[My] Favorite Month

{JULY}
I love July, always have.
Yes, partly because my birthday is in July.
But mainly because I love the 4th and I love warm weather and days at the beach.
I love BBQ's and time spent with family and friends.
I love hot sunny days.
I love Ice cold drinks, especially raspberry lemonade
And at the end of the month I get to celebrate my anniversary with the man I love dearly.

We have had a great July. Spent with days at the pool, long summer night walks, BBQ's with some of our favorite food and people, a trip to Idaho, and a visit from Grandma, movie's once a week with cousins, splash pad visits, playing at the park, going to the river. The list goes on and on.

I have been feeling extremely grateful lately for what I have. I have a pair of great parents who are always there for me. I have a big bunch of in-laws who all mean so much to me. I have tons of friends who love and support me, some are close by and some are further away but that makes no difference. I have two beautiful children who keep me on my toes, who push my limits on patience, who teach me new things everyday, who are a constant reminder of why unconditional love is such a beautiful thing. I have a supportive husband who is great at pushing my buttons and keeping me on my toes, just where I like to be. A man who is strong and who is understanding and can still make me laugh and who can still laugh at himself.

I am grateful for all the blessings the Lord has given me and for all the blessings he continues to give me. He is my strength and my rock. Every struggle that I have faced in my life has taught me a valuable lesson, and it is from those lessons that I am shaped into the person that I am.
I turned 25 this year and I feel comfortable with who and what I am. I feel happy, I feel blessed, I feel like life couldn't get better. So in other words.... 25 never felt so good! haha.

But what I am really trying to say is that I feel the happiest when I am surrounded by the people I love, and the people that love me. Luckily I feel that often and so I am blessed. If I lost everything I had I would still feel like the richest person in the world, because my riches is based on something much more valuable then material things.

Bricen And Liliana on the 4th of July 2014

Liliana 4 years old

Bricen 22 months

Our 6 year Anniversary spent with the Family at the River and Art on the Park!

{Puppy Time}

As most of you all know we got a new puppy a couple months ago. She doesn't look like a puppy but she sure acts like one. She is such a sweet and loving companion and we love her so much. She is great with the kids and is a fast learner. Some of her favorite activities are: going in the car, walks, she loves tug-a-war, and getting her paws wet and drinking from the river. When we got her she was about 50lbs and she has grown so much and so fast just in the last couple months. We tried to measure her but she is terrified of the tab measure, silly girl.

We did a lot of research on Great Danes before deciding to get one, and we are so happy with our choice. She is a magnificent dog. We call her the Greatest Dane, and she is nothing short of that. She loves to lay on her bed and relax in the living room while the kids run wild and we go about our daily routine. We have had some frustrating days with her, she is a puppy after all. But as time goes on she gets better and better. Overall we haven't had any big losses. We have only gone threw 3 XXL dog beds from Costco. We finally wised up and stopped putting them in her crate while we left her in there during the day, and so far problem solved! She is not a big chewer which has been a great benefit to us and our things : )

Yellow!

Our new house already feels more like home. More then I could have ever imagined. We feel so blessed to have such a beautiful place to raise my kids. With more room, and just the mere fact that everything is ours and we can hang stuff, change stuff or whatever. It feels GREAT!! When we first moved my Mom was talking to Liliana on the phone and she asked her if she liked her new house... Liliana's response was "yes, its yellow!" : )

We are glad to be home!!