21 years since our first date and STILL going strong

So Sat. was my 37th birthday.. yep i'm old!! But it also marked another significant milestone/anniversary.. it was 21 years since Ben and My first date... I suppose I should have done this blog post LAST year since 20 seems way more significant than 21 but who knows why I didn't so here is our "relationship" 21 yrs in the making in pictures.. only comentary will be captions on the pic's enjoy!

Ben soccer pic age 16

although this was NOT our first date it WAS at Disneyland..

wern't we so sweet we'd make your teeth ache!

Jr Prom 1991

Sadie Hawkins Dance I THINK 1991

Sr. Prom 1992, for the record "cap" sleves were considered quite modest in the day not so sure i'd agree w/ todays youth standards BUT at the time I was legal!

I think my grandmother was MORTIFIED that we shoved cake into each other's faces but all about the fun baby!

I had to add this picture because Ben's best friend David Hatch was like our 3rd in a treo throught our dating, friendship etc. when we told the photographer at our reception that we wanted a picture of the 3 of us he didn't quite know how to pose us.. Ben and I stood there w/ Ben's arm around me and the photographer kept hemming and hawing and finally Ben told Dave put your arm around her! so he did and he shot the picture and I love it.. truth be known My parents would get the question "who is KyLeyne dating, Ben or Dave?" allot!

this is not a picture I have framed anywhere but I just love it it shows how happy we were that day.

first family picture christmas 1996

in front of the Newport Beach Temple open house

last good family pic taken in 2009

 So there you have it folks.. Ben and I's 21 years in pictures.. It has been an incrediable 21 year roller coaster that I never want to get off!!!
ta ta

Happy Happy Birthday Benji Dear!!!

So today was the big day... Ben's now 35, he can no longer say he's in his early 30's hehe! and Yes I will soon be hitting the same mile stone but Ben hits them all 6 whole months before I do I keep telling him he gets to warm up the age for me before I get there.. but it's also the 6 months of the year I can say I married an older man!!!

here are pic's of our fun day

Ben decided he wanted Hot Wings and Macaroni and Cheese for his Birthday Dinner, so it was actually a VERY easy dinner and he was happy as a clam.. for his cake he kept changing his mind from a chocolat-ey/caromel-ey, gooey cake to finally he said he wanted Strawberry filling, he didn't care what flavor cake he just wanted Whipped Cream frosting and Strawberries.. music to my ears frankly, so I did a pound cake with fresh strawberries (thank you FLORIDA!) I had purchased these heart silicone baking sheets on clearance just before Valentines day thinking I was doing 2 kids parties I would surly use them, well I didn't so I decided to try them out today.. they actually worked out pretty well but since I did 2 cakes it made it a 4 layer cake it was VERY yummy but very heavy, Ben's actually taking almost half of it to work tomorrow to share with his buddies...

Yes we put 35 candle's on the cake, we joked with Ben that only one more year we'll be able to do that with out buying another pack (the pack we got only had 36 haha).. no it didn't set off the fire alarm!

The Kids got him a shaving cream warmer, he had wanted one for Christmas and we looked and looked and couldn't find one but Hunter and I were shopping at a store that is kinda like Big Lots and he spotted it and insisted we had to get it for Dad for his Birthday... of Coarse my gift to him is his lake trip this weekend where he'll freeze his butt off because it's suppose to snow AGAIN!!!

Happy Birthday Honey We love you!!!

dejavu

ok i know I've shared this pic from our wedding before but due to recent events (ie: Sammy getting married!) i had to share the comparison..

12/27/1994

7/19/2008

that's right folks almost 14 years later... awww the memories!

I'll probably post later I'm taking the kids to the lake and I'm bound and determined to get some good pic's to share.. ta ta

Pinewood Derby and "Ben's the Man!"

Well last night was "build Derby car night" A wonderful Man in our ward who happens to be in the Stake Presidency also each year lets us set up his table saw and sander and lets the boys and their dads cut out their cars.. it was a huge success each boy got their car cut out and is getting excited for the big race in 2 weeks..

The "Ben's the Man" portion of this post is that Ben earned "supervisor of the Quarter" for the last quarter of 2007 at his station.. this although i don't think Ben would admit it.. is a GREAT honor and one that he's never really gotten before as a supervisor.. it's voted on by the higher management of the station and along with this groovy plaque he gets an additional paid day off which will come in handy with us moving and all...

So thats whats going on today... we hopefully will hear today what the Appraisal came in at an then we need about another couple of days to get the money for the down and we should CLOSE! i'm getting excited but a little overwhelmed at all that i need to get done but it will happen regardless.. the good thing about if we close early is we'll have the rest of the month to get moved in so it's not so much pressure etc. etc..

tata

One of the MANY reasons I LOVE my husband!!!

KayLea got a DVD version of "Candy Land" and pretty much since Christmas she has wanted to play with Daddy.. well he has had to work a bit but promised her on his next day off he'd play it with her.. well TODAY was the day. we thought for sure she'd forget (rather Daddy HOPED!) but he was such a good sport and even got into it and danced with her! He is an amazing Dad!!! Next BIG reason i love my husband.. he thought he was going to have to go to Albany NY for 2 weeks before we found out the house deal was going through.. after he found out we would be moving in 30 days he appealed to his fellow supervisors and said there was no way he could leave his wife to pack up the house and watch kids etc.. so he got someone else to take his place!!! see he's a Keeper!!!

We signed our copies of the contract, its pretty much a done deal but i'll believe it when i see THEIR signatures on the dotted line.. but it LOOKS good! we hope to be in the new house by the end of Jan.

ok so i just realized i shot this with my camera on it's side (to get the best angle) so you'll have to watch this with your head in an weird contortion but i hope you still get the idea.. sorry now i no better!

ta ta

YES, you have it... now you have to wait at least a month for relief...

Well, Ben got the results today from his sleep study... he HAS sleep apnea one of the most severe cases so the Dr. says... he put a scope down his nose and took a good look at his HUGE tonsels and said he needs the C-Pap machine first but that if he wants relief permanately surgery is down the road, the Surgery is pretty greusom, they shave down his nose (he has a deviated symptom too) then take half of your soft palet out (including your little punching bag) along with your tonsels and agnoids... then in a seperate surgery they put a screw up into your chin/jaw bone and suspend his toung with some surgical wire, so that doesn't block the new and improved palet.. needless to say Ben is going to do everything in his power to make the machine work even if he has to use it for the rest of his life!... the bad news (i guess more bad news) is that he has to go to the sleep center AGAIN so they can fit him with a mask and machine that is right for him and see how he sleeps with it... THEN he'll get an appointment with a pulmonologist to actually get his machine... Ben did not enjoy his first sleep study, felt he didn't really get any kind of good sleep hooked up to all the wires etc, so he's not so much looking forward to another one... so i guess the good news is that he finally knows he has Sleep Apnea now he gets to hurry up and wait until he sees some relief...
we raised our flex. spending acct this year to help cover the dental bills for him and Bradley (Braces or at least a retainer are in Brad's future, fun stuff hua!) this year i guess i'm glad we did hoepfully we'll be able to squeeze dental and sleep apnea c-pap machine out if it too!!..
i'm trying hard to count our blessings which are plenty and i'm glad we do finally have an answer to Ben's Sleep issues he's had since we've been married!!!
Don't ya love life!!!

What Man will do for Smoked Briscuit
Ben decided he was going to Smoke a Briscuit for kind of an impromptu pot luck lunch at work so because he was going through the effort anyway we decided to smoke one for us too... only problem, it was raining and sleeting all day!!! (YES thats ice on the ground and on the unbrella) that didn't stop Ben he got up early got the charcoal started etc... but because it was so cold outside after smoking it ALL DAY we ended up having to put it in the oven for a few more hours the Briscuit was great the next day at work and for us for dinner!!!

This is the Briscuit before it went into the Smoker it sat all night in the Yummy rub wrapped up in the fridge

Ben trying to get the Charcoal started (like those Sponge Bob pj's??)

where there's a will there's a way.. Ben put the picnic unbrella up to try to keep the rain and ice off the smoker!!!