Strange Days

This is my handsome husband Christopher Simon Mahana

This is Marco Mixco. You may be wondering who that is.

Marco is Chris' biological donor.

Can you tell? I can

Chris has a facebook account that he doesn't always look at. On Wed he got an alert on his phone saying he had a friend request waiting. (Strange because he doesn't get notified on his phone for anything facebook) Anyway it said Marco Mixco wanted to be his friend. It was then followed by an email saying something along the lines..." I think I may be your little brother"

Hmmm....So when Chris got home he jumped on and accepted and immediately the little chat box pops up saying, "I swear I'm not crazy but I think I'm your little brother. Is your dads real name Marco Mixco" (true) "Do you have a brother named Drew and a sister named Lori?" (true, they too were adopted as Mahana) So Chris calls his mom and we quiz Marco Sr. who had just found out his son found Chris online. Marco Jr. and Chris had been chatting for about 45 min and come to find out young Marcos mom knew but Marco Sr. did not know so it was a surprise for him too. So Jr. hands the computer to Sr. and we quiz him..."What is your moms name?" (Chris mom says he should answer Nelly) "Nelly Duke" Well lookey here. We've got ourselves a family reunion after 33 years. Apparently Sr. has always told Jr. about the other three kids and Jr.s mom found the adoption papers and discovered the new last name of Mahana and...now what was once lost is now found. Chris really wasn't looking to be found, nor does he really care but it has been fun. Jr. is only 17! The two of them chatted I would say for about an hour to an hour and a half. Well, Jr. Sr. and new wife all took turns asking Chris questions, and I got on and pretended to be him for awhile while Chris was on the phone with his mom.

I guess Sr.s dad has a lot of pictures of the kids. The youngest picture Chris has ever seen of himself is when he is about 2, until now. He is the baby in this picture and those other two are his brother and sister. Jr. has been sending him some pictures and it's fun to see them.

Anyway...So I turned the AC on in my car on Mon. Now that is strange. I mean it was February 1st!

Cold Shmold

They say this is the coldest winter Utah has had in 25 years! Doesn't seem like it to me but I still don't think the globe is warming either. Anyways, a tropical background to warm my soul and yours.

Catch Up

All the husbands were working Christmas morning. Or at least that was what they were telling us.
Aaron didn't want to play in his costume, so I did. Jenni said I could borrow it later that night too. I'm not sure why I would but she had a sly smile on her face.

The BEST Christmas present ever. We love it even more the second time around.

My favorite spot when we go see the lights at Temple Square. Yes I was freezing and stole the kids blanket for myself.

Train rides make me....sick.

Oh how I love and miss the Benson clan. Aren't they all so good looking?

Excited about the upcoming New Year.

He loves me, he truly loves me.

All of the self portraits we took my face is fat. Even when I pulled my face flesh back I still managed to have a fat one, so we'll settle for this.

Aren't sisters grand?

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.