Christmas DAY!!

LETS DO THIS THING!




I can't believe I really got the drums set!! Thank you SANTA!



Oh YES I got the DRUMS!!

It's begining to Look like...FOG

Well its offical, winter is here! The weather is cold and foggy, we have had to get out our jackets! We enjoyed our warm weather but now winter is here and it is time to enjoy the season! We get a lot of FOG where we live and so this is something us native Arionza kids have to get used to! This picuter was taken at 11:30 A.M. but the funny thing is that it can still sometimes still look like this at 4:30 P.M. Got to love California!

What goes through a Boys head!

I got home from work one evening and went to give Joey a good night kiss when I was not able to find him. He was not on the top or bottom bunk, and I was a little worried when all I saw was a box on his bed. Then to my surprise I looked inside the box and there Joey was! He was dieing to have the box in his room so I let him have the box, but I didn't know that he was going to sleep in the box. He had managed to get a pillow, monkey stuff animal, blanket, and himself inside this rather small box and had fallen asleep. I just had to get my camera and seize the moement! I had to roll over the box to get him out of it, and have caught him a couple of times falling asleep in the box! Kids what will they think of next!

Happy Turkey DAY!!!

We got to go to Arizona for This Thanksgiving Holiday and we loved every minute of it! We got to spend the morning at Trenton and Trevors house chiling on the coach and eating good breakfast food! Then we jetted over to Dean and Annette's for Turkey dinner and we relaxed over there! For a few minutes before Deano put us to work hanging the lights! Good thing we had to work off the turkey dinner Annette made us! Joe was in the cherry picker and was our Lighting watcher, if the lighting started to get too close he was suppose to tell us! The boys played baseball across the street and got all muddy! GOOD TIMES!! We all had such a great time that we did not want to come back to reality. Oh well!

Happy 7th Birthday Joey!

Joey really wanted a DS for his birthday but we told him that it was too much money. Then mom and dad realized that they had to go to Arizona for a court case and they had a 12 hour drive ahead of them and so Joey got a DS for his birthday! Mom and dad needed some sanity while on the trip!

Joey goes to Grandma Rutia's House and comes back without a tooth!

Joey had a tooth that was loose and he said that it was starting to hurt, so we rushed over grandma Rutia's house to have another tooth pulled! Mom tried but Joey requested that Grandma do it instead! Grandma had to write the tooth fairy a letter because she lost one of Joey's teeth and he was not able to leave it under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come. So Joey got two half dollar coins from the tooth fairy!

Happy Halloween

Joey finally decied that he is going to be Ironman for Halloween and he was ready for any action that came his way! He really had a good time!

World War 3 Has Happened

So I got home late from work one evening and well this is the suprise that I found in my bath tub. Aparently Joey took a bath and wanted to have a war with his army men, so notice how each side of the tub has the soliders facing the other side of the tub! Yes it was a battle zone in the tub, I have yet to found out who win! The things kids do that you would of never thought of!

HAPPY 30th B-DAY RENNIE!

OK so I was not so happy about turning 30 this year, that means you are no longer hip and in tune with the world. So that is what I have thought anyway, well now that I am 30 I am an adult and not happy about it! We spent my birthday at the beach soaking in the fog, there was no sun that day, so I know that I am wearing sunglasses, it was part of the whole beach thing. We got to dig in the sand and play volleyball, we all had a great time! We even got to watch a seal get rescued!

Joey is all grown up! He went on his first roller coaster ride without anyone else! Ok really he was way too embarrassed by being seen with his mom and he wanted to do it all by himself! What happened to my little boy!

The Green Machine

Joey fist soccer game!

Joey was ready to play!

Joey playing goalie at his first soccer game. He is really good at goalie!

The Boys of Summer

Joe and Joey enjoying the skate park together!

Just Another Day in Paradise!

Lets Catch a Wave DUDE!

Pacifica Coast!

The girls enjoying the warm weather (NOT!!). The water touch one of their feet needless to say it didn't happen again!

We are enjoying another day at the beach! Yes we are really at the beach, my ma has a blanket, jacket, and it is the middle of the afternoon at the beach. It was so COLD! The sun did not come out at all that day and the wind blew the whole time. I think it was about 50 degrees (thats a big maybe)

My Little missionary!!

This is a picture of how awesome it is to be a missionary.


Joey hates when his mom makes him take a picture...oh well the joys of being a parent!!

The Sacred Grove

This is a picture that I took first thing in the morning we arrived at the sacred grove. This is inside the grove, wow that was one of the most powerful experiences of my life!

A Trip of a Lifetime!!

The Prophets Last Ride


The Headstone for Joseph, Emma, and Hyrum Smith.


The Nauvoo Temple


We still like each other, and no one has been seriously hurt!




----- AFTER ------


----- BEFORE ------

NIAGARA FALLS, need I say more?


This is such a beautiful temple with trees all around!

This is the group outside of the Sacred Grove. WOW that was an experience that I will never forget!


Under this tree was the step stone of the prophet Joseph Smith.


This is the start of the trip at Sharon, Vt at the birthplace of Joseph Smith. We enjoyed the beautiful weather this day!