A Red Hen

Ben did a cute little art project at daycare last week, I thought I'd share. Usually he's very opposed about putting his hands in paint, but he did it this time! And I think it's pretty adorable.Friday night we went to hang out with some friends and eat pizza. We brought the pack n play to see if Ben would fall asleep- and luckily he did. Even in the hallway where he could hear all 9 of us talking and carrying on. He's a good sleeper that kid. We had fun hanging out and then we got home (put Ben in his bed) and did some stuff for a little while before we went to bed, and by that time it was around 11:30pm. We were sound asleep when at 2:30am we heard a LOUD BUZZING sound coming from... the bathroom. Well, you know how it is when you're woken up from a nice deep sleep, especially if what it is that woke you up scared you... you run around like a chicken with it's head cut off! (ew... just had a visual.) Ryan ran around trying to figure out where it was coming from, but couldn't find it. He was looking out the window, feeling the walls, and he ran out of the room to see if it was coming from the other bathroom or to see if the A/C maybe broke. I got up out of bed and went in to the bathroom and found THIS had turned on, all by itself while sitting in it's charger.Creepy! So Ryan came back in the room, I handed to him and said "figure out how to turn it off" because (if you look at the picture) the on/off button became inverted somehow. Like it was just sucked right in! He couldn't get it off, so from bed I yelled "Put it on it's charger and plug it in!" so he did, and it turned off... and never turned back on. That's an expensive little gadget, so Ryan got on Norelco's website and did a live chat and they're sending him a replacement, for free! Great customer service, psycho little body groomer. Needless to say, it was a little bit hard to get back to sleep!
Yesterday morning Ashley came over to babysit and Ryan and I were able to go to the temple to do sealings. It was a really neat experience and it was an awesome reminder of the covenant we made with each other and Ben a little less than a year ago. I love being in the temple, and I'm reminded of that every time I go. We were able to do some family names for a couple of women in the room with us and it was neat to be able to help them accomplish their work and to assist them with that. That was the first time (besides are own) that we had ever done sealings, so it was a neat experience. I, of course, got a little misty eyed looking at my hubby there in the sealing room all over again.
We came home and did a little project with Ben... I missed out on doing it when he was born. We know for next time to do it when they're little. We were given two plaster hand print kits... so I thought since he just turned one we'd do it for that monumental occasion. Yeah... it didn't go as planned (which in the back of my mind I assumed it would be this way)- but it's so him and it's still cute. Don't worry, he didn't cry the whole time. He liked the feeling of it squishing between his fingers! Hence the way it turned out!
Last night we celebrated Poppy's (Ryan's dad) 60th birthday and Delinda getting her new job at SAIC. The Terry's came with us too! We went to Taco Mac (of course) and had a lovely time with each other. We laughed and ate and enjoyed the nice weather.
My best friend Andrea was supposed to be here with us this weekend, but her mom's health is failing and she needed to be at home with her and the family. Please pray for her mom's comfort and that she can be as pain free as possible. I love Sister Green and Andrea's family so much, they mean a lot to me. Here is a blog that Andrea and her family created to update all of us on what's going on with her. http://memoriesofmarilyn.blogspot.com/
Well, we bought tickets to go to UT to visit in June! We are so excited, and so are my parents!!! They get to see Ben! It's almost been a year! That's all for now- Happy Sabbath.