Familia Enriquez

newborn baby boy

2011-08-31T12:13:00.000-07:00

joey dean june 4, 2011

1 week old

2 weeks old

photos by Angela Riley Photography

joey dean, blessed august 7, 2011

2011-08-20T12:01:00.000-07:00

jose was so excited to bless his baby boy. on this day, with the power of the priestood, he was able to bless him with the name of Jose Dean Enriquez. daddy couldn't have been more proud. great grandma and grandpa james

nielson family

my brother jon

grandma and grandpa bonnett

nana

enriquez/perez family

enriquez girls + one enriquez boy

nana and the grandkids

Teenage status

2011-08-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

isa turned 13 this year, and is now officially a teenager. thats all the needs to be said. my husband is getting old!

Flamming Gorge 2011

2011-08-20T11:26:00.002-07:00

the day before my family left to the gorge, we decided to join in. our last minute decision was due to joey only being 5 weeks old. we only went for the weekend but i'm glad we got to go even just for a few days. the thing about flamming gorge is you have to beat the storm, so we went out about 7:30 in the morning to ski and wakeboard. flamming gorge water is COLD anyway, but lets add early morning to that. my dad squeezed into a medium size wet suit to beat the freeze, let me say that again, a medium and he wears XL t-shirts. it was cold but thats flamming gorge

Celebrating the 4th

2011-08-12T14:23:00.001-07:00

we started celebrating the 4th with the traditional Childrens Parade eva jane sporting her shades, and coco
isa and ciara

anna and lucas

she just recently got her bike for her birthday and hated it! we practiced a few days before the parade, and she was riding all by her self. proud of her!

Ballon festival

eva jane and aunt shanna

lucas, eva jane, ela may

know this, this is a love/hate relationship, at this moment it was pure love!

eve and me (still wearing baby fat :)

joey dean quite liked the ballon launch

grandma james and joey dean at the james early morning breakfast

eva jane, allison, kaitlyn (my brothers girls down from idaho, she loved playing with them)

lastly, the bonnett picnic after the parade

digging for money in the saw dust, been a tradition for years done by my grandpa bonnett

wesley miller 1 week old, joey dean 4 weeks old. crazy how fast they grow.

all the grandkids born this year in the bonnett/miller family

St. George Girls Trip

2011-08-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

before the baby came we wanted to take a quick trip to St. George before adding another. let me explain the bag of chips, 1st im preggers, 2nd, dill pickle potatoe chips are hard to come by (right Ang) and are sooo good! this is why they are in the center of the picture! we we're haveing lunch before we went hiking around zions national park
without too much detail on the horses, one of the main highlights of heading to zions was the horse back riding. to sum it up, the girls were too small and we're thus longing to take a ride.

the squirls in zion have no fear. alothough the signs say no feeding the animals, people do because they will come right up to you.

this squirl is eating a cracker that he took right of out eva's hand, no fear

done!

while of vacation, sat around, went swimming, and watched movies. for every movie my sister and i picked out, my mom made us watch one of hers. don't get me wrong, i like old movies, but theses were oooold. i always enjoy our trip down.

Then came Easter..

2011-08-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

easter came and went, i don't have too amny pictures, nor good ones at that. but lets make a note that it happened

I Finally Made It......Graduation

2011-08-10T22:32:00.000-07:00

on april 14, 2011 i finally graduated with my bachlelors in science in dental hygiene! after many break downs, many failed patients, passing all my national board tests, and a 6 month pregnant belly, i finally did it.

i loved being able to have my family there to celebrate one of my biggest accomplishments. thanks for everything and for being my patients and pin cushions! my biggest fans and supporters
dad and grandma carol

grandma and grandpa james
mom and dad
my sisters
the whole fam

Jose {Joey} Dean Enriquez

2011-06-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

the day started out as a celebration of this young ladies 3rd birthday, and ended with this, at 11:06 pm...............
introducing our newest edition
Jose {Joey} Dean Enriquez Jr
6 lb 2 oz
19 in long
just days before, i had a little pep talk with this little man about not coming on this particular weekend, we (i) had made a deal that he would come that next wednesday. but the lord wanted to remind me that i was not the one in charge. i was trying to avoid having eva jane's and his birthday be the same, and i had said this from the beginning of my pregnancy. i thought "hey there are 30 days in june, there is no way he will come on this one day." but i was defenatly set straight! arriving almost 3 1/2 weeks early he arrived on

June 4, 2011,

exactly 3 years later than my other baby.

as much as i wanted to avoid him arrival on this exact date, i'm so happy to say he is here and we are blessed to have his sweet spirit here with us, as a part of our family. he puts a a smile on my face, even in the early morning hours.

taking a peek at her new baby brother

this is his very first weigh in of many, as according to my husband, he WILL be a wrestler

fresh out of the oven in my arms, instead of my belly. much easier to breathe!

proud father! this is an understatement, Jo has been waiting for this little man for a long time. as soon as we found out we were having a boy, he wanted a reassurance everytime we had an ultrasound. as soon as he arrived, we were assured all appendages were in tact. in disussion for a name, my husband took the opportunity to give him his name, for this may be his only son. not to mention, he is his spitting image, hair, eyebrows, and all.

his eyes were open right away

take notice of his dimple on his right cheek, daddy all the way.
pre-bath he appeared to have curly hair and black peach fuzz all over his back and shoulders.

post- bath his haired turned stick straight, but the black peach fuzz had remain!

my favorite part.....his hair.

taking the roll of big sister

great grandma james

great grandpa james

clinton {DEAN} james

making daddy proud by starting on his tan, and trying to rid of his jaundice

and enjoying his first bath

sorta

Our newest addition will be a.......

2011-02-12T09:57:00.000-08:00

BABY BOY! And Jo could not be more excited! Talk of wrestling shoes, a state champ, and a football player. No flowers, bows, or princesses this time around. We are excited to have this new blesssing in our lives!

Christmas 2010

2011-02-12T09:33:00.000-08:00

This year we spent christmas in California, after a week of rain, it was beautiful, sunny and warm! We spent most of our days laying around and shopping at 3 different malls.
Eva discovered the barbies and their cars

Christmas day, no need for thick winter coats!

Family Pictures Fall 2010

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Photographs taken by Janne Thurgood

Lets finish up with July

2010-09-01T20:09:00.001-07:00

the summer has flown by!

almost every saturday in june and july we hiked the Y. then came august, and that moutain hasn't seen us since by the time we got to the top my back was soaked and so was eva
lazy summer day with dad

enjoying spagetti at grandmas one sunday night, leftovers are seen on her face

eva jane prefers to sleep with nothing in her bed, not babies, bears, minnie mouse, nothing.

so when she fell asleep like this i had to take a pic

every summer we head up to flamming gorge, this summer it was cute to a short weekend for me and jo because i had to get back for school. the weather was horrible while we were there and hardly did any boating. as soon as we left the wheather was golden.

we left eva with the rest of the crew for the week to enjoy. since i wasn't there, who knows who was in chrage of this hair do!

sleeping with aunt shanna in her tent

mamking ice cream with the kids

enjoying a little tube ride

this is while we were still there

the nights get really cool, and eva jane wasn't having it so i threw her on dads pillow knowing she hogs it all, and slept just fine

and lastly we celebrated by birthday the end on july

excuse the halloween pj's, hey if they still fit, it doesn't matter what time of year you wear them

The 3rd, 4th and the 5th

2010-08-19T21:15:00.000-07:00

Wow, this long weekend was a cause to celebrate our Independance and Ela May's birthday. and we took every moment to to so.

We started by heading to the Zoo, yes the famous Zoo (its all for the memory of the kids)

can you tell in her face she isn't to sure about taming that lionask my sister Shanna was she thinks about a giraffes tongue?the next night, we had a drive in movie, minus the cars. it was so cold that night but so fun to have all the sibling and their kids there.
Braden, Eva Jane and Shanna

Isa, Megan, and Ciara

we started the morning of the 5th off with the traditional 5kf the 5th off with a 5k29 point something minutes later
then the rest of the day, we played of this huge water slide, perfect to cool us down

what a way to spend a long weekend

Childrens Parade

2010-08-18T13:08:00.000-07:00

Traditionally we walk the childrens parade every July only to reward ourselves with a delicious Provo Bakery doghnut at the end!

Baby Contest Winner

2010-08-17T14:54:00.000-07:00

I've been in school the whole summer and haven't wanted to study let alone blog. Now I have a couple weeks of summer break, and I'm willing to play a little blog catch up

Clear back in June, I put Eva Jane in the Freedom Festival Baby Contest 2010, and she looked exceptional in her tea party outfit, yes i realize it has nothing to do with America's freedom or patriotic colors, but she looked outstanding!

counting for the judgeswalking way with her participants ribbonand accessorizing her 2nd place winners medalFreedom Festivals Baby Contest Winners 2010

August 4, 2010

2010-08-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

Four years ago we made a promise to be together for eternity.

Celebrating the 2nd...with a tea party.

2010-06-05T17:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we celebrated Eva Jane's 2nd birthday.with a tea party

having some tea with lukie

enjoying gift opening

it was Alice and Wonderlandand it was a wonderland.........although the flowers didn't sing.i made this hat, i searched everywhere for a hat, then i went to DI for old tea cups and found the perfect hat by accident!the decor, it turned out really cute. we had butterflies, and dragon flies hanging everywhere.

the delicious cake

........and the party favors straight from DI, washed in the dishwasher of course!

CHECK IT OUT!!

2010-04-30T17:30:00.000-07:00

Eva Jane won 3rd in the cutest cuties contest born in 2008. Check it out in the Utah Valley Magazine!!!
http://blog.uvmag.com/mayjune2010/index.html

St. George Vaca.

2010-04-30T13:09:00.001-07:00

For my short break from school, my mom took us down to St. George for a few days. We swam, ate out, shopped and took the kids to the sand dunes. It was Eva Jane's first swimming pool experience which she wasn't so sure of at first, but by the end of the trip didn't mind so much. Eva Jane swimming with Gma
she wouldn't really jump, she would just fall with grace.

hanging out in the back yard right after breakfast with ela and luke in their pj's

Eva jane looked so cure with her pack on ready to play in the sand

she wasn't sure at first cause she was a little timid about getting dirty

after awhile she sat down and relaxed

random.....she just knew how to use the chop sticks perfectly and was eating with them.

Gpa came down to save luke from the female maddness

they look like sisters right?.........

..........nope, just cousins

swimming with barbie

Eva Jane and Luke

these two love their papa

we had a great time enjoying the sun while it lasted and just hanging around doing nothing! Just what we needed!

Easter

2010-04-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

Finally a post about easter...... Eva Jane was fun this year cause she understood what was inside the egg......cany(candy). We had 2 family parties, both along with egg hunts, and to top it off a visit from the easter bunny.

all the bonnett grandkids

Eve was throwing a fit cause she wanted to swing rather than hunt for eggs

the grandkids with Great Gma and Gpa James

this took "cheese" took alot of bribe

enriquez girls

James grandkids

say "chocolate"

more bribe needed

hunting with aunt shanna

i think these pictures were taken the week before easter, which explains the sun

this was our annual bonnett/miller easter party

eve would't let anyone else hunt with her except Gpa

look at this cute shot of her tiny pig tails, she doesn't have any hair. you'd never know she is half latina

$5 Cleanings!

2010-01-26T20:04:00.001-08:00

To all those interested, even my blogstockers. I am starting to see patients this semester. For those that don't know, I'm a dental hygiene student and need patients. Come get a x-rays, a cleaning, fluoride, and a dental exam for only $5. Remember it is a exchange of money for time! I see patients Tuesday and Thursdays 8-11:15 and Wednesdays 1-4:15.Please let me know, and you'll recieve the most thorough cleaning of you life.

Post Christmas Events......

2010-01-03T19:50:00.001-08:00

We played in the snow....

went bowling.....

and played with our chirstmas presents....

Christmas Vaca!

2010-01-03T13:50:00.001-08:00

the begining of our christmas vaca... jo's family came in from California and Wasington State. their party starts on late christmas eve and most of the presents are open at midnight, except those from santa.

couples..

grandkids..

Siblings..

girls...

boys...

me and eva jane

aleena, gloria and freddy.

david, eva jane, jo, keven

rosy and wolf

eva jane and dad, starting the night off late.

jazzy and alexi

wolf and jazzy

this was the annual Bonnett Enriquez Nielson Thurgood Christmas gift exchange. we go to the mall, exchange names, shop for 10 dollars and under, and finish it off with the gift exchange at ihop.

taia

grandpa and lukie

what better way to spend chiristmas then with family!

Halloween Pictures......

2010-01-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

I know its way past Halloween but I couldn't resist showing what has beeen going on at the Enriquez house hold...........

Eva Jane had Halloween pictures taken by Ashley Thalman Phgotography.
Isa and Ciara
Eva Jane in Luke's costume.

Jo is quite the ladies man these days..... and maybe forever.Ciara celebrated her 9th birthday so we made it a costume party.

Eva Jane was a Lady Pirate at the birthday party.

Nursery Already!

2009-12-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

Eva Jane turned 18 months on friday making today her first day of nursery, and we found it appropriate to celebrate by taking pictures of this momumental moment!

something to chew on....

2009-12-06T20:44:00.000-08:00

yes, i realize this is a halloween picture, but lately i haven't had time! Posting soon.

Pirates Cove, Living in the life of the Rich and Famous.

2009-08-25T12:37:00.000-07:00

This is Pirates Cove. It is the property of the owner of Nuskin. It has approximatley 25 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms. 2 water slides, 3 pools, 4 total houses, and one big obsession with pirates. The owner loves pirates, so it completely decked out with pirate stuff. Amazing place! We only stayed for two nights, but I could have stayed there all summer. It was beautiful,........ oh the life of the rich and famous.

Bruin till he dies. Loving on Marilyn.Jo looks just like popeye here. Look at the resemblance in the nose.

You can't see very well, but there were dead people hanging below us.The whole property had these really old tall cactus.This pool had a rope swing, long with the slide, and tiers to jump.The ship.

We didn't get a picture of the top of the water slide when it was running, so this is the best picture I have. One really cool thing about the water slide was when you started coming down it would play music so people at the bottom knew someone was coming and could get out of the way.This was a little play cuddy for the kids to play in. It even had a flat screen tv.

Swimming late into the night.

Indoor Basketball court. Fully air conditioned. I didn't get a picture, but it also had a full gym, amazing equiptment.

Mariachi Band. It really played music when you got near the band.Another pool.

Looking down on a view of the property.Wrestling a gator. It was made of metal, so when Jo first jumped on it, it burned his chest.

These are the three tiers you could jump off. The top one had bee blocked off when we were there. It was so high.Jumping off the cliff. This pool was 14 feet deep.Coming our of the Big water slide. This slide was inside the ship that was on the property. So much fun. You could slide down on the blue pads that you can see in the picture and it would make you go so fast. We rode down in all directions.This had sound and movement just like the ride in Disneyland. He even whistles at the dog.

"Earthquake!"This was one of the pools. It shallowed out like a beach.

In the pool they had this little cave you could go into, and inside was this fish tank. Eva J loved it, everytime we went in she would point and jabber.

Trapped in Jail as my Prisoners.

Eva J coming down the slide with Daddy.

In a battle.Young pirate in training.Having some whisky with Jack Sparo.Looks like the set from Pirates of the Carabian.

Hanging out under the canopy.This little lounge sites on top of one of the houses.Huge teeter totter. He guy that owns the home bought it from an art festival in Park City.Captain Hook, looks like the Captain from the beer bottle.House #1 cont'
House #2 House #3House #4.

Baby hot tub.

Hot tubbing in 100 degree weather.

The view of Lake Mead.

Lounge Chairs were everywhere.

One of the pools, it was right by our room, along with the ice cream machine!

Free ice cream anyone?Enjoying breakfast with me mates'

Chair made of deer antlers.

Las Vegas

2009-08-21T13:46:00.001-07:00

On our way back from California we stopped and stayed in Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood hotel. Las Vegas is one of my favorite places to vacation. I love the city lights at night, the fact that the city never sleeps, and the shopping! Excuse the ugly hair, the heat in LV makes me sweat like crazy. As soon as I dry the hair, it looks the same as it did as soon as I stepped out of the shower!A limo....no not our limo

The hotel is beautiful, with modern design.
One of my favorite shows to watch is CSI. The Las Vegas CSI, and while we were there they were filming in the PH lobby. So these top 2 pictures are one of the guys on the show, and the girl. (The red head, the pictures is really blurry) It was really cool to see. I kept getting in trouble by the hotel security because I was just standing there with Eva J. After the 3rd time, the guy warned me and followed me unitl I was near the exit. Persons under 21 cannot be on the casino floor, but gosh, is my 1 year old going to slip in a coin and win me a million dollars? Highly doubted!He looked like the guy in Oceans 11, I tried to throw a joke at him but I got no response!
We were enjoying a good brunch at the buffet.

These pictures are backwards, but this was the night we got there. We arrived at about 11 and hadn't eaten, so we went walking to find a bite. Excuse the picture in the back ground above Jo. The show at Planet Hollywood is called the Peep Show, Featuring Holly Madison. Explains why it is called Peep Show.

It was a good quick trip.

Eva Jane Enriquez

2009-08-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

These beautiful pictues were taken about a month ago for Eva J's one year birthday by Michele Reyes. She did an awsome job, even though Eva J was terrible. She had just gotten over being sick, so we worked with what we could! She still looks beautiful.

Enjoy!

Our Annual California Trip

2009-08-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

This is a Huge post, just as a warning. We always spend a couple days during the summer in Califoria, and always have to make a visit to Disneyland. And this was the first time Eva J had gone and been aware of what was happening.
This year, we had Yazmine join us, and it was Angelica's first time ever to Disneyland. (Yazmine is the far left, Jo's niece. And Angelica is to the right of her)

Eva J enjoying a stroll with dad before being tied down in the stroller.
Posing with Nana Alicia. Nana Alicia loves when all the girls come to spend time with her in California.

Eva J with her First mousekateer hat!

We tried to get pictures with all the main characters. The only ones missing is Minnie and Donald. At first Eva J wasn't so sure, she was intimidated by their huge heads. She then realized she didn't mind giving them a friendly pet and the barking at them. She assumed they were all dogs.

Eva J with her cousin Yazmine.

Getting ready for her first ride on the classic Dumbo.

She Loved dumbo just as much as the next child.

Ready for a spin on the Tea Cups.

This was taken after the Tea Cup ride, and she does look a little woosy.

Small World was definatly her favorite. She loved the music.

This year, most of you know the theme for Disney is to celebrate. Celebrate your birthday, anniversary, etc. So they have this fun interactive parade that lets the kids participate and dance. In the picture above, she is enjoying the view on dad's shoulders. And below we were out dancing on the street. She loves to dance, but of course right at that moment she was not going to perform.

This was durning the fireworks. Takes her awhile to warm up to the noise.

At the end of the night, we were both so tired. Eva J was nocked out and the girls were still running around with Grandma. So we were trying to keep ourselves awake.

Tuckered out! But man, what a day!

Eva J's first visit to the beach, and only my second. We spent the day at Venice beach. Beautiful!

Look like I have a crooked face.

Eva J and Nana.

Jo was catching this little sand crabs. When the water rushed back, he would dig his hand as deep as he could and come out with two or three almost everytime. Eva J didn't mind putting her hand on them when we showed her what they were.

This was the cuttest thing. The girls burried Eva J in the sand and loved it. She was so excited, pounding, and throwing the sand. She couldn't get enough of it. She was coverd in sand from head to toe, and even large amount in her diaper.

We walked out and took some pictures on the pier. The waves crashing, were huge.

Tired, wet, and sandy.

The last night in California, we went and had dinner with a few of Jo's old high school friends.

Quarter of a Century

2009-08-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

My sister politelly put, that I was now a Quarter of a Century! Makes me feel much older than needed. The day of my birthday, my husband planed a very secretive birthday party. I had no idea that he had invited friends and Family to spend this special day with me. He knows I love a good Surprise, I'm still a kid inside!
Thanks Babe for a great Birthday! I love you!

(Thanks for spoiling me!)

Good News....

2009-07-22T11:01:00.000-07:00

I'm not prego, but I did get accepted into my Dental Hygiene program. I can finally see the end of my educational road coming to an end. 2 more years of hard study and I can say I'm finally done with school! WHADD UP!

Flaming Gorge Vaca....... And a Late 4th.

2009-07-19T15:28:00.000-07:00

As sad as it is, I have practically no pictures from the 4th of July. Things were so crazy that day I didn't have time to stop and catch a snap shot. These first couple of pictures are from the baloon fest on the 3rd. It starts a great 4th tradition for me. Then the day of the 4th, we ran the 5K in the morning which took us 29 min 35 sec(of course I didn't get a picture of this memorable moment), then Eva J was supposed to be in the grand parade by 9 am for being a baby contest winner, then we had a baptism for Jo's niece at 10 am (crazy day to have a baptism) then we had a Family picnic at 12 pm then lunch for the baptism at 1:30 pm. We found time to stop at home for a short nap, then on to clean the church,(Jo's calling and of course we end up with the weekend of the 4th). We then came back for chatting with the fam and on for fireworks! Jo's mom was able to spend the week of the 4th with us so Eva J spent a little time with her Grandma from Cali.

And then this last week we spent up in Flamming Gorge, a yearly trip taken by the Bonnett Family. This year was fun, all my siblings were able to come up and spent a little time, along with the Thurbad family:) (shout out to ga-ne-a) It was Eva J's first time camping it the great out doors along with the Girls.
For those of you who know Flaming G, the water is might fine (cold I mean) and Eva J didn't mind too much. Took a few short wines to warm up and then she was fine.
Eva J in her cute life jacket.
When weren't out on the boat, we were on the beach playing in the sad and relaxing on the tube. Dad was giving Eva J an enjoyable ride.

Isa and Thurbad #2
Just playing a good game of uno.

Ela, Thurbad #1, Madison, Isa.
Eva J got a lawn chair for her Birthday that we took with us and she loves crawling in and out of it.
Notice: a week of camping calls for no make-up. Can you tell?

Eva has just been getting the walking thing down, has been for about a month but is still a bit shakey. So the whole trip she had someone glued to her finger walking her in all the uneven dirt, cement and sand.
This was our last day on the beach.

Having a little lunch.
Braden and Ciara floating in the raft.

Madison, Isa and Braden
All the girls playing on tube.
My brother and his sexy body in a completey undersized jacket.
A little tube action: Isa and Madison.
Megan and Ciara
On our last night in the Gorge, we head to the smallest town called Dutch John and have us a Dam Burger. There were 23 of us and we filled up the whole dinning room. They made their quota for that day in 5 min.
Like I said, camping requires no make up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my 1st place Baby Contest Winner!

2009-06-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! Two great things happened this weekend. We celebrated Eva's first Birthday with family and close friends. And on Saturday I entered her into the Freedom Festival Baby Contest and WON FIRST PLACE! She took first in the girls ages 10-12 months.

Her birthday party was themed under the sea. I wanted it to be mermaids, but couldn't find anything mermaid except for a pinata.
This her birthday outfit, and below are her shoes. They are soft highheels, so she can't walk in them very well. But super cute!
This is a picture of her birthday, we put blue cellophane on the ceiling to look like water and my sister and I made these paper mache fish (that took forever!)to hang. It was all worth it!
I had this balloon made at party land along with the fish below.

Preping for the party.....

Enjoying the party.

I can't believe my baby is already one year! Thank you to all the family and friends that came and shared this special day with us!

Living in TWILIGHT!

2009-05-15T20:42:00.000-07:00

For all those Bella and Edward lovers, I made it to the home of TWILIGHT! Jose was on a business trip in Washington state, and decided to make a va-ca out of it for me. Its just how I imagined it, the sun was shining every where else in Washington that day, except for in Forks.

Welcome to Forks, Wa. The town is only about an arm stretch wide. Its tiny, and in the last two months they have recieved over 7,000 people alone for Twilight.
Bella's red truck. We asked for directions to the Chamber of Commerce and the lady said, "Its the last building on the left, Bella's truck is parked there, you can't miss it!" Twilight is there life here now! There is a picture of Edward and Bella in every business window.

The little sign says "Home of the Swan's". This is just how i imagined her house when I read the book.
This is the Cullen's home. It actually looks like Bella's home in the movie.
Charlie's cop car.

This reserved Dr. Cullen sign is really at the Community Hospital. I tell you, everyone is involved.Before we even got to Forks, and the only way to get there, you have to catch a ferry. We had to be there an hour early so we were taking some fun pictures to kill some time. Jo is catching a few waves, well...ripples.
This was the ferry we caught to cross the bay. This is actually a small ferry and only a single decked, others are double decked and carry triple the number of cars.
This was while we were on the ferry.

Port Angeles!

We stayed in Port Angeles one night. It is a beautiful and quiet town. We ate at a resturant right on the bay the night we stayed called Downriggers and ate fresh fish and shrimp.

This is the view from our Hotel room.

This is the Hotel we stayed in, with a view from the pier.
This was a store in Port Angeles, the picture with Edward, they have this whole meadow set up in the display window that you can lay down with him and take pictures. I didn't have the guts to do it. After hiting all the hot spots in Port Angeles from the book (not pictured) we headed for forks which highlighted earlier but here are some fun pics.
This is my Edward! We stopped on the side of the road to catch a few pictures.
These last two are just pictures of beautiful scenes from our drive. The picture of this beach looks just like La Push, but its not of course. We ran out of time and its the only place in the book we didn't make it to.

Family Pictures

2009-04-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

Our pictures were taken by the none other Janne Thurgood Bonnett!

The whole Bud and Delaina Bonnett Family.

All the Bonnett Grandkids.

Easter

2009-04-25T07:38:00.000-07:00

Better late than never! HAPPY EASTER!

This is my only easter decor, and I made it so I had to post it. It came out really cute.
Ciara, Alexie, Eva Jane, Isa, and Matthew.
Ella, Isa, Luke, Eva Jane, Ciara.

Eva's First Easter Egg Hunt!

She doesn't enjoy the grass much.

Collecting the easter goods.

St. Pattys Day!

2009-03-21T20:38:00.000-07:00

I called my husband on St. Patricks Day and asked him if he was wearing green. He told me that March 17th isn't a day he remembers to celebrate. I asked him how many of his high school students were wearing green? And he said not even 1/4. As for me, I told him that as I was walking around the neighborhood, and every child I saw was wearing green. And He said "They are in elementary MOM." I am a person that would love to make a celbration out of every day. You can bet I was wearing green, and so was my little creamy! Not a huge holiday, but a good excuse to buy cute green stuff, and get together with your sister and have a green themed dinner!

Recently....

2009-02-21T11:33:00.000-08:00

... Jo turned 34 yrs old. Can you believe it? He can't either!

Jo and his blairing cake, we had dinner at Tucanos with family.

Daddy and Eva
Ciara and Xavier

Isa and Aunt Sally

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....... Eva Jane turned 8 months and will be 9 months on March 4th.

Recently..... she has learned how to feed herself cheerios and puffs,
...Learned how to pull herself up to stand,
....Learned how to crawl,
.... And learned how to utlize her crawling ability to make a mess!
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...... And lastly, Jo and I were able to go snowboarding yesterday while Eva stayed with her aunts. We hadn't been boarding for about two years because last season I was prego.

So finally we went this year and had a ton of fun! This was the only picture we got, you know how it is to get a picture with both of you when there is no 3rd person to take it.

Happiest Day, Happiest Place!

2009-01-11T16:33:00.001-08:00

For the first time ever, we spent Christmas in California. That was a first for me to ever be away from my family on Christmas Eve and Day. But turns out we had a great time! The wheather wasn't so great, a bit rainy and cold, but we decided to stay a few more days and the wheather only got warmer. NOTHING like having a palm tree for a Christmas tree.
This is Odilie, her daughter Isabell, Eva and I.

This is Grandma Alicia and Eva on Christmas Eve.
This is us with Aunt Anna.

This was Christmas morining, and Eva's First. We spent Christmas morning the the hotel, so we had no Christmas tree but she won't remember right?

As part of my Christmas gift, Jo surprised me by taking us to Disneyland. We went the day after Christmas, and it was hella busy. But fun, we actually made it on alot of rides. This was also Eva's first time to Disney, first of many I should say. Christmas is my favorite time of year and Disneyland is my favorite place be.

This is the huge Christmas tree and the top of Main Street. We held her up to it because the ornaments were as big as she was.
This is Eva's very first picture with Mickey. Its not the best picture because we waited in line to see him but the people in front of us were taking FOREVER! So we didn't get our time with him! So as he walked away he stopped for a split second and Jo snapped a quick picture as I held her up to him. Its a good first memory.
This is the perfect Christmas gift. Jazzy got this for Christmas. Jazzy is JO's niece. Isn't it a perfectly ugly face to love!
Jo's nephew Freddy and little brother Keven.

This is a picture of Jose and his best buddies.His brothers and cousins.

Jose, James, and Wolf.

I AM NOT ASHAMED!!!

2008-11-23T18:31:00.001-08:00

There is nothing to be ashamed about right! Bad loss, but a good excuse for a get together. Getting together wasn't only for the game, it was also my moms birthday the same day, but what a crummy way to end a HAPPY day!

Game faces, or losing faces? I can't tell.

My dad is what you would call a true blue BYU fan. I think it was the second interception that the U caught, he stood up and said "I'm going home." And he did, he packed up the stuff they brought, packed up my mom and sister, and left. There was no hesitation to finish watching the game!

TWILIGHT!

2008-11-23T18:19:00.001-08:00

What a JOKE! On Thursday, we went to see and early showing of Twilight at 7 pm the night before it was actually released for the public! The only problem was, this was the only picture I could capture, as we were standing in this crowded hallway right before you walk into the theater, they announce they won't let any cameras inside the theater! Boy was I MAD! My first thought was to just hid it in one of our trendy large purses, but hey, who knew they were doing purse checks! So I had to run out to the car only to come back and stand in back of the same long line! So this is the only picture I came back with! It's alright, it was worth it for a good movie and good company!

Faculty vs MV B-ball team

2008-11-23T17:59:00.001-08:00

Earlier this week Jo was asked to play at meet the team night. They put together a team of faculty and they play b-ball against this years team.

In this picture, he and a 6 ft something teenager crashed on the court getting a little agrssive over the ball. No major injuries though!

His oh so famous PEACE sign, high spirits even though they lost this year.

MV team-20, Faculty-18. Close game.

Huge Post!

2008-11-15T09:35:00.000-08:00

If you notice the background, it's Christmas. But those of you who know me, know that it is my favorite holiday, and Christmas can never come too soon. "TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY".

Here are a ton of picutes from the month of October and first of November.

Ciara was baptized and confirmed by Jose on November 1. A long awaited experience!

I just deleted a cute picture of Eva, darn computer! Anyway this is halloween morning, we went up to Shanna's school and paraded around the school with her 2nd graders. Ela and Luke were passing out "high 5's" to all the kids. If you notice below, you can't really tell but Luke is Ela's little side kick. She was Mickey and Luke was Pluto, and Eva Jane was a pumpkin. I was supposed to be a beautiful witch!

Shanna was dressed as a bumble bee, her students call her miss Bumble Bee. And Anna was a hat-less witch.

Jose skipped out of school for a bit to go visit the girls. Ciara was a vampire and Isa was and angel.

Jose and I carved pumkins, and guess whose is who's? Jo was a huge Obama fan this election, so I was watching Rachel Ray one morning and they had celebrity faces that you could print off online and they highlighted Obama on the show, so I printed it off because I knew that he would love it. In the day, it really looked like him, but when it was lit, you couldn't really tell what it was. Mine was a Frankenstein with an underbite of some sort!

Ciara turned 8 on October 12th so the day before we threw her a little Halloween theme party, and all the kids dressed up.

In these two pictures the back ground looks like the house of a cronic smoker, but we don't smoke! We had a fog machine going off trying to set the scary mood!

We had bobbing for apples, painting pumpkins, cup cake decorating, and pin the nose on the pumpkin.

Eva was a cat this night at the party, but about 10 minutes after everyone started she was dead asleep. She couldn't keep her eyes open.

Isa, Ciara, and cousin Alexi

Ela and Ciara

Its Finally Here!..........

2008-10-30T22:59:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEN

ITS TIME TO LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC OFFICIALLY!!!

Eva's Best Sunday Dress

2008-10-16T22:52:00.000-07:00

I just can't seem to get over how cute her little school girl outfit is. Her knee high tube socks and chubby knees to top it off!

4 Months on October 4th

2008-10-10T20:10:00.000-07:00

My baby has just turned 4 months and I can't believe it! My how time flies. We are just begining to see her personality she cries when someone isn't near to talk to her, and she has the cutest smile. She went in for her four month check up and the Doc said we could start feeding her cereal, and as of right now she hates it. She screams the whole time. I guess she will eventually get the hang of it! She also loves to sit up and stand like a big girl. She has this incredibly strong neck so when she lays on the floor, she tries so hard to lift her head up and see what she thinks she is missing out on.

This Picture is of our very first time trying spoon feeding, it wasn't too messy, actually the cleanest the cleanest of all.

Hike to the "Y"

2008-09-27T19:58:00.000-07:00

For some odd reason, this morning in bed, JO asked me what I wanted to do today, and my response was to hike the Y. It really wasn't too bad, now that I'm in my comfortable bed at the end of the day. We started about 11 in the morning and after about the first two switch backs my head was pounding from the beating sun. When we finally got to the top, I thought I was going to die! I don't think I would have made it if I had done it right after I had my babe. Guess is just proves how out of shape I am. We took Eva in a little carrier on Jo's chest, making it her first hike ever. As we were hiking, we were talking about when Jose was a wrestler at BYU his coach used to make the wresters run to the top! RUN? I couldn't even make it going at my slowest paced walk!

Lets Catch Up!!

2008-09-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

Gosh, its been awhile since I have posted anything and so much has been going on. I've also been recieving threats from a few people for not posting anything new!!
On the fourth of August, JO and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary, and Eva turning 2 months old. I always tell Jose the 2 years can sometimes feel like 40yrs! But over those two years we have definatly learned alot about life and ALOT about each other! Its one thing to learn, and another to comprehend and apply it to your daily life! I always tell JO, "you live and you learn!" Love you BABE!

For our anniversary, we celebrated it in my most favorite vacation place.... the city of sin! None other than Las Vegas! What draws me to this city certainly isn't the gambling (no, really), its the city lights, the shopping, walking the strip, and the crazy people

While in Vegas, we were able to attend one of the best shows in the city, besides any of the Cirque de Soule shows. Anyways, we went and saw Stomp Out Loud. All they do in the show is make music with metal and plastic garbage cans, signs, hub caps, garbage bag, all sorts of things including their feet and hands. The people in this show have this incredible talent for music and beat. The main guy was the most impresive, he was this big white guy, and you could just tell that he could feel the beat. If he would have messed up, then everyone else would have been off. It was amazing to watch. After the show, some of the performers came out the meet the audience and JO jumped in with one of them for a quick pic! He was in more AWW than I was.

But the only bad thing about taking a vacation as a pair, you can never seem to be in the pictures at the same time, for the fear of asking someone in vegas, "can you take a picture of us?" your then expensive piece of electronics has a pair of legs and a new owner. So we settle for seperate pictures.

As we traveled to vegas, we took the girls with us to meet Jo's Mom who then took them with her to spend the week with her in California. As for baby Eva, she was left home with Grandma Bonnett for a few sleepless nights! But Vegas isn't a place where you catch up on sleep, its another place to loose sleep.

That next weekend we blessed Eva Jane on the 10th, but I don't have any pictures of that day at the moment but I will post them later. As for that special day, she recieved a beautiful blessing from her father who blessed her with advice and tools that will help her through out her life. Recently she has just started to smile, and I can't seem to get enough of it. This picture is one of her first smiles.

These other pictures are ones that I just took on my own and I was pretty impressed by my artistic ability! She is 2 months old in these pictures

Lastly, just this Labor Day weekend, my mom took us to Park City to ride the Alpine slide, the zip line and the coster ride. It was our last little summer get together which makes me sick. Really the thought of fall makes me sad! I'm not ready for summer to be over, and not looking forward to colds, cold weather, or snow!!

No vaca in store for us...but something else is!

2008-07-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

One last thought for the day. This past week, my whole family has been at the Gorge, one of my favorite vacation spots for the summer, but this year we weren't able to go because our brand new babe. So I posted some of last summers pictures of mine and Jose's "professional" boarding and skiing skills to remind me that I will be able to go next year, and that my life isn't over because I had to miss one summer. It is the first time that I have missed the trip! Wish we could have been there.

But in the mean time, Jo told me that we could have some fun of our own here at home, and we did, we certainly did.....

This month, our lease on the Durango was finally up, so I told Jo that we shoud go car shopping just to look around and see what we would want to purchase, just to get an idea. And the first thing out of his mouth was "Don't get any ideas!" So we broused this week just for fun and...well... we ended up getting a new car! But instead of leasing it we own it. (Well, we will own it when the loan is up right?!) She isn't just a beaut!, but she is also very practicle. You have to just imagine this, we now have a family of five, in which one member includes a big, bulky car seat. But just imagine us all jammed into one little Honda Civic!! Talk about family toegetherness! Our new car includes third row seating which suits our family perfectly now, considering that we probably won't be taking it anywhere because of the cost of gas!? Right? In that case she makes a great drive way decoration!

My Babe!

2008-07-19T14:17:00.000-07:00

Just last night, Angela, Kim, and I went out to dinner to catch up before Kim moves away to Denver. Anyway, when Eva was just a few weeks old Kim came over and used her amazing photography skills and took some great pictures of her. I just picked a few to show how she captured some beautiful features of my babe!

Dang Camera!

2008-07-10T18:24:00.001-07:00

Someone once gave me some advice about buying a nice new camera when had Eva but we have yet to follow because of bad timing. (Isn't it always?) So weeks before my due date I took my camera to be fixed because the flash didn't work, they told me it would be at least 6 weeks, but funny, my baby is 5 weeks now and I still don't have my DANG CAMERA! So we have to use the camera that is on our video camera which isn't too bad but doesn't do my beautiful babe justice. But I wanted to give everyone an update on how much she has changed! Eva, today, is % weeks and 1 day. And she is still tiny but I can't believe how much she has already grown. These
two pictures express her attitude through out most of the day now. She doesn't enjoy being in a room by herself, so she makes herself and her feelings known. Generally she is happy and she always keeps a smile on my face. Sometimes I wonder how we were sent such sweet spirit, I just need to learn to absorb it and also be able to teach it. She is such a blessing in our lives and can't imagine her not in it!

Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus?

2008-07-10T18:07:00.000-07:00

OHH MY GOSH! Hannah Montana came to Utah! On the 4th of July we were 5 of many thousands of people that were able to attend the Stadium of Fire. It was jammed pack full of little screaming girls. But to my disappointment, she sang mostly songs that her fans didn't know because they were off her new album, so none of the little girly's were able to even sing along. As pictured, its seems to be that Jose is the one with the biggest smile on his face. Who out of those 4 is the most excited to be there? It was good fun, good entertainment, but my favorite was the blue man group! It made me hungry for a trip to Vegas! Happy 4th of July, and always be greatful for your Freedom!

Our Newest Member!

2008-06-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

This sweet face is the newest member of our family. Meet Eva Jane Enriquez. She was born on June 4, 2008. She came a week earlier than expected, but came into this world as healthy as ever. She weighed 7 lbs, and was 18 1/2 in long. She wasn't' due until June 9Th, but with my fluid dropping from a 16 to a 4 within a week, they induced me the day of my last non-stress test. Now we have a beautiful new spirit in our lives. And although she keeps us up at night I can't help but smile when I'm staring at her at 3 in the morning.

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This charming face is Ciara. She will be turning 8 this year and can't wait to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. She is into dancing, this year she tried out ballet and has dance performance coming up soon. And I'm sure if she could, she would extend and invitation to all of you attened and come see her. She has no fear of strangers!

Meet the family!

2008-06-11T20:11:00.001-07:00

This is my extremely handsome, charming, and incredibly intelligent husband, Jose (aka JO). We met about three and a half, four years ago, and after dating for a short time, I charmed him with my beauty and we were married on August 4, 2006. Which puts us at 2 years this August, but can sometimes feel like 30yrs. Right honey? He is currently an Assistant Administrator at Mountain View High School, and is still attending school working through his PhD. So in about 1 or 1 1/2 years, he will in fact be a Doctor!

Next is Isa, she is going to be ten this year, but age can be very deceiving. She has a brilliant mind, very advanced and quick. She takes piano with her dad and he always says how much more advanced she is in the class, and how lost he is. This summer, she won't be doing piano because she made a club soccer team called the Strikers.

My First Post!

2008-06-11T20:07:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my Blog! I finally am getting around to organizing a blog, but mine won't be as advanced or as cute as everyone elses. It will take some time to figure out the tricks. By the time I get the hang of it, blogs won't be as cool! I'm a bit behind in the tech department.