Zach

I am a little bit behind in posting this...My Zachy turned 9 last month...I can't believe that he is 9, he is growing up so fast.  Right now we are in the middle of baseball season and LOVING IT!  Nothing is more exciting to me, then sitting out at the ball park watching a game ( it reminds me of my childhood)

Zach loves LEGOS, LEGOS, LEGOS...he plays with legos in his spare time (which right now he doesn't have very much with baseball 5 days a week).

For his birthday I took him to the LEGO store in Ontario Mills Mall, and then I took him out to dinner at Chili's.  It was a lot of fun watching him and his friends go crazy in that store:)

I love this kid so much...he is such a good example for his younger brother and sisters!
He is improving in school this year so much and I am so proud of him.
I love being able to help out in his class, I love our quick little funny conversations on the way home from school, and the mornings where we all sing really loud on the way to school:)

Zach I hope you know how much we love you, you are such a blessing in our lives...please don't ever lose that sweet spirit

Happy birthday Buddy, we love you!

this is a shadow box that now holds  all of Zach's baby stuff...can't believe 9 years ago this handsome little man came into our lives!

Anyone who knows Zach knows that he LOVES nachos...He was able to walk the field at the LA dodgers game a couple of weeks ago, it was a fun day to spend just me and my Zachy man

LEGO HEAVEN

My attempt at a LEGO head cake:)

Love watching this boy play baseball:)

Zach LOVED going to the monster truck show about 2 months ago:)

WHAT...how can this be??

My crazy little Mady Moo is turning 5 this week.  Our lives have changed so much since Mady came into our lives, we were living in Fresno at the time...not loving our surroundings, and moved to so. cal and have had a crazy few years....but are now so happy with where we live and who we are surrounded by!  Mady is a bouncy little girl that always has fun with whatever we do.  I can't believe that she will be headed to kindergarten in the fall.  I will miss my little sidekick!  For the last two years mady has said that she doesn't go to school so we can stay home and PARTY EVERY DAY...PPPP PARTY EVERY DAY!  I love this girl so much:)
This past year we had disney passes and went quite a bit, but we only got to meet rapunzel once the last time we went.  Mady has wanted to meet her for a long time, but the line is always so long...mady was in heaven and even told rapunzel that she wanted to have a tangled birthday party and she invited flynn and rapunzel:)

my sweet girl at christmas

Mady with her good friend Spenser

my 3 little basketball monkeys....I coached Mady's team this year and have loved every minute of it, melted my heart every time mady made a basket and would run over to me and give me a high five!!!!!

So proud of this sweet girl and love her to pieces.  Happy Birthday my little princess!

Nate's 2

I can't believe its already been over two years since this little monster came into our lives.  Nate has such a fun loving personality he always has us laughing.

Some of his favorite phrases are I wanna coke, Awka awkward, I'm Mickey, Be Nice, I want to, and I can't do it...this boy talks all day long!!!!

His favorite things to do are hang out with his brother and sisters, there is a special bond between Nate and Mady that I love!  They spend a lot of time together while the others are in school and it is so cute to always see Mady and Nate holding hands where ever we go:)

Here are some pictures of Nate's birthday.  My parents were actually here for Christmas and they stayed for Nate's birthday.

LOVE THIS KID

                                                   He was so excited to be BUZZ lightyear

these handsome boy with his blue eyes makes me smile every day

Nate was so excited to go and see MICKEY at his house:)

Made this cake for Nate's friend party at chuck e. cheese

such a little ham

Happy Birthday my sweet boy:)  My only wish for you is that you keep your fun loving spunky attitude always.  Thanks for coming into our family, you help make every day fun!

10 Year Anniversary

When I think of where Wil and I were 10 years ago....
Sometimes it feels like I remember everything as if it just happened.
And other times I look and think about how many times we have moved, how many jobs we have had, how many kids we have, and how different our life is and it feels like we have done so much!  
I look at all of the little bumps along the road and really feel like they are the biggest blessings of our relationship now, they are what have gotten us this far and have helped us, we have really learned to depend on each other on this journey.  I think of all of the employers that have made our life a little bit more stressful here and there when they stopped paying wil and I think how did we even survive....we have learned so much about life and about different people, what we have mostly learned though is NO ONE is going to be there for us, we need to be there for each other.
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't feel so blessed to have Wil by my side through all of this!  I feel so fortunate that I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend.  I am so grateful to have 4 beautiful, healthy kids to call ours.  I have a husband that loves me and supports me in everything I do.  I have a man that loves his kids so much and loves being with us.  He works so hard to support our family and for that I am grateful!
I remember 10 years ago sitting in the temple with all of our family around us and feeling so excited for our journey that we were about to start together.....and today I sit here even more excited when I think of the years to come!  
Wil and I don't usually get to spend the day of our anniversary together because he travels A LOT for work, but I do want him to know on this day that I love him with all of my heart and I am so happy to call him my best friend, my husband, and the father of my kids!
Wil I LOVE YOU!!!!!!   Happy 10 year anniversary


I snapped this photo of us with my phone when I dropped him off at the airport this week!

Ashlyn

My poor Ashlyn has had strep 13 times in the last school year, and one hefty case of mono.....but at least this finally made her doctor see that getting her tonsils out would be a good idea!   Sheesh she is only 6 and has been sick so much!!!!!
My little girl was so brave going into surgery...and she really took recovery like a champ and was eating whatever she wanted within just a couple of days!

stocked up on all the good before hand

                                                     made 3 different kinds of jello because
                                                    she couldn't decide which one she wanted

                                                    lots of apple juice.....

                                                     the registrar gave ashlyn a bear

                                                    and we had to bring her hannah montana blanket

                                                   here we are getting ready to go back for surgery

                                                     my poor baby girl after she got out of surgery

                                             she needed oxygen...but we couldn't get her thumb out of her mouth...

I am hoping that Ashlyn will feel a lot better now and not have to deal with sore throats anymore!!!!!!!

Maverick's Game

We went to a maverick's game a couple weeks ago with our friends the Cauley's...everyone had a great time!!!! We stayed for the fireworks after the game, what a great way to spend my mother's day saturday with my family and friends....loved it!!!!!  The hubbies were there too....they were just more into the game then the taking pictures part;)

                                                                              Deagan

                                                         Ashlyn and Kayla

                                                                         Nate

                                                Tate, Spenser, and Mady

                                                                  Ashlyn, Spenser, and Mady

                                                             Tate, Zach, and Deagan

                                                                Zach and Tate

                                                             Me and Tricia

                                          Zach and Tate were picked to go and sing take me out to the ball game during the seventh inning stretch!!!!!  Zach even had wooly bully sign his baseball glove and tate had him sign his jacket:)

Go Dodgers

It's that time again....I LOVE ME SOME BASEBALL SEASON!!!!  Especially watching my Zach play baseball:)  Love this kid!!!

 Zachy Man

 Cooper

 Zach

Smiling because they just had him tip his hat as they announced his name on opening day:)

He is on the same team as his good friend Cooper this year!