Meet the Ben Newson Family in 2038

So we were talking the other day about how we have SUCH cute neices and nephews and about how cute our children are going to have to be- in order to get any grandparent attention (and mula $$-haha jk).
So I decided to morph our faces together to find out what our kids would look like.
Here are our results...


Chuck


Gertie


Ralph


Susie Q








All credit (good or bad) is to be given to makemebabies.com
...and NO this is NOT a hint that we are pregnant!!

Yearbook Yourself

Some of Brea’s friends showed us this new website where you can see yourself in a ‘yearbook’ in different eras. It was really funny and interesting to put our faces on different people. We decided that Ben looks good always and Brea just looks like her brothers…haha.


Brea 1954


Brea 1952


Brea 1978- Not the most attractive African American


Ben 1956


Ben 1976


Ben 1986- CREEPY Michael Jackson Hairdue





Here is the website… it was pretty fun.
http://yearbookyourself.com/

Phoneless and Frozen...?

On Monday we went to Idaho Falls to have dinner with Grandma Lewis. As we left we stopped by Winco (wonderful place) to get groceries and some odds and ends. Then as we were making our way back to Rexburg Ben realized that he had left his cell phone at Grandma’s House. We tried calling but she was in bed (with her hearing aid out) and so we couldn’t get a hold of her (to ask if we could come back to get it).
We got home pretty late so we just put the groceries (still in the bags) in the fridge and went to bed. The next morning we searched and searched for Brea’s phone but…we couldn’t find it anywhere. So both of us lost our phones in a 12 hour period.
Tuesday afternoon Brea was telling Laurette (sister in law-law) how weird it was that she lost her phone and couldn’t find it anywhere (the apartment isn’t THAT big). As she began telling the story she started taking the grocery bags out and actually putting the food away and…low and behold…there was her phone, in a grocery bag. Yes, Brea refrigerated her phone (nothing got broke)…but we figure now it is nice and fresh!!

More Yellowstone Pictures

Here are pictures that Glenn took while we were in Yellowstone. They are very good. And here is Glenn and Christy’s blog- http://www.christyandglenn.net/
If you go there and click on their picture link you can see them all- they are amazing pictures.

























Brea always wanted to see a Moose...but alas, no moose!


This is a picture of Brea realizing she had forgotten and missed Women's Conference.

Ballroom at the Middle School

I (Brea) needed two more dance classes for my Dance Cluster to graduate from BYU-Idaho. Instead of taking classes, I am doing a practicum and teaching ballroom dance lessons at the local Middle School. I am teaching the 5th-6th graders and I love it. I am just a Teacher's Assistant for now but I love to see the kids grow and develop.
This last week I have been teaching manners- such as asking a girl to dance, offering the girl your arm and not leaving her in the middle of the dance floor at the end of the song. It has been fun seeing and remembering the emotions of 5th grade (such as cooties and awkwardness) and to be able to relate and help the kids grow. I absolutely love it and hope that I can get this worked out to count for all of my credits- so I can teach for the rest of the semester.

Yellowstone National Park

We went to visit the Yellowstone National Park for Free! … It was National Land Day and all the National Parks were free to enter. We saw a ton of wildlife and a ton a beautiful trees and mountains. Hot sulfur springs were cool to look at, but after a little while they were a little bit stinky. We were also able to see Old Faithful (a famous geyser) and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (which was Brea’s favorite spot).
We went up with the Brownlee’s from our ward (Glenn and his wife Kristy) and it was a ton of fun. Glenn is an amateur photographer that knows his stuff; He took some really cool pictures. They both love the outdoors and told us some useful tips about animals and nature. Yellowstone was amazing!



















It was so amazing to be able to spend a day together in nature. It was a HUGE reminder of Heavenly Father’s love for us and the amazing creation of this earth.


Interesting Yellowstone Facts:
• Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park.
• Yellowstone spreads across Wyoming , Montana, and Idaho. It is larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.
• There are over 400 waterfalls (over 15 ft tall) in Yellowstone National Park flowing year round.
• Yellowstone has over 300 active geysers
• Yellowstone is an active super volcano. (Only 30 exist in the world, the Yellowstone super volcano is the only one on land.)
• Yellowstone is the home of 3 threatened species (the bald eagle, grizzly bear, lynx) and 2 endangered species (whooping crane. gray wolf).
• There have been over 9,928,561 visitors since January of 2000