19 Reasons I love Ben!

1. Where did you meet your husband?

I met Ben on a blind date...he still hates blind dates to this day!

2. How long did you date before you got married?

2 years, 2 months, and 22 days...yeah I counted!

3. How long have you been married?

8 years in March (we got past the 7 year itch without a sweat!)

4. What does he do that surprises you?

He wears pink! (He is supporting his mom, but I never thought I would see the day...)

5. What is your favorite feature of his?

I love his hair!

6. What is his best quality?

He is the hardest worker I know. He gives everything he does 110%

7. What is his nickname for you?

Natty

8. What is his favorite food?

Doritos and Coke

9. What is his favorite sport?

He loves basketball the most.

10. When and Where was your 1st kiss?

June of 1999 outside of my Brinker apartment

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
Watch "The Office" together, go out to eat, or poke fun at each other!

12. Do you have any children?

yup...3 little monkeys!

13. Does he have any hidden talents?

He is a well of knowledge when it comes to useless information. He also just discovered that he is awesome at Guitar Hero World Tour! (He rocks out with the drums!)

14. How old his he?

31

15. Who said I love you first?

I can't remember, but my guess is that it was probably me...he was super shy when it came to dating.

16. What is his favorite music?

He loves old country like Willie Nelson, Don Williams, and Johnny Cash.

17. What do you admire most about him?

There are so many things I admire, some of my favorites are how hard he works to support our family, how much he loves his family, and how handy he is around the house!

18. What is his favorite color?

red! j/k you would just think so with all the red-heads in his life!

19. Will he read this?

I will make it a point that he does!

Love ya Ben!

Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Every January, when life seems so drab, us Chamberlains have come up with our own little holiday that was taken from Seinfeld. This year we celebrated Festivus by going out to Texas Roadhouse and going back to Gummy's house to play Guitar Hero World Tour...

This is Ben's new favorite stress reliever...he rocks at the drums and he totally gets into it!

Sarah is just trying to stay out of trouble!!!

Aspen likes to sing...

Iggy is trying to look like he knows what he is doing...

Rob and Nat rocking out, we are both concentrating pretty hard...

Brad, Ben, and Macie...Macie loves singing Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer"

She's rocking out!

Paden and Zach are playing Curious George upstairs because the adults aren't sharing like they should be...

A Trib-Ute!

On Friday the 16th, we went to Salt Lake to watch the Ute's Parade. They had a perfect record this season 13-0! They just won the Sugar Bowl and had well over 10,000 fans who came out to congradulate them...

Big Scarey Pirate Dude! He is at all the games to cheer the team on.

Macie is overcome with excitement!

We are waiting for the parade to start...

Johnson, Coach Whittingham, and Sylvester are in this car!

Go Utes!!

2 Months Already...

Yesterday we had Hadlie's 2 month check up.

Weight: 11 lb. 2 oz. - 50th percentile

Height: 23.6 inches - 86th percentile

Head: 38.5 centimeters - 38th percentile

Right now she is really starting to respond to our voices. She always smiles when she hears me (knowing that milk is soon to come) and always frowns at Ben (knowing that the milk wagon has left). She is cooing, and when she is on her tummy she is starting to lift up her head. Her favorite thing right now is to be bundled up like a little burrito and bounced up and down while we rock her back and forth...I know, very high maintenance, but she is so cute and her smile makes it all worth it!

Merry Christmas to us!!

We had a great Christmas this year...we are so fortunate to have sooo many things!!


Paden got the coolest airplanes to go with his Geo Trax train set!

This was our families favorite gift this year...Sweet little Hadlie!

Macie got an awesome dollhouse for her Barbies!

Here are the kids playing with Paden's new toy!

The grandparents came over to visit and drop off a load of presents as well...Macie and Paden got the Wowee Tiger and Lion that seem so real. Paden got a bounce back racer and Macie got a Little Mommy doll as well.

Paden found a yummy green cupcake to eat!

Macie having her favorite dinner...soup in a bread bowl.

Hadlie's 1st Christmas! As Ben says to her..."Hadlie, you have an unfair advantage...you only had to be good for 2 months" Lucky her, Paden and Macie had to be good for 1 whole year!

Hadlie's Blessing

Here are a few pictures from Hadlie's Blessing...

Aunt Titi with the girls...Mylie looks like she could eat Hadlie!

Gummy and Bompa with Hadlie

Grandma Pat and Grandpa Craig

Grandparents and Hadlie

Mom and Dad with Hadlie

Santa's Helper

Last Saturday night we had a family party where Santa came to visit. At the last minute Santa could not show up and Ben said that he would pinch hit for him. Ben pulled off the part quite well I must say...I think the key to getting him to open up is putting a red suit and a beard on him. Anyway, he was seated right next to Macie, the entire time that Santa was talking and giving out gifts, Macie was watching him quite closely. After he had handed out the presents and had each of the kids sit on his lap he soon left and Macie came over to me and said, "I think that was your husband." I was caught off guard and didn't know quite what to say. I asked her if she thought Santa could be everywhere at once or if she thought he might have helpers. She replied that he had helpers and that her daddy must have been really good all year to become one of Santa's Helpers! She handled it very well and after I told her that Daddy was a secret helper, she didn't say another word to anyone!

Cute little "Howie" in her Gingerbread outfit!

Hadlie slept through the entire Santa excitement.

Paden loves Santa and gets so excited each time he sees him!

Macie and "Santa"