November!

Well it's been a fun fun month so far!!! This weekend, soon to be past weekend, Scott ran in the demolition derby! His brother Trevor ran the first night (Friday) and Scott ran yesterday. What a blast this adventure was. Scott ran it last year too. It was held at the State fair. We (mainly I, but Scott and Gabe did help) made the car look like a dog. We wanted to win in the beauty contest, but they cheat so we didn't win.. LOL. I think Trevor and Scott did a pretty good job in the derby, even tho neither one of them won. The car was awesome! They built it and kept it going. Scott got stuck in the mud and due to him being in one spot for too long, they dis-qualified him.. bummer!

Gabe REALLY enjoyed watching the derby. He was so in-tuned. I watched his face and the expressions he made cracked me up! Dominic was enjoying it too. He pretty much sat there staring at the show the whole time, just not as much expression as Gabe.
I had the joy of being in the pit both nights (the first night Scott and I went up to the bleachers during the main event..)

Scott and I have started going to the temple once a week. I can't explain the blessing we are receiving. I'm sure its partly because of the things we're doing. We really have stepped up in making our family closer, and doing the things we really need to be doing. We've really made strong efforts to staying all 3 meetings during church (sometimes we use to skip out after half of church). And we've really been good at reading scriptures most nights, along with family prayer. We've even been good about having the missionaries over for dinner, which has been really nice since they always leave us with a little message or lesson. And knowing we're helping them out is always a great feeling. We've always been very good about paying tithing!!

I'm just glad we have this opportunity to be apart of this Gospel and return home to Heavenly Father. It truly is the word of God, and I pray every night that those who need that spiritual guidance, will really listen and come to Christ.
My testimony has grown so much since we've been making more efforts in doing the right things, and it's funny when I say my testimony has grown. Its not like I don't believe it more, because I believe it the same.. but I just feel so much happier, and really am able to feel the spirit in our home all the time. It's a nice feeling:)

Well I'll post pictures of the derby later, I really need to go to bed :)

Halloween

So this year is going by so fast!!! I can't believe Halloween has come and gone.. My kids had a great time too! Gabesters was a Vampire, and Dominic was a ...ARG Pirate! We didn't hit too many homes' trick or treating. Which was great! lol. We did attend 2 different Halloween parties (not on Halloween).. and those were really fun.

Gabe is doing pretty good in School.. I'm surprised on how well we're both handling it since our last try with it last year. There are bad days too, but those we still manage to make it through the day! I'm very proud of him. Yesterday his teacher called him and talked to him for awhile about math. She asked him questions about some math problems.. and when he handed the phone to me, she told me she was amazed how he picked up one of the most important parts of mental math. She said most kids don't pick that up! I'm so proud! =)

Dominic is mi'little smart boy too.. It amazes me how smart he is... all the things he learns from his brother.. ugh some aren't all good either.. LOL. Ah well.. you win some, you lose some.

Well here are a few Halloween pics:)

Sleepy!

So it's only 3:35 A.M. and it's one of those sleepless nights. I use to have them all the time, but now they have started to become less regular. Anyhow, it's going to suck when everyone is awake and I'm wanting to sleep.. lol.

So Gabriel might just be doing home school again. Am I crazy, is what I keep asking myself. I have some mixed feelings about it, but know it is the best thing I could give him. Mainly I fear him just being a stinker and giving me a hard time by goofing off and not doing work. I do like his teacher at his school he's in right now. And his School is ok, I guess. It's the kids that go to the school that's my problem. LOL. oi! I do wish parents would get involved with their children more and actually raise them. Then perhaps the kids wouldn't be so ... I don't know.
moving on....

Dominic.. awe he's just the sweetest thing!! Not that Gabe isn't either. He's just growing so fast.. I'm going to miss this stage in his life. Dominic and I have this game we do.. he teases me, and I pretend to cry.. its funny. But today, when I did my crying act, he looked at me and says, "Mommy don't cry!!!". It actually made me feel bad!! But gosh dang it, hes just SOO cute!!

I've been having Utah withdrawal for awhile now.. I don't know why, I go visit often! I think mainly I just miss my friends and family, which all have life's so really I wouldn't see them much anyways..lol.
Scott is applying for this job in a small town called St. Johns, Az. We went up there a few weeks ago.. it's a rather small town, but very cute. I think I'd be excited to move out of this big city... aka HELL.. lol. But for now, and until further notice.. here we sit.. and sit... and sit..

My last trip to Utah was great!! I went up especially to visit my friend Megan. Only the best! It was awesome. We went to see The Scarlet Pimpernel (play) which is my favorite play in the world! And then saw a bunch of movies over the remainder of my time there. I sure miss hanging out with Meg.

Oh.. here is a picture of disneyland in august... its on the buzlightyear ride.. scott, me and dominic's little head you can barely see!



I think sleepy mode is kicking in... so maybe I'd better take advantage of it while I still can :)

moi~

Wowzers!

I almost forgot about you, Blog! It has been awhile since I've updated on this thing.... way too long. Now with all these knew things "facebook", my mind has slipped. But now its back! This summer was amazing. And very tiring! I'm still tired.. lol. Our summer trip with the kids went rather well. We enjoyed spending long hours in the car (not) And long hours with friends (yes!) Here are some pictures of our trip =) (if you haven't seen them on facebook)


This was the beginning of our trip. We were at Knotts Berry Farms.. And poor Gabe got really sick this day. But here is a picture before he felt yucky!


Okay, next stop, Mt. Shasta, Ca. This was on the 4th of July. Every year they have this walk.. which was pretty fun to be at, even though we didn't do the walk, we got to see the interesting.. or should I say "different" people all dressed up for fun. =)


This would be my favorite Aunt Sharon (really my mom's aunt) and her Son (my second cousin) Rich. Rich was about to go on the walk!


Moving on with our trip, this is were we were headed! Lovely Washington State. This is a yurt.. where we met up with our friends, Beau and Julie, and their Son Bear!


Here we're on the Ferry going to Harbor Friday Island. The kids were making big bubbles and popping them!


Here is Gabe and "Bear". They really got along great!!! Hopefully we can keep in touch enough so they can truly be friends forever! :)


We went up the Space Needle. Brrr.. it's a bit chilly!


Here Scott and I .. and Gabe in the background Stand before Pikes Market.


There was a cute little amusement park next to the space needle, so the kids had some extra fun!



After our visit in Washington, we stopped in Oregon. This was in Brookings at a beach where we camped. My boys are just so precious!!!!

After that we also stayed near SF. I didn't get pictures of that for some reason. We also drove down some of the coast, that was beautiful!!!!

We did a bunch more things over the summer, like going to Disney Land and to Utah over the 24th of July (thanks to hubby's business trip).

As for the current updates, Gabe is in school (of course) and he's doing great!! He's really good at Math (I think). He's always surprising me with new things he's learning. Right now he really loves Sharks. He's pretty funny! Tonight he told me his Grandma Baggiore was smarter than Daddy Scott because she knows more about sharks then he does! LOL I thought it was pretty funny. Tomorrow is invite someone "Grand" aka Grandparents to lunch, at Gabe's school. His Grandpa Baggiore is going to go to his lunch with him. I think Scott and I are going to attend too. Gabe is REALLY Excited that Grandpa is going to be there. He just loves him so much.

Dominic is growing growing growing! He is truly my smart little boy. At age 2 he can name all our cars, along with other cars randomly on the street. His favorite cars to point out are mustangs!! Gooooo Dominic! We started potty training, which he's done rather well.. but due to my trip I just took I had to stop that process. So I'll be doing it again very soon.

Scott and I are doing great too! I'm seriously tired of traveling so much, even though all the traveling I've done has been GREAT!!!! Scott and I are looking into big changes ahead. Not going to say what quite yet, until we know things are certain.

Well it's pretty late so I should get off this thing and try to sleep!

Moi~

Summer!

This summer is going to be busy busy! I'm leaving for Peru tomorrow morning, and that starts off the traveling summer! It's going to be crazy. I can't wait to get back though, then I go pick my Beautiful son, Gabe up from Utah.. YAY!! I miss that boy so much. I'm going to miss Dominic when I leave for Peru too.. its going to be really hard. This time I'm just going with my father... and Scott is staying home with the babe. After we pick Gabe up from Utah, we're going on a trip to Seattle. With stops on the way! We decided to stop off at Disneyland and then go visit my Aunt Sharon in Mt.Shasta for the 4th of July. I'm very excited about that!!!! We'll be watching fireworks over Mt. Shasta lake, and I hear Mt. Shasta is very big on 4th of July. I really miss that. I guess its not that bad here in Phoenix, since Scott's family gets together on that night. On the way home from Seattle, we decided to drive the coast. I'm pretty excited about that too.. I love the ocean.

So on other notes, we finally put our house up for sell!! Yay. Now it just has to sell! We found our dream house too... but unfortunately we cant buy it until this one sells.. poopy! But we trust in God, and we trust he knows best:) So we'll see.

Well I'm going to get off the computer and pack... clean... play with Dominic:)


Moi

Update

It seems like we all are falling behind on posting in our blogs. We've been busy working on our house, as usual. I have some pictures of the bathroom in it's finishing stages. It looks pretty good to me! These pictures are off my cell phone so no gaurantee on the quality.





For some reason I thought I took one of our bathtub/shower.. but I guess I didn't.. ah well.. I'll get one in sometime.

This summer is going to be very exciting! This coming weekend I'll be painting painting painting. Well tomorrow my inlaws are getting together for a girls night since all the boys are going out on the father sons campout. So that will be fun to hang out with all the girls! I think my sister in law Rachel is having a little campout at her house! Fun!! I'll try to take mi camera. Gabe and Dominic will have a blast camping with daddy too... Gabe is super excited, and Dominic doesn't really know what will happen.
THEN next weekend I'll be heading up to Utah! Gabe gets to spend 37 days for the summer with his dad. It's going to be a LONG half of the summer.. but as long as I know gabe is having fun, I'll survive.. :) When Gabe gets home, is when our busy times hit. We're going to Seattle for our family vacation. First we're planning on stopping at disney land for a day.. then stopping at my aunt in Mt Shasta for the 4th of July.. that will be very fun! Then after being there for a few days, we'll head up to seattle where my husbands best friend lives. We'll be there for 4 or 5 days. Hopefully during all this time our house will be selling!! oi. lol.

Anyhow, I should be talking about the past, not the future.. but I'm just excited :)
Gabe finishes 1st grade in a week! crazy!!!!! I still can't believe I have a 6, almost 7 year old.

Now I'll share a few cute pictures of mi'boys.. love da boys :)



This is at Home Depot.. one of our million trips. They had a workshop and Gabe built a bird house. It's now painted green and brown. Gabe is so proud!


I caught the boys cuddling on the couch while watching tv.. such a CUTE moment. Gabe noticed me taking a picture.


Well.. thats all for tonight.. i'm pooped and better go to bed.. :)

my sweet 2 year old!

Yup.. Dominic hit 2 years! Oi where does the time fly! It sure does fly fast. I'm so terrible at updating this thing too.. That's what happens with a busy life.

Dominic had a good birthday. We had family over at the park and had a fun bbq. The kids did a pinata, which is always a big hit. Other than that, it was just laid back.

We're trying to get a house out west.. that's a process!!!! Bank's really like to drive you crazy.. lol. We found a few really nice houses, placed bids and now are waiting to hear! We really need more space for my husbands toys (his cars). And a bigger house wouldn't be bad either.

Georgia is turning 18 in a few weeks... she's planning on moving out too. She'll be missed. I'm assuming when she moves out, and if we move too.. we'll hardly see her. I think it'll effect Dominic the most.. he really seems to like playing with Adrian. But also, since he's so little.. I'm sure he'll forget these times too.. which kinda saddens me. I do hope she finds all the happiness in the world!! She is a great girl and pretty smart too!

Gabriel.. my sweet little boy.. He's just too smart for his own good! I love having my 'serious' chats with him. We both tend to learn so much from each other. He's a lot like his mommy!! But he does have a lot of his dad's looks. I'm glad he has my eyes though... with dark hair and green/blue eyes.. he looks so handsome! He's doing good in school. He loves to challenge me with math problems. It's funny. He also loves to have me spell words for him.

We're making a quick trip to Utah.... AGAIN.. oi.. such a LONG drive. But my brother is blessing his baby this weekend (Easter weekend) and that's something important to us. I thought for a VERY brief moment on letting Gabe's dad know we were going to be in town, in case he wanted to see Gabe again.. but then remembering how they treat me threw that brief moment right out the door. And I asked Gabe if it was ok if he didn't go see his dad when we were there this time(since he knows UTAH is where his dad is) And He seemed perfectly fine with that. So that was good.

So one of my best friends is moving to Texas! wozers.. I wish I lived closer!! I sure miss hanging out with all my friends... But needless to say, I'm really happy with what I have..(my beautiful family).

So Speaking of family, I need to go wake up Dominic.. and Scott should be home from work soon too!! Soooo back to family life :):)

What a year!

Man... this year has been an interesting one so far. I'm waiting for it to get better.. lol. Actually despite all the crazy things that have happened... life seems to still be good!

We went to Prescott a few weeks ago... It was really fun! (pictures below). We got snow while we were there, and the kids LoveD it!! We invited Gabe's friend Kaleigh, which they seemed to have a great time playing together.. and no arguing! Sometimes those two can argue like siblings..lol.

Scott cut his foot too (one of the not so nice things that's happened). That's all healed though... I think. He also got into a small car accident with his race car.. which in the long run is turning out to be a good thing in a way.. he found a better car (in my opinion) and can pay for it and have money left over after the insurace pays him for his car.
Scott's Grandma just passed away last Sunday too... (yes.. another not so nice thing). It all happened so fast too, and kind of out of the blue. We knew she was possibly getting close.. but I guess no matter what, you're never fully prepared for something like this. It's kind of odd that she's not here anymore.

Gabe is just being Gabe... growing, learning, whining.. lol.. He's such a good kid though...
Poor Dominic is pretty sick right now. high fever, booger nose, nasty cough.. ect.. We took him to the Dr today and of course both of his ear's have infections. We took him about a week ago becasue we thought they might have had infections, but he is teething, and that wasn't it then. Hopefully now that we've started him on meds, he'll be feeling better tomorrow. I hate it when he's sick! He always seems to get these fevers.. and I hate fevers.

well I think thats about it for now.. I need some sleep... :)
oh and here are some pictures ...

KurPlunk!

That's how I feel right now!! Although I feel extremely tired, I still am managing to write in this thing. It's been pretty stressful here in my little world.. But not in a bad way (maybe?) So many things going on and so little time it feels. I often think how I manage to live my life so happily! Seriously! I know I have such a wonderful little family, and that's probably the answer to my success in happiness.. but wow... it does amaze me.

Gabriel is doing great in school. He's learning so quickly. I hate the public school idea though, so next year I'll probably try again to home school. I'm thinking if I start my business up when I buy my sisters van, I'll be able to work and earn enough for someone to come help me tutor Gabe.. and that way Gabe might take things a little more serious. And I'm thinking since we got the upstairs finished with the office, it will be easier for him to 'study'.

Dominic.. wowz.. he's just growing SO fast! And he's such a smart little boy!! I've worked with him on his sign language, and he's doing so good with it! Even though it's only about 20 signs he knows, and really only about 5 signs he uses on a daily base... He's still great at it! He's learning so many word too! I love it when he trys to say "I love you" he says each word slowly.. and the only word that even sounds right is "I" lol. His new thing he just learned was "Daddy Home!" haha.. its adorable.

Georgia is still looking for a yob.. I mean Job.. it's a rough thing to be doing now.. unfortunately. But she has taken interest in learning how to groom.. so she's riding with my sister and learning. I think she'd be good at it!! And it does pay pretty good..

Adrian is growing so much too!! He is just the cutest little thing. Its so funny to watch him and Dominic play together.. he's so much smaller than D.. and I don't think he realizes that.. hehe. He started walking around his first birthday.. which was really cool! Now the little guy is a walk machine!! He has discovered how to glare too.. it's rather funny.. but serious.. hehe.

Scott... work work ... poor guy never seems to have time to do nothing. It's either working.. or working ... We have a lot to do on the house still... and I think thats the most frustrating part. This week is his birthday. I want to take him somewhere special.. but he's just so darn .. not into things I guess.. So I'll have to see.

My mom and dad are officially Divorced! As of January 28th.. (28 is their number) My dad seems to be a lot happier.. at least as happy as he can get right now. My mom is a mess... as usual.

Well I'll leave you with a few good pictures :)... my boys of course!

Fun Times

So this past month has been very relaxing and enjoyable! Let me explain.. I don't know why.. but every time Gabe comes home from his fathers, he always has this change about him. He has a serious attitude and behavior problems. I don't know if it's because of how he is raised there, or if the whole situation between his father and I is effecting Gabe. But ANYWAYS.. Scott and I have had several talks on the situation and have been working with ways to control this behavior and figure out ways to make things better. I think we've figured out how to handle this situation. Family bonding has always been a major thing with me. More time with Gabe and talking to him a lot about things he wants to discuss. Of course that has always been the case, but this time I'm listening more to what he talk about while he's at his dads. I had to really sit down and explain to him that he shouldn't be afraid to tell me anything. ( he was afraid to tell me things he got to do at his dad's house because I don't always agree ) We've been having a blast this month as well. We have friday movie nights. Last friday we skipped it because Gabe got invited to chucky cheese with his friend. We also have been really good at FHE.. We take turns giving a lesson and planning an activity. Now that Gabe reciently went to Chucky Cheese, that is where he wants to go for his FHE. haha.

Christmas was really fun... We of course missed Gabe (since he was at his dads) But after we got him back, we had fun watching Gabe get his gifts. We spent the week after christmas in Utah as well, which was pretty fun. We had the chance to see many friends and family.

Yesterday we went to this small town called Jerome. It's a "Ghost Town" but I wouldn't really call it that.. lol. We went to this really cool mine and ghost town place. It had some awesome things (which I'll post pictures in a few..) I want to try to plan more of these little day/weekend trips.. our family really has a good time doing these things together.. which is one thing I love!

Sooo.. here are some pictures to kind of catch up on things for the past few months. Enjoy..


Here's Dominic getting the hang of 'opening presents'.. once he figured it out.. he was on a roll!!!!


We had the privlege to see Alana and her beautiful family!!!




And the chance to see Kristine and her family as well!!! Dominic loved playing with Syd!



Dominic loved seeing his Aunt Jessica and Uncle Sam too!


Gabe is POOPED!!!! we had to pick him up early in the morning and head straight home..long drive.. long day... He was so tired.. he forgot to close his eyes all the way.. lol.


Here is when we went to Jerome... Dominic is testing out their equiptment.






Some more pictures of Jerome.. kids having fun!


CUTE Adrian.. playing on the cool old car!


LoL.. Scott thought this was just too funny!!


Just a cool pic...

Well.. I think I should go to bed... I'm tired.. ;)

Have a good week!

Way over due

So it has been a very long time since I've been on here. I hardly go on any of these sites.. especially lately. Life too busy I guess.
So I guess I'll start with a few before and after pictures of our house.. since I think that was the last thing I said I'd do...

I'm just going to post them from start to finish.. of what I have :)


This is the office...



This is the hall way'ish .. uh.. ya.. lol


This is the office...



This is the bedroom


The bedroom when its finished..



The office... when it's finished...



And two pictures of our stairs... :)

Well I have more stuff to upload... but I'll do that later.. lol hopefully a lot sooner than it took me to put these up!

:)