Adrian and Laura!

July 31st I gained a brand new sister-in-law! Her name is Laura (not to be confused with my sister Laura) and her and Adrian are perfect for each other. They were married in the Twin Falls Temple and we were able to attend. It was beautiful and there sealer was Stephenie Meyers Grandpa, so that was neat.

Here's some pics!



My sister Jennie and I..


Mario's cousin Javier lives in Twin Falls, so we were able to visit him as well.



Tyler loves Uncle Adrian and Aunt Laura!

My mom looked so pretty....until my cousin Joshua pushed her into the pool at the hotel...IN HER DRESS! It was hilarious!

My boys!

Welcome to the family Laura!!!! Congrats you guys!

Get Ready for Picture Overload!

We have been so busy lately that I have severely neglected our Blog. And all the things we've been busy with deserve a post. I like to put up lots of pictures and just some writing so sorry!

Machu Pichu Problems

For seven long days Gina and I worked on a 1,000 piece puzzle of Machu Pichu. We stayed up late every night and worked on it while we ate. In short...we wasted a lot of time and lost sleep. Mario threatened to throw it away multiple times. But we had a blast and finally......WE CONQUERED!

To occupy the boys while we were finishing the last little bit I let them it a Lemonade IceCream Pie out of the tin. Judge me....

Water Works Park

A few weeks ago Mario had a Monday off of work. He surprised us with a trip to Water Works Park. It's a waterslide park in Redding, CA, a few hours away. We had a blast! It was about 100 degrees outside and sunny. The water was a great relief from the heat we've been having. I have lots of pictures but there isn't too much more to say other than that we had a great time and came home sunburnt with smiles on our faces!



Gina on the Avalanche ride....scariest slide ever! I almost did the walk of shame and chickened out. I wish I would have.


Adam is a total water baby. They have lots of kids slides and he didn't stop all day.

Gina coming out of a toilet bowl slide.

Tyler was so good all day. He loved splashing in the shallow kids pool.

Adam thought it was so cool they had little kid loungers.

And on the ride home....ICE CREAM!

100% fantastic day!

and we have.....TOMATOES

Our garden is actually working!!!! I know....surprise surprise! So far we have harvested tomatoes, cucumbers (Mario wanted to plant those for Laura Michelle), sugar snap peas, green beans, lettuce (it was nasty), radishes, corn (so good), watermelon, bell peppers, jalapeno (just one), spinach, zucchini, and potatoes. This has been such a neat experience and I'm sure to do it next year as well. And I have to say thanks to my friends Tamara who is doing the garden with me. If it weren't for her I would have nothing but weeds, dead plants, and bugs. Thanks Tamara!

4th of July Fun!

We had such a fun 4th this year! In the morning Gina, the kids and I went to the Central Point Parade while Mario went to work. It is a small parade but very fun and community oriented. It was hot as snot outside but we got the only strip of shade on the whole street. I figure I deserved it after sitting through the parade 9 months pregnant last year. ;)

In the evening we went to our friends, Jason and Joy's, house for a BBQ.

Jasper came with us because we were worried about him being home alone with all the fireworks going off. Turns out that kids LOVE him. Poor dog was tortured by well meaning children all night. I think he liked it.

This picture is blurry....sorry!

Tyler was given his very first cupcake. He couldn't figure out what he was supposed to do with it at first but then he scarfed it down. It was pretty darn cute!


When the sun went down the fireworks came out. There were sparklers for the kids to hold along with all sorts of others.

Adam loved it!

We had a really wonderful 4th of July and feel so blessed to live in this wonderful nation!

Adam's First Day of Preschool

I have been horrible about blogging lately so I am now playing catch up. OOPS! (that was my disclaimer for really old pictures...)

In July Adam was able to start a special summer program at Lori's Little Learners. He will be attending preschool there in the fall. The summer program is more outdoor playing and crafts than school, but Adam loves it. He was so excited for his first day that he actually kept telling me that we need to take pictures. I think I'm rubbing off on him!

The classic first-day-of-school-in-front-of-the-door picture.

Adam was suprised when I told him to get in the car. He honestly thought a school bus was going to take him. Kid watches too much tv.

This is the front door to his preschool. He calls it Farm School and thinks he is learning how to be a farmer. It is just a couple miles from my house but out in the country. She has a large property and built a school on it. They have their own little fenced off play area but cows wander around outside it. She also has a greenhouse and teaches the kids how to grow things. It's really a fun place.

I thought Adam would be sad for me to leave....nope. He ran for the airplane swing without so much as a bye Mom. He loved his first day!