The best birthday present ever!

Being a foster parent defiently has it's challenges. But one of the best benefits is getting to take the kids to special places. Especially when they have never been there before. So when we got Devin and found out he had never been to Disneyland we said we wanna take him there. So in mid December we took Devin to Disneyland for his birthday. It was amazing and we had the best time.

All of us that went to Disneyland and celebrated with Devin. Ben, Elaina, Jeremy, myself, Brandon, Devin, Abbie and Aaden.

Everyone but Elaina and I going on the Teacups. Not my cup of tea.

Also Aaden and Devin. They really did become best friends.

The birthday boy!

Aaden and Abbie with Santa.

We really did have a fun time at Disneyland!

Gavin Turns One

This was a day we had been looking forward to for a long time. We have never been able to have a 1st birthday party before so we were excited.

This was the invitation I made for his party. He was actually in the tree in our backyard at the time. (Don't worry daddy was holding on to him).

I got this great I idea from my good friend Breanne. She took a selection of her favorite pictures of her son of the first year and put them in the cupcakes. I loved the idea so I stole the idea. So these were black and white pictures of Gavin of the 1st year of his life. They were a hit at the party everyone loved them.


Gavin loved opening presents. And he loved every single one of them.

I made him his own little monkey cake. He really wasn't sure what to think about the cake.

All in all his party was a complete success. We had a lotof family and friends that came. It was a great way to celebrate such a special day.

Catching up!

Well last time I posted was in August of 2009. So I am gonna try to do my best to get all caught up in a few blogs.

August has always been a difficult month for us. I remember when August came around we were praying that it would be a good month this year. Until the treaded phone call came on August 9th, it was Jeremy's mom calling him to tell him that his dad had passed away. It was not any easy time for our family. Just a little over a week later we had his memorial service. It was a very nice service.

That very next day August 16th we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. We were able to head to Disneyland for the day and try to have as much possible after such a tough week.

It's been way to long!

I'm not sure if anyone really reads my blog and if they did it's been so long they sure don't now. Hahaha!!!

Well I need to get back on the bandwagon and start blogging again. If for nothing else but my own memories. I can't believe it's been over a year. And we have done and been thru so much. So over the next week or so, I am gonna try to update my blog with all the important things that have happened over the last year.