Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Justin and Karenza for the most amazing Lake Powell Trip Ever!!

Yes we went to the amazing Lake Powell and we were in aww! My little brother Justin(not so little anymore, he towers over me)and his girlfriend Karenza are working down there (I don't think we will ever get them to come home). Anyways they hooked us up with an awesome houseboat and speedboat for 7 days. The houseboat was litterally home away from home. It had three full bedrooms a full kitchen, two bathrooms a living room and then also an upstairs bar and slide. Talk about fun!!! The girls were in heaven, loved the water, swam like fish, and slept really good, all I can say is perfect! They also loved being out on the speed boat, we spent alot of time kneeboarding, wakeboarding, tubing, fishing, and sun tanning. Every morning Jaycee got up got her swimming clothes on and was ready to jump in the water, Amaya soon followed her footsteps and they would both be out most of the time before breakfast. The whole family had a blast. Justin and Karenza were awesome entertainment, they helped with everything including the kids and Jaycee was even begging us to leave her there so that they could be her parents lol. Wow, I was a little hurt, but you know Jaycee living by water, having a boat whenever you want, tubbing, and fishing what else would she want right? That is a Jaycee for you! I did try and talk Justin into keeping the girls and he politly said NO, ha ha ha okay I will try again next time. My parents were there as well as Jeff, Lisa and AJ. We all had the best time. We did catch a lot of fish and the girls had a great time catching them with Jaycee's scooby do fishing pole and Amaya's barbie fishing pole, I think they had the best luck of all, I did end up taking over the barbie pole at the end of the trip. Rhandie said if I am a good girl he will get me one of my own! You know hunny my birthday is coming up lol. This was Rhandie and Amaya's first time to Lake Powell and you should have seen their face when we finally got there. It was exciting!! Karenza took some amazing pictures I will post as soon as I get them back from her, and you can see how much enjoyment we all had.
Maybe next year we will get to do it again!!! Thank you to my brother and Karenza for making this happen, there is no way we would have been able to do this without you! Not to mention you both have some awesome tans going on. We love you guys so much and can't wait to see you soon!!!!

Random Thoughts!

Today I just have some random things to blog about. Here it goes, yes we celebrated our Anniversary!!! 6 wonderfully, amazing years together (this is what I say, Rhandie may beg to differ). We didn't really do much, other than go to Lagoon. We arrived about 1:30 and only stayed til about 7:30, yep we are old lol! We went on a a couple of rides and then felt sick, our brains did get shaken baby syndrome and our bellys just didn't feel right. We will leave that stuff to the kids. However on a different note Jaycee and Clint actually went on the same day, totally not planned. We did have a good time just hanging out and going on rides.

We did finally get our pictures done, Yipppeeee! Its been forever. I think the last time we had a family picture done was when Jaycee was about 3-4 years old. Yep she is almost 10, so that tells you how long its been. Sorry Amaya, this is your first. The photographer did an awesome job, thank you so much Steph! You can check them out at www.simplyzenphotography.com she is amazing, and worked very well with us. I have alot of favorites so yeah I can't just pick one.

This weekend we are suppose to go to Idaho, yep you heard right, Idaho. We love that place. So relaxing, peaceful and of course some of our Most Favorite People are there. We all can't wait to meet our newest family member little Brielle. I have quite a library of picures on my phone, but I haven't gotten to hold her yet, I am dying, I need to hold her and smell her head. Yes you heard right, I have this facination with smelling their heads. I still do it to this day poor Amaya, I think that I have done it so long to her that she doesn't even notice anymore. I am a little worried because this morning when the girls woke up they had a little cough, yikes. Never fails! Everytime we are suppose to go on a vacation the girls get sick. Argh maybe I will just leave them at Aunt Sherry's so I can still see the baby.

Going back to this morning Amaya was in heaven. Her daddy was still there when she woke up and that means she gets to snuggle with him. I call her a little snuggle bug. She does perfer to snuggle next to Rhandie in the mornings but at night you better watch out she is all about mommy. If Rhandie even comes over to kiss her she will moan because she thinks he is going to put her to bed, she is so use to mommy putting her to bed.

Also my wonderful, hot hubby has started school, yep he is a school boy again. He is liking it and doing very well getting back into the swing of it. He has his little backpack, school supplies and his laptop, so cute to look at him. On Tuesdays we really don't get to see him because he works and then its straight to school he does't get hom til 10 at night, and yep we are all passed out by then. I am so proud of him! Way to go Hubby! I love you so much!

Back to us not really doing anything for our Anniversary, the reason being is because we are going to Lake Powell at the end of Sept. We need to save our money for that. Justin has hooked us up with a houseboat!!! I can't wait, plus my little monkeys are fish. They love the water and can spend the whole day just playing so I know they will get a kick out of it. We are also going to do some fishing while we are there. Amaya has never fished before, other than pulling the dead ones out of our fish tank. Rhandie has never been to Lake Powell, so its really exciting to him and then Jaycee of course loves to do anything but school. She hasn't been there for a long time, so it will be fun to compare pictures. Thanks so much Justin,can't wait to see you its been a long time!

I know that I have told you all that I would put new pics on, but I don't have new pics on my computer, hubby hasn't had the chance to upload the pics off the camera and put them on the computer, and frankly I am not smart enough to do it , sorry!

Home Sweet Home, boy do we all miss you!

It feels like we have been around the world for the past month and 1/2. We traveled to San Francisco, had a blast. Went to Idaho for two consecutive weekends in a row and of course had a blast, and last of all went to Las Vegas and had a blast. Yes, its time for us to stay home for a while and just recoop. The kids are tired, I am tired and yes the hubby who loves his house is tired. Our next trip will just be for the adults going back to Vegas the end of August. It's a trip worth waiting for.

The last trip to Vegas in which the whole family went was kinda crazy. I swear everytime we go on vacation someone gets sick. For Jaycee it was San Francisco, in which she was miserable, and for poor Aya it was Vegas. Aya came down with a head cold the night before, we were thinking of just bagging the trip and staying home, but the girls were totally psyched to go, so we packed up the SUV and headed to Vegas. Anyone who knows Amaya knows that she hates to take medicine. She won't take it to save her life, its a big fight and usually ends up in a throw up mess. It didn't change on this trip, we begged, we bribed, we fought we tried to say it was candy, yep didn't work. It was hard, and even more hard for her. We did find a medicine and by adding it to Capri Sun and of course ice from the hotel vending machine turned out to be wonderful. She didn't even notice, she thought it was a special Juice made just for her, and yes it was. She would drink it like nothing and ask for more, what is that the same girl? What a disguise the Capri Sun did, whahooo! For the remainder of the night we hung out in front of the hotel at a place called the "Hawaiian Marketplace". Wow what a cool place. It has these outdoor vendors, a bunch of places to eat and of course Hawaiian dancers, what could be better. Well for Aya it would be not having her head hurt like crazy and being all stuffed up, she still enjoyd it and was begging to go back throughout the trip. She even tried to immitate the dancers shaking her hips and moving her hands, it was so cute. She has got moves. Jaycee was pretty entertained by the guy throwing fire and dancing around the fire. She went up and gave him a tip, I know we are starting out kids off early lol. We made it to M&M world, and to the Coke factory, by that time the kids were spent and was time to go back to the hotel and chill. We spent quite a bit of time in the hotel just hanging out. Rhandie on the other hand was in paradise. There was a ton of Filipino foods all around and he wasn't going hungry at all. He wanted to try everyone. We walked into a restaurant and immediatly Amaya and Jaycee smelled it and said, "We are not eating here," so funny, okay so we dropped off Lola and Rhandie and the two girls and I headed to KFC. Yeah thank goodness for the good old fried chicken. That was our deal we would drop off Lola and Rhandie and we would head somewhere else. That way everyone would be happy. We had fun, wish everyone was feeling good and it wasn't so hot. The temp there was over 100* argh, hot hot hot. It was funny to see the girls expressions when they saw all the naked girls photos laying all over the ground, hummm what do you tell the kids they are for. Just don't look at the ground keep your eyes up, I mean what can you say? They are everywhere and they are handing them out like candy, yep Vegas not a very kid friendly place. We also took the kids to the Adventure Dome in Circus Circus, they loved it. Totally cool place for kids.

Amaya did have her Dance Recital and yes she did awesome. So pretty and we went over her staying in her spot and also not trying to flash the audience. On the rehersal she didn't understand that lifting up her dress was so cute but not really appropriate, and staying in her line and not running over the other kids was also a good thing. On her recital she did perfect. She was even the "Leader" as Sabby called her. She had her moves down, stayed in her spot and no flashing. We did record it so you will all have to check it out. At the end she was pretty tired, but still went out there and shook her booty, man she was getting down and enjoying herself. So cute!!!!
It is just nice to be home and hopefully we can stay home for a while. Relax, enjoy the outdoors because right now in Utah the temps are staying in the mid 80*'s. Ahh sitting outside swinging with a popsicle. Yummy!!!

We are back!

I know we have been back for a little while now and still I have not logged on to tell you all how it went. It was awesome! The girls really enjoyed Circus Circus, and we ended up with a ton of stuffed animals. They played the games really well and Jaycee was super good at this Dog game where you have to get as many balls into his mouth to win. She won twice even against adults. Thats my girl, you go girl. Amaya loved the entertainment.
We then stayed at my in laws and it was fun, the girls got to play alot with their little cousin, and even fought over who got to play with him. We had to remind them that he wasn't going anywhere and that they need to learn to share him. We celebrated his first birthday and spent alot of time with the family at the Wharf. We ate at Bubba Gumps Shrimp Restaurant, played at the Warf, took a boat tour under the Golden Gate Bridge & around Alcatraz. It was amazing. I do wish that poor Jaycee was feeling better. She got sick at the time that we left the house on our road trip. We made it to Wendover and she started in with a bad cold, fever, and massive coughing. We had her on a bunch of meds to try and help her feel better, didn't work that well. She just wanted to stay in and sleep.
Rhandie was in heaven with all the filipino food that was in the area, he wanted to eat every two hours. We even got food to go and took some back home.

It was really fun just getting out of Utah and taking the kids to see other places. In June it will be crazy for the first two weekends we will be in Idaho, and then the last weekend we are going back to California.

Jaycee is out of school for the next three weeks, she is so excited. And little Amayas dance rehersal is coming up around the 18th of June. She got her costume and is so excited. I can't wait, my kids are growing up so fast and they are doing really fun things right now that is so exciting. I love being a mommy!!

It's Almost Cali Time!

We can't wait, it's coming up so fast, I know I know you have heard it now for a while but we are going to San Francisco in May. We are stopping over in Reno, and staying in Circus Circus for the kids to play. Last time we went Amaya was still pretty little and really didn't enjoy it like the rest of us, so its her turn now. We are hoping to take the ferry to Alcatraz and see the place, and then there is somewhere else that it goes to. I am totally stoked.
Anywayz so for the rest of whats going on in our lives is Jaycee passed her Tae Kwon Do test and is now a white/yellow belt. I will post pictures as well. She did so good and of course grammy, papa, lola, Clint, Rhandie, Amaya and I were all there cheering her on. Traci and her family got to watch too, they were excited to see her do it and said she did really well. Its so awesome watching your kids achieve what they work so hard for. We are all so proud of her and she is gaining a lot of confidence as well by taking this class.
Amaya has also been working hard in dance, she will be getting her costume soon and we will be doing pictures. Her recital comes up in June and I will keep everyone posted so they can come and watch. She is really excited and of course loves the attention.
Rhandie and I have been going out on some double or triple dates with some new friends we have made at work.... Okay so I have made, Rhandie already knew them. They are awesome and its great to make new friends. We do have terrific friends, they are wonderful people and we are so glad that they are now in our lives. We have also been working alot on our yard to make it look so nice, its coming but is a ton of work. It seems it never ends. I hope to make our yard look as nice as all the old retired peoples around here. I get so jealous that they have not 1 weed in the yard and the grass is perfect, what can you say when you have a bunch of time on your hands.
One of the friends that we have made lost their little girl in December, and they are such wonderful people. They are going to do a huge 1st birthday party for their little girl and all proceeds that they get are going to research for SMA. I am going to invite everyone I know, I really want them to get as much money as possible to go towards this fund. Their family is so cute and daughter is adorable. No parent should ever have to lose a child due to money to fund research to stop this rare disease. I hope you all check out her blog and if you can please donate and help us get money to fund the research on this. This family deserves it all, they are such beautiful people. Check out her blog at www.kendraandryanwebster.blogspot.com, she is also collecting little leggins for the kids in Primary Childrens Hospital. You go Kendra, your wonderful.
Well thats about all I hope to post pics soon when we get back from our trip.

Happy Easter!

Today is a beautiful day, got to sleep in til 8 this morning and then the kids started in on their Easter basket. They tore into them and yes got everything. We as a family got the movie "The Princess and the Frog, and Wii Resort".
Did finally get time to make breakfast and get ready for the day, then headed off to my parents house for some more egg finding and the kids got another Easter basket. Talk about candy, I don't have the mentality to say No. I like to eat it all and yes my butt grows bigger... Okay and my belly and thighs and everything else. Candy is my weakness!!!
We will be staying and having dinner with my parents and chillin for the rest of the day. I am hoping for a nap.
Well I want to just say that I am so happy to have my family for holidays and just any day. Last night I told my parents that we were just going to move in since we are here everyday anyway. They just laughed, me on the other hand was serious. Think about it, sharing a house payment and the bills with 4 incomes, man we could do some serious vacations and traveling. Maybe at a later date it will happen. LOL!

I know I know....

I haven't blogged for a while, okay for about a month. I tell ya sometimes life is so crazy busy that we don't have time to update. Here I go again. I have to tell you all about the last month, and everything that has happened.
First I want to say that Jaycee is doing so well in her Tae Kwon Do class, she is advancing and picking up on the moves so fast. Its amazing to see how far she comes every time she has class. She has also been off for a month and I tell ya she has enjoyed every moment of not going to school. She doesn't want to go back, aww sad. I reminded her that she has to go all the way to 12th grade. Her reaction was "I'm going to die, that is too long and I don't think I can handle it". I just started laughing and by the way she didn't think it was funny that I was laughing. Well its life girlfriend, sorry! I will update some pictures of her in her uniform, they are so cute.
Now Princess Amaya on the other hand is learning her dance moves and I think that she watches who is watching her more than looking at her teacher. The other day the teacher had them all line up and sit down in a row, well Amaya decided she didn't want to sit on the end so she wiggled her way in the middle almost on another little girls lap. It was the funniest thing to watch, plenty of room on the end, but it wasn't the attention spot. She is excited that she will be performing her dance routine in May, and can't wait to show off for everyone.
In March it was Aunt Sherry's surprise 50th birthday that we attended in Idaho. The girls got a kick out of the funny stuff she got,and of course we all had to tell the crazy stories about back in the day. I reminded her of the dance routine that some of my crazy aunts put on and performed at Lagoon. The song was " She works hard for her Money", and I just remember my little innocent Aunt Sherry dressed like a hooker with a whip, and man could she crack it lol. Her sister also had to tell stories of her doing naughty things that her parents wouldn't approve, and she would drag her siblings into it so they couldn't tell on her. Wow, Why didn't I think of that. This is coming out now, now that I am an adult and don't have anyone to blackmail. We had such a great time and I know how happy was that we were all there to share the special time with her. We love you Aunt Sherry!
We also had my little niece Rivers birthday. She turned 3, and man does she have the attitude to go with it. Dinomite does come in small packages, she is so cute and she loves to play with the girls. Amaya and her will disappear and finally when they come to, they are all dressed up with makeup and their hair done. They are little princesses. I love to watch all the kids together and when they don't fight its the best.
My Brother Justin decided to go back down to Lake Powell and work. We miss him so much, but know how much he loves doing what he does. He is a beach bum, and you can't keep him out of the water. He will be back in like October, but til then we will just have to wait til he either comes home for a break or we go there. I would really like to show the girls what Lake Powell is all about. It's such a beautiful place. Justin also had his birthday this month, we didn't get to see him, but knowing him I am sure he has some awesome pictures of what he did.
We did talk about going to San Francisco, and we decided that it will be in May. We are driving for 12 hours with two girls who love to fight in the back. Wish us luck, I know it is going to be insane, but worth the memories. We are planning to go out there for Baby Matthews 1st birthday. We haven't gotten to see him yet so this will be the first and we are so excited. We will stop in Reno and probably stay at Circus Circus so we can have a break and then drive the rest of the way.
In June it will be back to California, this time in Long Beach. I want to play at the beach and see the sun, have good weather, watch the girls play in the water, and just enjoy the time out there. California will be our place of travel this year. Rhandie will be the Godfather to one of his friends baby's so that why we are going out the second time, its not because we enjoy driving 12 hours every weekend, believe me. We will probably have to stop again, just for our sanity, because yes we are taking the girls both times. The second time will be easier because my wonderful Mother in Law will be with us so she can control the kids in the back. Yeah!
Last but not least, its almost Easter, 3 more days. We usually go to the fitness center for the Easter Egg Hunt, and then to my in laws and my parents for the rest of the party. They love to see the girls and let me tell ya, they get spoiled. Rhandz and I benefit from it too because we get to eat their candy... score! and most of its free, can't get better than that. Okay so I think that is enough updates for the moment, watch for more at a later date!