Julia won not one but 5 Halloween coloring contests the first thing she said to me after getting her $25 gift card to Warrens was, now I can buy food for my family! what a sweet girl. She won a total of $120. I think other kids would of asked their parents to take them to toysRus right away, but not her. She run straight to her piggy bank and I heard her saying to her brother Josh later on that day " I am so rich, Josh, maybe if you are a good brother I'll share my money with you"!
Andrew has changed so much these past couple of weeks that I have to talk a bit about what his been up to.
First off he is accident pro. He doesn't pay attention to where he is going and what he is doing which usually results on him getting hurt some way. We finally got his "blue" cast off. here's one last picture of his casts. his arm according to the doctor, is as strong as ever if not stronger.
He is talking a lot more. He can say clearly, "No Josh, that's mine" that's what brothers are for right?
He is still in love with trains but bulldozers are a big pull on this kids too. He loves to watch videos of bulldozers on the ipod with daddy.
His favorite toy is a monkey that josh got when he was 2. He wakes up saying: "where is honkey"
he loves toys, specially if they are Josh's. He can spend hours on this chugintong lap top even though he has no idea what he is supposed to do. He loves it because it plays train sounds.
He is very sneaky. If he finds something that he is NOT supposed to have he hides in a corner and plays with it. Here I was looking for him everywhere in the house, finally I found him hiding under his play table in his room eating a piece of Halloween candy that he managed to get somehow.
His number one hobby is to tackle Josh all day long, poor Josh can't keep up with him most of the time.
My cousins(sisters) came to visit from the Big Apple right after hurricane Sandy devastated a lot of NYC. Thank goodness Reego Park where they live didn't suffer much but boy were they glad to be out of that mess for a week. After a lot of panic of their flight being canceled they finally made it to Utah. I got to drive to the airport for the first time all by myself with the kids. That was exciting.
Kathy and Sally came to help me celebrate my 30th birthday.
We had so much fun while they were here. Ate out a lot, went swimming, we pampered ourselves one day and went to a spa for four hours. We got a full body massage, manicure, pedicure and hair style.
We went shopping one day, spent the entire day going from store to store finding pants shoes and shirts.
We also went to Antelope Island. It was beautiful with a little bit of white snow covering the ground not to mention we saw a few bison's.
Sadly they had to go back home after 4 days of pure fun.
I can believe how old I am. Is kind of weird to be in the thirty's you know but what a great decade the 20's were.
Here is a summary of the main events that will always live in my memory about being 20 years old:
-Feb 2001 new life in the Big Apple
-Sept 2001 found the true church
-Oct 2001 found true love
let the countdown begin......
-May 2002 told my true love that I had found him
-Aug 2002 got engaged
-Dec 2002 moved to Utah
-Mar 2003 Got married for time and all eternity
-Mar 2003 First trip to Disneyland
-Aug 2003 Got my first "real" job
-Mar 2004 We made it to 1 year!
-Sept 2004 became a manager at shopko, this felt very rewarding
-Mar 2005 found our beautiful house, after searching for months
-May 2005 Spencer finally met my parents
-May 2005 found our first pet, our cat, Dasher a.k.a: Kitty
out we were expecting!
-Oct 2005 It's all about pink, we are having a baby girl
-Feb 2006 Julia is here!
-May 2007 Spencer gives it all to Costco, becomes a supervisor
-July 2007 we are expecting again
-Sept 2007 started this blog
-Apr 2008 had Joshua
-Nov 2008 got my minivan (now I am a real mom)
-Sep 2009 Julia starts joychool I get to teach her for 6 weeks
-Oct 2009 we are expecting yet again.
-Dec 2009 my first trip alone with the kids to Ecuador
-Jun 2010 Andrew is here
-Apr 2011 First family vacation to Disneyland
-Sep 2011 Julia starts kindergarten in a Spanish charter school. Josh starts Joy school
-Oct 2011 designed and finished our basement, yeah, just in time
-Nov 2011 we are expecting another baby boy
-July 2012 Daniel is here
-Sept 2012 Julia in first grade! Josh gets accepted to an online preschool
-Nov 2012 Spencer becomes a manager
-Nov 2012 my cousins visit and the best birthday yet.
I was overwhelmed with the amount of birthday wishes I got on my birthday, my family, my kids, my friends they all made this day so wonderful and unforgettable.
Instead of cake Spencer got me some cup cakes from the sweet tooth fairy, Loved them!
Nov 16th
Hair cut gone wrong
So I tried giving the boys a hair cut bymyself, it looks so easy when Spencer does it, but apparetly it is not so. I messed up big time. they got their hairs cut by a professional, so here they are sporting their new super short dos
nov 21st
City Creek Lights
I decided we needed to get started on the christmas spirit. i took the kids to see the lights at city creek. We had some yummy food and even made an appointment to see the Big Guy himself for the first time. the kids loved going inside the disney store and getting some ideas of toys they wanted for christmas because believe it or not, they only want 1 toy each, which is fabulous but I think they can do better.
Nov 22nd
Thanksgiving
This was an amazing day, no pictures though, I forgot the camera but as tradition we celebrated it with Spencer's family. delicious ham and potatoes. I am so thankful for all the things that I have in my life: four amazing kids who made me laugh everyday, a hard working loving husband who I adore, a safe place to live and of course the gospel because it gives me the knowledge that this family who make my days so amazing will be sharing eternity with me.
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