Freezing in Banning !

So it was so cold yesterday that it finally snowed. Kayla had so much fun with her daddy and uncle Dylan!

A great halloween

Well this Halloween was so much fun. The night before we went to Andy and Yolanda's and carved our pumpkins. Sam's was a picture of master chief halo and it was great but it could have also passed for a spider. On Hallowwen day we took Kayla to the trunk or treat at banning ward. Then later we went to Brady and Theresa's for a halloween party, they had the house fixed up real cool.(most of you were here for all of this so you already know.) We are so lucky to have such a great set of friends you guys are awesome, and thanks for all the fun.

Living in Banning..

A little update in our lives...Well we have moved into the lamplighter apartments just a couple doors down from Matt. It's so nice to be settled again, it's so hard starting all over. I have been working at Chili's in Beaumont now for about a month,and I really like it there. I also got my braces off. Kayla is getting so big she is cutting her third tooth and is starting to dance. When ever music comes on she starts shaking her head and body its so cute.Sam is doing good just working away. He is working with my brother still( playing with eels and sharks and stuff.) Here is one picture where he got stung by a sea urchin and a picture of some kind of eel, and my sweets Kay...

Getting her started

Well we were at my brothers house the other day and sam put Kayla in front of the piano and she went at it. She was laughing and having a blast banging on the keys.I think she's gonna be a natural.

Sam's art published!

Well something thats pretty cool that has happened lately is Sam did the art for the cover of a book called Strife of the Lorin about a year and a half ago. Well the book got published and The author of it sent Sam a copy with a little thank you message in the back. I just thought it was kinda neat.

A whole lot of changes..

Well a couple things have changed in the last month or so. We have officially moved back to California which is great cause now were back around a majority of our family and friends. The hard part is starting all over again, but we think it's worth it. Now with the little munchkin she has cut her first two teeth(which was horrible I might add), started crawling, and saying DA DA all at about six months.

Pioneer Day !

Well today was a fun day. We went down to our stake center and joined in the fun for pioneer day. It was really cool they had A fire truck blow water all over the park (field)all the kids and parents were running in it and playing, they also had all kinds of fun stuff to make and play with. Here are some pics.

Sam's art

Recently I have started a scrapbook of all his art.I think he draws and paints very well. Sam has such a great imagination when it comes to drawing.Here are some samples of his art.

My poor little Kayla !

Well two nights ago Kayla was sitting with her grandma and she started choking on her saliva and lost her breath for a couple second then about twenty minutes later did it again. So needless to say last night was a sleepless night for mom. Every time I heard her move or make noise I woke up. I figured she's been teething because she has been really fussy this last month and drooling a ton. This morning I made her a Dr. Appt. and found out that she has acid reflux, and she was choking on the acid coming back up in her throat. Poor thing this has been going on for about a month now and I just figured she was teething. I've never even heard of babies having acid reflux, but at least now we know and I have medicine for her now.

trying to beat the heat !

Well were back in Vegas for about four more weeks while Sam does his summer school job, and boy is it hot. Today it was about 114 degrees and at night it cools off to a whopping 104. It's never below 100 degrees here at night. Sure do miss those cool California nights. Today we took Kayla bowling for the first time, anything to stay inside the air conditioning. We went with my parents grandpa and grandma French. It was a fun and cool. Sure do miss everyone in California!

Here is the short version of our trip to Cali. We had so much fun,we went sea dooin, swimming at gradnpa and grandma gardners, shootin, fishing, had a girls day out with cindy, Also Kayla's first bubble bath, she loved it!

Trip to Cali.

California Fun!!!

So it's been so much fun since we have been in California. We have been hanging out with Andy and Londa a lot lately. They have turned us onto a new family tradition. After church last Sunday we packed a lunch and headed out to the park. It was so much fun and the weather is so nice out here compared to Vegas. So Sunday's from here on out are our picnic days. Here are some photos my favorite is the first one !

Sam's Bday

Whats new with us... Sam's Birthday just passed and It was pretty cool, He got some game stop cards, movie cards and from my uncle Cliff and Me he got a Mossberg 500. He has been wanting one for a long time. I don't mind the gun it just makes me nervous with the little one around so it's always locked up. Anyways we went to my uncles had cake and ice cream and swam. Also just recently Dylan came out to Vegas to visit us so we took him to the Shark Reef, it's pretty cool. Thats about all with us just thought I would post some pics.

Hanging out by the pool

our neck of the woods

Well I haven't posted a comment in a while because we haven't been able to find our camera since we came back from California like three weeks ago. So whats new with us Sam went through backgrounds today for Las Vegas Metro up here and were still waiting to hear the results. He also got the results in the mail today for Riverside sheriff and he passed his written and takes his physical on the 6th of June. As for summer we are going down to California for the summer to stay with Sam's step dad Matt, so we don't have to commute for the riverside testing and of course to hang out with all the fam... Recently Sam and my uncle Cliff have been working on building a gazebo from scratch and I gotta say its not bad considering they carved the whole thing from one piece of wood. Any how the family is doing good. Kayla is getting big and learning real quick how to throw fits, and that little tart has already figured out how to get out of her car seat at almost four months. What she does is throws her feet to get her momentum going and slowly wiggles her way down to the bottom of the car seat then uses her weight to tip the bottom of it down and ends up in the floor, we watched her do it about three times. She is a character already. Well we can't wait to see everyone and hope everyone is doing well.

A little update

Well lets see sam recently applied for the metro police academy out here in Vegas and passed the written and the physical, and took his oral board. We are waiting to get the results for that . Then he just has to go through background. However we are going down to California within the next week or so because he wants to apply for riverside sheriffs down there too, we will see which ever one gets back to us first... Nothing else really new up here I found Kayla a couple bathing suits I think are just adorable and she can now fit in her first pair of shoes. Hope to see you guys soon....

Well life on the farm is kinda laid back...

Well lets see lately everything has been pretty much same ol same ol. We have had the pleasure of having a couple of visitors lately. Sam's old mission companion and his wife came up with their little girl like two weeks ago. Dylan bummed a ride and came up with them. Then we had britton and ryan and the kids spend the night on their way down to California. So it's been fun. Here are just a couple of pics.

our little cutie pie

We hope everyone one is doing well and we will see everyone soon. love ya

Here is my tag from yolanda.

Well here is what I have in my purse
Sun glasses, baby gas pills, asprin, keys,wallet,lip gloss, lotion,eyeshadow,braces rubber bands,six pens(don't ask me why) hand sanitizer, tweezers, lucky you perfume, little swiss army knife with pliers, a eye pencil sharpener, and usually three binki's and a bottle. I have so much crap !