Talking/Texting while driving

This past week I watched an episode of Oprah. They were talking about the seriousness of talking/texting while driving, the statistics SHOCKED me! They said that if you are talking on your cell phone while driving your 4 times as likely to get in an accident, which is the equivelent of driving drunk. Did anyone else know this? I felt awful, because I do it everyday and I obviously do not agree with people who drive under the influence. So I am just as bad as they are...not good. I don't use a bluetooth or anything, but they said that it is still as dangerous, because your brain can't take in that much information while driving, so nobody can say "Well I'm not holding on to my phone while driving at least, I have 2 free hands." It doesn't matter, your still not paying attention.

If you text while driving your 8 times as likely to get in an accident, so it's worse to text while driving than driving drunk...can you believe that? I don't text and drive so that makes me feel a little better. So one of my goals this year is to not talk on the phone while driving, I think it's going to be really hard, but I have to think of it this way, "Is the conversation worth more than someone's life?" The answer is NO. I know I can wait to talk to my friends/family til I am off the road....so don't be offended if you are driving and I tell you to call me when you arrive at your destination. This is a hard goal because I love to multitask, but obviously so do other people and they end up hurting or killing those who didn't do anything wrong. Gees, what an eye opening show!

He really should retire....

On Friday night I got a call from the Fitness Center on HAFB, saying that Benton had been in an accident and I better drive up to get him to take him to the ER. My stomach seriously rolled, not knowing the extent of what had happened...you really shouldn't drive when you are scared. I got to the gym with firetrucks, police cars and ambulances outside, I seriously thought he must be dying. Benton had refused an ambulance ride to the hospital and was patiently waiting for me. I guess when he was playing BASKETBALL somehow his finger completely turned the opposite direction it should, making his skin rip in half...they thought part of his bone had come out of his index finger. Yuck! We went to the ER where they did x-ray's confirming that his finger was not broken and shouldn't need surgery. I felt horrible, he was in so much pain, I was starting to feel sympathy pain because my body was hurting for him. Two hours later we left the ER, all stitched up and in a splint that he has to wear for the next 2 weeks. He has to go to a follow-up appointment with an Orthopedic Surgeon to make sure everything is healing correctly. I'm thinking he needs to give up basketball, does anyone else remember what happened 1 year ago from him playing Basketball? Well let me remind you, he tore his ACL and had to get knee surgery, I'm thinking he just isn't made to play basketball like he wants to.
Here are some icky photos of his injured finger, I hate blood, YUCK!

 

 

 

Confession~

It happened! After 19 months of no sweets came to an end last week....I gave in. I couldn't handle it anymore, this pregnancy has made me crave sweets so bad. So I finally gave in and made myself a skookie! They are so delicious, it's basically a hot cookie baked in a "Skookie pan" with vanilla ice-cream on top...it is heaven on earth. Here I am devouring this delicious treat...

 

 

 

It's A......

GIRL!!! We went to our 18th week appointment yesterday, how fun to found out that it's a girl! When the doctor first looked after measuring her head and belly she said she was about 85% sure that it was a girl. I asked for a photo and when she put the wand thingy back on my belly to get one, the baby kept moving around and our doctor got a shot of her right between her little legs and said nothing is poking out, so I'm pretty dang sure it's a girl. It was our first time ever seeing her move, she's always been asleep when we've gone, so it was so fun to watch her squirm around...I just giggled the whole time from happiness! I am so thrilled to be having a daughter! I know Benton's heart is going to melt with having a little girl, I'm sure she'll get spoiled by her daddy! I couldn't get our 2 pictures from our visit to load, so I will as soon as I can figure it out...but just for fun, here's my first pregnancy shot, I'm 16 weeks in this picture!

 

We go back in 4 weeks for our 3D ultrasound, we can't wait!

I sure do miss her...

Over Christmas break, one of my best friends came back in town, I was so excited to see her! Her daughter Ellie turned 1 so we went to her birthday party. It was fun to talk to Megan and her family, we still talk on the phone, but it's nice to see her in person.
Me & Megs

 

Ellie eating her 1st cupcake...

 

 

On Saturday Megan invited me to tag along with her mom Cindy, her sister Marlece, her mother-in-law Kerrie and her sister-in-law Tana to do a little shopping in Park City. I love good sales, which they had! Megs family is so much fun, I'm glad I could go hang out with the girls!

Us at the Outlets, it was way sunny!

 

At the Loco Lizard for lunch in Park City.

 

Grandpa Don

Benton's grandpa Don passed away on December 23rd. He was 91 years old, and would have been 92 in February. He & his wife Deri have been married for 62 years, what an inspiration to the rest of us. I know how much Benton loved and looked up to his grandpa. He spent tons of time growing up over at their house, mowing their lawn and hanging out. His grandpa also was the one to get Benton golfing, he taught him how at Davis golf course, and his gramps even golfed into his 80's. I was always so amazed at how sharp he was, he could tell you a story from his life, the date and small details, his memory was beyond my comprehension, I would leave in awe every time at how smart he was. He will be greatly missed and hope Benton's grandma knows how much we love her and know we are with her during this time.

 

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas! I hope you all had as good as a Christmas as we did. I loved spending the holidays with his family, they are so much fun!

Fun Weekend

Last weekend, Benton's sister Kattie, her hubby Jay and their 2 boys slept over. We had a ton of fun, talking till 2am and hanging out. We live about an hour away from each other, so it's fun to spend more time with them.
Benton playing with baby Cache...

 

 

Kattie shoveled our driveway, she just made me laugh. Her and her husband fight over who gets to shovel the snow from their driveway, so when I said I hated doing it, she jumped at the chance to do mine and I wasn't about ready to stop her.

 

Here is their little boy Cowen, Benton is crazy about this little guy. Everyone loves to watch him, he's just a fun little boy and just makes you laugh. He thought Roxy's bed was a hat...close enough I guess...

 

On Saturday night we all went out to dinner and watched the Jazz game at Iggy's. This was Breanne's (Benton & Kattie's niece) idea, and I'm glad we all went! Here is Breanne and her boyfriend Chad...

 

And Me and Kattie...

 

I love spending time with Benton's family, it was a great weekend! We need to do stuff like this more often!

Happy Birthday Benton!

Benton turned 27 today! I just want to let Benton know how much I truly love him and adore him. We get along so well, of course we have our tiffs but luckily they are very far and few in between. I told him last night how grateful I was to have him as my hubby. I don't tell him as often as I should.

While Benton is 27 he's going to graduate at Weber State University with a Bachelors Degree in IS&T (Information Systems and Technology), that's computers if you weren't aware, I wasn't when he told me that was what he wanted to do and changed his degree 2 years ago. I'm so proud of all of his hard work, he studies so much and really tries to get good grades. I know I would have given up, as most of you know Benton is such a hard worker. He works full time at HAFB, where he already has a job in his degree, goes to school full time and works a part time job at the Apple Store on Base. So you can tell how extremely busy this guy is and he's doing it all for us. He isn't one of those guys who just sits there, he does as much as he can to provide. We actually don't need the income from his Apple job, I've told him to quit many times, but he doesn't know what he'd do with all his free time- I think he's crazy. I work 40 hours a week and still feel like I need more free time.

I know Benton will be such a great dad, he worries so much about this baby already. I'm thinking he's going to be even more protective of the baby than I will be. He is thrilled that we're to the point in our lives where we can add onto our family, and so am I. We will have been married for 6 years before we have this baby and I'm so glad we've had that one on one time to be together.

I love you Benton and hope you have a great birthday!

Doctor Visit

Our baby had it's legs crossed, so we couldn't tell what it was. Our doctor said hopefully the baby will cooperate next month so she can tell us what we're having. In the meantime, we still would like your votes!