Jose & Jessi

Cell phone photos

2011-11-07T00:29:00.003-07:00

I always am taking photos with my cell phone.

Here are a some I took in October!

Briella loves to play with our phones!

She's 2!

Cheese!

Kiss!

Awesome rainbow!

Putting her shoes on!

me and my boy!

Cheeks with doggieleo in a purse

She ran out of paper!

piggy back rides!

Mommy and cheeks!

Briella and Kycee. These two are SO cute!

Just chillin

Playing on the phone!

Halloween!

2011-10-31T00:30:00.000-06:00

HALLOWEEN!!

Ward party was a blast!

We had a witch, Captain Jack Sparrow and Pretty Pirate cheeks!

Then Halloween night Dominic switched to Captian America.

We did pizza and treats at Grandma's.

Trick O' Treating with Nicholson's.

Lots of goodies and fun!

Happy Halloween!!

My babies

Alyssa, Dominic, Robby, Savana, cheeks

Alyssa and Ashley!

Shelby and Sylvie as Batman and Robyn!

Trick o Treat!

She's adorable!

Annual Pumpkin Patch Trip!

2011-10-15T23:18:00.000-06:00

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.

Jose was outta town riding 4 wheelers with guys from work.

These kids had a blast running and playing.

It's always good to get together with aweome friends.

Crazy kids.

2011-10-13T23:12:00.001-06:00

Shelby baby sat for me the other night.

I found these awesome photos on my computer a couple days later!

Crazy kids.

More cheeks.

2011-10-08T22:42:00.000-06:00

Came down the other morning to...

Showing off her glittery shoes!

Utah

2011-10-07T22:38:00.001-06:00

Alyssa is studying our great state of Utah in the 4th grade.

They made a salt dough map of the state.

Good Job Alyssa!

Pretty baby!

2011-09-25T22:27:00.001-06:00

She wanted new earrings put in.

So I put in some cute flower earrings.

Then she started modeling for pictures!

What a doll.

Love this kid.

Pretty earring!

Strike a pose

Her cheese smile!

Just hanging out with food in my mouth!

Cheeks 2nd Birthday Party!

2011-09-18T22:04:00.001-06:00

We had a little party at Grandma's!

Mom made the cake. (well she pretended)

Grandma got me lots of fun toys. A new bike, a shopping cart and a sweet baby doll!

Pizza and cake. Playing outside!

I was scared of the candles and kept screaming hot.

So we took them off and just sang!

Love you baby girl!

Happy Birthday!

Briella is 2!

2011-09-15T23:47:00.000-06:00

I can't believe my baby girl is two. She's getting so big so fast.

She isn't talking the greatest which made me worry.

At her two year old check up the Doctor told me not to worry. She understands completely.

Her two year old stats:

Weight: 23.8lbs; 10th percentile

Height: 33in; 25th percentile

Things she does at two!

She calls Dominc "Doh" and "Doodle" , and Alyssa "na na Nah"

She calls every animal we see a DoggieLeo

She loves her babies.

She calls Grandma,"mah mah ma", Grandpa is just "Pa"

Shelby is "elby"

My phone is "beep, beep beep"

She loves to give kisses and hugs.

Crawl in bed and snuggle for a few minutes when she first wakes up.

She'd be outside all day long if we would let her.

She loves her Grandma and asks for her at least 30 times a day.

I can't believe how big my baby is. She's so much fun.

Entire Family

2011-09-07T22:41:00.000-06:00

Ana and Tristan are moving to Missouri.

So we got the Padilla/McGrath/Davis families together for one last photo.

WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

My kids were terrible. Everyone was tired, hungry and grumpy!

We were lucky to get these few good shots of just everyone looking.

Maybe we'll do them again.

When the kids are at least 18!

Kindergarten Day!

2011-08-30T21:58:00.003-06:00

I have one handsome Kindergartener!

With a new Cars 2 backpack and some sweet new shoes!

My little guy was so excited.

Briella was feeling left out!

First Day of School 2011!

2011-08-23T09:20:00.000-06:00

Lots of money on school clothes, accessories, and shoes!

$12.00 on a cute Roxy backpack

Sending your daughter to the 4th grade!

PRICELESS!

Chocolate Cheeks!

2011-08-22T23:49:00.000-06:00

Briella loves to eat! So the other day I was making brownies for the kids and Briella was driving me crazy! So I stuck her in the chair with the bowl! Gave me time to clean up and we had a happpy cheeks! ( yes there is blue painters tape on my chair. All of them in fact. You see they leave black marks on my wall. Which I just painted. Which makes me crazy!)

Cheese!

She was really excited!

Yummy!

Strike a pose! She's so cute!

Baby Liam

2011-08-03T22:31:00.000-06:00

My sweet new nephew!

Welcome to this crazy family

Liam Patrick McGrath.

Rina's Wedding

2011-07-22T00:57:00.000-06:00

Chad and Rina are finally married!! Congratulations to them. What a beautiful ceremony and a beautiful wedding. The reception with great with a few minor glitches. Like the fire department showing up for a stupid alarm that wouldn't shut off. The cake had to be separated because it was tipping. But, it was beautiful regardless. Dancing, good fun, family and friends. What a beautiful day. Happy Eternity you two!

Wedding invite I made!

MARRIED!!!

Ana and Cheeks

Dominic after BEGGING him to smile.

She's serious about something!

My handsome boys.

Pretty flowers!

My girls!

So pretty!

Jose and I

Cake before it had to be split. So pretty

First Dance.

My Shelby.

Part Time.

Ana was hungry! LOL

Construction!

2011-07-20T01:15:00.000-06:00

Well my house is under construction! We had a flood in the upstairs toilet down under the wall. With the money from the insurance we have enough for new carpet and tile! It's going to be a mess but it'll be worth it in the long run!

Where the water leaked through the crown molding down into the wall. This whole wall will need to be replaced!

We pulled up all the carpet.

New tile and paint color!

Alyssa's First Swim Meet

2011-07-20T00:51:00.000-06:00

Alyssa had her first swim meet this year. She had been swimming with AF's beginning swim team. When we got to the pool she decided to melt down. Crying and scared didn't want to get in with all the other kids to warm up. Finally being the kind compassionate person I am. I picked her up and threw her in. She swam a lap or two and was ready to go. She got disqualified in the freestyle because she touched the wall on her way down but did really well. Her backstroke looked awesome. Too bad my camera batter died I was only able to get a few pictures.

Girls Night OUT!

2011-07-16T00:44:00.000-06:00

It was Alaina's 30th birthday. So we decided to take a girls trip up to Park City and spend the night in a hotel. It was so much fun! We went to dinner and ate way too much and had the most horrible waiter on the planet. Then went back to the hotel after getting some treats at the store. A little shopping on the way home. It was way to short. I've been friends with these girls for years! They really are the best! We definatly need to do it more often!

Alaina, Jen, Kira and I

Alaina's toe is amazing!

LOL.. no words!

Dominic is 5!

2011-07-09T00:18:00.001-06:00

Dominic had his 5th birthday party today. I can't believe how much he's grown up. He loves to be outside and has no problem making friends. He's super coordinated and picks up on things quickly when it comes to sports. He loves to be outside. He loves swords and ninja's. He likes his DS but will replace it quickly if a friend comes knocking at our door. He loves his new green bike he got for his birthday! He's in swimming and doing well. He's excited to start Kindergarten with all his friends. This little boy keeps me on my toes and I wouldn't trade him for the world! Happy Birthday Nickerdoodle!

Dominic, Duncan, Taj, Aiden, Owen,Alyssa, Ashley, Brenden, Tyler and Andrew!

All the same just add a Koya in the mix!

Amazing Transformer's cake!

Grandma looking pregnant like Ana!

A little pizza, bowling and laser tag!

Dominic and Ducan.

Baby Cheeks

Presents!

Cake

Comparing muscles with Uncle Cale. I think Dominic wins!

New toys!

Weapons!

A few video games!

The new bike and summer hair cut Dominic got right after the party!

4th of July

2011-07-04T00:09:00.000-06:00

This year's 4th was very low key for us. We had a yummy barbecue at Grandma's and then went to Pleasant Grove City's fireworks. Of course the kids enjoyed watching the fireworks in the rain. Then we went back to Grandma's house to light a few we bought. Grandpa stopped by with Doggie Charlie to visit. It's always good seeing him since he's always on the road.

Cheeks!

Patriotic Princess!

Chuckest, Doggie Charlie, and the Cheeks!

My boy!

The fireworks were loud.

My handsome little brother Cale.

Freedom Festival WINNER!

2011-07-01T00:00:00.001-06:00

Alyssa really wanted to enter the freedom festival art contest. This kid loves to draw. She's always crafting, drawing, looming, creating something. Since it was close to the 4th of July. She decided to draw a picture of her uncle Tristan who recently joined the army and she WON! First place in her age group for the most patriotic entry.

WAY TO GO LOU!

Her Picture.

Freedom Festival 2011

She was so nervous waiting for the awards ceremony!

Her age group.

Accepting her award.

With her trophy!

Such a cool prize!

Mowhawks!

2011-06-29T23:56:00.001-06:00

Dominic's little friends mom let them have a mohawk just before going camping. Dominic begged and begged for me to give him one too. This was our compromise. I just spiked his hair up into two! He's had so much fun this summer running around with these boys!

Buddies!

Such good boys.

Pleasant Grove Fire Dept. Comes to play!

2011-06-25T23:42:00.000-06:00

This is the second year that our HOA has had the Pleasant Grove Fire Department come out and play. They come on a hot day and spray all the neighbor kids with the fire hose. As you can see our grass really needed the water! The kids love it! I'm lucky to live in a good neighborhood with so many kids that are close in age to my kids. Dominic has had so much fun this summer with his friends and playing outside! Plus what a better way to play than in the fire hose!

I caught this shot just before they ran into each other!

All wet!

So much fun!

They got as wet as the kids! LOL

He was tired of running.

Some of the neighbors and all the kids!

Ana's Baby Shower

2011-06-25T23:34:00.000-06:00

My cute extremely pregnant sister in law had her baby shower today. My kids will finally have another cousin! This makes two! It was a cute shower with a darling cake. Ana is all belly. I'm excited to see this cute baby boy.

Ana's cute cake!

Ana 36 weeks pregnant

Ana and Alyssa playing pass the binkie!

Softball

2011-06-23T23:22:00.000-06:00

Softball season is over. Alyssa loves to play softball. She has especially loved playing on her own team with the girls pitching. She's really loved to bat and play in the outfield. Although she still doesn't quite get that she needs to hurry to get the ball and takes her sweet time!

Batter up!

Running bases!

Alyssa and Ashley

Alyssa and Maleah

Cheeks

2011-06-19T23:19:00.000-06:00

Briella is so cute!!! What a cute Sunday outfit!

Strawberry Days Parade!

2011-06-18T01:14:00.000-06:00

Strawberry Days Parade.

It was so nice this year.

Not to hot, not to long and lots of good friends and family.

My kids were in the parade handing out tattoos with the fire dept.

Shelby cheered in the parade.

Jenny, Robby and Savana

Alaina and Kycee.

Dominic's Grumpy Face

Kycee

Lloyd and Penny

Strawberry Days Float.

Dominic and Briella

Grandma and Cheeks.

She just wanted to wave the whole time.

Shelby's Cheer Squad

Dominic's Fish he won at the carnival!

Happy Strawberry Days!

Strawberry Days!

2011-06-15T01:04:00.000-06:00

We love strawberry days!

Carnival, Rodeo, and Parades!

We've done this since I was a little girl!

LOVE IT!

Ferris Wheel.

Beautiful Girl

This is the whole reason we go! Look at their faces!

It was also Grandma's birthday. Happy Birthday Mommy!

Grandma and Cheeks! She loved this.

Dominic's face is priceless.

Cheeks! She's so cute.

Alyssa wins!

Dominic on the baby duck ride with Briella!

He was trying to figure out how to get off.

Alyssa and I

Alyssa and Ashley

Alyssa and I on the Gee Wiz!

Afterwards it was fresh strawberry shakes and a little Taco Amigo!!

T-Ball!

2011-06-09T00:56:00.001-06:00

Dominc and Koya are playing t-ball.

They are so cute to watch.

They hit the ball, watch it land, then figure out it's time to run.

The love it.

There team is the blue lightning

Dominic really thought about punching this kid.

Had to get one of cheeks.

Up to bat!

Perfect shot of Kycee and Alaina!

Mom, come see!

2011-06-04T03:31:00.000-06:00

This is what I was told today! Only this time I came out to Dominic riding a bike!!! He taught himself to ride a bicycle with no training wheels! It was awesome.

Day at the pool!

2011-06-01T00:47:00.000-06:00

We try to go swimming at least once a week.

The kids love it and it's nice to get some sun.

It's been freezing so far this summer.

We braved it anyway and it was so nice!

Briella trying to get warm.

After she decided she liked the water.

Me and Cheeks

She's so stinking cute.

Koya Sue

Alaina will kill me for this. Oh well.

Notice his blue lips! Poor kid was freezing. But, he wouldn't get out.

Kycee! She's so cute.

Preschool Graduate!

2011-05-24T00:39:00.001-06:00

Dominic is a preschool graduate!

He went to the Alpine School District's Preschool

His teachers were Miss Kristy and Miss Camille.

He loved it.

He learned so much and is ready for Kindergarten!

Dominic with his diploma.

Our three littel rugrats.

Saying his part.

There cute little na na na song.

Getting his diploma from Miss Kristi

Grandma and Dominic.

WAY TO GO NICKERDOODLE!!

Swimming Lessons!

2011-05-16T00:09:00.000-06:00

To get a jump start on summer.

I decided to put Dominic and Alyssa in Swim Lessons.

Alyssa is in the pre-swim team class.

Dominic was in level 3.

He does great other than he HATES HATES HATES his back.

His teacher is miss Shelia who is great with the kids.

I'm hoping with lots of practice.

A lot of summer swimming.

That i'll have a pretty good little swimmer!

Dominic doing the superman swim.

On his back with a bleach container! What ever works right?

She's a teenager!

2011-05-14T00:38:00.000-06:00

Shelby is 13!

She's beautiful.

She has an attitude the size of Texas.

She loves Justin Bieber & Eminem.

She loves texting and boys.

She's a cheerleader.

She's smart.

She has a lot of crazy friends.

She's 13!

Happy Birthday TO YOU!

The cake!

Some of the girls.

Shelby and Sylvie

A kinect!

Pizza, Justin, and friends doesn't get better than that.

They really like pictures of themselves.

A little pin the kiss on Justin!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHELBY

Birthday Lunch!

2011-04-27T23:46:00.002-06:00

Right after Alyssa's Birthday is Shelby's.

This year she made the 8th grade cheer squad.

The weekend of her birthday she had her first camp she couldn't miss.

So we had to postpone her party for a week.

So as a surprise.

We checked her out early for a birthday lunch at Red Robin!

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY BEAN!

Nolan, Alyssa, Xander and Valerie

Shelby and Nickerdoodles

Shelby and her favorite sister.

Valerie and Shelby

Cheeks does not like lemons! LOL

YUMMY! Happy Birthday Girls!

SCAR FACE

2011-04-24T23:17:00.002-06:00

Poor baby Cheeks. Or should we call her scar face?

This little girl has been nothing but accident prone for the last month.

First, she got to take her first trip in the ambulance.

Because of a febrile seizure on March 7th.

Next this adorable child of mine decided to pull her sisters mirror on her head.

Resulting in a luckily small but deep little cut on her forehead.

Fast Forward to Easter Dinner!

Coming down the slide at Grandma's she was going way to fast.

Guess what took the fall?

Her face!!

MEET SCAR FACE!!!

Still Pretty Darn Cute Though!

Alyssa's Party

2011-04-23T23:16:00.000-06:00

Alyssa's party was so much fun this year.

We went to Jack and Jill's bowling in Lehi for laser tag and bowling.

I let Alyssa invite a few more friends than normal, because it was Easter weekend.

Thinking that most would be out of town.

Boy was I wrong.

We had 15 kids show up and it was a blast.

Cake!

She's still a Daddy's Girl.

Alyssa, Maryanna and Ashley.

Kira and baby Lincoln

Madison, Alyia, Maleah, Maryanna

Jessica, Angel, and Maryanna

Alyssa and Emily!

Mommy and Cheeks

A few arcade games.

Laser tag crew!

Alyssa and her birthday posse!

The whole crew!!

Ashley and Jessica

These two secretly love each other.

Alyssa with her aunt and uncles and Grandma!

Cade and Cale, coolest uncles on the planet!

Bowling and Pizza! Happy Birthday ALYSSA!

Nine Years Old!

2011-04-22T23:17:00.001-06:00

I can't believe my baby girl is 9!

Where did the time go?

Just yesterday she was learning to walk and talk.

Now she is in 3rd grade and more beautiful than ever.

She loves music and is always putting something new on her MP3 player.

She has a cell phone. Which makes her extremely cool!

She loves to draw and create. She always has a little project.

She's turned into quite the little swimmer and looks forward to lessons.

We did a little photoshoot for her birthday invitations today.

She loves the camera!

Her VIP Pass invitation for her party. They went on laynards.

Briella is 18 Months!

2011-03-21T22:47:00.001-06:00

I can't believe my baby is 18 months. She's getting so big. She's so much fun. She loves to dance, play, and try and keep up with her brother. Her favorite word is DoggieLeo. Which she uses for EVERYTHING. She runs it together really fast too. She loves to go to her Grandma's. She squeeks all day long. I wish she'd learn to talk better. She refuses to use words. She's getting so big and she's beautiful and always can make me smile. It's bitter sweet ot see my baby growing up so fast!

Her stats are
Height 30.5 Inches
Weight 21.4 lbs
Head Cir. 47.8.

She's in the 10th percentile for everything. She's a tiny little thing. Still in most her 9-12 month clothes. She's extremely bull legged which is hilarious. I love how she runs on her toes belly out. She's tiny with a huge personality. It's amazing to watch her grow into such a little person. So independent and smart. I love this little girl.

Christmas Time!

2010-12-25T15:18:00.001-07:00

Santa stopped by to see the kids last night. They were so excited. Luckily they slept in till 8:30 and then Alyssa got up and woke everyone else up. They dove into there presents. Dominic was so excited to get his DS but the thing he loved most was the little ninja's from the vending machine at the movie theatre. He loves those little things. Alyssa was really excited to get her friendship bracelet making kit. I told her it was all sold out and that she wasn't going to be getting it because I couldn't find it anywhere. So I wrapped it up in a huge box and when she opened it she was so excited.

Afterward we went to Grandma's for yummy frenchtoast breakfast and opened more presents. She spoiled the kids rotten as always. Cale gave them fun presents too! It was a good Christmas.

The gifts santa left.

The tree after santa finished wrapping.

Cheeks was so excited and tired.

Dominic got his blue DS!

Briella just kept hitting the presents. We've been telling her to not touch the presents. So when we handed it to her to open she just kept looking at me, like ya right mom i'll just get in trouble.

Alyssa got her Udraw for the Wii.

Her Glow dome!

Huge art kit from Grandma

Her friendship bracelet making kit!

Dominic helping Briella with her new toy.

We got Shelby and new camera from us and Cale. She was so happy with it and her Ipod.

I told Cheeks to Smile!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Eve

2010-12-24T14:53:00.001-07:00

Usually for Christmas Eve we go to Jose's aunts. But, this year Alyssa asked to stay home. So we stayed home and made cookies for Santa. The kids opened one present each and put on their Christmas pajamas. It was nice to stay home and just hang out as a family.

I told cheeks to sit down and say cheese! Oh how fast they learn.

Dominic and Alyssa saying cheese.

All three kids

Alyssa helping cheeks open her Christmas PJ's.

Gingerbread houses!

2010-12-16T14:31:00.000-07:00

Audrey, Valerie and their kids came over to make gingerbread houses. It was lots of fun. Dominc had more fun playing toys than decorating the house.

Alyssa did most of it.

All the kids and their houses.

The kids pretending to eat their houses. Look at Xander. That face is priceless.

I look awesome in glasses.

I passed!

2010-12-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

I finished my second semester of college and passed with a 3.6 GPA. I've managed to knock out all my prereqs for the nursing program in 2 semesters. I have 4 classes left until I can apply for the nursing program. Ready set go!

Temple Square

2010-12-12T14:16:00.000-07:00

Christmas at temple square. It's always so fun to go up with the kids and family and see the lights and walk around. It was such a nice day and not too cold.

Tubing!

2010-12-04T02:31:00.000-07:00

For Jose's work Christmas party this year. American Family decided to take everyone tubing up at Gorganza. It's a tubing place in Park City. It was so much fun! The kids loved it.

Dominic picking a tube. Red of course his favorite color.

Alyssa coming down the smaller hill. There is a small one and a higher one.

Alyssa and her tube!

The escalator. Best part of it was no hiking up hills!

Jose...

It was a fun day!

Happy Thankgiving!

2010-11-25T02:23:00.000-07:00

WOW, I didn't take one picture this Thanksgiving which also doubled as my birthday. My mom made a fabulous dinner. It was yummy as always. Good way to celebrate a birthday.

This year i'm thankful that I finally started school and got it underway. I'm thankful for my family, friends, and especially my three adorable kids!

Happy Birthday to me and Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Harry Potter 7

2010-11-19T02:18:00.000-07:00

It's here! It's out and it was EPIC. I can't wait for the final installment of this movie. I loved the Harry Potter books. Valerie, Alisha, Jen and I all hit the midnight showing.

Fun Fall Photos

2010-11-16T02:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't done Briella's 1 year old pictures yet so I took her and Alaina's girls to the railroad tracks to see if I could get a few. They turned out much better than I though they would. Here are a few.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T21:39:00.004-06:00

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. You forget how much work it is! Dominic is a GI Joe Ninja, Alyssa is a spider witch, and Briella is Minnie Mouse.

Right Before the ward party. Only way to get Briella to sit still was to give her a sucker.

Alyssa's hair was so much fun. No that is not a wig!

Before school, striking a pose. LOL

My little mouse!

ALyssa's water as we were trying to wash her hair. LOL..

Pumpkins!

2010-10-23T20:39:00.000-06:00

Dominic painting his Ninja turtle pumpkin at Grandma's. So cute!

Alyssa's making her witch. She even took a nut and put on it's nose as a wart! She's so creative. We didn't help her at all with painting this pumpkin.

Dominc after he plastered Leo with Glitter. LOL.

My Sparkly vampire pumpkin! I know I know vampires don't have teeth. You couldnt' tell what it was with out!

Leo! The sparkly ninja turtle.

Alyssa's witch. This was before the wart. But still so creative.

Gardner Village Breakfast with a Witch

2010-10-23T08:58:00.000-06:00

Gardner Village breakfast witha witch! Gardner Village does breakfast with a witch every year for 10 dollars a person. They kids get pancakes, eggs, bacon, and other goodies along with a short little show from the witches. These women are so entertaining.

Itsy Bitsy Witch with her pet spider!

Valerie and I trying to strike a pose at the breakfast with a witch. We were tired after a really late night before. Valerie's wig is awesome.

Cheeks with the squeeky mouse from the table.

Ghetto witch Shelby with cheeks.

Me and my little witch.

These two are trouble.

Trying to do the witch face! This is going to become an annual tradition. It was so much fun. I wish I would have noticed earlier there was a smudge on the lense of my camera. Ugh.. at least there are a few good photos.

Witches Night Out!

2010-10-22T21:21:00.000-06:00

Wow. I don't know why we haven't done this before. It was a blast! We all decked out as witches outta control make up. It was crazy fun! Gardner Village was insane but at least we know what to expect and plan for next year. Oh and food and Cheesecake factory! Can't beat that!

Valerie took us to get our makeup done at MAC. It turned out awesome!

Jenny, Alaina, Valerie, Me and Alisha.

Ha ha.. I love this sign.

Valerie, Alaina, Jen, Me, Alisha

Alisha and I with the Grim reaper.

Probably the only guy up there. LOL.. leave it to Jen to cop a feel.

Us with the Gardner Village Witches.

Dominic's First day of School

2010-09-07T20:15:00.000-06:00

Dominic started his first day of school today. He is going to Valley View Elementry with Ms. Kristy. The school is great i'm really excited he'll be going 4 days a week this year. He had to make a, all about me poster.

It says: I like to eat: Arepa and popsicles

I like to play with: Friends, toys and my dog Leo

Places I like to go: Grandma's and the Park

Something special about me:

"I'm handsome"

"I'm a big brother and a little brother"

First Day of School.

2010-09-01T22:37:00.000-06:00

Alyssa is now offically in 3rd grade! She started school this Wednesday at the new Quail Run Charter School. She was excited, nervous and a little anxious too. I love that she now has a uniform it just makes things so much easier with my little diva who is so particular with her clothes. It'll be a fun and interesting year. She's so smart and super excited that she gets to have Spanish classes in school everyday. Good Luck Alyssa!

Randy and Joelle's Wedding

2010-08-28T17:55:00.000-06:00

They new Mr. and Mrs. Randy and Joelle Jepperson!

The beautiful flower girl!

Randy with his other mother and cheeks!

Princess Cheekies

My handsome boy.. doing things he's not supposed to.

Briella's Walking!!

2010-08-16T15:48:00.001-06:00

Briella started walking today! She's so stinking cute. She just turned 11 months.

Utah Lake...

2010-08-16T14:02:00.000-06:00

For the first time all summer I got to go out on the lake. Luckily I have really cool friends who will let me tag along with them and bring my kids. The kids had a blast swimming and trying to kneeboard. Shelby got up on the kneeboard. Alyssa tried but just ended up belly boarding. Briella loved just going a long for the ride.

Shelby and Cheeks.

Alaina and Kycee

Shelby on the kneeboard.

Briella about asleep on the boat

Up on the kneeboard! Way to go Shelby!

Kara, Alyssa, Koya, Dominic and Angela's little guy Jason

Alaina and I. Our cute babies.

Alyssa.

Cheeks!! She was so cute in this jacket.

Kara on the kneeboard.

11 months

2010-08-15T12:55:00.000-06:00

Briella is 11 months old. I can't believe it's been a year already since she blessed our family. She has grown so much and her little personality is so much fun. She's so happy and loves to give kisses.She waves bye bye, and hi. She also does big girl. If you ask her who's a big girl she'll put her hands above her head. She loves to play peekaboo. She will hide her face anywhere. She's on a great schedule and doing awesome with out her binkie. I tried to take her bottle away. She's not doing so well on the regular milk. I think I might have to put her on soy. So I put her back on the formula for one more month.

Her schedule goes.

8:30-9:00 Get up and morning bottle.

10:00-breakfast

11-12:30 morning nap.

1:00 bottle

1:30-lunch

2:30-5:00-afternoon nap

6:00-dinner

8:00-bottle

8:30-bed

Swimming Lessons

2010-07-22T22:50:00.000-06:00

We now have two swimmers in the family. Dominic is finally swimming. Next summer I think i'll put both of them on the summer swim team. Alyssa is doing awesome and just graduated from level 5 of swimming and Dominic is in level 3. Briella and I did our first session of mom and me. She loved it for the most part.

Alyssa coming in under water.

She's getting awfully good.

Dominic..

Deadman float.

Me and Cheeks right before Mom and me class. Don't mind my huge belly.

Happy Baby.

Right after coming out of the water. She's gotten really good at holding her breath after you count to 3. She does awesome. It's amazing how fast they learn.

Shelby did awesome taking all these pictures for me because I was in the water. Thanks Shelby.

10 Months!

2010-07-15T22:39:00.000-06:00

Briella is 10 months. She's getting so big. She's eating everything in her sight. She's into everything and all over the place. I had to take her into the Dr to have a shot that they didn't have at her 9 month. She was 17lbs 3oz and 27 inches long. Moving her to the 10th percentile in weight and 25th percentile for her height. She's getting so big so fast. She's all over the place and into everything. She loves to play in the toilet paper and runs as fast as she can to get my phone if she sees it's put down. She started playing peekaboo and standing on her own a little here and there. She'll be walking sooner than my other two did. We love this little girl more and more everyday. Her personality is so sweet and she's so easy going and mellow. She loves her Grandma and screams when Dominic gets too close. Such a happy baby!

Happy Birthday Dominic.

2010-07-10T22:09:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Dominic! We can't believe our little boy is 4. He wanted a Buzz and Woody birthday with swimming. So we used Valerie's clubhouse at the cambria pool to go swimming and have a little party. All his friends came and he was spoiled. Happy Birthday Dominic!

Dominic and his amazing cake Kristi made him.

Swimming!

Shelby

Alyssa..

Koya, Dominic, Buzz, and Nolan

Valerie and Xander

Aiden, Owen and Dominic

Goofy Boys!

Dominic got a new Scooter for his birthday!

Grandma and pretty baby.

Swimming fun..

Alaina and Koya

Cheekie princess.

Love this cake!

Dominic's Amazing cake! Even Buzz and Woody are made from fondant!

Last Softball Game

2010-07-07T21:54:00.000-06:00

Alyssa played softball this year again. Scott and Robyn coached the team. He's such a good coach. It's fun for Alyssa to play with one of her best friends on the team. They were the white sox this year. Good job girls.

Alyssa batting..

Scott pitching to Alyssa.

Maleah up to bad.

Marshmellow + Chocolate Cereal + Briella =

2010-07-07T20:46:00.000-06:00

A BIG GIANT STICKY MESS!

Thanks Grandma....

Venezuelan Barbeque without my Venezuelan.

2010-07-05T19:47:00.004-06:00

After the parade and a nap. We met up with friends at the Battlecreek Park. Danny barbequed some awesome meat and we had corn and other goodies. Then went back to Freitas's house for some fireworks and some ice cream cake. What a good day. The kids had a blast.

Dominic eating his yummy food.

He had a rough day. He had bandaids all over.

Never thought the day would come where Danny Freitas would start cooking.

Audrey being adorable.. ha ha.

Cute girls.. Ari and Alyssa.

Valerie is trying to fly.. lol.

Two of my favorite girls.

Princess cheekies eating dinner.

Bubs and Nickers.

We are so cute! Happy Independance Day.

Provo Parade

2010-07-05T16:45:00.000-06:00

On Monday the 5th, we for some crazy reason decided to get up at 5am and go down to watch the Provo Parade. The kids were so tired even Briella let me hold her to sleep.

Alyssa trying to stay awake.

Grandma got pancakes from McDonalds for the kids. Cheekie got one.

Cool How to Train a Dragon Float.

Shelby... trying to stay awake.

My Sleeping beauty.

Stadium of Fire

2010-07-03T16:14:00.000-06:00

I love the 4th of July. Every year we get tickets to the Stadium of Fire. This year Jose went to visit his family in Venezuela for the first time in 6 years. He was really excited. So I braved the Stadium alone with my mom and Shelby. It was really good this year. Carrie Underwood was the highligh preformer and she was so good live.

Pretty girls.

Haggie, Nick and Alyssa waiting for the show to start.

My baby girl.

Family Pictures

2010-06-26T23:07:00.000-06:00

Best family one out of the bunch! At least we got one with everyone looking

Briella.. 9 months. She's so cute!

My handsome boy!

My Alyssa.

All three of the rugrats. We attempted. Briella just wanted to crawl and Dominic couldn't sit still.

Jose and I. Still love this guy.

Love this one too but Dominic wouldn't keep his hands out of his mouth. I could photoshop it. Haven't had the time though.

I had to throw this one in there. It's not my favorite but... just to remember the awesome guy that came out and yelled at us for taking picutres on his porch.

Alyssa's Baptism

2010-05-01T22:39:00.000-06:00

Wow! I still can't believe it. My Alyssa was baptized. She looked so beautiful and was so excited to be baptized today. She is such an amazing little girl. I amso proud of her today. It is always so amazing to see Jose give his kids blessings. It was especially neat to watch him baptize and confirm his daughter. There was an amazing spirit with her today and i'm so blessed to be her mom. We are so lucky to have the Gospel. I am grateful for it everyday.

Alot of her family and friends were there at her baptism. We shared the baptism with another little girl in the stake so the people that contributed to the program on Alyssa's side where:

Shelby gave the opening prayer,
Rina played piano,
Ana conducted,
We sang, "I am a Child of God",
Trina Vickers gave the talk on baptism,
Alyssa's Dad baptized her,
Maurice and Jared where the witnesses
Jared gave a talk on Confirmation,
Jose confirmed her and Tristan, Maurice, Bishop Adamson, Jared, and Chad were in the circle.
The bishop spoke and told Alyssa her name mean't Truth,
We sang, "When I was Baptized",
The closing prayer was given by the other little girls Grandma.

I never want Alyssa to forget this special day! We are so proud of you princess!

Alyssa and Jose in their whites.

In the bathroom right after coming out of the water in her darling baptism towel that Kira made for her. Kira also made the beautiful dress she is wearing. The towel says: "I will always choose the right."

Shelby, Grandma and Alyssa

Are attempt at a family photo. Dominic was being a goofball.

My Mom, Valerie and Shelby

Rina

Ana and Tristan

Liz, Luz, Laudy, Maurice and Elizabeth

Mom and Teenie fat cheeks. She really wanted the apple Valerie was holding.

Valerie and I! 12 lbs down... i'm getting there.

Dominic's Field Trip

2010-04-27T22:19:00.000-06:00

Dominic had his field trip today to the Thanksgiving Point farm. It was a little chaotic but the kids had a blast! He's getting so big. I can't believe he's wrapping up his first year of preschool. He knows all his letters and sounds. He can spell his name and tell you his birthday and his phone number. We are working on his address. I love this little boy.

He loves riding the horse.

Who said God didn't have a sense of humor? I love looking at all the different animals and wondering what He was thinking.

He loves the goats he was really upset when I wouldn't put him over the fence.

Feeding the baby calf.

Alyssa is 8

2010-04-24T22:39:00.000-06:00

Alyssa had her birthday party today to celebrate the big 8! I can't believe how time has flown. This little girl has grown to be beautiful, intelligent and so loving. She will be getting baptized next Saturday. She wanted a makeover party. My friend Ashley did the girls hair all up and we did glitter eyes and nails. Then a fun photoshoot with Jacob! They had so much fun.

Happy birthday Alyssa! LOVE YOU!!

Her cake

Ashlee, Alyssa, Maleah, Emily, Angel, Mckenzie

Shelby, Kyler and Alyssa

Grandma and Ky Ky

Gotta add Teenie Fat Cheeks

Cale letting Maleah do his nails. She thought this was the greatest thing ever.

He let each girl paint one nail.

His manicure!

Alyssa and Emily

Briella went on a few walks. She loved riding in the wagon.

Yummy!

Alyssa and Jacob!

Strike a POSE!

Laudie, Madison, Angel, Alyssa, Ashlee, Mckenzie, Luz, Emily, Aliya, Liz, Maleah, Shelby.

Goofy

Happy Birthday to you!

She's up to something!.. She tricked me and blew out a candle on a cupcake first

Make a wish!

Shelby's 12!

2010-04-22T23:18:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Shelby!!

Check out that spread!

Isn't she cute!

7 months

2010-04-15T22:22:00.000-06:00

My baby girl is 7 months old today! She learned to sit up, crawl and hold her own bottle this month. She is such a sweet happy baby. She's so much fun. She rarely cries. She weighs in at 14.6 lbs on my scale. She's just a tiny little thing. She now into everything. She loves to crawl unter the table and to follow her brother arounds. She's starting to say more syllables like na na na and da da da.. and when she's really mad she'll say ma ma ma. LOL. She is forever dubbed Teenie Fat Cheeks. She kicks and squeels when her dad gets home. She's such a happy baby!

She's on a great schedule she is eating at 8am, then she plays and eats a fruit at about 11, takes a nap from 11-2 and then eats a bottle at 2 then solids again at 4 and another bottle at 8 and to bed at 9.

She is always getting stuck in her crib.

Big Smiles!

My Girls

Student of the Month

2010-04-12T22:15:00.001-06:00

Alyssa was given student of the Month for March 2010 today in the schools monthly assembly. She didn't know. She was so surprised and excited. I'm so proud of her!

Texas Roadhouse

2010-04-06T22:10:00.000-06:00

Three of my favorite girls!

My mom and her kids all together.

Attack of the Whiffle Ball

2010-04-05T22:05:00.000-06:00

My Alyssa is very talented! She managed to get her ring finger stuck in a whiffle ball. We had to cut her finger out. I tried to get her to let me take a picture but she wouldn't until her finger was out. I had to document it of course! LOL

Easter Fun!

2010-04-04T21:40:00.000-06:00

Easter was a lot of fun this year. Dominic was finally into the Easter Egg hunt and I wasn't pregnant! We went down to Genola to Alaina's sisters house for the egg hunt and for Kycee's birthday. It was freezing cold outside the kids were frozen when they were done but got a lot of candy. Saturday night we colored Easter eggs. Sunday we watched General Conference and the Easter Bunny made his appearence and brought a few goodies. Sunday night we went to my mom's for dinner and had a FHE on the Atonement and what Easter was really all about!

Dominic running to keep warm and trying and get candy at the same time. He had so much fun even though it was freezing.

Alyssa waiting for the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. It was SO COLD

Alaina's sister has cute little goats Dominic loved chasing them around.

We went to dye Easter eggs at Valerie's house Saturday night.

Hard at work!

She loves painting and anything to do with colors. She had so much fun coloring easter eggs.

Dominic's basket

Alyssa's basket and skirt

Alyssa with her Easter basket

Dominic with his Easter basket

Briella's first Easter!! She was so excited over her new toy!

The girls in their Easter outfits

My girls!

Makeover

2010-04-02T21:36:00.000-06:00

Alyssa and her friends gave each other make overs.. it was pretty dang funny!

Messy Face

2010-04-01T21:31:00.000-06:00

Briella started eating solids today. She's eating pears first. Yummy!

Briella is Crawling!

2010-04-01T18:13:00.000-06:00

Briella starting scooting.. she's getting fast!

She loves to get on her knees and rock back and forth.

She's getting so big!

Briella is sitting!

2010-03-28T18:07:00.000-06:00

My baby girl is sitting up all by herself!!! She's so big.

6 months

2010-03-16T16:24:00.005-06:00

Briella turned 6 months old yesterday. She is so much fun. She's a tiny little thing. We call her Teenie Fat Cheeks. She went to the doctor and weighed in at 13.6lbs and was in the 3rd percentile. She's in the 25 percentile for her height and the size of her head. Her schedule has been 6 oz of formula every 4 hours. She's eating about 7:30 and then goes back to bed till 9. She will get up and play till 12 then eats and naps till 2:30 and then eats again 5 has a short nap at night and goes to bed at 9. She's still sleeping from 9-7:30 am. I finally got her on the normal formula and off the Nutramagen. It took one feeding of force feeding her regular formula to get her to switch. She's such a happy baby.

Transformer Teeth

2010-03-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

I took Dominic into the dentist for his check up and come to find out he grinds his teeth in his sleep. He totally had taken all the enamel off his back teeth. In 8 months they had gotten horrible. They had to sedate him and have them capped. When he woke up the dentist told him he had Transformer teeth. He was very excited!

Happy Birthday Jose

2010-03-09T21:45:00.003-07:00

Happy 33rd Birthday Jose! Love you!

Jose and Rina. They have the same bifthday.

Tucanos!

Star of the Week.

2010-03-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is the the star of the week at school. We had to put together a picture poster of her favorite things. She said her favorite food was homemade pizza. So we made homemade pizza.

YUM!

She said her favorite thing to do at home is play Dance, Dance on the Wii.

She also said her favorite subject in school is math! We definately need to write that one down!

I love this little girl. She's growing up so fast and is so smart and beautiful. We couldn't be prouder of our little princess.

Transformer Teeth!

2010-03-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

I took Dominic to the dentist to have a check up. Come to find out he grinds his teeth when he is asleep. He has totally taken all the enamal off his back teeth. So the dentist had to cap them. We took him in and they gave him a shot to put him to sleep. He woke up and the dentist told him he had Transformer teeth. He was very excited and thinks it's very cool.

Twilight Moms in Midway!

2010-02-27T21:35:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a lot of fun for me. My TwilightMOM or Twi-sters went to Midway to getaway for the weekend. There were 17 girls, we put sparklies in our hair, painted our nails and ate lots of Chocolate. We laughed, cried, and stayed up super late (5am). I have grown to adore these girls. There are so many amazing people! Thanks again to Joree for letting us crash at her parents beautiful home in Midway.

The next night we went to see a play and the Desert Star Theatre and had dinner at Macaroni Grill. What an amazing weekend.

Alyssa's Bed

2010-02-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

Alyssa got a new bed. It's a bunk bed but we are using it as a loft bed right now with the crib underneath. It's working out great. The bedding was made by Kira. She did a great job and it's so cute in there. We just need to put up the vinyl flowers and it'll be all done. FINALLY!

Five Months

2010-02-15T21:40:00.002-07:00

My Briella is 5 months old. I can't believe how big she is. She's rolling all over. She discovered her toes and loves to play with them. She is constantly eating her fingers and drooling all over. She's got two teeth in the bottom front. She loves her bumbo chair and her jumperoo. She laughs at her brother and giggles when her sister enters the room. She babbles and coos. This little girl is so happy and sweet she makes everything all better with her sweet smile!

She's still eating 6oz ever 4 hours. She sleeps through the night from 9-8.

Jump on It!

2010-02-15T19:30:00.001-07:00

Kira, Valerie, and all the kids came to play! Kira and I really need to get our kids together more often. They had a ton of fun together at Jump On It.

Alyssa, Madison and Aliya

Alyssa trying her splits.

Go Shelby!

Little Joe.

2nd Tooth

2010-02-12T19:21:00.000-07:00

Briella got her second tooth! Her bottom right came through today. Why stop at one? She's gonna have a mouth full before she's a year!

Bowling

2010-02-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

Alyssa wanted to do something fun because there was no school. So we decided to go bowling. Let's just say they had a lot of fun. Dominic and Nolan had fun bowling too. Dominic threw the ball in the other lane. Tried to run down the bowling lane to discover it was slippery and ended up sliding down most of it. It was a pretty eventful day. Dominic said it was a lot harder than the Wii!

McKenzie, Alyssa and Ashley

Nolan, Xander, and Dominic

Awesome bowling shoes

Dominic bowling

Alyssa bowling.. i'm not sure why this was blurry.. oh well.

Briella's Blessing

2010-02-07T21:07:00.000-07:00

We blessed Briella today. Jose did great. Thanks for all who came.

All those who stood in the circle

Our little family

The whole group

Jose and I

Mommy and baby girl

Kaouk Family

Grandma and Shelby

Tia Ana.. she looks more like her daughter than mine...lol

Tia Rina

1st tooth!

2010-02-05T19:17:00.003-07:00

Briella got her first tooth today! The bottom left tooth. I had no idea this little girl was even teething! Sure she's been drooling and grumpy but who would have thought at 4 months she would have been teething?
Well there it is!

Jose's a Citizen!

2010-02-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

After 9 years and a whole lot of money. Jose is a US Citizen. He was sworn in today at the Rose Wagner Theatre along with 203 other people . It's so nice to know we don't have to deal with immigration ever again and that he can vote and have all the other blessings that we enjoy as citizens. I also couldn't help throwing in a few pictures of the kids.

Naturalization Certificate

Right after he was sworn in.

Alyssa

My sweet baby girl.

Dominic.

Briella's New Trick!

2010-02-02T22:25:00.004-07:00

We are rolling!!! Briella started officially rolling tonight....all over the place. She's done it a few times when she's gotten really mad or upset. Now she's all over the place! The best part about it is hearing her giggle when she finally gets back to her belly or back.

I had to throw this one in.. look at that hair! Unbelievable!

Blessing Dress..

2010-01-27T00:03:00.005-07:00

We are blessing Briella on February 7th. I took a few photos today of her in her dress. It's so hard to take them by yourself when they are so little. Either that or I haven't figured it out yet. I can't get her to smile she's too facinated with the camera in my hand! Well here is what we got!

This one is my favorite.

Her cute little pedicure!

Big smiles

She just wanted to eat the dress.. lol

4 Months!

2010-01-15T23:49:00.004-07:00

Briella is 4 months old today. She loves sitting in the bumbo chair and her bath. She is talking and cooing alot and drooling in buckets! She's eating 6 1/2 ounces and is still only awake for about an hour after she eats. She's so happy. Smiles, laughs and really only cries when she's hungry. We got her ears pierced on January 11th with some cute little rhinestone flower stud earrings. She still sleeps from about 8:30 at night till 9:00 in the morning. She's definatley my textbook baby.

I took her in for her 4 month check up and shots and she was 11lbs 1oz and in the 5th percentile for her weight. She was 23 inches long and in the 10 percentile for her height. Her head measured at 40 centimeters and was in the 25 percentile. She's just a tiny little thing and so happy and fun.

Matching Hair!

2010-01-09T23:44:00.000-07:00

The other morning Jose got up to make Briella a bottle and I noticed they had the excat same hair do. This poor kid's hair is outta control.

2010

2010-01-01T23:00:00.005-07:00

This New Years we had plans to go to Payson with some friends for a pajama party. Well we had a little surprise ( more details to come ) and we changed our minds and went to the Venzuelan party. I called Cale's girlfriend Nicole and asked her to curl my hair and we headed over to the church for New Years Even. I totally forgot to take pictures until about the end. Here are a few.

Jose and I.. I swear he does know how to smile!

Alyssa in her party dress and her new hair cut!

Alyssa and Mom..

Valerie and I..

Trying to get Dominic to hold still long enough for a photo!

Briella slept through the New Year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Briella Laughs

2009-12-30T22:53:00.000-07:00

Today we got Briella to finally laugh! She would squeal and get excited but she wouldn't laugh out loud. Tonight she thought it was pretty funny to put her hand on my nose. It was so cute! She's also finally grabbing toys.