Jared and alex plus three munchkins

our new home

2011-05-17T08:57:00.000-07:00

ok so we love our home!We are located in vista in san diego county and we love it! We live on top of a hill and we have an amazing view!we can see the city lights at night and the ocean from our hill!We have lots of place to move and grow!

We are so happy to have moved out of Orange county, yes it is a pretty place to live in but i just don't belong there.We wanted our kids to have more than what was offer to us there.I like variety.Here i find what i wanted.We are closer to the ocean but still have an agriculture feel, we have a big yard 1acre+ and we have some awesome neighbors!!!The fact that they are almost all members and have kids the same age as my kids just makes it so cool.We want aa big garden and some chickens:)thats right chickens!I love all the festivals that my city do for us... next one is a strawberry festival... there will be lots of fun things to do:)

We have an awesome driveway that is a killer to run up hill(guaranties you a great butt for life).

I didn't put a picture of the back of the house but we have a window double this size in the back(arche window)Its just beautiful.We now have an office for Jared and a mother in law suite that will be just perfect in the futur:) I am really gratfull to have found this place and it was definitly worth the wait..2 years exactly:)

don't why this pic posted twice.

this picture wa taken when we first moved in and it was pretty boring to look at with all the dead plants and all but thats what you get when you get a steal from a bank repos!Since then... plants and flowers were added.

Definitly our heaven!Everyone is welcome to come and play and build awesome memories with us here in our new home.

Natalia's 4th birthday

2011-01-11T09:46:00.001-08:00

with her cousin Bethany

mom dad me and jared

the best kiss ever given by cousins!

my girls

happy bday Talie!

Christmas in canada

2011-01-11T09:38:00.001-08:00

A big thank you to mamie and papi for so much fun and food:)

now thats a hug!

Jared sliding down..... and noticed the falg in the background? thats right he is in my territory:)muahahaha

thats what i call sledding with dad

and yeah... every years me and jared take a picture like that... i don't know why but we do and yes that how we look like in the morning:)

My fabulous birthday!

2010-11-24T18:12:00.000-08:00

well, i was so excited to turn 30!!! why? everyone asked me that! well/// because i deserve it, i have accomplish a lot in the last decade and this is a new chapter,a new decade!yaye!so here we are my little family is posing to remember this awesome evening!

Me and jared wrinkled free, however... that will not last .... we had just over 40 guests that came, we made it an adult occasion only, except for my kids, cuz well... i just couldn't exclude my kids, i am their mom....!Beside, I didn't feel too bad about it, after we were paying for a nice night out for everyone else:) The dinner was catered by my favorite Italian restaurant, Foscari, and everything was delicious!The guest arrived timely and enjoyed some appetizers as well as some glow in the dark drinks... ahahaha so proud of that one!I found out that tonic water glows under a black light, so i made some tonic ice cubes and put up a black light in the house... awesome ...!

my sister in law Aira made my cake, it was again freaking awesome, this woman is ridiculously(probably not a word) talented. On that table was also my invitation , if you can see it, it says, forever 30, my friend Jill made it as well as all the cute other things at the party!even this candle apples.... she just is amazing!And in case you didn't figure it out yet,it was a twilight birthday:) in the invite it said you are invited to a "Fangtastic" birthday, so cool! then she made a trivia about me, it was at some point embarrassing but overall was great:)

now this is why it was without kids, there was fire(candle) everywhere! it was beautiful and i can't say thank you enough to Jill, jared, chad and whoever helped.the highlight of my party was a skit made by jill and chad, they recreated a scene from twilight and made a parody ! it was hilarious, but you will not see any pictures of that because Chad will simply not allow me to post pictures of him dressed as Edward.I respect that..... for now:)

so i had a blast, it was fun , i was sourrounded by lots of people i love and they all made me feel wonderful!Big thank you to Sarah for flying from CT, it was a great present:) I love it!

Halloween 2010 costumes!!!

2010-10-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

not much talking tonigh on the blog but here I am , Arwen

My awsome pirate

sweet witch

BEAUTIFUL candy corn

the sword fighting

Aragorn(strider) and Arwen

And the family:)

family

2010-09-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

I have been in canada for 2 days now and goodness..my moms food is good!I am just so grateful that my sibling and the extended family is all pitching in at helping with my dad.we are taking turns to help my mom and dad with this nasty cancer that i hate and want to vomit when i hear myself talking aboutt it:) yannick came, i am here now, and joel is coming when i leave and i hear my other sibling will be all coming to spend 1 week with them, to allow the worst of time to be easier.you guys are awsome! and i just want to say.. I LOVE YOU!

my dad

2010-09-20T22:23:00.000-07:00

Just as i thought my life was wonderful, something terrible happened.My dad has cancer.He has prostate cancer and it was diagnosed way too late.
The cancer has spreaded to other organs.I will be flying to see him and i hope that the doctors will have sometype of good news for us.So far....its not good.I am in total shock!I found out 2 days ago, while i was in florida, and it has been crazy since then.total disbelief.he is now in the hospital,he cannot walk anymore, his liver turned him green and has difficulty breathing.I was told that the therapy that he is on is helping take the pain away, but will not cure him. I have to come to grip with the fact that my dad will die. I have been fasting as well as the rest of my family, and we are hoping for the best.Who know's maybe they will find a cure in the next week:) ok... probably not.I will do what i can to help my parents,i have great kids that are always including him in their prayers,they are very sad that their papi will be leaving us.I am so grateful to know that we can see him again.after all....we are all dying...he is just dying faster than the rest of us.I need to stop crying my screen is all blurry.that means i will stop writing. hopefully next time i write , i will have better news, but for now, i need to prep another trip.

2010 family pictures in!

2010-09-08T19:24:00.000-07:00

ok so here is me and jared

my boy!

my girls!

Eve 7 years old

us...all of us...

Christian telling me a secret...

Natalia and me

my girls...

my stud....

some of that....

Christian 5 years old

Natalia 3 years old

again...us..together...

my three munchkins...

mom and dad

and i don't know why this one uploaded again..sorry... to see more go on facebook!

New family pictures to come!!!

2010-08-25T13:17:00.001-07:00

just waiting for the photographer to give them to me!2010 family picture done! that was my 10th family picture!so cool!My picture wall is expending!

Love

2010-08-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

wow!This is a weird post but i feel inspired to write this. I am so feeling in love lately with Jared thatjust had to write it down.After ups and downs i can definitly say that if you persist, it pays off!Jared and I are at our best .We are feeling some changes will be happening for our family and we are excited.Its amazing how children can feel when their parents truly love each other.Any improvement in the love department between a couple makes a huge difference with the children.I am so grateful for the gospel and for the atonment of christ that just helps us better ourselves. An eternal perspective is everything!I love my family!

fun with the Nelson's

2010-08-09T13:50:00.001-07:00

So sunday right after sacrament, we drove back to Santa Monica to go and cheer for Luky, He was playing at a festival and since we don't see as often now since he tours we decided to go hang out!Christian loves his big cousins and never get enough of them!Lucky was kind enough to smile for me on this shot!thank you!

Now here is Christian with luke's brother Micah, christian thinks that micah makes the best silly faces.. and he is right!

and again

and this one is daring making to touch his shoulder with his tongue...

yep.... they are related!Aunt Annie was there too, we hang at there house for a bit and chatted.Will was of course on the road again(ahahaha) but hey hanging out with the Nelson's is always a blast!

Fun on the Santa Monica pier

2010-08-09T13:39:00.001-07:00

I love where i live!Where get you have the best weather, be on a beach on a pier holding an attraction parck with some great food?Yes here in Santa Monica, on the pier ... i took pictures from the fairestwheel(not sure f the spelling) it amazing, i love the ocean!

The view was just breathtaking, my kids had a blast and it was the perfect day!

California is the best. no matter what people say, it is the best.
I love being here.its $$$$$ but well worth it!

all this on the pier, everyone has seen this.. its like on every movie!

that picture was taken from the highest point, i almost threw up taking this shot... jared was laughing at me......ah!ah! ah! not funny.... but hey i am a trooper!I enjoyed this day with jared and my three munchkins.I loved hw relaxed the atmosphere was and loved being with my family!

breakfast anyone?

2010-08-05T10:57:00.001-07:00

Bacon and eggs anyone? my kids were excited when i told them bacon !!! and then i wanted pancakes... so i made eggs and bacon out of pancakes and that was all inspired by a blog about pancakes!

yummy, then i just really got into it!i made....

a turtle.. which was so adorable and of course delicious!

And my little one wanted a flower... so I made it! and now its like 11 am and my kitchen is a desaster.... off to cleaning!

melt down!

2010-08-04T12:28:00.001-07:00

OK, i watched the lovely bones the movie last night, and I cried my eyes out! right after the movie i went and kissed my 7 year-old that was sound asleep told her i loved her and she replied "me too" in her sleep:)

I mean as parents we love our kids so much! It just made me so much more aware of how we have to be careful with ..sad to say but almost everyone! I live in Los angeles area and even though i am in the safest county, there is always those wachos!I remember wheni was little i just would take off in the morning on my bike and would come back only when i was hungry!Yes..i lived in town so i guess my mom felt that i was pretty safe.Here.... NO ONE let there kids go off like that anymore!so sad... and we find ourself entertaining our children (which is great spending time with them) but on the other hand "I" feel sometimes that they lack the opportunity to be kids and explore and therefore prove to us at the same time that they can be thrusworthy in doing these little adventure!

I started thinking way too much!Sometimes i want to move aaway from the rat race, the superficial and all that stuff to have in exchange more rural sourroundings form my kiddos.Sunny California is wonderful and has so much to offer! but like in the scriptures.... each thing has its opposite:)

Thats my favorite age btw!3years old... that smile is just melting my heart!

a day in the kitchen with my kids!

2010-07-23T19:23:00.001-07:00

Ok today was just spent in the kitchen, it was beautiful outside and the windows were all open, it was not hot, a nice breeze was coming in and it was the perfect cooking day!So when i wike up i decided to make some waffles and that led to huh.... making

zucchini bread and then i though.. i will prep my dinner which consisted of thi huge awsome moist flavorful meatloaf wrapped in(if you know me you know the answer!) BACON! cuz bacon is good!

yes i wrapped this puppy and under this pig belly there is meat mixed with romano cheese and herbs and bread soaked in milk and ah.... just so good! To go with it i used the left over zucchini as a vegetable to be a side dish and i made this amazing califlower puree! its so good! you simmer califower in butter and milk and heavy cream them add salt and pepper and then you blend it into this puree!fabulous!then i went to the market and i don't know why i came back with a crab!Yeah... my kids thoughi was the coolest mom ever!

this dungeouness crab was big ..looks small there but if you know the size of my sink... you know its big!

So the kids played with it and i did too (i had so much fun!)

yep my new friend mr. crab. well.. it was a short friendship!

about to go in the boioling water!look at christian's face..... he said.. you are about to die!

and he died!

yummy for my tummy! And at the end.. i decided to poach an egg to see if i could do it! and i did! so weird....i wonder if i am ......nah......probably not:)

camping

2010-07-12T11:14:00.001-07:00

So we went up the coast and went camping!

it was definitly a different weekend, i proved to jared that i can camp!

the marshmallow were a hit and oh my goodness... Jared makes the best roasted marshmallow ever.... and the best is that he hates marshmallows

because its sweet... so i ended up eating them all up!yep!

Nice face jared, and that in his mouth is a cheese puff...i had to take a picture of him eating a piece of junk food:) its so rare!

my 3 munchkins ready to go swim!We had fun, and when we got back we were so tired.I can barely type. next fun trip for jared is scuba diving to Santa cruz island and Anacapa all weekend next week, but i will not be going to this one. i shall stay home alone:) well... with my kids! then we are going up to washington state august 15 i think and spending time there on bainbridge island. Now its time for me to go run and since its so late morning, i'll have to drag my kids with me on their scooters whille mama runs ahead of them!wish me luck , they usually whine!

4th of July

2010-07-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

Ok so on the fourth i decided to kick off me working out again by going to run a 5k , it was fun but yes i am out of shape! so since that day i have been working out hard so that i can stand looking at the pictures that will be taken in Italy next september.

my kids were so cute,Natalia remind me so much of me!

Here is the trio, and eve is wearing my shirt!!!!Can't beleive how fast she is growing.So After my run, we went to a pancake breakfast at church and then we went to see a movie then a birthday then a beautiful fireworks show with 40 000 other people!yikes!

And the next day we went to Ryan's for dinner and he can cook chicken!yum , we also did fireworks in the streets and that was a blast..especially for the boys..of all ages may i add:) thanks you to ryan and aira!!

Also 2 weeks ago i didn't blog about it but we woke up cleaned the house and took off to the current river, it was so fun! anyway, more fun thing are coming, my parents will be visiting Quebec the last week of august and I am so jealous!Seems that everytime i go its winter!anyway!

back to lunges and squats:)

pirate adventure!

2010-07-07T12:05:00.000-07:00

Ok so we went to this pirate dinner adventure where you eat and watch a show at the time!

Christian dreams of becoming a pirate! he wants to sail the seas and hunt treasures!

well, he got to see some fake pirates , how he would say it!

the food was good and our pirate was great, he asked me to help him during the show, so he gave me a job, i hate that i always get picked!

Eclipse with my friends

2010-06-30T09:36:00.001-07:00

Can my smile get any bigger?Wow.. what an evening... went out with my friends to the left is Farrah, falicia and me, Falicia is my best friend!She drove from San diego for this!

back to normal smile.... we had dinner then we went andmet the 200 others friends!yep!200! we payed for our own movied theatre room and all!Awsome!All my twilight mom friends were there!!!

Debra and me in line!the movie was FLIPPING AWSOME!Except for Bella because she is just well... i should say Kristen Stewart really.. she cannot cry!Awfull....but i won't go there...I also didn't like a few scenes that were not like the book and some scenes were missing that i would of loved to see... like when Edward brings bell an Helmet for the motorbike and she looks dorky but he thinks she looks sassy!Would of loved to see that.But overal the did an awsome job at keeping the storyline as close as possible.awsome love it!thank you David slate and Melissa Rosenberg!

Also the charity i think did good!Awsome, i am sure we raised over $1000 just in our line while waiting!So great ! these jacob and edward on a stick were $1 each but that money will go to charity, all the raffle tickets sold were going to charity as well... i bought 10 lol.... but didn't win anything:(

its all good.. my prize was on the screen.

ME and Angela another Tm.So fun! i wish we would of taken a group picture, it would of been so cool! i bet a bunch of us will be on twilightmoms.com today chatting! I will see it again today, and tomorrow until i am sick, or until Jared says.... you need to stop woman:)

huge smile in my face, cloud #2676e3934734024 so cool, go see it... encouraging summit can only help making a better braking dawn movie(#4)

ah............... yes i am a silly , but this is no different than lord of the rings years.. 1 and a half year more and its over ...might as well surf the wave while its up!

10 years ago

2010-06-29T17:24:00.000-07:00

Aunt sue found this old picture of me and her, that was actually februery 22 2000! 10 days before my wedding at 19 years old!i had just arrived in Texas were aunt sue flu me to california!thank goodness! forever grateful for that.without her i probably would of missed my wedding!I look so young, i have youth in my face !10 years later my kids have sucked out all my youth .Life!

candy store

2010-06-29T11:10:00.001-07:00

this is an old fashionned candy store, i drove to laguna niguel yesterday so that my kids could get an idea of how i used to get my candy!

so here we are and there was all kind of candy!old timers, jokes, new stuff, there was even a jar with candy that reminded me of my childhood...$0.10 per candy! it was great.Now are day its like $9.99 per lbs....its sick!

Talia had her mind set on this..... but.....unfortunatly didn't get it..I aint paying $6 for that!

and these were the funny chocolate...had me laughing!

And that is a sugared up Christian..... Why do i do this to myself?i must like torture!But overall, it was fun and i got to blog about it:)

ryan's 30th

2010-06-28T17:21:00.000-07:00

ok, it was ryan's 30th birthday luau and it was fun, lots of his friends showed up, food was fabulous and all! Time flies by!Next its my turn to be 30 in the robertson family, but i am still the baby in the gilbert family:) will always be muahahahah! but anyway... my birthday will not be a hawaiian theme..... can you guess what it will be? it starts with a T!!!!

eclipse premiere(well...the night before)

2010-06-24T11:10:00.001-07:00

Kiowa... from twilight

some of my Tm friends

tent city ... thats how they call it... everybody waiting for a glance of the cast members

me and the red carpet

the red carpet., well i should say black:)

Me and Sarah!

pictures of my kids

2010-06-15T21:07:00.001-07:00

ok i wish the picture would of shown bigger!!! ah well... just go on facebook... its all there:)i just thought that the top picture was awsome!my son is an awsome night

my sister in laws and my mother in law:)

Beautiful Eve

Natalia

get used to it!

2010-06-15T20:52:00.001-07:00

this is how i am going to roll all summer! bathing suit, beach hair, barely no make up and hopefully i will tan more than this(i am pretty sure)!Summer begins in 6 days officialy and i will play hard!

goodbye breakfast:(

2010-06-15T20:43:00.001-07:00

early morning hosting by me for jareds family ... feeding breakfast

Jared and his brother Ian... don't they look alike?

Aira(ryan;s wife) sarah(jareds sister) and me!

Matt, Sarahs hubby... my brother in law... my dentist:)

Bree,Brittany, Sarah(eat those pancakes) and Ian!A last reunion before some leave back to their home.I love the Robertson's, they are a great family and the in-laws(mouahaah) add something extra special:)

beach!!!!

2010-06-15T20:31:00.001-07:00

ok this was the kids and there cousin beat up from the beach... sleeping in my car! i had my 3 kids and i took my Sarah's 2 kids home for a sleep over... good times!

some of us in oceanside we had a firepit and the marshmallows were awsome!

me and sarah are not that white... the light was just... creazy!

yeah... she likes them burnt!!!its amazing.... a bag of marshmallow cost like $2 and i had my little one busy for hours!!! $2 for peace at the beach!yeah!!!

what we have been up to!

2010-06-15T20:22:00.000-07:00

well... we have been playing with cousins, we have been attending Eve school play, the one above is the 3 little piggies...thats why she is wearing this funky thingny around her head:)

Daddy was very proud of her

And so was mommy!

We also have been swimming a ton.... and i had to post natalia because i was so struck by this picture ... i have a picture in my album... and we look identical!

and more swimming!

taken back....

2010-06-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

First scroll down my playlist and go listen to a song called helene, then read:)I fell in love! i totally fell in love again with this old french song! call me cheesy... but i love it!I was taken back almost 15 years ago. This singer called Rock Voisine sang the song called Helene, and i remember just sitting and laying and listening to it over and over, and that is what i did today when i was laying next to the pool! Its a great song , yes.. makes me nostalgic but.... it has a special place in my heart.

My visit to CT an NY

2010-05-27T09:14:00.000-07:00

me and my besty!

first a huge thank you to the Roger family for taking everywhere and taking care of me as well!

the dino museum... awsome.... look at a real t rex behind us

me and matt at the train station

at the top of the empite state building

amazing

roxy's has the best cheesecake ever!!! than you sarah.. it went straight to my thighs...

um.... some awsome new york pizza

oh yeah... the kids ate it all... even cousin Noah! huge accomplishment!at

at the M&M factory where the m&m are 12$ per pound....

time square

ground zero

new york stock exchange on wall street

the statue of liberty!

crummy picture but it was on our way to liberty island

Christian and uncle matt.. did i mention christian adores him?

manhattan island
leaving to liberty island ( i must be skilled at taking picture by myself ,contrary to some friends of mine whom i shall not name:)
cool view
central park
more museum!

my wisdom teeth

2010-05-27T09:05:00.001-07:00

ok that was the day after surgery

day 2 my face was so big, and remember i amreally good at covering things... so i was much worse... you can ask Sarah!!

this is right after when i woke up i felt like in the movie click.. when the boss of adam sandler just got beaten up while he paused, i hope you all know what i am talking about! but anyway.. i felt like if someone punched me in the face!

then trying to smile with Matt my dentist.. my brother in law! thank you so much matt !!!

eve's 7th birthday!

2010-05-27T08:53:00.000-07:00

Eve said she wanted a colorful cake.... well i made her one! cool hein?

I can't believe that next year is her baptism! she is so grown up!

so we made some party favors for her friends we had a bunch of friend coming over and playing then on sunday night we had a family birthday dinner!

it was so fun!

new post to come!

2010-05-25T10:14:00.001-07:00

soon...

hockey!!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-10T12:33:00.000-07:00

ok its a small picture but i made my hockey jersey! i hope the Canadian wins tonight they DESERVE it! and i am sure a bunch of guys would be sad shaving tomorrow morning anyway!Why??? well see in playoff when the canadian team is in the playoff the guys keep their beard on until they are out of the playoff! i will say i was thinking growing hair too but i am a lady... so i don't. but to all the fans... lets hope they win tonight and whatever happens they deserve a big stand up ovation and a lot of noise!!!

Also i have seen some interesting pictures of friends with beards on!!!!I love it! we are such good fans!

trip to CT

2010-05-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

ok.... well on the 17th of may i will be flying to Connecticut and i will be visiting the Rogers, I am so excited since i love spending time with sarah(jareds sister).It all started with wisdom teeth, yep!I have to get 2 removed and its like a fortune to do that here.Fortunatly my brother in law Matt(dr.Rogers...cracks me up) was kind enough to offer me to do surgery on me at only one condition..... spending time with them! i love it , actually i loved the idea so much that i decided to fly my son christian with me! so we will be gone from monday night untill sunday morning!We will also visit around places like New York or boston or whatever!Wherever i go... i will look like a chipmunk(the aftermath of surgery)!I will make sure to take a million pictures!
I have been so fortunate this year, lots of traveling and i love it!Canada, cruise to mexico, CT,NY and europe in september!
Christian and I will have some serious quality time together and also he will get to spend time with his cousins overthere!I am very excited i just hope there won't be a bomb in time square:)

On another note, i banged my head really hard last night and i ended up at the urgent care to find out that i had a small concotion. no fun. my head is really sore. but life keeps on going.
also to all those that like reading my blog.. when was last time you updated your blog?i like to read yours as well:)

Jared's birthday!

2010-04-30T13:32:00.001-07:00

Alright yesterday was jareds bday and i took him to West hollywood for dinner, I had made reservation for us to a place called BLT its a steak house and it was amazing(so was the bill:( ) We had a great evening, it started kinded weird, Jared was in a funky mood, he felt old and he though he had lost his wedding ring(we found it today) and he was upset with where he was in life but hey.... the guy is just really ambitious and has such high expections of himself.After we talked thing got better and we drove off to L.A and that when he told me about west hollywood, i had no clue that it was a gay community:) so yes....Several gentlemen stared and smiled at him the whole evening, me i was like... if i was not even existing!It was hilarious, but no one when any further than that and we appreciated that:)
On our way back it was so beautiful, the moon was amazing, kind of like the movie Bruce Almighty when he brings the moon closer to his balcony, well it felt like that as we were driving, it was right to the side of downtown L.A and it was so clear! a real postal card! too bad i didn't bring my camera!Yes no picture were taken! what a bummer or should i say downer!
anyway, it was still a beautiful evening and we ended it cuddling:) it was just perfect!

Easter

2010-04-28T08:55:00.000-07:00

ok this picture should be at the end of the post but it got erased and i just reuploaded it and anyway... that is my family and my brother Yannick's kids that came over for dinner on easter sunday, we had so much fun!

Ya ya thats my dog. yes she is cute and she is also tied up cuz she would of eaten up all the eggs:)

Ok so i decided to put some pictures on a different computer cuz i'll never get mineback i feel! And since easter was like a month ago its tome to blog it!It was a beautiful easter here, my most favorite actually.Conference made it so awsome i think it really brough the spirit in our home.since we wanted to keep easter about Chrisy we decided like every year to do the hunt on the saturday rather than sunday. So we did, in between conference some cousins came over and easter hunted with us.

Thanks so the carlson's(jared's sister) we were able to have a nice hunt with family and candy:) of course!

It was really nice to see my kids and Colbin and Boden to look for the eggs and just enjoying themsellf without it being over the top!

That is Eve with a million teeth mising but still smiling:)

Thanks Jared for taking pictures of me Chilling while the kids are hunting!

They were very thourough at looking everywhere for the eggs!

Natalias.... I got one I got one!

and here is the last picture, some of jared's family with mine! love it great easter!

still no computer!

2010-04-27T15:38:00.001-07:00

I don't know why i still am without my computer..... well i do.... jared is just too busy to finish it! But i have hope that soon i will have it back... for right now it is on his desk for I don't know what reason! Thusrday is Jared's birthday. he will be 35! wow! i actually teared up 2 days ago thinking about it, i don't know why! but anyway, we will have a nice date on thursday and i need to figure out what i will get him... he says he needs nothing he has everything he wants....(thats a lie) :) anyway.... good luck to me! for right now i am exhausted from a day spent to disney and tomorrow is dancing and ther day after is jared bday! fun week! ah... by the way my house is all finished:) very nice! see... i need my computer i need to post picture so that i can stop talking to myself! sorry for whoever who reads this... i kinda been using this as my journal lately:) also i am back to good shape! i ran over 4 miles today yeah!!!!! i feel somuch better!

music

2010-04-17T10:12:00.000-07:00

music is such a powerful tool.Its great to invite the spirit when you use the right music of course:) I love playing primary songs for my kids.Also me and jared love playing several kind of music for dancing, we just have fun listening to it and figuring what can we dance on that.Working out.... that is one of my favorite kind of music it gets you all pump up and boy i like it! so lately i found several tunes that i love to work out on, i added 3 to my blog list, one is called "cry for you" and its from september, then selena gomez "naturally" and then Adam lambert :what you want from me.I like those 3 a lot:)

again me talking

2010-04-16T08:31:00.000-07:00

I still don't have my computer !!! it has been a few weeks now, i can't wait to start blogging with my pictures, i have some easter stuff i want to put up and a few other things as well!
but while i am here, lets talk(to myself at least:). Things have been going well with our family, general conference was great and if i may add was a slap in the face for me. It was about family mainly and i needed that. I have made a lot of changes since conference, and its great, even though i miss some old habits:)(well... the girl ain't perfect ya know:) But anyway, my life feels a lot safer since i have reprioritized(is that a word?)here. Life is not easy but its like Christ said " I never said it would be easy I said it would be worth it" end quote.

What else... well i have a new nephew, my brother Carl and his wife Sarah had a baby boy april 12th, i will not meet him until next trip to montreal(gotta try to go there before he grows too big). I have made friend on fb with someone from montreal that happens to know somefriend of mine up there, will see were thats gonna go. I miss my family in quebec and some friends too. There is a wedding in quebec in august that i am invited to but, i will not make it unfortunatly, its too close to the beggining of school, and also... soon after i would be back i would be leaving for Italy.
I will keep you posted on whats new, i should have my computer in the next week( i just need to beg jared to finish it.).

this was a weird post:)

blah blah blah me just talking

2010-04-05T10:32:00.000-07:00

Ok here is a post without pictures there is need for more preparation in my family when it comes to emergencies.Yesterday when we had the earthquake, i was on the phone with my mom, I did not noticed we were in the earthquake until i got otion sickness, i told my mom wow i feel nautious and then looked at my chandelier swinging from side to side and then though... ah earthquake!But it was the gentle kind... the rolling kind not the shaky kind! 7.2 magnitude in TJ so here it was less but anyway i decided to tell my folks that we needed a system to communicate in case thing got nasty.We all have had those conversation before but now... i will use this system next time to practice.My parents now have my sister in law's number and can get in touch with her to find out how we are doing.also i will make a folder with all my important papers ready to grab and go.I already have one but i don't think that its complete. i will review all of my back packs and make sure everything is current.so this week and next i will focus on that!

I also really loved conference, it is so inspired and I love how i feel after watching it, i feel reenergized.I have a strong desire to rededicate myself to my family more then ever and its an awsome feeling.I hope everyone feels the same way!I love my family and my friends the far one and the close one:)

april fools!

2010-04-02T16:54:00.001-07:00

hummmmm.... being the mom that i am.... i had to trick my kids! so beware what you see... it might not be what it is.....muahahaahah

grilled cheese, broccoli and cupcake for dinner......nope! well... the broccoli is broccoli.. hard to trick that but the cupcake is actually meatloaf iced with mash potatoes and yes,, i added a pinch of sprinkle for the fun of it!the grilled cheese is actually poundcake and orage icing .i grilled the cake to make it look more real! and i did serve them a cup of jello with a straw in it!

I got them good! if you want to see there reaction go on facebook where the video is! awsome! Eve went to bite in that grilled cheese.. and yeah.... major april fools!!!I love playing trick on my kids! and they love it too.. especially when its tasty!

looks so real!

I'll have to wait till next year to serve them another creazy meal!

Christian's birthday

2010-03-17T23:04:00.001-07:00

Ok,, yes we look psychotic but ,,,watcha gonna da huh? its us!Having fun at christian's 5th birthday, its insane that my boy is 5 his birthday is actually tomorrow march 18th, but we celebrated it early.Hi cakes were a chocolate cake for the dark side and 2 light sabers for the jedi side!

Now this is us opening presents on the trampoline, it was a nice day out... as always....love california!

A shot of us, i look pale white sick.. the only cool thing about it is that i could pass for a vampire....Edward anyone?

We had 16 kids(the force was definitly with us:) with us that day and a total of 35 people.Christian had so much fun with his"dudes" thats how he calls them....the kid is hilarious....

The Jedi himself

I rented this huge slide and that was a lot of fun , even I went down there a few times, but no one did it as much as uncle Shane!

one of he table for the kiddos.....were the council was taking place

We had some intergalactic pizza from pizza the hut!

yes ....gummy bears one of my favorite

Those cookies were absolutly delicious, chocolate cookies with cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut,yes I slaved!

alrigh...twice the same picture sorry

Boy proof lightsabers that i made..I didn't want crying kids so i figure with allthese boys if its foam.....they can't really get hurt... so when a kid would come and see me saying he hit me with the lightsaber i would say..... did it hurt? and the kid would say no.....then go back and play Mouahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hard core chocolate 4 layer cake wih chocolate pudding and strawberries.

and my very pitiful lightsabers ..it looked like crap but it tasted Divine and thats all I care about:)WE had a blast and the next big birthday will be for Natalia when she turns 5! Eve will be turning 7 this year and next he big 8 ....will do something special you know for the baptism and all!Life goes fast lets Enjoy it!Love you all!

my cruise

2010-03-16T10:58:00.001-07:00

ok... not much writing today.... but here is the break down.... it was fun, i ate I slept and I got seasick.

getting ready for formal night

enjoying Virgin margaritas

better pictures....

i was really thursty

ahhhhhhh.... I miss my towels.... a new one everynight!

Mexico

Jared in Mexico... all he does is run for tacos stands... cracks me up!

We made friends with a new couple, they happened to be mormon too... so funny....

My hot stud in Santa Catalina

Catalina Island

being shuttled

my seal....

Ah. what a tough life.....

relaxing in our robes

having fun

yes.... feeling naughty

and him feeling goofy

thats it!

10 years later

2010-03-04T14:43:00.000-08:00

well after 10 years of marriage, 3 children , a business, a house ,a creazy dog and the wear and tear of life. I think we are in good shape.But its amazing what children do to you, they make you look older, tired, gives you wrinkles!ah! the joy of family!

I was showered with flowers, 2 bouquets and he brough me raspberries(hum.... for some reason ...they make me happy!)

Jared took me out to dinner, we went to the melting pot, we had a cheese and artichoke fondue, lobster and filete mignon fondue and chocolate fondue(and if jared would not of stopped me i would of drank it up from a cup..sooooooo good......).Then we went and saw the movie "blind side" and it was awsome, it made me want to adopt a black kid from the project!

then we came back home and snuggled in our pj cuz it was cold outside!but the real fun will begin monday in our cruise, i am planning on eating and sleeping until its time to eat again:)I'm horrible i know!but anyway...actually our real anniversary present got postpone to early september, mysitter could not babysitt for us until then, but when the time come... we are flying to europe.I love traveling , i get a thrill out of it, there is so much beauty all around and i want to see it all! That what I want to do when i am older, traveling a lot, i wanna go to India,Italy, New Zeland,Paris, Australia,Egypt,Israel.... might as well get a head start:)

Anyway.. will see what life has in reserve for me!

Jared cleaning!

2010-02-27T13:50:00.000-08:00

Ok i would of like putting a picture of jared up like that but i don't think he would of been down for it:) So I hope that this is not offensive to anyone!But I am just so stoked that 10 years later(actually 10 on wednesday)JAred Has cleaned a bathroom in our home!!!!And he said he will make that a weekly thing, EVERY SATURDAY!!! wow... not used ot that but hey...I'll take it! He has been so helpful in the last few weeks, I love it and what a turn on...hi!hi! Actually when i saw him scrubbing the song from Marvin Gaye "Let's get it on" was going thru my head!lol.Anyway... I was just in disbelief to see him scrubbing the tub, toilet cleaning mirror and vanity and all that!Also wheni left that same morning he did the dishes and had the kids pick up their stuff!anyway, big thank you to Jared that does not read this blog ever( maybe one day he will) so i say thank you! and by the wayI think that jared is way hotter than that dude that I put up there but thats all I could find!!
Have a great day!

A day at the happiest place on earth!

2010-02-24T08:57:00.001-08:00

HUmmmmmmmm... who is this really handsome stud there!!!!I'll i know is that he didn't leave me all day long!!lucky me!

Now here is jared with Eve, we wnjoyes dinner at the Blue Bayou restaurant at disney, Chtistian was happy to see the pirates ride going behind us, what a cool place to be.And yes i had a Monte Cristo!

I don't know why i look so fat on that picture but oh well... posting it anyway!

Jared in autopia ...aahahah.... the only place where he follows the speed limit!

here is the famous manahorne(i have no idea how to spell it and i am too lazy to look it up now)

and again....

my 2 boys,they are just so cute!

me and Natalia in the tram, I don't know why she was crabby!

Kissing my boy!

Quebec

2010-02-15T21:51:00.001-08:00

Well this is a long post loaded with pictures from my trip to canada, from friends to family!!!
So here we start with my friend Olivier Carter who so nicely offered me a ride to my bro from the airport,Last time I had seen him was 15 years ago!!!Creazy stuff!He is now married and has 2 beautiful little girls. And he still has an amazing smile!It was very nice to see him again I just hope to see him before another 15!Thanks Oli!

Here is Claudia, i grew up with her and i love her dearly!!!Actually when I saw her this weekend(after 12 years!!!)

i hug her and yes... cried!!could not help myself!In fact I cried a lot this weekend!Too much good stuff!

Here are some of my brothers they are Fun good looking and so loving to me! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
In order their names are Joel Carl et Carol and me.... i don't know what was wrong with my hair that day...oh well:)

Here is my awsome nephew Maverick he is just .....you know... i just want to eat him up...YUM!

And here is Kyrie-Anne my nice.... and i cannot wait to have her play with eve!!!I see so much of my father in her!

Hmmmm Carol!!!! i love ya bro!And yes next time i will go sleep at your house!!!

My UBER gorgeous sister in law MArie-josee!!!she is so genuine and blunt! gosh i love everything about her!

My other bro Carl who is absolutly looking sassy with his bald head !He is rocking it better than Bruce willis....So now you know i dig bald heads:) thats why i like Jared military picture so much!!!Shaved head are great!

And that is his son Benjamin! cutest cheeks ever!

Here is Sarah my other sister in law married to Carl she is pregnant with her second and i assured her that her baby will be beautiful because the Gilberts just don't make anything ugly:)

Natalieve is Joel's girlfriend(i love her name!!!)I just want to thank her for all the fun i had with her while watching the Olympics(cause we had some serious laugh) and also for being so loving to my nephews!!

Marc-Olivier was my first nephew ever!I remember helping his mom during her labor and then holding him...i swear... he was the sweetest baby ever(after mine of course :) HE is a good example to his little brothers and Dude please keep combing your hair LOl.... he knows what i mean...inside joke sorry...
LAurent is this sweet sensitive boy that i cannot get enough , when he smiles at me i just cannot say no!I mean i look at those eyes!!!

And now Phillou aka Jean-Philipe
this kids has combed my hair all weekend long!I guess he loves my hair:) HE snuggled with me every minute he had!Smart boy i am the one that benefited of that:)

And last is Joel... I love to visit him i have gone every year in the last 4 years and I intent to keep doing it!
I would love to live closer to him as well as the rest of everyone on here!!!I love spending time with him , he teases me like no one does and i can handle it!I love you and i know you know that!you are an awsome dad if I may add!

So I had poutine twice , i watched avatar in french( will have to do it again in english though...)I laughed, i got sick to my ears and stomac , I enjoyed finding my roots again,I cried, I played, I used french words that i had not used in forever, I got to see some awsome good looking people and i just want to say THANK YOU for making this weekend happen for me! I love you and give you a huge hug to all!

Party at great grandma's house!

2010-02-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

Me all done getting ready to go!

talia receiving some presents!

And of course The biggest cupcake ever has to be eaten by my child!

This is what happens when Christian eats ice cream and cannot found a spoon!yes i know disturbing!

taking pictures with my girl! Notice what her t-shirts says?AHAH!If you find one that says my sons drives me creazy let me know!

And that one is my favorite, i said ok 123 cheese.. and ... somehow... it didn't work out:)Only afterward i found out that eve was choking Natalia:)

Newport beach!

2010-01-23T17:40:00.000-08:00

Alright, i lef the house today by taking a picture cuz the grass is really green from all that rain .. awsome!

And then once we got to Newport all these weird looking birds were there but no pelican..... sad.. cuz i love them...

Chrisian go to run like a creazy kid on the beach, chasing and running away from each waves comig in and out, fun times.

ok.. thats after.. my pictures uploaded in the wrong order... anyway.. thats at dinner right after the beach.

and again.... well... i am so trashed.... so tired... alone at the beach with 3 kids is fun but man.... now I am feeling it !

Ok we are at the newport pier, lots of surfers were there and they were fun to watch. it was so windy.. and that explain the ball cap on my head:)

Eve really wanted to go swim.... she couldn't help herself!

my 3 musketters on the beach!

Sorry to twilight hater....

2010-01-20T15:56:00.001-08:00

I was just in the mood to post an Edward picture!:)Now i feel better.....

My house the before...

2010-01-14T16:05:00.000-08:00

so here is the before and i'll take a picure of the after!

so much fun.....NOT!(this is by far the shortest post ever)

natalia's 3 birthday

2010-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:00

a few little girls came and celebrated natalia's birthday, it was fun to see hem dressed up!Here we have Molly,

and Ella, several others came, eliza,Brea,Bethany,Iris

And here is the VERY excited birthday girl!She sat there for like 2 hrs prior the arrival of her guests hoping they would come sooner!

This was the cake, my favorite ever... chocolate, with fresh bavarian custard with fresh slices of strawberries and the icing was whipped cream !

here she is again waiting while its still light outside and the nex picture she is sill sitting but its dark out!

with her brother and sister!

the room

and her friend Iris!Thank you all!

my joy

2010-01-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

you are my sunshine my only sunshine.... you make me happy .... He definitly does that, he is a very handsome fireball!

My sweet natalia....you remind me so much of me!

and i cannot believe that this is Eve, she is growing way to fast, i have never met any other kid more nurturing and caring than her, especially at 6 years old!i love you baby!

and of course.... the duo!

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!

2010-01-04T20:47:00.000-08:00

Yep this is what i heard all christmas long....you know the song.. all I want for christmas is my 2 front teeth... my 2 front teeth....Well she is getting them for the new year:)

She was afraid to pull out her tooth until my dad pulled out a $5 bill... and it took a fraction of a second after that to pull her tooth out!Thank you papi....it work!

Fun times with mami and papi!

2010-01-04T20:41:00.000-08:00

again.. creazy Christian !Wha a goofball!

mami with natalia and brother,

sweet tender moment with my mom!its weird because i have a picture like that with my mom when i was little and natalia looks just like me!

my dad , nata lia and christian:)

This is a random picture of Natalia all deck out in snow white, her favorite thing to do!

Christmas at my In-laws

2010-01-04T20:33:00.000-08:00

Here is my sweet loving sister in law Brittany!I love you girl!

And this wa so GENEROUS from my in laws... 5 disneyland year passes to disneyland!5!!!!!$$$$$$ still cannot believe it!Thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!

oups..... yes that one was just for me.. the new moon sountrack, i wish they would of used more songs from muse!

The full house! well... can't see everybody there... but there was A LOT of people there!

And here is Kathleen, my other mom!i love you! thank you for a wonderful christmas:)

Christmas morning

2010-01-04T20:22:00.000-08:00

Well his year due to water damage in our home and the noise level required to dry out this water... made it so that we did not sleep very well and i think this is the reason why i had to wake up my kids for christmas:) yes.... i went in their bedrooms with some christmas bells and shook them next to their ears and thats how they woke up!

We all rushed downstairs and looked at what santa brought us!

Then we had an amazing breakfast with breakfast sandwiches that had eggs, cheese, bacon tomatoes english muffins... etc... blueberry pancakes, cinnamon rolls i mean... a yummy breakfast!

oh yeah... thats us at 2 in the morning after we had gotten the house ready for christmas:)
We did have a great christmas at home, our kids played all day together with their new toys and it was very nice probably one of my top favorite christmas minus... the water damage of course, but even that it just makes it more .... memorable:)

leaving treats for Santa!

2010-01-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

Well as you can see Christian was high on sugar that night.... I could not get 1 good picture with him!

So we left Santa some milk and chocolate!no cookies this year!

Christian.......thats all i have to say.......

Eve also made something fo Santa, she made him the star from the nativity and lef him a note that says... i will follow him.... and then she signed her name!She is such a sweeti! I am so proud of her... she is very close to her heavenly father and very in touch with the spirit, i am so proud of her!

baking bread!

2010-01-04T20:10:00.000-08:00

Well i have have to say is that baking bread is fun but.... if there are 4 littles girls around....its a lot more fun:)

just look at the pictures!not messy at all!!!!

catching up!!!

2010-01-04T20:05:00.001-08:00

So here is Eve's soccer team!!!these girls were amazing...they played and got into the finals!

Thats my babym Eve enjoying some pizza well deserved!Eve is an amazing Keeper.. nobody scores on her:)

Here is the coach and assistant coach!

and of course... getting her trophee!!

This coach.. is the best one we ever had and i hope we will have him again!

My 29th birthday.

2009-11-20T19:37:00.001-08:00

Yep ,I am a 29 year old young lady and life has been really good to me.I had a great birthday, filled with love from my kids,husband friends.My day started with Eve waking up really early and seting the table for my birthday breakfast.She picked a beautiful table cloth and did a great job, she is always so thoughfull.Christian and Natalia made a card for me.In Christian's card , he took the time to draw a picture of me with him and was very careful at coloring my dress, so cute.He thinks that I am going to say young forever.Natalia and I had a little time alone together and we went to get my disney gift card which has increased btw to $72! On the tram , Talia asked me if i was happy, I looked at her and said yes, mommy is happy, she then started singing as loud as she could a song that goes like....My mommy e happy... lalalal... my mommy happy.......Everyone though she was so cute.

Later during the day, Grandma d'Angelo treated me to a manicure, and carrie her friend contributed to some great buys that i purchased!LAter, My Edward took me to the restaurant i have been wanting to try, its called 21oceanfront in newpor beach. It was great!REally expensive wich is why i will not go back there but the frood was AMAZING!We had ahi sushimi to start followed by a lobster bisque, followed by a caprese salad, folled by king crab , followed by a chocolate souffle!I mean, i was so spoiled.

I also had a million birthday wishes on facebook which was awsome!

I tried to take birthday picures with my kids but they were all acting so creazy!

So that was my birthday!And of course whe i woke up the next morning, it was time for me to go see New Moon and that ws the perfect final touch for my birthday!

HAlloween 2009

2009-10-30T22:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, the smurfs!HAndy smurf and smurfette!And yes we stole the first prize for best costume in the 10th ward!I had so much fun with this costume!

Christian was Iron man and loves the fake muscles on there!

Talia loves Snow White and would not were the costume without the wig!Were as most kids would of cried for wearing it!She looked at herself and said petty!!And Christian and Eve said ... you have Grandmas'hair

HEre is my Mediaval Princess, We are making progress, its no longer disney princess, remember i have been bombarded with princess for almost 7 years now!But hey, its a good thing it could be worse!WE had a blast and we are looking forward to some amazing costume for next year, which I already know but cannot tell you!

Great sunbeam lesson

2009-10-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

Christian had a great lesson in primary last sunday, he learned about honesty and is CONVINCED he can't lie when he wear this bandena!

Halloween diner

2009-10-30T22:04:00.000-07:00

ok, so one morning Christian called me from the computer and showed me this halloween table with all kinds of yummy food and he begged me to do it.He didn't have to beg very long t though it was such a good idea, i pick up the phone and called grandma to ask her to help me set it up!

So up first is our ghost mash potaoes with peppercorn for eyes, courtesy of grandma, thank grandma.

Now here we have of fruit salad(yummy yummy)that aira made and used oranges to carve little jack o lantern in it, it was adorable.Thanks Aira , everything you touch turns beautiful!

Now here is the meatloaf, or footloaf.......discusting, just how I like it for HAlloween, thank you grandma again you did an amazing job!

Here is the veggie platter, i made trees, with fall colors, they were soo good!

I Also made this brew, with dry ice for a cool effect for the kids!That was a BIG hit!Also Bree made these fabulous apples in thich she hollowed them and fill them with home made apple BEST i ever had!Thank Bree.Everybody put effort in it and it was so nice delicious and fun!I want to make it a tradition!thanks you guys!

Soccer has began!

2009-09-24T21:28:00.000-07:00

Yes both of them are in the same League, just different teams, and they are loving it!

Talia really wants to play too, she helps them put their soccer shoes on evrytime they have practice!

Christian's team is called the Sharqs and Eve's the the Sc girl ..... ist a play on USC because their uniform have the same colors as usc!

And thats Eve on her first game when it was 40 celscius outside, she was dying!But managed to blok all the attempted goals! every saturday we have 2 games to attend to and we have also 2 practices every week!

Eve's first day as a first grader

2009-09-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

Pretty excited , she calls it her office, thats her work!

they are working in cubicules i guess, she loves her teacher, i lucked out again this year at travis, she has the best 1grader teacher at travis, lots of parents wanted their kid to have her and , lucky Eve, she got her!

Thats is Eve when she first set foot in her new classroom, her face is saying, hurry mom i want to go look at my desk!

And yes she found it!I mean, show me really how you feel Eve!Your just like your mommy, you cannot hide it!She is doing good so far, we are i think 2 weeks into it, and i am helping out every tuesday afternoon in her class( good way to keep an eye on what is happening in there!)Love you babe!

navigating 101 ,thanks grandpa!

2009-09-03T22:29:00.000-07:00

Thank you grandpa for taking us boating!Yep Christian and Eve got a full on driving/navigating lesson!I have videos but they are way too long!Captain Christian did really well, he is a natural!

I wish i had a better picture of Eve to post, but we allknow how she looks with her eyes open so its all good:) Eve did really well too, she listen to her senior captain and she had everything under control.

What really cool is that mommy didn't get too seasick and that we saw seals and several dolphins which were the hilight of the trip i think.They love boating, thanks again grandpas

For my mom and dad

2009-08-28T16:31:00.001-07:00

ok,maman et papa j'ai d'autre photo mais je voulais vous montrez celle la!

ce sera a vous de decider

laquelle vous voulez

garder

vous etes bienvenue!

Twilight scene?

2009-08-28T16:27:00.001-07:00

JUST DO IT!!! BITE ME!

Are you sick yet>well here are some of me and jared and funny ones from the kids!

2009-08-28T16:09:00.000-07:00

Now my problem is which picture should i choose to put on my wall?too many!i think i'll make an album!

jared

2009-08-28T16:04:00.001-07:00

My totally handsome hubby.....yeah....just grrrrrrrrr......

I have some more of him that my dad has not sent me yet, i have seen them and they are awsome!

one more that i like sarah

2009-08-28T15:59:00.000-07:00

i like tha one too sarah but i jus wished i would of done my eyebrows!!!!!!!!!!!anyway i'll sho you more next time you come!

me(anser to sarah's request)

2009-08-28T15:37:00.001-07:00

i am just gald that i'll have good pictures of myslef for jared to look at when i am really old!

Mon petit bonhomme

2009-08-27T14:09:00.001-07:00

Now here is Christian

he wants to be just like his daddy

genuine smile

and his "trouble maker"smile

ma petite Natalia

2009-08-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

SO this is Natalia's turn to show off her modeling talents!

loving her mommy

just smiling away

beautiful

French is in her blood!

2009-08-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

I mean.... this is priceless!

i am so glad we took those picures before more teeth fell out!

love it!

absolutly gorgeous! of course!

Cousin sleepover are the best! Boy Heaven

2009-08-12T21:53:00.001-07:00

I had a hard time breaking these two apart! Even with Noah being sick, there was no way he was going back to his mommy(sorry Sarah)just too much fun!They played outside, on the trampoline,

Then they came in and dressed up as knights,Jedi(we taught noah what was a jedi...he likes it) and then we had dinner, they took a bath together,

We baked cookies while trying to watch Walle.... but they didn't they were still in jedi mode!

And then bed time came, Noah was a lot more tired then Christian because of his fever but they just chatted, laughed( a lot... i mean....i was worry when they were taking there breath from laughing!) and played blocks while sleeping because Noah told me that he sleeps with his eyes open...very clever boy!They had swim together today and yesterday and the day before and all his playing with i am telling you no fighting whatsoever, they were kind even when they had a toy ot a blue cup especially to share!AMAZING!

They are great together and i truly hope that their friendship will continue to grow as well as they get older!I love you Christian, you are a great cousin and i love you Noah you are a great cousin!

ps: notice their coloring? i had a kickout of that while i was bathing them!

Don't I look fabulous?

2009-08-12T21:49:00.000-07:00

Yes, Rollers....i mean it was so painful to roll these on... but the final product was awsome, i just thought i looked funny so and also Eve dared me to post these on!

I did i babe!

fun weekend

2009-08-12T21:42:00.000-07:00

So my parents watched our kids from friday at 4pm to sunday 6 pm and it was great we relaxed and did nothing that we usualy do.We ate and sleep and drove on the coast, i didn;t even take pictures because....it was too much work for me! Where we were, there was a hot air balloon festival and that was very cool! other than that i just read in the morning(i never get to do that!) and it was great , thanks mom and dad!

Hilarious....

2009-08-11T13:28:00.001-07:00

Tonya my friend posted this on facebook and i just thought it was hilarious!what do you think?

Canning my tomatoes.

2009-07-30T20:50:00.000-07:00

Ok i said i would can my tomatoes and i did!My awsome mom taugh me the safe and proper way of canning tomatoes and about everything else!I inherited her pressure cooker a 23 quarts!

So after sterilizing just about everything(if you know my mom you know what i mean) we blanch the tomatoes, shock them and peel them,

Now they are in the mason jars in that big sucker!Ist 30 years old and i love it, i don't want a new one, i wanted that one!Since i am the only one in my family that cares about learning to do all kind of stuff to better myself as a homemaker she said i could have it!I love learning this stuff!I want to be the best homemaker i can be!I want to show this model to my children, i think its important for them to see their mother doing this for her family, i am not sure why i feel so strong about it but i do and i usually follows what my heart tells me!It is so rare now out days that you see someone cooking from scratch, so much that its an event when someone does notice...You usually hear people saying oh yes ...she made it from scratch..... that cracks me up because before that was obvious.. that they made their own stuff.My goal is not too show off or to come off like if i am prideful, i just want to do it because i want too ,as simple as that,My mother did it and i am talking about becoming a good homemaker here in case you got lost in all my jargon... and my grandmother did it and i want too!It makes me proud of myself!There is nothing like a day where i clean,cook,and play/work with my kiddos!I was born to do this and i love it!

here is cooling off that pressure cooker.. you don't want to open this while there is still pressure otherwise you would ge a hack of a facial with no face left at the end:)

And here is the beautiful product!they will last 3 years being yummy in there,,, 3 for sure because we had some of my moms that were that old!Thank you mami for teaching me!

Santa barbara and Solvang trip

2009-07-30T20:41:00.001-07:00

So here we are in Solvang a little danish town and we stop and got some ice cream(expensive ice cream..that suck!but it tasted good!)

solvang lokks like that ,

And you came buy a horse ride around town,

Now that mami sliding down for natalia and on tha picture we are in Santa batbara.

And this was fun, we got to ride our bike a long the coast for 2 hours !biking on the beach is great and the kids love it!

Medieval times

2009-07-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

So while my parents are spending time with us, we decided to take them to medieval times and to have a good time!The food was surprisigly good and my children loved the show,especially my boy.

My parents had never been to a dinner theater/show so they really enjoyed the experienced.On the above picture there is Christian showing his hard muscle(the elbow:) next to one of the guard.HE really hought ha it was awsome.

It was so amazibg to watch his face looking at the performance, he was so intense, you know how sometimes musiciens are when they really get to feel the music?like their bodies make some movements that shows that they feel the music?i hope you get what i am saying,.Christian was just like that,everytime a knight would fall out of their horses or get back up he would scream from his core and every sound coming out of his mouth was so sincere and intense.The fact hat our red knight won just made it even better, the last battle was the best when our knight was almost dead he got back up and used all of his strentgh and courage to defy the evil thats when i heard a shout of joy!Christian had both arms all flexed with a smile that reflected pur joy,And that was all worth it to me!

My daddy and me!He really liked it!

a good family time! too bad our family picture is so horrible!

The tooth fairy came

2009-07-30T20:09:00.000-07:00

Well well...it finally happened, Eve is losing her baby teeth!snif!snif! She is definitly growing up.It is just a tooth but i don't know why it made me so sad,perhaps it is just that it was a milestone that was really big for me!But anyway, i have to get used to it!Meanwhile ,Eve loves sticking her tongue in her hole, or putting a strw there and sipping thru it!she is enjoying growing up!

Just a cute family picture!

2009-07-27T09:15:00.001-07:00

That was taken 2 weeks ago by a guy at church, our ward is trying to take family pictures of all the families in our ward and that ... is our.... not perfect but that will do!We will be taking our family picture(the real one) fairly soon!

Happy Independance Day

2009-07-05T21:25:00.000-07:00

Here is my little American family they were all so cute!We had a really busy day that started with a run for mommy in the morning followed by a fabulous breakfast at church

And then a pool party at aunty marge to celebrate Byron's birthday,it was super fun and they had the best tacos ever!

We ended the day with fireworks like most americans do, we were with family and friends that we love and i cannot think of a better day thanspending time with those we love to be with.Mu kids also got to ride a horse, somebody brought their horse at curch and decided to give rides to all the primary children, it was awsome!I would of gotten a ride mysef if i would not of been wearing a skirt!I truly appreciate being a us citizen, i still have a hard time calling myself an American because i was not born here but i truly feel a deep love for this new country of mine and i am proud of it !I love America.

Camping by the beach

2009-07-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

So we did our first family camping trip, it was fun but exhausting(3 kids..what do i expect?) thanks to the Carlson's for letting us borrow their spacious tent(i would of died using our hiking tent!)

My kids had a blast with their friends the Parkins, they are such good friends, eve and Jack have been friends since they were 8 months old!Kyle and christian the younger brother have since made friend.They spent most of their time on the beach, riding their bikes scooter, eating etc...

Here is Jill my friend that invited us camping, She is a very good friend and i love just love being with her!She and I went biking on the beach and ...i felt like a 8 years old little girl riding her bike with her best friend, it was great.

Jared just showing off Christian new fishing rod, a superman fishing rod,its probably why he is holding it!

He is my little angel riding her friends worm, she loves that worm!She actually took that worm were skateboarder do their ramp stuff....that was funny to watch!The marshmallow were great and my kids had a blast and based on that i say it was a great camping trip!

Cousin Kayleigh

2009-07-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

We went to visit cousin kayleigh my sister's daughter, my kids were so nice to her,on the first picture there is Christian kissing a little cold hand and telling her he loves her,

Eve let me take a picute with her at her side,Kayleigh is 13 years old now, and she was born normal with no signs of cerebral palsy until she hit 6 months she still could not hold her head and she would choke on her food almost everyday, after several visits she was diagnosed with c.b and my sister decides that she would get better care here in the US. And she is definilty better taking care here than canada(can't beleive that they missed her diagnose at birth!)

And Talia was very intrigued by Kayleigh's roomate....

Here she is my beautiful nice that one day will rise and run with my children, ....thats what my kids say.... we love you Kayleigh

Busy ,tired but fun!

2009-06-25T21:41:00.001-07:00

Here is my first post without pictures!I am alone, the kids are sleeping and Jared is at the movie by himself...hmmm no with his bff Reed comire and i just am so happy to be alone!sometimes i need my alone time!its quiet and i love it!I have been so busy since Eve has been out of school , 2 weeks ago today , i have been doing so much with my kids that i really feel tired.everyday is filled with activities,i actually started missing doing homework with Eve, is that weird?Here is a little idea of what are schedule has been;wake up work out, breakfast, my daily phone call to my mom , kids play while mommy gardens then clean up time and then we go..... do errands, and then park, beach , pool,museum, bowling, biking,friends house, (not all of this in the same day but more often then not several are crammed in the same day)then i want to crawl in my bed.... or better a cave ..... a cave that would have molten chocolate lava cake and silence.....but no i get home its dinner time but fortunatly the house is pick up from our morning chores. so its not too chaotic... then laundry then more kids at play then(and then.....from the movie Dude wheres my car.....but anyway) then scripture reading,, kids reading, kids bath, and sometimes mommy bath....then i sit to spend time with my hubby and just as i want to cuddle with him....i fall asleep on the couch to wake up between 2 and 4 am to go up to my bed and to start all over again at 7 am! Jared too falls asleep on the couch! i think we are really tired, lots of changes have occured for us this year and we have been really busy with work.I just dream of a vacation, so we are taking a mini vacation this next week, we are going camping withour kids and our friends the Parkins, hopefullyit will be relaxing and if not, we are going to San francisco mid july with my parents and i am sure that will be fun! life is good and i love living it!I love my kids and i hope they are having a blast this summer!

Christian fearless!

2009-06-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here is Christian biking . he is so fearless...

Bowling!

2009-06-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

Since we signed up our kids for free bowling all summer , my kids have been practicing!

Here is Natalia and beleive it oe not, she can bowl!i wish i could shoe you the video of her doing it, its hilarious!it takes a good min for the ball to reach the pins..... she is working on her strenth!

now eve can bowl really well, she has her own technic when it comes to trowing the ball, i have it on video but its tool long and i don't know why i can't upload it(probably to long)!But she runs with the ball then trow herself with the ball in the ally!

Christian is pretty good too!He was actually really good with the computer screen, you know ...reading scores and all that!he said he wish his muscle s would be bigger!

a few minutes after Talia pushing the ball( i have time to go to the bathroombe fore it hit the pins!) it made it almost to the end of the ally..almost..i had to good and slip all over the ally to push that ball to the end!Ahhhhh Talia... she gets angru if i skipped her turn!

Loving brother

2009-06-10T15:09:00.000-07:00

I just came across this picture and i just about melt when i saw Christian 's face , the love and softness he has for his sisters is just amazing to me.He always wants to protect them and he is alway defending them even when they get a time out for hurting him he tells me.... mom... you need to be nice to my sister!He loves them , they do have siblings fights but they LOVE each others!I love you christian and and i am honored to be your mother.
Love, your mommy

Justa fun day at at the Discovery science museum

2009-06-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

Just enjoying ourselves

Christian really liked this !

Daddy and the bed of nails!

Eve wanted to overcome her fear!

we went hiking

2009-06-08T12:38:00.001-07:00

they wanted to see what a coyote looks like!

So we went to look for one!

this is Christian protecting us from the coyotes while we are hiking, he is always picking up sticks!We went to the oak canyon center and took a small hike, there were definitly a lot of wild life!And i will admit when i saw a bush moving and then all kinds of squirells and birds flying away..... i got scared a little bit!

I Got Lasik!

2009-05-21T14:44:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, how attractive is that!That is what happen when you get lasik!you get to wear this fabulous gogles with tape in the forehead!

And that is me with my swollen eyes and no make up!but next time you see me.... i will see you all on my own(and i'll wear make up don't worry!)

Eve's 6th birthday

2009-05-19T19:29:00.001-07:00

Eve received a royal treatment at disneyland, compliments of her grandma(thank you) She went and got her hair done and her make up and lots of shopping!

a close up of her

in her favorit spot where the backgroung was perfect for the picture!

she did learn some princess move!

and she got to watch the parade from daddy's shoulders!She also got to do new rides now that she is older she did Indiana Jones, thunder mountain Space mountain(she loved it) and next time she will do california screaming and all the adult ones!That was a day that was filled!Ah! she also wope up to a beautiful breakfast and her order was.... crepes and bacon!Thats truly our daughter!

Natalia and the hand me down....

2009-05-19T19:20:00.000-07:00

Natalia had been waiting a long time for getting Eve's minnie mouse dress... well it finally fits!

So she wanted to model it and she did!

and thats just christian hugging her!

Christian is a cutie!

2009-05-19T19:15:00.001-07:00

Thats Christian at the soccer party and that is his new haircut!he got a faux mohak because he decided to cut his hair by himself!

what a stud!

Eve last soccer game of the season

2009-05-19T19:09:00.000-07:00

Alrigtht!Here is Eve in action stoping the ball from entering the goal!She is a very good goaly!

Again she is waiting for the ball to come to her and she can dribble with it and she has an amazing kick, when discovered that this season!

And yes the so waited for trophy!She had been waiting for that moment for several months!

And thatts just me being a supportive mom!Actually we all did the fake tattoos for the last game!