Last night Kev had to go to youth group so K and I stayed home. K has the chicken pox, my poor boy! We had fun taking pics. K thought it was so funny to watch the pics get taken. We had fun laughing and making goofy faces. My little joy. Its so hard to see them when they are sick but laughter is the best medicine!

This is our precious baby's little foot. Isn't it sweet?

Here is our first ultra sound pics. We get another one of Feb 1. The third one is a 4d picture. What an amazing thing to beable to see your baby and hear the heartbeat. It is such a miracle! Our baby boy likes to suck his fingers, so cute!

Ok... The pics are caught up. We hope you enjoy seeing what has happened over the past few months! We have had a lot of changes. As you know, we ended our job at the end of August in Glendive, knowing that was what God wanted us to do. With know job in site, we waited at the cabing for God to guide us. We ended up in Helena and we love it here. We miss all our kids in Glendive so much but we know that Gods direction is the best!
Some cool things happening in our family,if you havent heard, is we are having another baby boy in June!! WE are so excited for this blessing! And for you grandparents, I am sure there will be a girl sometime! Kristian is talking more and more. He said his first prayer the other night, " he said esus, cant pronounce the J, i luv ame. The purest prayer. To bad we all cant pray with such innocence to our father!! You pray and pray that your kids will want o lvoe God and pray adn love God! And even at 19 months they want to express that. What an amzaing thing to hear coming from the lips of a babe!!
We are trying to start the whole potty thing. He has gone a couple of times in his potty or in front of it, but it takes time. We likes to flush the toilets and say pee yooo, so I guess that is a start, my big boy!!! He is also obsessed with hunting, at that is not an understatement. He wakes up shooting things and goes to bed shooting things. ALl day long, its, "GUN< GUN< GUN!! Its pretty cute. We play elk alot of the day. This game is, you put the elk up, he shoots it, you make it fall down,and it starts again. He never gets tired of seeing it fall! What a crazy!! Well thats all for now folks. Now that we are on line, let the pics role!We love you all.

We got to go to the cabin on Christmas day. Grandma and Grandpa, Marv and Chris all came down. That was a nice blessing. ANd after everyone left, the tired Kristain and Ma cuddled up on Kristians little bed. Yes that is a dog bed, but Kristian loves it!!! And sits in it all the time to look at his animal book. We have to sit on it actually to look at his animal book. What they get in their heads sometimes!

Our first Christmas in Helena! our little mister got so tired, and I take advantage of those cuddly moments. Kristian had fun opening his presnets! Thank you all!We had our story of Christ and then got to dig in!

This is for UNcle Jay and Aunt Joanie! Kristian loves his bow and is doing pretty good shooting it! They say its for ages3 and up, but when hunting runs through the veins there is no age limit! He sure cant wait to go bow hunting with his Uncle Jay, maybe when he is three, or at least he can call them in for ya!!!

Our little lion was so adrobale for Halloween! I couldnt help but laugh cause he was so cute! We took him to a church carnival thing. What we put our kids through!

Cousin time! Kristian loved his cousins. He followed Konrad everywhere. The guys got the boys for the weekend while us ladies were at a retreat! brave men!

Ma time! Grandmas have a special place in the heart of Kids! And Kristian is so enthrolled with his Grandma. Know one else is really noticeable if his Grandma is around. She wears me out just watching her play all day and night! She has more energy than any one I know and the biggest love for her grand boys!! And each boy knows how much they are loved!

Daddy time! We took Kristian to a pumpkin patch. Kev has so much fun iwth his son and of course Kristian loves him! If kev isnt around K puts up his little hands and says,"Daddy gon, Daddy gon?" What a joy as a mom to see a daddy and son just love to be with each other!

Family fun. The benner 5 were all together. The crazy loud bunch! WE had a surprise party for mom. She turned the big 50. Dusty and Chan drove th long distance to surprise mom and Jay did too! She was so excited!



We took the kids to the park. I am not sure who had more fun, the kids or us!

Mom and Dad with the Grand kids! The loves of their life. It was so fun to have the cousins together. What a group of boys we have, 5 in all!

More pics! Are you tired of looking at them yet? Uncle Jay was home and Kristian loved him! They are hunting buddies already! Kristian says gone alot and lifts his hands up, this one is my interpretation that "Aunt Joanie Gone?" We missed you.

Momma Time!! I love these moments of getting with Kristian. My precious boy. We love to dance and he just melts me with his sweet laughter and kisses. Kev and I are so proud of our family and the joy of being parents! What a gift. Its so overwhelming knowing how much more God delights in us!
Kristain and Pa wrestling and playing on the bed, the joyous times of watching your daddy play with your little boy. Those times are priceless.

More cabin fun!!Kristian got to do pretty much anything he wanted. he was played with by Pa, which K calls him, and Ma, which he calls my mom. WE treasure our time we go to spend together. kristian is sucha dare devil. We would find him climbing everything including this latter by the apple tree. he loved to four wheel with pa and had a big yard to ride his little one. What place to go!

Some fun at the cabin. We got the chance to take a few months off in between jobs. What a blessing. We went to my parents cabin out of Superior and in the mountains. It is such a sanctuary there and we loved hanging out as a fam. Kristian soaked up the cabin life and played outside almost all day! thank you God for the mountains and great outdoors.