Weekend Get Away

Me and Bentley got to take a little trip to stay with one of my very best friends for the weekend. She has a little girl about the same age as Bentley. We had so much fun playing in the warm weather and just hanging out!

We took the girls to a fun park and then came home and played outside!

The day we got there was Brooklyn's birthday, so we got to have a little party with them. Here the girls are enjoying some cake, or maybe just some frosting:)

Cute little Brooklyn and her Rapunzel cake.

After the girls were in bed me and Melinda did our toenails with some cute nail wraps.

Here are our finished toes. They turned out so cute.

Enjoying some lunch together.

Painting a fun Easter craft.

Wiped out after swimming in the pool. We had such a good time and it was so nice to get away for a bit. The girls had so much fun together and Bentley hasn't stopped talking about Brooklyn. Thanks Melinda for having us and thanks to Brian for sharing your wife for the weekend.

Ogden Temple

We got to go do a session in the Ogden temple with some of my family. My grandparents have worked in the temple a long time and this was one of the last times they were going to serve in the temple since they will be rebuilding it. A lot of the family got to be there. It was neat to do a session with my grandparents in there officiating and to see all the family there. We had a nice dinner afterwards.

Gabe and Melissa at the temple.

Valentine's Day

Making Valentine sugar cookies for family night!

Bentley had her own few cookies that were hers to decorate. She loved it.

The poor girl has been so sick with RSV, sinus infection, and double ear infection and to top it all off she fell and hit her head on a stool we have in the kitchen and cut her head. We couldn't decide if we should take her in to get stitches since it would've only needed 2 or 3 stitches. She hit it on the corner of the bench, so there was a perfect hole in the back of her head. We watched it for a bit and decided not to go and it actually scabbed over pretty good. And now she is feeling better and getting over being sick. I am just ready for winter and all this sickness to be over....

Bentley decorating and eating her cookies.

Our finished cookies. Me and Bentley took these around to a few of her neighbor friends and she was so excited about it.

Josh brought home these pretty flowers for me for Valentine's Day. Bentley thought they were for her and wanted to carry them around everywhere.

Me and Bentley made Valentine cards for Josh and then decorated the table for dinner.

We had a yummy bowtie lasagna, corn, and heart shaped breadsticks. Me and Bentley had fun doing this.

Josh and Bentley eating some dinner.

Our valentines meal.

Bentley enjoying some sparkling cider in a glass cup, which only lasted a few minutes till she spilled everywhere:)

We had a fun Valentine's Day and hopefully you all did too!

Bentley's 2nd Birthday

Bentley turned 2! I made this cake for her Birthday. It was my first attempt at making a fondant cake. It was so much fun and it turned out pretty good. Everything was edible except the tinkerbell and pearls. I definitely learned a lot for the next cake I do.

We went to Chuck-E-Cheese for Bentley's party.

Bentley and her cousins enjoying some pizza.

Josh and his dad playing some games.

Bentley had so much fun running around playing on all the toys.

She loved her cake and was so excited when she was finally allowed to touch it.

Blowing out her candles.

Taking apart and cutting the cakes.

Enjoying our cake.

Opening some presents.

Yay! My own computer, so I don't have to touch mom and dad's anymore:)

Playing with her new vacuum.

Drawing some pictures with her new chalk board.

We can't believe Bentley is 2! She is so much fun and has the sweetest little personality.

- Some things about Bentley:

-Potty training and doing so good.

-Talks so much

- Can count to 4

-Learning her colors

-Loves her barney movie

-Favorite cartoon is Diego(not Dora)

-Best buds with her daddy

-Loves new clothes

- Always carrying a baby around

- She is tall(96%)

- Starting to like Nursery

- Always kissing mom and dad

- Has to try on all my makeup while I get ready

-We love you Bentley...

COLORADO

Me and Bentley flew to Colorado to see Josh's family. This was Bentley's first time flying and she did really good.

Bentley on her first airplane. When we got off she kept saying, "I go airplane, mom." She didn't realize we were on the plane the whole time. It was a short flight and Bentley was able to be entertained by movies and snacks.

Bentley helping grams make some pancakes.

Bentley wouldn't go potty in the big toilet since she's used to her little one, so grams went out and bought one so that she would feel comfortable going potty. That was so sweet of her to do that and Bentley felt so special and was able to feel comfortable again.

Bentley helping Joel and Missy make some hamburgers for our Sunday dinner.

We were able to get some hair done while we were there....

Missy and Bentley making some cake. We had a great time and loved spending time with family. Josh couldn't come, because he's doing his internship.

Bent's 1st haircut & Yellowstone

Bentley still doesn't have much hair, but she had a major mullet going on so I had to trim it up. It was hard to cut off the long hair, but it looks so much better now!

For Christmas Josh's dad and stepmom gave us a trip to Yellowstone over New Years. We drove down New Year's Eve and stayed for a couple days! This is a picture of us getting our gear!

Here we are all bundled up on our ride! With the windchill it was -35 degrees. I have never felt anything that cold before. My toes were absolutely frozen and so we stopped at one of the warming huts and got some toe warmers for my boots and put on another layer. I felt much better after that! We rode for about 8 hours and saw all the different sites. We had lots of fun.

Here we are at the old faithful cafe getting warm and eating some lunch.

Me and Julie waiting for old faithful to start.

Josh and his dad.

There's old Faithful.

Here are some Buffalo we saw. They were everywhere. We also saw a bunch of elk and a coyote. I really wanted to see a wolf, but we didn't see any.

This was such a perfect snowman and so we had to take a picture with it.

Playing some games in our room. It took us a couple of hours to feel warm again from being in the frigid temperatures all day!

Can you believe how high these snow banks are?

On the way home!!