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Let the new year begin….Joshy’s broken arm

So, we had a rough start to our new year, but are very grateful for our health. Yes, it was extremely difficult for me to see my son in pain and his forearm bent like a bow, but God is bigger and He gave me strength to overcome it and stay strong. All this happened in the evening as I was grocery shopping solo and Barry was cooking dinner for the kiddos. I got a phone call as I was putting groceries in the car. All Barry said was, “Joshy broke his arm, we are going to ER, what do I bring” I remember a flood of thoughts and emotions took over and all I could do was scream “just take him to the hospital right now”! I hung up and started crying but at the same time just felt angry that it happened to my baby boy. I was glad I had a 10 minute drive from the store to the ER, where I prayed and had to get a grip of my feelings, only to have Barry bring Joshy with his arm so bent that I have never seen anything like that before. I broke down again, but had to talk to myself again and be strong for my sweet babies. The wait was 40 minutes during which they put his arm in a special cart board thing with ice. He fell asleep and was waken up by going to take x-rays and to get a splint. Joshua did amazing! He was strong and did not want to take any medicine. Barry and I could not believe it, they straightened his arm without any drugs, by golly kid, you are a rock! We left ER 3 hours later and had a rough night but the next day, our child was back to normal and played as if nothing ever happened. A few days later we got a cast and of course it was orange as its Joshy’s favorite color 🙂 We all feel grateful to have things back to normal and for God’s healing powers!

In ER with splint on 🙁

x-ray

The next morning 🙂

Got his orange cast 🙂

Yap, the day he got his cast….that’s my boy haha 🙂

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Happy New Year!!!

It’s officially 2015! How fun is that number? I don’t know why, but I sure am excited about this year! There are so many things I am looking forward to, God has been absolutely wonderful and gracious to us and our families. And what better way to ring in the New Year if not with your family! Thank you O and Lilya for hosting such a beautiful dinner and time! May God bless you in your new home and may you grow closer to Him daily.

Happy New Year from our family to yours!!!

Nana dancing with her love 🙂

The most precious site!

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Busted 😉

Beautiful table!

Yummies!

Papa and sissy working on a very pink puzzle 😉

My heart!

My favorite little man!!!

Pure blessing!!!

Oh how I love them!!!

Precious moments 🙂

The best brother and sister one can ask for! We love you both very much!!!

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Reflections- 2014

What a blessed year! There has been more joy and challenge, but good challenge; the type that keeps you on your toes and helps you remember who our Savior is. Some of the highlights that come to mind… Bella started Classical Conversations, which alone has been a true blessing. Watching how much this little person learns is mind blowing! She has developed relationship with kids in her class and it gave me a chance to connect with other moms that are on the same journey of life as me. Another highlight has been Real Estate. I have always wanted to be in the business, but somehow the intimidation and fears got in the way so I kept waiting, until Barry and I prayed and finally decided that it was perfect time to venture out and see where God takes us. As of July, I have closed 4 transactions, I honestly cannot ask for more, just taken by how God orchestrated every single one of these and that He is not done! I know that He will do great things in us and our life and our finances! All praise to Him! The most amazing and exciting transaction was my sweet brother “O” and Lilya 🙂 I can not stop thanking God for placing them only a mile away!!! I still want to pinch myself sometimes that they are here and right next to us! Thank you sweet Lord! Another great highlight this year was that my babies got to spend time with their cousins and I mean ALL of them and we got to fellowship with Del, Arielle, TJ & Lily. May God be present in their life daily and bless them on their journey to spread the gospel! I am also grateful for health, we did run into a bump on the road where it took me to ER, but since then, I am grateful every day to be healthy and alive and live to change lives one person at a time. It’s so much fun to build new relationships and see how God uses us for His purpose 🙂 Barry’s business and his involvement in Fellowship Chamber has been getting more and more exciting for him. He loves what he does and that I know because I ask him frequently if that’s still what he would like to be doing 🙂 As far as goals go for 2015, to connect with more people, to meet them and get to know them on purpose, to invest time in relationships. To be available! It’s hard, but that’s what God calls us to do and therefore I pray that He will use us! Also, to keep a good hold of what we eat, to re-evaluate and stick with good wholesome food. To stay active and perhaps ride my first century, that gets me very excited 🙂 Barry has a few crazy rides lined up this year and he is beyond excited 🙂
Cheers to 2015!!!

Blessed beyond measure!!!

Sweet kisses from sissy 🙂

The real US 🙂

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Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy turned another year younger 🙂 It was such a fun day, half of it he didn’t know was coming which is what made it so much fun 😉 In the morning, the kiddos and I took him out for breakfast. I asked Bella and Joshy what should we do for daddy’s birthday, and both said, we want to go out with daddy, so we did! In the evening, Barry knew that his parents were coming to have dinner with us to celebrate his birthday, what he didn’t know is we were getting all of our family together and meeting at one of our favorite restaurants. Coming evening time, his dad walked in and announced that instead of having dinner at home, he wants to take us all out 😉 To Barry’s surprise he walked in to a place full of family waiting to wish him a happy birthday. He was ecstatic! The evening was absolutely perfect, the food was amazing as always and the company was the best!
Thank you Lord for my amazing husband and my babies amazing daddy! I couldn’t ask for a better companion and I am looking to many more surprise birthdays with this man! I love you honey! Happy Birthday!

Birthday morning, daddy and his girl 🙂

Breakfast time 🙂 with his little sidekick 😉

Can we say a little piece of heaven 🙂 Eggs Benedict have my heart!

Chocolate chip pancakes 😉

Blessed daddy and his babies!!!

He made me a latte on his birthday! The best!

Birthday cake for my honey 🙂

At the restaurant 🙂

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My love and I 🙂

One happy man 😉

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Bayside Women’s Christmas Dinner

This event is absolutely stunning! Las year I had a chance to go and sit at one of the beautiful tables and enjoyed myself very much. So much that this year, I have decided to host a table. I wanted the evening to be perfect for everyone that set at my table and indeed, I couldn’t ask for a more beautiful fellowship with sweet ladies while listening to one of my favorite singers, Nicole Nordeman. Bayside church puts this event for women to come together and just spend time away from busyness of the holiday season and to take Jesus in, to find that perfect peaceful moment and remember what this celebration is truly about. Every aspect of it is simply beautiful.
(the pictures below were taken with a phone and the lighting was quite a bit off but memories are definitely treasured)

There were 83 tables hosted!

The table I hosted 🙂

With my beautiful mamusya 🙂

Girls at my table 🙂

My beautiful girls 🙂

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Merry Christmas!

Celebration of God’s own Son’s birth! What Joy! This year, the song that touched my heart the most was “Mary did you know”
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

I can’t help it, but the line “when you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God” just gave me chills every time I heard it and sang it and at the same time brought warmth to my heart. What an experience for Mary, to hold her precious baby boy and know that He is the Son of God! This holiday has always been my absolute favorite and it seems to hit more and more as years go by, what a joyous event took place. I desire more than anything to have been there with the shepherds and hear the angels sing. Wow!
I feel so blessed to know my God, my Savior and to celebrate love and joy during this beautiful season! Thank you dear God for giving us such Gift, a gift of life and sacrifice!
We had a privileged of celebrating three Christmases 😉 One in Fresno, one in Roseville and one in Lincoln. Let’s just say that our bunnies are spoiled and get presents three times during the Christmas season. It was wonderful to be with family!!! Feeling very blessed 🙂

Cousins are about to open their stockings 🙂

…here we go..

Sweet Silas 🙂

…and the gifts of course 🙂

Precious Ezra 🙂

Tiny bunny Caleb 🙂

Daddy and Joshy 🙂

Building trains

Concentration is the key 😉

Team work 🙂

At the Christmas Tree Lane 🙂

Christmas at home 🙂

What did Santa bring this year? 😉

My most precious gifts!

hehe 🙂

Some projects we have worked on 🙂

Some yummy hot chocolate for my elves 😉

Christmas dinner table at Nana’s and Papa’s 🙂

My Joys 🙂

This meat was AMAZING!

Gift opening time 🙂

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Lunch box 🙂

Frozen nighty 🙂

Excited 🙂

Super cool present 🙂

Yay! Olaf!!

This face makes me melt!

Uncle “O” is very happy with his present :))

The cutest nana :))

Christmas morning 🙂

Stockings time 🙂

Look at that face haha

My most precious faces!!!

Lights in Roseville 🙂

My heart!

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Oh Christmas Tree…

We LOVE going to pick out and cut down our tree at the farm! There is almost something magical about it. Being there with our little family, drinking hot chocolate, wearing rain boots and of course finding our beauty. Babes had so much fun splashing in puddles that even having them covered in dirt made it worth wile 🙂 It didn’t take us as long to find our tree as it did last year which was nice as we didn’t have anybody crying to go potty 🙂 (I treasure all of these memories)

Breathtaking beauty!

Loved splashing in the puddles 🙂

Just for fun 🙂

haha, just want to squeeze them 🙂

More exploring and splashing 🙂

Hi Daddy 🙂

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Next to our beauty 🙂

Mama had to get a picture with these bundles 🙂

Daddy is cutting it down 🙂


….still cutting….haha

…and taking it home :))

I couldn’t stop looking at God’s creation, what a masterpiece!

Wow!

My heart!

This picture is magical as it tells me our story of joy!

ta-da!!!

My absolute favorites!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

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We Give Thanks!

We give Thanks to the One and Only Mighty God who has blessed us beyond measure to have ability to gather as one family on this beautiful day and give our gratitude for all of the blessings we receive daily. One of the biggest blessings is ability to live and love! To live without love is easy, to live and love is a daily challenge but the reward is absolutely indescribable. To have your heart full of love is the biggest gift you can receive. I felt full watching all of our family members as we gathered to share a meal and give Thanks to our God! The laughter of children, growing families, being together like that just does not come too often. Thank You Lord! Thank you for your immeasurable blessings that you keep pouring out on us! Thank you for every breath, for every day that is given as an opportunity to make a difference, thank you for your sacrifice and spilled blood for my sins that I may live!

The most beautiful Thanksgiving table I have ever seen! It was clear it was put together with love!

Thank you sweet Jesus for granting me such amazing parents! The best hostesses anyone can ask for!

Oh how I love this man!!!

The cutest and most delicious little turkeys. All credit to my mamusya!

Simply beautiful!

Family! Blessed beyond measure!!!

Tiny blessings from above (cousins)

My heart overflows…

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The Nutcracker

One of my new favorite annual traditions is going with my favorite girls to see the Nutcracker ballet. This performance is put on by the Sacramento Ballet and it is simply beautiful! It was Bella’s third year going and she absolutely loved it. I am not going to lie, her mama and nana loved it just as much or maybe even more 😉 Our great outing was wrapped up by going to the absolute best coffee shop in this universe, Temple. If you want to argue otherwise, you must first try their coffee and then build your argument 🙂 Nothing beats the taste of their coffee, it is truly amazing! Ok, now I feel like this post was more about coffee haha.

My beautiful girls :))

Me and my girl! So blessed!

One of my favorite scenes! Just beautiful!

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At the end of the show 🙂

A little stroll to downtown Sacramento 🙂

I couldn’t help but capture the taste of this beautiful Christmas season!

These girls make my heart smile 🙂

My most precious little girl in the whole wide world!

Yes! This my friends is a mocha from the Temple!

We had a blast :)) God willing until next year!

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Celebrating My Beautiful Mama

I am so grateful to my God for gifting me such wonderful, kind, loving, smart and caring mamusya! She has been my best friend ever since I was old enough to realize it, which has been for many, many years. We all wanted to make it special for her, so we decided to do a little surprise for her and take a few family pictures and then shower her with love at “O”s and Lilya’s home. It was definitely a very blessed and memorable day. I pray that God will keep blessing her with health and joy and many more years of great living! We love you so very much the best mamusya and nana!!!

Blessed Papa, Nana and grandbabies 🙂

They make me smile 🙂

My Life!

So grateful for these two miracles!!!

Happy Birthday Mamusya and Nana!! We Love you dearly!!!

Oh how I love these two precious people!

I love you mamusya!!!

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