Christmas Parties

December is always filled with parties of every kind; work parties, neighborhood parties, Church parities and family parties. As much as we like to "party", sometimes it's nice for all the festivities to end and to just relax at home. However, isn't that what's so great about December?

We had both our work parties, one with the Dental Group and one with the Fargo Group. We went bowling with the Dental group and Pete ( my boss) bought us lots of food and drinks. It was a lot of fun to hang out and bowl, although, my arm was a little sore by the end of the night!

As far as the Fargo party goes....that was a little more stressful! Brock and I had the party at our house, which meant a lot of WORK for me. I was exhausted by the time people started showing up, but I still managed to have a really good time. We ate a yummy dinner and played a fun white elephant game to end the night.

The WFF GroupTyler was disappointed to open his white elephant gift which was just a roll of T.P.

Conor and Derek got a complete make-over kit: Bath and make-up supplies.

Kim & Lucy

Our Christmas Tree

This Christmas Season is going by so quickly and Brock and I have been sooooo busy! We are enjoying all the fun that this time of the year brings and feel really blessed to spend a lot of time with family.
A couple weekends ago we went out to a nearby canyon to cut down our Christmas Tree. We hiked around for a long time until we found the perfect tree. This tree is by far the best tree we've ever cut down and is actually perfect on all sides. (no need transplanted branches to fill in any gaps.heheh) You can't beat a 9 foot tree for only 5 bucks.

Decorating our tree this year was quite an ordeal, it took forever to get the lights on right and we had to use a ladder which made it kinda tricky! It's done now and we love it.

We'll Miss You Grandma

My Grandma Bennett passed away on Sunday morning and we are going to miss her very much.

Grandma has been ready to go for some time so it's bitter sweet for all of us. I'm excited for her to re-united with my Grandpa Bennett who has been gone for about 25 years. One of my most precious memories of my Grandma is her love for Grandpa. She spoke of him so sweetly and has missed him greatly since the day he left this life. He was perfect in her eyes and in essence perfect in mine. Grandma has been looking forward to being with her "Sweetheart" once again for many years, so I'm happy for her.

It's always hard to lose a loved one but there's something different about losing a Grandparent. Grandparents are the people in your lives that seem to love you unconditionally. My Grandma Bennett loved me and I always knew it. She was very vocal with her feelings for her kids and grand kids and we all new we were her "little sweethearts". I love her too and I am going to miss her more than words can say. However, I am grateful for being blessed with such a good woman to influence and bless my life. I'm a lot like my Grandma in many ways and I will always cherish those characteristics.

Grandma had a very spunky fun personality, she always had us laughing. I have very fond memories of spending time with her one on one and she always made me feel special. I loved to sleep at Grandma's because I got to sleep in her bed with her and in the morning we always had eggs, bacon and toast with some sunny delight! (and I got to drink all the Diet Coke that I wanted....heheheh)!

I love you Grandma and look forward to being with you again!

Grandma, my Dad, Grandpa and Uncle Ron

Dad, Grandma, Grandpa and Ron

Grandpa Bennett

Grandma Bennett

Grandma Bennett and me at my 17th Birthday Bash! We had a fiesta in my parents back yard and everyone dressed up.

Grandma and me at my wedding.

Grandma at my brother Jon's wedding.

Grandma enjoying a Diet Coke with me at Jon's wedding.

I got to have a long good visit with Grandma this spring when I went home to Utah for a couple weeks. We had a lot of laughs and she knew who I was. (she was confused sometimes about who was who) We took this picture with my phone and she looked at my phone and then looked at my mom's and said " I can tell you have the cheaper of the two". Silly Grandma!

Grandpa Belnap

Brock's Grandpa Belnap passed away on November 24th at home in Idaho, so we spent most of our Thanksgiving weekend in Idaho with family. Grandma and Grandpa Belnap have a very large family so it was fun for Brock to catch up with some cousins he hasn't seen in a very long time.

Grandpa's funeral was very touching and quite spiritual. They did a military tribute because of his service in WWII, that was super neat and very touching as well. He was such a good man and a really fun Grandpa, Brock always tells silly stories about Grandpa and his teasing and goofing around. We will miss him and look forward to being with him again!

I'll never forget the first time I met Grandpa, he instantly pulled me in for a giant hug and a kiss and said "I'm not crazy.....I'm just half crazy!" He was so lovable and funny!

Brock and I with His parents and grandparents at the BIG Belnap Family Reunion this past summer.

Grandpa Belnap was a scoutmaster for many years and he loved it.