2010: Year in Review

HAPPY NEW YEARS from The Trujillos!

What a year it has been!  It seemed to fly by but that's what seems to happen when you are surrounded by kids!  The best thing about blogging is how it archives all your memories, which normally, I would otherwise forget - I just spent an hour reading back through the past year and these were my favorite memories of 2010...

 Finding out we are having a Baby BOY!  I was so excited, a dream come true...

 Welcoming my sweet nephew Robbie into the world.  Watching the Trujillo family multiply is so FUN...

 Ashtyn turning 2!  My baby girl, she is growing up so fast and hands downs is the cutest little lady ever!  Her sweet personalty and sense of humor keeps us all laughing all the time! 

 June 14th 2010 - Eli finally arrives!  One of the best days of my life...

 First smiles!  What I love about this little boy so much, always wearing a smile no matter what...

 Summer FUN at Baseline Lake!  I think this will always be a favorite place of our family.  Wishing it was summer time right now....

 The UNFORGETTABLE trip to our next favorite place ever - Lake Powell!  Wonder if we will return in 2011?

 Matt turning the BIG 30!  The surprise party was great with our family and friends...

 ...but I think going to the Brad Paisley concert at Fiddler's Green was better!

 Ashtyn is POTTY TRAINED!  Celebrating at Chuckie Cheese...

Training for and running in my first 5K ever!  Such a great accomplishment and now loving my new hobby!

So THANKFUL for this!  God has been so good to me and blessed me with such a great husband and two of the most precious wonderful babies I could have ever dreamed of.  I am not sure if life can get much better, but I will soak in as much as I can since obviously time seems to fly by.  Can't wait to see what 2011 brings our way...

Hey! Hey! Boo Boo!

Matt and I both took Monday off to recover from the holiday...and after laying around all day Sunday we thought it would be nice to get out of the house for a awhile and surprise Ashtyn with a little treat!  Ashtyn LOVES to watch movies, so we thought she would be good enough and able to enjoy watching a movie at the MOVIE THEATER!  Yep, we took her to see Yogi Bear, her first motion picture on the big screen.  She did great and watched the whole movie without any distractions, except for 1 potty break!  She looked so cute sitting in the chair with her big bag of popcorn...

The movie was so cute - definitely recommended!  I am not sure if Ashtyn enjoyed the movie or the popcorn more, but she did say as we were getting up to leave - "We come back soon mommy - OK?"  It is so fun to be able to take her to things like this now!  It's amazing how proud you are as a parent when you see your child sitting there enjoying such a simple thing - like wow, look at what she can do now, I know that sounds weird but for me it makes all that hard work and stress worth it!  Can't wait for many more movie dates....

Merry Christmas!

Ashtyn and Eli must have been VERY good kids this year because our home is overflowing with new toys.  This year Santa brought Ashtyn and Eli a train set and each one a pillow pet - Puppy for Ashtyn and Monkey for Eli!  Ashtyn was a little overwhelmed that morning with everything, but soon warmed up and enjoyed every minute of her new presents...

After laying around the house all morning (the best part of the whole day), eating breakfast and playing with toys we headed over to Nana's and Papa's for more presents.  Ashtyn got a cute outfit and an American Girl Bitty Baby - so cute!  Eli got an outfit and a savings bond...

For Christmas dinner we headed to Pam and Steve's where we enjoyed yummy cocktails - very necessary to get through the day - and of course wonderful food!  We spent the rest of the day eating, drinking and playing Clag, while Ashtyn ran around with her cousins and Eli cried - not a happy camper on Christmas, so it made for an exhausting day! Which made Sunday a very necessary day of REST!

Kevin brought his new girlfriend, Chante, to Christmas dinner.  Hopefully all the crying didn't scare her away...

It was a busy, crazy Christmas this year - it flew by but it still was very exhausting and I am kind of happy to see it go!  Not to be a Scrooge or anything, but I am so ready for normal, everyday life again!  Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and hopefully, now, we can spend some quiet time at home enjoying our new toys!  Merry Christmas to All!