Family Photos 2014

 I'm sooo happy to be able to share our family photos! 

We were able to take family photos with a very talented girl named Melissa Campos. She is new to our ward, and majored in Photography, so once we knew she was a photographer, we knew we had to book her before the Holiday rush! 

I normally like to take pictures about every 2 years, so that we get pictures of the kids, because the change and grow so fast. The thing is that family pictures are so expensive now days,  that we really do have to wait two years to take some! 

This years photos are my favorite. Melissa really made the kids smile their true, sincere smile, which is hard to do! 

I'm sharing these photos here, but hiding the ones that are going on the Christmas card!

So, I hope you like the cards once they go out! 

Jazmin

Family Photos: Christmas Cards

Family Photos

This past year was a toughie for our family. 

2013 will not be missed, but I will take the lessons from that year with me! 

But we did get something cool out of our year! We got family photos for the first time in 3 years! And when I see these pictures i feel so lucky. 

I feel grateful for my little family. 

I feel grateful for the health of my kids, for their smile and for their sweet love. 

Grateful for a dedicated husband who finishes what he starts. 

I'm so grateful to have my eyes open to appreciate these fleeting moments.

Lastly,  I'm even grateful for my new 'curves' that I finally grew after many, many years of being way too skinny. 

Just grateful. 

Jazmin

Cub Scouts, Haircut, Soccer: In that Order

What a week it has been! There has been a ton of stuff going on this week. For one, the kid's school fundraiser was this Friday (didn't get pictures )I volunteered and was assigned to do the DJ scrip for the DJ that was going to play music at the Fun Run event. I also had a lot of work, and we had scouts, soccer practice, dr appt, the fundraiser, etc! I'm glad this week is over! 

This Wednesday however, Matthew had his Cub Scouts Regatta, and it was so much fun! 

Honestly, having a boy is really fun! At least, I'm really enjoying this age! Matthew is so sweet and fun. I forgot this event was going on, so Steve and Matthew whipped up the Regatta boat 2 hours before the event!

Matthew loved it! And had so much fun racing them!

He was so proud of his little boat!

I got a haircut in between the madnness of the busy week. I went short again, because I don't have time to deal with my hair. Total soccer mom! 

And speaking of soccer, the kids got their uniform Friday, and their first game was today! Olivia and Matthew had a ton of fun! And it looks like they will stick with this sport for awhile!

Matthew really tried his best! And he looked so handsome in his green uni!

Olivia is still shy about getting too close to the ball, but she had a lot of fun too!

Also, my mom and sister are "moving in" for a month, so we will see how that goes! Their house is almost ready to move into, so we hope the month flies by!

Jazmin

Soccer Time!

Super excited! Matthew & Olivia just started soccer! This is the first time for Olivia and the second time for Matthew. 

Matthew did soccer through the YMCA in San Antonio and then went on to Karate, but Karate was fun for a bit and then it got kind of boring.  Anyway, since Steve played soccer as a kid he is excited for the kids to begin. And already we have loved watching them! It's just so fun watching your kids! 

Already, we figured that Olivia is very much like me in the neat freak department. She was trying so hard to keep the ball in line, she went so slow that she didn't get a chance to finish the practice!

This girly was TIRED!

Matthew is a bit more used to the motion, and this year his good friend from scouts and church is in his team! Happy surprise!

Looking forward to watching them practice and play games on Saturdays! Especially with the better weather!

Happy Beginning of Fall!

Jazmin