Dalon is one!!!!!!!!!

Well, I can't believe it, Dalon is 1 year old tomorrow! I have some time this evening and so I thought I would post a few things about our special little boy. Most of his early pictures are on our computer that crashed, so please bear with the fact that he only has recent pictures.

Dalon you are 1 year old and:

* You are our little fatty-fat-fat. Such a cute chunky little baby. You have the cutest little fat baby legs and fat baby bottom.
* You have always had such a cute and large smile. Everyone always comments on what a happy little baby you are.
* You are very cuddly. You are always willing to sit still long enough for mommy or daddy to get a good snuggle out of you.
* You give great kisses.
* You love to climb the stairs and scare mommy and daddy to death when you play right near the edge of the top stair.
* You love to dance and will dance even if we hum or sing.
* You are finally sleeping through the night!!
* You love your Cars blanket from Grandma Barbara and Paw Paw.
* You love being able to climb on your tricycle.
* You started walking at just 11 months old.
* You love to play in the water.
* You love to climb on mommy, daddy and Coytt

* You are a very special child of God that is loved very much by very many people. We are so happy to have you in our home and are enjoying watching you grow and learn new things. You are such a sweet spirit in our home. We love you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Paparazzi photo!!!

Summer Fun

This is the best picture Mark and I have taken together in a long time. It is my favorite of the trip!!
Yes we walked around Vegas in matching outfits, yes Mark fought it, and yes I WON :) But don't the pictures look great!!
I should have helped him up, but I had to snap this picture of the little stinker climbing over the fence to get into the flowers

Garden's at the Bellagio
Grandma Romine
Paris Hotel and Casino
View from Aunt Cappy's house
Walking into the river
Paw Paw and his "only shirt" ok so he has a lot of shirts, but I think they all look like this :)
The water was GORGEOUS

NIkki's surprise Baby shower
The Scooby Doo Mystery Machine. We had to take this pic :)
Pump Jack in NM there were hundreds of these in Hobbs, it was quite amazing.
The above pictures are probably out of order, but they take so long to load and it is late so I just put them in the order I saw them. We have done so much in these last few weeks I have not had time to post. In August we went to Devil's River Texas where Mark's mom and dad renewed their vows. The river was beautiful! The water was so clear and clean I coul swim in it with my eyes open and see to the bottom and it didn't hurt or affect my eyes at all. Coytt had a blast with his Uncle Berry (Billy) and "his 'rena" (Irena), he also had fun with his Aunt Nikki, and of course Grandma and Paw Paw. Dalon fell in love with Nikki's husband JD Smiling hugely whenever he walked by. We also enjoyed visiting with Mark's Grandma and Grandpa Reyna and Grandma Johnnie. We stayed at Mark's Aunt Cappy's house on the river and spent most of our day at her in-laws home.

After the river we came home only to unwind for a short time before heading off to Las Vegas to visit my Grandma and Grandpa Romine and all our other family out there. We had so much fun visiting with all the family. We decided to be "tourists" and go enjoy some random things on the strip. We took the boys to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. And the Secret Garden at the Mirage. I bought the wrong size battery for my camera so we don't have pictures of these two places, only video. That night Mark and I went on a date and found a fun little restaurant called Napolean's inside the Paris Hotel. They had a dueling piano show that night and we enjoyed that very much. The next day we took the boys to the garden at the Bellagio and Coytt loved it becuase it had a train theme. In all the pictures we could only get his back because he wouldn't turn around long enough for us to take a picture of him faceing forward. We then went to Caesar's Palace to see the giant aquarium, and then back to the Bellagio for the water show. It was a lot of fun. We also went to church with Grandma and Grandpa. They had an amazing speaker that day. It was a young man about 25 years old that had been in a horrible motorcycle accident awhile back. He had been married for only 5 months at the time. He actually died 3 times and they recessitated him each time. His whole talk was on how greatful he was for that experience and the Melchezedik preisthood. He spoke of how when the Dr.s would say what was wrong his family would pray for that specific thing and it would slowly heal. He talked about how as he was healing he was thankful for the priesthood blessing s from his father. How greatful I am that Mark holds this precious priesthood and that he can bless me and our boys if ever needed. The talk really touched both Mark and myself. It was such an inspiring talk. We did have to laugh when he said that to earn money before he could walk he would ride his mobile chair down the street and deliver Avon catalogs. This was funny, but also inspirational. He could have given up and just said that God ruined his life, but he accepted the blessings of the Melchezedik priesthood and moved forward. Anyway it was a great meeting.

What am I thinking

I think this picture of Dalon is so cute. There are so many things he could be thinking. You tell me what you think he is saying...

Help

I put a new background and it erased my posts, what do I do?

Summer Fun

This past weekend we decided to take advantage of the cool weather and take the boys to the new San Tan Mall play area. We invited Josh and Meagan over and we took the three kids to the mall. We decided to let them play in the splash part of the playground and they had so much fun. Brooklyn had to borrow one of Dalon's swimming suits and Coytt's shirts, she looked so cute. The kids had a blast in the water and Brooklyn had pretty good aim spashing me a couple of times. She would put her bum on the water spout just right to splash me. It was so fun to see all three of them smiling and splashing all over. Sorry some of the pictures are so dark. I lightend them the best that I could. I can't wait for another night cool enough for me to sit outside while Coytt and Dalon play in the water.









Cold Brrr Mommy!

It's 10 o'clock...do you know where your children are?

Yes I do. Mark took them out so I could do homework in peace. Thanks babe!!! I definately owe you one!

My first Sunglasses

So, I finally broke down and bought some sunglasses. The only other pair I have owned in my life were a pair of Armani sunglasses that I bought in Vegas and I think one of my roomates stole because I have no clue where they ended up. Since then (1999) I haven't bought a new pair becuase I can't see without my glasses. I have always just had transitions lenses. Well I got contacts this month and decided that it was time to breakdown and buy a pair of sunglasses. There was no way I was spending $95 on them like the only other pair I have ever owned, so I set out to find some cheap ones. Well all the cheap ones were just that...CHEAP. Until I found my new favorite place for accessories. Aldo! I went to their website www.aldoshoes.com and found these. They were $4.95 and are not cheaply made, just a really good sale! I am now slightly addicted to their sight and have bought numerous jewlery items from there. Here are a couple of pictures of my new glasses. I love the little sparklies on the sides, the flash in the picture made it so you can see my eyes through the lenses but you really can't.

Decorating Fun

Mark and I got tired of our boring white walls so we decided to make some changes. We only painted in the living room and dining room, but we added some things to the walls. We also bought a new "toy". Yes that is 65" of pure HD fun you see. I am still trying to find something to go over the TV, any suggestions are welcome.


Mark ragged this wall. I think it looks great...especially since he had never done that before.


We added some black and white pictures of the boys. If you look close enough you can see how straight the edge where Mark painted is. I don't know how he does it.


We did the dining room a solid color called Aloe Vera and added the O Jerusalem picture. It is one of my favorite pictures. (I love the Deseret Book half off sale during Easter and Conference)


To add to the hallway and staircase we added this mirror and matching pictures of the boys.


We got the trees at Michael's, they have little christmas lights on them and I love them. I just need to know what to put above the TV. We were thinking of painting the wall behind the TV, but not sure what color to do there either. Any suggestions are welcome.