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Five more years...

So I have to laugh now that I am married to Benjamin Juarez, because when I was first dating him he seemed to be so carefree. Too carefree. It was a good thing and a bad thing. He would snowboard/wakeboard ALL THE TIME. Which was a ton of fun, but there is a time to be serious too. Here he was, 26 years old and still working on his bachelors (a life-long part-time student it seemed). I remember wondering if he would ever get serious about finding a career that could support a family. BOY, WAS I WRONG. I have never known anyone as hard working as my husband. His dedication to family, work, church, and school amazes me daily. For the past year he has been doing full-time work and full-time school at UNLV and still managed to get straight As. His school counselor was amazed at his accomplishments as well, in which Ben added that in this last year we also built and sold a home, welcomed Carson to our lives, and that he recently started a new job! His counselor then asked how his relationship was with his wife. :)

It's a good thing to look back at what has been accomplished, because sometimes the future goal seems so far away. Currently, Ben is taking LSAT prep courses and will start his masters program next week (he is squeezing a 2 year masters into one). The plan is to then start law school next fall. He also needs to study for three safety accreditations that he wants by the end of next year. Does that seem like a lot to you or is it just me? Is this the same guy I started dating 4 years ago?

Five years of school and then we are done. Then I get my husband back. At least that's the plan. In the meantime, it is 9:50pm and instead of being with my hubby, I'm posting. :( I love Ben so much and amazingly enough, I don't feel "neglected". For what we are lacking in quantity of time, he makes up with quality. So, in celebrating what's been accomplished in the past, here's to the future...

Hilarious!

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Found my camera

Yup, dad came to visit and brought down my camera from Cedar City. I asked them to keep an eye out for it. I'm so happy to have my camera again.

Here are a few more pics from our vacation in California.

See any similarities in these two pictures? My husband

is such a hottie! :)

Here we are a San Diego Zoo! This was also the first time I used my new Chariot stroller. It's not cheap, but well worth it. Carson and mommy both love it!

Carson standing up in his stroller during lunch break. It was really sunny and hot, so we got him a Zoo hat. Isn't he so cute!

This is after playing at the beach on Coronado Island. Such a beautiful place. If I were rich, I would definitely move there.

Such a cute little beach bum.

Us at Coronado Island, Carson checking out the waves...

Not so innocent

Where do they get this stuff? As Carson is transitioning to the toddler stage, I am realizing that all that talk about how sweet and innocent children are is only partially true. I don't ever remember losing my temper or biting or scratching. So where did he get this from? Today I took my Powerade bottle from him to have a drink. That is when he pounced! With rage is his eyes and screaming at the top of his lungs he lunged forward and clawed my face. How rude! What happened to my sweet little boy! I am not ready for this. I thought that they learned this behavior from other unruly children, or something like that. Apparently not so. Or if this is the case, it looks like Carson plans on being a model instuctor.

Walking

So I don't know how to link up my camera to the computer yet. I'll have to figure that out soon. Carson is walking! I think that it started a week or so ago. First, he started taking a couple of steps with our encouragement. Then, this week, he walked all the way across the living room. Again, with our encouragement. So you can understand my surprise and astonishment when, while I was reading a book, he walked around 11 steps from a couch to a chair all by himself. I'm so excited for him. He loves walking and honestly, I look forward to him not wanting me to hold his hand all of time to go places.

Stay-at-home mom

Yep. That's right. I am finally, officially, a stay-at-home mom. Sorry it has been so long since I've posted. We had a family vacation the first week of August in CA, I worked my last two weeks at Pulte Homes, then spent an entire week in Cedar City, UT with my family, just because I can. It has been a lot of fun. I've now spent a week at home with Carson. My house is so clean. I love it!

I should be posting more often now. Our only TV stopped working and we are not going to replace it. Not that I watch a ton of TV, but it did help me wind down at the end of the day. Blogging will probably be its replacement. That and abc.com.

I cannot find my camera right now. I think I left it in Cedar City. Here are a few pics from the California trip that Linz took.

Carson LOVED the ocean!

Thank goodness Carson has daddy's skin color. (P.S. My legs turned so red they looked purple, even with wearing spf 30)!

Carson on the USS Midway. I had to carry him throughout most of the tour, because you cannot take a stroller through the small passages of an aircraft carrier. It was actually fun and my arms got quite a work out.

Carson wanted to listen to the self-guided tour too.

Well, that's all for now. I might post some more pics when I find my camera. :)