CrAzY??...MaYbE..

-Bentley at 3 1/2 mo. old-
The last couple weeks of my life have been really crazy. My sweet grandma whom I was EXTREMLY close with passed away very unexpectedly. It's been a rough couple of weeks to say the least. A rough year might be a better word. My sister who was just out here a couple weeks ago flew back out to be here for everything. The last time she was out here she and my mom decided she would buy one of my dad's old cars which was a hummer and the plan was for my mom to drive it half way and fly back when it warmed up and my sister to fly half way and drive it back..well they figured since she was here and we needed to take our minds off everything, they would drive it all the way to florida now and my mom would fly back. Well, I didn't want to miss anything so I decided to go.. with my TWO KIDS!...yes...i know...crazy!

Wyoming..sun's not even out yet! We got an early start!



It was actually a wonderful drive that did turn out to be very theraputic. The kids did VERY good considering they were cooped up in a car for 12 hours a day!! (Thank goodness for portable DVD players!!) We covered NINE states in THREE days!!..We left Utah entering Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia and into FLORIDA!! I didn't charge my camera before I left so I snapped a picture and it died. I will post the pictures my sister took as soon as she sends them to me! When we got to Florida, we RELAXED, went to the park, Daytona Beach, and it was already time to come back home. It was a very nice trip that distracted us all from reality.



I will post more pics later..

CORRECTION: TEN states! I forgot Tennessee!

One HaPpY kid

Megan, Jenn and I took Tessa, Breckan and Bentley to see Mickey Mouse Play House Live Tour at the Delta Center and they LOVED it!!! It was such a cute show..Good idea Jenn! :)

I got...39 out of 100 and a few 'KiNd Ofs'

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in colored, bold, and/or underlined. How much have you done? It only takes about 5 minutes…Just do it..it's fun! The things I've done are in gReEn!

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland Happiest place on earth!

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a Praying Mantis

10. Sang a solo haha, don't want to make anyones ears bleed!

11. Bungee jumped ToO scared...

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched an amazing lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning Took me about 6 years to go back to Zuka Juice...

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping SeNiOr TrIp don't judge me :)

27. Ran a Marathon 5K count?

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community Same time I saw Niagra Falls...It's surrounded by the Amish!

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied I don't think I'll feel satisfied till we're debt free...

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing Indoor...

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke Not in public!

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant I think Dallin has...

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance If you knew me when I was a sophomore, you know this ones true..I swear I had a target on me...

47. Had your portrait painted Drawn..does that count?

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving snorkeling...

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma Oh man..me and McCall were crazy with the plasma..what a high schooler will do for some money!

65. Gone sky diving Indoor..

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter Not a helicopter, an AcRoBaTiC aIrPlAnE..wow..NoW THAT was crazy...

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London Not in London..but DC

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating Ew, No! But Dallin has

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one I NEVER want to do it again

94. Had a baby 2 beautiful baby boys:)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Visited Italy

What we've been up to...

The Whitears started a new New Years tradition last year to get the whole fam together since everyone has different agendas for the holidays. It was so fun to hang out with all my wOnDeRfUl sister in laws and their families. I really do have the best in laws in the world! I love them all so much and feel like they have always been my family!

me, Lachere, mom and Cam


Ayrion, Shaundalee, Veva and Liz who was an exchange student last year at Roger and Shaundalee's. She now attends BYU and we LOVE her!


My sweet, sleeeping baby


Hasn't he gotten soo big!?


FiNaLlY!..a nice day! I can't believe I just called the high 40's a nice day..but wouldn't you all agree that Thursday was warm??

We thought it was warm enough to go for a walk! Don't worry..Jace was kept bundled up in his carseat and stroller, no cold air was gettin to him! :)


Warm enough for running water!..


Bentley coloring away with his friends Tessa and Breckan.

Thanks Jenn and Bryan for having us over!

RaNdOm PiCtUrEs...& ChRiStMaS!

My sister and her little girl came up to visit from sunny Florida.


...ChRiStMaS...

Santa brought Bentley a Dr. cart with all the supplies, which sounds a little wierd, but I thought my Benny would like it and it turned out I was right!..or Santa was right.. :) He thought it was great!

Working on his first patient...


Better make sure this moniter is working right...

Wheeling his patient to the OR I think...

He got a little distracted by what was in his stocking...

And decided to use his "scissors" to open his candy

He found some Spinderman socks in his stocking

This is what Santa brought me... :)

He loved ripping that paper off and everytime he would reveal the box underneath, he would shout "A BOX!" like that was his present and he couldn't be happier. haha :)

Playing with some of the trucks and planes mommy and daddy got him

I hope you all had a MeRrY ChRiStMaS! We sure did! :O)

MeRrY ChRiStMaS!!!

BrOtHeRs

Love these boys. There is another post below this one.

oUr FiRsT GiNgErBrEaD hOuSe

Have to read the directions first...


Then ask daddy to help...


"Don't forget this piece dad!"


Let the decorating begin!




Our HaLf finished gingerbread house. Bentley got bored and decided he was done. :)

So yesterday was my birthday, and my sweet husband SuRpRiSeD me with this! Thanks babe!

I'm 23!

I officially feel 'old enough' to have two kids! haha. 23 sounds a lot older than 22 right? People look at me like I am crazy being 22 with TWO kids! But I wouldn't have it ANY other way! :O)