We're still here!

I know it's been quite some time since my last post, but we've had a lot going on! Carlos came home for a few weeks after his job training, and then he left to South Korea in early July. We searched and searched for the "perfect" apartment in South Korea, and got Ella enrolled in Kindergarten. We had part of our belongings shipped overseas, and the rest were put in long term storage. My mom and I made a record **5** trips to the fragrant and very scenic Riverside County Dump. I know, I know...you're all jealous! And now we're closing accounts, cancelling phone services, and pack, pack, packing away! We leave bright and early Monday morning, and have only 1 short lay-over in San Francisco! (Hooray!) From there, we have a straight 17 hour flight!

Once we get there, and are some-what settled, I will post LOTS of pictures of our first few days in Korea! So...stay tuned!!

"Mover Avery"

I'm sure a few of you Mom's and Dad's out there have seen the "Imagination Movers" on the Disney Channel.

If not...I'd be happy to introduce you. We have, "Mover Smitty", "Mover Rich", "Mover Dave", and our good friend, "Mover Scott" (the one all the way to the right, with the sweet red goggles).

Now, meet meet the newest member of the group..."Mover Avery".

Pretty amazing likeness, don't you think?

This one is priceless.
Sweet blue goggles and picking her nose. Can't get much better.

And, yes. I am her proud mommy.

Mother's Day

I have THE best husband! For Mother's Day, Carlos surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of fruit from Edible Arrangements. It was delicious! He knows that I would take chocolate dipped strawberries and pineapple over flowers

any day!

This one is for you, Carlos! You can even see a few of the sticks that the girls gobbled down before we could even snap a picture!

I love you, honey! Thanks for making my Mother's Day so special!

Easter

The Easter Bunny made his yearly stop at our house, and the girls had a blast looking for their baskets and searching for eggs!

The Easter Bunny left Ella & Avery a special note with important directions!

After we found our baskets, we searched all over the house for our CANDY easter eggs!

Eggs, eggs, eggs!

Lots of candy and presents!

The only thing missing was Daddy, but he did send us a DVD as an Easter gift! You can never go wrong with a Chipmunk movie (at least in our family)!

Happy Easter!

Egg Hunt

I know I'm really far behind, but here are a few picture from our family Easter extravaganza!

Some of our beautiful eggs!

Having fun!

Nicole working hard!

Hmmm...is this really fun?

Avery's Masterpiece!

And finally...the Egg Hunt!

Carlos' Graduation

Our little family has been super busy the last 2.5 months! Lots of exciting changes that have kept me away from the good ole' blog! Anyways, over the next several posts I'd like to get all caught up on the happenings of our family. Back in March, Carlos graduated from BCT at Ft. Jackson in South Carolina, and I was able to attend his graduation. He worked so hard while he was there, and we are so proud of all he was able to learn and accomplish!

After his graduation, I drove him from South Carolina to Ft. Lee in Virginia where he is currently at AIT. We miss him terribly, but luckily he is able to call every day now that he is out of BCT. Less than 2 months until he comes home! Then on to our next adventure...South Korea!!

Cute as a button!

So...my little sister Stacy and her hubby Adam are having their first baby in May! It's a boy, and his name is going to be Max (which I absolutely love :). Ella & Avery are over the moon excited to have a new baby cousin, and I'm a little excited to spoil another little nephew too!!! So, as I was browsing through some of my favorite sites I came across the cutest candy buttons over at bakerella.com!





Aren't they just too cute?! She even provided a link to the Bake It Pretty site for a free download for the button toppers, and where to buy all of the supplies that you will need. Needless to say, I WILL be making these for my sister's baby shower! Bakerella even showed this cute idea for displaying them on a little stand.



What a great idea, huh? I'm planning on making mine out of white chocolate, and I'll probably use the same blue, orange, and yellow colors to go with the baby boy theme. Oh, how I love making favors!! Sorry, Stacy! I know you don't really want a baby shower, but I can't resist!