More of little man........

Lucas Cruz

Born April 1, 2012 at 10:52. 7 lbs. 2 oz. We are all in love with our litte Lucas!

Halloween pics...............

Happy Birthday Madison!

She got into mommie's make-up and put my favorite eyeshadow on her lips. I could tell she felt really pretty!

My baby turned 2 and it was a great time! Madison is so sweet that it doens't take much for her to be happy. I decided not to do a party this year, but we go lucky because the Shobe's and Courtney came to celebrate which made it really special. We went to Chuck-E-Cheese and then back home for a little party with cake and presents. Madison has recently discovered The Little Mermaid, she strolls through the house singing "ah ah ah, ah ah ah,......". It's adorable. So we made sure she got some mermaid toys, and she also adores Tinkerbell, who she smitten with when she got to meet her at Disneyland. She got some clothes and a little makeup kit complete with a blow dryer and flat iron just like mommie! She says, "mommie, I do make-ups, okay"?

My sister-in-law Elisa is an aspiring photographer, and wanted to take family pictures at Thanksgiving. Our first day at my parent's house in Holbrook, we got snow and decided we would go for it. We were all freezing, but I'm really pleased with the result. Elisa's website is www.loveephotography.com. I think she has a promising future ahead of her!

Poor Vance was frozen

Vance 4 years old

Madison 21 months

Congratulation are in order......

I have to brag about my husband today because he is officially a PAC (Certified Physician Assistant). We have been working towards this goal the whole time we have known eachother and now we have finally accomplished it!! I am so thankful and proud of him. We don't know where the road will take us next, but we are quite sure we can make it anywhere now.

Easter Easter Time!

Well Easter this year for us was probably more adverterous than Christmas. For some reason, we were just in the mood for fun. We dyed eggs 2 days in a row in preparation for the big day. Then on Easter my mom came over to bring baskets, and they got baskets from Grammie Shobe too. It makes it so nice because we didn't have to buy one thing for Easter. We did an Easter egg hunt with just us, then one with the cousins. I hope in the midst of all the fun, we were able to instill the real purpose of Easter. Here is a snapshot of our Easter................

Vance was so proud of the eggs he dyed. He wanted to take them everywhere, even to bed. I had draw the line there.

Madison had her first jelly beans of Easter morning - I guess she liked them!

I thought our adorable flowers were the perfect place to take an Easter pic. Now I just need a really nice camera and a photographer to take better pictures for me.

Off to the canyon for an Easter egg hunt with the cousins.

Vance's favorite find?.....money of course. He is obsessed with money. Both Grandma's forked out some change and even "a doller cash" as Vance described.

This was Madison sneaking candy away from her brother's basket. Doesn't she look like trouble? She is giving Vance a run for his money.


Easter evening was at my mom's house and she got the boys these super silly glasses. We had a ball with them.