Four Years!

I'm a little late on this one, but July 14th was mine and Rick's 4 year wedding anniversary! I can't believe that four years have already passed since we were sealed for time and all eternity in the New Port Beach Temple! It's also hard to believe how much our lives have changed in those four short years! We went from being a family of two to being a family of three soon to be four! Though it all its been a fun ride, and I can't wait to spend the rest of eternity with Rick! I love you so much sweetie! Happy Anniversary!

3rd/4th of July and Matthew's first attempt at surfing

This year with the 4th being on a Sunday we celebrated our independence on the 3rd, which worked really well cause rick also had to work on the 4th. On Saturday we headed over to my parents house for some swimming, BBQ and fireworks! We swam all day, which Matthew loved! I think he would live in the pool if we let him! Rick grilled up some amazing stakes for us all to eat, then after some more swimming and once it got dark enough we set off some small fire works in my parents backyard. Matthew wasn't too sure about the fireworks, I think they were too loud for him. I think he was also scared for his Daddy who was setting them off! However, I think by the end of the show he enjoyed them!

Sunday on the 4th like I said Rick had to work. So after church we went over to my parents house and enjoyed left overs from the night before. Around 9pm my mom, Merrie, Matthew and myself packed up some camp pads in the back of my parents truck, popped some popcorn, grabbed some snacks and sodas and headed down to the pets mart/ Mari Calenders parking lot to watch the firework show from the country club. Now, Matthew loved those fire works! We had so much fun watching the show!

A few weeks ago when we went swimming Rick had his surf board in the pool and Matthew wanted to play with it non stop! He even got to the point where he could stand up on it all by himself! Needless to say Rick was very proud! Even Sam wanted to get in on the fun!

Happy Birthday Matthew and Happy Father's Day Rick!

My baby turned two!! I can't believe it's been two years since our little miracle Matthew came into our lives! He is such a sweet and loving little boy, he brings so much joy into our lives! Everyday is an exciting adventure with Matthew, he is learning so much everyday and it's fun to see him discover new things! He is such a joy and we love him so much!

On Saturday we celebrated Matthew's birthday at my parents house. We had a swim party, and as you can see it was a Cars themed party. Cars is Matthew's favorite movie and he loves Lightning McQueen! We had so much fun spending the day with family and friends and we are so grateful to all those who were able to attend! At the party we swam, ate lunch, had cake, opened presents, and swam some more! Matthew had a blast! He was pretty much happy all day long, and he didn't even get a nap!

This year for Matthew's birthday Rick and I decided to get Matthew a puppy. I'm still trying to figure out if this was a good idea or not. For the most part they get along pretty well, but they do have there moments. And they seem to get into a bit of mischief together, like un potting all my flowers and trying to destroy the blinds on the sliding doors. However, I think that as they both grow they will be best friends!

We were so fortunate that Rick had Matthew's birthday and Father's Day off! We started father's day out by going to church. After church we had a Father's Day BBQ at the Taylor's house with the Taylor's, my parents and sister and the missionaries. We had wonderful food and played fun games! For father's day we got Rick the new season of a TV show that he likes, and tomorrow Rick leaves to go surfing with some of his friends! Happy Father's Day sweetie hope it was a good one!

I didn't take any pictures on father's day unfortunately, but I found this picture. Rick was showing Matthew how to smell the flowers. He is such a wonderful Husband and Father! We love and appreciate you so much Rick. Hope you have a good and safe time surfing!!

Mother's Day and Getting the Pool Ready for Summer!

I had an enjoyable Mother's Day this year! Rick came home from work that morning and surprised me with a beautiful arrangement of flowers. I also got a new maternity bathing suit and a cute cover up to go with it! After rick got home we all got ready and went to church. Matthew made a cute bouquet of flowers for me in nursery! (They are the yellow ones in the second picture.) After church we went over to my parents house for lunch with my Parents, Sister and Grandmother. All in all it was a pretty good day!

This past week my parents have been getting their pool ready for summer, and Matthew's up coming birthday party!!! They scrubbed and cleaned in and then Rick helped my parents paint it, it looks so good now! Last night it was finally ready to start filling it up with water! Matthew, Merrie and my Dad enjoyed sliding into the bottom while it was filling!

Well that's it for now, Matthew's birthday is in a little over a week so I will have plenty to blog about soon! :)

(A More Real) Love Story

I had to post this!! I thought it was so cute! I'm not a huge Taylor swift fan but I was familiar with this song. This parody is so cute!

*Make sure to turn off my playlist before starting the video!

Off to the Beach!

This past week we spent a couple of days at the beach! It was great to just get away! Rick got to surf, Matthew got to play in the water and the dirt, and I got to relax! The second day we were there my Mom and Merrie came over to join us and we all had fun hanging out on the beach! Unfortunately I only took a few pictures and they are mainly of Matthew playing in the sand. The day after we came back from the beach we had an early morning ultrasound appointment and a doctor's appointment. During the ultrasound part neither Rick nor I could tell if the baby was a boy or a girl. So, some what disappointed we headed upstairs to our doctor's appointment. As soon as the nurse looked at the pictures she told us it was a girl! I'm not sure how she could tell? But I sure hope she was right! I'm so excited to buy pink things!!!

Matthew loves to run!!

In these two pictures you can see rick off in the distance with his surf board. (His is the light blue one.)

In the past Matthew has disliked playing in the dirt, but on this trip I guess he decided it was a lot of fun! Now we can't keep him out of the dirt!

A new year!

Well, so much has happened since my last post! I'll get right to it and start with our trip to Disneyland. We went to Disneyland on December 18th to Celebrate Merrie's sweet sixteen! We had a lot of fun, and the park was sooo beautiful all decorated for Christmas!! Matthew even got to see Santa while we were there!!

We had a good Christmas this year! Rick was off for eight days around and including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! We celebrated Christmas Eve with Rick's family. We made gingerbread houses, acted out the Nativity, played games and exchanged presents.

Christmas Day we opened the presents that Santa brought us! Among other things Santa brought Matthew a radio flyer car and a drum set! Matthew loved his car so much that he opened his other presents from inside the car! After we opened our presents we headed over to my parents house!! We opened presents with them and had a wonderful Christmas dinner with my family and Grandma!

Just a few days after Christmas my dear sweet Grandfather, Richard Woessner passed away.
It wasn't sudden but he will be missed! We had his funeral a week or so later.

For New Years we got together with our friends Eric and Kimi and my family. We played games and ate yummy food all night. In January we also found out that we are expecting a new little addition to our family!!! Due to arrive around September 26th! We are all very excited!! On March 5th we took another trip to Disneyland, partly to celebrate my birthday and also because my Mom, and Merrie did the Disney give a day, get a day and made blankets for the project Linus. We had a lot of fun and got to see some fun characters!

Well, that's it for now. Next week I'll post about Easter! So long!!!