Halloween

This year for Halloween, Cassidy insisted on being Bell from Beauty and the Beast. She looked ridiculously beautiful. Our ward did a trunk or treat and we had alot of fun and scored a lot of candy. Hopefully Ben and I can resist eating all of Cassidy's candy.

Baby......

So I will spare you all and not post too many pictures of my big belly. But look how cute Cassidy is. She loves to give kisses to her little brother. She continually feels my belly and talks to him. It amazes me how much she understands or at least I think she understands about what is really happening. This is her giving him a big kiss when I am 35 weeks pregnant.

In this picture, I am 37 weeks at the Dr. office where I swear I live these days...always waiting for the Dr. It is really boring, so I took this picture to entertain myself.

Lake Ontario

For Labor Day weekend we headed up to Lake Ontario. We had so much fun. I couldn't believe how warm the water was. It was so great; we felt like we were at the ocean but without the salt water. Just looking at the lake it reminds me of the ocean because it goes on forever....

The sand was amazing. I could pretty much say it was the softest sand I have ever felt. As you can tell from the pictures, the sunset is breath taking. We had a lot of fun and will for sure return!

Summer came and went

Well...summer sure did fly by. We spent almost three months in Utah, and we are now back in Syracuse. We enjoyed our time and had a tun of fun with our friends and family. Ben enjoyed his internship in Salt lake. He enjoyed the lawyer he worked with, and he learned a ton from him. it was a good experience, but it was hard for both of us because we only seen each other on the weekend. We are very greatefull for all the people who helped us out (Sam and Kristine, and Jess and Andrew especially!!) When we left Syracuse, I was only 14 weeks pregnant, so we did not think we would find out what we were having until we went back to New York. But, thanks to a bought with Kidney Stones, I had to go to the hospital, and while I was there I had the doctor to take a peek. Kidney Stones are no joke...that was a lot of pain, but it was worth it to find out what we are having. Benjamin is getting his wish, can you believe it is a boy? I still have a hard time believing it and still wont until i see him with my own eyes. As you can tell we are very excited. we will now have one of each. All i can say about being pregnant with a boy is they seem to be a pain from the start...just kidding.

We where very busy playing this summer with lots going on. Of course we never miss the 24th of July festivities in Enterprise. If you have never attended it is highly recommended. Cassidy loved the parade. I don't think she has ever got so much candy at one time in her whole life. She walked away with a whole bucket full. They also have races and we had been practicing for this event for a month getting her all hyped up for it. Well when it came time for it she got all nervous to many people around her and wouldn't run. I was so sad she is a fast little runner.











While we were there, we Celebrated Cassidy birthday. I still cannot believe my little girl is 3. It really does seem like yesterday she was a baby. Of Course her request for her birthday cake was Elmo. That is the kind of cake she had for her last birthday and that is one of the things she didn't forget about her birthday last year. My family all went to Midvale to my Brother in law's family cabin for a couple of days. Cassidy birthday happen to land on the same weekend so it worked out great. We were able to celebrate it with my whole family. This year she realized what presents are, and she had so much fun opening them.

Uncle Luke trying to blow out her candles from across the table.

Cassidy pretty much wore out the 4 wheeler. I think everyday we spent in Enterprise cassidy demanded grandpa to give her a ride.

Crazy Few Months

So it has been a long time since I updated my blog. Life has been to say the least a little crazy lately. First about 2 months ago we found out that Ben got an internship for the summer in Salt Lake. We have been so excited because this meant that we would be able to spend the summer in UT yea!!! The only hard part is the fact that we will only get to see Ben on the weekends because Cass and I will stay in Southern Utah with family. We will survive somehow. I figure it can't be any worse then it is now with how busy he is with school. This is a great opportunity and to top it off we get to be home for awhile.

The other crazy thing in our lives right now besides finals is we are pregnant. Yea!!!! We are so excited but only 13 weeks along and it has been quite the ride and not even half way through. This pregnancy I have been way sick. I was sick with Cassidy but not this bad. I took meds with her and it helped a lot. With this one I take meds and it only takes the edge off. At one point I got so sick and dehydrated that they put me in the hospital. Now that wasn't fun at all. At least it was only for 24 hrs, but it was a long 24 hrs. lol I am just so grateful at that point it wasn't during finals for Ben. He has been my life saver.

One surprise I got out of it all and wasn't expecting with all the other crazy things going on with my family at home was my mom flew out to help me for a couple days. Ben and my whole family kept it a secret that she was even coming. So one Saturday morning Ben tells me he was going to go to the store to get me some food so I would be okay while he went to school to study. Well 30 min later he comes back in the door with no food but, even better, my mom. Boy was i shocked. Of course Ben took pictures of me. I will only show you the one that doesn't show my face because I look so bad. It was so nice to have my mom come out and help me get back on my feet. It was so hard to see her leave. The only thing that made it easier was the fact that I was going to be able to come home a month later.

So that is what has been going on with us. Crazy but getting better. We now just have to survive finals and we get to go home yea!!!!!!!!!!

Crazy Weather in Syracuse

So all i can say about living here in Syracuse is the fact that i don't think i have ever seen such crazy weather. Between the snow and the rain you never know what you are going to get. Last week it started to rain and thunder pretty loud. We had had so much rain the past few days i didn't think much about it. Then all the sudden it started to rain really hard and the wind started picking up. I took a look out the window to see how much rain was coming down and this is what was going on the corner of my street so crazy. I walked outside to take pictures and the whole neighborhood was outside. While standing there watching it all, my next door neighbor told me she just heard on the radio that a tornado had hit the town that was about 25 min away from me. So crazy, just great full it wasn't by us.

Trip to New York City

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We decided to get out of Syracuse for a day. You feel a little trapped here with all the snow, so we headed out for the weekend. It was a little on the cold side, but it was so worth it. We had a ton of fun! I love NYC; there is always something new to see. We had to bundle Cassidy up like a burrito. Surprisingly she stayed like that without throwing a fit. She realized how cold it was without all the layers, and she too was happy to be out of the house. As we were waking by Time Square, we spotted Elmo. I was excited thinking that Cassidy was going to love seeing him; however, when we got closer she saw him and started to scream. I was surprised by her reaction. I should have known that she would have said he was too big. The rest of the night she kept saying, "I don't want to see Elmo."

We were able to go to church Sunday morning which was cool because the Manhattan ward has their meetings in the Manhattan temple (same building). So we were able to go inside the temple to go to church.

We went to a huge toy store that Cassidy loved. Wish we could have been able to afford something in there. We picked up a tiny stuffed animal half the size of a hand, and it cost $50.00. Cassidy also loved ridding on the subway. She thought it was pretty fun ridding on the big trains. I forget how much there is to do in NYC. We could have stayed there all week and never got bored. I guess it is a good thing it is only 4 hrs from were we live.

What 's outside your window?

So the weather has been non stop snow since we got back to Syracuse. I am pretty sure i have never seen so much snow in my life. This is a good day the sun is shinning so Cass and I decided to make the most of it and go play in the snow. It was still so cold outside we only lasted about 10 minutes. It was still so nice to feel the sun on our faces. Cassidy would walk down the paths and the snow in some places would be above her head so crazy. As you can see in one of the pictures Ben is digging the car out of our driveway. Of course he does it without a jacket. The picture of the icicles is right out our bathroom window. That is another thing that is crazy here. So many icicles hanging every where. Guess you better pay attention to were you are walking. Don't want to be walking under one of those that is for sure.

Josie and Scott

So Wow! I am feeling older now my baby sister got married. It is crazy to think that now everyone in the family is now married. We really lucked out while being home. We were able to be there for Christmas the wedding and little Jaxon came right before we left. The hardest part was coming back to so much snow. I am still setting here thinking what did i do moving to such a cold place? If it isnt snowing it is -10 and i am not kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas in Utah

We had a ton of fun in Utah during Christmas. It was so nice to be home. We were able to stay for a month, which was nice; however, the time went by too fast. Cass and I flew home by ourselves on Dec 1st...that was an experience! I had never flown by myself, so i knew it was going to be interesting. Of course my flight from Syracuse left late which made me miss my conecting flight in Washington D.C., so Cassidy and I had to kill 4 hrs in the airport waiting for the next flight to Vegas. It made for one long day. I was very greatful when it was over. Ben came to Utah on Dec 16th after finals.

Here are some of the things we did while we were there. Grandma let us make cookies with the cousins. As you can tell, Cassidy still hates Santa. To say she did not want to sit on his lap is an under statements; she wouldn't even look at him. As you can tell the bottom picture, poor Grandpa, hope his back will be okay after this