Sunday Adventure

Benjamin loves to help out, he loves to shut doors and the dishwasher after we have loaded it. Tonight I was doing laundry and he had helped to put clothes in the dryer I turned around to turn the dryer on and he shut the door with me inside the laundry room and he was on the other side of the door.

I didn't know that the knob was broken and the door wouldn't open from the inside. I called my neighbor but got no answer, so I called Wes at work. He ended up calling his mom and she came over and let me out. I was locked inside for about 45 minutes.

I could hear Benjmain going up and down the stairs and throwing dog food down the stairs. He was having a lot of fun! I on the other hand was not!

Tired Benjamin

I have been sitting at the computer all morning uploading pictures from our vacation. I put Banjamin into his high chair and gave him some treats to keep him out of trouble. It had been too quiet so I went to check on him and found this. I guess vacation tired him out!

Six flags over Georgia

I was worried how Benjamin would do sleeping in an new place, but we put his play pen in the closet so it was dark and quiet and he did really well. All he needs is a wand and he can be Harry potter living in the closet under the stairs.

Tuesday was our last full day in Georgia and we spent it at Six Flags with Wes's cousin Michelle and her kids.

This is the goliath, the best roller coaster ever! It was my favorite.

My starving son Benjamin wating to get into Six Flags.

Wes's Cousin Michelle and her daughter Stephanie waiting in line for monster mansion

Wes and Benjamin enjoying Monster Mansion. Benjamin was so intent on all the animated monsters.

The ninja, this roller coaster gave me a headache.

The Sreamer

After the two big roller coasters, I needed a break I was feeling quite queezy. Since Wes didn't ride the roller coasters he went on the kiddie rides with Benjamin. Benjamin loved this boat, it was his favorite ride, he cried when he got off.

riding the carousel

We had such a great time on our trip! Thanks to all of Wes's family who made our trip great!

Stone Mountain

On Monday we went to a great Steak house for lunch and this moose was out front so we had to take a picture. Wes always calls Benjamin Bugaboo, and we saw this placke called Bugaboo steak house so we stopped for lunch. It had great food!

Monday night we went to Stone Mountain for a laser light show, it is one big huge piece of granite sticking out of the ground.

These are Wes's cousins' kids, Alayna, Tiffany and Shane. The next picture has Stephanie in it. They are great fun! We went to six Flags with them on Tuesday too. Tiffany made us Bosnian soup fof dinner it was really yummy!

We and Benjamin watching the laser show. Benjmain loved it. He was ooo and ahhh during the show.

Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari

On Sunday we went to Pine Mountain wild Animal Safari park. It was a lot of fun! We went with Wes's cousin, Rusell and his wife Sherry and their two kids, Nolan and Keli. They are so nice and we had a wonderful time! Once again I was so wrapped up in how excited Benjamin was I didnn't get any pictures of everybody else

This is Benjamin being a tiger

A Baboon in the walk through area of the park

This is a Liger, which you get when you mate a female tiger and a mile lion. It was huge!

We rode a bus through the park, it took about an hour and a half. Here is Wes feeding the camels

The Giraffe decided to walk over to the bus, and Wes got to feed it. I had never seen a Giraffe so close before they are magnificant animals!

Wes was one of the people the Giraffe ate from.

This is a Zee Donk, a cross between a zebra and a donkey

These are hairy cows

A baby liger












The Animal Safari was a blast! We had so much fun, Benjamin loved throwing the food out of the window and kept asking for more!

After the Safari we went back to Rusell and Sherry's for dinner. Thanks for such a great day and a great dinner!

Family reunion at the lake

On Saturday we went to Wes's family reunion. His family rents out the lodge at a sate park and they enjoy each others company, playing in the lake and lost of good food. Unfortunatly I didn't take nearly enough pictures of everyone who was there, I just took pictures of Wes and Benjamin. I wish I would have gotten more pictures of his family.

This is Wes and Benjamin walking back from swimming in the lake

Benjamin has never been in a lake before and he was so excited when he saw the water, he went running in. Which caused him to faceplant into the water and swallow a lot of water. it took awhile before he wanted to go back in.


He loved playing with his cup and pouring the water back into the lake.

Georgia Aquarium

The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world. It was so Awesome, it was by far Benjamin's favorite. It is in the same complex as the World of Coke so we did both on Friday.

Benjamin was facinated by all of the fish. He loved it.

They have beluga Wales


Jelly fish

Tropical fish

Manta rays

and lots of sharks. There is this big tunnel of an aquarium that you walk through and all of the fish swin over you.

Benjamin and Wes enjoying the huge tank with the Whale sharks inside

You could pet the baby manta rays and the sharks, they were slimy. Benjamin was interested, but when you look at the picture closer up you can see the concern on his face!

World of Coke

On Friday we went to the Word of Coke in Atlanta. It it the headquarters for Coka Cola. You get to take a tour and see all ot the history of Coke and then you can taste all the coke flavors from around the world.

This is Wes getting his free bottle of Coke right off of the assembly line.

Benjamin loved trying the flavors, he only got to try lemonade and water. Wes wanted to give him some of the Beverly (the worst tasting flavor ever, but he ended up being nice)

Wes and Benjamin with the Coke Bear. Just look at the look on Benjmains face, he was not happy about standing next to the bear

Benjamin and I enjoying the tour

Wes' Family

On Thursday we went over to Wes's Aunt Dianes house. We had a lot of fun visisting with his family that was there.

Me, Benjamin, Wes and his Dad.

Wes, Me, Benjamin, Wes's Dad, Wes's cousin Bobby. On the bottom row, his cousin Linda and his Aunt Diane Brown and Aunt Dian Stewart.

We had a great time visiting! Thanks Aunt Diane Brown for letting us invade your house!

Atlanta Zoo

We had such a fun trip to Georgia. The first day we got there we went to the Atlanta Zoo. It is one of only 4 zoo's in the country with Panda Bears. Benjmain loved all the animals!

Benjamin looking at the monkeys, one of his favorite animals

Wes and Benjamin sitting on the Giraffe statue

Look at the lions, while were there the two cubs started to play with the Dad lion. We loved the Atlanta Zoo (not the humidity)

Jessica's Wedding

Jessica and Andy Horne

July 9th, 2009.

They were married at the Bountiful Temple. It was a wonderful day that was long but a great day!
This all the girls in our family. My mom is holding Madison, Nicole, Alexis, Me, Michelle, Hailey and Nana

Wes, Benjamin and I with the Happy couple

Andy, Nicole and Jackson.

Michelle, Jeff, Hailey and Madison

Jessica and Andy

My Mom and Dad with Jessica and Andy

Me and Alexis

Alexis, Benjamin, Jackson and Hailey

My Mom and Dad with Jessica and Andy and all their kids, Stephen, Me, Michelle, Andrew and Jessica, Nana is also in the picture

Stephen and Benjamin

playing at the zoo

We had a great time at the zoo today. My friend was in town that I hadn't seen in over a year, so we met at the zoo. When we got there I found out my sister was already there, so it was a lot of fun. It sure was a lot of hard work keeping track of all the kids!

Benjamin loved looking at the porquipine.

And the squirrell monkey

He loved seeins the elephant statue, but didn't want to sit on with his friends

By the end of the trip all the kids were tired and didn't appreciate us taking more pictures!

playing with cousins

Benjamin at the Zoo today with cousin Lexi, and Hailey

My sister in laws kids came over on saturday night, We had a fun time playing outside and watching a movie. Benjmain loves to play with his cousins and we don't do it enough!

helping wth laundry

Benjamin has figured out how to dump all the clothes out of the hamper, turn it upside down and walk around with it on his head.
He sure makes me laugh!

Left over Balloons

I bought Wesley balloons for father's day, some of the balloons have deflated so I let Benjamin play with them. He loved them so much, it was cute to watch.

who needs toys

Benjamin was wound up like an energizer bunny last night. He would climb onto the ottoman, then over the arm of the couch, onto the couch and back onto the floor. He did this for about 15 minutes. He just kept laughing and doing it over and over again. It was so cute! It sure kept Wes and I entertained for a while. We both were wondering why we bother to buy him toys anyway!

Stadium of Fire tickets

I have 4 tickets to see Stadium of Fire on July 4th at BYU. I don't think that we are going to use them. They are $45.00 a piece. Let me know if you would like them, they are really good seats.