Tyler's 8th bday

Tyler a fun time celebrating his birthday with our relatives and his best friend Matty. We had a yummy bbq afterwards thanks to Tim's new grill!

fun with grandparents

Nana and Papa were here for a week, and we had a fun time with them! Here's Tyler showing off the new scriptures they gave him:

Claire still remembers Papa's "sneaky snake" tickle from his visit three years ago!

We were so happy that Grandma Kathy could come too! She was the bowling champ of the day.

We were so grateful to Tim's mom, and my mom for helping, for babysitting the kids so we could go on our 10th anniversary trip!  We stayed in downtown Houston for a night.  I loved going to The Melting Pot for dinner!  We had such a fun time!  I can't believe we've been married for ten years now.  I feel so lucky to have married Tim--he's such a great example and support to me.

Tyler's baptism

Okay, so my mom reminded me again that I haven't been updating our blog... I'm trying to make Lily's baby photo book plus upload family videos from the last six years, so the blog has been put to the wayside. I'll try to do better, Mom!

Here are some pics from Tyler's baptism in May. We're SO proud of him! Thank you Mom and Dad, Kathy, and Estradas for being here on Tyler's special day! Thank you also to our friends who came. It was so neat to have our oldest be baptized. Tyler was very excited that his dad got to conduct his baptism, and baptize and confirm him. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is also an amazing father and worthy priesthood holder.

graduation 2010

Scott LOVED friendschool! Thanks Heidi for doing an awesome job. We miss it already!

Tyler and Claire enjoyed karate, and they both earned their yellow belt. Now Claire's great at defending herself against her brothers, but I think both of them had trouble with the part of the creed, "I will not misuse my karate!"  So, we'll be taking a break from karate this summer...

Orlando!

We decided about a month ago that we would all go to Orlando for Tim's brother's wedding this month.  So it was kind of a last-minute trip, but we're glad we went (even though we did get a letter from the DA's office about Claire missing school!).  We got to see almost all of Tim's family, some of them whom we hadn't ever met like our 9 and 7-year-old nieces, and a sister-in-law we hadn't seen in almost ten years.  It was neat to see Andy and Yalily's wedding in the Orlando temple (Thanks Sariah, for watching all the kids!).  They had a ring ceremony and fancy reception afterwards.  While in Orlando we also got to go to Disney World with Tim's sister, brother, & their families, and Grandpa Chartrand.  We also got to pay a quick visit to my brother who lives just north of Orlando, where the kids ran wild with their equally wild cousins.  Look on my facebook page for more pics.

our turf

Our backyard mud pit is finally gone!  Tim did a great job (no thanks to me... he ended up hiring a friend to help) putting in our artifical grass where the pool used to be, and hopefully will be this summer.  I'm so happy to be done with all the mud!  Someday I'll find those pics of the kids dipping their heads in mud holes.  Tim also donned his old painter overalls (he used to have his own painting business) to give our house a new coat of paint.  Unfortunately, his very unreliable paint sprayer finally gave up the ghost, and that project got put on hold indefinitely.

4 months later...

This is for the grandmas--finally some pics from Christmas.  The kids loved their presents and still do!  Those preschool books are great for Scott!

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