Ten Year Anniversary!!!!

Ten years ago, I made the easiest decision (most important though) of my life to marry Cecilio.  I really can't believe it's been ten years already!  What a ten years it's been though.  As I reminisce and reflect I feel so, so blessed.  I am so grateful to be celebrating these ten years of marriage to the most wonderful man.  I love him so much and I am excited to be spending eternity him.  

06 July 2010

 Since we've been married we have NEVER really celebrated our anniversary.  Lame I know.  It just seems there was always someone in town, or something would come up, etc.  For our ten year though, I just couldn't let it pass us by.  Ten years is a big deal!  So what did we do?  Well for our honeymoon we went to Disneyland and we had such a good time that we decided going with the three biggest blessings of our marriage would be an awesome way to celebrate...and it was!!!!

Ten years ago

Oops!  Sorry Danny.  Happened right before we left.  Luckily it was in the back.  I couldn't stop laughing.

All smiles.

4th of July outfits

On our way.  Danny with his cousin Enlai.

We're here!

Riding the train.

Yes, it was that packed!  This was Fourth of July though, rest of the week wasn't bad at all.

 We were able to attend a character dining for breakfast.  It was neat getting to see all the different characters.

Our hostess, Minnie Mouse.  She's so cute.

Danny was pretty hungry.

Ella loved meeting everyone.  She'd just smile and give everyone hi-fives.

Emma, not so much.  She was terrified.  It was so funny!

Fairy Godmother.

Yup, she's not having it.  We finally had to move her.

Oooo, Captain Hook.

All of us.  Cecilio's sister and her husband Mike and family.

Tigger.

Danny cooling off.  It was pretty hot.

Love these pictures.

Danny LOVES the movie Tron.  I didn't even realize it was Disney!  There was a little Tron section in California Adventure and he really got a kick out of it.  Here he is in front of a replica from the movie.  Flynn's arcade.

Oooo, playing the game.

Learning to throw a disc.

Nice.

Here he is with a "program" from the movie.  He was so nervous, he gave such an awkward smile.  Cute.

These girls did so good!  They really had a good time.

I just had to add this in.  I was so impressed with his chop-stick skills!

Woody.

Mater and Lightning McQueen.

Cecilio's middle name, Elias.

Caravan of strollers.

Shhhh, they're all sleeping.

Ella loved these glasses!  She didn't want to take them off.

Minnie Mouse!

Figured we'd give it a try.

Much better.

Emma still upset we wanted to take a picture with Donald Duck.

Buzz Lightyear!!

Emma.

We were able to go to the Los Angeles Temple on our actual anniversary.  July sixth.  It was very special.   Thank you to Lily and Mike for watching the kids.  

Goofy

Coming soon to a store near you.

Mr. Incredible

Handy Manny

Ahhh, Mickey Mouse.  Yay!!

Ella.

Boys were exhausted by this point!  We all were!

 

What's a trip to California without going to the beach?  Last stop before heading home.

First dip.  It was coooold!!

Ella stealing her uncle's fries.

Danny really surprised me.  He absolutely loved the water.  I didn't think he'd get in because it was cold.  Boy, was I wrong!  I'm so glad he enjoyed it.

Emma protecting her sister.

Emma.

Ella did not like the water.  She made us hold her pretty much the whole time.

My sexy man.

Ella

The Navarro's

Thank you for all the sweet memories California!  We had a blast.  Hope to see you soon!

                                    

Welcome My Newest Niece

Welcome Adrianna Grace Ayala!  She was born on May 8th (parent's anniversary and mother's day!)  Isn't she cute?  She weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 19"long.  Congratulations to Derek and Rachel.  I can't believe my brother's a Daddy!  Love you guys.

Sorry the picture is so small, I stole it off facebook.

 

Enjoying Our Patio

Spring/summer is finally here! My absolute favorite seasons!  The days have been so beautiful and we're so excited to have a place to enjoy them. I'm so grateful for my little house!

Emma and Danny enjoying some crackers and cheese.

Ella joining in on the fun.

Ella

Daniel

Emma

Thank you to my sister-in-law, Lily, for the girls' bathing suits!  They're so cute.  It's funny because we bought Danny's last year and it matches the girls' perfect!  I don't think we could of gotten them to match that well if we tried!

All three of them, having fun.

Ella got in right away, which surprised me!  The water was cold!  She loved it, well, they all did!

Emma

Enjoying some ice pops.

Ella

Danny and Emma

Yogurt Facials

This is the first time I let the girls eat yogurt on their own.  I'm not sure if they liked it?

Emma and Ella

Yummy

Ay Ella, you're so silly!

Was that good Emma?

Happy Easter

This year we felt Danny was old enough to learn the true meaning of Easter.  We didn't want him to get caught up in all of the Easter bunny hype and let it overshadow the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  As we were thinking of ways to explain it to him I had never realized  how out there the whole Easter bunny and eggs really are!  Since he's in school of course they did activities using Easter eggs, so naturally he had questions about the eggs, then a bunny?  Who in the world decided to celebrate Easter this way?  It reminded me of a comedian's take on Easter,

"“Jim Gaffigan's take:

''Easter, that's a weird tradition.

Easter, the day Jesus rose from the dead. What should we do?

How 'bout eggs?!

Well, w-what does that have to do with Jesus?

Alright, we'll hide 'em.

I don't...I don't follow your logic.

Don't worry, there's a bunny.''” 

So in an effort to be "in the world, but not of the world," my genius aunt told us to put it this way.  The Easter bunny is so happy that Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead that he wants us to be happy too.  Because of  spring and its beautiful colors, we color eggs and he hides candy for us and brings us gifts.

I am so grateful for Jesus Christ in my life.  If it wasn't for him I don't know where I would be in my life.  It is because of Him and His gospel that I can experience true happiness in this life and in the life to come.  I have had my share of trials, hardships, and struggles as we all do but because of Jesus Christ in my life I am truly happy no matter what my circumstance.  

 Here are some of our Easter pictures this year.  Their faces were so funny on some of these pictures I just couldn't leave them out.

Emma, Danny, Ella (Ella's face is hilarious)

Best picture we could get with all the cousins

Hope everyone had a great Easter!