Beach Fun!!!!

Last weekend we had a great idea of taking a day trip to Mississippi to have fun on the beach. We had a great time. Ethan and his friend Noah had so much fun they didn't get out of the water until it was time to go home. Lauren kept getting in and out of the water but had fun playing in the sand. Eddie had fun with his kids and I rosted in the sun but the sunburn was so worth it because I needed some color...LOL

Rockstar Lauren

These are the cool girl sunglasses that her mima sent her. She loves them so much and I happen to think she looks like a little rockstar wearing them.

Update!!!!

Wow life has been so crazy busy I have gotten bad a posting updates. Here is a quick run through of whats been going on.

Ethan is officialy a 2nd grader...Yup my baby boy is almost 8 years old and going into the second grade...Tears!!! We are so very proud of Ethan and his accomplishments this year. Ethan finished out the school year holding straight "A's" all year long and holding a 4.0 gpa all year long. He has grown so much this year and has learned so much. As his mom I am happy and excited to continue to watch him grow and learn and explore his worl but as his mom I am also sadden at the thought of how much he has grown and when I look back and think about the baby he was I long for him to stay my little man forever but I know thats not how life is. God is moving in his life and I can already see God's work in him. He has a servents heart and is always wanting to do good for others, through prayers or helping them out. I am so proud to be his mommy.

Lauren is changing so much every day. She is slowing turning into a sassy little girl. She loves to sing and loves to talk. In fact some times you just wished she could stay quite for just a few minutes. She is loving the summer and the hot days since we are now able to go to swimmin pool as she calls it. She loves to wear her baby suit again this is what she calls it. She is a little water bug. She continues to learn so much and is able to speak so much clearer and amazes me with the words she knows. Her mima sent her some sunglasses and they are her new favorite thing, she is always wearing them or taking them every where with her. She melts our hearts like a little girl should. I love to see her with her daddy because she knows all the ways to keep her daddy wraped around her little fingers, he hates to admit that he is a softy when it comes to her. It's so sweet to hear her try and say prayers at meals or at bed time and I love when she randomly says thank you Jesus. I know God is always speaking to hear to her and is already at work in her life and I'm so thankful he chose us to lead her.

Pudding face

The other day when we got home from work and school Lauren asked for a pudding snack. I knew she really liked pudding but her face said she LOVES pudding...LOL she had it all over her face and thought it was funny and asked me to take her picture so I did. Isn't she the cutest pudding face girl you've ever seen.

Friday night Pizza night

Every other week when Eddie comes home we like to have a make your own pizza night on Friday. We buy all the toppings we each want and then I buy already made dough balls from our local Italian restaurant for dirt cheap. The kids each get their own 10' pizza and Ed and I share the 16' pizza we all have pizza the way we want it with spending time with each other and having fun for less money than ordering pizza not to mention we all get to fix it just the way we want. The kids love rolling out their dough and putting all their toppings on all by them selves. We love Friday night pizza at our house.

Its Been too long!!!!

So its been too long since I last posted anything, please forgive me life has been crazy for the Herrera Family. Eddie started working EMS with the same company and he works nights some weeks and days other weeks, he is really enjoying it. We still miss him like crazy when he isn't home but we know God has something good in store for our family this year and we are all so excited to see what it is, so please believe with us until it comes to pass. I have started a new adventure in my life selling Pampered Chef, I am loving the time I get away to be alone and the fact that its helping us make a little extra money not to mention I love the product. If your interested in hosting or party or just buying products please let me know. Ethan is doing really well in school he is one of the top kids in his class and has made a 4.0 GPA throughout the whole year he is really smart and does really well in school, we couldn't be more prouder of him, now if can only get him to stop talking so much in class...LOL. He has gotten so tall and has started playing soccer this year and is really good at it and he is loving it.

These are some pics from his first game, his team won 4-0 they all played really well as a team. Lauren is doing well and getting bigger every day. She is talking a lot and is now potty trained. She loves to explore and try and say new things she makes us laugh a lot. We love to sit back and just watch her doing new things. She is doing really well at school/daycare and has learned so much, she can sing her ABC's count to almost 10 with skipping a few numbers and sings lots of songs, the Happy Birthday song his her favorite she sings it all the time in fact she loves to sing has has a really cute voice maybe will have a famous singer in our family. She is very girlie and loves to play with her new kitchen, babies, purses and talk on her play phones. She has become a daddies girl and really misses him when he is away at work. Both of them are the best part of us, God has truly blessed us with beautiful smart kids. I look forward to watching them grow, and pray that God will bless them and use them for the good of his kingdom.

As a family we are active in our church, I am a leader of a ministries called Touch Team, we are a group of people who go out into our community and love on the people with free gifts such as cold water on a hot day, snow balls to kids at the local park and taking food to peoples homes. For the past year God has laid it on my heart to reach out to an apartment complex that has very low income families living it, in fact every time I drive by it I wonder how it is for those parents to have to live there with their children but then I watch the kids running and playing without a care in the world and it make me stop and think how awesome God is for helping those kids only see what they need to see to be happy and then it makes me grateful for all I have in my life. Any ways God has finally made it all come together and on April 4th we will be spending most of the day at this apartment complex feeding the families, playing games with the kids giving them snow cones and having moon bounce balloons for them to play on. I'm so excited to hang out with all of them and just love on them. God is so good and although it was hard waiting for a year to be able to reach out to them I know God's timing is always best.

We love and miss all of you and hope you can come and visit soon.

Lauren and Emily's 2nd birthday party

Lauren and Emily are best friends and decided this year it would be fun to have their birthday parties together. The girls had their party at a place called The Little Gym, they had a blast and so did all their friends. Here are some pics from their party. Oh yeah the cute Dora cakes were made by Lisa, she did such a good job and they tasted so good, she is such a sweet heart for all her hard work on them.