The holidays, birthdays, and so much more

Ok so as everyone may already know December is a BIG month for us in the De La Cruz family. It starts off with my stepmoms birthday then on the 21st its Maxito's birthday, the 23rd is my birthday, 24th christmas eve with my mom and sisters, 25th with my dad and stepmom and finally 30th is my dad's birthday. WOW! I can't even believe I made it out of December with money still left in our accounts lol. I posted a bunch of pictures of the kids what they got as presents for Christmas and birthdays. We wanted to thank our wonderful family who are all such a blessing to us. Thanks for the wonderful help throughout the year. Thanks for the many prayers. We love you guys and wish you all the best for 2009. Now for the moment you've all been waiting for the pictures...

photo shoot

My biggest joy is capturing moments on film or print of Max and Isabella. They grow up so fast. I guess snapping pictures to me is like freezing a moment in time and when I get older I can go back to that picture and remember exactly what was going on that day. Time is my enemy...I wish there were more minutes in an hour, hours in a day, days in a month and months in a year.

De La Cruz Family Reunion

In November we went to Hermosillo, MX to visit Max's family and for their family reunion. It was a lot of fun and the kids got to meet their mama Gina (max's grandmother). Ok so that's the nice cute story but what I left out was that a couple week prior to going people that had family in Mexico were telling Max that it was not a good time to travel there due to the gangs and drug cartels. Max was scared and kept saying to postpone the trip until things got better. However, Mama Gina's health was deteriorating so that was what was pushing us to go. I decided to go to my source (Norah) to find out how bad things really were. Norah said that as long as we don't drive around at night we should be fine. So we finally decided to go and on our way up we went through 2 check points and saw a couple of federalies with their really big guns. Besides the fact that I was scared out of my mind that I was going to get shot it was a really good trip. I am also glad I got to see my cousin Yamilito and his wife and baby. Here are some pictures....

politics knows no age

Little Max goes absolutely crazy over Barack Obama. It's so funny whenever he sees him on tv he will not let us change the channel until he is done speaking. Today he got upset because I accidently changed the channel during Obama's speech on cnn. So being the good mom that I am I rushed over to the computer and went to cnn.com to let him look at the picture and get his Obama fix. He is so intellegent it's funny that he knows who Obama is and what he is going for. Whether you are going to Mcain or Obama it's just a light hearted video to enjoy.

This is how much my kids enjoy their dancing and singing...

This video was funny because Bella was sleeping in the car and Max kept waking her up and she would just laugh and go back to sleep. It's hilarious!

Summer adventures with my Tia Charo

Sorry if I haven't blogged the last couple of months but my aunt came in to town from France and it's been a busy and fun couple of months with her. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words well if that's true the the following pictures will show you how much fun we've been having. Sorry if they are a bit out of order.




My tia Charo and Bella.

Steph, Erika, and Max


My 2nd cousin SaId. He is the cutest little baby!

Me relaxing on the 4th of July


They love each other so much!

Sebastiana, Maxito, and Isabella

Best Friends Forever

Sebastiana and Isabella getting their pedicures.


Little Max paying with the money grandma Chabuca gave him.



Ms. Isabella's birthday. She is 2 now


Ok this pictured totally cracked me up. I told Bella to turn around and smile at the camera and she posed like this lol. I could not believe how much of a picture diva she has become.




We spent most of the summer in the pool

This was for father's day/Max's birthday. We went to the D-backs game. I can't tell you how much fun that was! We love our baseball!

This was at kids club and that is Sebastiana and Bella.


Can anyone find Bella?

Ok so after Kids club they usually have a raffle and we always go and we NEVER win but on the day of Bella's Birthday I had a feeling that we were going to win..... and we DID! Little Max was so excited I have never seen a smile that wide! He won a little backpack stuffed with school supplies.

We had so much fun and I'm so blessed to have such a GREAT family (immediate and extended). If you are reading this then you are family! Thank you all! I promise I'll try to be better at posting.