Our forever friends~ The Stuart's

This is a family that we adore! We wish we could be neighbors with them, it's one of those families where our kids are the same ages & play great together & both husbands & wives get along great! That's so hard to find these days. We got the pleasure of spending the weekend with them while getting the rest of our belongings in Iowa. I was even able to do them the favor of shooting a few family photos for them while visiting them. We sure do miss them alot, but we are looking forward to a family trip next Summer.

Fall Festival

This past Wednesday Awana's put on a Fall Festival for all the children. So the kids got to dress up in costume & play different games to earn candy. It was alot of fun for them. Here are a few photos I took prior to the Festival. Enjoy & Happy Halloween Everyone!

Big Boy Brady

Just an update on my Brady Boy, after crying every morning when taking him to school, he is now not only NOT CRYING, he wants me to drop him off 1st before Emma! Wow we've come along way. So proud of my boy! He seems to enjoy it more & more as days, weeks go by. This makes me proud. He is learning how to write his name trace numbers & letters & do art work. He is making new friends he talks about daily which are Rhinehart,Jacob & Andrew, funny 2 are his cousins names, that makes it easy to remember!

This makes 3 !!

Emma lost another bottom tooth! Once it starts wiggling man oh man she is one determined Lil girl to get it out!!




Did the tooth fairy come???

YES SHE DID :) Emma's happy!!

My proud Boys

Right now at their ages the boys seem to fight more over who gets what toy, but the other day they played together and made this long line of cars together, they had so much fun together, now this is how Daddy & Mommy like them to play :)

Cousin time @ Grahalvic Park

While down in O.C. we were so lucky to spend the afternoon with our cousins Gabriel, Abbie & Carly as well as see Grandma Heart. The kids really had a great time. They all get along so well & the weather was awesome! We hate living so far away or we could get used to all these fun play dates with our cousins & Grandparents.



Carly adores Austy as Austy adores her!

A visit to Grandpa & Grandma Riley's

While we were down in O.C. this weekend we went over to see my Dad & Len. The kids are always wanting a ride on Grandpa's Trike. So Grandpa let them sit on it. They thought that was so cool!! Thanks Grandpa! We enjoyed our time with you!

The kids would like...

Mommy to have another baby, but Mommy says "NO WAY" you 3 are enough & all the Lord blessed me with. So I told them to just love on Cousin Annabelle, LOL! And they did!



I enjoyed holding her too!! She's just so cuddly & cozy.

All because two people fell in love

I got the honor of taking some photography portraits for my Sister's babygirl Annabelle. I had taken the same photos of Domi when he was born so my Sister wanted the same of Belle. She is just the sweetest! She's changed already, she's getting the chubby cheeks & more character in her expressions. I can't wait to see her again!!





Auntie Sissy & Beautiful Belley

First Day of School

Today starts first grade for Emma & Pre-Kinder for Brady. Emma was up & dressed by
5:20am & Brady shortly after, can you tell they are Excited!! We got them off to school & they did awesome!! Here are a few pics...I did tear a tear or two! But totally happy for them that there so happy!! LOL





Austy will miss you two! But we will bond alot! Im excited & have been looking forward to it.

Camping Trip to Dogwood

We just spent the week in Dogwood a very beautiful place to camp near Lake Gregory & Lake Arrowhead. We enjoyed the getaway, we spent several days with some awesome camping neighbors of ours by going to Lake Gregory, Hook Creek where there were awesome pools for the kids to splash & swim in, and spent a day with Grandpa & Grandma Riley visiting. We also went into Lake Arrowhead Village & walked the Lake & ate at the nicest Mc Donald's on the patio overlooking the beautiful Lake. We enjoyed s'mores & Rite Aid ice cream,brownies with homemade ice cream made by the kids tossing the ice cream ball down the hill & shaking it up the hill as the returned it to our friend Kristina. The kids had a blast. As well as B & I, with having neighbors with kids we got to enjoy a little time just us:) One of my favorite parts of camping was being all together in our new tent as well as campfires & renting the paddleboards in Lake Gregory (a fun childhood memory of mine)

Melting Mommy's Heart

Brady says "Mommy I want to sing you a love song" i thought oh boy better get my video camera going! So glad I did!! He's my sweet boy!!

Sweet Baby girl

This weekend we drove down to meet my Sister & Mario's new baby girl Annabelle Rose. I think she looks alot like Kelly, she has long fingers & toes & light skin, blue eyes. She is perfect in every way! The kids & I spent most of our day there playing with Domi & holding Miss Annabelle. I get sad living so far away, but then again I have to remember its alot closer than Iowa. I am just so blessed to be an Aunt again!! Congrats Acosta family, she is a beauty!! So happy you got a girl!!