HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY....

To...

BEN!!!

Today my lil Benji Barboner (yes the nickname is officially out) turns the old man age of 28! Get him a walker already right!?! Just Kidding! So as always I must give ya an aw inspiring burfday post on my main squueze. So here ya go!
Im gonna go for 10 random facts and reasons hes the BEST...and for the record to only give you 10 is like saying you can only have 1 M&M from a bag....yes hes just that awesome!
Drum Roll Please...
#1. Who cant help but love Ben and his sarcasim...oh the sarcasim and how we miss it
#2. Ben makes running...like long long long runs look easy...I kinda despise him for that actually
#3. Ben is passionate for chocolate (the darker the better) and ice cream
#4. He makes you want to be smarter just beacuse hes so dang smart and up with all the current events
#5. He burps like noone you have ever met...its disgusting yet strangly lovable
#6. He can see past ugly..........hence the reason he loves that mut Bella Bop
#7. He is an AMAZING cook...like pack the fat onto your hips and you cant stop eating good!
#8. Ben is the calmest person I have ever met (thats good with a wifie like me)
#9. If a movie has been made then he has seen it and if its really a bad one then he probably owns it ;)
#10. Ben is the BEST dad ever! He loves Easton and Pais and has amazing patience with them and they remind me several times a day how much they miss him!

I hope 28 is a FANTASTIC year for you

I cant wait to see where you are in a year from now!

Can we please get a WOOT WOOT

 for the last Birthday ever in Iraq!

I couldn't live without...

2 things...

My Blackberry Curve

and

Skype

These 2 beloved pieces of technology keep me connected to a husband far away! Words alone do not express my love for them...

I might not get to hear his voice everyday but I do get IM's on my phone and when we Skype I see his handsome face. How wives did these looong drawn out deployments before these amazing devices I will never know nor do I care to.

Happy Birthday Princess P Bop

I'm a day late on this post but who cares because Pais does not have a birthDAY she has a birthWEEK. I cant believe my lil Puffy P Bop is 5...seriously I am not ready for this. Its like shes 15! I think shes the funniest little thing ever and obviously the most adorable Paisley you have ever seen! In true birthWEEK fashion Grandma and I interviewed her so you can get to know the new improved 5 yr old Puff a lil better...ENJOY!

Grandma: Whats your favorite color?
Pais: Pink!

Grandma: Who's your favorite princess?
Pais: Aurora

Grandma: Whats your favorite food?
Pais: Chicken Nuggets

Grandma: If the house was burning what would you grab first?
Pais: my babies, my strollers, my purses

Grandma: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Pais: a dance teacher and a mommy who lives with Grandma

Grandma: Whats your favorite movie?
Pais: Sleeping Beauty

Grandma: Whats your favorite animal?
Pais: pigs!

Grandma: Who's your best friend?
Pais: Prissy and Miss Katelyn

Grandma: What do you want for your birthday?
Pais: 55 $5 bills (nice)

Grandma: Whats your favorite place to eat?
Pais: Chickalay (thats how she says it)

Grandma: Whats your favorite thing to wear?
Pais: Pajamas

Happy Birthday Paisley Bop!

Please Please Please

stop growing up so fast...

I miss your chunk a lunk

baby legs and squishy hugs!

Christmas...Its the most WONDERFUL time of the year!

Our Christmas Home...

Our Christmas Traditions:

*We have an Elf who comes and stays with us (the kids named him Mr Fixin) he leaves every night and reports to Santa and comes back in the morning and its a race to find his new watching spot

*The Wiseman took Jesus 3 gifts so Santa only brings Easton and Pais 3 gifts

*Mr Fixen (the Elf) brings us all new jammies to open Christmas Eve

*Christmas Eve we have a Birthday cake for Jesus

*Christmas Day we go to the movies...this year Princess and the Frog

Our Thanksgiving Feast...

This is the most inexpensive Thanksgiving I have ever fed my kids and the easiest clean up! We had turkey legs from Animal Kingdom for our Turkey Day feast. Easton was very concerned with where we were going to get turkey from on Thanksgiving and this was our solution! It might even become a tradition.

Lets Play Catch Up...

We went to Disney and stayed at the Nickelodeon Suites for Thanksgiving. Yup just the 2 kiddos and I. We had tons and tons of fun and after going through all 300 pics I decided I would just post the kids character meetings since they loved them the most. Disney was magical and just the vacation the kids and I needed. Heres who we met, hugged, dined with, and shared very magical secrets with...

The night before we left for Disney Easton had a lil birthday party with his "bestest" friends. We met at the pizza place in town and then ventured to the movies to see Astro Boy. Fun was had by all! I still cant believe your 6 dude.

You're invited to our pity party...

Life has been busy busy around our house lately but today I finally stayed in and did nothing...I mean nothing... but I did miss this boy (see pic below if your not sure who) and maybe even shed a tear over him. I pulled it all together in time for Easton to come home and it all to fall apart again. It started with Pais who stubbed her toe and in major tears proclaimed "I need daddy to kiss it better" I thought gee wouldn't that be nice. Easton then came to me with frustrated tears and said "Mom...I miss dad...I cant get allllll these Lego sets together alllllll by myself" so of course I cried with him and then because mom was crying we all cried together.

I hope America loves and appreciates this husband father and solider tonight because his family sure misses him and I would like to think maybe just maybe our sacrifices will one day better this country.

Ben we love you...words are just not enough.