Happy Halloween!!!

Yay.. it's Halloween! CANDY..jk :)

This year the kids decided to be TinkerBell and Optimus Prime!!! Watch out! (Lance was "Flash Gordon" and Allie was a "50's Girl".. too cute)..

We celebrated Halloween by having my parents come over, Carve Pumpkins , and go Trick-or-Treating!!!(see our pumpkins??)

My dad enjoys walking around Trick-or-Treating with the kids and us, while my mom stays behind to pass out candy at our house.
(partners in crime)
The kids had a GREAT time Trick-or-Treating with their friends and running from House to House! Toward the end, their bags were so heavy that they dumped them in the stroller for Grandpa Joe to push back home! I hope everyone had a nice Halloween!!!

We even got to continue the fun the next day at Stevie's 5th Birthday Halloween Bash!
(Happy Bday Stevie)
What a weekend... sigh!

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

One tradition that started in my family is going to the Pumpkin Patch! My dad would always take me and let me pick out any pumpkin... I guess cause it's one of my Dad's favorite holidays.. that I'm as equally excited to have carried on this tradition...

One thing is for sure... the Pumpkin Patch has become a mini carnival since back in the day! I had the opportunity to take the kids to the local pumpkin patch by my parents house, with Michelle and my family (minus Ben..sniff sniff..he had to work)

Dom and Alyssa had soooo much fun with their buddies Lance and Allie!!! They got on rides, jumped in jumpers, and ate nachos...

Then before we left, my brother Steve and his family joined in on the fun!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

It was an ARR-mazing Birthday!!!

Well Dom's Birthday has come and gone... and it truly was a Great One!!! We had sooooo many friends and family come, we are truly blessed! We were missing one KEY person though.. Grandma Annie... :( It wasn't exactly the same!
Dom had a great time.. from the moment he woke up and the jumper arrived... to seeing all of his presents pile up!!! He was however the classic kid when it came to opening gifts! He literally threw the clothes to the side and started on another gift till he found a TOY!!! ha ha...
One other set back was that my poor mamas had a fever and wasn't up to par! Thank goodness for Motrin.. because whenever that kicked in... Zoom.. there she went!>>
All in all.. it was an Awesome Day. Just seeing my boy sooo happy was more than enough for me! Thank you everyone for all of your love and making Dom feel extra special!

Dom's Bday Weekend!

We started celebrating a lil early!!! We had the opportunity to take Cupcakes, pizza, and goodie bags to all of Dom's classmates at his school! He was really happy to have us there and it was very CUTE! He still gets shy when they sing Happy Birthday, but you could see the joy in his eyes...

Alyssa even came on down for some of the action from her classroom...

We Love you Dom!

One More Week

In one week my lil boy will be 4 years old... It's amazing how time flies.. I remember hearing my grandparents(miss u guys) always saying "I remember when they were born" and I was always like Whatever.... now I'm them... I remember the day sooooo clear and its been 4 years since I went to have Dominic... It is so incredible to watch him grow up!!!

 He is soooo excited about his birthday this year!  He pretty much helped me plan it... I asked him if he wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese...and he said "NOPE!"  "I want a party at my house with a Jumper for all my friends."  I guess we are weak to his commands...cause that's what he's getting...  of course with a Pirate Theme....aaarrr

At work I've been very busy with meetings, back to school night, conferences, etc... that I am really looking forward to missing and being able to take CupCakes to Dom's classroom!!!  Wish me luck...cause I still have a thousand things to get done before the big day!!!

GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone! Just wanted to give you a latest update!!! Ben and I went for an Ultra Sound earlier this month and found out...

Recap!!!

I don't know why blogging has been such a challenge for me lately...but it has! There have been sooo many neat things to tell you about..and I have been slacking.. So I decided to RECAP..

Let's go back to Summer Vacation! Lord knows I WISH it still were!

This summer we had the opportunity to go on a Mini Vacation to Big Bear...Compliments of my Cooking Sales! Everything was paid for..NICE! We took the kids to a Zoo in Big Bear and even went night bowling till MID-NIGHT!!! My kids can be quite the Party Animals!

We then took our Once a year Family trip! We normally go to Hawaii, but decided to try something different! We even had the honor of having both sets of GrandParents join us!!! We went to Cancun, Mexico!!! It was a nice getaway and the kids LOVE spending time with the grandparents! We of course hung out at the Pools and Beach (so incredibly beautiful!!!), went to see the Mayan Pyramids (El Castillo).. it was unfortunate that you are no longer allowed to climb it~ When I went 12years ago, I was able to climb all the way to the top!(it's challenging) but apparently over the years people began tagging the inside of the pyramid and someone fell off climbing down and DIED! YIKES... but nether the less it was a beautiful sight! We had one small scare while there... we lost Alyssa!!!! It was the WORST 2 minutes of my life... I thought she was with my dad and when I saw him..and NO Alyssa ... I freaked! No one knew where she was.. I went searching for her and heard her screaming and a stranger asking her "where's your mommy?" I grabbed/hugged/and felt like passing out all at once! I have learned my lesson on letting Alyssa walk ... NEVER AGAIN.. she then remained in arms or strapped in the stroller!!!!
Alyssa Trapped!!!

We also went to Xcaret... It's a big park with cave snorkeling and adventures... It probably would of been awesome if we weren't SWEATING our lives away... It was SOOOOO HUMID~ I had to keep pouring water over the kids face to cool them down... Let's just say..I've never been that sticky in my life!!!

The next neat thing we did was go to a Water Park... Kinda like Raging Waters... But, Ben and my Dad got to swim with Dolphins!!! I wanted to, but was banned since I'm Prego! BOO! Instead I spent our waterpark time with the kids in the kiddie area! We still had fun.

My birthday happened to be while on vacation this year... We celebrated by eating out at Ruth's Chris!!! YUMMY! Too bad Dom slept through my entire Bday dinner :(

Lastly, we took a short trip to Vegas in August also... It was my brother Steve's Bday Wknd and my nephews Bday also...(Happy 5th Bday Rhys!!!).. The neatest part was it was no kids!!! I stood up to 4am in the casinos gambling...sadly to say, we came back LOSERS!!! But had a nice time!

Ahhh... Can't wait till next Summer!