Mexico's Independence

I am so grateful to be an American Citizen!! It is such a huge blessing to live in a country where I have so many freedoms. But I am also glad that my mother and father kept the Mexican culture alive in our household. My mother is from Montarey, and she is a Latin as can be. I love her so much. Growing up we had arroz con frijoles with everything. I love that I can speak Spanish, and that I can cook Mexican food. I love it I feel like I am passing down a part of me to my children. In the home David and I speak Spanish to our children, and Ariana has done so well with it. She speaks it sooooo well!! I hope Viggo will be able to pick it up just as easily. Anyways this weekend we went to a festival that celebrated Mexico's Independence Day!! It was a lot of fun.

These are some of the children that Danced!

Ariana loved watching all the dancing

( Just waiting for the Dancing to begin)

Third Birthday

So on September 15th my little girl turned three years old!!! The night before David and I decorated the house so when she woke up she would know that it was her day!! We had so much fun decorating for her birthday and setting up her presents for her to see the next morning.

When she woke up in the morning she was so excited. We allowed her to open some of her presents for the day!! Her favorite one was her ballet outfit that her Aunt Sara got her. David and I signed Ariana up for ballet classes, because she loves to dance. She even puts on her serious face when she dances, and she always asks us to put on classical music. She is just so cute!




For Dinner we had her favorite food. HOT DOGS with CHILE BEANS. And we finished off with having some birthday cake. I wanted to make her such a cute cake...... but with Viggo I didn't have the time I needed to do what I wanted to do. So instead she got this....... it's not the best looking cake, but at least it tasted good!! And best of all my little girl loved it just as it was!!!! It was a wonderful birthday!!


My husband and I are so lucky to have her in our lives. Here are just some things that make her so special!

- She loves her family!! She is always making us have group hugs, and then announcing to us while giggling that we are a family!!
- She is so loving.... there is not a day that goes by that she dosen't tell us how much she loves her family
- She is such a good older sister. She loves her brother so much. She is always trying to take care of him
- I know every parent says this.... but my little girl is so smart. She speaks Spanish and English fluently!! She loves to read, and learn!
- She loves to dance!! She is such a little dancer
- She loves to draw.... just like her daddy
- I love her laugh.....especially when it comes from her little belly. It is so contagious
-Her smile brightens up a room
- I love to hear her sing. She loves singing primary songs!!
- And the best part is that my heavenly father has entrusted this special spirit to me. I feel so lucky to be entrusted with her. She is truly my special little princess!!

I had a wonderful labor day weekend!! I am so lucky to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. On Saturday we were going to go hiking up at Cathedral Rock in Sedona, but to our surprise we got a stormy day. So instead David thought it would be fun to go off roading. There is this place call Shnibley Hill were if you go all the way up you get to see sedona from a birds eye view. It was so beautiful!! As we were driving to the top you get to see how beautiful Sedona is, but then when you get to the top it just leaves you speachless. But on Saturday it was a whole new experience. When we stoped at the top to take pictures you could see all the red rock, but what made it especially beautiful were all the stormy clouds that were surrouding it. The reds, greens, and greys were just beautiful. Well as we were getting ready to leave we noticed all this white fog moving in. It was moving so fast, that before you knew it all the red rock that was before us was gone. You couldn't see anything!! It was all white!! It was such a cool feeling to be in a cloud. It was so peaceful!! Here are some pics!!


Then on Monday we went to see the ruins in Sedona!! Those are amazing as well. It is incredible that the pictographs still exist. It's just amazing to see evidence of those who lived before us.