La Bona Vita

September 30, 2013

THE WEDDING

There was some fun dancing that went on and the kids

pulled out there 80's attire.

"Uncle Bill" as he is known

(William R. Walker on the Quorum of the SeventyP

was the sealer for the ceremony.

He ans his wife, Vicki, are wonderful people.

Love this photo of these two!

We are family!

Parents of the bride and groom.

This bride was not blushing,

she was beautiful!!

Aunt Tara did an amazing job with the cake.

It tasted as yummy as it was beautiful!

At the luncheon

"White Willow"

Showing how happy they were to be married!

Don't you just love Serina's bare feet?

Siblings

Love this picture...

It shows their true joy

Lovely

Brotherly Love

First "official" photo as husband and wife

Temple Guests

We felt so blessed to have so many

people there to support

Robert and Serina

Luncheon

With mom and dad

Cutting the cake

Happy but a bit nervous

They didn't want to mess up!

Sheer beauty

True Love

Eternal Love

Happy Birthday Brian

Fifteen years ago this boy joined our family.

I feel so blessed to be his mother.

Happy Birthday, Brian!

We love you!!

August 26, 2013

I have so much to write about that I don't even know where to begin...
I have such big plans, but other things keep getting in the way.

Here is the summer in a nutshell, and then I'll try to catch up with a few pictures, and a few more individual posts at a future date...I just don't want for you all to give up on me thinking that I don't blog any more...It's just that I love Instagram...and it is so much easier since I can do it right from my phone.

So here is from May to now, in a few lines:

Brian finished 8th grade with all A's for the whole year! So dang proud of that boy!

We went to movies and water parks during the summer, played basketball and had late nights out with friends.

Babysat the neighbors kids and got the feel for what it will be like to be grandparents, someday!

We went to Las Vegas and Brian took a friend. We had a great time...did lots of shopping, hung out by the pool, saw a few shows...it was a blast. The part where we were suppose to go to California didn't work out, I forgot my work badge...oh well.

There was the father and son cam pout, Gio and Brian had a fun time with that.

Gio got a new job a few weeks back. He is now working for the LDS church, in their finance dept. It was amazing how that all worked out, and a true blessing. He really likes it there, but is feeling the stress of a new job right now.

Oh yeah, and the main event of the summer....Robert and Serina got married!!!
It made the summer a bit stressful sometimes, but oh so worth it.
The wedding was wonderful!

We gave the kids some of our furniture and we bought a few new things, we moved Brian in to Robert's old room, and we now have an office!!! Finally after all these years.

Now school has started. Brian is a freshman, and things are going well..he'll be busy with cross country, then basketball, then track! As well as doing his Honors and AP classes...along with his job, yup, he's still working...Just about 4-10 hrs a week doing soccer refereeing, but he loves it, and the $$$.

Life is good, we are all healthy and happy, and doing well.

I promise that I will take the time to try and catch up and post a few pictures...but for now, this will have to do.

June 15, 2013

A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY

I'm sure that most everyone knows by now...but I figured I better make it official. We are going to have a daughter (in law). Yes, Robert is getting married. And we couldn't be happier.

He and Serina started "hanging out" a little before Christmas and things seemed to blossom from there. Within a few months they were seeing each other all the time and we noticed that Robert was with her more than his guy friends.

When Gio and I went on our trip to Florida and the Bahamas (I'll write about that in another post) they were officially "boyfriend and girl friend" and when we came home a week or so later he told us they were getting married. He didn't officially ask her until May 18th, but we had all been talking about it for several weeks before then.

We are so happy to have her in our family. She is a wonderful girl and they seem to get a long so well together. And her family adores Robert. We couldn't ask for anything more.

We are so looking forward to August 14th! It is going to be a wonderful day!
Here are a few pictures to share...in no particular order. (Sorry the photos are so small)

Welcome to the family Serina, we love you!

SO MUCH TIME HAS GONE BY

I almost had forgotten how to log in and it took me a moment to remember where to go to write a post. I suppose I have let this blog rest long enough. I'm still not sure if I have much to say, or if what I have to say is important to anyone. But...it is important to me. So, I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things, slowly but surely.

It would be impossible for me to go back and document about everything that has happened in the past three months and so I won't even try. Let's just say that life has had its ups and downs, but we're still standing and that is important.

Robert finished the year at UVU and right after graduation, realized that he had earned is AS (Associates in Science). He didn't really care about walking in the ceremony, but that piece of paper is a great accomplishment and will help him towards his goal of entering nursing school. He is now working full time, yes, a real 40 hr a week job. He is lucky because it is an office job with office hours, so he has time to study and to play...though he should be doing a bit more studying and less playing...don't parent's always say that? He is doing well though, and life is treating him good.

Brian finished 8th grade with all A's. We are so proud of him. He really worked hard this year and accomplished his goal. He had several choir concerts the last few months of school. He really enjoys singing, but is going through that puberty stage and so he isn't always on key, but just the same I love that he loves to sing, and loves music, though sometimes his music isn't what I would choose. I can tell I'm getting older and turning into my parents...when we are driving in the car I will ask him to turn the music down, or change the station. When my hands are gripping the steering wheel I know it is time to change the station.

Giovanni is still at WF. Not his dream job, but we are thankful for it and the income. Life doesn't always go the way you plan, and his didn't...but he is an amazing man and will do whatever it takes to support his family. He has sacrificed a lot for us. I see his true character when I think of what could have been and what is, all because he wanted something better for his sons. I hope that as the years go by and our sons become men that the sacrifices there father made will be worth it. I know that some days are especially hard and trying and some times there are weeks like that, but when I look into his eyes, or watch him from across the room, or see how he interacts and councils' our sons I am thankful and blessed.

As for me...still working at jetBlue and thankful to have a job that is flexible that lets me work from home and be here for my family. I thought my life would be much different than what it really is. I'm not complaining, just realizing that the Lord had something different planned for me. I always wanted to be a mother, but I wanted the career, etc...and that didn't happen. But as I look back I realize that I wouldn't change anything. I have the best job in the world or being a wife and mother. I couldn't ask for more. I have a husband that adores me and two sons that I couldn't be more proud of. What else could I possibly want.

As the summer days are going by I realize that life changes every day. There are new trials and joys, ups and downs, hard days and happy days. But through it all if we have our family and loved ones at our side we can make it through anything. When we leave this life those that we leave behind will have memories of us. I want the memories that my sons have to be happy ones. I hope that they will remember that we went to their sport games, and camps, that we helped them with school work, took them on vacations, and tried to make memories with them. I hope most of all that they will know that we loved them. I hope that we are setting an example for them so that one day when they are father's they will remember. No, we didn't do everything right, in fact, we made a lot of mistakes along the way, but I hope they know they were loved.

March 17, 2013

I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU...JUST TAKING A BREAK

I haven't forgotten about this blog.

Just taking a break.

I'll be back soon.

There are so many areas of my life where I am just feeling overwhelmed, and something had to give...so this is what I gave up, but only for a while.

I thought I would it least update a few photos of what has been going on in our lives over the past few months. We are keeping busy and having lots of fun. We are enjoying time with family and friends, and with so much social media, ie: Facebook, Instagram, etc...it is hard to keep up on everything.

I am going to try and it least blog once a month, and maybe more often depending on the circumstance.

I almost feel like I got burnt out after two years of keeping up on our blog and also Robert's mission blog. I do still try to keep up on our friends blogs, and sites where I find topics of interest, etc..but I don't even do that on a daily basis anymore. But please know that I do think of you often and I check in to see how you are doing. xoxo

(Sorry for the quality of some of the pictures...I didn't have the time to go in and do any editing, etc)