The wedding from MY camera

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, but it was also the BIG day for Jared and Ashley. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Manti Temple. It was a very special event in our family. We were able to all be in the temple as a family. I felt the spirit so strong while we were in the sealing room with everyone! Jared and Ashley could not stop smiling and staring into each others eyes.They both looked so great! The day was very windy and kind of chilly, but overall it was a very nice day!

Jared all ready to leave and head to the temple to be married!

 Danny and Jacie

 Josh, Mal, Payton and Scarlett (our kids wanted nothing to do with taking any pictures)

  Dawson, Stef, and Sofia

 We all just stood out front of the hotel waiting for the newlyweds to come out of the temple

 Payton enjoyed his 3D classes for his little puzzle he got! Scarlett kept taking her jacket off. She was such a little stinker being immodest.

The girls enjoyed running around with Ashley's nieces and nephews

 Sofia and Scarlett are just the cuttest little girls! These little girlies are only 4 months apart! They are the exact same size. It is very fun watching these two little girls play together.

Scarlett is a little rough at times, but Sofia is learning quickly how to handle her cousins!

 Payton and Mommy! Waiting for Jared and Ashley seemed to take forever!

 Grandpa and Scarlett!

Here they come! Mr. and Mrs. Jared and Ashley Cambra! This picture shows Jareds personality to the T!

The happy little couple! Ada gave her mom the sweetest, longest hug once she came out of the temple.

It's a little weird to think that my little brother Jared is now a husband and a father, but at the same time it seems not so weird! Hard to explain!

We headed around to another side of the temple and tried taking some family and group pictures, but it was EXTREMELY WINDY!!! The kids were FREEZING!!!

Our happy little family!

Danny and Jacie! Stef, Dawson, and Sofia! The wind was very strong!

After pictures we headed over the to the luncheon. The kids mostly ran around and played with each other while the adults ate and enjoyed each others company.

Aunt Stef with Scarlett

Saying goodbye to Ada! She did not want her mom to leave!

A lot of people left the luncheon, but a few friends and family were able to cheer off the happy couple as they drove down the street to their bed and breakfast for their first night as a couple!

Over all the day was very nice! We are happy to have Ashley and Ada as members of our family! There definitely will be more pictures from the wedding once I get copies from the photographer!

Spring is so BEAUTIFUL

Last weekend we took come family pictures in the beautiful orchards near our home. The trees have been so beautiful with all the popcorn looking flowers. Scarlett and Payton are not very cooperative when it comes to taking pictures. Scarlett was being extremely grumpy and Payton gets bugged after taking 2 pictures.

The weather was amazing and the colors looked so cute!

I just love that Josh is so willing to wear pink.

How can you not fall in love with these two?! They are just so precious and cute together! When I first saw these pictures they tore a little at my heart strings. I can not believe how big Payton looks. My kids are growing too fast!!! I just love watching them together. These last 2 years have flown by. I can hardly remember Scarlett as a baby. It makes me kind of sad. At least I have been blogging the whole time and have a record of both she and Payton's lives so far.

Josh and I are very blessed to have them in our lives. We look forward to adding another little girl!

I am a very lucky lady! I just love Josh so much and think he and I are perfect for each other. When I think about where our life is now, its crazy to think we have been married almost 9 years this August! We have 2 kids and another one on the way. Crazy!!!

This is my family and I love them so much! 

My kids definitely have their own personalities, but they each bring so much to mine and Josh's life. We are very lucky parents!

I just love family pictures. I wish my kids would smile more in the pictures, but at least it shows that my family isn't perfect and we have problems of our own. I can't wait for our next family pictures which will be after this little baby girl is born. We will go from a family of 4 to a family of 5. SUPER EXCITED!

3 Parties ALL in ONE

My friends Melanie and Krista both have a child born with in a week of Scarlett. We decided we would just have a little simple birthday party for the 3 of them. Mapuana's birthday is February 27th she turned 5, Austin's birthday is March 6th he turned 4, and Scarlett's birthday is March 1st and she turned 2. 

We celebrated their birthdays by getting some pizza and then having a young women from church (Daniella) come and make balloon animals for the kids. Then we opened presents and ate cake.  It was quite nice keeping it simple with just us 3 families. Our kids play really good together. Plus this way they don't get a ton of presents (believe me none of them need any more toys) and we one had one party to worry about instead of 3 different ones. 

The kids obviously were more excited about the balloon swords instead of the balloon animals. They loved their swords and their hates. Lo got them all rallied up when he got the nerf gun out and started attacking them. They LOVED this. All you could hear was a ton of screaming and laughing.

These 6 kids are not the easiest to get a picture of all together, especially with all their balloons in their hands. (obviously cause Mo and Ryan are not even in these pictures)

What Daniella made for them... a giant octopus, a smaller octopus, flowers, swords, hats, dogs, birds, and bracelets.

Present time is definitely a highlight for the birthday kids. 

Here they are Scarlett, Austin and Mapuana

They each loved their presents from their friends.

Of course their is no time to wait and open everything once we get home. Scarlett wanted it all open right then.

The 3 Birthday kids!

They are very cute!

Yummy cake that Krista made.

Making their wishes!

Of course anytime its nice outside the kids love going out and enjoying the trampoline and Krista's house.

They just get all crazy and laugh a ton

Having 3 birthdays all in one was such a success!!! The kids each had a blast, the parents enjoyed each others company, and Daniella did a great job with all the different balloons!