eight years ago today...

i awoke..late for a hair appointment. found that my car was blocked by some visiting girl friends rummaged through purses until i found keys to a car that i then took to the hair salon..where i became BEAUTIFUL..next i loaded up my fam & friends and headed to the temple...late...where i saw the man i would soon be Mrs. to...he was sweating..and relieved ..that i had arrived..he was tired of the white haired workers inquiries as to my wearabouts and ulitmatley his soon to be Mrs. intentions on this particular day especially "did they differ from his?"..yes my intentions were the same that day as the previous...all i wanted in the whole world was to be his Mrs....so we sat in the temple session, stealing glances at eachother...surounded by friends & family..next we were escorted to a brilliant room...where we became Mr & Mrs....we cried..we kissed...we kissed some more ( too much for the temple probably)..we exited Husband and Wife...we took MILLIONs of Photo's....we got left at the temple by our eager family...while they prepared the lunch...we hitched a ride with a very nice "sister"....we ate a burned lunch...we chatted...and took more pictures..we danced the night away..and the rest is history

eight years

eight pregnancies

12 moves

2 countries

4 children

innumeral friends & ward famillies

nothing has changed except waistlines, hairlines, and face lines...

we love to dine, we stress a little, & smile too much

I still want nothing more in the world than to be his MRS...

I am blessed he is my MR...the years have aged us well, and this is just the begining

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY MR !

what are the carvajal's going to be?

i LOVE HALLOWEEN...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

want to see pictures from our halloween party last night click here

a uninvited breakfast guest

This morning we had a guest

I could do little to draw these little ones to the table

they spent a good 15 minutes

just watching this curious creature

......

the squirrel by the way was not scared at all

even when the boss started to bang on the glass

after he was sure we weren't going to invite him in

he took to posing for us on the fence

he did multiple poses

for the next about 5 minutes

thank you

Mr. Squirrel for entertaining my kids

that was 20 minutes today

that I didn't have to entertain

HOORAY.....for our furry friend

A funny thing happened the other day..........

Jaxson was saying the prayer over dinner it went something like this:

"bless that we can have a good day today, and tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next, and the one after that"

I am not even exaggerating.....not even a little.. in fact...i'm not sure i got enough days in there

by the end

the Mr. & I were almost rolling on the floor

we somehow composed ourselves enough not to

make our first born feel he had done something wrong

because

his prayer was in earnest

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

is this really my home & other bad manners

the boss

has learned a new trick

if you ever felt bad about your dinner table

just watch mine.....

see yours doesn't look so bad now

a few questions i have for myself after watching these video's

when did i stop using bibs ?

when did i stop using plates ?

why aren't i teaching my child to eat with a fork or spoon?

when did "sitting" become optional?

answer

when i had 4 children under 6 years old

is this answer valid.....um i don't know but it seems to be the why

in any case my children as you can tell have a GRAND time at the family dinner table

so when the wives complain to me in 20 years.....i guess i'll just LAUGH

cause that is what CARvAJaL's DO BEST

BOO

Halloween HIT my home

thanks to my

dear mother

who flew in with a couple of halloween decorations in toe

Funny.........TUesDAY

sorry folks

i was having emotional goodbyes..& friend reunions yesterday

so

without further

adieu

a funny thing happened the other day.....

we had the need for some MC Donalds

fries

so we ( the entire clan, grandma, uncles, and the rest)

went thru the drive thru in DT SEattLE

Jaxson was being particularly ......well lets just say

NO NAP..LATE BED TIMES..OVERSTIMULATED..LOTS of SWEETS

i asked him over and over to stay in his seat belt

then finally i said

okay no treat from Mickey D's for you

so i order ( of course i ordered something for him )

and pulled around

as I paid the young man asked

"do you need anything else"

then

from the far back of the car we hear

" SHE HAS ANOTHER KID IN HERE SHE ISN'T GOING TO FEED !!!"

i wasn't embarrassed....nope i was too tired for that

my mom either

we just giggled ourselves to the point of TEARS

yes we laughed until the tears where streaming.....so much so that we couldn't even put two words together for the next MC employee

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN