Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Going on Sixteen Years!

Sixteen years ago Craig and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple.  This was such a wonderful day.  It is also a special day in that we had Britton sealed to us at the same time.  I had waited so long to go to the temple and to be able to be sealed to both Craig and Britton the same day was really special.  This day is always extra special to us.

Great Grandma Jolley bought a little white tuxedo for Britton to be sealed to us in.  Craig's Great Uncle Joel Jolley was the sealer and then after we had been sealed they brought Britton in. He screamed the entire time, true to form.  He was ten weeks old.  Here he is with my mom, Grandma Benson, still screaming!
Britton and me outside the SLC Temple taking photos.  I think he had finally cried himself to sleep!
We had our wedding dinner at "The Inn at Temple Square".  Here I am looking thru the window and Craig's dad snapped this photo of me.  It's one of my favorites as it reminds me of how happy I was that day!  
Enjoying a moment together during the dinner.  We then left to go to the Little America for our honeymoon and then headed down to Farmington NM for our reception there.  

I'm so glad that we found each other!  Our story of how we met is like no other.  I'll save that for another post!  Craig is like no other!  Today, I woke up to roses and a funny (okay, inappropriate card!) then we went to dinner at Jak's and he had a gift certificate for a facial and then took me down to costco to pick out a piece of jewelry.  I know, that is not terribly romantic (the costco part) but at least I picked out what I wanted.  I avoided the $158,000.00 4 ct. emerald cut and went with a simple pearl ring.  He jokingly told me that instead of a huge diamond, he bough a dental chair for me!  Ha Ha!  
Really, Craig is the real Diamond!!  

Monday, October 20, 2008

Britton Jolley Headlines in the Seattle Times HS sports!!

SPSL 4A Britton Jolley's three field goals lift Tahoma

MAPLE VALLEY --   For the third consecutive week, Tahoma (5-2, 5-2) did not score a touchdown, but it didn't matter as sophomore kicker Britton Jolley hit three field goals as Tahoma beat Kentlake for a 9-7 SPSL 4A North Division win.
Tahoma was shut out last week, and scored three points the week before.  The last time the Bears scored a TD was in Week 4 in a 48-13 win against Kent-Meridian.
Jolley hit on field goals fo 21,23, and 27 yards. His 23 yarders in the thrid quarter proved to be the game-winner.  Kentlake (3-4, 3-3) had the ball at midfield with 2 minutes left but a bad snap and a couple of sacks stopped the drive.


Monday, October 13, 2008

Benson Family Reunion 2008


Benson Family Reunion 2008

Holly, Cheryl, and DeAun, two of my sister-in-laws.
Holly with sister Suzy
Me and my Mom!

In August, we went to Island Park, Idaho for my family reunion.  This was the 3rd Benson Family Reunion.  We rented a cabin and had a great time.  We floated the Big Springs Outlet, hiked up to our family tree, celebrated Britton's 16th Birthday and my Mom's 60th Birthday.  We decided to do a family reunion this summer so that we could honor our Mom on her big day (even though it was in February!)  It's hard to get us all in one place at once so the fact that we were finally able to get a date that worked was a miracle in itself! 





Floating the Big Springs Outlet
Brinlee, McKayla, and Maddy
No family adventure is complete without our Mom.  She is the free entertainment and keeps us all laughing.  This is before she fell into the water.  
Here's Jack, the best little dog anyone could have.  He enjoyed the raft trip too!  
Grandma Benson with all 17 of her 19.  I don't know where the other 2 kids went?