FaMiLy

I wanted to write this huge long post about how much each of my siblings and parents mean to me, but all I could think of was

"I LOVE YOU!"

And I can't wait to spend eternity with you all!! What an extraordinary blessing we all have to be in each other's lives. Last night was fun and I can't wait to have more nights like that...

Preschool

Did you know my kids started preschool? Wow I feel old. And I can't believe Benjamin will be two in a couple months...no more babies :(.

I was still working my part time job when they started school so I missed their first day. Which definitely broke my heart. But Roger stepped up and did a fabulous job getting them to and from school. Nana helped get Ali's hair done and took these cute pictures of them before they went to school. She said they posed themselves. I guess that's what happens when all they see is pictures.. Ethan tells me every now and then that he doesn't want me to have anymore clients because he doesn't like to hear about them and how we have to keep things clean. LOL

Ethan is going to a bilingual preschool that focuses on academics and he does a little hip hop. He loves to learn about letters and tells me their sounds and he is already practicing writing them. He can write his name really well even though it's all in CAPS it still looks good. Funny story..since he's learning Spanish he said to my aunt "como estas?" and she spoke back to him with a long string of sentences about how she saw his teacher the other day in Spanish and he replied with, "No, you are supposed to say Bien!" We were all laughing so hard!!!

Ali is going to a dance and academic preschool. She gets to have show and tell once a month and this month she took Little Mermaid and she told her class she took it "because it has red hair like my mom!" Love her!!! She is trying to keep up with Ethan and his letter learning because it drives her crazy he is learning more than her. Doesn't bug me one bit! I like to see my kids excited about learning now!!

Lots to come...

I have quit my other part time job....so I am going to make SURE to blog...I can't believe it's been 3 months....SO MUCH has happened!!! Hopefully I can get everyone up to date on things...

I WILL BE BACK SOON!!

I must say that I think my photography skills are getting better...although I wish Ali wasn't so shaded by Ethan....

And for all of you who want to know where I've been...well let's just say we are super busy with work and I have no time to blog!! But we are almost caught up and I have made a goal to stay on top of this BLOG....so if you see a whole bunch of new posts this week it's because I want you all to know what's been going on!! And my brother is finally married so no more of that wedding stress...

Happy Valentine's Day

Ethan's 4th Birthday

I know it's Ben's first birthday today, but I need to blog about Ethan's birthday on November 7, 2010. I have tried a few different times to post this but blogger hasn't allowed me to upload the pictures! :(

Ethan's birthday was so fun! One night we had immediate family over and did pizza and the next night we had everyone else over for dessert. He was extremely lucky because Uncle Ben was in town to get something very important so he got to spend his birthday with him too which he really enjoyed since he has missed him ever since he went away to school. I cannot believe I have a four year old!! And now my baby is 1!!!!! Where did the past year go???

Halloween

I feel like no one reads my blog posts anymore because I post on Facebook enough as it is...maybe it's more just business stuff...man have we been overloaded with so much business this year but it's all been extremely amazing blessings for us all! We love what we do!

This year we went to my Aunt's pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins but still failed at carving pumpkins with the kids again this year! It was cute to see them pick out their own pumpkins though!! They loved it and Ethan wanted to keep his in his room!! Ali did not want to look at me for pictures!

I know it's been quite a while since we had Halloween but I thought I might do a quick little post. This year we got to take pictures of the preschoolers and their costumes and other people at AIM gymnastics. This meant pretty much that I didn't get any pictures of my kids (nor did I take them trick-or-treating) that are really remotely professional besides these few goofy pics of Ethan that we snapped at the preschool's Halloween party! Roger did take my kids to the trunk-or-treat at the Rose St. Chapel but that's it! They did score on some really good candy so thank you awesome parents who had your trunks all set up for my kids!! Ali really wasn't wanting to wear her snow white costume that night so we really had to bribe her. She is definitely one opinionated little girl!! Benjamin was a cute little lion!! Man he is growing up way too fast!! Not enjoying it!!

Ethan wanted to pose...Can you tell?