BLESSED

I am blessed beyond belief to have these two kiddos as my own. They make me the person I am today and I only pray they will think of me as that wonderful mom and friend when they grow up.

Beautiful winter day at the JRB.

A day with by BFF.

My best Friend Laura and her fiance came up for the day/night and as you can tell in the pics.. .we had WAY too much fun! I have the honor of being a bridesmaid in her wedding.

A few....

I just love these two pics...

Gymnastics.

Carly is thriving in gymnastics and goes two days a week with her friend Alieha. Her coach has mentioned she would like to move her up to Jr. pre-team in a few months. Secretly I am SO excited.

More Wrestling.

Cole has been killing it in wrestling. He is so athletic and has taken to wrestling so well. It is SO hard and stressful to watch but he loves it, so therefor I will stand behind him and do all I can do to make him thrive in the sport.

Back to short.

Cole got a haircut. He hair was SO long and blonde but he wanted it cut. I think with wrestling it was getting pulled and this will be better for the sport. He looks amazing with any cut though. Handsome boy.

A very sick boy.

Cole got sick... very sick. It started with his normal croupy cough and one morning he came downstairs and couldn't even walk and was burning up. I took him to Urgent Care and he was diagnosed with bronchitis and pneumonia. Guess who got it just a few days later.... Carly. It was a LONG two weeks.

LOVE.

This picture MELTS me. How amazing is JD? Carly your daddy loves you so much. Wedding slide show picture for sure.

Killing time at the pool.

 A very rare sight.

 Carly and I have a lot of time to kill while Cole swims. This is what happens... photo shoot.

Cole's first wrestling tournament!

 This is Cole's coach John, his son Kai and Cole's buddy Colton.

 Cole and Levi

 Cole made it to the champion round. Lights get turned down and everyone watches.

 Did amazing!

 Cole took fourth out of 8 in his bracket. These kids are all in 2nd and 3rd grade. SO PROUD.

My two girlfriends from gymnastics are also wrestling moms. Kelly and Niki.

Surprise trip to San Diego for New Years!

 Kids had no idea where we were going. All ready in the car at 5:00 in the morning.

 Arriving at the airport. Kids were SO excited we were going on a plane.

 The excitement was so fun.

 Pizza Port in Ocean Beach.

 Sophia and Janie.

 Kids pool area at our resort.

 Party in San Diego!

 One of my favorite pictures. Sophia and Cole ordering "Drinks"!

 View from our room.

 Took the kids to Sea World. It was a beautiful, warm and fun day.

 Carly LOVED the rides this trip.

 Ahhhhh.....

 Cole and dad took the plunge!

 Chillin at the pool!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 My attempt at a family picture.