An exciting week for 2 boys

Well this last week was a great week for 2 of my boys. Brandon finally got his braces off. He was so excited. He now has an "invisible" retainer that he needs to wear except for when he eats. So far he hasn't lost them so that in and of itself is pretty good. I will hopefully get a picture of him up real soon with a before and after.
Mason got his first hair cut this week. He now looks like a little Peña boy. His long hair in the top middle of his head are now in a baggy waiting for a scrapbook to be put in (we will see how long that takes, lol). He is absolutely adorable.

Thank-you

Memorial Day

Our family wanted to take a moment and thank all the men and women who have served or are serving our country. We are truly greatful to each and every one of you. We know that freedom is not free and many have payed with their lives. You all are in our hearts and prayers.

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Family Day

Mike has been wanting to go to the beach, which is odd in and of itself, because he is more of a home body. So at 8am we headed to Stinson Beach, near San Francisco. It took about 2 and a half hours with a stop for a family breakfast where we sat and talked about The Great Wall of China. The drive was beautiful, with lots of trees and shrubs all around and then the kids saw the ocean. Their mouthes dropped open and couldn't believe where we were. We parked and got everyone and all of our stuff out; Mason's backpack carrier, a diaper bag, a towel bag, cell phones, lol, and walked to the beach. We all sat down and took off our shoes, well everyone but Mike (yes even Mason had no shoes). The kids ran and jumped in the sand. It was pretty cold there, so we all had pants and sweaters on, but the water was just too tempting. So Mikey, Annika, Joshua, and Mindy all rolled up their pant legs and headed out to chase the waves. We were winning against the waves that is until Annika was trying to outrun one, and "accidentally" fell and rolled around in the wave and sand. Poor thing was so cold, her lips were quivering. Mindy took her to the outdoor shower where she tried to no avail to get all the sand out of her hair, ears, face, and clothes. The girls walked back to the boys who were having fun playing in the sand. We decided that Annika was to cold so we decided to call it a day. But before we left Mindy walked Mason out to the waves where he stuck his little feet into the ocean, which he didn't like, he wasn't to sure about having sand on his feet either. Everyone except for Mike and Annika fell asleep in the car. It was a great day. We are going to try and go back this summer and actually do a bit more swimming and not just wave chasing.
PS. Happy B-day Kelly, Annette, and Sarah I pray that it is the best year so far for all of you and that God blesses you beyond what any of us could ever think or imagine. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Love you all

Play List

Well today I added a playlist as you can probably hear, lol. It was so much fun to go through all of the music that we love. When our kiddos were little we "gave" each of them a song that reminded us of them. Brandons song is "Just The Way I Am" - because when Mike and I got married he was already here :) And I love him just the way he is, Mikeys song is "You Are My Sunshine" because he just always wants people to feel loved, Annikas is "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" of course cause she's the only girl and I love all the oldies, Joshuas is "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" with having so many now I remember looking at him and thinking I'm so blessed to stay at home with all of you and I don't want to miss a thing, and Masons is "You're Gonna Be", this song is so beautiful and just touched a mommy cord in me. And Yes I even added the song from our wedding "From This Moment", everytime I hear it I can still see us standing at the altar getting ready to plunge into marriage. It was so much fun to put all their songs together and think back over their lives. Wow God has blessed us with them beyond anything we could have hoped for or imagined. I hope you enjoy the music and it makes your heart smile :)

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Mothers Day

First of all Happy Mothers Day to all you momma's out there!!! I honestly wasn't expecting anything this year and was greatly surprised. My 4 younger kiddos made breakfast for me with their daddy only supervising. Mikey (8) fried up some Turkey Bacon, Annika (6) cracked, scrambled, cooked, and even flipped scrambled eggs, Joshua (2) made cinnamon rolls - well his daddy opened the container, but he pulled them out, put them on the pan and even frosted every single roll and Mason (1) supervised. They brought me breakfast in bed with a card with the sweetest picture attached of them in the kitchen and a Lowes gift card. Now most of you are thinking man that doesn't sound fun. But I had told my dear hubby that all I wanted was for him to really think of me. And he really did this year! I've been planning to plant a garden and have been trying to save up funds and plan so the Lowes card will actually help with our garden. We went there today and checked out all the neat plants they have there and got really excited about what we will be harvesting. I pray all of you momma's felt thought of and loved today! Once again Happy Mothers Day!

The Beginning

Wow, so this is the beginning. I never thought I would start a blog, but I wanted all our extended family and friends to be able to see what we've been up to. BTW Happy Mothers Day to all you Mommy's out there, you are beyond important, thank-you for doing what you do.