so it begins...

Summer is finally here, shout praises! 

We have had so many adventures already and there is still 

much more to come! :) 

Let us begin with:

Adventure #1

{Memorial Day}

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I didn't document much, but Ryan's little brother Koy had a soccer tournament all weekend in the Layton area. All of us got together and partied all weekend! We shopped, swam, and made Hailey {Ryan's brother Glen's wife} watch Saturday's Warrior for the first time. Wish I would have gotten a picture of her reaction to all of us singing the songs, more like belting them, through-out the movie. She loved it. 

{Wolverine hair at Olive Garden}

{Grandma Nae getting
Birthday kisses}

{Blaire and cousin Ellie}

{The Crew}

Adventure #2

{Graduation}

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My mom's family is always supporting one another in everything! Graduation is one of those times. My cousin Chelsey graduated about a month ago from BYU and will be an amazing history teacher. Chandler graduated from PG high school and will play hockey somewhere, lots of offers for his amazing talent, watch out NHL! Happy for you both! Can't wait to see what you do next! 

 

Adventure #3

{June 12th}

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My birthday! I had a great time! Sadly Ryan was still working like crazy but he took me out to Olive Garden for lunch. Delicious of course. Then I met up with my aunt Stacy! Her birthday is June 12th too! This was the first time we have ever been able to celebrate together. She gave me a sugar cookie from Swigs. Seriously the best. Then we went shopping! And later we had to see a movie of course, Fault in Our Stars. Really good and made us have sad tears but not because our birthday was bad. That movie screams cry when you watch me. Then I went home and waited for the hubs! Just a good relaxing day and I got to spend it with one of my favorite people! She truly is a great example to me. She always has a positive attitude, a strong testimony, and overcomes her battles with great courage. I am very lucky to know her and am glad we get to share this day together! 

Love you Stacy! 

{Didn't get any pics of us together, but it was on a Thursday so here is some #tbt photos to celebrate!}

{Stacy and Mi Madre}

{My first bday!}

Adventure #4

{Father's Day}

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That Friday after my birthday I got to party with the Adams family at their Relay for Life in Blackfoot. Their father/uncle/grandpa/etc. Dave passed away from cancer a couple years back and they always support the event in honor of him. They go all out and never disappoint! This years theme was about superhero's, hence the capes, and the camo for Dave serving his country! I am always glad to be apart of it and thankful they invite me. It always makes me think about my grandpa who lost his long battle to Lupus in his 50's. Thankful for the plan of salvation and that we get to see our loved ones again. Miss you gramps! :) 

The rest of the weekend we partied at Gary and Lori's house for food, fun, and games of course! It was a relaxing and nice to be with family. I didn't get to party with my dad though :( but I love the time when we get to talk and catch up on things. I will always be a daddy's girl no matter how far apart we live. I have much to be thankful for because of him, mainly my testimony and faith in the gospel. Thanks for that light dad! Love you! AND of course I missed my Ry! He was in Utah getting ready to leave that next week to Park City for work. Blaire and our future kiddos are lucky to have him as a father. I couldn't be more happy to learn from him and be at his side on our journey that has really just begun. Hooray for Dad's! :)

{Happy Father's Day G$!} 

{Watching Daniel Tiger with
Uncle Wade and Uncle Ty!}

{Going on a walk with my favorite peeps!
Karly loves the camera haha}

{Koy decided to run over my child in the
street to catch a frisbee, bloody mess}

 

{One of the happiest little
girls I know! WE LOVE IVY MAE}

{That cute niece of ours Ivy Mae we love so much was sick all weekend and the next couple days everyone got her stomach flu. There was possibly some other things we got but weren't sure where they came from, but we all survived!}

Adventure #5

{Idahome}

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Since Ryan was gone all week I stayed in Pocatello/Idaho Falls. I was able to stay with my mom and party with her for a couple days. For my birthday dinner we went to Butterburs, seriously delicious. I also got to see some friends for sushi. No I do not eat that nasty stuff but it is fun to see what everyone gets. I just get veggies haha. I mean, fish eggs, that's just gross. Kelsey and Wes were brave enough to let them swim around in their mouth. Yuck. 

I headed up to Idaho Falls on Wednesday to stay with Ryan's mom. Danielle and Ellie were able to come too! We got pedicures and it was worth it. The nail techs are hilarious, don't know what they are saying half the time but they mean well haha. 

{Even Ellie got one!}

{The massage is the best part!}

The next day, Thursday, we went up to Rexburg to see Katee! I was excited to go despite being very stressed that morning for some reason. Hate that when being pregnant. I was just overwhelmed all of a sudden and felt like I couldn't do anything right. The family was nice and accepting of my craziness and helped me as much as I would let them. Thank you for your patience! haha Anyways, I tried to visit all the people I worked for when we got to the burg but no one was in their office. Sad day! Danielle hadn't seen all the changes on campus as of recent so it was neat to see what she thought as a first time perspective. It was fun to go back up there though and think of all the good things that came out of BYU-Idaho. I do miss it :)

{Picking up Katee after her test!}

Danielle and Ellie had to head back home but Renae, the babe, and I met up with Karly and Wade at Mckenzie River Pizza! Too bad afterwards Renae locked the keys in the car haha it was actually hilarious. Karly finished taking some pictures outside and the rest of us had just been walking around outside waiting for her to be done. Then Renae realized the keys were not in her pocket. Thankfully the window was slightly rolled down. Wade was trying a bunch of things and I finally went in the restaurant to ask for a wire hanger. They had one oddly, and finally we got the doors unlocked and made it home. 

Oh, don't worry, I returned the hanger.

Friday came and Renae got the sickness from everyone that weekend before. It was pretty bad. Since Glen, Hailey, and Ryan were coming later that day I had to get dinner ready and do some other things for Renae. Everyone got to the house safe and sound though and dinner was delicious! It was Hailey's birthday too! Didn't do much but just chilled around the house that night. 

Saturday was the adventurous day! That morning Karly and our friend Nicole ran their first half marathon. They wanted to beat their time of 2 hours and 30 minutes and did it in 2 hours and 20 minutes? or 21 minutes. Katee made some fun signs too! 

Anyways, all that matters is they reached their goal! 

It was fun to go cheer them on and celebrate their finish! 

{Almost there guys!}

{Hailey and baby Olive!}

{Hailey, Katee, and her
roomie Janae!}

{Blaire loved the
Chic Fil A Cow}

{Yeah!! She did it! :)}

Later, Glen had an alumni baseball tournament for Hillcrest Highschool. Hailey and I had never seen him play before so it was fun to watch him doing what he loves! Later, we went to Maleficent and that movie theater felt so nice after being in the hot sun all day. I was really impressed! Loved Angelina and the story line, I suggest you go watch it.

{Batter up, AND yes he did hit
a home run in the game!}

{Cuties Glen and Hails!}

All of us left Renae's and wanted to go stay at Gary and Lori's. Glen, Hailey, and Ryan had never seen their house before. We actually stayed in Idaho Falls for a little longer and had dinner at the park with Gary and Lori. We played whiffle ball, well our version of it and then headed to p-town.

 

{Ryan's sister Karly took some of these pics thanks! haha}

{Katee and Wade ready to play haha}

{My main man! Reunited at last!}

{Love these peeps! Yes, you too Janae!}

{Blaire enjoyed everyone running
around and loved cheering us all on!}

{Lori was knockin' em
out there!}

{Derek and Tash swinging!}

{Love the Leavitts!}

{My other favorite little
person/niece Olive!}

{All of us, minus the Thompsons, Laven and
Brookell! We missed you!}

{Always need to do a silly one :)}

On Sunday, we headed to church, Hailey did our nails {loved}, and we watched USA in the world cup. Usually the only time we will watch soccer on TV haha. 

#IBelievethatwewillwin #USA #Worldcup2014

 

We finally headed home but what a great week and half Blaire and I got to spend with family. And to have it end with Ryan back safe and sound to us. Also thankful for the love we have from our family. I wouldn't have it any other way, and it keeps growing by the minute! Little boy can you get here soon please? :)

Thanks everyone for letting us be apart of it all and accepting our craziness. Let's do it again soon! 

Much Love,

JPB 

PS: Baby Update

Everything is measuring perfectly! He is still "due" August 5. Guessing it won't be that day with my record haha but you never know. I am 34 weeks, and either this 6 weeks will go by fast or really slow. We aren't set on any names yet but the list is growing. More details with that soon. He is moving a lot more especially at night. I am getting more tired as the days go by :( I don't like that because it is hard to have energy to play with BQ. By 3 I want to pass out everyday haha. However, I wouldn't change having Blaire's energy to entertain me for anything else. I love having the time we get together before the baby comes. I am sure at times I will miss it. Maybe it is a bittersweet thing, we will see. I love the idea of having another child around though. I want to see what he looks like, his little cry, if he has hair, if he looks like Ryan, if he looks like Blaire, if he will sleep at night haha so much to think about 

AHH! I love it! :) 

Still not craving much except these beautiful things: 

I am so glad Costco is around the corner. 

gotta start sometime.

well its 2013 and I am pretty sure I should have started a blog a long time ago

This will be a somewhat short, haha ya right, post about who we are in a nutshell sort of speak

Let's start with the basics:

1. I am happily married to Ryan Gary Bennion of almost but not quite 3 years. May 20, 2010 is when we decided to seal the deal at the Timpanogas temple. Seriously ups and downs and all arounds but I am a very lucky girl to have Ryan. He is my best friend and knows all my deepest darkest secrets (don't really have any because apparently everyone thinks i share them :) )

2. We both graduated this past July from BYU-Idaho. I don't care what people say that school has given us more than we could have imagined! Our testimonies have grown so much and we have learned more about our priorities and whats important in life. 

3. We had a little suprise surprise (you will learn I can't spell the easiest words) come our way. 

Blaire Quinn Bennion was born October 20, 2012. SYKE (psyhce- seriously don't know how to spell that) October 29, 2012 she decided to be 10 days late. HOWEVER, we love her to pieces and glad she got here when she did. I am so thankful for the love and patience she has taught me. I can't imagine how my life was before she got here, have children, they seriously change your life. 

4. FAMILY ours is huge. that is understatement. Both our parents our divorced. My parents divorced when I was about 6 months old. My dad got remarried and divorced and now is remarried again to his current and forever together for eternity wife. :) They have 3 children whom I love! Hard because there is a major age difference so I like it now that they are a little older. 3 siblings now is better than being an only child haha. trust me. Hardly get to see them because they live in Washington but we talk when we can. By the way I am really bad at calling my relatives and talking with them. Probably never will haha.  My mother never remarried but has had boyfriends. MEN SHE IS SINGLE NOW AND A HOTTIE BO TOTTIE. She lives in POKY (ryan likes to call the armpit of Idaho) where i grew up.

5. FAMILY (cont.-see told you it keeps going). Ryan's parents got divorced right before we got married. It was a different experience than mine but that's for another day. He has 5, yes 5 siblings. I have always envied those who had bigger families so he is a lucky guy. Ryans mother didn't get remarried until a year ago this February. He is defineitly defineatly defineately (curse that word. Seriously the only word I can't spell) definitely a great man. They are polar opposites, quite and loud, mother-in-law is the loud one. BUT NO MATTER loud with love is what i call it :) They live in Idaho Falls, around the corner from us. Just laugh haha like I do. Ryan's step father has 3 children, all girls, way nice!!!! We don't really get to see them often. Ryan's dad got remarried to a sweet lady from Utah. She has 3 children, we don't get to see them often either haha. But when we do its a good time. 

(Little confusing, short and sweet maybe but I will get into more details later ) 

6. friends seriously can't describe the influence they have had on me. I have never met more crazy, loving, caring, generous, people who have shaped me who I am today. They have seen me at my worst and my best and never seem to leave me behind. I can always count on them. (THERE ARE MANY THAT AREN"T PICTURED!!! :) SEND ME SOME IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD YOU SILLIES!) 

6. With current news: We live in a townhome in Idaho Falls. Seriously a cute fun place, has 3 bathrooms which the hubby loves haha. BUT we are moving! Reasons being, we want to save more money which is the most important. Being self-reliant is always a goal for us. Also, Ryan works for a great company and has been there for quite sometime. And other opportunities have come our way so stay tuned for that...

7.  My Religion BEST for last. I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and love this gospel. I have a testimony that my Savior lives and changes me everyday. The Book of Mormon is a true word of God and keeps me close to the spirit as I read daily. Joseph Smith did restore this gospel by his action of faith and I admire that. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet today and all he declares is of truth. I am thankful for so many temples around us, they give families a chance to be together forever. Living up to the standards of the gospel is a lifestyle that I love and want to keep the rest of my life. Being a peculiar person keeps me happy. I have so many blessings in my life. My family keeps growing, even though we aren't perfect, we have met more people to love and have in our life. My friends have been my foundation and I am lucky to have not chosen differently. They have put a happiness in my life I won't ever forget. My testimony is constantly growing and I hope that I exemplify that and share that with you always, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Much Love,

JPB