Momasita visit and our new puppy!

My Mom came for a visit 2 weeks ago and we partied it up! Showed her all the fun places to eat and see! It was fun seeing Momasita for a week:)



Our new puppy, Austen! My girls just adore him!:) Of course they had to pose!haha

The Fish Market

There's a fish market pretty close to our house and it's so fun to go early in the morning, pick out some fresh sea food and go home and grill it! We took Brian for his first time:) Nothing better than that "fishy" smell in the morning to wake you up!!

No rest for the weary!

Do you ever just want to take a nap by yourself? Or go to sleep in your own bed without children? I do, and then I look at how cute and quiet they are sleeping, so I give in and just cuddle up! (Plus, I know it will never happen around here!)haha

Look at his long lashes and big lips! I'm jeleous!

My baby girl is 3!!

My Payton Lillyturned 3! Payton is our spicey little thing! She just came with some spunk! She was my longest labor, 22hrs. and the had the worst cholich! She screamed the first 5 months of her life. But she is also the most tender hearted! We love her little voice, big blue eyes, and tight hugs! For Payton's Birthday we took the kids and their friends Paisley and Maddy to the fair next to our house. I was a little scared because none of the rides had safety belts. They're not worried about being sued here!haha My sis. in law Ari is living with us and she and Maddy convinced me to go on this ride. One of the big metal parts to it was laying on the ground and it made some interesting sounds so I thought we were going to die!haha I was holding on for dear life and praying while Adam was laughing and taking pictures! It was really fun though! And the girls loved it!

Payton and Manuel tearin up the pinata:)

Our home in Guadalajara, Mexico

We moved to Jalisco, Mexico. Its about 10 min. from Guadalajara. And 21hrs. from Mesa AZ!Adam is going to medical school at UAG and just started doing his PMC (patient medical care) at the hospital a week ago!

We love it here! The people are so beautiful inside and out! Our ward is so friendly and patient with our slow spanish:) They just called me into the primary presidency. I am so excited! I don't mind if the kids laugh at my spanish. Thank goodness its not R.S.:)

Everything is so different here. The driving is like being in Manhatten, NY. You just honk and go! I say a prayer and get my hand on the horn!lol I've never seen so many nice cars. Our 2006 Toyota is the ghetto car in our neighborhood. Our neighbors drive BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and a Jaguar. And the women here are so beautiful! Some are tall with long thick hair and beautiful skin! They get so dressed up just to go to the store. I mean they are all decked out in their skinny jeans and stelleto heals. Apparently I have to step it up a notch:)

We love our neighborhood! And when the trash guys come they ring this cow bell and load it by hand. I think the bell is so cute! We usually leave them some pesos or they "forget" to take it the next time!lol We live near a church and on Sundays you can hear the big bells. So pretty! Our neighborhood is gated with a 24hr. security guard and the guards are so sweet. They always try to talk to us so we just say gracias and smile:) We bring them pastries and tacos so now we're their mejores amigos:) Here's some pics of our house and the Zapopan cathedral. Its only about 7 min. from our house!

This was the night we got here in the rain and so we look a little scary after being in the car for 4 days!

Family Pictures

I love how these pictures turned out! Jessica Drew did an amazing job! And of course my girls had to strike a pose in every one:) They are so cute!

Five weeks

Brian is doing so good. He started holding his head up when he was a couple days old and now he'll pull his whole upper body off my shoulder when I'm holding him. He is so strong! He has to be to deal with Payton's constant harassing!:) He went to the Dr. for his 1 month check up and he weighs 11.6 pounds and is 24 1/2 in. long. He is one big 5 week old for sure!:) We just adore him, he's so sweet and patient with all the hugs and kisses he gets!