I am lost, My heart is aching

It's been a tough few weeks. On April 19, 2010 my heart shattered into a million different pieces. The news of my Grandma's passing stabbed me in the heart. A day at the mall with my parents, my nephews and my boys became a black blur.

My Grandma was such an important person in my life. Though I didn't see her as often as I should have, she played a very important role in my life as I was growing up. I spent many years in Monterey and even lived with her for awhile.

I was thankful for all the many memories I had with her. Thankful she was able to see me get married and to meet the boys. I still remember how strict she was about not getting married or having children too early. So when I finally was engaged, she was very excited for me. And when I told her I was pregnant with my first child, she was even more excited. The greatest feeling to me was for her to have had spent time with my boys.

The boys knew their "Great Mama" and they loved her dearly. They enjoyed visiting her and spending time at her apartment. I am grateful for all my Grandma had taught me (and she taught me a lot). I am thankful my kids were able to know their Great Mama too. She was always so excited to see the boys whether it was in person or in pictures.
We love and miss you so much Grandma! It has been rough going on without you in this world. We know you're always looking down on us and watching us. The boys pray for you everynight and so do I! That is the one thing I've always learned from you was the importance of church, praying and leaving things in God's hands.

I love you with all my heart and hope you're always smiling down on us as you watch the kids grow.

First Horse Ride

So we went to a "western" themed birthday party for Amaya yesterday. She was turning ONE and had her birthday party on her Granny's Ranch in El Cajon. The boys enjoyed dressing up like a Cowboy, Sheriff Woody (from Toy Story) to be exact. They have both been a bit obsessed with Toy Story lately so it was perfect for them to go with the Western theme.

Their highlight of the day was going on their first horse ride. Not a pony ride...but a HORSE! They got a chance to ride the family horses and take a ride around the ranch. They loved it. Surprising Konnor did so well. Kameron was not afraid at all! He didn't even want us to help him, although I felt better if Kevin followed along next to him. Here are just a few pictures of their adventure.

As we celebrate our 5 year anniversary...

Today marks the day of our 5  year anniversary. On this day 5 years ago Kevin and I declared our love and dedication in front of our closest friends and family in San Diego, CA. After over 20 years of friendship and after over 3 years of dating we got married! It was the perfect wedding. With a year of preparation, the day had finally come. I remember every detail of my wedding plans and how it all played out on that day. It was one of the best days of my life and blessed to say after 5 years we're still happy! Along with our 5 years of marriage, we have two beautiful, charasmatic and energetic boys who make it their job to never let us have a dull moment.

To celebrate our anniversary, Kevin planned a surprise day out. A towne car came to pick us up at home and we went Wine Tasting in Temecula. Even though it was just down the street from our home, it was a great way to spend our time with eachother and have a little getaway. Despite the gloomy weather, we had a great time. When isn't Wine Tasting a blast?

Vegas Baby, Vegas!

First Family Snow Trip of 2010

With all the rain that had gone through Southern California we couldn't wait to see what the mountains that surrounds us had in store. After a week of hard rain, we finally had a week of blue skies, sunshine and plenty of SNOW!
We decided to go to the mountains over Disneyland on Monday. Instead of going to Big Bear where everyone else would be going to ski and snowboard, we decided to go to Idyllwild. It was a 45 minute drive from our house and snow was at about 4500ft. The kids were so excited they did not want to nap on the way up. Here's a picture of us after having a few snowball fights, sled rides and building our family snowman.

More pictures to come.....

Ready or not...2010 is here!

Woah! It's a New Year already? Where did 2009 go so quickly? We must've been really busy for 2010 to have snuck up on us so fast. Well it is true...we were busy last year. And by the looks of it, this year is not getting any less busy for us.

The first 3 months of 2010 are going to be a busy one already. We have 3 weddings to attend and be a part of in the first 5 months. We have mini vacations already planned and all the yearly birthday parties to attend. Whew! I am traveling to Arizona this weekend for some BFF time with Maria and to celebrate her Bachelorette Party. WOO HOO!

My business is still going and going. School starts at the end of January for me. Kevin is traveling to Florida for his yearly meeting in Orlando. Konnor will hopefully be starting Pre-school sometime this year. Where do we have to time R-E-L-A-X?

We rang in the New Year with our favorite people: The Corotan's. Chris, Sherry, Alanna, Amara. Along with Lora and the kids we had a mellow night of eating, drinking, giggling and trying to stay awake. Of course all of the kids were more awake than the adults were. We decided to start a new tradition of ringing in the New Year with the East Coast to minimize the strength it took to stay awake til midnight our time!! =)

See the next posting for our New Years Resolutions....

My Little Baby turns TWO!!!

Happy Birthday Kameron Ethan McMaster!