Samuel's first day of school!

I know I had been behind.. although its already been two weeks since Samuel started school here goes the post of the first day..
As excited as he has been to start school "like a big boy", he decided to get up 30 minutes earlier than usual (5:30 am). I wasn't too excited when he got me up.. After I made breakfast and he picked out his favorite clothes to go to school, he chose too what he wanted for a snack to take. I forgot to bring his back pack so he had to use the little cougar bag I had, which obviously didn't make him disagree at all! So while Jay got ready (not as excited to get ready for his first day like Samuel) I told Samuel I was going to take some shots of him to remember his first day of school. And these are the poses I got.Then I tried to film a little video, asking him about his expectations etc..
Finally, Daddy was ready and poor Benjamin got his shoes too to go bye bye (he said) and cried when I grabbed him and closed the door. Which, sadly still does everyday when daddy and brother leave every morning to go to school.From the balcony we watched them walk away, and of course they blew us a sweet kiss good bye.
Benjamin as sad as he was at first had a blast having mami all for himself. We read only the books he wanted (without fighting with brother) played with all the toys without having to wait for a turn and took his long quite morning and only nap.
At noon we went to pick up Samuel and this is how we found him. Coloring and excited to tell me how much fun he had. After lunch we went home and happily for me to see my boys teaching each other. Benjamin is being taking a lot of interest in vocabulary books with pictures and Samuel still likes them, so after each one having a book, Samuel decided to "read to him".

I couldn't catch the best of it but there is a few little moment I got. At first it was more of what Samuel was interested and asked me questions then he turned to his favorite page (sports) and then showed Benjamin each thing in it.

Later, I got them spontaneously..

However, last Thursday the teacher told me that she noticed Samuel was showing signs "of more advanced in skills" so they look at his age and noticed he didn't just turned 3 but that he was getting closer to 4 in 4 months. So they decided to bump him up to the higher age class. Less girls and more boys.. but I personally think he was more comfortable with the girls since they were more friendly. Either way, he still loves school just as much as the first day. And even gets sad on the weekends when we tell him there is no school on Saturday of Sunday.. I hope his excitement for school continues for a long time.

5 Years of True Adventure!

5 years and the couple still hitched..

Time flies as usual, and on Friday, Jay and I had our 5th anniversary! I made him some heart shaped pancakes with eggs and sausage. Samuel and him left to school. Saw them for lunch, which we ate left over beans, rice and platano. He left to more studying, while I let the kids play in the playground then back to our way home. Stopped at the Annex (near school building to our house) to fill up 6 bottles of water and home to play and read for the rest of the afternoon. Got kids ready with bath and pj's and our good friend Sonika came at 6:30 pm to watch them and put them to bed while we went to see a movie on campus (Sherlock Homes, really enjoy it... except how fast the spoke British English leaving me in the limbo quite a few times..), got a treat and back home at 9:30pm and to bed. It wasn't anything different than date night.. But what was different, was the feeling of looking at your sweetheart and remember how many adventures you have been together for the last 5 years. Travel, families, moves, 3 cars, two and a half children, and still cant say we are settle but still in love for one another. When people ask Jay what did I see in him, he usually says "my money, and my butt". We all know he had no money, just was recovering from a car wreck, which left him car less (too bad I didn't meet that other love of his life, the Cadillac the his grandfather left him before he died, where really the money was put into all the sound system, etc..), looking like a poor hang over dude with all kinds of bruises and no motivation to start that fall semester in 2004. He literally did not let me go after we started dating. And if it wasn't for that I wouldn't have married him.

We dated for a long month.. we went to parties, Temple square, visit my exchange student families, Temple, wedding receptions...Play romantic for the most part.

Then, as Jay started talking about marriage.. I chickened out.. and after a week of not seeing him, met him at a football game (where our first date was too..) and answered an unsaid question.. And he accepted my answer! After very dragging 6 months of engagement.. we got sealed at 10am on a Saturday morning at the Salt Lake City, UT temple. Did I mentioned I was 45 minutes late, which make him think I had cold feet.. but really, it was a hair problem where I had hair rolls stuck on my head for that much and almost had to cut my hair to get them out? He didn't by my excuse though.. But my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law and best friend can tell you it is true.

Like everybody know, BYU sporting events have been a very big part of our life. I wasn't too much of a fan. However, I like sports and played them too, so it was easy to fall on the big time cougar family tradition. Without kids and later with them.. later we did other trips. And kept the fun and loving moments to give a sweet kiss... Once married, other fun filled our lives. We showed more of our true selves..

But that didn't scared us, just made us be more in love.

When kids came, we still tried to scape and be our regular selves.. But then, it is better to parents.. and act like grown ups..

Of course our fashion has always been sophisticated..After all, our family is the most important we have and that is no change at all.. Today, living in a beautiful island in the middle of the Caribbean, still with our growing family, I am sooo thankful Heavenly Father allowed me to meet the man when I did and have covenant for an eternity by his side. I love the gospel and how much we both can grow everyday when we stay close to the Lord, allowing him to be a very important part in our marriage. We are still learning from each other and trying to be better spouses, parents and friends.

I truly married my best friend.. I love you dear!