Back To School Tommorow

After a fun summer break full of activities and vacationing the kids and I will be returning to school tomorrow. We definitely took advantage of the summer break to spend as much quality time as a family as possible. We went to the beach. We went camping. We went to the movies. We visited Universal Studios and City Walk. We also took a very special trip to the LA temple as a family. We enjoyed a day at Raging Waters. We visited the Planetarium and Observatory in LA. We visited our local library and attended free local community events. We laughed and had meals together as many times as we could. I hugged, kissed, tickled, and read with the kids as much as I could. We had fun cooking and preparing meals together. Now we hope that those memories we built together during the summer will hold us up in unity during our busy schedules that are about to begin. Asha will be entering 3rd grade, Bryce will begging 1st grade, and I will be starting the RN program at BC. It will be an interesting year full of many emotions but I know we will succeed with the Lord's help. Bryan will have to step in and fill more responsibilities at home on top of his full time job. I am grateful for all of his support during my career. I couldn't ask for a better husband. I will have to make some major adjustments for everything to work well and be balanced in all of the aspects of life. I know my main source of strength lies in my Savior and his gospel. Through his help, I also know that I will be able to keep full filling my calling in the Primary presidency at church and manage everything else in my life. Tomorrow morning we will also be receiving our priesthood blessing through Bryan and I am grateful to have that privilege in our home.
2009/2010 school year, here we come!!!

Special visitors from Texas and Guatemala!

This past week we have been blessed to be able to see my family. My parents and brothers came from Texas and My aunt and cousin came from Guatemala. It has been truly a blessing for them to be here from far away. They were able to attend Asha's baptism and it has been so nice to share those special moments with them.
We had the opportunity to spend some great quality time and to have celebrate the joys of life together as a family. Today, My parents went Back to Texas and this morning was hard to wake up and say goodbye to them but I know the Lord has been so merciful to give us the chance to see each other and I know his love abounds in our hearts and keeps us united across the miles. I'm so grateful for family.

Asha's Birthday Party #8 Hannah Montana style

Asha Celebrated big at her birthday Party here at Home with her family and friends Hannah Montana Theater style. She had lots of fun! The celebration took place Tuesday August 18th. 2009. Everyone arrived ,walked the red carpet and entered the fun. The children had to each bring their movie ticket enclosed in their invitation and upon entering the theater (Our House) they received Hannah Montana Bucks for purchases at the concession stand.
They had Pocorn, hotdogs, candy, drinks, and sat down to see the Movie premier of Hannah Montana the movie. They patiently waited for the curtains to open and the party started!
Asha had lots of fun along with everyone else. After the movie, we all had cake and Ice cream and Asha opened her presents and thanked all of her guests for joining in on the fun!
Happy Birthday Super Star Asha :)

A Very special Day, "Asha's Baptism"

On Saturday August 15, 2009. Asha made a very special covenant with her Father in heaven.
She had been fervently preparing for her baptism. We had many discussions about it during our family home evenings and sharing time at Church previous to that day. When the time finaly came, she felt ready and joyful to make this special covenant. I had prepared a special Baptism book for her to record all of the special things about her baptism. In one of the pages, there was a brief explination of the commitment she would be making and a blank space for her to sign. I explained to her how a covenant worked and she asked if it was like making a pinky swear with Heavenly Father and I said yes. After she read and signed the page, she lifted up her pinky toward heaven and winked to Heavenly Faher. It was so touching for me to see this. In her child heart I knew she had gotten the point and It was joyous to see her so commited. I also realized that Asha shared a beautiful and close relationship with her Heavenly Father. It was so beautiful to see her enter the waters of Baptism and be baptized by her father. After her baptism, I met her outside of the font and the things that happened then I rather hold and treasure in my heart because they are so sacred to post online.
One thing I do want to share, is my brief testimony about the truth of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so greatful for my Father in Heaven who loves us so much and has created a beautiful plan of happiness for all of us his children. This happiness is within our reach for all of those who desire it. It is a gift and can only be ours if we seek for it and accept the atonement of our savior Jesus Christ and his gospel in our lives.
It was so joyous to see Asha take this important step toward eternal happiness.

Happy 8th. Birthday Asha!

Today we are celebrating with Asha 8 years of life.
She is so excited mainly because she will be getting baptized in 1 week. We decided to go camping for a day since this was one of our summer plans. So here we are camping in Tehachapi. To Celebrate Asha's Birthday, we went and stopped at Baskin Robbins for a delicious scoop of Ice cream. Asha picked the American Birthday cake flavor of course and enjoyed every bit of it!
Happy 8th birthday Asha!