ERIC & APRIL (plus 6)

Our Trip to Cedar-Sinai

2009-08-28T18:40:00.000-07:00

Well apparently you can fall 3 feet off the couch. Land just perfect, act totally normal but still have cracked you skull and have torn an artery in your head which is bleeding into the lining between your brain and you skull. So a trip to the pediatrician, then x-ray, then CT then a call to the head of pediatric neurosurgery at Cedar-Sinai and we were on our way there. They put him in the PICU and then 7 the next morning off to surgery. 3 days later and we are finally home. During surgery they cut him open and removed a large peace of skull fixed the artery and cleaned everything up then put the skull back together stitched him up and now they say 4 weeks for the bone to fuse back together. The joy of children. I do not think I have any tears left.

Happy Birthday Linkin!!!!!

2009-08-04T21:00:00.000-07:00

Napping Guatemalan Style.....

2009-08-02T16:02:00.000-07:00

This is how I found Diego the other day. I thought he had fallen or something. No it turnes out he just thought this was a good place for a nap.

I love french fries!

2009-07-16T08:16:00.000-07:00

Linkin

2009-07-05T13:49:00.001-07:00

Hiking

2009-06-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

Took the kids hiking to day in the hills behind our house. We had a great time.

Our Baby Doves

2009-06-09T12:43:00.001-07:00

We have baby doves in our yard. A dove built a nest on our patio cover and it has two little baby birds now. I do not know why this bird thought that our backyard would be a quite place but the kids are sure glad. We have lots of crows so the daddy bird sits on the edge of the patio cover most of the day and scares away any crow that comes in our yard. It is nice because it has really cut down on our crows.

Look what the kids found in the yard!!!

2009-06-08T20:05:00.000-07:00

The kids found this snake in the yard the other day. I couldn't tell if it was a rattel snake or not because it would not come all the way out of the bushes so I could see the end of its tale. Eric wasn't home and I couldn't just let it roam the yard not knowing what it was. So as scary as it was I got a shovel and hit it until I killed it. It was pretty fast at first and kept darting around. I was freaking out since I didn't know if it was a rattler or not. After I killed it I pulled it out of the bushes and realized it was just a gopher snake. I felt bad to have had to kill it but I guess my kids come first. It would have been cool though to have a cool gopher snake living in the yard. Keeping the mice away.

Diego and Linkin's first trip to the beach!

2009-05-31T13:41:00.001-07:00

My big boy!

2009-05-26T15:16:00.001-07:00

He is almost 10 months old. He is getting so big. He loves to yell mama every time I walk into the room.

Diego's Hair cut

2009-05-26T15:14:00.001-07:00

This is before we shaved the rest of it off. I forgot to get a final picture.

My new bedding!

2009-05-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is the new bedding that I bought for my room. I am very excited to redo my room. The bedding we have I bought before Maya was born and it has more then a few holes. I bought the matching red blankets and white sheets so my bed should look like the bed in the picture.

Mexico Trip

2009-05-24T15:28:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures from our trip. We had a wonderful time.

New Pictures From Guatemala

2009-05-17T20:39:00.000-07:00

Look at me I'm 2

2009-04-20T14:41:00.001-07:00

I am a new MOMMY!!!!!

2009-04-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

Friday we recieved news from Guatemala that Ava's adoption had been finalized. By Guatemalan law are now the proud parents of a beautiful 2 year old girl.

Hiking

2009-04-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

The other day Eric and I went hiking in the mountains behind our house. We went on a 12 mile hike to a water fall. 6 miles in and 6 miles back. The water fall was beautiful we jumped off the rocks into the water it was freazing. We also managed to see 4 snakes we were only able to catch one though. We also saw a huge frog. I hope you can see it in the picture it is by the waters edge. We had a fun time.

Happy Birthday to me!

2009-03-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

Here is my birthday present from Eric. I know it is crazy and I will not be able to drive it much but I love it! Porsche, Cayman S, 2008

My beautiful girl.

2009-03-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful girl. She turned 2 today. Ava we love you sooo much and can not wait to have you home. You have grow up so much since we saw you for the first time at 10 days old.

Linkin's EYE

2009-01-25T20:54:00.000-08:00

************************************************************************Poor Linkin. Kenzie was carring him down the stairs and she slipped and fell backwards. Linkin's eye hit the stairs. I was so sacared because he was screaming and blood was coming out of his eye. It turned out he had a little cut on the courner of his eye lid and it wasn't the eye its self. This took place the evening we were leaving for Guatemala, so crazy. It is looking better now.

Loves his thumb!

2009-01-24T21:03:00.000-08:00

For Lauren

2009-01-24T20:35:00.001-08:00

This is a special post for Lauren letting her know I am sorry for not taking care of my blog. I will put some new stuff up soon. I just need to unpack the box with the camera cord. Love ya!

1 word

2008-12-23T21:15:00.000-08:00

ONE WORD ONLY...
Were is your cell phone? Pocket
Were is your significant other? couch
You're hair color? Blonde
You're favorite thing? phone
You're dream last night? None
You're life dream/goal? accomplishments
The room your in? Family
You're hobby? blogging
You're fear? rats
Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
Where were you last night? home
What your not? shy
One of you're wish list items? furniture
Where you grew up? Simi
The last thing you did? dinner
What you are wearing: jeans
You're TV? on
You're pet? gone
You're computer? big
You're mood? content
Missing someone? grandma
Something your NOT wearing? jacket
Favorite store? Jared's
our summer? Linkin
Love someone? Enrique
You're fave color? Yellow
When is the last time you laughed? 9:25
When is the last time you cried? November
Your significant other's hair: sexy
You're life in one word: Perfect
Now it's you're turn!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC!!!!

2008-12-19T23:10:00.000-08:00

They have a great picture of Eric and Linkin at the Charger game on Chargers.com.

http://www.chargers.com/fan_zone/photo-gallery/slideshow_20081125.htm

2nd row 4th picture in. In case you do not want to go to the link here is the picture.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA !!

2008-12-18T22:04:00.000-08:00

What I am going to miss most.

2008-12-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is what I am going to miss most when we move. I love this veiw. Everytime I turn on my street.

NEW GUATEMALA PICTURES

2008-12-10T18:17:00.000-08:00

Kenzie Sings

2008-12-08T21:35:00.001-08:00

Kenzie is in an after school choir. They sang Christmas songs at the Oaks mall tonight. Kenzie did a great job.

4th time's a charm

2008-12-07T21:13:00.000-08:00

Bella got baptized today. Eric only had to say the prayer 4 times. It was a wonderful day. It was great to have our family and friends there. Everyone came over afterwards for food. It really was a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday BELLA

2008-12-01T22:45:00.000-08:00

Bella had a great birthday. We took cupcakes to class. We went to Islands for dinner. We had cookies and ice cream for desert. Then of course opened presents.

Linkin tells his Business

2008-11-29T11:38:00.000-08:00

Look at me!!!

2008-11-12T21:38:00.000-08:00

My Favorite Monkeys

2008-11-12T14:37:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday Eric took the day off and we went with some friends to the Santa Barbara Zoo. The kids had a wonderful time. After we went to Islands for dinner. We love it because kids eat free on Tuesday.(Rohan, Kenzie, Maya, Bella, and Supriya)

Wedding Time Capsule

2008-11-09T14:50:00.000-08:00

Eric and I got a wedding time capsule when we got married. You are not supposed to open it until your 25th wedding anniversary. We have taken this with us every place we moved to. We were determined to wait until our 25 year. Well last night when we were cleaning the garage we came across it and decide to open it. Our rational was that we had waited a long time already and we didn't want to cart it around any more. Well we were really excited. We opened it up and realized we never filled it out. There was a book on our wedding that we filled out the first page. The was a photo album with no pictures. There were a bunch of envelopes that we were supposed to have people write about our wedding that I know we got some letters but must have never put them in the envelopes and then into the time capsule. It was actually very funny that we had been carting around the time capsule with nothing in it for 11 years.

Getting Bigger

2008-11-03T21:48:00.001-08:00

Gotta love the tramp

2008-11-01T18:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

I am a new MOMMY!

2008-10-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

Diego got approved today. We are officially his parents. If we lived in Guatemala we would get custody of him but because we live here we have a couple more steps to bring him home. Hopefully around the end of the year.

Hair cut, Pictures by Kenzie

2008-10-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

Tag your it!

2008-10-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

4 Random Things I Like About My Husband*
His hands, big man hands
How he looks in a suit
How he gets obsessed with his toys
How he helps the girls with their homework
4 Movies I Can Watch More Than Once*
A Knights Tale
Lord of the Rings
The Born Identity
Titanic
4 TV Shows That I Watch:*
Fringe
The Unit
NCIS
CSI
4 Places I've Been*
Germany
Guatemala
Denmark
Sweden
4 People Who Email Me Regularly*
Bob @ main street adoption
Alicia
Stephanie
Aunt Julie
4 Favorite Foods*
Brownies
peaches
strawberries
See's candy
4 Things I'm Looking Forward To In The Next Year*
My babies coming home
going on vacation
getting skinny
Jesse getting his mission call
4 People I Tag*
Stephanie
Lauren
Sarah
Jill

I want everyone to know!!!

2008-10-19T19:04:00.001-07:00

I want everyone who reads my blog to know that I am for prop 8. I believe very strongly that marriage is ordained of God and that marriage between a man and a women is part of Gods plan for us here on this earth. If you have any questions about marriage or Gods plan for us here on this earth I suggest you go to one of the following two web site:

http://www.preservingmarriage.org

http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/

A Video everyone should watch

2008-10-19T19:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkKqjkq1r4

So Beautiful

2008-10-17T17:32:00.000-07:00

PUMKINS, PUMPKINS and more PUMPKINS

2008-10-17T17:22:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with our cousin Bree. Everone had a wonderful time. We went in the corn maze. We saw the animals. We got hot. We picked out our pumpkins. Over all it was very exciting.

Yes it is poop

2008-10-14T19:46:00.000-07:00

Some one left two bags of dog poop on our front lawn!!! At least they left our Yes on prop 8 sign!

New pictures of Ava and Diego

2008-10-14T15:44:00.001-07:00

MY NEW J.S. shoes

2008-10-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

Yes it is broken.

2008-10-10T18:10:00.000-07:00

Eric broke his clavicle today. He was riding his quad and had a little accident. At least the quad is OK.

I Love this picture!!!!

2008-10-06T21:25:00.001-07:00

Do you know?

2008-10-05T22:28:00.001-07:00

Do you know where this picture was taken????

Used my Gym Bucks

2008-10-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

I used my Gym Bucks and got some dresses for the girls.

Prop 8

2008-10-03T22:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to a great video on why we should all vote yes on Prop 8. It explains how legalized gay marriage has affected Massachusetts. Please watch it and vote YES on Prop 8.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1815820715/bctid1822459319

Walking with Dinosaurs

2008-10-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to see Walking with Dinosaurs at Staple Center. They had a wonderful time. The dinosaurs were so life like. Maya was a little scared but she sat on Erics lap and then she was fine. We ended up with gret tickets. I got 4th row seats which turned out to be first row seats since they started at row 4. It made the dinosaurs seam even more life like. We had a wonderful time with grandma, grandpa and uncle Jesse. Hope you like the pictures the Dinosaurs were amazing. Worth every penny we spent on the ticktes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

2008-09-28T16:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Lauren. We love you!

Such a sexy man!

2008-09-28T16:07:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love seening a man taking care of his baby!

FOUR...........

2008-09-23T21:08:00.000-07:00

We went miniature golfing last Saturday. The girls got free golfing tickets last year from an award assembly we thought we better use them. The girls had a great time. After we golfed Eric took the girls on the Indy cars. He had to drive since no one else was big enough. Eric got to go on the Indy cars 3 times.

Prop 8

2008-09-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

There was a great article in the LA Times. It was very pro prop 8. I think everyone should read it. It gives a non religious reason that we should all vote yes on prop 8. Here is the link.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-blankenhorn19-2008sep19,0,2093869.story

Cleaning the closet

2008-09-19T16:55:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning out my hallway closet and I found 5 rolls of film. Most of them were from the last year or two but I found one from 2002. I have posted some of those pictures here. These pictures are BM (before Maya).

Link's new pictures

2008-09-18T16:54:00.000-07:00

Had a bad day

2008-09-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

Bella is in love with the song "Bad day" by Daniel Powter. She sings it all the time. Every time she gets off the bus I ask how was her day she say, I had a bad day. then laughs. Her new thing is that the baby that she carries around now is a little boy named "so you had a bad day!"

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2008-09-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

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AVA and DIEGO

2008-09-12T17:20:00.000-07:00

Got new pictures of Ava and Diego. They are getting so big. Diego's paper work went back into the court yesterday. We are praying it gets approved this time.

Bree Loving Linkin

2008-09-12T15:30:00.000-07:00

This is Miss B holding Linkin after his blessing