Little construction

 

We've started work on another flip house.   Stella really tries hard to help out.  Her favorite part of the job is eating the oranges.

15 years!

This is the first time in years that we have been together on our anniversary.  I blame baseball, the other woman. In the beginning of our marriage this day would pass and I would be sad because we couldn't be together on our day. So as the years went by it became easier to just forget the day all together. What were we celebrating anyway? Soon the day came and went and neither one if us remembered or cared. Then this year happened. Our fifthteenth! Two miracles happened, 1. we remembered and 2. we were together. Finally, we could remember our day together.

 Papi, I'm thankful for the life we have built together and look forward to celebrating lots more "happy anniversaries" with you!

Baseball Beginnings

 

Papi is coaching again.  This year is their first year that they get to pitch.  I think we are working on a pitcher and a catcher. I'll be honest.  It's getting a little crazy with practices 3 times a week.  But it will be worth it, right?  I love my boys!

Stella's Shopping Cart

 

Her smile is contagious.  She spends all day pushing her shopping cart around with her treasures that she's picked up throughout the house. She had a dirty spoon in her cart so I tried to take it out to wash it but she was not happy that I had stolen something from her.  I tried to give her a different one but she only wanted the dirty one.  So we compromised...no, she won.  I let her have the dirty spoon.

Pouring Rain Memories

He makes me love being a mom.  Saturday night we hung out together. It was pouring rain when we pulled up to our first destination. I had to laugh as he warned me, "Mom, do not get out if the car. You are making a huge mistake!"

"Five, four, three, two, one!" We opened our doors and ran through the sheets of rain, laughing all the way into the store.  I have so much fun with him.  After wandering around the store admiring all the pretty dishes they had for Easter and waiting to dry off a little we finally decided we could check out. 

On our way home we drove by the waffle truck. Lots of people have said lots of great things about the waffle truck so we stopped to try it. As we were there being drenched in the rain I told AJ to go wait in the car. His cute little glasses were getting fogged up and spotted with rain drops. But he didn't want to leave me out in the cold rain by myself. So we both stood there under the cover of the citrus tree, soaking wet, waiting for our waffle with strawberries and ice cream. After what seemed like forever they called our name. We grabbed our waffle and ran to the shelter of the Pilot to eat. The waffle was good but the memories we created together were even better and way worth the wait in the cold pouring rain. 

Raise the Garden

 

It's been too long my little garden but thanks to Papi's hard work we are back in business! Hopefully, this time around we will have more continuous success with the new raised beds.  That grass was killing me...and you. 

Sleepy supper

Not even supper could keep her awake.  She must have had a busy day cleaning out all of my cupboards.

Gilbert temple tour

It's not very often in a lifetime that you get to wear these cute little booties and walk through a building as special as this one.

 

Isabel had it right when after using one of the bathrooms she commented, "Even the toilets flush reverently."

 

 

The architect is in our ward so he did a fireside on the construction of the temple.  He also talked about the agave plant and its symbolism throughout this beautiful structure.

 

 

How awesome is it that we live in a day when there are so many new temples being constructed?  I'm so glad our children got this experience.  I remember the first time I went through an undedicated temple.  I was so excited I made my mom buy me a journal so I could write about it. I've been busy looking for journals for my boys.  After their experience they asked me for one too.

The lines were long but it was so worth it.  I want my kids to know that amazing things can happen in this place.  It may not be easy to different from the rest of the world in order to be able to enter this holy temple but it will be so worth it.

 

Even on our temple trip DJ still had to throw in a shenanigan.  That was the temple tour ticket.  We had to turn that in.  DJ you crack me up!

Isabel Disneyland

 

Grandpa and Isabel have something special.  When Isabel turned five they took her to Disneyland.  It was supposed to be a birthday present for her from her grand grandparents but the rest of the family decided to tag along.  Grandpa thought that wasn't really fair so he made sure that Isabel got a Disneyland trip all on her own. I'm thinking maybe we should have tagged along again then maybe she could have gotten a third trip. LOL! I love my dad! And I love that they have such a cute relationship.

Valentines

 

We're not a very creative family on our own but we can do a really good copy cat.  Thanks to Pinterest we had some way cute Valentine fun this year.  AJ did the minion from Dispicable Me.  DJ did the Minecraft guy.  And they all made little schools of fish to deliver.  Happy Valentines!!