The Benner Family

Update

2009-11-11T00:13:00.000-08:00

Time to update... Our trip to Disneyland. I thinks it's been about 20 years since I was last there! It was a Hales Family trip... yep all twelve of us went. Brandon and I had fun going from ride to ride. We didn't have a favorite but we did hit all the rides atleast twice. We also watched my niece and nephews go on a couple. They even talked Brandon into going on a few! After two days I'm disney'd out! I could wait another few years before going back.
We also hit the beach. The water was so cold! All in all, we had a great time and enjoyed the family!

Weekend with the Kids

2009-02-28T14:41:00.000-08:00

Brandon I don't have any children but when the time is right for us we will. So last weekend we were able to watch my sister in laws kids. Ben is 4 and Alyssa 2. We got a little taste of reality. We rented movies, went shopping, hung out at chucky cheese, went to the park, and even had time to play X Box(ben's favorite). We had a blast but by the end of the weekend I was spent!
On Saturday after all of our fun Ben ended up going over to Brandon's mom to spend the night. So we had Alyssa by herself. When we got home I followed her around for about an hour with my camera at the park. I got some cute pictures over the weekend that are blog worthy and here they are...

What did we do over the holidays...

2009-01-11T15:19:00.000-08:00

This year we spent the holidays with my family. We had a blast. We woke up early to open present from each other before we went to see all the nieces and nephews.

This is the snowman the neighbor kids built in our front yard. I love the snow.

We went to the mountains with my brother to try out his jeep in the snow on Christmas day.

We went shooting. It was cold but really fun. I think this is our new family hobby. We go to the gun range or the mountains once a week to practice. We took my cousin Mike(Nicole's hubby).

The latest addition the the family my brothers baby... Glade Ryan Hales

Our furry creatures that we love so much... B's horse Nephi

and my baby Malibu

Home Sweet Home

2008-10-25T18:25:00.000-07:00

As most of you know we recently moved. I have to say moving is not fun. I like this part of town better. It's close to work for both of us. Call us for our new address. Our phone numbers are still the same. Here's a pic of our new family room. The rest is a work in progress.

Bellagio Fall Season

2008-10-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

Mormon Fort

2008-10-25T18:11:00.000-07:00

Camp Golden Eagle Swancreek Utah

2008-10-25T18:10:00.000-07:00

2008-10-24T11:44:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year. I get so excited for the holidays and the winter weather. We have been busy planning the months ahead. With Christmas just around the corner we have a lot to do... Brandon leaves on Tuesday for Alabama. He's brother is getting married on Nov 1st.
My sister Amii is due with baby #4 next week. So I have to make time to be an aunt and see the little guy. I can't wait. We enjoy the kids so much.
Then of coarse the holiday season creeping up on us so we are making plans for Thanksgiving. I'm making plans for BLACK FRIDAY. I love to shop and can't wait to dive into the crowds and find the next great buy. Every year when the holidays come around and we see are family and friends I'm reminded of my blessings in life.
We are always on the go so I feel like I never have time to stop and appreciate the things I have been blessed with in my life, Family and Friends. This year has been a tough year for us. A lot of sacrifices have been made and and a lot of prayers have been answered. I'm thankful that we have the support of our family and friends. I love you and thank you for your continuous love and support.

Kenny Chesney

2008-06-30T22:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, everyone that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Kenny Chesney. I have gone to all his concerts in vegas for the last 7 years, I own all his albums, and I never miss the CMA's when Kenny is voted Entertainer of the Year. This year was fun and we had good seats but I have to say that I could of done with out the drunk girls in front of us. I of coarse had a blast anyways. Here are some pics....

Howdy...

2008-06-30T22:05:00.000-07:00

I took some pictures while we were over at my brothers. We keep our horse over there so we visit pretty often.

Just keep swimming....

2008-06-30T21:55:00.000-07:00

We went over to Brandon's sister Amy's house to see the kids and to hang out them for the afternoon. Alyssa and Ben were was sleeping so we took Benjamin to the pool. He had a blast showing us how he swims. It was so hot that Brandon couldn't resist and jumped right in. Benjamin wouldn't let go of Brandon once he got in.

Puppies

2008-06-30T21:41:00.000-07:00

My pupies are so darn cute. We have so much fun with them. In our backyard we have a windsor wall for a garden(that we don't have completed) and Malibu loves to climb it to see whats on the other side. She managed to fall over the other side of it and couldn't get back over. I could hear her yelping but couldn't figure out why she wasn't coming inside. I walked out and this is what I found...Now Spike on the other hand loves to hang out by the glass door until Brandon comes in. He has the cutest ears and he only puts them up when Brandon is around or he hears something loud.

Happy Birthday Jennica!!

2008-06-30T21:32:00.000-07:00

WOW 27 years old!!! I can't believe it. I had a great birthday full of surprises.
My first suprise was Brandon remembered(he always forgets the little things). He called me a couple of times during the day to make sure that I knew that he knew it was my birthday.
My second surprise was when I came home from work to find my house spotless. Total shocker I usually come home to a trail from where Brandon has been. I was so happy.

The cake (he forgot candles)

Busy Busy

2008-06-18T09:45:00.000-07:00

Here is our family update... The last couple of weekends we have spent most of our time in Utah. Brandon loves the outdoors and four wheeling. He could never pass up an opportunity to four wheel, fish , and relax. We have enjoyed it so much. We've even made plans to go back up over the 4th of July. Here are some pics from the last couple of weekends. Enjoy.

Brandon works crazy hours so sometimes he works nights and sometimes he works and sometimes he doesn't work at all(his choice). So I'm a paranoid person as it is so I asked B if we could get a dog. He was actually surprised and we went looking the next morning. We weren't sure what we wanted but we found a mut at the animal shelter and fell in love. He's pretty cute. He's half Chihuahua and have Dotson. We were checking out when we saw a lady waiting to have her puppies seen by the vet for shots. Me being noisy went up and asked what kind of puppies the were and she said they were Min Pins. Then she showed us the inside of a box and there were 8 puppies all girls. I looked a Brandon and said "please". Of coarse hew said yes and we ended up with two puppies. Spike and Maliboo(aka boo boo). We have had so much fun training and playing with them.

We sold our house:) We are happy and sad. It's our first home and we've had many good times here. We weren't expecting it to sell so quickly especially with the market now. We haven't find a new home yet so we will probably be renting for the next couple of months.
Okay so that was our update. Check back in a couple of weeks for more:)

2008-05-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

JUST SOME RANDOM PICS

A day with Aunt Jen... These are my brothers munchkins, I love them....

2008-05-07T17:09:00.000-07:00

2008-05-06T21:53:00.000-07:00

This picture is for Michael, Brandon's brother who lives in Texas.

2008-05-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

Our weekend was full of laughs. Brandon decided to give his nephew a Mohawk(with permission from his sister of coarse). He liked Benjamin's hair so much he did it too!!! I must say I wasn't too happy at first but I'm over it now.

Benjamin loves his new hair cut. After he was all finished he said" My girlfriend Maddie Mo like my new hair?" He's so cute.
Brandon in the process of his haircut....
His new 'hawk

Miss Alyssa hates the sun so while we were outside cutting hair she wore my sun glasses.
This is Alyssa Brandon' s neice.

Lake Trip

2008-04-30T23:06:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went out to Lake Mead for the weekend. Some friends of ours invited us out on there family house boat. We had a blast! Brandon tried to be Survivor man and catch fish by setting up a trap. It didn't work of coarse, but we all had fun watching him try. I even through a few lines out in hopes of catching something but it was unsuccessful. After fishing Brandon and Nick insisted on getting in the water at 52 degrees. They put on their wet suits and jumped right in.... Brandon hated every minute of the cold water and Nick actually stayed in the water a lot longer than I thought he would. I later found out that he peed in his wet suit to stay warm(gross i know).
I'm glad we can all laugh about it. Brandon is already planning his next trip to the lake.
Thanks Nick and Kate.