Cub Scouts: Blue and Gold Banquet

This year's Blue and Gold Banquet was not held at the church. Instead with the weather being nice the Cub Scout leaders decided to hold it outside at Barney Park. We had some yummy food and the kids loved it.

All the boys earned their pins, rank advancements, and belt loops.

Halloween 2011

For Halloween this year we attended our Ward Fall Festival on Friday the 28th and invited our neighbor and her son with us. It was a pretty good turn out. People had signed up to bring soups cornbread and desserts and they were very yummy! There were a few activity booths that some of the families put together that were fun for the kids. It was fun to see who had dressed up! I of course did dress up.

I'm a dork! haha

New Port Beach

This past weekend, 9/17/11, we had the opportunity to head out to cooler weather to attend a wedding. We headed for New Port Beach and definitely enjoyed the 70 degree weather. Ahh, refreshing.

Our friends Karen and Ronnie were tying the knot! Finally the last Luto brother has settled down! It was a beautiful wedding. The bride and groom looked so happy and excited. They were married on the yacht Eternity in the New Port Beach harbor. I thought that I would get seasick but we pleasantly surprised that I didn't. The food was great the music fun, the only draw back was that I was stuck on a boat for 5 hours. All I can say was that Matt and I were ready to get off the boat, and in fact were the first people off when it docked. We had fun.

Here are few pictures that I took.

His model pose. hehe

Halloween

We had 3 days of Halloween festivities this year. First we attended our ward Fall Festival. It was a lot of fun to play the games and see who dressed up as what.

Scott ready to go!

Old Friends

This weekend I have been meeting up with old friends and it has been fun. It started on Friday night when I went to the Moutain View 10 year reunion. I can't believe that it has been 10 years since I graduated high school. Although I didn't graduate from there I did attend my Sophmore and Junior years and was invited to come to the family event at Falcon Field Park. It was great to catch up and see where people have ended up after 10 years. I even took my camera and failed to take pictures, silly me.

Then on Saturday I met up with another old friend from Cali who now lives here. It was fun to have lunch with her and her kids and just catch up. It was nice to feel like we just picked up from the last time we saw each other, which it has been at least 11 years. Crazy I know! (again took my camera but didn't take pictures)

It is so fun to catch up with people that you haven't seen in awhile and get to know each other as adults and not as crazy teenagers. It's amazing what a few years of growing up can do to a person.

Thanks to everyone I saw and talked with it was a lot of fun!

Girls Night: Eclipse

On Tues night, me and my friends had the opportunity to see Eclipse!

Karen had connections, so we were able to view it at 7 pm and not at midnight! I was so excited when she called me because I thought that I would have to forgo see this movie on opening night, but being able to watch it early and not have to wait in line with a bunch of screaming teenage girls was AWESOME! We walked right into our theater found our seats and waited for about 30 mins before the movie was to start.

Here we are waiting excitely for the movie to beginning!

Scott's Birthday Party

Today we had Scott's birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza, same as last year just at a different location. We invited old friends and some new friends. Of course the grandparents were invited. It was great to hang out and chat with everyone. The kids had a Blast! Scott made out like a bandit with the gifts! Thanks to everyone who came out, and it made it a special day for Scott. Enjoy the picture slideshow.

Valentines

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted.

I thought that since it's Valentine's day I would post something.

Last night Matt and I enjoyed the company of our friends Megan and Jeremy and Scott got to play with Adie. He has been bugging me about playing w/ her. So they finally got to play. We ate some pizza and played several rounds of Taboo while being a referee when the kids got out of hand. It was a lot of fun. (sorry no pictures)


This morning I found an envelope on the dresser with my name on it. I honestly was not expecting anything from Matt, being poor and all. But to my surprise I found a gift card to a nail salon! Whoo Hoo!! I haven't had a pedicure, I mean a professional one, in months! I in return gave him a big Reese's Peanut Butter Heart, reese's are his favs. He was very happy and eat the whole thing right after church. He gave me a bite before he finished it off.

That's all I got for now. I will try to be better a posting, I'm starting to slack off. I will post back soon with news about Matt and his job situation. :)

Fall/Halloween 09

We have been busy this last week. It all started on Friday the 23rd with our new ward's Halloween Carnival. We got dressed played some fun games ate some good chili and hung out w/ great people. Then on Monday night we had family night at Mother Nature's Farm, where Scott got to decorate his own pumpkin. There was a fun hay maze, a bounce house and a hay ride.

Then on Friday the 30th we were invited to our old ward's Halloween party and had a blast with some old friends. We ate yummy food, not so good for you, roasted marshmallows and just had a great time. Halloween night I took Scott trick-o-treating around the neighborhood, then Megan, Jeremy and Adie stopped by and we did some more trick-o-treating and had a great time.

I've posted some pictures below. Enjoy!

Swap

Yesterday I received my fall swap gift!!

Yes, those are cards!! The girl who sent them to me likes to make cards for all different occassions. I love them!!

Swaperoos

My friend Kirsti started a Fall Swap and here is what I sent the person that I was given.




I can't wait to see what I get in return! Thanks Kirsti to think of something fun to do for the season. If you want to do it I think that she will be doing a winter swap. You can visit her blog Seasonal Swaperoos for an update or click on the button to the right.

Flashback: Scott and Friend

This picture was taken last 4th of July. Scott was fascinated by my friend Joyce's new baby girl Charlotte. But in this picture it looks like she is more fascinated with him than he is of her.

Scott's 5th Birthday Party

Yesterday was Scott's birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza. It was probably the easiest party that I have done. All I did was call tell them the time and date and brought a few things. It was great! The kids had a lot of fun and the adults had fun talking and didn't have to really worry about the kids. Scott got a few presents from his friends and he loved the cake. Scott has been really into Ben 10 recently, it is a show on the cartoon network, and had asked for a Ben 10 cake. So my friend Rhonda said that she will make the cake and did an awesome job! Thanks Rhonda it was a yummy cake. Scott had a great time celebrating his 5th birthday. Thanks to all who came and shared in the celebration.

Birthday Boy with Rhonda and Kayla

Tortilla Flat

Last Saturday my friend Rhonda and I took the kids for a short day trip. We headed out to Tortilla Flat. All I have to say about it is if you blink you will miss it, b/c it is a small strip of a couple buildings on the side of the road. (click on the name to see more info) It is a few miles out side of town. It was fun, they have a great little restuarant that makes some pretty tasty burgers. The inside of the restaurant it pretty much covered in dollar bills signed by people who have stopped in. We did sign a dollar bill but I forgot to take a picture. Along the way we stopped at a view point of Canyon Lake. It was a beautiful sight.

On our way back we stopped at another little sight seeing place called Goldfield Ghost Town. (click on the name for more info) This place was bigger with a couple restaurants, a merchant store, a museum and a train station. It was a lot more fun to look around. There was even an antique photography studio, that Rhonda and I would love to come back to take pictures at. It was a fun way to spend the morning and the kids loved it.

Flashback: Bridal Shower

This picture was taken at my bridal shower ages ago! These are my lovely friend who are all married now. From left to right: Joyce (Udall) Wolfley, Leslie (Layman) Evans, and Amy (Nixon) Adair.

Weekend Events

This weekend was a very busy, but eventful one for Scott and I. With Matt out of town for a footy game in San Diego (that will be another post) I got to spent some quality time with my son. Friday started out with me getting a text from Rhonda, who was watching Scott until I got off of work, asking if I wanted to join her, Karen and the kids at the pool. Of course I accepted. We swam, more like the kids did while we visited. Then Karen had to go she was invited to TJ Grier's graduation party, so Rhonda and I hung out with Karen kids and ours. We ordered pizza and had ice cream for dessert while the kids watched the Barbie Nutcracker. Then came home and crashed out.

Saturday morning, Scott and I went grocery shopping, first to Fry's and then we headed out to the Ranch Market. Since my parents live out there we decided to first pop in and visit. We hung out for awhile, but then was time to go b/c they had errands to run and we still needed to finish our grocery shopping. We made our way over to the market, scored a great deal, again, and came home. When we got home we had some quiet time and I crashed out on the couched for about an hour. Then we had one more errand to run. We headed over to Walmart to get a few items, I bought a new swimsuit top, very cute. I try to post a picture later, Matt had the camera. Then I get a text from Rhonda asking if we wanted to join her and Kayla at the pool. What's funny is that Scott had been asking all day if were going to go swimming with Kayla. We enjoyed the cool water since it was a very HOT day!

As were swimming Rhonda had mentioned that she was going to take Kayla and her friend's son, Trey (sp?) to see the Race to Witch Mountain at the Tempe Cinema. I thought that would a fun way to spend an evening. It was a good movie and Scott sat through the entire thing. Good thing, I was worried that he would want to run around the theater.

Sunday was a lazy morning, waiting for 1pm to go to church. We went to church learned much and then afterwards headed over to my Grandma's house for dinner. It was a lot of fun. My grandma had invited, my brother and his wife, my cousin Ryan and his wife Susan, and my step-sister Sally and her husband, and we had special guests, the Missionaries. We enjoyed great food, Mexican, and fun company.

Now that I'm exhausted it's time to go back to work. ugh!

Karen's Party

Last night my friend Karen had a party for her 30th birthday. It was night of good food, great friends and fun games. We had a great time hanging out and enjoying each other's company with out our kiddies and the husbands.

Karen and Rhonda

Karen and Niki

Friends

Wanna be Charlie's Angels

Kayla's Birthday Party

Yesterday my friend Rhonda had a birthday party for her daughter Kayla. It was a fun little party at the park across the street from our apartment complex. The kids had fun playing and enjoyed cupcakes and ice cream. We enjoyed each other company and watched Kayla rip into her presents. It was a beautiful afternoon to spend with friends.

The birthday girl!

Flashback: University Ward Costume Party

I found these pictures and decided to load them. This was a Stake Costume Party. Matt and I were Mario Brothers characters. Matt was Mario and I was Princess Toadstool. My cousin Ryan was Link and his date Jenna was Zelda.

Princess Toadstool and Mario

Link & Zelda (Ryan and Jenna)

 

The Green M&M's (Mary and Merrill)

2008 Recap

Well another year has come and gone. I just wanted to give you a flashback of the highlights of 2008 that happened to us or that we took part of.

Jan- My brother getting married in St George.

March - Charlotte Wolfley's blessing on Easter Sunday.

May - Our first Disneyland trip as a family for Scott's 4th birthday over the Memorial Weekend.

June - Celebrating Matt's brother JD and wife's sealing.

July - Celebrating the 4th of July with our friends Daniel and Joyce and their little girl Charlotte.

Aug - Celebrating 5 years of marriage. Going to the Phoenix cooks with my parents to sell and promote their Vanilla Company.

Sept - My grandma's 70 birthday party.

Oct - being a part of our ward Halloween party and having a fun time with friends.

Nov - Thanksgiving with family.

Dec - Going to see Twilight, celebrating mine and Matt's birthday's. Matt's graduation from ASU and of course Christmas with our families.