HalLOwEEn

This year for Halloween we had a fun block party that I organized. We all ate yummy chili and lots of food. Sorry I didn't get pictures of that part, hopefully next time. My kids this year were, David - Spider Man, Cameron - Ghost, Marlise - Who knows?!?!
They got way too much candy like always, and ate it all in a couple weeks. I know, sad!

Marlise and her friend Kaitlyn

Marlise, Cameron, David

My Family IS The BEST

All of us SIBLINGS

My Mom and Dad

My Sisters and Dad

I went to Las Vegas this fall to meet my family for a convention for my Dad's company. All of us kids were there. It was such a fun, emotional, no sleep time we all had. I love all of my siblings and miss them all of the time. I wish I could see them more. We need more family trips like this!! We got to meet lots of really nice distributors. I was really impressed by them all and their generosity for our family!
Thanks to my husband Mark who stayed home with the kids. It was a nice vacation with no worries!!
My Sister and her Husband

My two brothers

My brother and his wife

Cruisen With MY PEEPS

For our Oct. break, we decided to go on a cruise with Mark's family. There were four families, 18 of us total {surprised by Mark's Dad and Kathy who showed up when we were getting on the ship}. We went on the Carnival Spirit ship to the Mexican Riviera. It was for eight days, and we had a blast!! I enjoyed every minute of it, and can't wait to start planning our next one. The kids loved having their cousins there, and Marlise and Courtney made lots of new friends, and enjoyed having freedom to do whatever. Marlise and I went with Brenda, Megan and Courtney to swim with dolphins. That was an amazing experience, by far one of the best adventures I have done in my life that I will never forget. We saw cliff divers in Acapulco, and went to a couple really nice beaches to swim and play at. It helps when you have a brother-n-law speak Spanish!! We ate really well and had entertainment every day. We are a cruisen family and think there's no other way to travel and see the world!

The whole gang on formal night

The kids and cousins with the cliff divers

On top of the ship in Acapulco

David and his cousin Tyler playing in the waves, with our ship in the background. David was having a blast in the ocean. A couple times he got taken over by a wave, kinda of funny, kinda scary!!

Cameron on a boogy board

The boys loved coming back to our room at night to see what towel animal was made.

The boys all dressed up for formal night

Marlise and her cousin Courtney

My new best friend

Marlise's first kiss

SpORts, sPoRTs, AND MoRE SpOrTs

Soccer and football has been our life the last three months. Cameron has been playing flag football for the first time and loving it. He learned a lot during his season, and is excited to play again. He is really into football watching it and playing it. David played soccer for the third time being on a team, and is really a great soccer player. They won all of their games except for one, which was close. We had fun going to their games every Saturday and cheering them on. They both practiced twice a week, with games on Saturday. What a fun, crazy season we had.

First Day Of School

Another year of school approches too fast. Marlise is starting 8th grade {scary I know}, Cameron is starting 4th grade {so ready for it}, and David is starting kindergarten {what happened to my little baby}. They were really excited for school to start {gotta enjoy that while I can}. Next year is going to be a whole different experience with Marlise starting High School, what am I going to do?!?! Good thing she's such a good, smart, nice girl{cross your fingers that it stays that way}!!

Being In Zion

I love visiting Utah, for one, my family all lives there, for two, that's where I grew up, so it's home to me!! In the summer, we always try to go up there for a few weeks, it's a plus to get out of the heat here in AZ!! This summer, we did lots of activities, we will never forget.

Visited "Noah's Ark"


Went down the Alpine Slide


Spent time with lots of cousins


Saw the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house



Got to see my nephew get his Eagle


Witnessed my nephew being baptized


Watched my dad read lots of books


Went to a family reunion at Cherry Hill





Hiked on private property to see Awesome Fireworks


Finally went to LAGOON {it's been a LONG time}





Last but not least, fell asleep in the car {always}!!!

Where Does The Time Go?!?!

I forgot to post this when it happened, and I thought it's an important event I don't want to forget about. David's last day of preschool was the end of May. He loved every minute of it, he had the best teacher, Miss Stephanie, and he went to PreSchool with his best friend Ericson. What a year of growth David had, he learned all the letters and sounds, learned to write his name better, and learned lots of fun other stuff, and most importantly, he was ready for Kindergarten when it was over.
What a BIG boy, but never old enough to fall asleep like this!!