Out in the sun, having FUN FUN FUN!!!

We have had a blast these past couple of days. I had some family come down from Idaho that we haven't seen in a long time. We went to the beach, swimming, and just hung out, it was great! The day we went to the beach we all car-pooled down there. I drove my van of course so that we could pack in a few extra kids so we could drive less vehicles, hoping to save on some gas money. Then Rey drove the corolla separately and came after he got off work. OKAY so heres where the story begins. SOOO we have this wonderful fun day at the beach, we get everything packed up (which always takes forever) we get the kids all in the cars and everybody but Rey and I had left since it took us a little longer to pack up. I go to start the van and it doesn't start. Cool huh? It has done this before, but Rey fixed it. We thought it had something to do with the alarm system in it, since last time we fixed it Rey messed with the alarm and got it to work. SO Rey for the next 30 minutes tries to mess with the alarm to get the car to start. Well nothing worked and now we are trapped at the beach with only Rey's corolla and about 8 people. We call my mom who had already drove almost half way home to come back and squeeze some more kids in her car and then our family would all fit in the corolla and drive home. By now its like 10:30 and kids are tired, Rey and I are exhausted and just want to be home. It takes us a good 2 hours to get from the beach to our house in Hesperia. We left our van there and the next day I drove ALL the way back down (good thing gas is so cheap) with my Aunt Melody and Uncle Allan who were down from Idaho, to see if he could get it to work. I was hoping that when we got there the van for some reason would just magically start up. Well it didn't and now I'm thinking about how much money we're going to have to spend getting towed and fixed somewhere down at the beach. My uncle called his friend from back home who is a mechanic and told him what the car was doing and he told my uncle to have me start the car and keep cranking it while my uncle gets under the car and hits the fuel tank where the fuel pump is. Okay so I'M thinking ya right just hitting something is not going to work., but hey what do I know...the car started right up. What an answer to a prayer. We were able to drive the van back home and now can have it looked at by OUR mechanic who we know wont rip us off. SO ya that was our nice fun, relaxing, stressful say at the beach.

Now thats what I call HOT!!!

Braxton's cousins burried him in the sand. He looks like he has two black eyes from all the sand thats on his face.

Rey and my brother Scott, they were out there forever!

Rey met us down there right after he got off work.

I know another post with a kissing picture in it. I just love these pictures though...oh and of course kissing him :)

My mom with the grandkids

My Gradparents, bless their hearts how many 80 year olds do you see out on the beach these days. It was nice that they were able to come.

Okay seriously I think that Gavin ate the whole bag of Cheetos by himself. Everytime I would see him he had that bag next to him and his hands full of sand and cheetos...yummy.

Rey and Braxton hanging out in the waves. He thinks he so cool that he goes in the "Huge" waves.

Weiner Roast

This is what Emree did almost the whole day.

Gavin's not one to go into the water quite yet, he prefers playing in the sand with his toys.

While Daddy's away....the kids and I PLAY!!!

Rey was gone all day at work and the kids were all in such good moods so I decided to whip out the camera and start clicking away. We all played together and had a lot of fun!!

Our cute little ones. (like how Emree's flipping her lip getting ready to cry?)

Braxton and Sissy

Gavin and I were pretending to talk on the phone.


Gavin said he wanted to call Grandma and Grandpa...of course.

Braxton and I played transformers and guns. He was teaching me how to make shooting sounds the "right" way with my mouth. He said that when I did it, it didnt sound like guns shooting. Go figure.

I took these of Emree she was in such a good mood that day.

4th of July

For the 4th we went to my brother Scott's house for a barbeque and to go swimming. It was a nice realaxing day. That evening we went to go watch some fireworks, which the boys absolutley loved. Gavin would shout out the color of every firework that he saw go up into the sky. Braxton thought the sound that they made and the smell of the smoke was more fun then actually watching them. As for Emree...well she just slept through it all.

I dont think Braxton got out of the pool once while we were there.

Love those boys

The bow on her head looks like a firework, its so big.

Poor little G, he swam all day and had no nap...he was exausted.

Emree's Check Up

Emree's check up was today, which means...shots. Oh yes, she got 3 shots today. Why is it that every time I take my kids to get their shots, they are always so happy? It makes me feel bad, they come in all happy and come out screaming. She actually did pretty well, she only cried for a few minutes after. Braxton said he wanted to come along to make sure she was alright. He's already so protective of her, it's really cute.

Just waiting for the Dr.

So happy...if only she knew what was coming

Our beautiful little girl

Braxton taking care of his sister

After her shots

After we got home and got some Tylenol in her.

Emree Joy's Blessing

Emree was blessed on Father's Day, June 15th. It was a wonderful day. My whole family was able to make it and most of Rey's. Emree looked so sweet in her blessing dress. Its still hard for me sometimes to believe that we have a girl. I feel so blessed. Since Rey's parents were down we were able to spend Father's Day with Rey's Dad for the first time. We all went over to Rey's sister's house and just hung out all day with his family. It's always fun when we are all able to get together.

Precious Girl

She was so tired that day (maybe it's because she didnt sleep at all the nigth before)

The Family (like how tired Rey and I look?)

My Grandma and Grandpa Futrell

Everybody that came to Emree's blessing (minus my mom, shes taking the picture).

My Sexy RN!!!!

I am sooooo behind on my blog. I just cant seem to find the time for it lately. Anyways well these last couple of weeks have been very busy and fun at the same time. Rey graduated on June 14th along with our brother in law Scott (Rey's sister's husband). They both graduated with their Bachelor's degree in nursing. Okay so I'm gonna be a "bragging" wife for just a minute here. I just have to tell you , only because I'm so proud of him (of course Rey would never mention this to anyone) but he graduated with High Honors and Departmental Honors. He has studied so hard throughout these past years and it has finally paid off. Even with all of the hours of studying and homework he had, he always found time to be with his family and take care of us. Rey applied for a job in the Intensive Care Unit in the cardiac department at St. Bernadine's Hospital in San Bernardino and he GOT IT!!! He starts July 14th YEAH!!!!! We are both enjoying Rey being out of school....no more homework, tests, studying, finals...man what will we do with all of this free time. Well so far we have gone to the beach with family, gone deep sea fishing, and went with our friends out on their boat. It has been really nice to have some free time together without the added pressure of still having to do homework or study. Mandi (Rey's sister) and I threw a surprise party for our hubby's after their graduation. It was a blast!!! We went swimming, ate and danced the whole night. It was a great way to end the day. Gosh I still cant believe he has finally graduated' it hasn't quite sunk in yet. I Love you Baby and I am so proud of what you and I have accomplished together!!!!

Rey walking out of the building, he's the one without a cap on. He threw it up into the rafters!

Kissing my man, I was so so proud of him.

Me and Rey

Rey and his parents

Rey and Scott...the Graduates!

Us with Emree and my parents

Rey and his Grandpa (Opa)

Opa congratulating Rey

It's been 6 Weeks

Well I cant believe it... we have made it through 6 weeks with 3 kids. Emree is now 6 weeks old and is just getting sweeter everyday. Although she is colicky and hardly ever sleeps, we think she is just the cutest little girl in the world. I still cant believe how much Rey is in love with her. He even thinks its cute when she cries (even if it is for hours at a time). It has been a crazy six weeks with Rey trying to finish up this last bit of school before graduation, no sleeping for either of us, a baby that constantly cries, sick children and doing all the regular duties that come with having a 4 and 2 year old. Although its been hectic and emotionally and physically draining, I wouldn't change it for the world. I love our little family and throughout these past 6 weeks Rey and I have been able to learn even more how to work together and put ourselves aside in order to make our family function. It truly has made us grow closer to one another and realize that no matter what you have going on, that if you put the Lord and your family first everything else will fall into place.

Puke, Puke and more Puke!!

Wow this past week has been heck to say the least. Gavin started throwing up out of no where on Tuesday night and I mean he was throwing everything up. He first puked all over in Braxtons room, then he decided to come lay by me on the sofa then he threw up all over me and the couch. So after that I held him for a while and he fell asleep in my arms so we thought it was safe to put him in bed...wrong.... he then threw up all in his bed. After an hour of cleaning up throw up everywhere, I then had Emree screaming with a bad tummy ache and was doing everything I knew how to get her too go to sleep. By 1 am we finally were able to hit the hay. Just to be woken up exactly one hour later so Emree could eat. Lets just say we didn't sleep at all that night. Two days later, Braxton I guess was feeling left out and started throwing up like crazy. He threw up 6 times in the middle of the night, so Rey and I were taking turns comforting him and feeding Emree. Rey has had to miss so much school and put off doing homework so we could just catch up on some very much needed sleep, that he has gotten way behind. SO STRESSFUL. Like I wasn't having a hard enough time adjusting to having three kids, then this all happens. I seriously feel like I will never sleep like a normal person again. The good news is, whatever they had didn't last long just about two days, and Rey, me, or Emree didn't catch it so we are very happy about that. Well hopefully this next week will go by a lot more smoothly and my children will all stay healthy and sleep through the night. Gotta think positive.

Mother's Day

Here are some pictures from Mother's Day. It was an awesome day!!!! It started with Braxton and Gavin bringing me my Mother's Day gifts to me in bed (from them and Rey) followed by Rey cooking me a yummy breakfast, and then the best part....I got to go back to bed for a couple more hours!!!! I have just been so exhausted since having Emree. She seriously has been only sleeping for about an hour and a half at a time during the nights, maybe two if I'm lucky. So going back to bed while Rey did the boys was extremely nice. So later on that day we went to my parents house for dinner. I was excited to see all of my family, since no one on my side of the family had seen Emree yet, besides my parents. We had tons of fun there, and Rey and I got a break from the kids. Braxton and Gavin played with cousins all day, while Emree was constantly being passed around. I think it was the best Mother's Day I've had!!

Finally one with her eyes open.

Oh sure, she sleeps during the day...just not at night.

So tired from everybody holding her.

My Grandma Denkers with Emree.

Kelsey with Emree...shes so good with her!

Madsion holding baby cousin, Emree.

Emree's Aunt Denise holding her for the first time.

Mom and Dad Denkers with all of their grand kids

Giddy-Up Horsey

Alright so we have had this horse for over a year now, actually I think its been closer to 2 years, but anyways and Gavin just recently decided that he loves riding it. We originally bought it for Braxton and I think he might have played on it like 5 times and then got bored with it. Gavin is very sweet to the horsey, I have caught him giving it kisses and talking to it when nobody was looking. Ahhh what a nice boy!.