... Our beautiful family ...

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-02T01:08:00.001-07:00

We usually dont do much for Halloween but this year we had three different things to dress up for so we took full advantage of it.Harrison and his friends at playgroup dressed up for the day and made some cute little spiders for craft. He didnt keep his outfit on as you can see. Instead of calling him a mummy, which he thought meant he was dressing up as me hehe, we called him Bandage boy!

Along with a few of the cousins we decided to go trick or treating to eachothers homes and everyone looked so fun and scary! Emma was so excited. She actually wanted to have the one eyebrow and moles!

Here are a few of the others, Nathaniels pose is priceless!

Anael Fuente so serious. She must be in character.

The 3rd thing we were invited to was a 30th birthday of our close friend Kelly, so i dressed as a witch and Will was my Vampire! So much fun.

Not sure if we'll do these fun things every year but we may have to as the kids grow older.

But i must admit it was all great. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (evil laugh)

Cricket Hair!

2010-09-15T04:25:00.000-07:00

Harrison absolutely loves when his Daddy does his hair for him and always asks for either a Dinosaur (Mohawk) or Spiky. But this Sunday morning Harrison asked for Daddy to do his hair like a Cricket.....????? Will automatically looked at me as if i knew what he was talking about but soon realised i was as clueless as he. So Will played along and told Harrison that he could do it and told him how good his Cricket hair looked when finished. I had to take a picture because Harrison even looked at himself in the mirror and said YEAH DADDY! A CRICKET HAIR!! Hahaha So here it is...

Looks a little like a side Mohawk

Thanks Daddy!!!

Emma recently lost her 2 front teeth so here she is trying to hide them!

I think it's because i keep calling her my little Vampire ;)

Fairy Friend

2010-04-08T03:44:00.000-07:00

Emma has had one of her front teeth trying to come out for SO long. The big tooth already popped up behind the baby tooth and basicully pushed it out. Its been wiggly for awhile. Today though, she was paying a little more attention to it and when Lelo (my dad) came over it was outta here. I told Emma that Lelo is really good at getting them out without hurting you. So she stood there while he tried to get a grip of it. It was funny because the tooth is tiny and my dad's fingers are huge hehe but its out!! And in this envelope ready for our fairy friend.

There is a little gap i hope will be filled soon ;)

My favorite part of our fun filled night was when Emma was washing her mouth out and there was some blood in the water. Harrison was watching her and said "Aww you poor little girl" hehe He often refers to her as His little Emma. CUTE!!

Baked zucchini, bacon and tomato frittata

2010-03-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

I love finding new tasty recipe's so i thought i'd post one that the whole family enjoyed.

I found it on taste.com.au

Ingredients (serves 4)
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1 green onion, chopped
2 rashers of bacon, sliced
1 small zucchini, shaved into ribbons using a peeler
2 tablespoons self-raising flour
2 tablespoons milk
Salt and cracked black pepper
1/3 cup grated tasty cheese
8 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve

Method
Preheat oven to 175°C. Line a 16 x 26cm (base measurement) baking pan with non-stick baking paper. Place the eggs in a large bowl and add the green onion, bacon, zucchini, flour, milk, salt, pepper and half of the cheese. Stir until well combined.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Arrange tomato halves on top, pressing into the mixture slightly. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Cook for 20-25 minutes or until set and golden on top. Sprinkle with chopped flat-leaf parsley to serve. Slice and serve warm or refrigerate and serve later.

Enjoy!!!

Emma's 1st day at Kindergarden

2010-02-07T03:27:00.000-08:00

A sad but exciting Morning...

Emma got up nice and early and i helped her get ready for school. Harrison was not awake yet and Will had already left for work. It was just the two of us.
It was a quiet morning that I think I'll remember always. I helped her put on her dress, socks and shoes. I brushed her hair and put it in pony tails.
I began to talk to her about what she needed to do and what things to remember and a thought came to my mind. 'I wouldn't be there all day to tell her where she needed to be or that she needed to eat all her lunch. I have to let her go and trust that she will follow her teachers instructions. But what if her teacher was vague or unapproachable? What if Emma doesn't like her? The school is big what if she gets lost?' I think then was the only time I came close to crying. Just the thought of her starting a new chapter in her life. I really hope it all goes slowly and I can enjoy it. I had a flash forward moment where I pictured what it would be like getting her ready on her wedding day. But quickly changed my thought pattern before there really was some water works!

So i got my camera and began to take some photos....

She was so excited. She had been counting down the days for a week.

Emma, taking her first walk to school.
We got her a bag that fit everything she needed and didnt look too big for her.

Will made sure he was there for Emma and gave her a big cuddle and wished her luck on her big day. He also thought that turning up in uniform may discourage anyone who wants to mess with his little girl hahaha

Cheeky little thing!

Ashton also started with Emma. They are different classes but the rooms are next to eachother, which makes it easier for us mums. There is also quite a few kids from church going to this school and it was one of the reasons why we liked it.

Harrison loved Emma's classroom and wanted to stay longer. He got really upset when i made him leave but we did give emma big cuddles. He does miss her and constantly asks for her when we're at home. But it's gonna be nice to have some one on one time with him.

2009-10-30T04:00:00.000-07:00

A couple of years ago i studied a little bit of Interior Decoration and i fell in love with it! I would like to one day continue with it but at the moment its just a hobbie. So when we bought our home i certainly had a few ideas on what i wanted and was pleasantly suprised at Will's talent for picking colours and creating a look in our home.

There are a few little personal touches i have made in my home that i love. I dont mind picking up a brush here and there, hmmm i am Mario Caballero's daughter hahaha

Anyways, here they are.

When you walk in the front door this is hopefully the first thing you see :) This chandelier is painted in brown paint on top of material which is stapled onto canvas.

Our bedroom has a interior sliding door so once you open it this in painted on the side of our built in. We screwed in little nobs so i could hang things on them.

I painted these canvases before i had Harrison... Love them!

Emma's tree. I wanted her room to look like a garden... We're getting there.

I would love to one day say hi, yeah im an interior decorater and i specialize in childrens rooms!
but i have ALOT to learn still... dream, dream, dream.

Princesses

2009-10-22T20:08:00.000-07:00

Sometimes the only way to get through to my little princess when she is doing something unladylike is to ask her "Emma, would Aurora do that?". Because thats her favorite princess.

Sometimes is works and she'll stop whatever it is she is doing. Other times she needs some extra pursuasion :)

But in saying that Princesses arnt always serious and boring right? They know how to have fun. They dance with animals in the forest, they sneak around after dark in enchanted castles and sometimes disobey their fathers.

So all in all i hope Emma learns to have manners and to be kind to all she deals with but i also hope she has a sense of humor and know how to have fun.

Hide and Seek

2009-08-29T02:11:00.000-07:00

Since moving into our new home the kids have discovered a few good hiding places and we've had a few fun games of it recently. Hopefully in the near future the backyard will look less like a construction site and we'll have many more places to hide. But so far this is Harrison's fav place to be even when we're not playing...(and especially when Im trying to get him to finish his spaghetti) The pantry!

I quite like the size of it. Both kids can get in easily.... even I hide from them in there when they are driving me crazy or when I'm on an important call hehehe

Can you guess which team I'm on?

2009-07-14T16:55:00.000-07:00

Some cute pics...

2009-07-11T06:05:00.000-07:00

Recently at a baby blessing Scarlett and Jony were kind enough to take some photos of everyone and I was able to get a hold of a few. These are my favorite! Thanks guys.

My handsome little man...

Our beautiful princess who only loves to wear dresses

that go up when she turns.

I love this picture and I love my gorgeous hubby!

Our home..

2009-06-28T16:59:00.000-07:00

The living room is nice and big but it has a massive bar in it.. yuk.. So thats the first thing to go!

Oh and a special mention to the gorgeous wood laminate wall decor.. lovely hehe

The bit lying sideways is a chunk i ripped off.

In this picture Will's knocked the whole wall and bar out yay!

Our yellow support beam so our roof doesn't fall on us. Jony is in this pic making holes for our lights he'll eventually put in.

Will, Aaron & Neil putting up Giprock so our roof is level.

Roof done, Walls painted (thanks to all our friends and family who helped!) The wall on the right will eventually (when we have the money) have a big built in across it for Will's DVD's and our linen (because this house has no linen closet).

Our home right now! Our floors are done and our down lights are in. Most of our furniture is set up but we're only just putting our curtains up today (so the ugly blinds are in these photos) and our walls are pretty bare.

Despite the non smiling faces, the kids love it!

From drab to FAB! ..............Well i think so :)

The Host

2009-05-25T05:58:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I loved it.

Its totally different to the Twilight series but it also has a fantastic storyline.

Basically, Earth has been taken over by aliens by invading on human bodies and erasing personalities but keeping the body intact and continuing in a normal life. But the alien (Wanderer) takes over the body of Melanie Stryder who is resisting and does not want to give up her body. Wanderer and Melanie end up working together and with Melanies memories they end up traking down her past life and love.

I really enjoyed it and cant wait for the sequal!

Twilight

2009-05-20T04:31:00.000-07:00

I Love Twilight! Just thought if anyone out there was wondering... he he he

I've read all four books (and midnight sun) and if your looking for a book to read i highly recommend them. Dont just watch the movie because its really just a taste of how good

the books truly are.

Ive also started reading another Stephanie Meyer book The Host and its great!!

So all in all i think any book written by her must be awesome!

Heres a pic for all the other fanpiers out there!

My Handy Men!

2009-04-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

We're moving house soon and Will has been giving some of our furniture a revamp. So Harrison decided to give him a hand... "Come on Daddy, your taking too long" hehehe

Hop little bunny HOP HOP HOP!!!

2009-04-22T06:28:00.000-07:00

Easter was crazy this year... Our kids got so many easter eggs.

It will take months for them to finish them all :)
We had a little easter egg hunt, quick in the bowl dont eat them yet!

Harrison wanted to eat all the eggs as he found them.

We went to Noni and Poppy's house for an easter egg hunt also.

Its a yearly tradition and we love it!

Noah's first Easter... and first big Choc rabbit!

So many easter eggs and chocolate rabbits!! YUM YUM!

Award

2009-04-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

As usual lots has happened since my last post so here goes...

Will recieved a Region Commander's Commendation last month.

He helped arrest a man who had attacked his wife

and then he came at Will and his partner with a huge knife... Scary!

We went to the Raff Base in the mountains and it was a really nice day.

Will was the only constable who recieved a commendation,

the other Police Officers there had higher ranks so thats pretty cool.

I felt extremely proud of him.
His parents and grandparents were also there and they all beamed with pride also!

Our Hero!!

Confessions of a Scrapaholic...

2009-02-10T04:16:00.000-08:00

I must confess... The reason why i don't blog as much as i'd like to is because I love SCRAPBOOKING!!! And honestly? I'd rather do that. It's hard to keep up with both and i applaud those who can. So I thought i'd share what i have done lately... This is what has been keeping me away... Enjoy... (my scanner is only A4 size so some of these pictures i had to stick together thats why they dont look 100%)

This photo was taken when we went to the Sydney Aquarium

for Emma's 4th Birthday outing.

Harrison Is looking at seals sunbaking and swimming around.

At Nathaniel's last birthday it was a dress-up party

and Emma hurt her foot so she watched from a stool.

I love how Logan the little fairy is in this picture playing.

Emma is as cute as ever and her fav thing in the world is to play dress-ups! When watching Beauty and The Beast one afternoon. She turned to me after seeing Belle crying in her room when the beast yells at her. "Mummy, she doesn't need to cry, she can just play dress-ups!"

Friends Forever!

These photos are the most gorgeous things ever!

With much begging and a little stealing i was able to get them

from Scarlett. But arn't you glad Tia, look how beautiful they are!

Daddy saves the day!

2009-02-09T03:40:00.000-08:00

I got in trouble from someone for not blogging enough... I wont name names (Scarlett!!)

So I was looking through some pictures and come across these ones that are the most recent.

We were getting ready to go out and you know how it is with the kids... you finally have them all ready and then you look in the mirror and realize you look like a crazy person. So finally i start to do my hair and make-up, when i have a four year old asking me a million questions and i have a one year old crying and hitting my legs.
So after enduring that for a while... WILL!!!!!!! Help!!!!
So here is Daddy's solution! And boy did it work!
Horsey rides all round and bonus he got a leg workout he he

THANKS BABY!

We've decided to change Harrison's name to MUNCHKIN!

2008-12-27T04:43:00.000-08:00

As you can see i havent blogged in forever,

but i had to add this picture... its my Fav right now!

2008-08-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

A little about us...

Alright, so where do I start? Will and I met 1999 I was only 15 and Will was preparing himself to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We got along really well and promised to keep in touch while he served his mission. When he returned from serving in Adelaide Australia we started up where we left off and were married on the 04 of October 2003. Ill never forget that special day and how happy I’ve been ever since!
A year later our beautiful lil Emma Noelia was born. She is exactly like her daddy with blond hair and blue eyes but she unfortunately inherited my attitude. Yes yes she is a handful and I can’t wait till she is in her teens (yeah right!).
Will then decided he wanted a career change and now after studying for 18 months he is a Police Officer and is enjoying it. I finally got a taste of my passion which is Interior Decoration. I completed a certificate and got accepted into the diploma course when we decided it was time to have our beautiful smiling boy Harrison Trenton. He has been such a joy and I can’t imagine my life without him. He also is a split image of his father. When o when will I have one like me!!!! Well I kinda do but she is my niece. I’ll just have to steal her like I always threaten to! That’s right Ally, watch out!
So life is going great and when we thought it couldn’t get any better the Lord throws a massive blessing in our direction! We bought a house a little over a week ago and it’s exactly what we’ve been looking for. Bonus is it’s around the corner from my parents place. Still about 3 weeks to go to move in and we can’t wait!!!
So that’s a lil run down of our lives so far… (Ally I hope your happy! I finally made a blog!)