Our time in Valencia!

We went down to Valencia for a long weekend and had a BLAST! Chelsea and I threw Shayna a Bridal Shower on Saturday and it was so much fun! We had a great time celebrating the beautiful Bride with so many of her friends and ladies she grew up with! Zach was at the shower the whole time and was an angel! Seriously some times I pinch myself with what an easy, happy kid he is! THANK YOU LORD! God knows what you can handle and I guess he knew I couldn't handle a crabby kid! ;) Makenzie also came after her nap...she really enjoyed the cupcakes! Speaking of cupcakes, THANK YOU Liz! The food was AMAZING! We had such a great time visiting with friends and family! Gosh we miss you all! Move up here! Because God knows we are not moving back! LOL! Way too hot! It was 106 at 1 point...that heat is the closest to hell I want to get! ;) I am such a baby now! 90 is hot to me...seriously I'm a wimp! And we would miss our new friends so much! It is funny Gary and I were talking and we feel like we have lived here all our lives and that life before was just a dream or at times nightmare(some of which we created!) but we love our life here! We couldn't imagine life without our friends! I can't believe we have only known most of you for the last 5 years or so...it feels like we go back years! We love you guys! :)

I also had the chance to catch up with an old friend...Jenni Vaccarro. We go back nearly 20 years...we played softball together, she was also in Gary's youth group. Her and her family knew me through my ups and downs as a kid...As we were reminiscing and talking about the last decade or so...wow I am feeling old! We were talking about stuff from the past that I haven't really thought about in a long time...and it was so good to think back. Yes, there was a lot of hard stuff that I/Gary went through when we 1st started dating and got married. But there was so much great stuff too. Like remembering back to why I fell in love with my husband...remembering back to why he fell in love with me...remembering back to our friends that stuck with us through thick and thin, who loved us unconditionally...remembering back to our Church (RLC!) and how much they showered us with Christ's LOVE! (I remember when we moved up to the Bay Area we were so sad that we had to leave our Church, we thought we would never find another 1 like it! THANKFULLY we found MPPC! MPPC has been so amazing for us! PRAISE GOD!)...remembering back to when Chelsea and Shayna lived with us...God has been so good to us and so faithful, even when we weren't...and for that I am eternally grateful! Our life has changed so much since our Valencia days...but I NEVER want to forget where we came from or what helped mold us in to the people we are today. So glad God allowed our paths to cross Jenni! I really appreciate your blunt, honest approach to life and I'm glad you expect the same from people...I love your honesty about yourself and authenticity...and your desire to know the truth. And by the way...if anyone needs a chiropractor in the SCV she is AMAZING! She does soft tissue work as well...She is fantastic!
Speaking of friends...we had the chance to spend some time with my bestfriends growing up...(seriously these girls mean so much to me!) Kellie, JP, Anna and Court! I love when we get some time to spend together and it is always a great ab workout with all the laughing we do! ;)

Tita and Jaja-thanks for everything! We loved staying at your house! And Makenzie LOVED Tita's bath tub with the rocks! She thought we brought it home with us :( We love you guys! Thanks for everything! It was a bit weird not having my brother Dave there with his family since they moved to NY...but we will see them soon! Yeah, less than 2 months! :) Can't wait to see Doug and his family too! And everyone else who will be back visiting!

Here are some pics from the weekend...I lost 20 photos somehow in my camera...I put them in some "file" so hopefully I can find them and post them later.
Tita with happy boy!
Our friend Kellie!

Kellie's boys Levi and Tytus...Levi is reading to us! So cute! :)

Ashley with baby boy! The pic with Luke didn't come out! So bummed!

Zach loves Sara! :) But who doesn't!?!:)

falling asleep with Tita...

Happy Zach at the Shower!

Shayna and her TP Brides!

Yes, all of Shayna's friends are beautiful! :)

The Bride and her Mom! My hams!

This is Shelly my parent's cleaning lady for the last 20 years with her kids posing with Zach and Mak! She showered us with gifts! She couldn't believe that I am a Mom now...get in line Shelly! LOL! :) Love it! Thanks for all the presents Shelly! You really shouldn't have!