Catching Up

These past few months have been a whirlwind for us. I am sorry to have neglected our blog. Let's see if I can catch you up...

 Birthdays. Halloween. Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year. 

Ben got a promotion.Disney World Annual Passes.Temple trips. 

a whole lot.

 We had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas, and were even able to spend time with both of our families. We haven't been able to do that in the past due to work schedules, so this year was extra special. We even got to spend time with extended family and friends. New Years was a blast while it lasted.We went to bed early. We do that a lot now. Old married people now I guess. We celebrated our 6 month anniversary last month and this week is 7. So yay! Also in November we got a new addition to our family. Sweet baby Presley was born on November 6th.

Oh yeah, and Benny got an awesome promotion. I know quick right? He has only been working there for 7 months! He is so happy there and really enjoys what he does and the people that he works with. and for me, I am so happy to see him happy and to have him home with me every night. Well on other news I have switched majors again. I am now on to become a Occupational Therapy Assistant. 

Better news: We are DISNEY WORLD ANNUAL PASS HOLDERS! We have gone a few times sense November, and have planned a special birthday trip for Ben & I on the 21st of this month. Ben's birthday is on the 22nd and mine is the 23rd so double birthday celebration at Disney it is. 

Temple trips are finally starting to occur more often. We enjoy the special time we share at the temple. We are going to go while on our Disney Trip next week. Oh yes and Jace and Laura got married! So happy for them!

Halloween

Mine and Ben's "special" pumpkin

So fly

SMORES!

Ben's 1st Disney trip sense he was 4

Mickey Mouse

The stocking Mama made for Ben

Presley's 1st Christmas

New Years!

Headbands with Alycia and Benjamin

Sweet Presley Jane

My ornament Ben made for our 1st married Christmas

Renewing and Running round

It has been a long while sense I updated. Sorry. We have been busier than ever.

Ben got a NEW JOB! 

and he loves it. He now works at Williams Communications in Tallahassee, as a radio/lights technician. He also helps with programing radios, and all sorts of other "nerdy" stuff. He is loving working there, and getting paid to basically play around at his hobby. 

He also works 8-5 (most days) and he gets weekends off! For those of you that don't know...THIS IS A BIG DEAL! With EMS he was gone for 24 hours at a time 3 days a week. He still does EMS part time, and still has a love for saving lives, but I think he has found his true calling. His nerd side has truly come out for the world to see. :) 

Also, we have gotten better at our "routine." We cook together a lot (even if it is sandwiches or hotdogs.) Ben is even driving my car to and from Tallahassee, to save on gas. He hates being away from his baby (the truck) and switch his stuff over to drive it whenever possible. 

I (Leah)  have got to spend some quality friend time lately with some of my best friends, well we usually throw it together in an hour of no planning and it turns out to be an awesome time. We have fun no matter what we do. We are all really busy with school and work, so it is such a great stress reliever! 

Oh yes, we also finally got out pictures from the reception from the fabulous PICTURE LADIES! www.picture ladies.com They turned out awesome. We are only gonna post a few for now. There are so many good ones.

                     These girls have my back, and I love them so much!!

                                                     Our sweet, beautiful, loving MAMA

                                                                       Bridesmaids :)

                                                                    The Bass Bunch

                                                Granny                                          Oma      
                                       

                                                         Both Couples and their "peoples"

                                                           My Sister, I love her so much!

                                                    The Stoutamire Bunch

                                                                My sweet Alycia!

                                                      I love these girls with all my heart!!

                                                 My favorite Volleyball coach & best friend!

I am a blessed gal! We have wonderful family and friends! I am so happy to know that I have such a wonderful husband, and the best is yet to be! :)

Busy Bass

 Wow! It has been pretty busy around here the past couple weeks! In the words of my sweet mama "Y'all aren't just playing house anymore." We are always on the go, but we have a good time. With me back in school and work and house work to get done...We stay busy. We have been trying to get things done around the house. It is coming along. We will post pictures soon. Our neighbors keep us on our toes with getting the yard done. Their yards are always perfect. I swear it must get mowed and perfected by fairies while we sleep! :) Ben does a great job keeping the yard looking nice. We did quite a bit of yard work on Saturday. We mowed. Trimmed hedges. Weeded flowers. and Sweated!! With the help of one of our favorite little buddies Mannie, we managed to get it all done.

 Our sweet helper as the "Statue of Mannerty" :)

 Wearing Ben's "SPECIAL" hat

 Daisy was hot too. 

 The story behind Ben's hat.

Ben's dad has had a hat like this for years, so Ben asks he dad where he can get one because they are sooo stylish and awesome. So Mr. Phillip (Ben's dad) just gives him one of his. Ben wears it ALL OF THE TIME!! So sweet....

Even though we get pretty busy, we make time to have fun! We love to play LIFE! I got to win this game, but Ben usually beats me!!

and of course we ALWAYS make time to eat some yummy dinner. Ben says I have become a good cook...I think he just has to say that. :) 

We are still having the time of our lives!