Our vacation

We just got home a few days ago from a road trip to Oregon. We went to visit with my family and also to have a memorial for my grandma who passed away 6 months ago. We had a great time and the time flew by, we weren't ready to leave yet.
Day 1, Sunday 6/14 We left at 2AM and drove to San Francisco. We made it there by about 8AM. We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and stopped for a quick picture.



We stopped there for breakfast and got gas. We continued up the coast and headed for the Redwoods. Daniel was really good in the car. He slept a lot and was up some too!

We took Daniel's little train that he loves to push around, good thing we did, he used it the whole trip! This is him at a rest stop in Northern CA.

We made in to the Redwoods in the afternoon and pretty much just drove through it. It was a little rainy out. We did stop once and walked on a little trail to take pictures of course!


We stopped that night in Crescent City, near the Oregon border. We had already booked a room before we left. We got dinner and went straight to bed. It was a really long day but really a gorgeous drive!!
It's late so I promise to be back with more of our trip tomorrow!! Good night!

Happy Birthday to my baby boy!

I can't believe a year has gone by since our baby boy has been with us! It seems like yesterday that we brought him home! We have enjoyed each moment, well most! haha! Friday was his birthday but we had a party yesterday for him! We had a great turn out and lots of food and fun! Here are some pictures from the day! Thanks Michelle for photographing for me! I wouldn't have been able to get these without your help!

a quick post

The last few weekends we have begun to get ready for Daniel's party! I kept putting off his invitations because I wanted to make them. this weekend I finally had to sit down and make them. They are very simple! I made 21 of these Saturday and Sunday! I made them all pretty much like this one but I used different birthday ribbons that I had. They are in the mail and that's what counts!!

Doing these made me want to scrapbook but I just need to find some time!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just a quick post to say Happy Mother's Day! I hope all you mommy's out there in blogland had a great day! I had a great 1st Mother's Day! It started yesterday morning getting a break and going to get a mani& pedicure! It felt great, my toes can finally be out! :) Then we headed to Newport Beach to Fashion Island and ate there at the Cheesecake Factory, one of our fav's! It was sucha beautiful day out that we didn't want to come home yet so we went to one of my favorite beaches, COrona Del Mar. We walked around for a little while until it was too cold for the little guy. Today we had brunch out with my mom and family and dinner with dh's mom and family. it was a great weekend! Here are a few pictures from the weekend!


Daniel and his cousin Hanna! I thought it was cute he was holding her up!

And one of Daniel getting into trouble this week!


Have a great week!

Happy Belated Easter!

I'm a little late but I hope you had a great Easter! We had a great weekend! We celebrated Easter all weekend. My brother and I convinced my mom to do her Easter on Saturday to help us out, it makes it so much nicer to not be rushed to go somewhere else! We had a great meal! Daniel even had an Easter egg hunt. My mom hid a few eggs in the front yard, she couldn't resist. Then Sunday we went to my dh's moms side of the family at the park. They have a very large family and have to all meet at a park. We go almost every year. There were some fun games, including one where I was blind folded...my dad got some pictures will have to try and get them. We invited my parents along so they wouldn't have to be at home alone. It was a lot of fun but a very long day. Daniel did pretty good. Here are a few pictures I have gotten from my dad, I still need to download mine.:(




I actually scrapbooked last week and got 4 pages done! I was off last week so I squeezed in some time for a few pages. I would have liked to do more but that's all I could get in. I will post those soon!

Today was back to work! :( It was hard to wake up. I am already waiting for the weekend! Well I will be back sooner than last time with more pictures! Have a great week!

more to share

Well I will start with the bad news. Joe's grandpa suffered from a massive heart attack on Thursday. It was not good news. He has been having many angina attacks for months now. On Saturday we all went as they did not think he would make it. Today he passed away. I was not able to be there but Joe and his family were with him when he passed. he will be greatly missed. Here is a picture of him from Christmas! He loved his great grandbabies and was always so thankful that he was able to see them!

We are just thankful that he is no longer in pain! We love you grandpa!

Just had to share these....

Joe had them delivered to my work! I have never had flowers delivered to me from him, I was so surprised! Loved them!

And a few pictures of Daniel of course.

Playing with my new piano from Miss Alyson! Thanks Alyson!

Love my sweet potatoes and green beans!

I'll ba back soon! Happy Tuesday!

Finally Back!

I am finally back to update my blog! Things have been so busy since I have been back to work. It seems like just about every weekend we have had something going on. I think things are slowing done a little. We have also all been sick since the beginning of January. Daniel had his first ear infection. He is finishing up some meds for that and feeling much better! Thank goodness! i hope we are done for a little while.

One Valentine's day Joe woke up and wanted to go somewhere to get out of the house, he had been home sick for 3 days. So we decided to go to the local mountains to see the snow! We called his brother and his family to join us. We stopped in Ontario at a new shopping center called Victoria Gardens. It's huge! We did a little shopping and continued on our way. We only got out for a little while, it was hard to stay out too long with two little ones but we did get out long enough to take pictures!




Joe and his brother wanted to bring some snow home, think they got enough? The neighbor kids enjoyed it! We really didn't play much but it sure was a beautiful drive!

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! I hope to be back sooner next time!

Happy New Year!

Ok I just deleted my post so I will try this again!

Happy 2009! Wow what a year it has been, so glad to start off fresh! 2008 had some bad and some good. My family lost four loved ones in 08. It was really hard to lose so many so close together, I hope this year will be better. BUT also the good, we had a beautiful baby boy! I know the 2009 will be filled with many firsts and we can't wait to experience them with our little guy!

For the first time since Joe and I have been together we went out for New Year's. We went to his brother's house for an appetizer party. It was small but a great time. My parents also joined us and we played some games and of course ate way too much! Daniel came along too and did great. He of course did not make it till midnight but fell right asleep in the guest bedroom.

On the 29th he turned 7 months! I know I say this every month but gosh time is flying! Seems like yesterday we brought him home! We love him to pieces! He is starting the year off with his first tooth~ We noticed it yesterday right below the gum line. SO it explains why he has been so fussy! Hopefully it pops out soon! Here are a few pictures on his 7 month birthday! We hung out that day with his little friend Aidan who also turned 7 month the same day! Of course I forgot my camera again!!

And a few pictures from Christmas day!





Happy New Year to you all! Thanks for reading my blog this last year, I know it's not the best but I appreciate all who visit! Thanks! Have a blessed New year!

scrappin time!

For Christmas I asked for a Making Memories Slice and my parents surprisingly got it! So last night I finally got a chance to sit down and play with it! I really like how small it is and yet it does so much! I scrapped 4 pages last night afterwards and have done 2 today! I am going back to work next week and know I won't have time for a while. I kept them all simple because I am months behind. Here is one I did today. I realized after I finished it that I forgot to leave room to journal. Oops!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! We are on our way to my parents for Christmas #2 today. Daniel has already made out, I can't imagine how many more toys he is going to get! Have a great day!

Pictures to come. We got our new camera and have taken a lot already!

A tough day!

Wow this week I have been on an emotional roller coaster. It started on Monday. We took Daniel to his new babysitter's. He did great but I was a mess. I made it through. Joe came with us. Then Tuesday came and I had to take him alone and I think it was even tougher. Thursday he already had to miss. Friday I was doing great but on the way there I got a call from my mom, I knew something was wrong she never calls me at 8am from work. My grandma had been helicopter to a hospital in Los ANgeles. She had a brain aneurysm. The colt was the size of my fist and she was is a coma. My dad was with her all day Friday but it did not look good. This morning I got the call that I knew was coming we had to go say our good byes. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. But to see her there like that made me know that she would be in a better place. We had a priest come and say her last rights and then we had to take her off life support. It was extremely hard!! Our family has lost so many loved ones this year. I don't think I can handle anymore! At this moment though I'm not crying anymore I feel at peace knowing that she is ok now. But please keep my family in your prayers this is going to be an extremely hard Christmas! But also Daniel's first so we will make the best of it!!
Here are a few photos to share of my grandma from last February when she turned 80! Love you Nagymama!



My grandma at Disneyland! She loved going there and even at 80 loved to get on as many rides as she could! I have great memories going there as a kid with her and running on rides before the park would close for the night!

Santa and our tree

We are ready for Christmas! Well almost, I still have shopping to do but our house is all decorated. Yesterday we thought would be the perfect day to go to the mall to see Santa. We have a few busy weekends coming up and figured it was the best time. We got there before Santa arrived. We were 6th in line and waited about a half hour or so. The two babies in front of us both cried and the parents didn't even bother getting a photo. Daniel on the other hand was chatting away in line and loved Santa! At first he just stared up at him and pulled on his beard but when I called his name he looked at me and was laughing away for the camera! He is a little ham!
Here we are in line passing the time.

And here is a scanned copy of the photo we bought.

Next we headed back home to get the truck to go tree shopping! Last year we found a tree called a Grand Fir. it was really pretty and we wanted the same this year. We went to Lowe's and they only had 4! They were dry and muddy! We left and went to Home Depot and they didn't have any. I suggested that we just get a Noble Fir but Joe doesn't like those he says! So we headed to a tree lot. Now I knew before getting out of the truck that it would be like a car lot, someone basically following you around trying to sell you a tree. Sure enough it was! The first young man to help us must have been about 20 or so. He led us to the Grand Firs. We decided that they were way too pricey and we would just go back to Home Depot and get a Noble. But as we tried to walk out an older man asked us why we were leaving and led us back to the area we were in. He basically talked us into a tree! We are suckers! The tree was marked as $70 and we got it for $50 and didn't get charged tax. A little more than we normally pay but it's a nice tree. We got it up last night. Last years tree was much bigger at only $35.00 but we got the tree that Joe wanted so that's what matters! :) Here it is all pretty!

And real quick last night Daniel sat up all by himself!! We were so proud of him! He has been practicing for weeks but was falling over but last night he was sitting up for long periods of time playing and laughing away!

2 new los!

While browsing through blogs I came across a sketch by Emilie Ahern. I tend to print only 4x6's so when I saw the sketch I knew I could use it. So I did! I did two lo's on the same day and both took about 20 minutes each! I love that! My pile of pictures is growing by the minute so I love when I can do a page or two quickly! Here they are, nothing to fancy, just sweet and simple!




I am finishing up a fall book I started. Just need to print some Thanksgiving pictures to add to it. Hopefully I can finish by the end of the week. Speaking of Thanksgiving we had a pretty good one. We started off at my parents house and ate there first. My parents always smoke their turkey, it's the best! I am not a fan of turkey but I loved it smoked! We had some yummy desserts. I fyou know my mom you know she loves to bake! She made something new that she found in her Taste of Home mag and it was yummy, pumokin and chocolate cake! I am also not a fan of pumpkin pies but this was awesome! So enough about food! Then we headed to the in-laws. We had a great dinner, even though we were stuffed from the first round of eating! But then after dinner while we were filling out our wish lists, dh's grandpa was having some chest pains. We ended up having to call 911. He is still in the hospital. He has been having issues with his heart but he is at the point where they can't do much for him. It's really sad! Please keep him in your prayers.
Our first Thanksgiving picture!