Mother Ben

For Halloween, Ben was a nun. And... well, that's really all I have to say. I'll just let the picture tell the rest. 

Oh dear. What did I get myself into? :P

Yikes! Accidents!

There was one weekend this past month when about a million accidents happened in town. And big ones, too. There was a car that rolled off the road over by the mall, a guy that got his foot cut off in a motorcycle accident, a semi truck hauling bees rolled on the freeway, and then there was this.. 

I know what you're thinking.. how did you get that close? Were you ambulance chasing? No, we sure weren't. This is right behind our apartment! I was so freaked out driving home from Ben's parents house that night when I saw the lights, because we hadn't heard about this wreck yet and I thought it was the semi that had been hauling the bees. I was terrified that our apartment complex was going to be surrounded by millions of bees! But no, this wasn't the bee accident. It was another accident involving a semi, and it happened because of the traffic backup that was a result of the bee incident. Although we weren't ambulance chasing, there were plenty of people who were. As we were standing outside taking pictures and just looking at all the fire trucks and ambulances, multiple cars drove up, asking us what had happened. At one point, the life-flight helicopter showed up and was trying to find a place to land. I was just watching and Ben was taking a video of it on his phone when we heard a voice yell, "EVERYONE INSIDE!" I looked over to the freeway and there was somebody in a light reflector vest yelling at us to get inside. So, we did as we were told. Only later did we find out that the person who yelled at us was none other than Russ Leavitt.. our brother-in-law. Needless to say, we felt pretty silly when we found that out. [:

Merry Christmas to Me!

So a few weeks ago, we got a bunch of ads in the mail, and there was a Wal-Mart one in the mix. On the front it said that they were bringing back their Christmas Layaway Program. I was just curious, so I opened it up. In the electronic sections, they had advertised a camera that I really want. It's a lot of money though, so I would never really ask for it for Christmas. But, that didn't mean I couldn't have some fun. So.. I did this...

Then I left it somewhere I was sure Ben would find it--on the keyboard of his laptop. I really just wanted to see what his reaction would be! He pretty much just laughed his head off at me until I told him that I was only kidding. I mean really, did he think I was being serious? The price of that stinking camera is more than the amount of our rent each month. Ha!

Ben's Birthday

On October 14, 2011 Ben turned 26! And he was a busy boy all day! He worked in the temple from 6am - 12pm (like he does every Friday), then met up with some buddies to play in their brass quintet. After they were done rehearsing he brought them over to our place and watched a couple of episodes of Pushing Daisies. Then he worked that night. I didn't get to see very much of him that day, but on Sunday we had cake and ice cream for him over at his parents house. I made his birthday cake, and it was a lot of fun to make! I took two white cake mixes, divided them into six different bowls, and used gel food coloring to create six different colors. Then I baked them and let them cool before stacking them and frosting the whole thing! I need to say thanks to Lyndee, because she was a big help in mixing up the colors and making the frosting!

I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful husband as Ben is. I'm really the luckiest girl in the whole world! He works really hard to provide for our little family, and is such a great example and inspiration to me. I love you Ben!

Experiments

We're just a couple of kids living in grown-up bodies. 

I'm growing an avocado tree..

And Ben is growing a potato plant.

Yep, we're definitely little kids. :]

Yummy!

A few weeks ago, I found a recipe for beignets, the dessert that Tiana makes on Princess and the Frog. I totally had to try it!

They are basically like a doughnut.. a rectangle doughnut. Haha You just mix up the dough, fry them in oil, and dust them with powdered sugar. They were really good!

There were a ton of them though.. we shared them with a couple friends and with the missionaries when they knocked on our door the next day! [: