Who has the best husband..........

I do!!

I have been wanting, make that DYING, to go to a country concert for months now.  What I would really love is to see Chris Cagle in a small dive bar, but I will take what I can get at this point.  I LOVE country music, I love to sing at the top of my lungs to it in the car when I am by myself.  Who am I kidding, I love to sing at the top of my lungs no matter who is in the car, just ask Cesar!  So my wonderful husband surprised me last night with tickets to see the Zac Brown Band at the Hollywood Bowl in LA!!

I am super excited to spend a night out in LA with my husband and at a country concert to boot!  I guess it's time to dust off the boots and hat and get ready to a night of honky tonking fun!!   I am kidding, I will try to refrain from wearing the hat, but the boots........the are a must!! 

To top off the night my wonderful husband arranged with his mom, the wolds BEST mother in law, to watch the kids all night and booked us a room!  A whole nights sleep is almost better than the concert!  I can not wait!

Then he promises a Sunday of sight seeing in Hollywood and window shopping on Rodeo Drive!  Things can get rough between us, as I am sure happens with most couples.  Jobs, life, kids, and everyday stress can make you do and say things that you don't mean.  You can take each other for granted and hurt feelings with one look or comment.  This night out means a lot for us.  It is a chance for us to focus on us for a change and recharge ourselves and our marriage so that we can focus on what really matters, building a family that is pleasing to God.

I will take lots of pictures, you can count on it!!  May 14th can not get here soon enough!  Oh!  Don't forget my blogging friends before the date night I will be walking for a cause that is new to me but has become more important that I could have ever imaged.  The LA NF Walk will be at 8am that morning and there is still time to donate to this VERY important cause!  Remember this little boy needs your donations!

Easter Weekend

We had a rainy Easter Weekend here in SoCal but we enjoyed it nonetheless.  My parents were visiting and we all headed to church and then to Grandmas for some great home cooking!!  It was so nice to have my parents here for the holiday.  They got to see Z beat the UNDEFEATED White Sox, hang out with the boys and just have fun.  I love when they are able to visit.  I am already counting the days until June when I am in KY myself for a visit!

New memories at an old place!

So two weeks ago we loaded up the car and headed over to Mission Viejo to Farrels Ice Cream Parlour.  Yes its a long way just for dinner but it was SO worth it for us!  I remember going to the one that used to be at the Mall St. Matthews in Louisville when I was little with my parents and sister, although she doesn't!  They have the Styrofoam hats and the best ice cream ever!  They sing and dance when it's your birthday and its is just a great place.  It was so nice to make these new memories at a great place with my boys! 



They were so excited to ride int his, a lady gave it to us in the parking lot!



I can't wait to go back for my birthday!!  I want them to sing to me and bring me the biggest ice cream on the menu! 

WILW

Linking up with Kelly again for What I Love Wednesdays!!  You should too!

So, what I am loving today.....

Isaiah sang this song to me tonight that he learned at school!  I was so proud of him.  It was so special to hear him sing his first song that he had learned!  Not to mention that my Gran used to sing this to us when we were little, it melted my heart tonight, just another of God's many blessings to me!

My best friend in the whole wide world, forever and ever!  That's her in the blue tank top welcoming her sister back from her 1st tour in Iraq.  I have a TON of pictures of the two of us but since the computer crashed I have not uploaded the old ones yet!  I can not even begin to tell you all we have been through in the last 20+ years.  There is no one else I would rather have by my side through thick and thin then her!!  God brought us back together at just the right time in our lives!  love you!!

While I am not quite there yet, I have built a nice stockpile in the last 3 weeks!  I am super excited to get a deal and have now roped my mother in law and my neighbor into stockpiling with me!  I will take some pictures of my stockpile and the wonderful new shelves my hubby put up for me and let you see how I am doing!

I am also loving that these two girls got to celebrate Noah's 2nd birthday with us!!

Last but not least I am loving these boys!!  I am so thankful God chose me to be their mommy!!



Isaiah's first Preschool Party!!

I am so blessed to be a stay at home mom that allows me to attend parties and things at the kids school.  There are times, many times, I wish I was a working mom, but today was not one of them.  I have been having some pretty bad mommy monents lately and I think today was God's way of telling me to slow down and enjoy them now while they are little!  Enjoy my pictures of the event!!  It was so much fun!

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Noah's 2nd birthday slideshow!

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My last baby turns 2~bittersweet for me!

On Saturday friends and family helped us celebrate Noah's 2nd birthday!  The weather was hot and the ice cream was sticky, but a fun time was had by all, especially Noah!  Enjoy the pictures of the Dump Tuck themed "build" your own sundae party!

Just amazing to me

how God puts that one person in your life, with the right words at EXACTLY the right time!  It never ceases to amaze me how He knows just what I need and when I need it.  I received an email today from a person, who shall remain nameless, and it read;

When I think about my marriage it often feels hopeless. Like things will never change. He'll never appreciate what I do and I'll never be good enough to make him happy. He'll never be satisfied. Then I get these "little love notes from God" to remind me that I'm forgetting Who I'm dealing with here. Let's keep our faith and never give up. Because our husbands are wrong about us. We AREN'T quitters and we don't give up on everything. Not the things that matter. God will get us through this because we are worthy of true happiness and we are doing the right thing.

I know I don't have to tell you that marriage is not easy.  It takes a lot of hard work and even then it might not be enough to get you through.  My marriage, like many I am sure, has seen it's fair share of struggles and feelings of hopelessness.  As recent as yesterday quite frankly.  We are two totally different people.  I am sweet and docile and he is very hard headed and abrasive.  Okay who am I kidding, I am a strong willed, stubborn women who has a tongue on her like a serpent at times.  I need God to keep His arm around my shoulder and His hand over my mouth most days.

As I opened this email with an attachment to a devotional from Joel Osteen, whom I love by the way, it spoke to my heart in a way I don't think I can describe here.  It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear and EXACTLY the right time.  Why did I get that?  Because God knows my heart, and because I have am amazing friend who can read my mind!  As I get back on track here in the Sanchez house I will be on my knees a lot more praying that He shows me the way to be who He wants me to be in this marriage.  We all know that is the only way this will work!

WILW

Linking up with Kelly again for WILW!

1. I am loving this site!  I got most of Noah's birthday stuff there and it is super cute!  Can't wait for his party on the 16th to celebrate his 2nd birthday!

2. Found this great skirt/top on here and love it! 

3. Love this book!  It has helped me save over $500 and build a pretty good stockpile of non perishable items.  This will come in handy if the Government can't balance the budget and my husband no longer receives a paycheck!

4. I love these boys, they are my everything!