Brynlee's Birthday Celebration

Brynlee turned 3 on May 30th!!

We had family over for dinner and cupcakes. My Sister made homemade cupcakes.

Brynlee loved them because they were Pink!!

We are so blessed to have a girl in our family, she loves make-up, dress up and anything girly.

Love you Bryn!!

Brynlee in her birthday outfit eating dinner.

Love this smile!!!

Cousin Abby eating her cupcake..Love her face


The Beautiful cupcakes that my sister made.

Abby in Brynlee Tutu skirt.

Brody enjoying his cupcake


So I completely forgot to get her a candle... so this is the only one I had. I know ghetto.

Brayden and Andrew enjoying the ice cream


Brynlee opening her presents and she loved that she got clothes. She holds them up to her to see if they look good on her. She is a girl alright!!

Our Family Trip to Vegas

The week before school was out, Our friends invited a couple families to go on a family trip to Vegas. It was great to getaway. We had a fun time over all it was a little chilly so we only go to go the pool once while we were there. The kids loved it and We enjoyed being together as a family!!

Brayden and Mom before we went out to see the water show at Bellagio.

Matt and I (brayden took this picture for us) not to bad!




Brody and Momma at the water show.


Brynlee and her Daddy at the show

Aunt Kristi and Kyle live in Vegas so we had fun hanging out with them while we were there.

The second day we were there we tried the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandlay Bay.

The kids loved how up close they were to all the animals. As parents not sure if it was worth the money for the adults, but glad we tried it once. Brayden was our photographer aquarium.

Kylie and Tayler
Brayden sure loved exploring with them at the Aquarium

Sharks.. They were pretty cool and so close to you.

Here are fishes that we saw....

Brynlee taking it all in



Brody enjoying snacks

Brayden loving every minute of seeing all the sea life.



One of the most favorite things for the kids to do was to pet the sting rays. It was really neat.

Brynlee and Brayden watching the sting rays swim around

Brynlee trying to touch them


One of the sting rays


Brayden made his own Pizza at one of the restaurants that we tried. He was very proud of it and they also gave him a chef hat to wear as he made it.

The last thing we did was take the kids to circus circus. I didn't get many pictures of this because our battery died on our camera.


But here is a picture of Daddy and Brody with his favorite person Sponge Bob.. Brody loves Sponge Bob thanks to Brayden...

We love the time we spent with each other. It was a fun trip!!

Heitje's Graduation

My Youngest Sister Graduated from High School on May 20th 2010. We are so Proud of her and the accomplishments she achieved in high school. We were so happy to share this special day with her.

Me and My Sis

Here are all of the Carranza Siblings

Hyrum, Anthony,Me, Heitje, Clarissa, Robert and Jeff

I am so glad that we are such a close family. We do all we can to support and love each other no matter what. I am grateful for the time I have to spend with each one of them.

Landon is 1

My Nephew Landon turned one on the May 18th!!

We had a family dinner at my sisters and here is Landon and his cake that his mommy made for him. Kids grow up so fast. We love you Landon Boy.

Reuniting with old Friends

The Second weekend in May, I was lucky enough to head to San Diego to catch up with some old friends. I am so thankful to a husband that treated me to this trip. I have known these girls since I was 15 yrs old. I haven't seen them in over 9 years. The girls were throwing a shower for our Friend Brit and I couldn't miss the chance to see all of the girls. We all live in different places so it was nice to be all in the same place at the same time. The shower was beautiful. We spent the rest of the afternoon shopping, eating and chatting about old times.

Love you girls we need to do it again.

Brit and Me at her shower



Here is a picture of us girls and our leaders that got us to where we are now.

My favorite friends..Kendyll, Brit, Lauren, Emily and Me

Thanks to Emily this is what the view from our hotel looked like....



Kendyll, Avery, Me and Emily outside of our room before we said our goodbyes.

It was such a enjoyable trip. I am so glad that we all could get together and spend this weekend together.

I can't believe she is 3...Going on 16

Today Brynlee turned 3, she was so excited yesterday she said, "I have my birthday morrow".. I said "Yes it is your birthday tomorrow." I had a long busy day at church, but had started dinner earlier in the afternoon so it would be ready after church. We had family over to share dinner and cupcakes with her. Brynlee is full of energy and spunk. She loves to be the little mommy to her brothers. She loves having her toes and nails painted. I am scared for what is to come she is so independent. My mom told me pay back will come back and haunt me.

Happy Birthday to our Princess Brynlee!!

End of the Year Performance..

Brayden had special shirts made for this performance. Brayden sang very well, he made all the motions that went to the songs. I am so proud of my Kindergartner! Brayden passed his 1st year in school. He has learned so much. He is reading so well and loves to write. He writes so cute everything is spelled the he sounds it out. His teacher said he is so kind and helpful.

He will be missed.

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Updating.... Trying to catch up

I have been so busy this last month, that I am so behind. I have posted new posts but you may have to go back to see them. I am trying to post them around the time they happend. I have more coming..

All I want for Christmas is my two bottom teeth!!

Brayden lost his two bottom teeth in a two week period about a month ago. He had been complaining to me a month before how everyone in his class had lost teeth. Brayden said,"I am six years old and the other kids are five and they have lost their first tooth". I told him I could knock them out if he wanted me too. But I have no control on when he loses his teeth. WELL the day finally came and he was a happy boy!! The tooth fairy came and he got a dollar a tooth.

Now he keeps asking me when are my new teeth going to grow in?..

For now I will enjoy this sweet smile with his two teeth missing....

Brynlee's Cute bangs..

So about a month or two ago, I was tired of having Brynlee's hair in her face all the time. So my sister was kind enough to cute some bangs for Brynlee. It changed her face so much with just cutting some bangs. Isn't she so adorable?? She sure know how to test our patience but we sure this sweet smile.

Fathers N Sons Campout!!

A Great Bonding Experience!!!

Brayden was so excited to get his stuff ready for this special camp out! Matt went last year with brayden and loved it so he took Friday off from work so that they could arrive early. Matt was excited to tell me that he built this fire all of his own. Matt loves camp fires and the way they smell.(yuck, I don't care for it at all)

Brayden sure loved that the Schads drove up with them.

Brayden loves his friends Jaden and Dallas!! They did a lot of fun activites but brayden's favorite was making rockets and launching them.

Next year I told Matt he needs to take Brody too. Matt thought he was a little to young to take him this year. So next year and will be just be girls at home!

Mother's Day!!

I feel so humbled to be a mother on this mother's day. I remember when I was a little girl, I love to play house with my siblings and cousins. I always wanted to be the Mommy. I have enjoyed being the oldest girl in my family to 6 younger siblings. At times I felt like I was the second mom in my family because I was always helping my mother do something for one of my siblings. As I got older I pushed those responsibilities to my younger sister. But I am truly grateful for these experiences in my life, I know that I wasn't always grateful for the chores and responsibilities that I had at a young age. I do know that they have shaped me to be the mother that I am today. My Mother never had the strongest parents in the gospel, but she was always the peacemaker in our home. She has more patience then I ever will have. She always found the positive thing in any situations. She attended church on her own a lot thanks to members that would pick her up to take her to church. She has made sure that when raising her children that the gospel was the center of our home. She taught me at young age to serve others in all that we can. I remember numerous times that I would baby sit my siblings so that she could go and serve others. We didn't have much growing up but my mother made sure she gave of what we had. I continue to learn from my mother. I am so blessed to have a mother like her.



I am also so lucky to be a Mother. It took years of fasting and praying when my prayers were answered that it was time for me to be a mother. I know that Heavenly Father knows what is best for us. He is always watching over us and will help us through our struggles. I have friends and family that struggle with being a mother. I know it is hard but just have faith. The lord has a plan and it isn't always the plan that we have in mind. Being a mother isn't easy, but it is well worth it. I know at times I feel like pulling my hair out, or I find myself crying in secret when I am having a rough day. The smiles on my children's faces or the silly things they say make it all better. I love my three munchkins.

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mother's out there!!

Love you Mom!!