Christmas

Another wonderful Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas morning with Eric's family and feel so lucky to live by our families.

Our little family on Christmas Eve

Hunter and I

Silly boys!

My sisters and I

Steve and Eric got 4th row tickets to the Lakers/Celtics Basketball game

Can you see the pure joy on their faces

Can we open presents yet?!?

I only wish that a 7 dollar toy could bring joy forever

Away in a Manger

Its no secret that me boys love to dress up in different costumes and this time it was the nativity scene characters. They enlisted me to be Mary for lack of other females in our house. They make Christmas so special!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I haven't gotten around to doing Christmas cards yet, so I think I am just going to take the year off. But we wanted to wish all of you loved ones a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for this year, particularly my 3 boys. They are my world!! I am also thankful that we could travel to my sister's house in Arizona for Thanksgiving. We had such a fun and relaxing time.

Here is us on Thanksgiving with very full bellies. Great cooking Laurie!!

We also got to go to the Wildlife Zoo in Arizona. It is 6 miles from my sister's house, so you can't beat the travel time. It was also the most family friendly zoo I have ever been too. We had a great time and was one of the highlights of our trip.

You could get really close to the animals at the zoo. Here is my niece Hannah hanging out with the Swans. So neat!!

Here is our whole gang trying to get up close to the Giraffes.

Trevor feeding a Giraffe.Eric and Hunter feeding a Giraffe. So cool!!
We had such a good time at the zoo we decided to be monkeys and stay.

Give a Mother a heart attack

The other night I went to check on the boys in bed right before I went to bed. This is something I do every night, but this particular night almost gave me a heart attack. I went into Hunter's room expecting to find my peaceful sleeping baby, but this is what I found instead.........

Nothing!!!

My heart began to beat so fast and I couldn't catch my breath as I stared at the empty crib. Where was my beautiful sleeping baby that I had personally laid there over 2 hours ago??

Just then my Mother's instinct said look under the crib and low and behold there was my peacefully sleeping baby!

We had to get some pictures before we moved him back.

I hope they call me on a mission

Last Night we had the Missionaries over for dinner. So this morning Trevor wanted to play Missionary. On his own he went and got a church tie and belt for him and Hunter. Then they took backpacks and filled them full of toys and their own copy of the Book of Mormon. (The backpacks are because our Elders are on bikes so they always have backpacks.) Then Trevor recruited me to be a Missionary too and we went and knocked on doors (our bedroom doors) then Trevor would pretend to go in to someones home and eat dinner and then share a spiritual thought, which he always got his Book of Mormon out for. We continued to do this to every door in our house. They are so cute and this is such a priceless time. Keep up the good work Trevor and I know one day you will be a great Missionary and I probably will be just as touched by your sweet spirit as I was today.

Pumpkin Patch

I know its not Halloween yet, but my boys have their Halloween costumes and they dress up in them daily. Hunter is a Dog and Trevor is a Jedi. Who knew that boys would like dressing up so much too.

The rest of the pictures are from the annual Aragon outing to the pumpkin patch. We had a great time with family kicking off the fall season.



Even Emily and I couldn't resist the pumpkin patch slides.
Good Times!

Prop 8

Six Consequences If Proposition 8 Fails

1. Children in public schools will be taught that both traditional marriage and same-sex marriage are okay.The California Education Code already requires that health education classes instruct children about marriage. (§51890)Therefore, if the definition of marriage is changed, children will be taught that marriage is a relation between any two adults. There will be serious clashes between the secular school system and the right of parents to teach their children their own values and beliefs.
2. Churches will be sued if they refuse to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their religious buildings that are open to the public.Ask whether your pastor, priest, minister, bishop, or rabbi is ready to perform such marriages in your chapels and sanctuaries.
3. Religious adoption agencies will be challenged by government agencies to give up their long-held right to place children only in homes with both a mother and a father. Catholic Charities in Boston has already closed its doors because of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
4. Religions that sponsor private schools and which provide housing for married students will be required to provide housing for same-sex couples, even if it runs counter to church doctrine, or lose tax exemptions and benefits.
5. Ministers who preach against same-sex marriages will be sued for hate speech and could be fined by the government.It has already happened in Canada, one of six countries that have legalized gay marriage.
6. It will cost you money. A change in the definition of marriage will bring a cascade of lawsuits.Even if courts eventually find in favor of a defender of traditional marriage (highly improbable given today's activist judges), think of the money – your money, your church contributions – that will have to be spent on legal fees.And think of all the unintended consequences that we cannot even foresee at this time.
Where will it end?It's your children, your grandchildren, your money, and your liberties.Lets work together to protect them.Join with us in walking precincts and phoning voters to vote Yes on Prop 8.

Summer catch-up

As summer comes to an end I am disappointed in how little I have blogged. I had big plans of blogging all of our summer adventures, but I have been busy playing instead of blogging. I debated whether I should stop blogging altogether, but I have decided a little is better than none at all. Here are just a few pictures of what we have been doing lately.

We have been......

Hanging out with cousins

Having family time
Hanging out in Grandma's Pirate Pool
Catching candy at a parade
Hitting the Beach

Swimming
Going on the slides on both our trips to Arizona
Camping
Going to Angels Games
And just being silly at homeMom's Favorite

Make me smile

My boys make me smile everyday, but yesterday they were saying some pretty funny things. Such as.....

Trevor: When I went to put Trevor to bed yesterday he said he wanted to sleep on top of his covers and when I ask him why he said, "So, I don't have to make my bed in the morning."

Hunter: Earlier in the day I had taken the boys to the Beach. We went to Corona Del Mar Beach which has some rocks you can climb over to a little private bay and its called Pirate's Cove. When we were climbing on the rocks Hunter sees a jogger below who is wearing a bandanna and yells, "Pirate Mommy!"

These two make me smile!

Splash Zone

Here are a few pictures of the boys at a local park that has a splash zone.

Great way to stay cool!!

Aragon family campout

I might be the last of the Aragon clan to post pictures of our annual camp out, but better late than never. We had a great time camping up in Big Bear. There were 17 people and the boys never stopped playing for a single minute.

The Boys in our bunch

Happy Campers
Going up the Alpine Slide
Going down the Alpine Slide

Which Disney Princess Are You?

I took this fun little quiz to see which Disney Princess I am and......I am Cinderella!! If you have 30 extra seconds try it, it was cute.


You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Hunter turns 2!!

I can't believe my baby is two.

The cupcakes that Trevor and I made for Hunter.

Family Vacation

We spent a week at a beach house in Mission Beach with my parents and my two sisters and their families. It was a BLAST!!!! Here are a few pictures to document the week.