disneyland

a few weeks back ben and i met up with my family in southern california for a little disneyland adventure. 

seriously, that place  will never get old. never. 

it was so good to see my family and to introduce ben to the magic that is disney.

he hadn't been since he was 5 and his only memory of disneyland was crying on the teacups. 

naturally, we had to change that.

also, because i'm pregnant i couldn't ride some of the best rides. so i ate my weight in disneyland churros instead. it was fantastic:)

we forgot our camera so thank you mr. iphone for capturing our vacation...

 

ps. my mom was with us too. but somehow i have no photographic evidence of this. 


happy monday!

guess what?!

...we are SO excited!!!

recent obsession

as you can tell by my lack of blogging, journaling is not my strong suit. 

so one of my new years resolutions this year was to improve on my journaling. 

and then i found this!

i LOVE it. 

it's seriously so easy and it gives you something to look back on. 

you write one line a day for five years and voila!...a five year memory book. 

plus i love that i will be able to see what i did on the same day over a five year span. 

i highly recommend!

a very merry christmas

i am fairly certain i am breaking every rule in blog land by blogging about christmas in...march. 

but this is happening. it is still snowing outside so i feel justified in my decision.

for christmas we went down to fresno to spend christmas with my family.

it was so great to be home for a while...and to watch ben experience some of our family traditions for the first time. 

he's never done pj's on christmas eve. am i the only one that thinks that weird?

needless to say, it was a blast!

update via instagram

disclaimer:

i thought i posted this post weeks ago but just found it sitting in my drafts. 

whoopies. 

oh well. better late than never. and since it is a bit late i have added a few christmas pics from my phone. 

therefore, chronologically, this post wont make much sense. 

we've been gearing up for christmas recently...

i've stocked up on fall candles and all the christmas scentsy scents. 

{i managed to score 80 dollars worth of bath and body candles for 30. best 30 dollars i've ever spent}

we've watched elf at least 4 times and our tree has been up for almost a month. 

it's so pretty. 

we just have to make it through this week then miss samantha is coming to stay for a few days then we are all piling into the car and making the drive to california for christmas!

other than that things have been fairly busy around here. 

ben and i have both been working, ben has started studying for the gmat (which will be taking a lot of his time. boo.) and we have been busy trying to get our christmas shopping dunzo.

here are a few pictures of life lately.

* (1) nutella cupcakes, (2) flowers and peeps (the key to any girls heart), (3) me n' stans,  (4) cousin bonding time,  (5&6) babysitting the kiddos, (7) first snow, (8) ward turkey bowl, (9,10,11,12) enjoying christmas, (13&14) samantha visiting, (15) keeping it classy for christmas eve dinner, (16) passed out after opening presents, (17&18) temple square, (19&20) gav trying to be like his uncle benny.

ps. thanksgiving was amazing. 

so much, in fact, that i forgot to document it. 

sore subject. 

but we spent this year with the webb family.

we ate ourselves into a food coma, played lots of games, and enjoyed the company of family and friends all day. 

even though i did not capture any pictures i did manage to document this...

i like to call this the thanksgiving rumble.

we hope that everyone is enjoying this holiday season and the opportunity that it provides to reflect on what we are most grateful for:)

the birthday boy

happy 24th birthday to my wonderful husband and best friend. 

i love you more than anything and am so happy you are in my life. 

{image via instagram}

it's baaaack

our internet that is. 

it took a two month hiatus.

not gonna lie, it was pretty rough not having internet. 

kind of awesome to not have the distraction, but mostly rough. 

anywho, i forgot about this little blog of ours. 

it's been neglected, the poor thing. 

lots has happened since our last post.

we had our first snow (which luckily did NOT stick).

fall ARRIVED!!! 

halloween came and went. we were super heros. ha.

kim kardashian got divorced... 

(which now makes me feel terrible for making ben sit through four hours of her wedding special).

horkleys changed their name. i'm devastated to say the least. read more here.

ben and i found out we could go to fresno for christmas. i almost peed my pants. 

i got my beloved iphone back. i finally succeeded in convincing ben to switch carriers. plus we get a discount because i am in the social work field (jigga jigga whaaat?)

and i got a new job. 

so it's been a good couple of months and i am kind of falling in love with my little life here in idaho.

i now work for a company called rehabilitative health services. i work with adults who have moderate to sever mental illnesses. sounds kind of freaky at first, and for the first two weeks i may have come home crying each night. BUT now that i am getting the hang of things i am truly loving my job. i have about 12 on my case load so they definitely keep me busy busy.

the benjer is loving his job as well. and he does such a great job.

our home is slooooowly making progress. 

slowly. we get around to a new project once every few weeks so it will be a while until the decorating progress comes to an end. mainly, i just love having a place to truly call home with ben. besides my parents house. because, let's be honest, that will always be home.

welp. here are a few pictures from halloween! we had so much fun taking some of our nieces and nephews trick-or-treating. 

ben's parents also had a pumpkin carving contest at their house. our mickey pumpkin didn't work out so well. oh well..next year we'll carve something cool. 

and the last few pics are from our night babysitting cute little gavin. can't get enough of that boy.

p.s. i am SO excited about christmas this year! i am dying. i can't wait to get our christmas tree. 

and is it weird that  i really want the justin beiber christmas cd?

because i do. 

happy wednesday blog friends.