Getting Caught Up

It's About Time

So I have missed out on like 2 months worth of blogging so there are TONS of pictures below updating everyone. We are doing excellent here in Thatcher & we have been enjoying all of the excitement with the Gila Valley Temple Open House and anxiously awaiting the dedication this Sunday. Oh and for those of you who don't know, we are going to be sealed there on the 25th, the first day it is open! For those of you who can recall, Forest proposed to me right where the temple now sits and we are actually going to be the very 1st ones sealed in that temple and we can hardly wait. We have truly been blessed and look forward to that day. But hope you guys enjoy the pictures.

BRANSON

Well our Branson boy is 7 months as of yesterday! Time is flying by and he has been the funnest thing in the world. So finally, here are some pictures of March until recently.

Branson in his Hurley suit and beanie that makes him look like a SNOOPY character (he won't be wearing that hat anymore)

Branson LOVES Forest! (and Forest is crazy about Branson as you can see)

He is sooo ready to crawl and he gets so frustrated cause he just lays there on his belly with all 4's in the air like a seal

I don't know what happens when I am away but I always find random pictures on my camera like this (Like Father Like Son)

The other day Forest was working on the computer and I came in and found this (not sure if this is on the boundary line of child abuse or neglect but Branson seemed to be having fun)

Branson hates to be held while he is eating, he is quite independent in that way. Oh and look and his cute new shoes. I love them.

Branson LOVES his toes and I found him sucking on them ALL the time

NIGHT OUT

This last weekend we went out with our good friends Kevin and Tabitha and went to the dinner show at Rockin R' Ranch. It was a good time as always when we go out with them.

I don't mean to be prideful...
but I wanted to try my hand at making bread (for the 1st time ever) and this is how it turned out - A ton of work but I do have to say that I impressed myself with this one and it has given a confidence boost to keep trying more bread recipes

VEGAS

So me and Forest decided to take a quick little trip to Vegas just to get away and we left Branson with my mom and we had a blast

This is the flower observatory thing at the Bellagio and it was so awesome

The Price is Right- We had a blast at the live version of the show and the host happened to be the old host from "Supermarket Sweep" an old favorite of mine and my little sister linzers (it made it double exciting for me)

NEW YORK NEW YORK

This was made out of all Jelly Belly's- mmm delicious

MOTHERS DAY

Mothers Day was a lot of fun. Forest of course went above and beyond and reminded me of how much I don't deserve such a GEM! He got me a new church book to read, a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a Willow Tree statue and some favorite munchies of mine. We were at my moms for the day because she spoke in church which was a lot of fun and it was altogether a great day.

The shirt Forest got me and insisted I wear

Me and my sweet Branson boy on Mothers Day before church

COUSINS
Here is Branson and my sister Tera's baby Cody - They are 8 weeks apart, even though Cody is a lot chunkier Branson is longer (Don't know where from but he is extra long) and I can't wait until they are a little older and can play together

SUPERSTITION GHOST MINE TOWN
We try to do something every weekend that is different so we went out to the old Ghost Mining Town out by the Superstition Mountains - Really cool

FIRST FLIGHT
WE finally took Branson on his 1st plane ride from Safford down to Mesa! He did great!

ST. PATRICKS DAY
I always remember my mom doing stuff for like every little holiday and I hope that I can pass on the tradition to my kids so for St. Patricks Day I made Forest a bagel with GREEN cream cheese and GREEN milk with some candy and a card.

February 2010, so far...

This year for Valentines Day (weekend) me & Forest had Aunt Lindsay watch Branson for the night and we got a hotel in Downtown Chandler, which was awesome by the way. The Saturday before we went to the Annual Chinese Cultural Festival in Downtown Phoenix with Lindsay and that was really fun. The rest of the pictures are just kind of random. Branson had his 4 month shots! I can't believe it. He weighs almost 11 lbs. and is now 25 inches long! 7 inches since he has been born. He is such a blast and loves his daddy, which Forest just eats up and can't get enough of. So this is February so far.

Forest's "monster truck as the kids call it"

Branson & his cousin Cody (my sister Tera's baby) they are 8 weeks apart

CHINESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Forest on one of the statues

Me and Forest in front of the Chinese Cultural Shopping Center

SHOPPING VALENTINES WEEKEND
We found these NASTY Sesame Street Shoes at Marshalls that they put on Branson

BRANSONS 4 MONTH SHOTS
Poor Branson had a rough time with his 4 month shots and was cranky for about 3 days so here are a few pictures of his snuggling with me and then both of us passed out from exhaustion

ALL BRANSON
Branson smiling

In daddy's hat

Hangin out in his boppy

His big eyed excited look

airplanes

VALENTINES DAY
So I have to repeat this but I have THE BEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD. We decided that for Valentines we needed some time alone so we left Branson overnight with Aunt Lindsay and headed to a nice hotel in Chandler, but 1st Forest surprised me with a balloon, flowers and candy, but that wasn't all. He called me into my mom's office to show me something and he had made me a video of all our pictures since we have been married and to music. It totally made me cry. We then went out to eat at Abuelo's and it was sooo delicious. Then the next morning our hotel had a super nice brunch that was amazingly delicious! It was great.

At our Brunch

January 2010

Well a goal of mine for 2010 is to get all caught up on my scrapbooking and keep current on my blogging so I am going to try and include everything by month if I can. For one, it was our 1 year anniversary! We actually left Branson (for the 1st time overnight) and got a super nice hotel in Scottsdale. We started out the day with breakfast at a place where Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives (one of my very favorite shows) was taped, then we went to do a Candy Factory Tour in Phoenix (it sounds dumb when I tell people but it is something I have wanted to do forever now) and thanks to Forest he is always willing to do anything I want and I would totally recommend it because it is FREE and they include FREE SAMPLES! Then for lunch we stopped in at Red Robins for a yummy burger then ate at a Fancy restaurant Fogo de Chao in Scottsdale. It was a blast!
I also turned 27! For some reason I feel like this is an OLD birthday, I guess that I thought maybe I would've been close to being done having kids, not just starting but it was an excellent birthday thanks to having the best husband ever and awesome family and friends that helped me celebrate. I unfortunately don't have any pictures so I will have to post them at another time.
Branson turned 3 months old! Our little guy is the best. He has started to smile all the time and is even giggling out loud, especially when Forest makes him dance so I included some pictures of him.
I included some other pictures of just some of the things we have been up to.

OUR BRANSON BOY!
I just thought this one was so cute of him sleeping

My mom bought him this cute sweater with the ears! I love it and his Uncle Gary thinks it makes him look like a sheep.

Forest put his sweater on Branson

Branson is starting to sit up in his bumbo seat & you can get a little glimpse of his smile here

WILCOX
One Sunday we drove down to Wilcox for the day (my Ganny lived there and I spent a ton of time there when I was young) & stopped in at Stout's Cider Mill

Just outside Stout's Cider Mill was on old mine

COOKING TIME!
Well for those of you who don't know I absolutely LOVE to cook and spend a lot of time in the kitchen so Forest wanted to snap a shot of me where I am most of the time

Cooking Hamburgers

My Ganny makes the best homemade tacos and has passed that along to me so I started making them and people at my house can't get enough of them! They are a lot of work but so worth it.

FAMILY HOME EVENING
So we have been really trying to make it a point to do something different for our family night so we decided to go BOWLING! I am not even going to lie, it runs in my blood and I am kind of good.

1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Red Robin for lunch

Fogo de Chao
This was the fancy place we went for dinner - it was a Brazilian Charrasco place, we went to eat at one in Vegas and it was a lot better in Vegas than this one but it is a cool experience

CANDY TOUR
Here is the candy factory we went to

Forest with his "Bacon & Eggs" that they let us make at the factory (Pretzels, white chocolate & yellow M & M's)

This huge football was made of pure chocolate for the Super Bowl

OVER EASY
This was the place we went to eat for breakfast that was on Diner's, Drive-ins and Dives. I follow the show pretty religiously & we were excited but it was NOT GOOD unfortunately but a fun experience.