Lindsay comes to visit!

Friday my friend that I have had since I was 11 came over to visit! She was in the LA area so she made the trip to come see me! It was so nice of her and we had so much fun visiting and remembering good times! My kids loved her and would not leave her alone! She has always been such a good friend and im glad that we are still friends!!

Christmas

This year we had such a fun Christmas! My parents and Devan, Ashley, Santiago, and Isaiah all came for a big slumber party Christmas Eve. We played a lot of games including Wii and it was a lot of fun. We are all a little competitive (Ashley the worst) so we stayed up pretty late playing! The kids had a fun Christmas. I will never forget Enzo's reaction as he came down the stairs and saw the gifts Santa left for them. Mark had to work Christmas night so he was able to spend the morning with us which was nice. Santiago and Devan had a lot of fun on their ride alongs with Mark. Each night Mark and his partner got drunk drivers so they were able to experiance taking them to jail and all that comes with it. We were all pretty exhausted after Christmas. I think my kids both slept in till 9:30 a few days in a row. Which was nice!

A week in review

This last week we had a lot of fun! We went to Disneyland again and it was so much fun because we were able to see the Christmas parades at California Adventure and Disneyland. They were seriously so awesome! I left telling Mark that I wish I could work there! Everyone looks like they love their job! Before we were watching the parade at Disneyland we were having a hard time finding a spot to sit where we could see because everyone was already sitting down. We finally found a spot at the end but their were some people sitting in front of us. Kaelyn being her brave little self. Went up to the lady sitting in front of her and said
Kae "Excuse Me" Not in a way to get around, but like get out of her way she cant see
Nice lady "Hi, would you like to sit right next to me"
Kae "Yes that would be perfect for me" There was a tiny 12 inch spot. She ended up talking the ladys ear off during the whole parade. But she got what she wanted and she had a great seat. Dont worry we were right behind her.
Another thing we were able to do this time was since we went to California Adventure they have a new playhouse disney attraction with all the characters that are on in the morning! It was really nice because the kids could be loud and stand up and dance if they wanted. We didnt have to worry about keeping Enzo quiet. The show was really awesome too! Really cute!

A few days ago we finally gave in and got all of the Christmas stuff out. I dont know why I was trying to push it off. I love Christmas. I guess its just that I feel it always makes a mess getting all of the stuff out, and putting it away is exhausting, and we live in a tight space downstairs anyway. Oh well so I got it out and Im glad I did. The kids are so excited and are so interested in the story of Jesus' birth and they love talking about it. IM grateful for these memories!




I finally took their Christmas pictures yesterday. They actually turned out ok and I love the one with Kaelyn. Enzo looks exactly like his dad. Whats funny is the Jacket he is wearing Mark wore when he was Enzos age. Thats why I wanted a picture! Mark is actually doing the same face. I will have to ask Cheryl for a picture and put it on here. Its so cute!



We have been so grateful for Marks schedule lately! He has been only working from Friday night to Sunday night and having from monday-thursday off. We have been enjoying having him home and spending time with him. We still have no transfer, but we are enjoying what time we still have to be here. I love being so close to LA and the beautiful Ocean.

Twilight again

Today Mark went with me to see twilight again and I think he actually liked it! He keeps coming up to me and saying "Say it, say it out loud..." Its so cute! Im glad that he tries to understand why I like certain things and loves to make me happy!

No sleep, and a bad stomach ache

Last night a group of us from my ward decided that we just couldnt wait to see the Twilight movie, so we went to the showing at 12:10. I was lucky enough that it was Marks last night off so I could go.
IM so glad I did because...Oh my gosh it was soooo good!! I love how the actors really portray the characters! I really wanted Bella to end up with Jacob, and now after watching the movie I have totally changed my mind!! I totally loved the movie and it makes my stomach hurt knowing that I have to wait awhile for the next. I dont know why this story does it to me! I totally want to read all of the books all over again now! I had so much fun with all the girls. We laughed and cheered when Bella and Edward kissed, along with the rest of the theatre. I cant imagine what the 3 boys that were watching it thought!!!
I finally got to my bed around 4, but I couldnt sleep. I have to see it again and Mark said he would go with me! Does anyone know when the next one comes out?

Kaelyn turns 4

We cant believe we have a 4 year old. I thought I would share some fun things about our little girl!
She loves to be the center of attention! She's always happy and loves to make us smile when we are having a bad day. Shes sweet and innocent and loves to be the first one that goes into Enzos room to say "Good Morning Buddy!" She loves primary and loves to pretend that shes the primary chorister! Her favorite songs are I love to see the Temple, and I am a child of God, which she sings to her brother everytime he starts crying! Yesterday while we were at Disneyland she told Sleeping Beauty that she got her movie for her birthday. Sleeping Beauty then asked her what her favorite part was, and she answered "Ariel!" It was so cute! We are so grateful we have her in our family!!

7 year anniversary

7 years... can you believe it? To celebrate our anniversary Mark and I decided to head to Vegas for the Sema show this year since we have been business owners we were able to go. For you that dont know what the Sema show is, its a HUGE convention where vendors come to show off their new products and try to get business owners to ether sell the items in their stores, or use their machines in their business(Its all car related). Mark has always wanted to be able to go and we were happy to go this year. It actually was really neat, besides all of the walking!!!!
We stayed in vegas for 3 nights 4 days. We were so lucky to be able to leave the kids with grandma.
After we got back to Madera we decided to celebrate Kaelyns birthday since we won't be around them on the 18. We had a fun time and Kaelyn was so excited that it was all about her.
On Tuesday I took Kaelyn, her cousin Allyssa, and her friend Chaye to the movies to see High School musical 3. Im so grateful that my mom came with me because it was kind of exhausting. But the movie was pretty good. It wasnt as good as the 1st and
2nd one, but the girls had a fun time.
We finally came home later after the movies and I was ready to go home! It gets pretty exhuasting not being in your home for over a week.
Now that we are home though we still haven't felt relaxed. It seems like I have done 20 loads of laundry,and not had a good nights sleep because Enzo isnt sleeping. Grandpa Tim says its because he misses Madera. It makes me wander if it really is true... because He is such a good boy when we are up there.
We have had such a fun month, especially since Mark has had almost the whole month off. We are so excited for the holidays and are enjoying this special time we have as a family.