Go DOGS!!

Our Fresno State football team had their season opener this past weekend. It was an away game in New Jersey. We beat Rutgers! My family came over to help with the patio, and then we watched the game at home. Blake had to go into the office for awhile but he got to catch the 4th quarter at home, so then I had to get a shot with him and his cheerleader. A special thanks to Auntie Blair for the Fresno State outfit!




My mom looked so cute in the picture, I had to add this one too!

Busy and productive weekend!

Blake has been building a patio for our backyard. He has done a phenomenal job on it. I love it!! Every day when I am in the kitchen, either washing dishes or just looking out my backyard window, I am soooo very thankful God blessed me with a husband that is so talented and so incredibly wonderful. Blake could definitely go into the construction business with how professional this patio is turning out to be. But peaches are oh so yummy, so we will stick to farming. This past weekend he worked on the ceiling, adding the tongue and groove to finish off the look beautifully. It was such a blessing to have help as well! My dad, my brother and Paco (pretty much Blake's 2nd dad who is their #1 guy at Wawona) were so sweet to come out and help Blake make the process a little quicker. Thank you so much for all your help guys! Let me know if anyone is up for a painting party, once it is all complete! :-)

Here are a few pictures. I realized later that I didn't get any pictures of my dad. But it sure was nice of him to be helping as well. Thanks again! And just a side note....it appears, in the pictures, as though my brother was helping....yeah he made sure I waited to take the picture until he picked up the nail gun and stood up on the ladder, to make it appear as though he had been sweating. Thanks to all of them for working so hard to make our new patio look so good!

Blake added 2 skylights, 6 recessed lights, a fan, and flood lights on the ends that light up our backyard as though it is daytime! I am sooooooo proud of him!

Here is Blake and Paco working hard.

Birthdays are so fun!

Birthdays are a perfect excuse to get together...family, friends, you name it, it is so fun. This past weekend Jesse and Allie invited our extended family over to celebrate some birthdays. It started with celebrating my brother Jesse and my cousin Chelsey's birthday, but by the time we got together we just decided this party was for everyone's birthday over the summer. I love my family! There is definitely a lot of laughter when we get together. I realized I didn't take enough pictures. None of the birthday boy, which I probably will get razzled for later (if he even looks on our blog ever), but I did get one with Chels. Aubrey Rose also got to take some more pictures with Christopher, who is my cousins little boy. He was born 10 days before Aubrey Rose. It is so fun to see them together. It gets me so excited to watch our family grow and do life together. We are truly blessed!

Here is Chelsey, the birthday girl! She is so good to my little girl. Thanks for being so wonderful Chels!!



Here is my cousin Luke with Aubrey Rose. Luke, next time we are going to have to work on a smile from Aubrey. But, I think she was trying to tell him that she looooooves him thisssssss much!



Here is Christopher and Aubrey Rose.



I had to add this one! Look at the grip he has on her ear! Hilarious! She is a tough cookie....no crying from her. Just a confused look. :-)



We tried a little photo shoot at home earlier in the day....yeah didn't work out so much this time. But I still thought this picture was worth adding to the blog. The look just says it all! It makes me a little worried about what her personality will be like as she grows up.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jesse!

August 26th was my brother, Jesse's, 26th birthday. We had lunch at Chipotle with wonderful friends and family. Thanks to C.J. at our office for making all the calls and doing the invites for the lunch. It would not have happened without you C.J.! And then we had dinner at my parents house. My mom made a wonderfully delicious meal and a yummy birthday cake to celebrate. Aubrey Rose gave Uncle Jesse a whiffle ball and bat. She might have loved it more than Jesse. Okay, maybe she just liked sucking on it more before it got its first hit later in the evening in the street with Jesse and Blake. Yes, whiffle ball street style with only two players....anything is possible with these two making up the rules.

Please take special note of our photogenic little girl. I am still amazed that at almost 6 months she can smile the biggest smile on demand at the perfect moment this picture was taken. Aubrey Rose, you make your mommy proud!!!

If the picture is too small to see....here is a closer shot of the picture perfect smile.

Good job my little sunshine!

Time for some hard core whiffle ball street style.

Photo shoot time....AGAIN!

Here are some pics we took from Aubrey Rose's most recent photo shoot. Her smiles are non stop, so we figure the camera can be non stop too! Okay, to be honest, even if she doesn't smile, the camera is non stop. We obviously can't get enough of this girl!! Our wonderful friend, Christina Patricio, the woman of MANY talents, recently began creating some flower handbands. She was so sweet to give a couple to Aubrey Rose. Here are some of our favorites pics with our new favorite headbands. Thank you sooooooo much Christina!!

This next one definitely makes me laugh! Not sure what Aubrey Rose was thinking at this moment, but I am so glad Christina got this expression documented.

This smile is true Aubrey Rose style. She blesses us with it all day long and we are so very thankful for not only her, but her precious smile.

Vegas BABY!!

This past weekend we had a wonderful weekend in VEGAS! We went to celebrate Blake's grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary. 60 years!! What an accomplishment! And the best part is they still love being married to each other. They are such a special couple and are wonderful role models for Blake and I to follow. We had such a great time with Linda's side of the family. Wonderful food, great laughs, lots of catching up, new and fun memories, shopping, yummy food, saw the Cirque de Soleil show Ka, and even some sightseeing with visiting the Hoover Dam. And for the late night fun Blake and Christina Patricio were so sweet to come all that way to be our party entertainment. We had so much fun with them too. We even got some celebrity sightings in too! We had a great time and it was such a great feeling to hold Aubrey Rose when we returned. My parents were so sweet to watch her all weekend. Thanks Mom and Dad! And thanks to Bill and Linda for such a wonderful weekend. We are so blessed with such wonderful family!

The whole crew all together. Linda has 2 brothers. One is married with a son and they live in LA and the other brother, Uncle Gary, just recently moved back to Fresno, which we are so thankful for. Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

Blake and I at the Hoover Dam

A picture out in front of our hotel, The Palazzo.

The Smittcamps with MomMom and PopPop

This was the first night out at Pure at Caesars Palace. Kim Kardashian from the reality show Keeping up with the Kardashian's was hosting for the evening. It was pretty fun!

Our red carpet experience :-) You should have seen the papparazzi on the other side. The flashes were blinding us.....okay there was only our camera. :-)

Here is Christina with Kim

Here is Christina with Kim's sister Kourtney.

Time to go to bed at 4am!

Hanging out with Brad and Blair. I love this picture.

Bill and Linda had a beautiful suite...it even had a work out room with an eliptical machine! So we had to take a family shot on it.

Another picture with MomMom and PopPop

For the second night of fun we went to the Christian Audigier club in Treasure Island. Audrina Patridge from the reality show The Hills was hosting for the night. Let's just say she is not the most friendly celebrity. But that is okay we got our picture with her anyway and we had a great time doing it!

SUCH A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

Girlfriend Play date!

We had such a wonderful morning today! Aubrey Rose and I had a play date with some wonderful girlfriends. Katie DeManby, Katie Scalzo, Ashley Patricio and I got our little girls together to play and have a good time. It was so much fun to get together for some good girl time. Thanks Ashley for opening up your beautiful home. It was a perfect day. Aubrey had such a good nap after she came home. We will have to do it again sometime soon! Here are a couple of pictures of the girls all together. Starting on the left is Taylor Patricio, then Aubrey, Logan DeManby and then Grace Scalzo. The girls had so much fun as well and they played so good with Aubrey Rose. Thanks girls!