Salt Lake. We got a room downtown, went to dinner, then just relaxed. The next day we went shopping at The Gateway and just hung out for awhile and then headed home. It was such a fun, relaxing day, I'm so glad we went. I love spontaneous trips like this when we don't have a plan or a care in the world! I love my hubby, he's the best.

Valentine's Day

I'm late posting this but I still wanted to. The weekend of Valentine's Ben had to work so I asked Kaden if he wanted to have a sleepover with me. We had a lot of fun. On Friday night we went to the Uintah basketball game. He loves going and a lot of kids that Kyler was friends with are still playing so it's been fun to go watch some of their games this year. After the game we came home and baked some Valentine cookies and played some games on the computer. Ben got home around 11:00 and he and Kaden stayed up till 3:00 in the morning playing Monopoly. I went to bed about midnight. I like my sleep a lot more than I like Monopoly! We got up on Valentines morning and made some pink colored heart shaped pancakes and just hung out with Ben before he had to go into work. Thanks Kaden for being my cute little Valentine!

Ice Fishing

Ben LOVES ice fishing. He's had several opportunities to go this year with either his friend Brandon or his brothers and his dad. A couple of weeks ago he, Dan and Dale went up fishing on Steinaker. They always have a blast, and I'm glad they have something they all enjoy that they can do together.

Disneyland!

Okay, so I've seriously been slacking on my blog lately. December was so busy, and all this month I've been waiting for things to slow down and they just haven't! For Christmas we went to Disneyland! We left on the 22nd and came home on the 28th. It was so much fun! It was just Ben and I, and his parents. It was really fun spending time with them. We spent the 22nd through the 25th going back and forth between California Adventure and Disneyland. I loved the huge Christmas trees in both parks! The parks were so pretty decorated for Christmas! There were amazing fireworks above the castle every night. It was so much fun, I love going at Christmas time! The lines are shorter and the Christmas spirit is amazing! We also ate at fabulous resturants every night. The first night, we ate at the Blue Bayou, which is inside the Pirates of the Carribbean ride. It was an awesome atmosphere. I didn't take any pictures in that resturant, but these are some in a yummy italian one we ate at on Christmas Eve.On Christmas morning we went to "Goofy's breakfast" in the Disneyland Hotel. A bunch of the characters come around and and visit you while you're eating, and sign autographs for the little kids. It was really fun. We also got to call and talk to Kyler for a minute that morning. He is doing great and loving his mission. I was so glad I was able to talk to him since we weren't home!
The day after Christmas we went to Knottsberry Farm. It was awesome! I had never been there before and I'm so glad we went. They have some really fun, crazy rides!
The our last day we spent at Disneyland and California Adventure, taking it easy and just making sure to hit all our favorites again. It was such a fun vacation!