Our baby is GROWING up!

Kindergarten, Here she comes! Kalea graduated pre-school last week. She is so sad to leave, but so excited to start at the Arts Academy. Although she will not know what to do without Luke right by her side. They are 2 peas in a pod.

I am so sad to see my baby grow up and accomplish so many great things. I know there are only greater things to come but I sure am going to miss my little bug. She is growing up so fast.

For graduation they put on a cute little program, I think they are so fun to watch. The songs they sing are so cute and funny.

Kalea loved school (only because her best friend was there) I am sure there were other reasons too. Kalea and her teacher Miss Juli. Thanks to Miss Juli for being such a great teacher, Kalea loved you so much
Kalea lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance Two PROUD parents and two cute lil' kids
Kalea and her friends. Hayden, Luke, Kalea, and Owen

Should I be worried that all of her friends are boys?

Thanks to everyone who was able to come. Kalea enjoyed having you there.


Congratulations baby! We love you so much! We cannot wait for what is waiting ahead for you. Keep your head high, be strong, follow your dreams, and you will go far.

Love,

Mom and Dad

Memorial weekend= fun weekend= I WISH

Kalea and her best friend Luke playing at fat cats before the movie

Cute cousins!
I want to play to mommy

So we started off our weekend with a bang! Kobe got immunizations on Friday. OUCH! 4 + a finger prick, poor guy. I would even cry if I had to get that many. Well I have never had either of my kids get fevers or sick from them, but of course this time I did. Poor Lil Kobe had a fever and just wanted to be cuddled all weekend, and no I am not complaining, but I sure felt bad. Then we were at insta-care on Sunday with Kalea Puking on the floor and being treated for a bladder infection. AHHHH!

Then It has to pour on Monday! Could this get any better? I had many kids anticipating going to Lagoon, but those plans were destroyed! So our whole family decided to see the new Narnia movie. Ask me if it was good. I don't know! I was dealing with an overly tired baby that wanted to be home in his crib no matter what. So we went for a ride in the truck while everyone enjoyed the movie. :( We then went to El Matador (I love that place) and that was the highlight of the weekend.

So I guess I did have a good weekend, because I was with the ones I love, but I did not enjoy the events that surrounded us. From the other blogs I have read so far it sounds like you all had a great weekend, maybe next time I will have to come with you! :)

Weekend trip to Lake Mead

Casey TRYING to surf behind the boat

We decided last minute we would head out to Lake Mead with one of Casey's friends to go boating. We contemplated whether to go or not. Well I am so glad we decided to go, we had a blast. It was about 100 degrees and it felt so good.

We made some great friends and had a lot of fun hanging out with all of you. Thanks Brad, Brit, Kyle, Kelli, Brandy,and Brandon. I hope we can all hang out again sometime soon.

Casey has been wanting to buy a boat for so long and I never really knew why, but after this trip I realized why. So maybe in the next few years we can reach that goal. (and for some reason mabe gas will go back down. :) yeah right)

Well I have not been boating since my para sailing accident a couple of years ago so I am always a little hesitant to get in the water. I have never wake boarded before and I was kind of scared to try because I did not want to make a fool of myself. I got talked into it and it was so much fun. I was able to get up on my first try (not for very long, but I did it) Then after a few pointers I did pretty good for my first time, now I am excited to try again sometime.

Casey has not wake boarded a whole lot, but like anything else he just catches right on.

This is me, Abby, and Kelli getting whipped around on the tube. I could not hold on for the life of me because my arms were so tired after wake boarding.

Thanks so much to the Brown family for letting us tag along we had so much fun.

Happy Mother's Day and Birthday Mommy

Ashley, Mom (Kay), and Andrea (Sister) and Yes I am 8.5 mo. Prego

HaPpY BiRtHdAy

AnD

MoThEr'S dAy!

My mom is very unlucky to have her Birthday and Mother's Day always so close to together.

Well this year they landed together.

Sorry Mom.

I just want you to know how much I love you. I appreciate everything you do for us and the kids. Kalea loves spending time with you, and doing crafts with you. I love that you will take time with her to do fun things like that. That is something that she will always be able to look back on and remember.

You are a wonderful woman and work very hard for everything.

You are an amazing mom and friend!

Thanks for everything!

I love you!

Happy Mothers Day

Oh, and happy Mother's Day to me.

I have two WONDERFUL children that I love so much!

I am one lucky girl.

Funny Story:

My parents were nice enough to watch my children from sun up to sun down on Saturday while we went shopping for Mother's day and went to the ReAL game. So my cute little dad took Kalea and Kobe to Hallmark to pick me out a card. Well Sunday morning Kalea wakes me up with hugs and kisses and shoves a present in my face. So at this point I can barely open my eyes, So I take out the tissue paper and open one eye to find a WEBKINZ! So I just had to laugh.(For those of you that do not know what that is, it is a stuffed animal that you take care of on the Internet like a virtual pet. Very popular children's toy.) She said she picked it out just for me. Well I have not had it in my possession since I opened it, she says she is taking very good care of it for me. How nice of her. :)

A Walk Down Memory Lane

When you think of the Layton park you probably think of ducks, right?

Well, not me.

Growing up I spent a lot of time at the park with my Grandparents and my extended family. (on my mom's side.) My Grandma passed away when I was very young, but I do remember her love for the park. Her and my Grandpa would go for a walk there almost everyday.

When I was 12 my grandpa passed away and our family decided they needed to make a contribution to the park in memory of my grandparents.

We donated 4 ducks (I think, give or take one) and also this bench my kids are sitting on. There is a plaque on the bench that says

In Loving Memory Of

John and Irene Martinez

It is so special to me to be able to see this landmark every time I go there, and to remember the love they had for this beautiful park

Kalea loves to show everyone and is so proud of it. You may have seen it, it is right below the playground at the main little pond.

I never thought this post would make me sad, but it made me bawl like a baby thinking about how much I miss my grandparents.

Well on a lighter note. We went to the park again with cousins and had a blast. We bought lunch and had a picnic (Yes, I was too lazy to pack a real picnic) Then we played on the playground for awhile before we fed the ducks.

Tanner, Hallie, Kalea, and Carson

Kobe absolutely loves the swing, he screams when I pull him out of it. So of course I put him back in and keep on pushing. I am such a pushover.
This picture makes me laugh because the ducks started swarming her and she thought it was cool at first, but then she started to get a little scared. I do not blame her because I think they are cute, but one bit me when I was little so I have always kind of stayed back.
Kobe loved the ducks too.

Hallie and Kalea
enjoying each others company


I just love this picture!
What cute little kids.

Thanks again everyone for coming, we had such a good time.

P.S. If you are ever going to the park stop by the Wonder Bread store in Layton and ask for duck feed and it's only $1.00. They give you 5-6 loaves of bread. What a deal.

ReAL SALT LAKE

We are excited to announce that we are proud owners of ReAL season tickets. Casey has been waiting so long for this day to come. We were waiting to get them until they got into their new stadium but in order to get them by my brother (who already owns them) we had to get them this season so we could choose where we want next season. But I am not complaining like I said before, I love watching sports. I never played soccer growing up but I really enjoy it. We have 8th row mid-field which are pretty good seats but hope to get better next year.

They played last night against the LA Galaxy it ended in a tie 2-2 but it was a very intense game.

HOTTIE ALERT:

Well there was something more than soccer that I came to see in this game. His name is

DAVID BECKHAM

And he is GORGEOUS!

(Except his teeth are very crooked)

But other than that. Oh My GOODNESS!

Casey is OK with this because he is married to Posh Spice from the Spice Girls and he thinks she is Gorgeous, so we are even.

Casey has idolized David since he was little kid. David Beckham was signed to the English Premier league at age 14, and has been an idol to many kids since.

He did score both of the Galaxy's goals last night with his famous shot "Bend it like Beckham." It was amazing to see him play live, not only do I think he is hot, he is a great player also.

He is even nice from behind :)

I hope he stays with the MLS for awhile because it sure is nice to watch him play :)

Thanks honey for the tickets, I love spending one on one time with you, You are the Best!

Lakers, HERE WE COME!

YAY! YAY! YAY!

THEY WON!

What a night! Me and Casey went to the playoff game tonight against the Houston Rockets. They slaughtered them to win the series and continue on with their journey for the NBA Title.

I really enjoy watching the Jazz play. It is our dream when the kids are out of the house to have lower bowl season tickets. Our favorite past time is watching sports together, so we love when we are able to send the kids to grandma and grandpa's and enjoy a sporting event.

This was the only picture I was able to get of the both of us, Casey is a little camera shy.

We will now move on to the second round to play the LA Lakers. This will be a big challenge, but fun to watch. We hope we will be able to get tickets to those games too, but they will be hard to get. So wish us luck! And

GO JAZZ!