Glorious Day!

Well our prayers have been answered. We are sitting at the hospital as we speak as my dad has started his new journey. He is in surgery right now recieving a new kidney. My parents got a call last night about midnight and they were put on alert. The hospital called them back about 6:30 this morning and said get ready and get in here as soon as you can. So we have been here since about 8:30 this morning awaiting the long surgery. They came wheeled him down to surgery about 5:15. He is in good spirits but very nervous. We feel that a miracle has happend for us today. We are so grateful for all of you who are supporting us and keeping us in your prayers. It has touched our family so much especially my dad. I will be sure to post again once he is out of surgery and we know more. Waiting has been killing me. I have never felt so anxious or scared in my whole life. I love you all and want to thank all of you for everything. I wanted to wish Josie a Happy Birthday as well and Brandi a Happy Anniversary.

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated Lexies birthday this weekend. My little girl turned 3 and we had a princess party for her. Her birthday always falls on the West Fest weekend so we start out by going to the parade in the morning, attending the carnival and Boothe's in the afternoon then we had the party with lots of family and Friends and to end the night we watched fireworks.

My lovely husband surprised all of us with a taco stand to cater the birthday party. It was the best!! I also need to give my good friend Lori a big shout out. Thank You for making the most perfect princess cake for me. She is such a talented person and am so grateful for her and her time to do this for me. It wouldn't be a Sanchez party without the pinatas, the kids had a blast breaking them. Thank you everyone who came it was so nice to see you.




Lexie loved every minute of her day. She just keep saying Thank you mom, Thank you dad. The only thing she was asking to get was a princess bike so that is what we got her and she loves it. My mom made the cute yellow dress that she is wearing in the pictures. We are so glad she was sent to us and we love her so much. We couldn't of asked for a better daughter. She loves life and everyone around her most of the time. She is becoming a little mom in our house and its so fun to watch her learn and grow. Happy Birthday Lex.

Renaisance Festival

Yesterday we decided to go check out the Rennaisance Festival in Ogden. The kids rode horses, we watched the knights joust and we observed a lot of interesting people. A lot of people dress up for the occasion and really get into it. I told Rodrigo next year we will definatly have to dress up and play the part and he just laughed at me. It was a good time!

Fishing with Grandpa

This last year my dad decided he wanted to start going fishing again. He loves it so much. So for Christmas he gave the kids fishing stuff. He gave them lessons on how to cast there line into the water and even spent time preparing there tackle boxes with them. Our first fising trip was up to Farmington pond. We had a picnic and then it was off to find the perfect spot. Lexi and Roderick were so excited to go fishing they couldn't stop talking about it all week long. My dad helped prepare everyones line and to our suprise Roderick has a pretty good arm and could cast very well. As soon as he got his line out in the water he was off playing in the dirt. He would come back and check on it every so often. As for Lexi her line didn't get out very far but she didn't care she just sat there and held her pole with lots of pride. We didn't get lucky and catch anything but it sure was fun to be with my dad and share something he loves. We look forward to going again soon. If anyone knows of a good fishing hole be sure to tell us.

Mexico Pictures

So I just about got all the pictures downloaded and posted on my blog and my 2 year old decided to turn my camera off so it lost everything. I will try again when my kids aren't begging for my attention.

Mexico

We went to Mexico on April 2nd for a 2 1/2 week vacation. It was so good to get back there and see friends and family. We spent a week in the city of Guadalajara and then a week at the beach. I feel like I am getting know Mexico more and more every time we go. I was so excited to see friends and family and to eat the amazing food and couldn't wait to just relax. When we go Mexico we loose track of the time and what day of the week it is because everything is so laid back over there. One thing about Mexico is no matter how hard you try to stay clean within 5 min you are dirty. They don't have carpet in the houses over there so if you don't wear some type of shoes your feet and legs get dirty within minutes, but the kids love it! When I would give them baths the water would turn out black. It was kind of gross but that's OK we were on vacation.

Rodrigos mom was also married while we were over there. She was married on April 11th to Ricardo Fernandez. They have been together for just about 10 years and have a 7 year old daughter Daniela together. It was great to be there for the celebration. We love them so much and are so happy for them both. Rodrigo and I also got to participate in the ceremony, we walked down the isle and we got to put a rope around them to symbolize something. I don't really know because it was all in Spanish. I am getting better at understanding Spanish but not 100%. Rodrigos family is learning English so between my Spanish and there English we get by pretty good.

After the wedding we all went to beach for the honeymoon. The beach we went to was call Los Angelos Locos. The beach was private and the most beautiful place I have seen besides Cancun. There were activities for the kids and adults every hour. They had swim lessons for kids, water polo, beach volley ball, water aerobics, yoga, dance lessons, horse back riding, boat rides, fishing, etc. We are definitely going to go back next year and stay 7 days instead of 5. We also went on a boat tour through a little jungle area and saw crocodiles. We had a wonderful time and got a good tan.

We did so much but I thought I would share just a few highlights. Hope you enjoy the pictures.