Santa Barbara

We spent the weekend in Santa Barbara so that Doug, Kari and Bart could run the marathon. We stayed in the cutest little town called Solvang.

It was a danish town that had blocks and blocks of shops! Loved it!

Doug, Kari, and Bart all did awesome in the half marathon and I proud of all them! Nice job guys!

We went to the beach on Monday and for some reason we were the only people there :). I guess November isn't the best time to go to the beach, however it was perfect weather to sit on the beach and enjoy the scenery, not nice enough to get in the water! We ended up seeing a pod of dolphins just hanging out in the cove we were sitting in front of. It was the closest I've ever been to dolphins and it was so fun to watch them all swim around with the seals. Love the ocean... why do I live in Utah again? :)

Orlando

We had an awesome anniversary again this year. We went to Orlando and a cruise with Jeana and Aubrey. It was so much to be in the warm sunshine for a whole week. We flew into Orlando and stayed there for two days. While we were there we went to Universal Studios and to Ron Jon (like 3 times, for Jeana and Aubrey). Then we headed to the dock on got on the ship. We went on a Caribbean cruise for 4 nights and it was a blast. When we got back from the cruise we went to dinner for my birthday at my favorite restaurant Benihanas and then went miniature golfing at the coolest miniature golf place ever!

The slides at Atlantis that Bart and Aubrey did while Jeana and I watched

The port hole

Our ship

Bart playing with the iguanas

Harry Potter at Universal

Mini golf

Formal Night

Thank you for this pic Bart

Crazy Week

We have had a crazy week in the Best Family this week! It all started on Tuesday... a happy/sad day. Tuesday morning Blake had surgery #2 on his heart. Unfortunately the surgery did not work once again, but we are happy to have our happpy Blake here with us and that everything ended up going ok in the surgery. He had to spend 3 days in the hospital and Jen tried everything she could to keep him occupied, happy and out of trouble.

Jen went to change her clothes for bed one night and Blake found some candy on the shelf. He was being so quiet that Jen thought he was asleep... NOPE! She came out to this! Naughty Blakers! The funniest part.. his shirt says

"Can't sleep, must eat candy" compliments of his favorite Aunt Jaclyn! :)

Who wants to ride in the wagon when you can push it!

Blake playing with his car at the hospital.

Blake playing with the coolest present from his favorite Aunt!

Tuesday afternoon.... We welcomed Jason's and Nikki's BATMAN to the world! Cutest little baby! We love him! He is so cute. Ok his name isn't really Batman, his name in Remington Tagg Best, 7 pounds 3 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. He is a mix of Jason and Nikki.

Bentley seeing Batman for the first time.

Baby Blake

Thank you all for all your prayers for my cute nephew Blake. He had his heart surgery on Thursday and he is doing better than ever! He's now crawling (we thought he was going to skip that step and go straight to walking) and he seems happier than ever. I know he is feeling so much better and we are glad to have this behind us, and if we are, I am sure John and Jen really are!

Bart and I watched the girls Wednesday and Thursday night to help Jen and John... they are good birth control! JK we had so much fun with them and enjoyed having them here. I don't think Kensie wanted to leave... ever! :)