Anniversary

Yesterday was our one year "Party Day" anniversary.  Hurray for us!  I would have put up pictures from our day but I don't have the knowledge on how to get them from my disk to the blog.  Yes I am not so smart when it comes to computers.  That and I didn't try very hard to figure it out.  Anyway....

My sweet husband is currently taking his final for his first block of school so you get an old picture of him.  Yes ladies I know he is sexy but he is mine!

And you get this of me.  Our computer makes me an artist.

We saved some money over the past year and were able to go to the "Transiberian Orchestra"  Good thing Chris is a member of the fan club because we got our tickets at a third of the price, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to go.  It was even better than last year.  It is hard to describe how great it is unless you have been there.  If you want good details call Chris.  They have awesome pyrotechnics, they make it snow inside, they play great Christmas music and they having dueling pianos.  Also how could I forget, they played a little Led Zepplin and "O Fortuna"  Simply put...Marvelous

I know you weren't wondering but I don't care

 No I am not pregnant.  For those of you who read the comment on the Risser page and called, commented or otherwise text me.  Who expects an April Fools Joke in Oct.  Genius!  This is me and my pretty smile.  I went to do my duty as an American and vote on Halloween because for some reason in my head I wouldn't be able to today. (Didn't even work)  Anyhow I stood in line for and hour and a half to go up to the desk and be told my name address and info are all in the computer and correct but...although I registered with plenty of time I wasn't put in in time to vote early.  So they have me fill out a Provisional Ballot and vote.  I get a status tracker for my ballot that says, "...to receive the status of you provisional ballot.  Please allow two weeks after the election for this information to be available."  So why check the status two weeks after the election if it counts great if not..what am I going to do about it?   
My handsome feller is doing great in school always has great scores on his tests and is doing marvelous all around in class and working hard.  I now know a lot of Utahs 10 code and I know more 10-96's than I ever realized.  
This is the birthday cake Chris made for me.  It was great and he rearranged the candles maybe six times so they were centered.  It was the first time I had a birthday cake literally light up the room.  For Halloween we went to the Lehi Homestead carved some awesome pumpkins you can see on their blog and we handed out candy while the parents and Carline took Jett and Matix trick or treating.  Enola is too cool and went to a friends house.  They came home and got  ready for bed started winding down so Chris and I went home.  He started to watch a Heman episode and I was asleep by ten.  Very exciting I know.  Pretty much that's it.  No baby countdown not yet at least.  

Birthdays and Pumpkins

Chris and I had a night off together, he didn't have school and I didn't have to close. So we decided to carve our pumpkins. We were just so excited to have time to play that we weren't thinking that carving them that early in advance might not be so great for them. All done ( And I'm not sure why they are out of order. I do not have the patience to fix them either )
Performing surgery after I cut the nose off.
His scary pumpkin
Concentrating hard. Notice the tongue
Shrinkage. It happens when it's cold. Yeah that's tape on my pirate, to keep his nose and eye on. We couldn't save the eye. It was a risky operation.
We bought more pumpkins. So there will be fresh ones on our doorstep come Halloween night.

The Blog hates me. It will not let me post any of my birthday pictures. I will try again some other time. My sweet husband wanted to take me out to breakfast but since I woke up three hours earlier than him I ate. So he took me to lunch instead. It was delicious, Olive Garden. Then we ran some errands and he went to school so I....swept and did dishes :) He also made me a delectable chocolate cake with a yummy frosting creation and we had some family show up. All in all it was a great day. Oh and to make it better unlike the previous two years I didn't have to work.

I stole it from Rheanna's blog.

Most of you saw it on hers and since I'm too boring to think of my own post, I'm stealing one from someone elses :) You highlight what you've done.
1. Started your own blog (pretty self explanatory this one)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4.Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (only in the shower)
11. Bungee Jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (it's closed so it was impossible. I've been and I'm counting that)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (not well but we got by)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (whoa. wink wink)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (does giving him your left overs count?)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Both. And I got sick both times. Stupid inner ears)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (I'm guessing home movies aren't what they had in mind here)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (Pretty sure I'd puke there too so NEVER!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (In like Kindergarten)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (I really don't think they would have died)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (I want to say yes but it didn't make that much of impression that I can remember)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Short Update

I'm an Aunt again. Little Zander
Me and Nate the brother
Grandpa Benson and...Me
Big Head Benson Trio

For Jenni

Because I doubt the rest of you really care. You are welcome to look anyhow.
Here Jen quit bugging me gosh!I finally have somewhere to put Einstein. We were going to buy a slip cover for the couch but we just couldn't bring ourselves to cover the beautiful flowers. That and they weren't free.
Our kitchen with NO counter space. Tigger watches over the orange bowl.
Pops bought Chris this Chuck Norris poster. "Chuck Norris doesn't read books he just stares them down until he gets the information he wants."
Our camode area.
So I didn't feel like tidying up for you. The bed was made isn't that enough? Our dresser is also our desk.

They Grow Up So Fast

His first day of school was on Monday.I would say, "Doesn't he look so grown up?" But he looks a lot younger all clean shaven. So he goes to school Mon thru Fri 5:30-10:00 and Sat from 8-5. So since I usually am off work by seven I will be pretty bored. I mean you can only, well I can only tolerate the gym for so long. My plans....get a library card. I would learn to cook but since all we can afford is ramen and that my friends needs no improvement learning to cook will be postponed. The apartment is nice and a place to call our own. I'll put pictures up next week. I'm sure I'll have plenty of free time to do the blog.