Even more!

Andrew at the egg hunt
The trouble makers! (they are so cute though!)
The older generation of cousins!
Me at Easter. I was pleasantly surprised that I have finally taken a pretty good picture! :) I hope you enjoy.

More Easter pics

Zachary at Easter time
Hannah, Vienna & Madison
Hannah & Madison
The Rock kids
Ethan without his shirt on, as usual.

Zack playing with Mommy

Andrew's ACN Commercial :)

So Jeff is working for ACN. And he says this all the time, so he taught Andrew to say it. I got it on video and I thought it was so funny. So I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions let me know.

oh my gosh its April!

So today is April 1st. I can't believe it! My last post was a little pathetic, sorry! But I do miss Arizona.

I found out yesterday that JoAnna and her family are coming to visit in May and I cannot be more excited. For those of you in AZ who want to visit, my apartment complex has this great guest apartment for $50 for 5 nights!!! Only $10 a day! and we are close to Disneyland and the beach or the mountains, wherever you want to go. We would love to have you visit, we just need advance notice! So please come. We can show you a fun time. :)

Zack is 8 months old this week. He has been crawling for a month or so now and has taken steps towards walking! I cannot believe it! He is just too little to be doing this stuff already.

We had a fun Easter this year. The boys are finally big enough that I am not nervous about them coloring eggs. So we did that again this year. And the egg hunt was so much more fun too because they are big enough to do it on their own. They get more and more fun everyday.

Wish I were There

In Maricopa! I love being close to my family and friends that live here in California. It is beautiful here, but I miss Arizona. The slower pace, the cheaper gas, the cheaper housing, and may I just say my wonderful friends! We have been living in a 900 square foot apartment for the price of a 5 bedroom house back in Arizona! Jeff just doesn't have a job there, and I have to be happy here, and try to figure out a way to get my family into a house with a yard. Preferably not in the ghetto. :) I am feeling very nostalgic today I guess. I am very grateful that we did move back to CA. I needed to be here for my mom. But now I am ready for a change. Thanks for letting me vent.

Pictures

We drove by discount tires and they had this race car there! The boys were so excited.

I have such handsome boys. Zack is 7 months now. He crawls, and climbs, pulls up to a stand.

When we go to get water the boys love riding in the bottom of the cart as Jeffbrings it to the car.

Zack was so funny. I pulled out the camara and he just started laughing and showing off.

CHEESE!!!!!

So funny!!

My friend Jennie emailed this link to me and it was so great! Especially for all you Lost and Twilight fans! So read and enjoy!
http://mormonhusbands.blogspot.com/2008/02/twilight-series-for-dummies-and-totally.html

Young Living Party

On March 14th at 7pm I am having my very 1st Young Living Essential Oils party! If you don't know what they are or you want to learn more please come! I will be sending out invitations too, but I wanted to give you all a heads up! Check out my website at www.youngliving.org/memoryjean Let me know if you want to come!

Jeff

I saw this on Jennie's blog and I liked it. So I did it! :)

What is his name? Jeffrey Ramon Aviles
How long have you been married? 8 1/2 years
How long did you date? 2 years
How old is he? Almost 29
Who eats more? me, how pathetic
Who said "I love you" first? Jeff,I thought he was breaking up with me. He was so serious just before
Who is taller? I am
Who sings better? me, but Jeff wants to be good!
Who is smarter? It depends on the subject :)
Whose temper is worse? mine
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me, but he helps once in a while
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
Who pays the bills? I do that too
Who mows the lawn? lawn, what lawn? when we had one it was Jeff
Who cooks dinner? I do, but Jeff does all the barbequing
Who drives when you are together? Jeff usually does
Who is more stubborn? That might be a toss up.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Not sure on this one
Whose parents do you see the most? we see both quite a bit, but I think we see my dad more
Who proposed? Jeff
Who has more friends? I have more friends in Arizona, but I think Jeff has more here in CA
Who has more siblings? We actually have the same amount. But I grew up with more. (if that makes any sense at all) :)
Who wears the pants in the family? We take turns- it depends on the issue!

I tag anyone who wants to do this.

Wedding Picture Tag!

I was tagged to post my wedding pictures. This proved a little difficult since they were taken before the ease of digital camaras! I had to pull my album out and scan them in! We have become so spoiled! :) We were married in the Los Angeles Temple August 7th 1999.

These are my sisters in law and my sister.

This was the whole family who were there to celebrate with us.
Here Jeff and I are dancing. Love the bubbles! :)

I tag- Betheny and Shelly

Andrew is Five!!

This is Andrew and Zack on Andrews birthday. Andrew is 5 and Zack is 6 months.



This is Andrew and Ethan with their friend Seth at Castle Park. I took the boys miniature golfing for Andrews birthday. Jeff was going to come but he got stuck on the side of the freeway in a broken car. :(


This picture of Zack reminds me of my brother Chris.

Ethan with his ear muffs on ready to go to the Nascar race! Yes I did say Nascar, we are fans in this house!














My boys are growing up too fast! But they are lots of fun! Hope you enjoy the pictures! Have a great Valentines Day!

Oils

I knew that this would be hard for me to keep up dated. :) But that is okay. Tomorrow is Andrew's 5th birthday. I can't beleive it! Zack is 6 months old today too. Time flies when you are having fun!
So I am finally learning about essential oils. There is so much to know! Luckily I have Melonie around to teach me. I am going to be having a party for her, and I hope that all of you in California will be able to come!
Well I will post pics of the birthday boy tomorrow!

Poem about President Hinckley

I didn't write this, it was sent to me and I really liked it


**Prophetic Passing***
I imagine he's running to Marjorie now,
Yes, running, not waving his cane.
I see him embracing his father and mother
While they keep repeating his name.
I see him now meeting his forebears,
Brother Brigham and Joseph are there.
Sweet reunion of prophets, united by service
That only such noble men share.
I see him embraced by the Savior While Father says,
'Good and well done.So faithful in stalwart endurance,
I welcomeMy noble, most excellent son.'
I then hear the ripples of laughter
As he says the reception's just fine,
But he hopes that he'll get an assignment or two
Since there's no need to waste any time.
I can hear his clear voice in the stillness
At the close of this sweet Sabbath day,
Have faith and move forward?
There's work to be done.
President Hinckley would want it that way.
January 30, 2008

New Car

Well, since I don't have a camara (we've been using Jeff's work one and he took it back to work) I can't show you my new car. Well new to me. :) It is a 2004 Nissan Quest SE and I love it! The kids can't even touch each other anymore! YAY! It also can fit both strollers and a bike and 2 scooters, so we are all set to go to the park. It has power everything and because of Steve we got a great deal on it.
And can I say one thing, just as advice, get GAP insurance. If you don't have it and you owe money on your car, get it! It can save you a ton! We didn't have it, and we will never make that mistake again. anyway that's all. :)

Car Crash

So I've never been in an accident before. Quite amazing actually. But just after New Years we get a knock at our door at like 12:30-1am. We don't live in the best neighborhood so I was a little nervous answering it. (plus I was half asleep). Anyway some idiot drunk driver hit my pretty car! Technically he hit 3 cars and smashed part of the car port. Totalled my car. :( At least no one was in the car. But I thought I would share with you my sad tale and pictures. But the good news is that I got to get a bigger car! YAY!

I'm giving it a try!

So I love to read everybody's blogs, and Betheny and Violet talked me into doing one of my own. So here it goes. I hope that what I have to say will be interesting! My days are spent taking care of my 3 beautiful boys. Andrew is going to be 5 in 2 weeks! He just started preschool, thanks to Papa, and in July he starts school at Lincoln! It is so funny that my kid is going to the same elementary school that I went to! He is very active and loves to be outside. Ethan is 3 and he is hilarious! He is very laid back and just rolls with the punches. He is potty training himself now. I told him he had to go potty on the potty to go to preschool, and so he is taking care of it all on his own! It is great! Zack, or Zachary, is almost 6 months old now. He is already on the move. Not quite crawling, but a combo of rolling and scooting on his head! He is very mellow, but gets bored easily. So as long as there are people around he is a happy camper! Jeff is still with Milgard-which is great! He also has 2 businesses that he works on the side. So Cal Coatings and ACN. So if you need cell phones or want new local or long distance, give us a call! :)