Our Great Christmas!

This year was full of a lot of joy and love!For Christmas, we stayed at Grandma and Grandpa house, which was a lot of fun! Justin definitely loves his grandparents and being at their house. Here are some pictures of our holiday!


One funny moment was Justin getting his potty chair for Christmas. He loved it and he was excited to sit on it. He took off his diaper and sat on the chair in front of everyone. He just sat their and did his business while others opened their presents.

Ben surprised me with wonderful gifts. Here is a picture of me with my nice new pots. Now I can get rid of our old hand-me-downs.


Picture of grandpa opening his gift.


Grandma smiling at the camera. She was excited to get new silverware.

UFO ENCOUNTER!

Ben and I have been watching UFO hunters on the History Channel. We think it is funny that these guys go on investigations about real UFO encounters. On the show, people send in terrible videos that have eye witness accounts of UFOS (we also love to laugh at). So Ben I decided to do our own video. This is “our UFO” in our backyard. ENJOY!


Here is a picture of the UFO at a far distance.

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Here is a picture of it coming closer to us.

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Getaway Weekend

Grandma and Grandpa watched Justin while Ben and I got away for the weekend. (Grandparents are great!) Ben had a work Christmas party at the Grand America Hotel which was beautiful. I truly felt like a princess. We stayed the night across the street at the Little America. It was also beautiful! At the party we had so much food, I feel like I gained another 10 1bs!

Picture of Grand America

Inside Ballroom

Ben and I inside Ballroom

Picture of our room

Name Meanings

I was curious to see what our names mean:

Ben:
Hebrew for "son of the right hand"

Steph:
Greek for "Crown"

Justin:
Latin for "Just or true"

Gold Medal

Today was Justin's last day of Gymnastics class. Here is a little medal he received. He was so excited he would not take it off.

Our First Big Snow Storm!

We were excited to see lots of snow outside today! Justin was curious to see what snow was and what it felt like! It only lasted 5 mins and his hands became frozen.

Here is Justin trying to help dad shovel the driveway.

Here is Justin getting mad because he wants to do it by himself!

We are still keeping our fingers crossed for a white Christmas!

I am a proud WIFEY!

Here is a picture of my handsome Bennie and the reward he received today! I was so proud of him! It was for having Outstanding Performance in the Facilities Department. I am grateful for him and the hardwork he puts in for our family! THANKS SWEETHEART!

Most Memorable Christmas

Today in Relief Society a question was asked, “What is our most memorable Christmas?” I could not think of mine right away, but as I got home, I realized what mine was.

Here it is…

Our son, Justin just had been born and we were up against some hard times. We had bills to pay such as rent, emergency room visits, and other utility bills. We had to choose between paying our tithing or for some of our bills, but regardless we still didn’t have money for groceries (and my husband loves to eat). And so we paid our tithing knowing we still didn’t have money to pay for the other things. We then decided to fast and pray for help and guidance from the Lord. We told our landlord that we wouldn’t be able to have rent to him on time at the beginning of the month and that we could get it to him towards the middle of the month and he said to us better yet how about I give it to you as a Christmas gift free this month and he asked if there was anything else that he could do for us. We were hesitant to ask, but then he said, “On Christmas everyone is family” and he wrote a check to us to cover our bills and allow us to put groceries in our house. All I could remember was hugging Ben with tears in my eyes and thanking the Lord for answering our prayers.

This experience truly taught me the importance of faith and relying on the Lord. I love this time of year and I don’t ever want to forget what it is truly about!

Gymnast

Because our little J-man has so much energy, we decided to put it to good use and enroll Justin in a tumbling tots class. At the gym, there are bars he can swing on, trampolines he can jump on, tunnels he can crawl through, and things he can jump off. His teacher is really nice also. At the beginning he was a little scared of her, but that did not last very long. When it was time to go, he started to cry because he was having so much fun and he didn't want to leave!