The Branch Christmas Party

1st Visit with Santa.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Prairie Fire Children's Theater came to town this week. They put on an adapted version of A midsummer night's dream. Parker was one of the groundlings. The groundlings bother everyone by casting spells. Parker had such a good time, he worked really hard. The Prairie Fire Children's Theater comes to small towns and gives children the opportunity to perform in plays. It is headed up by two professional actors, that teach the kids their parts in only a week. The kids work so hard. Parker was in rehearsals from 3:30 to 7:45 at night, but by the end of the week they have a great play to perform.

Morning with Max.

Max is such a happy baby in the morning, actually, he is happy all the time. We have such a good time with him.

Halloween 2007

Halloween was so much fun. Parker got a lot of candy. Rory and I have eaten a lot of it. Parker only likes the Hershey kisses and Milkyway bars, so we have helped ourselves to the rest ;)

Pumpkin Carving '07

Holenberg Apple Orchard

Rory took a fieldtrip to the Holenberg Apple Orchard the other day, he came home with a bushel of apples and a carmel apple for me. I wasn't that excited about the apples until I bit into one. I didn't think anything would taste better than chocolate to me, but theses apples take a close second. There aren't words to describe these apples. In fact, if I've talked to you on the phone in the last couple of days you know how much I love these apples. Anyway, we took Parker and Max there to pick out pumpkins and get more apples. We had a great time, this will defiantly be a tradition for us!

You gotta love Parker!

Last night while I was putting Parker to bed, he started telling me about all the brave things he had done that day, then he turns to me and says..."Yep, I'm a pretty brave kid, I'm only afraid of the dark and bees". I thought I was going to die laughing.

My Boys!

First Football Game.

We went to Parker's first flag football game the other night. I brought the camera to take a bunch of pictures to post, but the camera ran out of batteries. At the last second I was able to take this shot before it went completely dead. I couldn't believe how cute it turned out.

Grandma & Grandpa Proctor

We had a great visit with Grandma & Grandpa Proctor.

It was so good to have them back here.

We can't wait until next years visit!

Jack Parker & Max Bennett

These are the first of many pictures that Max & Jack will have together. They're the beginning of the baby train that has visited most of the Bennett family. Shannon started it last October, then I got pregnant in November. We were all so excited when Jodi announced she was having a baby, then Nikki surprised us all with the news she was pregnant. So, as you can imagine, we are all anxiously waiting for the next two babies to complete the train! It will be a lot of fun to have so many cousins close in age.

Max's Blessing 9-23-07

We blessed Max on Sunday. It was absolutely wonderful! One of the highlights of the day was having the family together.

Max first Smile

Parkers 1st day of 4th Grade!

Today was Parker's first day of the fourth grade. It was a hard for him to leave his little brother, but we made it through.

Rory just got him a new bike so he will be riding his bike to school in the morning. I can't believe he is in the fourth grade, time is going by way to fast!

Little Allstar

Here are more pictures of Max. Babies change so fast. I can't believe how much he has grown in just a month. I took him in for his 2 week appointment and he was 9lbs 12oz. The next week I had to take him in for something else and he was up to 11lb 8oz. I can't believe how fast he is growing. I know we are starting him out young with football, but the poor kid doesn't have a chance of doing much of anything else with the genes he has running through him :) .

Baby Max!

We are so excited about our new baby. He is perfect. He was born on Aug 3rd @ 3:40pm. Everything went well, no complications. He was 8lbs 9oz. He was a little jaundice, but that cleared up with in a week. Parker has been a great big brother. He is so excited to see him every morning. He is such a big help when I am changing Max's diaper and when I am feeding him. It is a little different going back to the baby stage but it is a good different :).

Day at the Lake

We stayed at Rory's parents house this weekend. It was so hot that we spent most of it on the lake. We had so much fun. Rory is the designated tube puller. Parker, Jordan, and Chandler would not fall off. Rory tried everything but all three of them stayed on. We all had a blast!

Back off ladies... he's all mine!!!

Trip to Mount Rushmore

On our way out to Utah this summer we stopped at Mount Rushmore. We went for a hike around the mountain. It was so fun to take Parker there for the first time. After our little hike, Rory took Parker on the Alpine slide. I would have gone but I was 30 weeks pregnant so I thought I had better wait and just take pictures.

Memorial Day 2007

We had so much fun on Memorial Day. Parker and Jordan talked Rory and Larry into jumping into the lake with them. It was still pretty cold, that little adventure didn't last long :).

Parker's Field Trip to Walnut Grove

One of Parker's last field trips this year was to Laura Ingalls home town of Walnut Grove. Since I'm a life long fan of Little House on the Prairie I had to go with his class. We had so much fun! I can't wait to take my family out there when they come to visit :).

1st pic: Parkers 3rd Grade Class

2nd pic: Parker @ Laura's original Dugout

3rd pic: Parker sanding on the banks of Plum creek

Hello Everyone! I am so excited to start this blog. I have been wanting to do this for along time. I want to share my life here in Minnesota with my family and friends that live elsewhere.

Let me get everyone up to date. Rory graduated from Utah State University last May. On June 21st of 2006 we were married in the Mount Timpanogos temple in American Fork, Utah. We had a wonderful honeymoon in Puerto Rico and then made the move back to Minnesota.

We have been living in Minnesota for the last 10 months. Rory has been working with his dad running the buses for the school here in town. The plan was to get Parker adjusted to the move, and other things, then I would go back to school. Well, we had to make a slight adjustment, we found out that I was pregnant! We are expecting a little boy this August! We are all so excited, we cannot wait for the new addition.

Well I hope everything is going well with everyone. I hope to keep everyone posted during the pregnancy and beyond!

Take Care.