The day has come!

It happened, Benton graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelors Degree in Information Systems and Technology-Network Security. I couldn't be prouder of him! What an exciting day for him to finish school, he has worked so hard these past 6 years while we've been married. He's been going to school and working at least 2 jobs (1 full time job & 1 part time job) the whole time. I feel so blessed to be married to someone who is such a hard worker, it's one of the things I love about Benton the most. He'll always take care of me, he is so determined- I know he can succeed at whatever he puts his hands too, which makes me all sorts of jealous. I could sit here and brag about him all day because I cannot be happier for him and his accomplishment, I'll stop now, just know how grateful I am of everything he does for us!
Benton and I at graduation...

 

Benton and his proud father...

 

So being as excited as I was about him getting his degree, I decided to throw Benton a SURPRISE PARTY! I started planning it about a month before I threw it, and man was it hard keeping it a secret. Some of you know that we have been finishing our basement now for about 3 months and we were down to the last of it and I thought it would be done way before the party, but nope we didn't get anything moved down til the day before the big Surprise party...I was SUPER stressed out...poor Benton thought it was because of me being 8 months pregnant, but little did he know I had much more planned for him! His good friend Mike got him out of my house, they went to hit golf balls...Benton would never turn that idea down, so off he went and I started scurrying around my house tyring to get ready....here he is walking into the party and everyone anxiously waiting to yell SURPRISE!

 

 

He was shocked, had no clue at all! I'm so happy it all worked out, here are some other pics from the party!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations Benton, I am so proud, love you!

Fun Filled Day

What a great Saturday! I had 2 baby showers in one day, crazy busy but SO much fun! I started off the morning with my family shower at my sister Chelsie's house, thanks sister! They had a great brunch; quiche, fruit, raspberry & orange rolls, and juice...so yummy! I got a lot of great stuff and it was great to see my aunts and cousins! My sisters and mother did a great job putting together my shower! I know how hard they worked and I could tell how much love you guys put into it. Love you guys!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I left my family shower and headed up North to my other family shower (Benton's family). They decorated Carol's house so cute and had a great lunch! I love spending time with his family, I am so blessed to have such great in laws! Everyone, my mother, father, and sister-in-laws are the best, I wouldn't ever want to switch families because I married into the best family a girl could ask for! I got a lot of great stuff and had a blast see for yourself...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks everyone for all of the great baby stuff, I needed it all! Can't wait to have this baby girl, she's going to be so spoiled!

Date Night

So before we have our little girl, I'm trying to do things that we won't be able to do or at least it will be harder to do with a baby. So on Tuesday I left work early, rode the FrontRunner down to SLC to meet Benton to go on a date! We first headed to The Gateway, did a little window shopping and then made our way to the Skybox for some nacho's.
Here I am at 31 weeks pregnant...

 

After dinner we headed to the Engery Solutions Arena to watch the Jazz play against the Oklahoma City Thunders. I don't really enjoy watching the games on TV, however I do enjoy going to the games in person. I enjoy big crowds of people getting excited about something, and I also love to people watch. I sometimes can easily get distracted by others so I had to remind myself to watch the game. It was a really good game to go to in person, way exciting. They ended up going into overtime and won by 1 point! I'm glad I was able to go to one last game with Benton before she comes! Here are some pics from the game...

 

 

 

fRiEnD ShOwEr!!!

Yesterday I had my first baby shower and it was so much fun! I was a little nervous at first, since the last time I had a shower was 6 years ago, when Benton and I got married! My 2 great friends Stephanie and Liz threw the shower for me and I couldn't be happier! I had a great turn out and loved visiting with all of my friends! Thank you all who came to support our new baby girl! I'm dying to put everything together, but with our basement being remodeled, I have to put everything in her closet until the rest of the stuff is out of her room and can go back into the basement. Here are some pictures from the shower!

27 Years Already?

Yesterday I turned 27, Happy Birthday to me! My family and friends are great, I was really spoiled this year! On Monday Benton and I drove down and ate at The Cheesecake Factory, my favorite!

 

On my birthday Benton gave me a Garmin, it tracks my calories, heart rate, speed, and much more so I can use this when I run or cycle...I can't wait to try it out.

 

Since I had to work on my birthday, they treated me like a queen. I'm not one to take off my birthday unless it gives me a longer weekend, otherwise I'd probably just sit at my house, so I like to go to work and be with my friends. My cute co-worker Monica decorated my desk in flowers and polka dots, she is so crafty~ it makes me jealous. She also made my favorite cake, Betty Crocker's Rainbow Party Cake, yummy! I could eat the whole pan-it's that good! I had to take a picture of me at my desk, it's just so dang cute and springy...makes me very cheery!

 

Overall my birthday was wonderful, I received a lot of fun gifts that I'm excited to use. Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

Dr. Visit

Today we had our 22 week appointment, which was our big ultrasound. The Dr. said it's definitely a girl, yay! She is perfect, everything looks great. It was so fun being able to see her in 3-D. You can see so much more than a regular ultrasound. Here is a picture of her perfect face (as Benton said)...

 

As we were adoring her cute little face we noticed how she has my nose and were just amazed at the resemblance even though she's still so little. So while we were all discussing her and my nose she moved her hand and covered her nose, so we no longer could see it. I thought that was so funny...somehow she knew we were talking about her nose. See for yourselves...

 

I love hearing her heart beat and knowing all is well in my belly. She moves around a lot and can't wait till I can feel her again. Benton started being able to feel her at 20.5 weeks, which was a lot of fun! So far I love being pregnant!

 

And here is what I look like at 22 weeks...definitely showing....