Kansas City trip -the wedding

Matthew's cousin Jimmy got married on the 24th of July in Kansas City. We drove out for it and got to have a fun weekend with family. This is the lovely couple Jimmy and Shanda.

Great Grandma Rios walking down the aisle

Grandpa and Grandma Perry

Elena and Mike

Matthew, Me, Missy, Elena and Mike. (I'm trying hard to look comfortable in a chair that I'm unsure will hold me.)

The happy married couple

Grandma and Great Grandma

My hot lover and me!


It was fun to see and be with family and have a kid free date!

Aleah's Birthday with her cousins

Obviously, I'm trying to catch up with all the postings.

I really want to post Aleah's birthday when we were in san Diego. Her actual birthday, June 19th, was when we were in San diego. So I just bought a cake and we sang to her. She was in heaven celebrating with all her cousins. She felt so special having all her cousins, Aunts and Uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa singing to her. I love that girl!

Aleah is such a blessing in our lives. She is happy and excited to start everyday and she is so full of life. She loves helping and is very good at it. She's a very thoughtful sweet girl and an incredible big sister. She's such a smart girl and loves to learn and be challenged. She brings so much joy to our family and our home! We love you sweet Aleah!!!

A little beach action!

Almost the whole time we were in San Diego, it was alittle on the cold side, which does not equal beach weather. Oh well, if you're in San Diego, you still gotta go. So we went. It was a very overcast, windy day, and we survived. I didn't take too many pictures, so this is all I have.

my little beach babes

Gotta love the sand! Poor Kia, crazy Jazzy.

Hero to the Rescue!

When we were in San Diego, we went to Sea World.

As we were leaving the Sea World parking lot, my sister Desiree, who was following us, realized she had a flat tire. Luckily she was in good hands. We pulled over and Dacia busts out her working gloves and said, "Move over." Okay, not really. She did, however, subside Desiree's worries by reassuring her that all was under control. So pretty quickly she had this thing change and ready to go again. There's was some combined effort in loosen a few screws, but rest assured, I was under no obligation to do anything because my sister's wouldn't allow a pregnant woman to get in the way.

A job well done.

Sea World

Sea World is such a fun place to go! We had a blast. We played, ate, watch shows, ate, looked at exhibits, ate, and were victims to some crazy seagull attacks! You could spend a few days there with everything there is to do. We had lots of fun. We paid for these expensive food bands so that we could eat throughout the day. We made sure to get our money's worth. However, a few seagulls got in on some dive bomb action rob us! Stinkin' birds!!

Nani in the play area

watching the Shamu show. It was a little cold, that's why they have a towel wrapped around them. They didn't get wet from that far away.

Watching a cool dolphin and acrobat show!

Watching and feeding the LOUD sea lions!

The JAWS after the shark encounter.

Part of the Cir que del mer show.

This was a really cool show!

Watching the show with Auntie Des. The girls loved all the shows!

That guy is doing a handstand on the other guys head. Crazy!

Ethan answering all the questions at the Tide pools.

Petting the sea stars at the tide pools.

Watch out for that huge sea star behind you!!

A little cousin time on the pond

Almost 2 weeks ago, we visited my sister Shannon out in Missouri. They have a great property with a pond. They had built a small, cool boat to go out in the pond in. Aleah and Nani got to ride around in the boat a few times that day. They loved every part of it...being with their cousins, wearing cool life jackets, trying to row, being in the pond...They loved it all!

Big helper

Nani saw a wipe on the table and decided to clean the table with it. She couldn't get the whole table from her chair, so she climbed on top of the table.

Beautifully clean!