New Bike

Nan and Bubba gave Hoyer a new bike for Christmas! 

 Its just his size and he loves it! 

 Bringing it back from Mui Wo on the ferry!

We go riding often! 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 

Unto Us A Child Is Born

 We had the honor of being the Holy Family this Christmas. 

Garrett was perfection, wrapped in swaddling clothing and ears…Graham was waiting in the wings in case Garrett got fussy, but he did it! 

Baptism of The Benefield Twins in Hong Kong

The baptism of the twins took place at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. Their brother Charlie was baptized here too, by The Very Reverend Father Mark Rogers.  

The twins wore dresses that their grandparents wore.  Graham wore GG's and Garrett wore Pops. 

We were blessed with friends and family present at the baptism.

From the back: Elvie, Lindsey, Scott, Fr. Mark, Tara

Jenny, Kyle, Graham, Charlie, Garrett, Kathleen and Hoyer

Here is one with Jocelyn on the right. 

How it all gets done:

Bragging Alert- We are going to see the Stones!

Whoop Whoop! They're coming to Hong Kong and we are going! Merry Christmas to us!

A Peachy Playdate

Hoyer and his mate Peachy, who is our neighbor and originally from Australia, had a rocking playdate the other afternoon! 

Baby love and then rock and roll time! 

{clothing optional…}

Beginning to look at lot like Christmas!

 Hoyer's school performance all about Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere. 

He was assigned New Zealand! 

 Meeting Santa! 

Nan is in town! Christmas time is near!

Christmas Tree Hunt

We found the perfect tree at our grocery! 

The only blonde….

Looks like Charlie will be our only blonde baby. 

Twins One Month

My time flies. 

this post is a bit late… the twins are now 6 weeks old. 

Small World

Here I am with a new friend, Sophie. Sophie and I had twins days apart. 

{Here we are at three weeks for me and 5 for her}

Sophie lives in China. 

Sophie's family  is from New Orleans. 

Her mom and my mom went to the same tiny college in IL. 

We war put in touch though mutual friends in New Orleans.  

Small world! 

Jingle Bells

The boys received a Christmas package with jingle bell socks from their great grandmother, BB. Here they are shaking away!

We are heading into Christmas with bells on!

Seven Year Itch

Who would have thought

in seven years, so much would be possible.

 

The Numbers:

In 7 years of marriage,

 We have lived on 3 Continents, 

had 4 Kids, 

11 home moves (not included the 2 my parents did for us in Bham) 

and visited  28 countries, some multiple times.  

Wild. 

Happy Anniversary!