ATSU/KCOM Winter Ball

Hello! Last weekend we went to the Winter Ball put on by Ben's school. I'm sure Ben was oh so excited about dancing and putting on a suit, but it was sure fun for me and some of the girls to get dressed up for once! All in all, the food was just ok and Ben was content with a few slow dances, but it was nice to get out with the friends! Here is the crew!
Hello Benny! This was his, "So you want me to dance huh?" look.
Tiffany and Steve Hillam.

Jordan Henderson and his awesome beard that he decided to grow out. Ben was having fun with the camera catching people in the middle of doing something.
Steve Hillam and Jake Wendling
April Henderson and Tiff
Jaime Wendling and I
Me and Benny. Ben, what's wrong with your eyes!? J/K I think we caught him mid-blink. Love ya!

Thanksgiving and our DC Trip!

Ben and his sister, Lacy. We stayed at Lacy's house in Virginia for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time! I had never met her kids and it had been four years or so since Ben had seen her boys. This was also the first time he met her new little baby girl, Sarah. Thanks for a great visit Lacy!

Ben and his nephews Sean, Jace, and Kyle. Cory is the oldest and isn't in the picture. I think he was at wrestling practice.
Korean War memorial. This is such cool memorial. It is really powerful. You can see the reflection of the soldiers in a wall that runs parallel to them.
On Saturday, Ben and I went into to DC, which is about 2 hours from where his sister lives. We met up with Ben's brother, Jim, who lives about an hour and a half on the other side of DC. Jim was nice enough to take us around DC, even though he has done it a million times :) It was great to be able to see some of Ben's family that we don't see often. We went to his place that night and played games with Jim and Kathy's friends. That made for a long drive home that night :P

Lincoln Memorial. We both really like this monument.
The National Mall. It was so busy in DC that day, so many tourists! We went to the National Museum of American History and it was packed wall to wall with people. Needless to say we got out of there quickly. We like the outdoor memorials better because there was much more fresh air and you weren't running into someone every time you turned around.
Were's Waldo? I mean, Ben and Jim? Can you find them?
Ben and I at the World War II Memorial.
Ben and baby Sarah. He just LOVED being around her. Everytime he could get a hold of her, she was in his arms :)

Bowlin' the Turkey on Thanksgiving morning! Ben and his nephews went to play football with other guys in Lacy's ward. What is Thanksgiving without football? Or so Ben would say.

Holy Smokes, Ben Is Done With Finals!!!

Ben finished his last final of this crazy quarter this morning!! I can't even explain how happy I am that he is done for a week. And this was one of his hardest quarters of med school! I almost felt like I was single again this week, that is how little I saw Ben :O Anyway, he is relieved and exhausted from an insane couple of months. Thank goodness he gets a break. Only two more quarters of the in-class part of med school. We are getting closer! And Christmas is almost here! We both feel like we can breathe a little deeper now. We love you all and can't wait to see many of you for the holidays!

Tagged by Tiff!

What is your husbands name? Benjamin Wheeler Nasman
How long have you been married? 2 years
How long did you date? Hmmm...I met Ben right when I went out to college. We actually dated three different times within the year before we got married. Poor guy, I kept getting scared because I was so young. We were pretty good buddies in between dating. But when I knew, I knew! So all in all, we knew each other about a year before we got married and actually dated for about a total of 4 months.
How old is he? 26. Ben often gets teased that he robbed the cradle :)
Who eats more sweets? Ben. Can you say chocoholic? I sneak my treats in though!

Who said I love you first? Ben, and I said it back to him. I think he was reading my mind when he said it to me :)
Who is taller? Ben, by about 2 inches.
Who can sing the best? Me. Like Tiffany, I was the choir geek in school( I was a soccer jock too!) I like listening to Ben sing in the shower though ;) He is always so happy!
Who is smarter? Definitely Ben. That is why he is the one in med school!
Who does the laundry? Moi.
Who pays the bills?We both do.

Who mows the lawn? BEN! That is one of his manly duties that I think he doesn't mind too much. Plus, our lawn mower is ghetto and I really prefer not to use it.
Who cooks dinner? Me. And I think we btoh like it that way:) When I sometimes kid and ask Ben if he will cook, he says, "Ok. Time for cereal!" I think that he has many hidden talents though that would come to life if he wasn't so busy with med school. He sure is a great helper in the kitchen when I am in a hurry and need two more hands!
Who drives? Ben most of the time. I do when I am dropping him off or picking him up from somewhere.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Ben-he is a sweetheart. I have a serious stubborn red-headed streak. I can't stay mad at him for long though, he's too sweet! He usually just laughs at me when I am mad and it diffuses the situation. I guess it probably is really funny
when I get mad.

Who kissed who first? I think it was mutual. If I had to lean one way more than the other, then I'd say it was Ben.
Who asked who out first? Ben asked me first! He was so smooth. He was in my family home evening group and met me that way. Then he found out I was on the women's ward soccer team and went to the game to "support" the ladies in the ward. Then he kindly asked if any of us needed a ride home. I conveniently didn't have a car (which I'm pretty sure he knew). We had a nice chat on the way home. The next day he called and asked me out :) I think he knew just what he wanted. I love him for it!
Who wears the pants? I pretend to, but he knows whatever he thinks we should do is what I will do :)

The rules for this tag: answer questions about your spouse, list names of people you are tagging in your post, then leave a comment on their blog letting them know they've been tagged. I'm tagging Jess, Rachel, Leslie, Jana, and Heather.
I love you Ben!!

Amazing Missouri Fall

So we have this amazing tree in our front yard. The weather has actually been beautiful the last little while out here in Missouri and this tree turned crazy yellow that last few days. I think it is just awesome. Awww, I am going to miss this cute little house when we leave.
I was having fun taking pictures of it. I know, I am easily amused.
This tree is just down the street.
So so pretty...I love fall, I just dread what comes after it in Missouri.

Pumpkins and More!

These are our pumpkins! Ben carved the spider and I carved the witch. We had fun. Ben was a super speedy carver. Seriously, he got his cleaned out before I even had the whole cut out of the top of mine!
Me and my pumpkin.
Ben and his pumpkin.
Ben and I went to our ward trunk or treat the night before Halloween. We ran the bean toss booth for the kids. We were a doctor and a nurse. Ha! Imagine that! Ben just wore what he was wearing that day, he had his cargo pants, a nice t-shirt and his white coat and stethescope on! I wore my turqiose scrubs that my mom scored for me after I had my first knee surgery forever and a day ago. Sorry, we forgot to take pictures of ourselves! These are some of our friends in the ward, Ben Adams and Najma Usmani. I just loved their costumes, the sunflower and the lady bug!!
At the trunk or treat. Nice face Ben :P
What do you think? Do I make a good scarecrow? Wait, if I am supposed to be scaring away the crows, why is there a crow on my shoulder?

A Birthday!

I almost feel silly saying that I only turned 21 on my birthday last week. Sometimes I really feel like too much has happened in life already for me to only be 21, seriously! Anyway, I just thought I would put a pic on here and take the opportunity to thank everyone for your love and well wishes. It was a great day thanks to you all. My girlfriends, April, Tiffany and Jaime, took me out to lunch and Ben came home early so that we were able to spend more time together than usual. Lots of family called as well. Thank you guys for making the day special and for making me feel loved. Ben took me out to dinner and he got me this ice cream cake, yummy... there is a funny story about ice cream cakes on my birthdays, maybe I will tell it another time :)