No time to say hello good-bye

No internet=No new posts. Hopefully more will come.

Almost a whole month without a post

The Benson side of the family. All Mr. Mark Bensons biological children and grandchildren in one room together. My little brother ain't so little anymore. I'm trying to bridge a gap between the men, my body usually doesn't look like that.
Me and MY Grandpa! I love this mans guts.

He may not admit to liking kids but I can tell otherwise, they make for easy targets.

Not that many or any of you cared but I did a post anyway.

This is Halloween

For Halloween I was a "Working Witch" (Not that kind of "working") and Chris was a Hillbillie Devil. We joined Doug and Rheanna at Jacob and Sara's for a night of unhealthy food and "Ghost Adventures" Two words..Great Show! It really was a bunch of frat boy drop outs acting like idiots. Was very entertaining though. If you enlarge the picture you can really see the Hillbillie and my awesome earrings!
My costume in full. I was in full get up the day before for my works "Shed or Treat" We decorated the sheds we sell and every department had their own themed shed. Ours was "Witches and Spiders." Makes sense since we're a bunch of females. We gave out hot chocolate in our shed and ran out of 200 packets in an hour and a half. We weren't expecting such crowds considering it was cold and rainy. Great fun!

FOR SALE

Year: 1976

Make: American/El Salvadorian

Model: Male

Body is in excellent condition. Engine and parts have some problems; Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, and Degenerative Disc Disease. Also needs to go back into the shop for a Mandatory Reevaluation Inspection (aka M.R.I) for some black spots that were previously discovered when "Chris" (that's what I call him) last went into the mechanic (aka Dr.)

Reason For Selling: Cannot afford the maintenance.
You will Love this item. Always good for a laugh, you always want to have it around and is great to look at when it's just idling.

Tried to do some home maintenance last night and things got a little out of hand.

Doug has no righ to talk

You haven't posted since July....

Anyway what have we been up to.

I got a weekend off without even asking for it and we decided to go camping. It was absolutely beautiful. I would have posted pictures of our little trip but I got our camera out to take some and the batteries were dead. It was so cold that night that we ended up sleeping in the back of the jeep, which wasn't all that comfortable but at least I could feel my toes in the morning.

Last week we took the BMW out for a little trip and decided to hit up the "Red Iguana" because it was on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", and we were disappointed. We have decided to try one more place we saw on the show before we come to the conclusion Guy is a liar. We'll let you know how that goes.

Really we're not exciting people and that is why there hasn't been any posts.

I still work for the man at Depot and Chris fills out a trillion applications a day.

We still love teaching the sunbeams and have one little boy who reminds us of Aaron.

See like I said, we are boring.

Maybe you'll think twice next time before asking for another post.

(The pictures are old if you couldn't tell. Just found them chillin on the laptop)

August already?

This is us.

Hope you enjoyed.

July so far

On the third my sweetie turned the big 33! We went to breakfast and walked around Provo Center Street for the Freedom Festival and just enjoyed each others company.

Having a colitis attack. Can you tell how much he loves them? This was the day after the Fourth when we party hartied. For the Fourth of July I worked until about nine that night came home ate some leftovers and watched the neighbor across the street set off fireworks until Doug and Rheanna joined us. We then went inside and played Electronic Life for a few hours. They brought some Strawberry shortcake for dessert and that was pretty much my fourth. We love Doug and Rheanna when they come for playtime. Chris' day was a bit more eventful, he was able to go to the Freedom Festival Parade in Provo and hang out with his family earlier in the day while I worked.

My handsome husband receiving his Diploma from his Captain.

(Yesterday, July 9th)

Giving the commencement speech. I took so many pictures of him and in not one was he looking at the camera or had his eyes open. Although he did look up. He did so great it was a wonderful speech I wish I would have taken my video camera but I don't think too much ahead of time. He was voted by his class to give it and it was a good decision. I cannot tell you how great it was, you should have been there. And in true Chris fashion he had people laughing.

His two new best buddies aka "brothers" Miranda and Weight. They go by last names. They'll soon all be bonded by ink.

He got two extra rewards. One for being class leader and one for making the Directors List. Which I believe, only three people got. The Directors List is for those who scored 90 or higher on all tests and quizzes. My sweetie is such a smarty pants. There is one giant gold star missing in this picture because the Captain forgot it. I'm so proud of him. Yes, they gave him the knife as a reward.

My handsome husband and me...the proud wifey.

I've ruined his life!

Check on the parents blog soon for pictures of D.J and Chelseas wedding but first let me splain, no let me summarize how I ruined my sweethearts life.

Friday we arrived at the Greenhouse for the wedding, right before the ceremony started I realized that the zipper on my dress separated (No more candy for me) Chris looked at it tried to get it to go down and back up with no luck, it was stuck. As soon as the actual ceremony was over we ran home and I changed. On the way back Chris asked if I would drive and I told him, "No, you can" so we left. On the road Tiff calls me and asks if we've left because they are going to start taking pictures so I tell Chris to speed and he tells me "No, I don't speed". We're getting closer and I push on his knee so he'll go a little faster then let go, not thirty seconds later we pass a cop car who pulls out and flips his lights on (We weren't going that fast Uncle Jeff, don't be angry) anyway Officer Hoopie comes up and asks for Chris' license. "I don't have it Sir." I originally drove to the wedding and made him drive back. We are about 500 feet from the Greenhouse where the wedding was, Chris has just one final to take in three days and I'm about in tears. I try to convince Chris to tell him why but he just, "No Sir, Yes Sir, Thank you for my ticket Sir" and we were off, no we didn't make it for pictures. Hopefully everything will be okay he called his instructor the next day who was golfing and he is taking his final as I type. I'm positive he will still graduate but I have never felt so guilty in my life.

In my defense to make myself feel better, mom saw my dress was torn an hour before the wedding started and didn't say anything, we also went back to pick up the card my parents left and finally my husband is really strong and I couldn't have pushed his knee down if he didn't want me to.

Alas, I still feel guilty and know it is all my fault. Hopefully there will be pictures soon of the new marriage where the wife hasn't ruined the husbands life yet.

Doings

The kittens absolutely love Chris and love crawling all over him.

How can you resist this face?

Chris is doing great in school and it's hard to believe he is almost done. Graduation is July 9th. He gets along great with all his fellow cadets and instructors. He likes to tease some of the instructors and will end up doing push ups for it. He is a great class leader and loves going to school. He comes home beat up sometimes but I'm sure he wouldn't trade it for anything.

I've been a volunteering fool. Not sure why really, we all know I'm not a nice person. Most of it has been with kids which is even more bizarre because I hate kids, they're stupid. Anyway I've done three family days with the Military where the parents are in counseling because their spouse just got back from war so we take the kids and build things. I've also gone fishing with mentally and physically disabled kids. That was fun because some kids would get frustrated quick that they weren't catching anything so we would distract them and someone would grab a fish from the farm, hook it on the end of the line, and toss it out into the lake. It was awesome to see how excited the kids would get. The most rewarding thing for me thus far was last Fri I did "Relay for Life" my shift was 12-3 am. you all know how I'm so good at staying awake past ten o'clock. I basically sped walked if I even tried to jog my pants would fall down because I threw Chris' sweat pants on (twas a chilly night) Although I had no walking buddy and my brain couldn't function for more than five mins at a time it was a good thing. I wasn't able to raise any money because our Internet was down. But I did it for my family members and three friends at work. Not much else to say.

WE'RE NOT DEAD. 

Just a bit Boring is all

I have a problem

Like I said...I have a problem with being able to make a post without a picture.

It's an oldie but a goodie

Let me see...Nothing new here.  I'm leaving to hang out with my cool sister hopefully she'll have little A@#%*! while I'm there.  Of course she will, if not I'm bringing the little one out myself, I just need a towel and a spoon.

Hopefully Chris can cope with me gone for a week.  He'll be sad and lonely but will have no one telling him when his bedtime is.  Still doing most fantastic in school.

 Sorry this was such a long post.  I'll try to keep it short next time.

Lucky I'm In Love With My Best Friend

Ok so I couldn't find any pictures. I'm more than a bit disappointed but since we can't figure out how to set our computer up to the Internet, no visual aids.
Let's start with....ME. Well I'm still at Depot and am thankful everyday I have a job, not like I'd go anywhere, please. (humble aren't I) Work is starting to pick up now that is warming up. Finally. I'm liking work more everyday. Our CEO is doing some great things for the employees, which makes it easier to go to work when you don't feel like your working for the MAN. I love the people I work with and still don't want to be promoted. I have a few violin lessons left but I think I may just take them once a month from my teacher who will start teaching from his house. I have fun, I may not be good but to the untrained ear who will notice right :) Hm..well that about sums it up for me.
Chris is still doing great in school. He comes home with great stories every night. He's still a great class leader and always has people in his unit coming to him for questions and help. The instructors seem to love him as well. He'll sit and talk with them for quite awhile even after class is over. He's going to go golfing with one of them sometime, if he can save his allowance :) A few weeks ago SGT King was teaching them some Defensive Tactics and punched Chris from about four inches away. Chris wasn't expecting it to hurt like it did because it didn't seem like he could get that much momentum going and he's a small guy. I'm guessing he cracked a rib or something because Chris couldn't cough, sneeze, breath deeply or sleep without wincing. It had gotten to the point this week where it finally stopped hurting. Until last night when King was teaching Jiu-Jitsu and now my sweetie can't get hugs without groaning in pain or moving in bed without wincing again. Let me tell you my Chris is no wimp either. So besides getting beat up in school (Maybe I should take Jett to meet SGT King) He is doing awesome. His older than dirt Dr. still hasn't made an appointment for his MRI. We want to get a new Dr. but with all Chris' medical history we might as well wait until his Dr. dies. I'm still trying to convince Chris it would be easier to explain things to a new Dr. than waiting for this guy. (Can you tell I'm bitter?) Oh yeah Chris interviews with West Jordan Police Dept next week and goes on a ride along next Sat with Springville. He's pretty giddy. Or just excited in a manly way.

So

I feel like I cannot make a post without a picture attached. I'll see what I can do

Don't Judge Us

(Not me.  I was taking the picture)

So a few weeks ago I was privileged to go welcome home 300 Utah National Guard home from serving in Iraq for over a year.  I went with some volunteers from work.  We were able to feed the soldiers and their families, and hand them yellow roses as soon as they stepped off the plane and say "Thank You"  What a great experience!  It was reaffirmed that I do not have a heart.  I believe I was the only one who didn't cry, I was happy okay. I smiled a lot if that counts.  It was so fun to see all the soldiers be reunited with their families.  The National Guard was so happy we volunteered and a girl I work with was able to pull enough food together for 1,000 people in 36 hours they invited us back for the Special Forces when they return.  

Chris started school again and is the class leader for the last block.  I'm so proud of my husband.  He IS so smart.  He astounds me everyday with his good looks, witty conversation and sparkling personality. (or something like that)

We are also moving back to Lehi.  Crashing the parents for awhile longer.  It's hard to catch up on medical bills when he keeps having to go back.  He now has to go in for an MRI.  If his doctor wasn't 103 and would remember to call and schedule the appointment we would have it done by now and know what we need to do to fix him.  My mom said he's not supposed to be ill right now, it's not the holidays.  No worries he's not deathly ill.  They just took an X-ray of his back awhile ago and there were some black spots they couldn't make out and they just need a clearer picture.  

Let's see.  My violin lessons are progressing.  My teacher always makes me feel better saying I'm progressing nicely.  But I get frustrated because I know I played better when I was five.  Oh well, I better go and practice or I may get in trouble. 

One Full Year

My sweetie and I have now officially been married for a year! (Okay it's a little late.  One year on February 23rd)  It has been a great year at that too.  The above picture of my handsome husband is on the day of our anniversary.  We decided to go visit "Frisco" a ghost town in South West Utah.  We took Chris' GPS along as our map.  Unfortunately it told us to turn at mile marker 122, bad news is that there was no road.  So we took the closest exit which was Sulpherdale and headed West, because the GPS told us to.  After driving about a half a mile from I-15 we encountered a wee bit of snow.  Since we were in the Jeep and it has four wheel drive it didn't seem to be a problem, that and the snow only covered the road for about 100 yards.  Little did we know that the road seemed to have dipped and what looked like level snow was not and we got stuck.  Not just a little stuck I mean we opened the doors and the snow pack was level with the bottom of the door.  We didn't have to step down just step strait out.  My sweet husband spent the next two and half hours digging us out of the snow.  Good thing he brought an extra change of pants, shoes and socks.  He dug us out enough that we could now reverse our way back the way we came.  After much cheering we were out.  We got out to inspect how deep the snow had become when after a glance at the front of the Jeep and a few curse words it was discovered the front bumper of the Jeep was darn near dragged off and bent out and up.  Chris went to work again and rigged the bumper back on so we could at least drive again.  We finally made it to Frisco after stopping and asking directions.  We wish we could have spent more time in the ghost town before it got dark but due to our previous adventure it was not to be.  We will go back, and the lesson we learn from this story?  Nothing beats a good old fashioned map!  Sorry no pictures.  I wasn't thinking real good and we took the batteries out for the GPS.  If I knew how to edit my video camera I'd put it on but due to the Charlie Boorman language it is not suitable for children under 17.  By the way Chris did not get angry once.  No joke.
The day after our anniversary.  We were able to go to dinner.  We went to Outback for dinner because I had gift cards from Christmas and because we're wealth impaired we thought it would be a good idea to use them.  Too bad I didn't notice they expired a week prior.  Who gives out gift cards that expire?  People who get them for free because they bought so much worth of real gift cards.  Yeah, real nice.
My new car....A girl can dream can't she?
Since Chris sold his Harley for my wedding ring I told him he could have this one.  Only if he could pay cash for it right then.  It is only 1 million dollars! Thats a bargain being that its the only one in the World.

Just the 2 of us

Nothing super duper exciting has been going on in our humble abode.  

I talked to the CEO of Home Depot a couple of weeks ago and he thought I had such a marvelous idea he gave my store $1,000 dollars to play with.  He should have just given it to me.  I even had my picture on Home Depot inter office website.  (Where was my phone call then girl?)  And now for all of those who have been asking if I'm going to loose my job? Ha ha ha.  UM...no.  They closed all the "Expo" and little sister stores some of which I didn't even know we owned.  Expo was like a high end decorating store that never made money when the economy was good and they were dragging us down.  Only 6 people out of the 3,500 people employed by Home Depot in Utah lost their job and they were offered other positions.  That and my store would fall apart if I wasn't there.  Right girl :) They couldn't let me go if they wanted to.  You see I'm a red head and we make up less than three percent of the worlds population and that would just be discrimination.

I was called to be  a Relief Society teacher.  That's funny.  Me, teaching.  Oh well, they will soon learn the error of their ways.  Unfortunately I taught my first lesson today and a lot of people, including the Stake Relief Society president said I did great.  Another sister said, "you have a gift to teach."  I wondered if they were listening.  I was sweating so bad I had to keep my arms down.  Anywho...  

Chris is still on the job hunt. It was hard to find a job that would work around his school schedule before and right now it's downright impossible.  Keep praying for him.  He's itching to go back to school.  It starts back up again in about two weeks and he is so excited to get back to learning.  He has not yet received a church calling.  They tried to give him one and he said he would do it but can't because of his school schedule.  It was funny they gave him, well tried to give him the calling they did, because prior they asked him three or four times what his school schedule was like and then they gave him something that falls right in the middle of it.  Oh well, his time will soon come.