It's True!

I was so good at posting weekly.  So good. 

Well the last couple of weeks have been crazy!  My amazing in-laws flew from Florida to take care of my boys while I went to International Quilt Market in SLC.  It was so busy, fun, crazy, hectic, overwhelming, exhausting, made me wanna cry, laughed a lot AND I am so doing it again and again.  If you like to craft or fabric or if you're a girl, you would have loved it.  So amazing.  This is a pic of our booth and you can see this post on Quilt Story for more pictures.



Just hours after I left I get a call that Ollie had been throwing up non-stop.  The next few days my poor baby was so sick, losing weight, not keeping anything down.  Bless Celia!!!  Oh my goodness!  They didn't leave the house all week.  Sad.

I think they're friends again. 

We had a lot of fun when I got home...including Chuck E. Cheese, swimming, shopping, Jeopardy challenges, games.  The last night they took me out for my birthday (tomorrow :) at a really cool local place called Joe's Farm Grill.  It's all so nice and fresh, you eat outside and the kids can run around.  Here are some pictures we got there.

Sawyer's face cracks. me. up.

I adore this picture.  It makes me so happy I have sons.  You can tell that he loves her so much.

Hey! Two E's!

I just can't get over these pics.  I just love the silhouette against the sky.

Nana and Papa Jimenez are getting pics of all the boys in the family in the Panamanian Guayabera shirts.  Don't the look so handsome?

Yes!  Ollie is that old!!  He isn't a baby anymore :(

And in other news, Sawyer can swim!

Okay, if you see him please don't throw him in a pool or lake...he's just a beginner.  But it's crazy how fast kids learn!  He's a little fishie now.  He can swim probably 10-15 feet on his own, even coming up for a breath!  He loves diving to the bottom to get his torpedos too. 

Just ask him how to swim, he loves to give people lessons on dry land.  It includes a lot of arm spasms and running.

The happiest place on Earth

Love.

All day long I tell you...

L to R: Ellie, Megan, Oliver, Sawyer, Ernesto, Celia (Nana), Papa (Ernesto Sr), Jakob, Celi, Todd, Daniel, Liam, Laura, Patrick

At Nana and Papa's

A party for Oliver:

Sawyer switched up his goofy face.

We love you Jimenez Family!!

Sometimes you need a break...

And an amazing break is what we got in Florida. Here's a little taste of the first part of our two week vacation visiting in Orlando with family. There are no pictures of this, but one of my favorite things was showering and getting ready, by myself, EVERY DAY!!

A dinner and pirate show

Mini golf

E's family, his sisters, mom and our nephew

Lucky Sawyer, three big boy cousins ready to play

I seriously wish I could adopt this sweet girl. She's the only princess of the grandkids, and she doted on my boy's the entire time. They loved her and we love her too!!

Don't ask why it took me so long to get this post up, just a few projects

(crafty blog, two knit baby hats, sparkly love, blog design, laundry, a million crocheted flowers, Sawyer, mod podge shelf, cleaning out O's room, Oliver, Lovely Bones, E, dinners, tons of headbands, 2 knit momma hats, constant flow of ideas in this tiny little head...)

Cross your fingers, tomorrow night Florida round 2.

Christmas again?

We got to celebrate Christmas twice this year, starting with our little family one Dec 19th. We did the whole bit with Sawyer, cookies and a letter for Santa, carrots for the reindeer. This is Ollie being a cheeser.The boys had fun of course, here's O with a baby, but he still likes the one that Sawyer got for his first birthday.And of course, scooter boy trying it out. He rides it all around the house.Christmas in Florida

Christmas Eve I was putting Sawyer to bed and telling him that Santa is coming in the morning. He looks at me, "Christmas again?" You're two. You aren't supposed to know the rules of Christmas. Maybe there are 3 of them.

Here are the grandkids (minus O) opening their presents from Nana and Papa. They were autograph books and pens for DISNEY. How cute is that?

Groovin' latin style with grandma.

Now Sawyer being a cheeser.
We had two fabulous Christmas'. I know it's weeks overdue, oh well.

Many pics of Florida coming up, I know you're all on the edge of your seats.

To our mothers

Happy Mother's Day

We love you both so much enjoy your day!

Surprise!

I thought the title might get some of you here...no baby yet ;) But we did have a GREAT surprise on Sunday Dec 28th E's family showed up at our door! They live 22 hours away. I knew for a week that they were coming, and thank heavens because to say I've slacked lately in all departments is an understatement! But E was entirely surprised and was just laughing, it was great! They stayed with us through New Year's day, and here are some of the events!

They came with more gifts than we had for ourselves on Christmas Day! Including this bounce house for Sawyer, which he of course loves, and quickly learned to stand back and toss the balls in himself.
On Monday we toured E's school and showed them where all the magic happens. We played some ping pong, foosball, pool and Ms. PacMan in the rec room. They surprisingly didn't want to go to the anatomy lab and see all the dead bodies. Then we ate at the most happening place in town, Ruby Tuesday. That evening we played games...I think, we played a lot of Catch Phrase and Outburst!

Tuesday we headed out to Nauvoo, 2 hours away, and Sawyer was quite entertained with his Nana! The last time they saw us, or Sawyer, he was 6 weeks old, so it was great for them to get to see our little growing guy!Three Ernesto's! (Sawyer is actually E. Sawyer) E with his sister Laura.
Ernesto Sr. and Patrick, Laura's husband.Sawyer enjoying a candy during lunch in Nauvoo.E, Mom, Dad and LauraE and his papa.

New Year's Eve we bummed around, playing games, watching movies...there isn't too much to do around here. Oh and of course we went to WalMart. We celebrated the New Year in style with hats, food, dancing...it was great!

Thank you so much for coming to visit us! We love you and miss you already. We were sad not to see E's sister Celi and her husband and kids, hopefully it won't be long. Being Panamanians and Floridians, they were very excited for cold and snow...we didn't deliver on the snow, but it was cold!