Vacation, all I ever wanted!

If you know me, it is no secret how much I love Mexico, especially Tulum. We scrapped and saved and enjoying Thanksgiving week at our favorite resort, Dreams.

Halloween 2010

Swimming Lessons

It is the thick of summer, and my kids are loving our summer of swimming at the Rec Center! They take swim lessons almost every day and then many days we stay for open swim. Just 2 years ago, Jack was deathly afraid of swim lessons and now he is learning to dive! The progress and courage are amazing. Maya is a fish! She can sit criss cross apple sauce under water while holding her breath, she can swim under water and she jumped off the diving board this week! I am so proud of them!

In Memory of Daphne

My sweet Daphne passed away a short time ago in her sleep. She has been such an awesome and loving and happy dog all 15 years of her life. I got her as a tiny puppy when she was 2 months old when it was just the 2 of us. Then, our family grew and she loved each of us so much. I will miss her happy panting, her loyalty, her smiles, her stealing of food from an unattended plate, her rolling around and barking every afternoon, her love of water and the sprinkler and everything else about my sweet chica. RIP my Daphne Guadalupe Aguacita Cabo San Lucas Norton Johnson. I will miss you...

Mother's Day 2010

My family :)

Another Belt

I'm so proud of Russell and Jack! They tested last week for their camoflauge belt at Taekwando. Cousin Chandler is now a second degree black belt and Josh is a red belt. So proud of all the boys.

The Artist

Maya loved her first visit to Art Beast in late January. Located in downtown Sacramento, Art Beast is a hands-on art studio for kids to explore and create! Silly me, put Maya in white sweats that day. They were multi-color when we got home but thankfully, all the paint washed out and her cute white sweats are just fine!

Taco Lovers just like me!

We finally have a Chipotle in West Sacramento! It opened in January and the kids and I waited to be the first customers! My nephew Cody joined us and we declined to eat until he watched us enjoying our chicken tacos. He tried a bite and next thing you know, I was back at the counter, ordering more tacos! It is probably a good thing it is about a 15 minute drive to Chipotle because I'd be there too much if it were any closer!

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas Eve at Grandpa & Lola's

The kids really enjoy the annual tradition of Christmas Eve with Grandpa and Lola. Maya rocked the mini guitar, Jack played Santa and the kids tried to pose for a picture, but there was too much silliness going on!

Karate Chop!

I've been so remiss in posting to my blog - blame Facebook! I seem to do all my picture posting over there and need to remember my first, this Sunshine of My Life blog. Jack and Russell have been taking Karate lessons since last September and both love it! We spend quite a bit of time at the Taekwondo studio and it is showing! I'm so proud of my boys - they are both yellow belts now and will hopefully be earning their camoflauge belts in March!