Jr's 3rd Birthday

Little Aaron Jr. turned 3. Jose and I went to visit him just in time to eat breakfast with them. We didn't do so well making it over to see Janeece on her 4th b-day this year so we did two in one. Jr. got a remote control truck that his dad and uncle were more interested in playing with it than he was. Janeece got a VTech digital camera.

Playing with his toys after getting his hair cut

Yummy pancakes, eggs, and bacon

We all hopped in the car and headed over to nana and papi's house to visit them for a bit.

Playing with the puppies

Tickling Uncle Jose's feet.

Happy birthday kids. We love you.

Our Time Spent in Mira Loma

On our way to and from Mexico we stopped in Mira Loma to spend time with our friends and family there. It was a little chaotic this time with so many people, my sister-in-law recovering from surgery and so many new baby animals on the rancho. None the less it was a great time. 

Susie has two bulldogs who were both pregnant. Talk about delicate dogs, they had to be inseminated and have c-sections. Here's one of the five pups. 

Kitten and puppy keeping each other warm. 

I love how social food is. Everyone helps in some way and we eat some damn good food with great conversation.

Huge Pizza

 Jaime preparing the salsa

 Crab

 I'm always down to try mysterious things. No one would tell me what was in this until I ate it. Apparently it was crab brains and other nasty body parts. It was spicy and delicious.

This fried fish was so good, I would've eaten more than one, but I had to leave enough for everyone else. 

Jose pouring water for Magaly to make corn tortillas. She added cilantro to the masa, something I've never seen before, it gave it a good flavor. 

My mother-in-law and her friend. I've never seen her laugh so hysterically. I wasn't fast enough to record them laughing, but here they are making tortillas. 

Jose's best friend Chris stopped by with costillistas

Menudo simmering for breakfast before we head back to Utah.

One thing I really like about California is how heavily saturated it is with Mexican culture. There are so many local specialty shops and the paletero drives buy selling popsicles and snacks. 

Kids are so funny. Leah got sick of the littles ones, kicked them out of her playhouse and made this note for the door. Janeece, in the most serious voice, asked me if Leah was going to get a spanking because she really needs one. It made me LOL. 

We celebrated Jaime's 60th birthday. 

Pioneer Day

It's such a nice feeling to get paid while not actually working. I spent quality time with a lot of loved ones, doing nothing traditional. 

My grandparents have their daily routine which usually starts with breakfast at McDonald's. I wanted to take them somewhere different so we stepped out of their comfort zone and went to Chick-Fil-A. Gramps tried a sausage burrito, Grandma got a bacon and egg biscuit and I passed out a chicken-mini to each of them. They didn't get their coffee very quickly so that may have discouraged them, but overall they liked it and we had a good time. 

The next part of the routine is to get a little physical activity in. My grandpo goes for a walk daily. I'm so amazed with how he sees the benefits of walking and feels good physically and mentally. We walked on the Centennail Trail. Check out this little video I threw together. 

After our 2 mile walk we went back to my house to cool off with some popsicles. 

Later on I stopped to visit my parents and watch a movie with my mom and younger cousin, Jade. My mom popped popcorn kernels in a brown paper bag, drizzled the popcorn with butter and added a sprinkle of salt. It was impressive, I could've eaten two more bowls full. 

After visiting my parents I headed to pick up my niece and nephew. We got to my house, and because I'm a car seat nerd, I worked on their seats for a bit, untwisting straps and getting everything back in order. While I worked, they ate popsicles. Then we headed to downtown Ogden to play at the park, walk 25th street and eat at Lucky Slice. 

I had a wide range of experiences today, from hanging with older souls to hanging with kiddies. Two totally different, but wonderful age groups that show different perception of the world around us. 

California Trip

We planned on making a trip to Cali over President's Day weekend. Jose ended up leaving a week earlier so he could be there for his best friend Chris's birthday. I flew in on my birthday. I had three days there and we drove home the fourth. It felt way too short, but relaxing to get away from the cold. 

Birthday lunch

Jimmy loves guns

Leah loves BBW

We went to Kat Von D's Wonderland

Venice Beach

Jose combing Leah's hair 

Such a cute guy

Lani

River & Jose

Sake shots with Natalie

It always sucks saying good bye. I had a good time with my family & friends. The kids all downloaded Google Hangouts so we can keep in touch. It's been sweet receiving their little messages and video calls.