Alive and Adjusting in Georgia...

Hello friends and family! I've gotten a lot of flack for being a slacker so I am updating our blog. Carter and I went on a 3 week trip to visit family in Kansas and go to my sister, Bonnie's, wedding in Utah. We are now back and my sister McKenna is staying with us for most of the summer (yea!!). We are going to become civil war buffs so feel free to come to us with any questions you may have:). Also, on monday we made an offer on a house and are just waiting to hear back but we are optimistic it will go through. We'll keep you updated. Smarty pants Carter is really growing up- he can count to ten and sing the birthday song (I turned 27 yesterday!). We are FINALLY taking way the bottle and starting really parenting because he turned 2 last month and has started acting like it. But he is a sweet boy at heart. Joe is loving his new job, he has great co-workers but a long commute. Our new house would fix that problem. We are still living out of boxes until we get a house but I'll try to keep in touch better. Here are some recent Benson snapshots. Hope you are all well!

The good, the sad, the new...

A lot has changed with our family in the last few weeks. Mid-March Joe accepted a job offer in Atlanta Georgia and at the end of March we packed our stuff and hit the road. On the day we left California we found out that the baby Dawnelle was carrying (about 10 weeks along) no longer has a heartbeat. And since things aren't progressing along with the miscarriage as they are suppossed to Dawnelle will have to go in for a procedure that will clean everything out. It hasn't been easy with all the chaos in our lives right now but we are coming to terms and we have faith that everything happens for a reason. We are so grateful to so many of you for your love and prayers for us- we are so blessed to have you as friends and family. We spent a week in Arizona with Joe's sister and her family. With three cousins to play with we have never seen Carter happier (Brandon, Matthew and Andrew- CARTER MISSES YOU)! We arrived in Georgia earlier this week and have been busy finding a temporary apartment, house hunting, getting to know our area and driving each other crazy. Joe starts work Monday and a normal routine should ensue. We will keep you all updated and we will send you pictures of our sweet Carter and his buzzed haircut as soon as our stuff arrives (we're hoping for Monday...). Thank you again for your love- Happy Easter.

The guys...

So Joe left yesterday for a business trip and Carter insisted on bringing his luggage to the car too- SO CUTE!! Carter loves to pull and push things around, every night we play "follow-the-leader" which basically involves Carter with his lawn mower, Joe with the vacuum and Dawnelle with the popper. We go up and down the hall until Joe and I can't take it anymore!!

Even though Carter has a cold we took him to the Steinhart Aquarium on Monday (we LOVE three day weekends when Joe's home!!) and he was enthralled with all the fish! All he wanted to do was stand in front of the big fish tanks and wait for the fish to come to him. Today is day 8 of our little germ magnet being sick (first the flu and now a cold)- he isn't sleeping well at night but he does sleep in my arms which I do love. Be well everybody!!

Our little man...

Just some of my favorite recent pictures of our little man. He is feeling much better today, we even got really ambitious and went to see a movie together (just me and Carter). We saw "Music & Lyrics" and just a tip- it's a little too risque for children (and possibly adults for that matter). I don't think Carter even knew we were at a movie though, he was just happy to have popcorn and soda (and I'm just glad he's finally eating again)!

Valentines Day!

Happy Valentine's Day one and all! We are having a quiet day at home because sweet Carter is a little sickie. He woke up four times last night, threw up, has a fever but seems to be doing okay. He is the kind of sick that makes him really snuggly, he fell asleep in my arms this morning- I love that! Don't worry, we have tylenol so he feels no pain:). And as a side note- we are now Sprint cell phone customers SO if you are too we can talk for free! And our numbers are the same.

Hanging with friends in San Francisco...

We just had a fabulous weekend with our college buddies and we wanted to share some pictures of the crew from our day spent in San Francisco! Things are back to normal this evening and not anywhere near as fun...

Welcome to our blog!

We'll start this blog off with some pictures of our weekend in Tahoe with our good friends Adam and Amber!