Ariel's wedding!

Monkey's sister Ariel (MY SISTER)! Got married April 9, 2011 to Quinton Cole... which we are all so excited about. Ariel looked so beautiful and so Happy! Her colors were so fun and the day was so awesome!!! AND....... BELLE DID NOT SPIT IN MY FACE like she did at Caleb's... during the pictures... I was so thrilled and so happy, even though I hd to keep bribbing he with cookies if she would smile! Cash did awesome he was as happy as can be.  

 These first 3 pictures our cousin Nelli did! and she is an incredible photographer! Holy cow! I hope one day I can pay her to do our pictures!

 The Portland Temple.. So beautiful. If you have not seen this temple.... you got to!

 oh uncle Caleb! Belle taks about him non stop! They tease each other all the time and Belle loves it!

 Belle was searching all through my purse... She was acting like it was hers.

 My favorite picture of the day! Oh this little boy can throw the biggest fits but seriously who cares cause he is the cutest!!! hahaha

And definaltey can't leave this little crazy lady out!!! haha my little beauty!! What a great day this was! We are excited to have Quinton in the family!

New Place

I can't believe we actually finally moved! We all were so excited to get to our new place. I was so excited the night we signed the lease I did like 5 car full loads of our stuff and took it to the new house. It was after midnight when Monkey finlly made me stop. The next day even though we didn't have a lot of stuff to move, Monkey's amazing family drove 2 hours to come help us move the rest. I couldn't believe that! Everyone moved our stuff, Chloris watched the kids and got them to sleep, and they bought us lunch!!! Ummm  The Mullins are amazing, generous, kind, loving people!!! I am so blessed to be apart of such an extrodinary family! Thank you all so much!

 Cash Loved helping me pack. He mostly wanted me to put him in the boxes and play in them. Belle just kept saying, "pack it up, move it out!!" haha I don't know where she comes from.

 We have a back yard... and every morning the kids go outside and play while I make breakfast. I have a huge window that looks out to the back yard so I can see everything they are doing while I am in the kitchen. Usually Belle is playing with sticks and digging. Or she is sticking her head through the fence waving at the neighbors dogs. Cash is is yelling at her from the cement because he won't step in the grass! Haha he hates the grass!

 The CUBBY! Best thing ever.... Instead of storage I use this as a play house and the kids love it!

 Like the second day we moved in a neighbor boy we hadn't met yet soaked us with a water gun. He thought he was so funny! I guess that was our welcome to the neighborhood!

 Belle seems to always find the mud!! Which doesn't bother me a bit... The more dirty the more fun I say! I love Forest Grove wheather lately! 70's, no clouds, light breeze, flowers, HEAVEN! We are outside constantly and I can't get enough.

 The CUBBY again. I am thinking of making it look like a ginger bread house, space ship, or a jungle. I can't paint or anything so I will see what I can come up with.

Oh our ladies breakfast. Cash decided to sleep in a lot later than the norm so Belle and I got to eat our favorite breakfast together. Bagels and Cream cheese, juice, and fruit! She was so excited that is was just us girls. We opened our window and listened to the birds sing and enjoyed the peaceful breakfast! She talked about songs, walmart, the beauty, the park, wallace and grommit, etc. I love listening to her when she wants to talk... cause man can she talk!

We are all so happy to be in our new place! Pictures of it will come later since I have got sick and I am way behind on getting it all together!

You know those kids that throw outrageous tantrums and throw themselves on the ground kicking and throwing things and ripping things and going completely LOCO!!!! And it takes everything within you not to look because the child is out of control!!! And you feel either so sorry for the kids parents or you are wondering why can't that mom get her child under control!!!!!! YEAH I AM THE MOM.... AND BELLE IS THE LOCO CHILD.... hahah in Winco my daughter went BAZURK on the ground and everything!!! Yep.... I hope this stage doesn't last too long. But through her melt down for who knows what (almost a daily accurance now)... I just seem to love her more and more everyday!

Colorado 2011

So as everyone knows I went to Colorado March 30th- April 7 to take care of my sister Jenn's kids while she went to help her husband and sweet mother -n- law in Mexico. I was so nervous about the plane ride. Two kids by myself!!!! Hahah I was nervous. Anyways they did awesome. They cried maybe 5 minutes and I gave them suckers the whole way to Colorado. Hahah They never fell asleep until we landed in CO and they were in the stroller. My Dad picked us up and he woke Belle up and instantly she reached for him and kept hugging and kissing him. Cash on the other hand did not know what to expect. He starred at my Dad the entire hour drive home! He finally warmed up and was going to everyone. All the cousins were so excited to see each other. Elena and Belle of course stuck together the moment they saw each other. That night I went with my parents, Tanna, and Bill (tanna's friend) to dinner. Then I went back to Jenn's and got ready for the week. Jenn had to leave at 5 am and Lydia her youngest I think knew she was leaving cause she woke up every 30 minutes wanting her mom! Poor Jenn! She left and I woke up to 8 children!!!! Hahaha which I was so excited for. We had a big meeting and planned some awesome things to do...We decided to go fly a kite!!! It was perfect flying weather. We had so much fun and we had a picnic… well tried to have a picnic! It was so windy our food blew everywhere. The Alvarez kids had a bunch of crafts for us to do while the little kids were asleep. We painted these stain glass looking things! Of course we had a dance party, had a camp out with smore’s, sleepovers with the Jones ladies, made a tent, had a movie theater night, water fight, music viedos, and did some serious playing. I felt so bad for Belle she got so sick and was feeling awful the whole time.  My babysitting was cut short when Jenn called and told us some heart breaking news about her incredible mother n law. Jenn flew home the next day and got the kids packed up and everyone flew to Mexico. I went and stayed with my Mom. I ended up getting so sick. I could not even get out of bed. My sweet parents and brother took the kids while I was a lump for the rest of the trip. I could not believe how this trip turned out. I am so grateful again for this gospel because without it this trip would have been awful. I am so happy I was there to “hopefully” help. I also was so happy because my cousin Scotties soon to be wife got to go through the temple and through a complete miracle I felt good enough to go. My little niece Tae took the kids! Thank you Tae. This trip to Colorado I will definitely always remember.

When we got home sleep is all we wanted to do. The flowers in Forest Grove were popping!!! And Belle was so ready to play with her cat friend Stripers and the nieghbor kids picked me daffodils! Haha that was a welcome home!

Life is Beautiful

So much has already happened this year that I just don’t understand.
Is life just a waiting game until we reach the promise land?
How can people go through so much pain and sorrow?
Complete peace and happiness I just want to barrow.
Barrow for the ones, whose little ones have been lost,
For so many friends and neighbors who cannot pay the cost,
For two unshakable mothers who suffer pain untold,
And for people in fear and doubt that I just want to hold.


Life is beautiful, so I have been told…
I am waiting to be shaped into a better mold.
A mold that will make me understand our Father’s will.
Inside is a constant battle and feelings I want to conceal.
I can’t help but feel like I am not doing my part….
But somehow through all the turmoil I feel peace within my heart.
A calming peace, that surpasses sadness, pain, and understanding.
Through all these trials I have found my safe landing.


A safe landing which no burden can ever break.
Through trust and love in our Savior- confidence we can take.
Confidence that we will be taken care of….
Through times feel never ending- we will rise above!
From out of the storm there is a blue sky.
So remember through the down pour- in the Savior our faith must lie.
Life is beautiful, we don’t need to understand…
All we have to do is put our whole trust in our Fathers hand!

-ME-

This whole year so far so many sad things have happened to my family and people I love so much. I have found myself asking a lot of questions. But somehow these people that have been through so much have been the ones whohave taught me so much. I have come to realise the power of the Savior. and have learned that no matter wat hppens in our lives things will be ok w have to trust him. This last week I was in Colorado- It was hard. Not because of the 8 kids but for other reasons. I came back to Oregon with a greter appreciation for my Parents, family, and my Savior. This last couple of months I have an extremely hard time expressing how I have been feeling. I started typing and it came. So hopefully my peom makes since. I am so grateful to be a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. Without it I would be so lost. I am so grateful for what I believe to be true.

-Wednesday March 30, 2011 I fly with Cash and Belle to Colorado to watch my sisters 6 kids while she goes to see her mother n law in Mexico. This was decided last minute!!! - I move 3 days after I get home - Today I am packing all my house and my bags and I am leaving!! CRAZZZZZZY.... WISH ME LUCK! haha