Birthday Boys

March is such a fun month at the Claridge home. Corban turned one on March 12th and Isaiah turned two on March 26. We threw them a cars party and all of their little friends came to celebrate.

It was as yummy as it looks.

Isaiah and Corbans friends that joined us for the party. Siennah, Isaiah, Corban, Jaron, Noah, Drew. Missing are Maycee and Lane! :)

Corban enjoying his birthday cake. Unfortunately, we couldn't get Isaiah to eat his cake for the second year in a row.

Exciting news:

Corban started walking about a month ago and I love it. He weighs 26 lbs and is getting to heavy to carry all of the time. He says "ball, mama, dada," and you can rarely find him without one in his hands. Corban has 8 teeth now and enjoys eating. :)





Isaiah is starting to talk! Yeah, I thought that this day would never come. He repeats everthing that we tell him to say but is still working on saying it by himself. Isaiah goes to "school" 3 days a week for two hours. He loves going and it has been a great environment for him to socialize! Isaiah is the sweetest older brother. He is very protective of Corban and makes sure that he is not doing things to get into trouble. I often hear "no, ban." In the morning they jibber jabber for a long time before they want me to come and get them. I am really blessed to have them in my lives! We bring me happiness, joy, and much laughter.




We are also expecting another baby in late Sept. or early Oct. We are quite excited about this addition to our family. I think that I am the most excited! :) People keep asking if I am hoping for a girl.... and the answer would be no! I would be excited either way, but I already have everything for a little boy. If it is a girl her name will be: Elia Marie, and if it is a boy: Isreal Benson or Ezekiel Benson. We will let you know soon!


I have loved the weather outside and have taken the boys to the park almost everyday for the last couple of weeks. If I don't, I have two boys standing at the door saying, "park, slide, swing" over and over again. Plus, if I take the boys between 2:00 and 4:00 Sonic has their blue coconut slushies half off. I crave them all of the time. (Which is good because I am trying to cut back on my addiction of at least 6 cans of Diet Coke a day.)



Jake is very busy at work as they are nearing the end of the capitol building. It will be a great ride to see where life takes us after this next project.

Until the next time.....

Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story"

It has been a long time since our family has updated this blog. As you can see Brooke got distracted and has not been able to return to finish her story. Truth be told, it has been so long I'm not sure I remember what the rest of the story is, but we did have a lot of fun down in Mesquite with the family. I do remember that we had a birthday party for two of the kids, and that we went golfing a couple of times. Since then we have obviously experienced Christmas & New Years. We spent Christmas with our family in Rupert, which was enjoyable, and for New Years Brooke Aunt Nicki came to visit us. I'm sure that most of you know that Brooke has been really involved in coupon shopping, and that is why I believe she has neglected our blog. She really loves it, and has taught many others the techniques on how to save money. That seems to be important in these troubling times. After posting this blog I'm going to encourage Brooke to get back into updating this thing. One last note of interest, we just got back from a trip to North Carolina where we visited our friends Evan & Gina. It was a lot of fun, and definitely different back there. I thought it was the funniest thing that after an inch of snow all the schools were cancelled and most of the businesses closed for the day. I guess we just are used to the weather here. I wish I knew more about what Brooke's experiences were there, because she spent an extra week there, but I do know that they have great barbeque restaurants there. I do know that we are very grateful to have a friend like Gina, she is a speech pathologist, and the time she spent with Isaiah and us, teaching us, has really helped Isaiah's language skills. Hopefully we can continue following her advice and he will continue to develop. Well, that about sums up the last few months, I will have to see if I can get Brooke's input added to this, but I do know we have been very blessed. I'll have Brooke add some pictures later!