Jamir's brother got married the Tuesday before Christmas, so Jamir took off the entire week so we could go to Utah and see his siblings and then spend some time in Elko before we headed home. It was a fun trip. It felt long after a while from being away and Ben does not travel well. We were busy doing fun things, but he missed his nap most days and could not relax (cousin playing time) enough to sleep well. So he was grumpy a lot. But it was fun to see Utah again and family.
We went to Elko for short stop Saturday night and then Sunday headed out to go to church with Jamir's brother. We had a Christmas exchange that night with dinner. Monday we took pictures, saw Coco and drove around campus. Tuesday was the wedding and reception. Wednesday we met Mom and Dad to do a session in the new Provo Temple, eat BBQ and then Jamir and I headed to see Newsies. Thursday Cam and Janessa joined us after Kneaders for the dinosaur museum, Harry Potter, Spaghetti Factory, and lights at temple square. Mom and Dad headed home, but we stayed an extra night and played at the pool. Friday we ate brunch at a cafe up the canyon, and shopped a few places before heading back to Elko where we made raviolis, Christmas dinner and opened presents.
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| our present to ourselves was a king bed. It came in a huge box- that was Ben's present |
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| view from outside |
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| Christmas pic in the backyard |
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| all the stockings |
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| the way to ride at Lowes |
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| he insisted on wearing the glasses |
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| having trouble keeping it on |
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| the bed sat under the tree |
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| chalk drawing |
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| found a buddy at food for less |
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| aquarium at walmart |
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| nutella on Maria cookies |
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| we did the secret nativity this year...Jamir ran to door bell ditch the goodies. I think out cleverest ones were animal crackers for the cow, Maria cookies for Mary and gold candies for the wise men. Jamir said he could hear a lot of commotion behind the door as he ran away |
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| making it to church after an early drive Sunday morning. Ben loved the nursery even though he didn't know anyone |
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| driving around to our old apt to give Ben some nap time. Good old Provo |
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| we took some photos with the siblings. It was nice to have some help! |
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| seeing "Coco" and playing with the cars. It was a good movie! Ben almost made it through before walking around |
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| grabbing our favorite gyros before the sealing |
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| at the ninja gym. Ben loved it, but it was kind of chaotic and there was a mean kid that kept hitting him |
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| he got lost up there...so I had to go up. By the time I got there he had gotten down and was crying on the bottom floor. |
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| Mom and Dad took us to Kneaders and the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point |
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| at the Harry Potter corner at the mall |
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| I would never rent one of these normally, but he needed a nap so bad and it was to keep my sanity |
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| after a good dinner at the Spaghetti Factory, we headed to see the lights |
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| Ben loved the pool at the hotel. It was an indoor outdoor pool. And really fancy. |
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| calling room service |
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| Christmas morning...I realize I didn't get any from Christmas day of us..but we opened presents (we got tools!) and then had to head home. Thankfully it was a clear drive. |
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| Manolo was extremely happy to see us |
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| Ben's jellyfish from Patti and Jonathan |
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| trying to keep up with Manolo. they have played nonstop since we got back |
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| Hoppin John for New Years. We had bbq pork and cole slaw for a complete dinner |
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| hat is still too big. Finally took down the Christmas stuff today |
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| Manolo and Ben |
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| I gave him a little haircut...his hair was getting crazy. I thought I did a good job, but now I can see it's not even. At least it's curly. |
And that's a catch up. I expect more details and consistency in the future. Here's to the New Year and last few months of only one kid!
