And so our lives changed forever...

Diary Entry:
On July 3rd I had a couple of questions I needed answers to, and what other place to go than the temple. That day I decided to go to the 6pm session by myself and take my questions to the Lord. I wanted to know If It was the right time to have a baby because I really wanted to finish my last year of nursing school but I couldn't decide what to do.( We were planning for a June baby, but was that the right thing to do?) That night, in the celestial room (my favorite place in the entire planet) I got a sweet confirmation that every thing was going to be ok and that I needed to apply to Chaffey Community College. It was scary to think that I'd be putting all my eggs in one nest but God is always right, so I haven't looked into any other schools. And so I left the temple with the reassurance that whatever happened would be okay.
The next day was 4th of July. the whole day I had an urge to go take a pregnancy test. I had been late 2 days but had just told myself it was from stress of taking my Nursing Boards so I ignored it in the morning but by the afternoon I couldn't ignore it any longer. Mike had gone out to the store and I was really craving a shrimp cocktail, so I headed to the store with that excuse. It was embarrassing to get the test because it was in a locked box and I had to carry it with me to the cashiers.
Finally I got home. My heart pounding 500 beats per minute. I ran to the bathroom to hide the test so Mike wouldn't see it when he got home. I put all the groceries away. Drank some water and went to the bathroom and took the test. I turned it over while I waited 3 of the longest minutes of my life. And then I turned it over.
I couldn't believe my eyes! I had passed the test with flying colors! So much was running through my mind. My whole life had just changed before my eyes. I couldn't wait for Mike to get home from the store. I decided to leave the test in the bathroom and tell him there was a spider he needed to kill. I waited...and waited. Until finally I called him and told him to hurry to get home. My nerves were killing me. How was he going to react?
As soon as he got home I told him there was a spider in the bathroom that he needed to kill. And he, being the sweet guy that he is dropped everything to get the spider, hehe. I started recording him as he looked all over the bathroom. He said he couldn't find it. I told him to just keep looking by the vase of flowers. And then, he suddenly turned around and said "For reals!" With an expression similar to winning the lottery. Just like me he couldn't believe it! Then we hugged for what seemed to be an eternity. And that is how your mommy and daddy started a new chapter of their lives. We already love you little baby fetus, and can't wait to hold you in our arms!

 

Ghetty Villa

 

My wonderful sister in law, Elizabeth, came down to visit us as their last trip before school starts. We wanted to take the kids to the Ghetty museum in LA but unfortunately it was closed on Mondays so we went over to the Ghetty Villa, which was a lot smaller version of the Ghetty. The kids were still delighted.

When we first walked in, the lady at the front desk gave us a scavenger hunt paper where we had to find certain art pieces and learn about them. The kids loved going around trying to be the first to find the art pieces. Kept them entertained the entire time! They were also so well behaved with hands behind their backs the entire time, talked quietly while in the galleries, really made for a pleasant trip. 

 

Some of the art pieces where so off the wall and funny, here are the boys learning about some mermaid goddesses, hehe. They look so intrigued!

Here's Gracie pointing out she found another piece to our scavenger puzzle. She was my buddy the entire time. I am in love with this girly girl!

And we did it, we completed the last piece of the puzzle, go Gracie!

She is just too much fun, look at that cute smile!

I told Gracie to go and be a statute, this is what she came up with, hehe. Which is which?

Then Millie wanted in on the fun. It was such a beautiful sunny day. Perfect weather.

Okay, this made me and Elizabeth laugh. Monkey sees as monkey does. Millie saw this stranger laying on the benches and decided to go join him. This girl is so funny! Gotta love 3 year olds! They come up with the funniest things

The family center was probably the kid's favorite part. They had these shadows where you went and dressed up like warriors, which the kids LOVED

It was really fun to watch too. I spy with my little eye a piggy tailed warrior :)

There were also vases where you could draw on them like they used to back in the day to tell stories.

Even Mike joined in on the fun

Ta-da!

Behind the scenes of the huge shadow box. Made me think this would be a great FHE activity one day.

Millie's creation. Millie "Thish ish my fami-LEE"

Then I beheaded my husband! Mwahaha!

Such beautiful gardens, If only this was my back yard, sigh...

After playing around in the garden, we headed over to Papa's favorite Mexican food fast food in LA. Tito's Tacos. They used to come here all the time after going to LA temple, before our Redlands temple was built. Lots of memories.

What a day! I was so tired at the end of the day ready for a nap. I'm so glad Elizabeth brought the kids so that we were able to hang out with them before our busy school schedule starts. Next time we'll have to go visit you guys!