Crazy holiday pictures... lots of them

The last 3 weeks have been full of joy, love, and laughter. I have just taken the opportunity to download a ridiculous amount of pictures. We had a little pre-christmas about 2 weeks before real Christmas. One day after church Ben and I got a little carried away and accidently opened our presents. It was fun. We went up to the cabin for a few days and had a little Christmas there too then we went up to Frannie. I had sushi for the first time (proof is below). We had a lot of fun. We celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve so that on Christmas day we could head on down to Texas. We ended up starting our little 29 hour drive on Christmas eve to try to beat a storm... we hit it. It was quite exciting. We drove straight on through. It was fun to see the whole family for "FElin's" wedding. We got to stay at a little place called the Westin. A few days later we flew back to salt lake and drove up to the Cabin. We got to spend a few days there too. It was joyous.

Father Shane got me to eat his homeade sushi after Ben had been trying to for two years.

I ate it.

The first morning in Texas... we are such a cute couple.

Rachell lookin hott at the reception
Benji and Beckett at the reception
Russ and I having a grand ole time
What a cutie. We love our nephew Beckett.

Ben and Beckett at the temple
We got to meet our niece Lidya. She is soooo cute. We love her very much. Here she is with her Daddy.
Nathan, Logan, Beckett, and Lydia... the babies with their Daddys'
FELIN!
The cakes at the reception were D-licious

Russ is cutie.
So is Linds
wow... so is Ben
Ben and Beckett checking out BYU videos.
The wonderful Logan and Paula Roberts in all their glory.

Devy thinks she is going on a ride with Ben...
Tim and Rachell came and stayed at the cabin for a few days. It was a lot of fun to see them. They are just precious. I wish I had more pics of them... this is the only one I have.
Dall... what a looker.
Our Christmas tree! Isn't it just precious.
This is the first quilt I have ever finished. It was a gift to the Robert's Mom and Dad for Christmas.

What does Tetons mean? (Dad used to ask us that when we were little)
Ari is... cute.
One of Ben's drawings of his art gallery.
Mountains near the cabin
Ben likes to play with the little ones.

Devy is a cutie. She is what I call a smiler.
Dev looks a little high or something. Dev and Ash.
Ari takes good pictures.
Ben is showing Ari the nativity scene.
Ben basically dominates this machine.

So that was finally the last pictures. I didn't realize just how many I had put on but OH well. Enjoy them. Oh yes and by the way Logan... loved your new post. It was quite eventful to watch.

GOOODBYE break, HELLO school.

I have been playing with some pictures from the beach this summer...

I just had to post this picture because Ben looks so happy and I enjoy this picture. It was taken last April at Hayley's wedding. Good Times.

So I will soon be posting current pictures because my camera is coming in the mail TOMORROW. yippee.
I really need to take a picture of our Christmas tree because it is pretty much amazing. We have a six-footer in our little apartment... it is a really skinny tree.
School is finally over for the semester. Last Friday was our last day. On Sunday we went down to Utah for a doctors appointment. Everything looked good with the baby... just kidding-- no baby-- wrong kind of doctor. Everything looked better than last time with my blood and joints. Jolly goodness. I have a really good doctor.
Sooo I just finished reading "Tuesdays with Morrie" today. It was a pretty good book. I recommend it. It is a pretty light read but it makes you think.
Well hopefully in the next few days I will get a more exciting post out there.
Merry Christmas.

snow

Hey Everybody, it's snowing!

nursery and homework

Good times. We only have a few weeks left of being nursery teachers. I thought I'd put up a few pictures of some of our friends.
This is David. He's has blond hair and it's long. He likes when Ben lifts him up to touch the ceiling.
This is Lydia. Every time I told her to say cheese she did this smile. She is funny and we enjoy her. As you can see she is sitting on a doll.
Tonight we were sitting in the study doing homework. Ben was at the drawing desk and I was at the computer and we noticed we both had to draw for our homework. He was drawing an art gallery... (shown below)

... and I had to draw a picture of death. I didn't feel like doing the grave stone or anythings so I drew a bunch of stick figures in a war... but don't worry none of them have died.There is an elephant in it too. It represent obesity and how that can make people die sooner. This may seem graphic... I was listening the My Chemical Romance's Black Parade song.
Well now that everyone thinks I am a crazy morbid woman who delights in stick figure wars I think I should end this. I just need to say that I do not delight in stick figure wars... they are people too. Ok, I should get back to my homework... I think I am getting delirious.

I found this picture on my phone from the BYU game we went too and I thought it should be enjoyed by all. Our preciously sweet nephew, Beckett. What a cutie. Seriously, look at that darling face of his.

Thanks for reading.

Ciao.

Hello World

I just want to say that the school library is a great place to be on a Friday night. You can choose any computer you want. It's fabulous. Yes, I am going on 13 hours of school today, not to shabby. Unfortunately I put off writing a research paper until hours before it was due. I just finished and submitted it on time. Sadly, it will not be the best paper I have ever written but I guess that is the consequence of procrastination.

In other new: At a doctors appointment today the doctor said to me, "Unbelievable... come over here (talk to a physicians assistant) you have to feel this. You can actually feel the "thrill"... ok so that was weird but I guess it is turbulant blood flowing through the vessels usually due to some problem. They couldn't detect a problem so they weren't worried... just really fascinating. In fact, I had three doctors come in and press on my stomach so that they could feel the "thrill"... good times. I didn't feel violated at all!

Ok, Ben is here to pick me up. Everyone have a good evening.

Warning: This is longer than I thought... if you bore easy then don't read.

Ok, here is the deal: I have been getting pretty angry about people not updating their blog but I really can't get angry because I, obviously, have not updated mine in quite sometime. I am at school right now and should be doing my homework but I thought I'd leave a little message on my blog letting everyone know that Ben and I are alive.

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving break. It was just long enough to make us not want to get back into the routine of school. Sadly, we lost our camera a few weeks ago so we have no pictures. Hopefully we will find it soon or get a new one. Ben did some golfing and playing of the wii while I quilted and played with the girls. It was a week to be remembered. Ari called Ben three different names while we were there. The first one was "Benji" then "Benny" and rarely "Ben". It was fun to see her and Devynn. Devynn loved Ben. He loved to hold and play with her too. She is getting so big it is insane. Badger Badger badger badger badger... mushroom.
The day before we came down my mom had a little spill on her bike. She broke her collar bone and deeply bruised her hip. We felt bad that she was in so much pain. Britt and I were priviledged to do her hair... Brittnee usually did a better job... there goes my dream of going to beauty school. Thanks a lot.
Thanksgiving day was delicious. The boys played football in the morning before driving out to Queencreek for dinner at my aunt and uncle's house. Unfortunately my cousin, Ashley, had some kidney stone issues so she was not feeling very good. During dinner Ari put olives on all of her fingers then put them all in her mouth and then after chewing them up she spit them out on the floor. It was... cute?
The day after Thanksgiving we drove to New Mexico... it was a mere 10 hour drive. My dad grew up there, in Carlsbad. We got to see the house he grew up in and the high school he went to. On Saturday we went to Grandpa Shakey's funeral. It was good to see everyone and the funeral went really well. After the funeral all 12 of us got into the van we rented and toured Carlsbad. We stopped at the football stadium where my dad used to play and the boys played catch with the football. It was freezing so the girls, being the smarter sex, stayed in the van where it was nice and warm. Oh and dad with all of his wisdom stayed in the van as well. We had fun in New Mexico but sadly at around 4:30 AM Sunday morning it was time for the Dash and Ben and I to depart. We started our 20 hour drive back up to Idaho. It was neat.
With three weeks left of school life is insane. So I don't know how much I will be able to post.
I hope you all enjoyed my endless babbling of our vacation... I'm sure it was very interesting.
Lauri... I hope you appreciate my posting a new post because you were in mind as I wrote it.

28 Days till Christmas... WAHOO!

A few weekends ago we went down to st. george for a bike race. Yeah, it was pretty intense. This is us before the race started... we wanted to start in the back so we wouldn't get run over.
There was a ton of people there... crashing would be painful.
Oh the boys. They are quite handsome.
Here I am. Just cruizin a long.
This is Ben when he finished the 100 miles.
We had a lot of fun. Ben and Dallin finished in about 6 hours (100 miles). Ashley and I finished in about 2 hours (30 miles). It was a great day for bike riding.
Last weekend we spent at the cabin. My parents are up there so we wanted to go join them. I sewed and Ben hunted. It was great.
This next weekend we are going to Provo for the football game and to see the wonderful family members that will be down there. We are quite excited.

Ok... I updated... it is not the best... but I don't have time.

Goodnight everybody!

grrr. I have been tagged. I am not happy about it.

Britt tagged me. ok here goes...
5 things I was doing 10 year ago... haha
1. I was in 4th or 5th grade so I probably played at recess a lot
2. I was still in primary singing the songs we all know and love
3. I probably slept on the floor of my bedroom with the rest of my family (except the parents)
4. My dad was probably lassoing me and everyone else
5. Playing the blow gun game. We would run across from my parents closet to the bathroom while dad tried to get us with the blow gun. Good times.

5 things on my "to do" list today
1. go to school
2. get lots of homework done (i am doing that right now)
3. finish packing
4. leave for st. george.
5. sit in the car for a very long time

5 things I would do if I had a million dollars...
1. I'd buy Ben one of those stationary bike thingys.
2. Buy clothes for student teaching.
3. Use it to build a house when we move to montana
4. I'd buy ben expensive architecture supplies.
5. Invest it
6. maybe fix our cars

5 things I will never wear again...
1. high heels... I'll probably wear them but not for very long.
2. braces (hopefully)
3. a retainer (i never wore it anyways... not a good idea)
4. spandex... wait never mind, i still wear those.
5. a squort... shorts and skirt mix.

5 favorite toys...
1. my homework... just kidding
2. my bike
3. my broken sewing machine
4. snow mobiles
5. kayaks

I tag anyone who wants to answer these questions.

Not to exciting

I can't sleep so I thought I'd create a new post. It isn't a very excting one... but it is a new one. School has been pretty stressful lately. I am currently writing a psychoanalytic paper on why football has such a large fan base. I decided to do this subject one day in class. After that class I get to see Ben for a few minutes and on this particular day he was shining like a star... he had just welded a BYU trailer hitch thing. It is shown below. He looked like a kindergartener who had just brought home his first painting. It was precious. He has some real talent.

My projects, on the other hand, are not that exciting... this is my health education portfolio. I've been working on it for about 3 weeks and it is almost all full. It's full of lesson plans and strategies.
On Sunday Ben made another creation... well he made dinner. It was sooo good. It was chicken kiev. I was very impressed with his skills.
Last but not least was our trip to St. George last weekend. Here are the marathon runners in all their glory. It was a really fun trip. I have more pictures that are stored on my camera but I don't know how to get them onto the computer.
On our way home from St. George we were priviledged to stop in Provo to spend time with Rachell, Forrest, and Elin. Time was limited so we want to go back. It was so nice to finally meet Elin. I am excited for her to be part of the family. It is always fun to see Rachell. We took her out to dinner at Tucanos. It was amazing. This place had marinated mozzarella balls and mushrooms. Oh and their mashed potatoes... fabulous. I have never seen Ben eat so much meat in his life. Dallin and Ashley came too. For once in our lives Ben and I walked faster than Dallin and Ashley... due to Dallin's extremely sore legs from the marathon. After dinner we got a tour of Rachell's apartment. I loved it... it was huge. We are excited to go back to see them. Well I better go to bed.

Ciao

Holla

The last thing Ari said to me: "Huck your meat, Ry Ry"
Weird... I know.

Crazy Crazy Crazy

Hello Friends, Family and other,

I am just putting up a post explaining the rapid decline of posts. Some may happen to think that our lives have just dulled down and we really are no longer very exciting, well that is certainly not true. Last weekend we saw Stardust which believe it or not was actually really weird, but I seriously really liked it.... In other news, our nursery kids have decided to start biting and fighting eachother. It's a real treat. OH yeah, back to the reason for typing up this post... the lack of new posts is due to the fact that we are never at our apartment. For example, yesterday we left the house at 6:45AM and got home at about 9:30PM. What can I say... I love school. I can assure you that in the near future we will have many exciting posts... if we have time to post them. Oh I have a favor to ask of those posts containing content of my nieces and nephew, please post as many pictures as you can of your children. Ben likes to stare at them for many minutes at a time and it encourages us to save money to come and visit the little ones. Okay, I have to get back to homework. I hope this post makes sense because I really feel quite scatter brained right now. Oh well. Adios.

~Ryanne (the fabulous)

Silly nate and britt

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Way to move it!

Wowzers. The last few weeks have been a little bit crazy. Two weekends ago we went up to Frannie. It was a lot of fun. Dallin and Ben rode their bikes up the big horns which was a little bit psycho of them to do but hey, what ever makes them happy. Miriam taught Ashley and me the art of bagel making. I have made them once since then and I think I need to practice a little bit more. Ben wants to start selling them so we might try that route. We also go to see Russel play in a football game. Russel is an amazing person. After the game we went home, had dinner, and like crazy people we did homework. Yeah... I think I was the only one who kept refusing to read my assignments. We ended up playing Liar's Dice before bed. Dallin was a first timer and I really think he enjoyed it. Sadly, I forgot my camera and I don't have any pictures from that trip.
This last weekend was really fun too. Saturday afternoon Ben had a company party. They played football for 2 hours and then we ate some authentic southern barbeque. It was delish... I don't know if that is a word. Ben had a blast play football. He said it gave him an itch to play intramural football... and it needed to be scratched. After that we headed over to Travis and katie's reception. We are so happy for them. Grandma, Grandpa, Shane, Miriam, and Russel came down for it. It was really fun to see them again. They came to church with us and got to take a peek at our nursery class. We basically spent all of Sunday with the Dashleys. Oh by the way Ashley has to post a picture of her new toy. (It's a hand gun)

Here are some pictures of Ben playing football:

Here is really bonding with co-worker David. Yeah they like to hug a lot. By the way congrats to David on his engagement.
Now this is a blury one but Ben is the one with the ball and it looks like his boss, Bob has a good hold on him.
This is probably one of my favorite pictures because the ball got loose and everyone is going after it like crazy men. It reminds me of shopping crazed women running to a sale.
It kind of looks like Ben is throwing himself at Bob to knock him out of the way of an oncoming train.
Yes, Ben is a brilliant football player. He caught a touchdown pass.
Here's the thing... I am always taking the pictures but somehow Ben and I got in a picture together. We have no idea who took it but we have a nice shot of Ben's chest and what looks like an action shot of me about to laugh.

Oh yeah, I am taking a sewing class and this is a hat. It is suppose to fit newborn babies, but it is quite small I just don't know if it would. It might fit Devynn's but she is tiny.

Good times with the Roberts... that's what I call it. We are both doing really well. School is a little overwhelming. I am at school at least 10 hours a day... that's a short day. wow... I have used an elipse 3 times in this paragraph alone. Anyways, we love to see pics of our nieces and nephews... so family members, keep 'em comin. I am also glad that Rachell finally gave up an update. We are trying to find a time to go visit Rachell and Forrest.

Have a good week and just a side note... Ari, you can probably find some better hiding spots.

Random post

So there haven't been any recent posts so I thought I'd just put up some random pics.

This is how Ben and I ride my bike. I sit on the handle bars.
This is Ben's birthday present from me... it's wrapped in a sheet... how cute.
It was a BYU gift set. It came with some BYU dishes, chocolate pretzels, salt water taffy, and popcorn.
I went to a wedding in August and I was one of the bridesmaids. I am on the very left... the shortest one. Congrats to David and Aleasha.

I just wanted to add ths picture because it mkes me laugh. The poses are brilliant. Wesley is the only who looks like "this is normal, I am a king" Trevor looks a little uneasy but confident... that doesn't make sense but oh well. Dallin is trying to be a cowboy. Nate looks awkard but it looks like he wears a robe often. Ben looks like a robe model... Hands on hips, knee slightly bent.

Sorry I haven't posted anything recently... I'm a little wrapped up in school.

Adventures before school starts

Last weekend our friends David and Aleasha came up for a visit. It was really fun. We went to the Idaho Falls Museum where the Dead Sea Scrolls were on exhibit. When Ben got home from work we ventured up to Island Park. It was fabulous. We went four wheeling and kayaking. After a crazy day of adventure we settled down in front of the tv to relax and to watch the BYU vs Arizona game. It was a delight. I don't think Ben got much rest... he seems to move a lot and tense up a lot while watching BYU play. Anyways, we had a great time. These pictures are of us on the four wheeling ride.


A while ago Ben got a new jersey. He's so cute in it. He is thinking about doing a race in St. George in October and another race in Tucson in November. Me? I have been riding and I started using clips. It is a little scary and I almost died a few times.
Well I hope everyone is doing swell.

Live long and prosper...