I guess he was pretty mad that he had to wear a baby life jacket. Yep that sounds like Lorenzo!

Christmas morning

I love this picture because it just shows their relationship so well. Lorenzo was so excited about what Esperanza gave him for Christmas! He couldn't contain himself.

Random thoughts by katrina call

Three things I just keep thinking about lately.

1. How on earth does a very small little baby increase the laundry by 100 times? I just don't get it!

2. How does a 3 week old know when I am sitting or standing. The second I stand up the crying stops, the second I sit it starts. Amazing!

3. How come my children have so much energy when we are at the grocery store, a restaurant, or even at home making a mess, but the second it is time to clean up they are just way to tired and can't I see that their arms and legs are just so small and need a rest?

sledding

Finally enough snow to sled! We love sledding. Lorenzo was as crazy as ever (like always) and was going down alone, with Izzy on top of him, head first, etc. Esperanza was even brave enough this year to go alone. It was great! Nothing like a good spray of snow in the face to brighten the day.

She finally arrived

Well, I finally had the baby at 41 weeks. We love her and we think she is just too cute. Especially my children. They really, really, really love her and are so, so, so, so helpful. No wonder she didn't want to come out. Maybe she had an idea of what it would be like to be manhandled :). She was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 1/2 inches long.

The Haunted Hospital

I think I may have had a small lapse of parenting judgement. Lorenzo has been begging to go to a haunted house and the haunted hospital in Tooele just opened up. Last weekend Esperanza was having a sleep over and Lorenzo just kept begging. So we decided to take him. He invited his good friend and cousin Zane who is 9 to go with him. My boy thinks he is way older then 3. I probably should have had some reservations when he told me on the way that he wasnt three anymore but almost nine like zane. Anyways those haunted houses are scary. I hadn't been to one since I was in high school and forgot how creepy they are. I do have to say though that I have a very brave son. He made it through and he didn't cry and even wanted to go again after, but I think we better wait a few years before we do that again.

Oh what do you do with a three year old

Since Esperanza just started preschool it has been great fun to spend alone time with Lorenzo.  I am pretty sure he lives in a dream world.  It is so amazing how he views the world, but the other day we had a funny little conversation.

Lorenzo: Mom are we buddies?

Me: Sure we are

Lorenzo: Well, do you like spiderman

Me: Sure

Lorenzo: Well, then we cant be buddies because I like batman now.

Me: Oh, so what if I like dinosaurs and you like batman can we still be buddies?

Lorenzo: Yeah I like dinosaurs too so we can be buddies

Me: Ok what if I like strawberry shortcake?  Can we be buddies?

Lorenzo: Mom! That is a bad word. Never say that to me again. Strawberry shortcake is for girls.

I just had to laugh to see the workings of his mind.  Always full of questions and surprises!

i need a do over

Do you ever have a day that you wish you could do over?  That was my day today. Grumpy mom, grumpy wife, grumpy person.  Not impressed with my own behavior.  Guess tomorrow I will try harder.

Irresistable

I can't resist this face.

A boy obsesssed!

Lorenzo loves, and I don't just mean love, but he love loves lightening McQueen and the movie Cars. Anyways he got some lightening McQueen shoes and he refused to take them off for a week. He even slept in them. I tried to sneak in and take them off after he fell asleep and it was like he had radars on them or something because he knew I was trying to get them off and would wake up. Oh the joys of being a little boy.

Marriage...

So we tried to the go to the Salt Lake temple three times to see the Christmas lights and two out the three times our kids fell asleep right before we got there. I guess the third time was the charm. Anyways, Esperanza wanted to go so bad to see the lights and the Temple and once we were there she kept asking if she could go in the temple. I tried to explain that we couldn't go in and that we could just see the lights, etc. Well, just as we were getting ready to leave she got so sad and her eyes welled up with tears and she said, but mom I wanted to get married. It was so cute. I just couldn't help myself. I started laughing. She thought she was going to be able to get a beautiful wedding dress and marry a prince since I always tell her we get married in the temple. As for Lorenzo he was just so excited to get to ride on the Train (trax) that he couldn't focus on anything else.

Halloween

So we had a great time trick or treating this year, but true to my luck everything cannot just go smoothly. Of course Lorenzo didn't want to dress up. At first he absolutely refused. I don't know what his deal was. I finally talked him into it by telling him he wouldn't get any candy if he didn't put his costume on (I am a mean mom). Once he figured out he got candy he

was all for it. Although right when we finished getting candy off came the costume. Then Esperanza changed her mind about what she was going to be three times. First she wanted to be Cinderella, then she wanted to be an elephant and finally she ended up wanting to be a witch the night before Halloween. Good thing I could take back the Cinderella costume. Spencer told me to just make her be Cinderella, but she absolutely refused. As I write this I am starting to see a common trend with my kids. I don't know where they get their stubbornness from :) It couldn't be me. We did have a good time though. We went with Maresa's kids then of course we made the rounds to all the grandmas and grandpas. We sure missed Spencer though.

Arizona

we enjoyed a trip to the zoo while we were in Arizona

This is one of the most informative zoo train rides I have ever been on. Interesting fact did you know rhino horns are made out of hair. I thought that was cool.

Well, my kids and I took a little trip to Arizona for the weekend. We drove down there for Abraham's baptism. And I will tell you what it was a much needed trip. Although I swear my kids always get sick just when we are going to go on a trip. The day before we were supposed to leave Lorenzo started vomiting then breaks out in a rash so I knew right away he had strep throat. So he was not the happiest on the trip but we did survive his crying. Poor thing. We took Zane with us and Esperanza and Zane enjoyed playing with their cousins. On the way down there we stopped at my Grandma's house in Hurricane and then we got up early in the morning and left for Arizona and as we are leaving Esperanza just started crying so hard and I was like what is the matter kind of surprised and she said I didn't get to play at grandma Heaton's house. I thought that was cute. She just loves grandma heaton. Zane was really good the whole trip, but as we were on our way home we stopped at grandma's again and he says when are we going to be home and I said in awhile and his eye well up with tears and he says because I really really miss my mom and he started to cry. It was so cute it just like hit him all of the sudden. Anyways we always love to visit Matt and Patty and their cute kids.

Essy and Afton in the kangaroo pouch We even got to enjoy Addie's birthday with her

Byu

Of course I forgot Spencer has not let my kids forget that he is a BYU fan and that they also should be BYU fans, but on a more positve note BYU did drop in the rankings and Lorenzo started nursery!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer recap

Well, I thought I would give a recap of our summer since it is only almost Halloween and I think Fall is officially starting. The weather has been so nice, but I guess it is finally going to cool down. We had a very fun summer hanging around the pool. I think my kids grew gills by the end of the summer. Anyways, the Calls have not kicked us out yet surprisingly but I do think Esperanza and Lorenzo have managed to break all of Iris's knick-knacks wait that is slightly exaggerating it maybe only half. We had a couple of fun trips we went to Yellowstone which was so beautiful. Of course I don't have pictures because my camera was packed the majority of the summer. We went to southern Utah and spent some time with my grandparents. I guess that is about it but it was a nice summer. Esperanza did have a wonderful third birthday. She is so big. It was so funny she was so excited for her party all week and she was singing happy birthday to herself all week, so when the party finally came she was singing happy birthday the very loudest. I love it! All of her cousins were there and she felt like the princess for a day. It was really fun. She had a princess cake we did some great crafts and finally at Spencer's request we had a pinata

These pictures are of the pinata and Essy singing

Yum yum candy!
I just love my little girl and the spirit and joy that she brings to our family what would we do without her wonderful personality

Memories

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you have of either Spencer, Katrina or our family. It doesn't matter how well you know us, anything you remember will be fun!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Slacker

Since we have moved to Utah I have not taken one picture. Oops. We have been having a good summer though. Spending lots of our evenings at the pool. I really want to get some pool pictures. My kids love the water. Esperanza does pretty good with floaties, and Lorenzo is happy as can be kicking around in the little tube we have for him. I am going to take some pictures and post them because they look so funny swimming around since they are so little. So, I am going to add take pictures to my ever growing list of things I want to do, but obviously am putting off. Right now I feel like I am like the cat in the cat in the hat who is balancing all of those objects, and pretty soon they are all going to come tumbling down:)

"I need to"

Esperanza's new thing is to say she needs to do something. She had a pen and started to write on the wall and I told her to stop writing on the walls and she said, but mom I need to write on the wall. I know I shouldn't laugh because it only encourages her, but I couldn't help it. So now everytime I tell her not to do something. She says, but mom I need to.

I thought this was cute

Working woman

Well, I am officially a working woman. I am working as a case manager for a home health agency, and I am really liking it. It feels weird to be back in the work field, but this job does give me quite a bit of flexibility so I can work a little from home and still be able to spend time with my kids. I do miss them though. It is nice to be back in Utah near our family. Spencer is enjoying his job, and the kids love all of their cousins and friends. It doesn't even phase them that I go to work because there are so many kids to play with. So for now our life is starting to calm down, but knowing us it probably won't stay calm for too long. That would be too easy :)