Happy Holidays!

My cute sister in law, Aimee took our family pictures before we left Utah. She did a fabulous job as always. If you are ever looking for a photographer, she is amazing...just check out her website www.aimephotgraphy.com you won't be disappointed!

 

Love,
The Carnahan Family

Merry Christmas!!!

This Christmas sure has been different from years past. We really missed being with our family, that's one of my favorite parts of the holiday season, being with family and friends. Even though it wasn't what we're use to we made the best of it, trying to make it our own. Lately I've been thinking of what traditions I want to do with our own family, so on Christmas Eve we had homemade baked potato soup, homemade breadsticks and thick and chewy double chocolate cookies...yummy!!!

 

 

After dinner we bundled up with hot cocoa and attempted to drive around our neighborhood to look at everyone's lights...after driving around for at least 30 minutes we only ended up seeing about 10 houses lite...kinda disappointing. But it was still fun.
Cambree all bundled up...

 

It was dark, but I wanted you all to see how cool the houses are here...I absolutely love them. Old house intrigue me for some reason, I would love to tour all of them and see what's inside. I would love to own an old, antique house around here, they have so much character. Here is one house, sometime during the day I'll have to drive around and take photos...

 

This morning we woke up and opened presents....
Cute Benton...

 

Cambree a little overwhelmed...she didn't know what to look at...

 

 

 

 

Benton gave me a diamond necklace that I LOVE...

 

Me once I got ready showing off my necklace...

 

ate a really yummy breakfast...

 

and lounged around for the rest of the day...
Cambree and I...

 

Our cute family, once showered!

 

I made a ham for dinner, it was yummy, but I am done cooking for a couple of days! I couldn't ask for a better family, we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Peoria!

One of the best things about moving away is exploring. I LOVE seeing different cities and what they have there. Yesterday we drove to a city called Peoria, it was about a 45 minute drive. I love it when the drive is pretty. The city is right off the Illinois River, they have a riverboat that you can go on a Murder Mystery dinner cruise...sounds fun to me!
Cambree all ready to go...

 

We ate lunch at the One World Cafe, the food was excellent, we will definitely go back! I got a chicken mushroom sandwich...yummy! And Benton got a BBQ pork sandwich, I would possibly get his next time because it was to die for!

 

 

Other than that there wasn't too much to do since it's so cold outside. We ended up going to the mall, which was ridiculously busy...you'd think people were shopping for Christmas or something? I tried getting pictures while driving, but sometimes it's a little tricky getting one that isn't blurry...as you can see it's flat...no mountains here!

 

We got home from our busy day and thought why not try and get a family pic...didn't quite work out like I wanted to, happens I guess when you have a 6 month old who is more interested in her mommy...

 

Can't wait till next weekend...stay tuned to see where we go next!

Oh, on a side note...isn't sitting up the cuttest! I love how straight she sits!

 

 

28 Years Old!

This past weekend we celebrated Benton's 28th Birthday. We didn't do a whole lot on his actual birthday, we stayed home and I made Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches for dinner and brownies since he doesn't like cake. Over the weekend we took the 2 hour drive to Chicago, unfortunately it was a really cold day outside and it was raining and then later in the evening it turned into snow. So driving around in Chicago was a little chaotic, not knowing where we were going made things a bit worse....Chicago drivers are quite impatient. But the city is really pretty to look at, can't wait till it's sunny weather!

 

 

We started the day off at the Museum of Science & Industry. I was so excited to go there, as a kid my mom would take us to the museums all the time, so I couldn't wait to go back. It's hard to explain if you've never been, here in Chicago they are gigantic compared to the museums in Utah. I'm really excited to take Cambree once she gets a little bit older, it's a childs dream. We can't wait to go to the Field Museum...we'll probably go once the weather gets better. We took a million pictures since there was so much to see....here are some random pics of what we saw....they have a TON going on...baby chicks hatching, a baby exhibit that shows all the stages of life in the womb, life size airplanes, tornadoes, thunder, etc....it's AWESOME!!!

 

 

 

 

The car of the future...

 

This chart explained what Benton does in the I.T. world, still confusing to me...

 

Benton and Miss Cambree...

 

 

Myself and Cambree...

 

 

Our cute little family...

 

 

After the museum we were starving so we went to Uno's Pizzeria. They serve deep dish Chicago style pizza. It was one of my favorite places to go as a child. I think it's a really fun, different place if you've never been...but honestly I've had better pizza. But for some it's divine. It was nice to go back and try it again since it's been at least 16 years since I had been.

 

 

Happy Birthday Benton, we LOVE you very much...so much more than you'll ever know!