PARTY TIME!!!

CAN U BELIEVE IT?? Justin turned 8 last week!! nooooooo!! He has almost lived half his life here with us at home!! My ONLY boy!! I totally get why Aaron was so spoiled!!! whaaaaah!! He had a great birthday party and USA Gym. He and a few of his friends and family were there to celebrate with us. I will just put in some fun pictures and end the boring details! Wished everyone could have come. Why the pictures are yellowish, i have no idea but it's kinda annoying!!

WELCOME, CUTE ELLA!!!

Yesterday we welcomed little Ella into our family!! Why we did it right before a move and a new baby is beyond me?! She came to us by accident or default or something. We weren't even looking. She's 8 weeks old and solid black. Not sure if we are going to be able to keep her yet because Daddy is VERY alergic. We are taking a few days test run. She is just precious and the kids love her. She is spoiled already!!

MEXICAN MAFIA!!!

Just a warning to you all!! These are the three most wanted little Beeners in AZ so if you run into them, BEWARE!! Pay close attention to their gang signs and the little one's finger gestures. (she's the most leathal!) The boy has been known to be "packing", the middle one is mostly known to "split your chin" and the little beener "bites ankles" and anything else she can find while she's down there. Please keep your eyes open.....you never know when they might show up at your door!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

As always the school year comes around again, but this one seemed to come around a lot faster than last year. Maybe because our little Ash started school for her First year....She is such a big girl in Kindergarden at Franklin South! (they took her even though her birthday is late) YAY!!! She was so excited to be a "Big" girl now. Already had homework the very first day! She was thrilled!! Here are some pictures we took this morning of them on their first day. Justin obviously was tired of me taking pictures all the way until he went to class. Forgot he's done this 4 times now!! When's Jenna start school again??? ha!

CAMERA HAS BEEN FIXED!!!

Hello?? So, a month later I get the camera fixed.....better late than never they say. We just got back from a fun vacation which was the REAL sense of urgency to fix the camera. We went to San Diego for a few days. The weather was AMAZING!! 70-78 degrees and cool breezes.....ahhhhhhh. Just what mom needed to cool off my ever growing internal heating system! The first day was LEGO land which would have been fun if the whole United States and China wasn't there too! We waited in line forever just to ride one ride and with Jenna, that will wear you out for a week. They liked their new Pirate Place where they could play in the water though. (can u see all the people??) We were over LEGO land pretty quick and vowed to come back in the OFF OFF OFF season. The second day was the favorite for all of us!! We went to Coronado Island and spent several hours at the beach. We had a great time and found a ton of purple sand dollars. Next time we are stying ON THE BEACH! The last day we went to Sea World but didn't take any pictures!! What the ???? We ordered a lot of room service and swam at the hotel pool a lot! We stayed Downtown San Diego 2 blocks from Petco Park and could hear the crowd cheer!! It was a great vacation, but definitely glad to be home. We are planning on moving September 1st so we have a lot to do before then. YAY!!!

Ok, so this picture was taken like Dec 05'. It's the only picture I could find of our whole Clan together. It's all about the kids anyway right? No one cares what the parents look like every year, so don't complain if you don't see too many shots of Tony and I. Life is completely crazy as it passes day by day and I finally got to a point where I could slow down and start a Blog like the rest of the world..... So hooray for me. Ok, so our family is about to grow by 1 in Sept this year and we are thrilled to be adding Aspen Rae to the "girl" side of the clan. Justin cried for the first few hours after finding out, but realized he would be the ONLY boy and that didn't seem like such a bad idea after a while. Ashley already parades around with babies calling them Aspen and takes very good care to buckle them in the carseat etc with extra care. Jenna on the other hand keeps calling her Ammon (that was our boy name) and trying to shove fruit snacks through my belly button to feed "him". We have painted the nursery finally and are working on getting that ready for our new princess. Justin is turning 8 next month and will be baptized in September. He is crazy as ever and at the same time such a good big brother that's very kind and loving to his sisters. He has more patience than I do with them. Still a mama's boy too.

Then my little Ashley......she is something else. By far our most quiet and independant one. She loves to sing (like all day long) color, and LOVES her ballet classes. This girl colors for at least 2 hours every day....it's CRAZY. She loves to pose for the camera and is definitely the calmest kid we have so far. She is a daddy's girl for sure and a princess for surer. HA.

Don't let the cutesness and the pink floaties deceive you. Jenna has a fabulous disguise and a cute face to boot to hide her evil ways. Ok...so not evil, but close enough. She definitely gives us a run for our money. I can't wait to see what all this agression and strength leads to in her life. She likes to swim, bug Ashley for no apparent reason and wrestle with Justin. She bounces back and forth between "Dad's the best" and "Mom's the best" is what she says. Being the hyper spaz she is, has already had stitches to seal a split in her forehead......i'm sure there's more to come. There is no better job I could possibly have than to be a mother. It has it's trials and I have realized this year it's all about US....Our Family and what we create together here in this Life.