Ben, Marcie and Brooklyn

Friday, August 26, 2011

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day we had our annual gathering up at the cemetery with the Monsen's to visit Grandpa's and Linda's graves. Then Ben, Brooklyn and I went over to see the graves of his Grandpa Rex and Grandma Mae.

Biggest Loser

Ben was in the "Biggest Loser" contest at work. The contest ran from the end of January until the end of May. Ben has won this contest twice before and the prize is usually cash. This year the prize was an XBox 360 with Kinect. He wanted it so bad and was really dedicated to losing his weight. He WON! He lost a total of 50 pounds!! I was so proud of him, and he's done really well to keep it off this time around.

This picture is just from last Christmas

BEFORE:

And these two pictures were taken at his work BBQ the day they announced the winner!

AFTER:

Doesn't he look great!! :) Way to go sweetie!

We had a dance party at our house to celebrate with the new Kinect! It's so much fun! Sorry Amanda and John, you're the only two I took pictures of for some reason!

Family Pictures

When Ben's sister, Amanda and her family were out in Vernal for Memorial weekend, she took some family pictures and did some one year old pictures of Brooklyn. I thought they turned out so cute. She is really talented. These were all taken in our backyard! Thanks again, Amanda, we love you!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Brooklyn-1 year old!

Brooklyn turned one on April 22nd. I can't believe how fast that year went by! Everyone says that time flies when you have kids but now I know how true it really is. I have loved every moment of being a mom, I love this little girl more than words can say! She truly is the light of my life!! What a special blessing it has been to have her in our home!

I made Brooklyn's cupcakes the night before her birthday party, so I let her try one out for practice for the big day! She LOVED it!

Cute little birthday girl!

Birthday Party!

We had Brooklyn's birthday party at the Naples park on the day after her birthday. The people who came to help us celebrate were: Ben's mom and dad, Dale and Shannon's family, MiKell and Lee's family, my mom and dad, Grandma Monsen, and Donald. Sherry had to work that day. It was hard for some of the other people we invited to make it because it was on Easter weekend. We were so grateful for all those who came! We served a little lunch, then had Brooklyn open her presents, and then let her tear into her cupcake. It was freezing cold, it was raining on and off and the wind was blowing pretty good the whole time, so we made it pretty quick, but it was still a really fun day.

At first she didn't really want to touch her cake, and she was just staring at everyone like she was wondering why we were all watching her. Once she ate a little frosting and realized what it was, she tore into it and loved it!