Family Reunion 2009

Benson Family Reunion

2009

Mom and her kids

LeAnn, Suzanne, Kevin, Kristy, Shelley, Greg

and mom

(missing: Joe, got stuck at work)

with spouses. Jim and Leslie

Missing: Harry, Juan and Shobi

Grandma "B" with her grandkids
Jake, Rachel, Sofia, Misti, Matias, Seth, Abby, Chad,
Corey, Aaron, Shannon, Brandi, Dan, Sammy, Maxx
and Grandma " B"
Missing: Ryane, Bud, Jason, Alisa, Dan, Mike, Val and Eli


Grandma "B" with her Great Grandkids
Kaitlyn,Tia, Sayge, Laiyne, Grandma B, Isaac,
Senia, Blair, Laycee, Alexey, Angelyse
and Lukas
Missing: Savannah and Gavin

Chad and Kristy

Aaron, Mom, Shannon, Senia

and Dan's head :)

Jim, Lukas, Laycee, Sofia

and Alexey

Alexey and Sofia

They were best friends that day.

Isaac

Laiyne and Sayge

Laycee

( I love this picture)

Alexey and Isaac

Sayge and Isaac

Isaac

Abby and Kaitlynn playing volleyball

Corey and Seth

LeAnn against all the little girls

Chad and naked Laycee

Jim, Shelley and naked Blair

Tia

Shannon, Senia and Corey

Misti, Mom and back of Matias

Kristy, Blair, Shelley and Leslie

Leslie and Greg

I think all the noise gave Leslie a headache :)

Brandi and Kevin

LeAnn and Angelyse

Aaron , Kristy, Leslie and I think Sayge

the gang of hungry eaters!

We got together on August 4th, 2009. Kristy was still in town and Greg's family came in for a few days. So we decided to have a family reunion. This doesn't happen very often so we thought we would take advantage of it. We went up to Big Springs Park up provo canyon. Everyone had a good time. We need to do this more then every 10 years. At least I think that was the last time we had everyone together. Sorry some of the pictures didn't turn out very well but at least it was documented. Thank you everyone for coming and we missed thoses who weren't able to make it. The little kids had so much fun playing together and exploring the mountains. I don't think we had any fighting and very little crying that day. I love my family! We have all had our own set of problems and difficulties but we are family and should always be able to count on each other. I love the fact that there is so much diversity in our family. We should learn from each other and enjoys the difference we can share with each other. You all have taught me so much about life and I thank you. I can't wait for my husband to meet all of you! Thank you for supporting me and caring for me. I love you all very much!

Tia's Baptism

We celebrated Tia's baptism June, 27th 2009. We were so happy to be able to celebrate this special day with her. We are so proud of you Tia! You have grown up into an amazing young lady. We love you and hope you will always be happy and full of life.

Grandpa Joe, Corey, Kaitlyn, Senia and Tia

Grandma "B" and Tia

Mom (Shannon), Dad (Corey). Senia,

Kaitlyn and Tia

The family and Tia's beautiful dress!

Summer parties 2009

Finally I am posting again. Life has been crazy busy but here it goes.

June 27th was Sofia's 3rd birthday. Jim and Shelley decided to throw a huge party that day so we celebrated Fia's birthday along with it. Jim had decided it was time to get everyone together without it being a wedding or a funeral. He hired a country band that enterianed us for the evening. We had good time with some great people.

Sofia decided to have a barnyard cake that Kristy and I put together. It was fun decorating it. She had a cow pinata for the kids to beat and finally Abby was able to get the candy out for them. All the kids had a ball playing together and loved the pinata.

I also made Fia's dress. I don't know what has gotten into me! :)

Road Trip to North Dakota

On the 14th of May around 4:30 in the morning, we received a call from Uncle Will. Letting us know that his dear wife, Nova, passed away. She had been diagnosed with a rare form of Dementia. They had her in a nursing home and Uncle Will was cleaning and making the necessary changes so that he could care for her at home. Aunt Nova didn't want to live with this disease and put her family through it so she decided it was time to go home to God. She was a brilliant woman with a very sharp mind. I wish I would have gotten to know her more. I met her when I was younger but hadn't seen her for many years. It's a shame as a family that we don't see each other more, but this happens when you live thousands of miles away.

Mom wasn't sure if she was going to make it. I told her we have to go, no doubt about it. Uncle Will would need us. So we made arrangements and headed out on May 17th. We rented a Toyota Prius. We got great gas mileage and spent the time listening to books on tape. That made the time go by so much faster. Enjoyed it and I wasn't sure I would. Our first stop for the night was in Sheridan, WY. We stayed at a Holiday Inn (it was the closes hotel). It was ok and mom and I just crashed for the night. We drove through some beautiful country that next morning. We arrived in Minot, ND around 7pm and had a wonderful dinner with Uncle Will and Rick.

I was so glad that we made it up there to offer our support to them. Aunt Nova looked wonderful, they did such a wonderful job on her. It has been a long time since I have seen someone looks so peaceful, happy and natural at a viewing. Everyone did a wonderful job at the funeral with their talks and songs. Our thoughts and prayers will still be with you Uncle Will and Rick.

Uncle Will and his beautiful wife, Nova
some of the flowers at the funeral

We left Minot Thursday, May 21st to start our journey home. This time we decided to drive through Montana down through Yellowstone. I must say that Livingston, MT was the most beautiful place I have seen in a long time. It was a gorgeous drive! We stayed in Bozeman, MT that night and headed out that next morning for Yellowstone. Here is some of the things we saw in Yellowstone.

It has been almost 30 years since I have seen Yellowstone.

I was in AWE!

A few different animals we saw.

He was less then 20 yards from our car

how beautiful is this?

Old Faithful


Sorry when I was filming this I didn't think about what it would do when I turned the camera. I just wanted to get the full height in it. It was also very sunny and I had a hard time seeing what I was filming. It was just as grand as I remembered as a child. I'm so happy that we waited the 90 mins to see it. The rest of the day's drive was gorgeous. As we headed out the south entrance we were in a lot of snow. The Tetons was amazing and it has been awhile since I had been in Jackson Hole. I just wish we didn't have to hurry back so I could have stayed a few days in Yellowstone and Jackson. It just makes me want to plan another trip. If you get some time head up to Yellowstone and take in all the glory it has to offer you.

Random Pictures of May adventures

Blair's Blessing

not to comfy mom.... help!
Really another picture?????

what a cute brother I have......
I hope he will always be nice to me!

Oh nothing to worry about.....

he loves me!

Lukas and Emma

fighting over the baseball and bat.

Lukas didn't want to share with her.

Good shot Lukas

Grandma "B" and Blair

on Mother's Day

Both a little tired.....

What a sweet little girl..... but what

lungs she has on her!

Maybe she will be an opera singer!!

Haven Salon Bazaar

Saturday, June 6th

9am to 2pm

359 west 100 south, Provo

801-379-0540

Free Eyebrow waxes, Scalp massages,

Hair and skin consultations

Discounted Glitter toes and punk hair extensions

(You will need to call for appointments

space is limited)

30% of Hair product

There will be lots of Vendors

American Fork chiropractic - HCG diet

Scentsy Candles

Pixie and Paisley - little girl tutus

Brittney- handmade silver smithing jewelry

Hillary- magnets

Davy- baked goods

True Source- health supplements

giving tree- massages

clear health- health scans

Julie- hooter hiders

Green Apple boutique- jewelry and flower hair clips

other handmade items loads of great stuff

We love doing this to support our clients and to says thank you to everyone that has supported the salon!

Proud Wife

Shobi receiving his certificate

I am so proud of my husband. He has been taking courses to help him out in finding a job. This was his first course at Global Aviation Institute. He passed with high scores and is working on his next course. This will help him be a travel agent or a ticket officer at the airport. He has been working with a travel agent the last year and has enjoyed it. Hopefully he will be here instead of taking a 3rd course. We were told that it could be as soon as July. We both are very anxious to be together. It has been a long 20 months and I want nothing more then to be in the arms of the man I love.

Spring Break in Karachi

On Shobi's break from school a group of his classmates and himself headed to the swimming park. This was just a few pictures Shobi shared with me. Since most of the blog is about what is going on in my life I thought I would post something about my husband. He is taking some classes to better himself in getting a job here in the USA. He is always this happy. I love his smile you can't help but smile when he does. I can't wait until we can be united. We are on the downward slope of the process but we could still have 5 to 7 months. Our lawyer informed me that I will need to be there for his interview. So off to Pakistan I will go. We don't know when the interview is and will only have a month notice at that. It will be nice to be back with my husband and his family. Now don't we wish we were having a spring break like theres!

Spring break.... SNOW!

Yesterday morning it was just raining really hard then by the afternoon it turned to snow! UGH! But spring snow doesn't stay long so it would be melting soon. Well it snowed all night but when I went to bed it was just covering the road and sidewalks.... Well.... here is what it looked like in the morning. I couldn't believe it.... I asked mom is Santa Clause came last night. I looked around but found no presents. :( It is pretty but when it is covering your tulips, daffadils and tree blossoms it is very dissappointing. I just hope the fruit trees survive. The sun is out so it might not last long but it is very heavy wet snow... Great for building a snowman!

Our poor tree I hope it will pop back up.

I did shake it off but it's still bent.