Missionaries – giving a shot out to their families :)

The missionaries that gave Gino his discussions were awesome. We really enjoyed them and had many laughs. Of course, the last laugh was on them! Elder Goldhardt is a HUGE Jazz fan ~ I’m hoping all of his friends and family are seeing this…. he’s actually wearing a Kings jersey! GO KINGS!!!

I’m thankful that we had the opportunity to get to know them. The made the discussions fun and I learned so much from them. AND! They got Gino to dunked 🙂



Pumpkin Patch

Can’t believe it’s already that time of year! We took the kids to the pumpkin patch yesterday and took lots and lots of REALLY cute pictures. Ella loved it out there. She cried when we left. I think she enjoyed just wandering out in the beautiful country. Since we went on a weekday we weren’t able to do all the fun stuff (pony rides, tractor rides, corn maze…) so, we’ll have to go back this weekend. My friend Jenise was up visiting from Sacramento and she came along with us and picked out a pumpkin to carve too! Hope you enjoy the pictures and video!! BTW ~ I bought the video camera I was raving about a couple days ago, so expect many videos of the kids! Here’s one I took at the pumpkin patch ~ I have some of carving the pumpkins too, but that’ll be in the carving pumpkin post 🙂







Pumpkin Patch

Can’t believe it’s already that time of year! We took the kids to the pumpkin patch yesterday and took lots and lots of REALLY cute pictures. Ella loved it out there. She cried when we left. I think she enjoyed just wandering out in the beautiful country. Since we went on a weekday we weren’t able to do all the fun stuff (pony rides, tractor rides, corn maze…) so, we’ll have to go back this weekend. My friend Jenise was up visiting from Sacramento and she came along with us and picked out a pumpkin to carve too! Hope you enjoy the pictures and video!! BTW ~ I bought the video camera I was raving about a couple days ago, so expect many videos of the kids! Here’s one I took at the pumpkin patch ~ I have some of carving the pumpkins too, but that’ll be in the carving pumpkin post 🙂







Some Videos of Ella

Here’s a couple of videos I took of Ella today. There’s a glimpse of her taking some steps. Also, while you’re watching look at her thighs (she’s really going to hate me for this one day) Those chubby little thighs is why my 9 1/2 month old wears 18 month pants. Enjoy!!

Some Videos of Ella

Here’s a couple of videos I took of Ella today. There’s a glimpse of her taking some steps. Also, while you’re watching look at her thighs (she’s really going to hate me for this one day) Those chubby little thighs is why my 9 1/2 month old wears 18 month pants. Enjoy!!

Ella Gettin’ Down

Here’s a video of Ella dancing. She’s been doing this really hilarious face and we caught it on video!! I wish I did this with Jayden. I know we have some video of him, but sadly I don’t even know where the tapes are. Hopefully when I start going through the boxes in the garage I’ll stumble upon them.

Note to Ella:

My beautiful baby girl, you dance better than J Lo, baby ~ you go, girl!

Ella Gettin’ Down

Here’s a video of Ella dancing. She’s been doing this really hilarious face and we caught it on video!! I wish I did this with Jayden. I know we have some video of him, but sadly I don’t even know where the tapes are. Hopefully when I start going through the boxes in the garage I’ll stumble upon them.

Note to Ella:

My beautiful baby girl, you dance better than J Lo, baby ~ you go, girl!

My Hungry Monster


Here is how excited Ella gets when given “real” food. If you can’t tell by the picture she now poses when she sees the camera being brought out. She definitely is a Leo…. even more than her mama is.

Jayden’s First Baseball Game

Jayden’s first game was tonight. It was the cutest thing I’d ever seen. There was one girl twirling in the outfield, one building a sand mound LOL ~ TBall is HILARIOUS! Ella was a trooper. It was so cold out there! My Grandparent’s came, and my dad & his wife were there for their kid who was also playing a baseball game… so they kept coming over and watching. Gino had to work :*( BUT! his lunch break was for the majority of the game. I’m so happy he made it. Enjoy the video!