Goodbye 2009!

Since the year is almost over I figured I would post one more time, just for 2009. I keep saying life is busy and it just keeps getting busier. The last few months were kind of a blur. October was fun going to Disneyland and trading in our annual trip to the butt farm for a trip to the sunset market in Oceanside for my yearly pony ride. We went trick-or-treating at Sea World and with Dominik and Jackson. We spent most of November getting ready for Grandma and Papa Mac to come home from their mission and then spent December seeing Christmas lights and having fun family time.

Christmas this year was great! I was excited about everything Christmas this year. My favorite thing was seeing Christmas lights. The family at the end of Grandma and Papa's street go ALL OUT! This year was no exception and we even went to the lighting ceremony. They had 2 snow machines and window displays with swimming penguins and the week before Christmas I got a candy cane every time I went. I also liked to watch Christmas movies and sing Christmas songs.

The Tuesday before Christmas my Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal and Mom asked me what kind of cookies I wanted to leave for Santa. I said, "I don't want a strange man in the house." When she told me Santa left presents I decided it was ok for him to come. Santa brought me a drum set and a candy cane. The two things on my list the first time my Mom asked me. The list got longer as the month went on, so my Mom and Dad got me some sports clothes and books and a new basketball. Sofia got me a over-the-door basketball hoop that shouldn't break all the time like my old one. My Grandma and Grandpa Jackson got me lots of hockey stuff including a team Canada hockey jersey that I love! And believe it or not, it is a size 6 and not too big.

Most of my new clothes are size 4/5, which has my Mom amazed because she thought I was kind of done growing for a little while. I will write more next year and post some photos!

Love,
Benjamin

Busy, busy, busy...

Life is busy. I am pretty used to it, my Mom, not so much.

My life lately pretty much revolves around sports. My favorite is still hockey, which I play at least twice a day. I also love baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, and really anything else that has a ball. My Mom is busy putting together my Halloween costume. I am going to be a hockey player!! We are going to get my jersey tomorrow. I am going to be a duck, like in the mighty ducks. We even found jerseys with the old logo like in The Mighty Ducks 2. I love the Mighty Duck movies, you know the one where the hockey boys play with eggs? I recreated that particular scene in the backyard while my Mom was reading a story to Sofia in my room. I managed to shoot the last 10 eggs all over the patio!

I also found a rat that I named "the great bambino." He was sick though and he is sleeping on the other side of the fence. I go and talk to him throughout the day and tell him to watch me play sports.

Uh, my noodles!!!

We went out to dinner tonight, and I don't know if I have ever told you this, but my favorite food group is noodles. Oh, and cheese. So the lady brought the salad and I ate my tomato and some lettuce. The plates came and I said, "ooh, noodles." but it was salad. Then a little later she brought some bread because the noodles weren't done yet and I yelled after her, "uh, my noodles!!!" I really do think she forgot to bring them. When they finally came I jumped up and down saying, "noodles, noodles, noodles." I ate one even though it was really hot and said, "mmmm, it's good." I love noodles.

Part fish

So my Mom and Dad think I am part fish. Mostly because if I could I would spend all of my time playing in the water. We have a small pool that we set up pretty much everyday that our new "big pool" isn't set up. We get about 3 days out of the big pool and by then sister and I have filled it with dirt and grass and my Mom is pretty much done trying to fight us to stay out of it. The part my Mom is jealous of is that my time in the pool has given me an awesome tan. Something she thinks a boy with red hair should never be able to have!

hockey boys

I spent the evening watching hockey on Youtube. It is safe to say that I am completely obsessed with hockey. Last week I climbed my way through all of the furniture and boxes in the garage and found a "hockey guy". (12 inch tall Wayne Gretzky action figure still in the box) I begged and pleaded and my Mom opened it for me. I like to play with "Gretzky", that's what I call him. He came with a platform of plastic ice and I put my hockey pucks on the "ice" to shoot them around the house. I make Zoey be the goalie and she doesn't like it all the time. My Mom and Dad are going to try and take me skating soon. Especially since the Canadian sales guy at Sport Chalet said he learned to skate when he turned 2. For the first and probably only time ever, my Mom thought about moving to Canada. Then she remembered how cold it got and that went by the wayside.

Life is busy. I play hard everyday and we are going lots of places. We've gone to Disneyland and Sea World a lot lately with trips to the park and beach in between. We are trying to grow grass in the backyard here and are still unpacking toys. But I'm happy and need to go because the laptop battery is dying.

Love you,
Ben

It's been 4 months!

Really, I thought I posted about the infamous trip to New Mexico when my Grandma broke her leg, but Sofia must have done it. Life just never seems to slow down. I am 2 now! I had the best birthday party - it had a ball theme. We played giant sports games and jumped in the bouncer and ate cupcakes decorated like all kinds of balls. I am still a sports enthusiast. Both of my Grandpa's are feeding my hockey addiction and I like it when Stitch plays goalie for me. When I do well I say "nice." When I mess up I say "oh man," or "I missed." My Mom thinks I am cute but is over the fact that our living room looks like a sporting goods store that was desimated by a tornado.

In other news, we are getting ready to move - which adds to the tornado effect. My Grandma and Papa Mac left on Monday for a temple service mission in Nauvoo. We are moving to their house to take care of Zoey. I tell my Mom all the time that Zoey will be on my team when we live at Papa's house. My Mom has been over there the past few days helping finish with the packing and trying to get things ready for us to move in. I am excited to have my basketball hoop in the backyard and some space for golfing and playing baseball and soccer. Plus, my Uncle Brian's hockey stick is there and the tennis courts are nearby.

Hopefully I'll get to post more soon.

Benji