Not a whole lot has happened since the last time I posted. I gave Ben a hair cut all by myself for the first time. It looked pretty good, but unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of it so no one will believe me. Here is a picture a couple weeks after the haircut though.

 I posted pictures of Ben in this apron about a week after we were married. I went to the kitchen before church to eat breakfast one morning and grabbed the manly apron because it came up higher so I wouldn't get anything on my shirt. Ben came out and informed me I was using his apron but left and came back a little while later wearing mine. I think it looked great on him.

 He wanted to get a picture of me in the camo manly apron so we could tell people who really wore the pants in the relationship. I was wearing a skirt at the time so I informed him he was the only one wearing pants, even if it was under a girly apron.I was surprised I was even able to get one decent picture out of him before he started making faces.

Ben turned 25 on the 24th of November. We were going to be in Casper with his family for Thanksgiving for his birthday so I wanted to make and surprise him with a birthday cake early before we left. 

 Ben loves pistachio so I found a pistachio cake recipe on Pinterest for him.  I ended up doubling the pistachio in the actual cake then the frosting had another package of pistachio pudding mix in it. I was a little worried I might have gone overboard on the pistachio but figured I was safe with it being Ben. I was. He said he would add even more! I was pretty proud of myself though, because he said it is his new favorite cake. I liked it a lot too and I'm not as big of a fan of pistachio as he is. I could not handle the pistachio ice cream I bought him however though. Way too strong!

I was pretty excited when I found these lego candles at the grocery store! Ben is basically a big little kid and I think he enjoyed the lego candles almost as much as eating the cake. He made me save them so we can use them again. I think they were definitely money well spent.

We went black Friday shopping in Casper, well kind of. We both went Friday night to Best Buy to get Ben a laptop. We succeeded and he really loves it. I spent most of the time at the food court with my also pregnant sister-in-law Kyla while Ben stood in line for his laptop. I tried to stay in line with him, but I hadn't eaten since dinner and was up much past my bed time so Ben sent me to get food. By the time we got back to his brother's house to go to bed at 2:00 AM, I was basically a walking zombie. I felt terrible. So needless to say, when the alarm went off at 5:00 AM to go get the Christmas tree we wanted I could have cared less. Ben slept until 7:00 AM then headed out to try and get the tree and a few other things we wanted. I was a spoil sport and stayed sleeping. I felt bad but he said he would rather have me be happy later than crabby all day which would have most likely been the case. I do not do well without my sleep, especially pregnant. Ben was able to get us the Shopvac and GPS that we wanted, but sadly we missed out on the Christmas tree. We decided we didn't want to spend money on a real tree because we wouldn't even be home for Christmas and they are so expensive we might as well save the money for the after Christmas fake tree sales. So we had decided to go without a tree this year. Then I found a picture of this tree on Pinterest. (I like Pinterest if you can't tell.) While I was in Casper for a doctors appointment I asked my mom if she had a tomato fence. She did and she supplied me with the lights too!

So here is our completely free Christmas tree! Ben did the wrapping or it would not have looked as good as it does. He put a lot of effort into it! It was a little more time consuming than I thought it would be. I love it so much though! This picture looks better than the one with the lights on, but it still doesn't do it justice. Ben makes fun of me because he comes home from work quite often with me laying on the couch looking at our Christmas tree listening to my Andy Williams Christmas music. When he asked what I was doing I said just enjoying my Christmas tree and music. Now when he calls me on his way home from work he asks if I am enjoying my Christmas tree and music. Most of the time I am!

Ben received free tickets to the Jazz game last weekend from a sales rep at work. So we planned a trip to go down and attend the temple and go to the Jazz game. I also had a 15% off coupon that was only good in store at Baby Depot. So we also planned on buying our stroller while we were there. It turned into a very busy trip! We were able to do sealings at the Provo Temple. It was great we haven't done sealings for a couple months. We were able to do some daughter sealings to parents also which I love doing! They really made me grateful for our temple marriage and that Sawyer will be sealed to us forever. It made me really sad that some of these families had been waiting for over 70 years! It really reminded me of the importance of doing temple work! 

After the temple we went to Baby Depot to get our stroller. Ben has decided he gets two new ties at Burlington every time we go to Utah. He has been getting a pretty sweet tie collection. I am excited about our stroller though! I wanted to get a jogging stroller because the wheels are nicer on them. This one still maneuvers very nicely though, but the feature that sold me is the one handed quick release! All I have to do it pull a handle and it all folds up and I can carry it by the handle. So with Sawyer in one hand I can collapse and carry the stroller in the other easy! I was sold because that will be so nice for when I am by myself with him. I hope it makes it worth not having the jogging stroller wheels! Fingers crossed. I also really liked the pattern it is very gender neutral so I can use it for boys or girls. I can't believe there are only 8 weeks left until my due date! We are so excited! 

I will try to take lots of pictures over Christmas so I can blog some more fun stuff!