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We have been wanting to visit Chris and Jessie in Boston,so we took the plunge at the end of October. We decided to take the kids and make a good old fashioned family vacation out of it. I knew the cross country flight and nights in a hotel might be a little dicey with all the kids but thought we would be ok. I totally underestimated how hard it is to sight-see with toddlers and over-estimated

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We kind of had two Halloweens this year. The first was the Halloween carnival at Ryan's facility. As you can see, Ryan was working the dunk tank and so I tried to take the boys and Charlie around the best I could. Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of the 3 of them in costume. The boys fit into our German Lederhosen perfectly this year. I thought they looked dashing. These are the best

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For the first time in our marriage... and my life for that matter... I have got some Christmas cards done. The bad news is that I don't have most people's addresses, emails and/or phone numbers. So I am putting it out there. If you would like a Christmas card, I would love to send you one. Just put your address in a comment.. I moderate them all before they are posted and then I will just delete

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The easiest way to record what we did in the month of October is to show the photographic proof. If you regularly read our blog you saw the Monkey video. This "funky monkey" (as the boys refer to him) paid a visit to our house. He knocked on the door and Luke let him right in. I don't know if I should be worried that Luke and Noah didn't question a giant monkey knocking on the door and coming in

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We blessed Charlotte Labor Day weekend and so it was a really fun weekend. We had Ryan's parents up as well as his sister, Casey and her three boys. We spent the weekend enjoying the heat in the pool.The boys loved having cousins and grandparents to share the pool with. Kevin is Luke's best buddy. Charlie enjoyed some quality pool time with Grandma.As well as a nap in her pool-side bed a.k.a.

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Blogging/ Journaling... are they synonymous? The other week Ryan and I were scrolling through our blog looking at back posts and I realized that despite my best intentions this is probably the best family journal/ record that we have got right now and so I am going to back post so that some day we can look back at this to get our stories straight. Eventually I will catch up to the present but

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Our little guy turned 2 this year.Hard to believe that they go from thisto this so fast?We had a pretty low key day. Ryan took Noah to work for part of the morning as a special birthday treat. It was a treat for one of them...We decided to celebrate big and go to Chuck E. Cheese's, always a hit with the kids. The boys loved it. Luke was determined to have a conversation with Chuck E. Cheese. I

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Can you take a wild guess at who that monkey is? Monkey Business from Ryan Rasmussen on Vimeo.

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I come from a large family as most of you know and currently we are scattered everywhere from California to London and Chicago to Houston but for the past 3 years or so we have been lucky to get everyone together once during the year. It started with my Dad's graduation from MBA school and now has become our own reunion. I guess our family has grown old enough to have those. Anyhow, this year

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Summertime Fun from Ryan Rasmussen on Vimeo. Less than 30 minutes after the pool, these two were zonked And a special thanks to the Burkinshaws for helping us with our family christmas card! Never too early...

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So it has been awhile since I posted... I will provide you a little recap of our last month.Charlotte was born on June 17th (see previous post) with in the next week we had found a place to rent in Visalia, moved to a new house. What a whirlwind. It is not your ideal week of post-childbirth recovery or ideal first week of life (Sorry Charlie!) but we made and lived to tell the tale. I have to

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Luke and Noah would like to announce the birth of their sister!Charlotte Rasmussen7 lbs. 8 oz.1:38 pmJune 17, 2011Thanks to Grandpa, the boys were taken care of while Mom and Charlotte were in the hospital. We are so glad he was here to help and the boys are always glad to play with their Grandpa whatever the reason.Due to fact we are moving to Visalia tomorrow this will be a short post. When we

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Yesterweek = any time in the past that you can't quite quantify.This is Luke's go-to term when talking about the past. I think it is going to catch on. A lot has happened in the past month most of which was not documented on film... thank goodness. We had a rash of the flu over our anniversary/ mother's day weekend. We should have known. Ryan has been battling a kidney stone that he had to have

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It has been really warm lately and so the boys and I have been busy enjoying the sun and warmth.Especially after my recent trip to Idaho where I woke up to this:Beautiful and charming in January, not so much in May.We tried the San Jose zoo this week. Happy Hollow Park and Zoo. It was pretty good. Although all you Idahoans will be glad to know that the zoo park doesn't hold a candle to Tautphaus

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MAY 7, 2004BEST DAY EVERI can't believe how fast the 7 years have gone... yet as I take tally of the years past and look at the coming years I realize that we looking forward to the birth of our 7th child, planning to move to our 7th home, contemplating a 7th (more fuel efficient vehicle), have had 7 pets (counting those kittens that didn't last too long) and I am looking forward to what the next

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We have been doing pretty good at getting out every weekend since we have been here so I have lots of pictures that tell the story better than I do. So bear with me on the slide show...Vasona Creek Park: This was a lot of fun with the boys. They had a bit of everything.Carousels to ride on...Trains to ride on and whistles to blow...Geese to gawk at...and trails for little boys to run on and

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So I am about 3 weeks late posting about their visit but it was definitely noteworthy enough for a post. Jacob and Deidre flew out for a couple of days to visit and to watch the kids for me for a couple of days so I could get caught up on some work. What a good aunt and uncle.... seriously.... they were great. I don't have pictures of what they did with the boys b/c they are on their camera but

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GIRL!!We found out today. We are hoping for a healthy, calm, and obedient little girl... because that is what all little girls are like right???I wasn't going to post a picture but what's an announcement w/o a picture and like Luke told me today... "It's kinda cool and kinda gross." Don't know what he thought was gross but it was funny.We are super excited to welcome a new little girl into our

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I will apologize now for the back posting but let's look on the bright side... at least I am posting right? It is hard to believe that it has been that long. We decided when we made the decision to move away from Rexburg that we would try to go back to our cemetery and visit the quads' grave every year on their birthday (January 31st). Even though it has only been a month since we left, we

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We decided to head back to San Francisco for our Saturday trip this weekend. We wanted to hit Fisherman's Wharf & Ghiradelli Square... can't plan too much with the munchkins along! The first thing we hit was the traffic of thousands of Giants fans going to fan appreciation day at AT&T field. Thank you GPS for taking us right by this!Now we know where to go when baseball season starts. Finally we

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I have never lived in a warm climate like this. I am told that this is unseasonably warm weather for San Jose but it is awesome. I am amazed every day when I look at the calendar and it says February and then I go outside to green grass, sunshine and blossoming trees. The boys and I are taking advantage of the sunny days. Snack time in the back yard = no mess inside to clean up. Win-win for

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I mentioned that we were trying to use our weekends to explore what the Bay area has to offer and so after heading south we decided to go north to San Francisco. I had never been to this city and so I was excited to see what all the fuss is about.We headed straight for one of the most famous landmarks: the Golden Gate Bridge.We stopped at the end of the bridge and enjoyed the view across the

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We have been making the most of our new surroundings. Grandma and Grandpa Rasmussen came up a couple of weeks ago and we set out on an adventure. We decided to go check out Monterrey and Carmel. After renting a van so we could try them out and all fit in one car we set out. The weather was beautiful and company was great. The boys like looking into the ocean at the pier in Monterrey.They liked

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We are really happy with our new home. There are definitely things we miss from our old house but also things we enjoy about this house. I will take you on a photo tour of the most important spaces...This is the front room. You can see the front door and the stairs with two rugrats on their way down. My legs were so sore for a couple of days from going up and down the stairs! Never thought that

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Well we made it to San Jose. Here are some of the highlights and low-lights of our journey...Highlight: All the help packing us. Thank you Mom, Tamy, Matt and Pete.Lowlight: Seeing our house empty and realizing that this was for reals. We are really going to miss Idaho.Highlight: Making it from Rexburg to Winnemuca on our first day of travelLowlight: Losing Noah's blanket in the hotel parking lot

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... to San Jose?I didn't until about three weeks ago. Now I do.Life changes so quick sometimes. About 3 months ago Ryan's friend approached him about applying for a job with the company he works for that owns and runs Skilled Nursing Facilities (Nursing Homes) in California. On a whim... or so it seemed... Ryan and I decided to look into it and see where it lead.Long story short. We accepted a

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I am really bad at getting professional pictures taken of my boys. We got around to it with Luke when he was 1 year and so I kind of decided that was a good time to make sure I get it done. Well Noah is now 15 months and we had them taken this week. I was waiting for a time when he didn't have scratches, cuts, goose eggs, bruises, or any other war wound on his head or face. I can't keep this kid

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What is Halloween without a couple of Jack-o-lanterns? My parents were kind enough to let Luke pick his pumpkins out of Grandpa's garden. He still equates any pumpkins with Grandpa and the garden. Anyhow, after carving pumpkins with the boys I attempted to get a picture with them and the pumpkins. This is a photo version of the event...This is Luke's new "best smile". I can't get him to smile

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A frequently asked question in our house is "Luke, what are you doing?" His favorite answer of late is "Just hanging out Mom, I'm just hanging out". That kind of sums up the past month. Here is a photo re-cap of us "just hanging out"...Luke & Ryan frequently go out on the trampoline at night and look at the stars. Luke does this during the day too. He tells me he is looking at the moon.Dinner

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We are all making big changes around here and transitioning to new phases of life. Ryan is transitioning to a tonsil-free existence. He had his tonsils out two weeks ago. I think he is still regretting the decision. It has been a rough go of it. We had to take him back to the hospital around day 5 or 6. He was dehydrated, in pain and couldn't keep anything down. After an overnight stay in the

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Rasmussen tradition stands. Last week in August everyone (who can) gets together at Bear Lake for a great time. We were a little late to the party because Ryan had some meetings that he couldn't miss but we made it just in time for the cold and rain.This was the coldest year ever. We got some pictures of the 30 minutes of sunshine on Monday. As you can see we made the most of it. We were grateful

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One year old today!We started out the day by opening presents from Grandma Rhonda. (Big Thanks to Rhonda & Linda who were so generous to Noah & Luke)Luke didn't really like the fact that Noah was getting the gifts.Noah just wanted the paper to himself, gifts were an added bonus.After naps we went to the zoo. Pete, Heidi and Olivia joined us for a romp around Tautphaus Park. Luke and Livvy could

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A summer is not a summer without going to a baseball game.The great American pastime right? We took the boys with some friends to the the Idaho Falls Chuckars game the other night. I must say baseball games were a lot more relaxing without rugrats running around.But I wouldn't trade the relaxing, sunflower seed eating, baseball games of past for this...Who can blame me?

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We went to Bear Lake this past weekend for a family reunion. The boys loved the beach! They were happy as clams crawling around and playing in the dirt and water. Little boy heaven! I didn't get many more pictures, but we had a great time hanging out with family, jet-skiing, riding motorcycles, camping and of course eating delicious food. When my Mom and her sisters get together you know there is

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Ryan is in the stake young mens presidency and they have been planning this Pioneer Trek for the youth in the stake for months now. The trek was to take place the last 3 days of July. The kids started at our church house and headed up in to the hills and dry farms of Rexburg for their route. Ryan was scouting out the route on his 4 wheeler when he thought that his tire has a leak, he stopped to

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I will sign off my week long spree of blogging with our attempt at family pictures at Bear World...If I just cut at paste I should be able to come up with one where we are all looking at the camera!Good bye to JulyHello to August and all the fun it will bring!

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Ok, so they already came and boy was it fun! We loved visiting the Thayers in Germany and we so excited they took the time to come and see us in Idaho. The first night they got here Pete & Heidi offered to watch all 6 kids plus Livvy while Liz, James, Ryan & I went on a double date. It was really nice to get out and not worry about kids running around, throwing food, growling at their brothers...

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There was one weekend this year when most of the "out-of-towners"(Those who live more than 8 hr drive away from Orem) would be in town. Emily and Angie were on their way out of town. Liz just coming into town. The rest of us decided we would take the opportunity to make it a family reunion.First of all I am going to make a disclaimer, that it was WAY to hot in Utah. I was sweating most of the

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We are hoping this will become a yearly tradition. Since Levi and Emily graduated and moved to Virgina we have missed them dearly. They graced us this year and last with a visit. We couldn't wait this year to meet little Andy. He is the cutest, smiliest, jumpiest baby ever.Luke bonding with his cousin.Last year we went 4 wheeling in the mountains on real trails. This year with 2 more babies we

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Ryan's birthday is on the 5th of July. I have to admit it is a pretty cool birthday. His birthday is always celebrated with lots of family, food and fireworks. Doesn't get much better than that! This year was no different.Ryan's parents came up to visit us for a couple of days and Jacob and Deidre were in town as well. A perfect recipe for a good time.We braved the crowds and attended the

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As I looked over our pictures for the past month there is a re-occurring theme. Lets see if you can figure it out...Dinner with Dave & Malynda:Hanging out with the MunnsBryce & ColtonNatalie & TayleeVisit from Jacob & Deidre (Best picture ever, you might see this one again)Waiting for Dad to come home.I could go on for a while, but I will save some of the suspense for later posts. Let's

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I just got done putting my boys to bed. I am trying to get them to sleep through the night in the same room. ( A long term goal... I have to keep reminding myself). As I lay in bed with Luke while he was falling asleep, to make sure he doesn't wake Noah, I looked over at my sleeping boys and was amazed at what angels I have been blessed with. (Granted last night I was singing a different tune)

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My little brother Micheal (not actually little, I should say younger, he has turned out to be the tallest of us all) went into the MTC today. He is going to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Spanish Speaking) on his mission. I am having a hard time believing that he is old enough to go. We haven't had a missionary in our family for a long time. For a long time it seemed like there was at least one out

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I will try to keep the travel logging to a minimum, but what do you expect after a 10 day whirlwind vacation in Europe?After the longest day of travel ever Ryan and I arrived in Frankfurt and were picked up by Liz, James and their 4 kids in the rental van. We left from the airport and headed toward Southern Germany for the weekend. Our first stop along the way was Rothenburg. This is a

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Our friends Pete and Amanda came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. They brought their little girl Izzy (who is super cute and Luke's age). They played really well together and it was fun to catch up and visit with Pete & Amanda.They were packing up to leave and continue on their trip when Amanda asked me if I had seen a ring anywhere. I wasn't quite sure what she was talking about. She explained

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Luke is turning two years old this week. How does a baby go from this...to this...so quickly?Yesterday Luke was particularly mischievous. While I was putting Noah down for a nap he pulled a whole container of wipes out one by one. I was babysitting Livy and so I had her down for a nap and all was quiet. I should have known. If you have a toddler and it is quiet for too long, then someone is into

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I pulled out one of Luke's old church outfits and put it on Noah last week. He just looked so handsome that we had to put on matching ties and get some pictures. Here is the end result.Noah has been teething and wouldn't smile ... just suck on his lower lip.We are not all suits and ties around here... as these photos prove...Things have been pretty quiet around here. We have been recovering from

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During the long Rexburg winter we tend to dream of warm get-aways, sunny, warm days, beaches... you know the drill. Well this last week we turned our dreaming into a reality. We went to California to visit Ryan's parents for the week. This was the last time Luke gets to fly for free so we each had a child during the flight and couldn't sit in the same row (Only 4 passengers per row). Luke was

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I love having boys.Even if it means constant messes EVERYWHERE!Here are a couple caught in the act...I am sure that there will be many more giggles like these...

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This is how we started the week...A little coughing, a little puke and a little t.l.c. What more could a boy need? Stuffed animal, juice, three blankets and Cars to watch? As the week wore on Luke's croupy cough turned into RSV. After 3 trips to the doctor & one to the hospital this is how we ended the week...Too sick to care that his belly is showing, holding the graham cracker just in case he

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This morning I found myself going through the bank drive-thru window (best invention ever by the way... drive-thru windows... must have been a mom). As usual they sent out a nice little treat for the "little one" in the back seat. I must confess the "little one" doesn't usually get the treats. For one thing they are not usually kid friendly treats, at least little kid friendly, and for another I

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So my sisters in law Callie and Jessie started this meal project and blog. They are cooking the same meal 3 times a week and posting how it went, how different it was, and taster ratings. They invited me to join the challenge. I decided I didn't have much to lose so I accepted.So to all my roommates, who never saw me cook anything more difficult than oatmeal for breakfast, here is evidence that

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We took a little family trip this weekend to Jackson. It ended up being a lot of fun just hanging out together. The dynamics of our family right now (two little kids and only two adults) didn't allow us to hit the slopes but we still kept busy!A picture with the antler arches is a must.Hanging out in the condo before dinner.We got to have dinner with Kellie and Layne. That is always a treat. We

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On Monday as I was eating my lunch after the boys were down for a nap I was contemplating whether to have water to drink or make myself a new pitcher of Crystal Light. I decided that we all need a guilty pleasure or two. Something that we should probably do without and would "technically" be better without yet we continue on with the habit/behavior. I think they help us stay sane. Here are a few

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Well it has been several weeks since the "holiday season" and I am finally getting around to posting about it. I don't want to make the post 1000 years long so I will cruise through the recap.Christmas Morning: Doesn't get much better than this!Rasmussen Family Christmas 2010 (don't ask how long it took to get a halfway decent picture)Luke wasn't having any of the brotherly love photo shoot. Noah

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I used to be a "hurdler". I ran track for many years but I think that my favorite race to run is the 100 meter hurdles. (4x100 and 4x400 are close seconds) The 100 meter hurdles is a rush. You get into the blocks and look down the track all you can see are seemingly endless waves of hurdles. In your mind you know that there are only 10 of them but it looks like a little tunnel that won't ever

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My little sister is exacting a bit of blog revenge. No, we are not pregnant, unless Annalyn is now playing Wheel of Fortune with someone else. We are having a hard enough time with the two we currently have. Luke and Noah are both neglected enough at this point. The other day I walked in from work and Luke gave me the "Oh look who decided to show up" face. He gets it from his mother.

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It's true, Annalyn is pregnant! What can I say, my boys can swim. We are trying to see how close together we can get our kids.

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Monsters:In my humble opinion, one of the best part about Halloween is pictures of little kids dressed up. I love to see the creativity... or lack thereof in my case... of the kids or their parents. I look forward to browsing blogs for costume pics. So not to disappoint others like myself here was our Halloween.Olivia, Noah and Luke visiting Great Grandma Benson for the Halloween Party. Luke's

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I was talking with some friends in church today and we were talking about the ups and downs of raising kids and pregnancy. There is an older sister who was sitting by us. She spoke up and reminded us that someday we will miss these days and that each stage of childhood is precious and we should try to enjoy it and treasure it. As she was saying that I looked at Luke, who had just let out an

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After this update I can cross "Post on Blog" off my To Do list! I have been figuring out how to fit everything in with two kids. Some days I feel like I am making progress and others I am sure I will never be productive again. Whenever I say that my mom reminds me that my kids are happy and well fed and that is a feat in and of itself, the rest will be there tomorrow.Our warm days are numbered

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So 5 days after Dad graduated, I went into labor and had Noah. We were calling home to talk to my parents and when my dad answered he told us that Roxanne had gone into labor and their baby probably would be born that night! We were so excited. Roxanne wasn't due until the 5th of September but Little Josh decided that he didn't want to wait. Joshua Willard Benson was born also on the 19th of

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I have been meaning to post for awhile but just haven't done it... so much to catch up on the pressure gets overwhelming. But I really have wanted to congratulate my Dad. He graduated in August from BYU with his MBA. (Here he is with Madison, Angie's baby. I didn't have any other picture of him with cap and gown)He went back to school to get his masters, something he has wanted to do for 30

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We welcomed Noah into our family on August 19, 2009 at 5:58 pm. (He couldn't get here soon enough as far as I was concerned!) He was 7 lbs 6 oz and 21.5 inches long. The best part is that he is completely healthy and we were able to take him home the next day. A new experience for us... I would recommend it. Here are some photos of the little one.This is right after the nursery was done with

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Here are a couple of things that we have been up to this summer. (With our camera on the fritz our pictures are few and far between)Hanging out with cousins: Luke and Olivia chilling with RyanWe were lucky to get this one shot of the both of them not moving neither one looks thrilled with the situation but they are getting to be better friends all the time. It is really good practice for Luke to

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To steal from the great American poet Eminem,Guess who's back, back again... Ryan's back...tell a friend..I have decided to return to the world of blogging. My hiatus can be attributed to a couple things. #1 as much as I love to blog, we all know those little dots in the map are 99.9% Annalyns friends. I like you all very much (accept for whoever visits from Thailand and has me scared they are

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I heard the word nemesis the other day and while working in my garden I realized that I have an arch-nemesis. THE THISTLE.While this weed may look harmless it is the prickliest, worst weed ever. The spot where my garden is used to be pasture grass... there is still a lot of grass in the garden, some days I don't know whether to weed or mow the garden... anyhow when I killed(thinned out) the

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We have been enjoying the heat that has finally arrived here after our month of rain. Unfortunately I have been a slacker about taking pictures so I don't have much to document. Here are some pictures of our little outing to Rigby Lake. They have cleaned it up a lot and they let Biscuit join in the family fun.The GangTasty RocksFun with DadEnjoying the BeachAfter this adventure my camera is on

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You may not know that Ryan was born in Kentucky. We recently took a trip to see his birthplace and let him reconnect with his roots. His mom had a high school reunion, so she was heading out anyhow and it worked out great for us to meet her there and have her show us around. After going back and forth we decided not to take Luke with us. Grandma Benson was kind enough to watch him for us while

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It has been a great week. At the beginning of the week Luke and I went to Utah to see Angie, Ryan and Madison. It was our first time meeting Madison in person. She is just as cute as we expected. It was nice to hang out with them and our other Idaho expatriates siblings.For family night we helped Josh and Roxanne put in a garden. It felt just like the good ole' days back at home. Planting the

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For most of my life this is about what I have looked like.After looking at our recent family pictures, and my new Idaho license picture, I decided I needed a new do. I scheduled the appointment planning on a cut and revival of color. Ryan called and asked me to do him a favor. He wanted me to dye my hair dark. He has been asking me to do this since we started dating. (He always said it would be

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the MAYflowerSo, It's May, which is the "make Annalyn feel special month". May 2nd is her birthday, May 7th is our Annalynaversary (I made that word up...it's our anniversary) May 10th is Mothers day, May 15th is bring Annalyn to work day, and May 25th is tell your wife she looks good in Croc shoes day. Sorry ladies Crocs never look good. and dudes if you are wearing Crocs I hope you are either a

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With the weather threatening to hit the 70s spring fever is in full bloom here. I was able to get out and get started on some much needed yard work yesterday. I was so excited about getting everything done that I lay awake half the night trying to figure out ways to get things done and fit it into my schedule. Silly, I know. I planted some bulbs last fall and am proud to say that I am seeing

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This is how people informed family and friends of what they were having before the INTERNETS. And if you cant tell from the video, its a boy.P.S. With my bracket victory the boy will be named Buckbeak.

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So I am sure you are all wondering how our bracket contest is shaping up. Being the competitive person that I am I have tried to play it cool but I am totally still in the game! I am only three picks behind Ryan... my best showing ever. Not bad for only listening to ESPN Radio on Wednesday mornings as I drive to work with Ryan. Colin Cowherd is partially to thank for me still being in the game.

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2009 NCAA Mens Basketball BracketThere are certain things in life that Annalyn does better than I do, and I have come to accept it. Making German pancakes, matching my ties to my suits come Sunday morning, getting a positive result on a pregnancy test. But 2009 is my year. It's on and she is going down. Winner gets to pick the name of our future child so obviously there is a lot riding on

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Last weekend we needed a quick get away. Luckily Ryan hobnobs in all the right circles... ok, maybe just some of them... he has a friend who was kind enough to let us use his cabin up in Teton Springs or Victor, Idaho. The cabin was beautiful as you can see from the pictures.It is on the market so anyone who has a couple of million dollars to spare, I would suggest you look at it!It was nice to

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Three cheers for my Babies Momma!Due date is Aug 24th

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I have been wanting to blog for awhile now but everytime I sit down to do a blog I can't think of one thing to blog about. So I log onto others blogs to see what others are blogging about and before i know it that eats up all my blogging time. So tonight I am going to just blog ... stream of consciousness style.Things have been a little crazy on the work front lately. We have had a lot of changes

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You may think that we have been so busy lately that we just haven't had time to update our blog. Not true. We have just been doing Mad Libs.Not really.what we have REALLY been up to...We scoured the Internet to find some of our favorite recipes. These are Famous Buffalo Wings.Luke and I have tackled some needed Snow Plowing.Going through some old pictures...And...The last week of January we were

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During the month of December I didn't get a chance to do much blogging or checking up on all you guys out there. Finally a couple of days ago I decided to treat myself to some blog surfing. After reading about everyone's holiday fun, finding more old friend's blogs, and being inspired by people's posts, I decided that I am grateful for blogging. I loved reading people's posts and hearing their

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No we didn't get a Christmas card sent out. If you are saying "Wait, I didn't get one last year either... Tough noogies...Not really, we have yet to have ever sent any out.We headed to California for the mandatory visit to my parental units. I kid, I kid Mom and Dad.Luke was hamming it up while we packedThat thing in his mouth is a Giraffe. not a Melanosaurus. which is a dinosaur that lived

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I don't know how the holidays get so crazy so fast. I pretty much had things under control and then Thanksgiving hit and there are now about a million things I need to get done and not enough time to get them done.... at least that is how it feels. One of the things on my list has been updating our blog. It has been so long that we had to get guest bloggers to fill the void! (Thanks Callie and

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Who doesn't watch VH1's 100 best hip hop songs? Yeah that's right i watched all 100 songs and LOVED IT! I realized I had been to the concert of musical genius number 34: Cypress Hill Insane in the Brain (Yes I am that cool) Maybe the concert was a little scary, moshing was big back then and there were a lot of people there, good thing Callie was there to keep people from being up in my grill.For

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Please follow the link. I am nothing if not humble.

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We took a quick trip this weekend to Utah to see Grandma Rhonda, Grandma & Grandpa Benson and Callie. It was a last minute decision but a lot of fun to see everyone. While we were down we went to lunch at the new Harley-Davidson dealership. The food was good, the bikes were cool and the company was great.We did a lot of shopping (Luke made out like a bandit) and visiting. It is always so good to

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Georgia High School Pledges to End Kiss-a-Pig Contests "When PETA received complaints about a "Kiss-a-Pig" contest at Flowery Branch High School's pep rally, we immediately contacted the principal and voiced concerns about how the pig was roughly handled. We informed him that these cruel events do not teach children compassion and kindness--they teach that animals are merely objects for our

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Seeing as this is Luke's first year of life, there are a lot of "Firsts". Here is a little pictoral review of the latest firsts:Have I mentioned how much Ryan loves his motorcycle? Almost as much as he loves Luke. It is his happy place. I always know when he leaves for a ride that he will come back to me refreshed, happy, and relaxed. He also loves to share the joy with me. We often call

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For those of you who haven't yet given into the Genius feature on Itunes I cannot say enough on how cool this is. Now they say my privacy was protected when I uploaded to "the Cloud", but really even if they used it to target my music taste and sell me music, how bad is it to get advertising for MORE weird Al? Is there such a thing as too much Al?So what if there was a Genius feature to our daily

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So I have been tagged on one of those list things. I really enjoy reading them on other peoples blogs so here we go...9 TV shows I watch:1- Monk2-The Office3- Life4- Eli Stone5-Private Practice6-Grey's Anatomy7-House8-America's Funniest Home Videos9- One Tree Hill (Taren, you are not the only one ...)9 Favorite Restaurants:1-Olive Garden - love salad, breadsticks, and can always find something

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Can you tell me the Difference...Me Either..So I was putting away some some shirts and I came across my Abercrombie one and had a horrific flashback.After my mission someone told me I needed some new clothes (braided belt and pegged pants had SOMEHOW gone out of style.) and I should go to the Riverwoods to Abercrombie and Fitch. So alone I went, looking for some clothes to make me hip and

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With the addition of Luke to our family all my feeble excuses for not being "domestic" have gone out the window. I have told myself for 4 years that once I stayed home and had kids I would nurture the homemaking side of myself. I am sure there has to be a homemaking side in there somewhere being the oldest of eleven and the daughter of a champion house wife. Luke hasn't been convinced yet...My

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It has been a year of weddings for Ryan and I. Between the two of us we have had 5 siblings get married. Emily and Levi started things out in February by getting married in Salt Lake.The day was unseasonably warm and turned out to be a beautiful day. We enjoy the addition of Levi to the family. He and Ryan are motorcycle buddies.Next Jacob and Deidre sealed the deal in March. We love to take

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Today is another one of those days that I really appreciate Annalyn. On top of taking care of Luke, teaching CPR/First Aid, and dealing with me, she still comes down on Wednesdays and helps me at work. It might not sound like much but it is harder than it sounds. So...Reasons why Annalyn is the best.10. When she told a story about someone leaving their child alone while out getting cigarettes

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So we were watching "How It's Made" the other night. It was showing us how they make crayons. They started talking about developing new colors and how some colors had to be retired. A box of crayons is not the same as it once was.I was shocked and upset to find out that the ever handy raw umber and maize colors were retired! Maybe I have just been out of touch with the coloring world for too long

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Fall has arrived and we are going back to school. Ryan is starting on his MBA at ISU. He has classes a couple nights a week in Idaho Falls. Accounting and Economics... sounds serious to me! He is also taking a math class via independent study. I am really excited for him as well as proud of him for taking on this challenge.Not to be out done I enrolled in some continuing education courses

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Lukers' 1st BallgameSo bloggy blog readers, Annalyn thinks I am too picky with the blog, hence the delay. But really I am not, as I think most of the people who view this blog are friends of hers. My crowd tends to stay away from things that involve reading, or anything to cerebral for that matter, (kidding Mom). Something my associations MIGHT be interested in right now due to its dominance on

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Blog, blog, blog... Thats all we hear these days. While we are not sure how long this whole internet fad is going to last, we have enjoyed reading all of the interesting posts from our friends and family. Its a good way to catch up. So without knowing where to begin, how about a bit of catching up?Our first family picture. Luke was born May 22nd. He had a pretty bad case of pneumonia and stayed

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