one step for the boss........

a giant leap for his development

aint she cute....

i haven't been anywhere with my daughter (ever) without at least one comment on

how simply

AdOrAbLE

she is

well among her recent milestones Emeline has become a TWO year old

complete with dirty looks, occasional bitting, "get out of my room's", and the ever popular "i don't like you"

as we were driving the other day

i noticed her mood was particulary.....ripe

so i thought i'd document how this beautiful little girl

can turn

in a moments notice

Mr. President

eloquent and appropriate

i did....did you?

REALLY ???? but why.........

eight years ago today...

i awoke..late for a hair appointment. found that my car was blocked by some visiting girl friends rummaged through purses until i found keys to a car that i then took to the hair salon..where i became BEAUTIFUL..next i loaded up my fam & friends and headed to the temple...late...where i saw the man i would soon be Mrs. to...he was sweating..and relieved ..that i had arrived..he was tired of the white haired workers inquiries as to my wearabouts and ulitmatley his soon to be Mrs. intentions on this particular day especially "did they differ from his?"..yes my intentions were the same that day as the previous...all i wanted in the whole world was to be his Mrs....so we sat in the temple session, stealing glances at eachother...surounded by friends & family..next we were escorted to a brilliant room...where we became Mr & Mrs....we cried..we kissed...we kissed some more ( too much for the temple probably)..we exited Husband and Wife...we took MILLIONs of Photo's....we got left at the temple by our eager family...while they prepared the lunch...we hitched a ride with a very nice "sister"....we ate a burned lunch...we chatted...and took more pictures..we danced the night away..and the rest is history

eight years

eight pregnancies

12 moves

2 countries

4 children

innumeral friends & ward famillies

nothing has changed except waistlines, hairlines, and face lines...

we love to dine, we stress a little, & smile too much

I still want nothing more in the world than to be his MRS...

I am blessed he is my MR...the years have aged us well, and this is just the begining

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY MR !

what are the carvajal's going to be?

i LOVE HALLOWEEN...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

want to see pictures from our halloween party last night click here

a uninvited breakfast guest

This morning we had a guest

I could do little to draw these little ones to the table

they spent a good 15 minutes

just watching this curious creature

......

the squirrel by the way was not scared at all

even when the boss started to bang on the glass

after he was sure we weren't going to invite him in

he took to posing for us on the fence

he did multiple poses

for the next about 5 minutes

thank you

Mr. Squirrel for entertaining my kids

that was 20 minutes today

that I didn't have to entertain

HOORAY.....for our furry friend

A funny thing happened the other day..........

Jaxson was saying the prayer over dinner it went something like this:

"bless that we can have a good day today, and tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next, and the one after that"

I am not even exaggerating.....not even a little.. in fact...i'm not sure i got enough days in there

by the end

the Mr. & I were almost rolling on the floor

we somehow composed ourselves enough not to

make our first born feel he had done something wrong

because

his prayer was in earnest

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

is this really my home & other bad manners

the boss

has learned a new trick

if you ever felt bad about your dinner table

just watch mine.....

see yours doesn't look so bad now

a few questions i have for myself after watching these video's

when did i stop using bibs ?

when did i stop using plates ?

why aren't i teaching my child to eat with a fork or spoon?

when did "sitting" become optional?

answer

when i had 4 children under 6 years old

is this answer valid.....um i don't know but it seems to be the why

in any case my children as you can tell have a GRAND time at the family dinner table

so when the wives complain to me in 20 years.....i guess i'll just LAUGH

cause that is what CARvAJaL's DO BEST

BOO

Halloween HIT my home

thanks to my

dear mother

who flew in with a couple of halloween decorations in toe

Funny.........TUesDAY

sorry folks

i was having emotional goodbyes..& friend reunions yesterday

so

without further

adieu

a funny thing happened the other day.....

we had the need for some MC Donalds

fries

so we ( the entire clan, grandma, uncles, and the rest)

went thru the drive thru in DT SEattLE

Jaxson was being particularly ......well lets just say

NO NAP..LATE BED TIMES..OVERSTIMULATED..LOTS of SWEETS

i asked him over and over to stay in his seat belt

then finally i said

okay no treat from Mickey D's for you

so i order ( of course i ordered something for him )

and pulled around

as I paid the young man asked

"do you need anything else"

then

from the far back of the car we hear

" SHE HAS ANOTHER KID IN HERE SHE ISN'T GOING TO FEED !!!"

i wasn't embarrassed....nope i was too tired for that

my mom either

we just giggled ourselves to the point of TEARS

yes we laughed until the tears where streaming.....so much so that we couldn't even put two words together for the next MC employee

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

family, fun, and the ferry@ sunset

we headed over to the San Juan islands
which as it turns out was a wonderfully long ferry ride
the highlights

looks from my mother.......am i lucky or what

can you imagine how the other passengers felt seeing this crew comming

my 'rents are still madley in love.........for this i am forever grateful

who doesn't enjoy a little little saber war on the high seas

and a BEAUTIFUL

e n d

liam..........the photog??

liam took these pics of us

at jaxson's soccer game

i am really diggin' his angles and the feeling in his pics

future photog..........maybe

so we went to the Seattle Aquarium yesterday

we, because of our numbers

must travel in two vehicles

upon disembarking said vehicles

Jonathan ( my second bro ) ran up to the car that my mom and i had just vacated

and said

" uuu.....i saw about 5o word of wisdom violations on the way here"

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

anxiety.....a family "dis"order

so i have been a little lame on the blog side of me

well i have been preparing for a visit

not one that i have mentioned

for fear that letting it out...into the blog world

may jinx it

now the afore mentioned visit

has taken place i feel safe in

saying

MY FAMILY IS HERE

my 'rents & bro's

blew into the emerald city

SATURDAY AM

!!!!!HOOOOOORAY !!!

before the big visit i felt

the urge to

CLEAN

i gotta lot of cleaning done in the 11th hour

the house was beautiful and ready for the visit

here is what you could expect

if you come to visit

SEATTLE

a little welcome package filled with your favorite treats

bet you want to visit now

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da BOYZ

the Mr. has been teaching the boyz

the art of chess

they really get into it

and it really gets them out of the kitchen whilst I prepare our Sunday Meal

unfortunately the boss isn't occupied so easily nor

does he under stand WHY

i cannot have children in the kitchen while I cook

so he just crumples up the freshly folded kitchen linens during dinner prep

Check h e r e to see what i was making in the kitchen during this photo shoot

ahh the JOY of COOKING with children

while cooking dinner & dessert

The Boss

found the powder sugar

he was tickeled with himself for finding such a sweet treat

he spent the rest of the cooking hour licking it off the floor

(it's okay, i have 4 kids eating off the floor is just a part of life now)

then Emme got into the chocolate cake I made

finally dinner was done

Asian Soup

delicious

until the boyz said

"MOM this chicken doesn't taste like chicken"

(yup, they just figured out the difference between tofu & chicken)

**all is well they still like Tofu...they just figured out that it isn't chicken**

Click here for recipe & tofu pressing directions

Monday Funnies

Angelo was in a meeting with this big wig from corporate, and the guy kept calling him Antonio

( i know what your thinking-his smoldering good looks reminded the man of Mr. Banderas)

No matter how many times he was corrected he still called him Antonio, so in another meeting before it started the women came and asked Angelo if his name was really Antonio.

this is not the end to his Name woe's he has been having trouble on the phones

the guy's on the other end get stuck on his name and don't listen to the rest of what he is saying

so

the other night

he was trying to come up with

Name alternatives

except it is hard to find one that he can say clearly...that we like

we tried

Paul......sound like Pull

Bob...to much like BUUB

and the list goes on

i guess he will just have to work on pronouncing his given name

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

how does this thing work???

i am notorious for my non-participation in these

tag your it things

but since SHE asked

i guess I will give it a shot

1. if given the choice between dessert & dinner --i would rather dessert than dinner, I know I know i seem like the healthy type and I am I just really dig dessert

2. i love popping pimples ( gross, for sure)

3. i feel guilty every time my kids watch a movie ( yet they watch at least one every day)

4. i am extremely jealous of anyone who can sew ( you know who you are)

5. i truly think everyone should buy clothes & everything they can SECOND HAND

6. I HAVE a MAJOR case blenvy

7. I watch the Hills every MOnday

TAG

LISA

TAMI

CHELSEA

EMILY

JACKI

JAMIE

AMS

table dance anyone

the boss

loves to finish the others breakfast

while sitting on the table

he has recently added a new trick

{in progress}

{complete}

He is trying to join the biped world

welcome little man

soon you will be running & i will be longing for another baby

I LOVE this AGE

HE is a JOY!

a bloody begining to October

it's 1:15 am

the Mr & I had been dreaming of

well....we were in dreamland

when

a knock

at the door to our room

another knock

awakened and heightened the senses

then a LOUD BANGING

MOM---OPEN THE DOOR

i open the door to find

the second son

covered

and dripping BlOOD

from the

NOSE

down

Why wasn't I horrified

because I realized it is about

that time---yep it's been awhile since our last

bloody nose fiasco

the MR. and I got to work

the Patient was the least of the worries

bloody nose night comes once a month

(at least)

the child

with the nose disorder

seems to think he should travel

throughout our home

before

getting the blood stopped

which means.......

i digress

so.. we clean the the patients

nose--the blood stops

he says

"MOM, i'm tired , I'm goin' to bed"

"okay sweet heart, I love you"

which means

the Mr. and I will now spend an hour

(at least)

cleaning blood drops

the red nosed babe left for us

he peeks out from his room

"hey mom, I turned around a few times by your door"

"yeah right there"

"K goodnight"

after cleaning the result from his late night

blood nosed frolic

I go in to kiss him

( mainly to make sure the blood hasn't returned--because worse than nose bleed night is double nose bleed night)

I lay down next to my little guy

give him a kiss

and a hug

then I just stay there

too tired to move

"hey mom"

"get off my bed please"

"i'm really tired-i'm trying to sleep here"

a bit saucy for a child who just caused 2am carpet cleaning don't you think

HAPPY OCTOBER

HAPPY HAUNTING