Pumpkin Carving and Trick or Treating

We had a blast carving pumpkins this year with our friends, Heather and Greg. Braxton was so proud that he was able to carve his pumpkin ALL by HIMSELF. He did a great job too. Gav and I shared a pumpkin, he picked out the design and I carved it. Then on Halloween I took the kids over to my brother Scott's house and we all went trick or treating in Victorville. The kids loved being able to go with their cousins. We had a pretty big group, and it was a lot of fun, of course the only thing missing was Rey. He had to work that night. He would call like every half hour so he could talk to the kids while they were out. He was SO sad to miss seeing them all dressed up, he really enjoys taking the kids door to door. I kept the kids in their costumes until he got home that night so they could show Rey what they looked like. We had a fun time and the kids loved getting a ton of candy!

Greg and Heather

All of the pumpkins from left to right....Rey's, Braxton's, Mine & Gav's, Heather's and Greg's.

This one is Greg's pumpkin.....Gotta love The Office!

Our fairy Princess. I was so bummed I realized after I had taken all the pics that night that I had like a smudge or something on my lens, so the pics of Halloween night came out kinda blurry. Oh well.

Our scary skeleton, and our strong little Batman. Love these cute boys!

My nieces and nephews. They were all zombies. You cant tell very well in this pic, but their make up was REALLY awesome!

All the kids, I think we're missing a few though.

Vacation

Warning, there are a lot of pictures! We took a family vacation last week and went to the San Diego Zoo, Bakersfield, and Las Vegas. It was a very busy week, but of course fun too. Only Rey and I went to Bakersfield so it was kind of nice to get away just the two of us. We were there so that Rey could shadow a Nurse Anesthetist that we know. He really enjoyed that and it got him even more pumped to apply for his Masters program next month. We then came back home for one night and took off for Vegas the next day. We loved visiting with Rey's parents and his sister's family. We always have a blast when we are together.

These pics are of the kids and Rey at the hotel we stayed at in SD.

Next are the Zoo pictures, the kids LOVED seeing all of the different animals. That place is neat!

(Braxton wanted to do this jumping thing that they had at the zoo, I cant believe how high he went and didn't get scared at all. He was pretty proud of the fact that he could do front and back flips on this thing.)

These last pics are of us at the park in Vegas having a family BBQ. It was such awesome weather the whole time we were there. We even got rained on a little bit.

This is Rey's sister Aubri's little boy (Emmett). Isn't he such a handsome little guy?

I LOVE this one of Rey and Emree. (Please excuse the ghetto-ness of Rey and I. We were so exhausted by this point from all of our traveling that we went to the park unshaven, hair not done, and no make up on)

Rey's parents.... seriously they are the best in laws EVER!

Me and Aubri

Braxton's First Day of Kindergarten

Well Braxton started his first day as a Kindergartner. He was SO excited and has been looking forward to this day all of Summer. When we got there he was so happy to see that there were 4 other kids from our ward that were in his class, so that made the adjustment to going to school every day a little easier. He did very well and didn't even cry at all, in fact he kept asking when it would be time for me to leave. This made me a little sad, I guess he was just really ready. That day when I picked him up from school, he wanted to come home and do ALL of his homework that he had for the week. Then he said to me kinda softly "Mom I started to cry a little bit....not when you dropped me off, but when school was almost time to get out. I really missed you." Oh man, I thought I did good without crying when I dropped him off, but I couldn't hold back the tears after he said that. I missed my little guy too! He also told me that he was VERY tired and was ready to go to bed. Now if any of you know Braxton this is VERY out of the ordinary. He rarely admits when he's tired. So that night when it was time for bed, I was tucking him in and saying prayers and he asked me if when we said prayers that we can ask Heavenly Father to make it so he wont miss me and not to cry tomorrow when he goes to school. AGAIN, I couldnt hold back the tears. He is such a sweet boy and I love the faith he has in our Heavenly Father, he KNOWS that if he asks for help he will get it. I love this cute boy and I'm still having a hard time believing that my B-Man is in school.

Kinda out of order with the first pic, but this is on the way to school in the car.

Of course Gavin wanted to feel included so I took a pic of him too. This is him trying to smile. Such a sweet boy.



Braxton sitting at his seat with his name tag on. He's sits at the "blue table".

He was so excited to have his own pair of scissors, glue, crayons, and pencil.

This is his friend Paul who is in our ward, he sits and the same table too.

GOING PRIVATE

I have finally decided to go private. There are just too many creepy people out there. SO, I need everybody's email addresses if you want to continue to see whats going on with us. :) Thanks so much!

Spikey or Horny

So today we were (me and the kids) driving to the gym, and the road that we take to the gym has a this house that owns this HUGE bull, that is always near the road. The kids always love to see this huge bull that has big white horns (I guess thats what you call them) and they always make me slow down so they can wave to it. Ok so today I told the kids..."hey lets give our bull friend a name" and Gavin yells out "how bout Spikey, cuz he has big spikes that come out of his head"...and then before Gavin could finish Braxton interrupts Gavin and says, "NO, not Spikey, those aren't spikes Gavin those are horns so we have to name him Horny." I could not stop laughing, I tried to convince them that Spikey is a better name, but they wouldn't have it. SO, when we got out of the gym, what was the first thing the boys asked for? Yup, to go see Horny. I don't know, it may not be all that funny to you, but its pretty funny to me when I hear my kids talk about Horny, the bull.

Date Night

I figured that since I always post pics of the kids I would actually post some of Rey and I. We went out on a date on Saturday night. We went for Sushi (which I now have a new love for), shopping, and then went and played around at Dave and Busters. Oh my gosh, seriously it was the most fun we have had out in a long time. Rey and I were playing so many games to try and win a bunch of tickets. I don't know what it is about winning a lot of tickets, but it makes us feel like we had won the jackpot when a ton of tickets start coming out of the machine. Plus we both love picking out prizes for the kids with our tickets. Anyways here are a couple of pics we took of ourselves that night. Oh, at the end of our date pics, I threw in 2 extra pics. One of Emree and the other of Rey and Gavin. I took the pic of Emree because I wanted to remember her crazy hair that she has. I had just taken out her pig tails, so her hair looked pretty crazy. Then Rey and Gav were just laying together watching TV and I thought it was sweet.

He's so yummy!

Such a fun night!

The little wild hair girl.

Gav loves his Daddy

7 Years!

(This pic was taken on our Honeymoon in Catalina 7 yrs ago) Although our Anniversary was on July 13th, I still had to get this post up even though its a little late. I just want to take a little time and think about all the reasons why I love my husband. He may not be a perfect man, but he IS perfect for me. We have truly grown throughout these last 7 years, and I love this man more today then I did the day I married, and I thought that on July 13th 2002 I couldnt have loved him more. Happy Anniversary Babe, I love you so much!

Reasons why this man is truly amazing....

1. The way he plays with our children. He will come home from being gone for 14 hours at work and wrestle them and play hide and seek with them. He just adores them.

2. He puts up with my stubborness.

3. He served his mission to the very best of his ability and I love and look up to him for doing that.

3. His testimony is SO strong and he has a love for the Gospel that I admire.

4. I love how he loves to read and learn new things.

5. The way he looks when he is playing sports....oh its seriously so sexy!

6. He takes care fo me physically and emotionally.

7. The little notes he always leaves me in the morning before he goes to work.

8. I love how he LOVES to spend time with our family.

9. He is the hardest worker I have ever known. He is always willing to do anything to make sure our family is taken care of.

10. I love the light that is in his eyes. He is such a happy person.

11. He makes me laugh all the time.

12. He is the least judgemental person I know.

13. He has the cutest butt I have ever seen (sorry I had to put that in there)

14. He spoils me way too much.

15. He brings out the best in me.

16. The way he dances...I just LOVE the way he moves, he may not be the best dancer, but thats exactly what I love about it. He's willing just to let go and have fun.

17. He is constantly telling me how beautiful I am, and I KNOW he means it.

18. I love that he speaks Spanish. Its so attractive to me.

19. He is one of the smartest people I know.

20. His desire to do what is right strengthens me.

21. He's always concerened about me having my free time away from the kids.

22. The way he looks at me from accross a room.

23. I think he has the most cutest feet ever. Now any of you who know Rey and his feet, know that they arent considered to be "nice" looking at all, but I think they really are adorable. AND they never stink...for real :)

24. He tells me all the time that he wants to give me the world.

25. His smile

26. He puts his family first.

27. He loves to cuddle, and I knew that when I got married I needed someone who loved to cuddle. I got HIM!

28. I love how he calls Emree his Princess and me his Queen.

29. He is such a sensitive person. I appreciate and adore this about him.

30. He loves to talk to me....we talk all the time about anything and everything. We will talk in bed for hours together before finally going to sleep.

31. He gets me to try new things, especiaslly new foods.

32. He is my ROCK.

33. I love how he laughs when he laughs really hard.

34. We can have fun doing ANYTHING.

35. His sense of humor.

36. I love, love, love his curly blonde hair, his gorgeous blue eyes, and the little freckles that show under his eyes when he has been out in the sun for a long time.

37. He has always thought so highly of his mom and sisters. He loves them so much and thinks they are VERY special women. I knew this before we got married and I thought that if he thought this way of his Mother and sisters, that he would be an amazing husband.

38. His lips....he has the best lips in the world!

39. He brings me flowers, just because he loves me.

40. He is an amazing listener. He will listen to me no matter what it is I am telling him, and he will be very understanding about it.

41. He makes me want to be a better person.

42. I love the way he smells when we get ready to go somewhere...mmmm, so sexy.

43. I feel safe when Im in his arms.

44. He will watch girly, romantic movies with me.

45. He supports me in anything I want to do.

46. He laughs at my jokes even though they arent funny.

47. He's a trooper when it comes to putting up with my PMS-ing. (poor guy)

48. When Im pregnant he makes me feel so pretty and he will satisfy ANY craving I have at ANY time of day or night.

49. I think its cute that he SO doesnt care what kind of car he drives, as long as its clean, I guess its a good thing since he has been driving the same car he bought since he came home from his mission. I love that 98 Corolla, I hope it lives on forever.

50. His determination blows me away. If he says he is going to accompish something, he wont stop until he does.

Ok, I think you all get the idea how much I love this sweet guy. I seriously could type a million more things about him. This post is for you Rey, and thank you for giving me 7 years of growing, patience, fun, love and commitment. I LOVE YOU BABE!