Our Clover Girl

Many memories of you are left behind and the joy of having you as part of our family will never be forgotten. Our grey hair, loving, smart, sassy Clover girl passed away Monday May 16th, 2011.

We got the call from my mom early Monday morning on our way to work. It was that call that makes your heart drop and the world stop around you. She was crying on her end which automatically made me cry, she starts to talk...those words still echo in my head. I didn't want to belive it but Ryan knew something was wrong. I just looked at him and started to cry even more. He pulled off the road and he waited for me to talk and it felt like hours were going by as I was telling him what my mom just told me. We turn around and headed back home. In the mean time I am calling my in laws to tell him about this. Ryan has had Clover for years and we all knew it would be very hard when this day came.

We sat by her side crying and holding her hoping that she would come back. She just laid there peacefully and that's when we knew it was time to say those words....Goodbye Clover Girl. We love you and always have you near our hearts.

We have a wonderful family and they all came over to support us and love us. Grandpa Dutch made a box to bury her in. Between Roger and Ryan they dug the whole in our back yard where the sun shines the most because if you know Clover  you know she loves the sun to beat on her. I couldn't stand there and watch them bury her so I was inside crying my eyes out and I promised myself that I would go out there later and tell her goodbye. I know she loved us as her parents and I am so lucky to have share some time with her. Akira, Dad and I will be missing you but we know your happy and we have to happy for you. So at this time I tell you Goodbye My Clover Girl Love you with all my heart.

Hard to say Goodbye

I couldn't believe it...When I saw the For Sale sign go up I was not happy or understanding on why my parents were selling their home. But finally afer 9 months of waiting they got an offer and took it. Now they are moving out this month. Not only is this good bye to my childhood home but it means that my parents are even closer on leaving to Mexico!



I didn't want to believe it, but I have always know that this day will come. But why so soon???? My parents have a house in Mexico and they want to go back home and enjoy some time with just them. Am I rude to ask them to stay? Please don't go mom and dad, I still need you! I guess I just have to take it the way it comes and understand that my parents need time together and they already given us the best, it's now time for my brothers and I to give back. I have my family and need to focus on that, but man would it be easier if my mom was down the street for support. I have been lucky enough to have some amazing family and friends to be around for support. I know that when I need a someone to listen I can call my mom but it won't be the same as just going over to her house.

I guess the clock start ticking now and once the alarm goes off I will start to cry! HAHA I wish it would go off in another 10 years but I know its just a wish. HAHA

Abuelito

I met my Abuelito (grandpa) when I was 20 year old. Well he was a big part of my life when I was little and live in his house. Then my family moved to the U.S. and he stayed behind, as he says "The last time I saw you....you were wearing a diaper!".

We went back to Mexico after 18 years of not being home. I could not remember anyone in the family other than one person....My godfather it was like this lost love with him. I have so many memories of him. Then I see this little man walking down the driveway looking our way. At this time a lot of the family was outside greeting us, so he comes down and couldn't remember who his daughter (my mom) was. So he just stood by and listen to us cry, hug, cry and telling each other how much we have missed each other. Then my godparents take us inside their house everyone but my mom and grandpa go inside. After 20 minutes they came inside the house and I am sitting right by the door, so he stop and hugs me....Telling me that he loves me and couldn't remember who I was at first since the last time he saw me I was wearing a diaper! :) But after talking to my mom he knew who I was and couldn't believe that we were actually there. I started to cry again because it really touch my heart to actually know what it feels like to be hugged by a grandpa. To be told that you're loved by a grandpa. I didn't grow up with grandparents a lot of my very good friends had them and would tell me stories about them while I just wished upon a start to meet my grandpa one day. I will always remember that day that I met him and how it was so nice to actually hold him in my arms. I made a promise to him that I would come out to visit him every year since then. Well I already broke that promise because I got married HA HA.....no I got married last year and couldn't make it out there. But I will make sure I make it out there this year.

I have heard many stories about my grandpa and I was so excited to meet him so when it actually happen it was like I had never left him before. He just kept holding me and telling me that I was just like my mom and he loved me. I am looking forward to what this year will bring because I really want to see him again. I LOVE YOU ABUELITO!!!

We love Christmas

So we went out on Black Friday and got a good deal on our very first Christmas tree. We were so excited to come home and set it up. We bought a few things for the tree and decided that next year we would buy more. I wanted to go with a Disney theme on the tree but it will have to wait for next year. We are so proud of our little tree. :)

We had my family over on Christmas Eve. My mom cooked half of the dinner and we cooked the other half so there was A LOT of food. We decided to take a picture infront of our tree with our little girls. This is our family and we love it, while some of our friends talk about their kids we talk about our puppies. This was a big year for Ryan and I as this was our first home, first Christmas as a married couple and of course host our first Christmas! I couldn't be happier for all the hard work Ryan does to keep a roof over our head and putting us first! Love you babe!!!!!! :)

I made Ryan take a picture before he went back into the kitchen. He loves to help cook or just cook. :)

We had my parents sleep over at our house this year so we could spend all the time we could together and it as so much fun. Steve brought his girlfriend Lexi over and I hope she wasn't scared away because of all of us. :) Thank you to my family for making this year another amazing year. We look forward to next year and everything it has to offer!

Our First Disney Trip

We made it out to Disneyland back in October and it was so much fun! I swear that it brings out the little girl in me....wait I am always a little girl! We just had a great time. We went with Nike, Kirby, Jessica, Kristopher (the birthday boy), Debbie, Russ and Jenny! It was a big group and we didn't see do a lot together but the time we did spend together was awesome.

I dont have a picture of all of at together...sorry.
Here is Kirby sandwich...You know he loves us!! :)
Give me an R...
Kirby and Ryan have a blast! Can you tell?! :)

Nike and I have A LOT OF FUN!!!
Waiting to go back to the happiest place on earth!
I wanted to take pictures everywhere...at least that was the plan and then I forgot to bring out my camera. So enjoy the once I do have. :)

Visiting My Familia in Mexico

So about two years about my parents planned a trip to Mexico. At this time Ryan and I were still dating and I thought it would be a great trip for us to go on. So we take two weeks off work and leave on the next flight out of Utah to Mexico. This was Ryan's first time out there so he was very excited. My cousin Antonio took my parents took the capital (this is were we flew in to) to pick us up. On our way back to my parents house we decided to stop and eat breakfast. Our first Mexican breakfast...YUMMY.


Here's a picture with my mom. She was very excited to have us there everyone but Ryan and I were there so family vacation had kick off. :)

We planned the trip around my other cousin Rubi's Sweet 15. This was here on the way to the church. It was a lot of fun watching her get ready for the day she of course looks beautiful in here dress.


This is the same church that my mom and all her sister did their Sweet 15 at. I love the outside of the church so pretty.

Then the party begins!! It was actually all done in my parents backyard...



This is George Ryan was so sad to eat him......But he was yummy. :)

We had a great trip, my family loved Ryan and told him that he was always welcomed back to their house. My grandpa did tell him that if he ever found out that Ryan was mean to me that dead or alive he would kick his butt! He said it in spanish so Ryan just shook his head yes and walked away!! Little does Ryan know what he got himself into. HA HA

Home Sweet Home

Last year Ryan and I decided to sell his first condo and start our lives together in a new home! Well it didn't take us long to sell our condo, actually a nice lady bought it about a month after we put it up on the market. :) Thank you lady for taking that place off our hands. :)

So Ryan and I moved in with his mom while we found a place of our own. We lived there for about 5 months. The hardest part was the commute to work, since we were all the way out in Magna and we both work in Bluffdale it took us about 45 minutes to get to work. Sucky for us during the winter because that would take longer! But thank you to his mom for letting us stay with her for awhile.

So we starting looking for a place to call home. If we had the day off work we were out looking at houses. If we weren't hanging out with family and friends we were looking at houses! Our poor realitor took us to see....this is no joke when I say this....76 houses! Yes that's right 76 houses!!! This was the one we fell in love with, the one we could picture ourselves in. The one we could picture our pictures on the wall in. It was just PERFECT!!!!! We put the offer on it and about a month later we got the keys to our house. Ryan took the day off work to start the cleaning and allow us to move in that night. We were lucky because we closed on a Thursday and then Friday we got keys to the house. Which means that Ryan and I went to pick up our bed and clothes for the night and slept in our very first home for the first night. We are so happy in our little place we love it very much and are slowing working on fixing things up.

Honeymoon

Ryan surprised me for our honeymoon. For about a month he had the tripped planed and I had no idea where we were going. He loves planning things like this and I just go with it.

For awhile there his dad and everyone else kept teasing me that he was taking me camping for our honeymoon. Now there is nothing wrong with that....just that if you know me I DON'T CAMP!!! This is why it was so much fun to tease me about camping. The night before we were leaving for our trip he told me what kind of things to pack and that we had to be ready bright and early because his dad was picking us up. Well Roger shows up at our house like at 7:00 am and it was snowing outside (yes it was snowing in May).


So we load our things up in the truck and his dad says "son I have the tent in the back and space heaters" I looked at him all worried now because it sounded so real. HA HA to my surprise Roger drops us off at the airport tells us to be safe and let him know when we get to our desetination. Ryan still hadn't told me where we were going. He had my passport and everything for me, and we go to check-in and......Cancun Mexico here we come! In the back of my head I was so relifed to know it wasn't camping!! I was so excited to go to Mexico. But then Ryan tells me that's not the end of our desetination there's one more place. :) Well once we get to Cancun I find out we are going to a little Island called Isla Mujeres. It was just amazing there, the hotel we stayed at was awesome they treated you like a king and queen.

This is actually the view from our hotel. They would send room service even if you didn't ask for it. Like drinks and snack it was so nice. We only ate breakfast at the hotel so that ment we were out with the locals eating MEXICAN food.


This was one of Ryan's favorite place to go eat dinner at. I think we ate her like three nights in a row!


We went on a tour of the island and it was way fun. We actally rented a golf cart for a day and drove around the island.



This was what the other side of the island looks like. Just amazing I tell you!!!!!


This was us in our little cart. I swear this cart goes 10 miles an hour and it felt like we were going very fast. We passed a couple and they pretended to raise with us. Yeah we beat them!!!

Bascially we had an amazing honeymoon. Just us spending more time together and knowing why we fell in love with each other. It was so great to relax after all the planning of the wedding for the last year. Our whole goal was to forget what day it was, what time it was and......our goal was so sucessful!!!! :)

I LOVE YOU RYAN!!!!

I DO

Ryan and I got married on May 22, 2010. It was the most amazing day of our lives. Yes I know I will be saying this more through out our lifes together but it was! we had so many friends and family come to share this day with us. We can't begin to thank everyone. I know you have heard this story before but I have to share it.


The day before the wedding it was raining cats and dogs. Actually I think it was the week of the wedding that it was raining like crazy. So the night before the wedding I go to bed of course all stressed out of what the day was going to be like. Well it's raining the morning of the wedding. My family starts to show up to my parents house to get ready and get the show on the road. Well I kid you not that right as I was about to walk down the isle the clouds clear up and the sun comes out. So this makes it even better. Well we get through the ceremony and its perfect. We go do our pictures and it's still clear, right as we were done its start raining again. So it was perfect timing since we were all done. We go back over to my parents and hang out until 4 when the party started. Then again right at 4 when our guest start showing up the clouds clear up and the sun comes out again. I was blown away by this, and everyone in my family starts talking about this and how it all worked out. I am so Thankful for whoever was watching over us that day. It ment a lot to has this day as perfect as it was!


I know I say this a lot but I am so thankful for Nike (My person) no matter what was going on to me during the planning of our wedding she was there. She kept reminding me that it was my day and to do it how I wanted. She was totally my shoulder to cry on! I can't count of how many times I texted, called, emailed her all stressed about things. All she did was listen and let me vent. Once she realized that I was done venting she would give me her advise. She would always end with...."Now you do whatever you want, here is what I advise you to do!" All the advise she gave me stuck with me and I just needed to hear her say it at times! Nike you were amazing and I am so thankful for you and everything you have done for me.




Now where do I begin about my parents....simple just amazing!! Thanks for all your support and help mom and dad! For those of you that missed this day...my mom and a couple of our family friends cooked all the Mexican dinner for the wedding. This was my parents dream for my wedding. To cook EVERYTHING...It was amazing and we all loved it. Everytime we talked to someone at the wedding they told us that they loved the food and they were so excited about it. YAY for us!


How do I begin with my in laws....simple...they are amazing and I love them. Thanks for all the support and help. We love you mostest!!!! :) Anneliese made all the decor to put down the isle for the reception and it worked out perfect because we used them for the dance floor as well. They are so cute. Roger helped Ryan get my parents back yard ready for this big day. For like a month they were coming over doing yard work and pulling out a tree and so much more. All that hard work paid off because the yard looked AMAZING!

Bridals

Then I went and played down at the capital in my wedding dress. My mother in law Anneliese did my hair and make up. She did an awesome job!

Nike was in town this weekend so she came to help me along with my mom. They were very helpful and of course I couldn't have done it with out them. I had so much fun being a princess and thanks to everyone for your help on getting me ready.

Engagments

Ryan and I did our engagments last year but I thought I would share some of them. We got engaged May 5th 2010. He was so cute he made dinner at his place for me and bought me roses and everything. It was a year ago to the date that we had made our realationship offical. So it was exciting to date for a year and than get engaged. We had a lot of fun take it slow and we still are!

We had a great time spending some time together and with the photographer. We went downtown and played at the city hall and the library. (wait I didn't say I went into the library I was just by it)

This is one of my favorite pictures of us. I took like a month trying to find a cute shirt for this day and nothing...then I go over to my moms and she lets me look through her closet and there it is. This cute red shirt!