Happy Birthday Tay Tay!

Happy Birthday Miss Taylor!!

Yesterday we were able to celebrate Taylor's 10th Birthday with her! We cannot believe she is already 10 years old!

We love you Taylor, and are so proud of the beautiful, funny, smart, caring girl that you've turned out to be! Zoey just loves you, and totally looks up to her "big" cousin Taylor. She tells everyone about you, and loves you so much!

Been There...Done That!

We Did It! Yesterday Ben and I, and Ben's brother Chris participated in a 5K race in West Valley! Ben had heard about it, and really wanted to do it. He kept bugging me that I should do it with him, and that it would be cool if we could do it together. I reallly had no desire to do it, and I really didn't think I could do it. To me...3.2 miles is forever long! Considering I've never been able to run longer than about 8 minutes at a time! But what do ya know...I was actually able to do it! All this exercising is actually paying off! I can now say I've been there, and done that...don't know if I'll be doing it again anytime soon. It was a great accomplishment, and I'm so glad I did it, but it really wasn't fun! We all did great...Chris finished in about 26 mintues, Ben in about 28 minutes, and I finished at 36 minutes. Ben and I both reached our goals. Ben's was to run it in under 30 minutes, and my goal was to run the entire time, and to finish in less than 38 minutes! This being our first race...we didn't know that you stayed until everyone finished and that they did awards and gave out ribbons and stuff. Come to find out I actually placed 3rd in my age group. I was pretty excited about that! YAY for us, and thanks Ben for talking me into it!

The course went right past my sister's house, so they sat out on the porch and cheered for us as we ran past!

There is Ben waving at Zoey!

We did it!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I guess Zoey's not a fan of St. Patricks Day! She told me she doesn't like the color green! She didn't want to wear anything green, so at least I could stick some green bows in her hair! She did however want to call Grandma and Kimmy today to see if they were wearing green...because if they weren't she wanted to go and pinch them!

Sometime it has to come to an end!

Well, after a week of celebrating it has come to an end! On Sunday we celebrated the last of the birthday parties for Ben! Taylor's Birthday is this week, so we celebrated hers too! Taylor and Ben are the best of buddies, so it was fun to have them celebrate it together! Martha made a great dinner, and Joann brought the best icecream cake! Martha decided that it would be fun to start a new tradition, and on birthday's we have to say what we love about that person. I of course got choked up when I had to say what I love about Ben...I always do! What can I say, he is my best friend and I love him more than life itself! It was nice to hear the rest of the family talk about him, and that even made me all teary eyed! His brothers said some really nice things about him, and it was just nice to hear how much they love and respect him! Ben is an example to all of how to be an awesome Dad, a wonerful husband, an amazing Son, a caring Brother, and a loyal friend to anyone lucky enough to know him!

Until next year....Love ya Ben!

Is it FINALLY here?!

Is it just me, or has this been the LONGEST Winter ever?! We have anxiously been awaiting Spring! Is it Finally here?

I think SO!

YAY for Spring, and spending time outside once again!