Goodbye Ocasio...Hello Ruiz

It's funny how your emotions can sometimes work. Edgar and I have been together a little over 7 years now and on Tuesday May 27, 2008 we got married and I found myself just terrified and nervous while we were waiting. I didn't think it would feel like such a big deal to me because we have been together for so long, we have our 2 boys (make that 3 counting Chico) and our house...we pretty much were married but to make if official was a different story and I just couldn't stop those butterflies from fluttering! We got engaged April 2006 and could never really decide what we wanted to do. We are pretty shy and mellow people so a big wedding would not be us at all and probably would be very uncomfortable for us. So we just decided the best way is for it to be just us two and so we did it just that way! My mom, dad and Issy were there to witness me marrying my best friend. Edgar has always been there as my shoulder to cry on, my buddy just to sit back and laugh with, the person I blow off some steam with and like I said my best friend. He has just always loved me for me...I know he loved me even when I found it difficult to love myself. I couldn't ask for anyone better to share the rest of my life with and I am thankful for every minute that god gives us together as a family. To my best friend...my husband I love you!!!

A Proud day

Today was such a special day! Israel graduated for Zeeland Preschool at 6:30PM and it was one of my proudest moments!! As the kids lined up in the lunch room with their class the parents were treated with an adorable slide show of the school year. The kids then walked into the gym and sang us some songs and did some poems. After that they handed out diplomas and we were treated with cookies!!! We made Issy an Ice cream cake and his two little cousins, grandpa, and aunt and uncle come over to eat yummy cake!!! Here are some of the great pictures from today!! Sorry if they are a little blurry...the gym was very dark and those were the best the camera could do! Enjoy...

A day at Craig's Cruisers

This afternoon we had a family day at Craig's Cruiser. The day started off so beautiful, not to hot, not to cold but just right. We gave Israel the choice of going to the zoo for the day or going to Craig's Cruisers and all he wanted to do was go miniature golfing...so we did! Edgar and Israel did most of the activities and I took the pictures of the fun. We started off playing the miniature golf and Israel was just rocking at it! He got some hole in ones. Edgar on the other hand is no Tiger Woods. After we did our 18 holes Issy went to ride the goat carts and then we took a break and had some pizza and French fries! Delicious!!! After the tummies were full we finished the day off with some arcade games. Overall we all had a good day together. We always want to make time to have a family day.

Beautiful Weekend

On Saturday we spent our time down town Holland at the Tulip Time Parade. I can honestly say I have NEVER seen the tulips as bloomed as they were that day!!! BEAUTIFUL! It was the perfect weather to just hang out and eat some food (trust me I reaped the consequences the next day for eating such salty foods my feet swelled like balloons the next day). I also got some good pictures of Israel and my mom so we could do a little project for mothers day. After all the fun was over we headed home to begin making a picture frame that said I LOVE YOU(that was Issy's gift to his grandmas) and I put together pictures from the day for my mom. The following morning we woke up extra early to sneak over to my mothers house to surprise her with breakfast but someone is not a very good sneaky person...ISSY. He was so loud my mom woke up in the middle of us cooking. It worked out good and we all had a Delicious breakfast together. Overall it was a very busy but enjoyable weekend. I do have more pictures for the tulip time parade, let me know if you would like to see more!

Here is a cute picture of Issy touching his little brother!!! Also a picture of the belly at 6 1/2 months.

Trike-A-Thon

So I am finally getting around to blogging again! I figured out how to upload pictures on to our computer. On Saturday April 26th Israels whole Preschool had a trike-a-thon! It was very cute but extremely cold!!! The poor kids were literally blowing over. The idea of this activities was to raise money for the kids in a healthy way. Verses them selling cookies, candies and other yummy foods they had the kids get some exercise and boy did they enjoy it. The kids had to ride their bikes to little stations that were set up and they had to complete a task to win a prize and continue on the course(they would have to walk on a balance beem and bean bag toss ect). Lets see...much more has been going on since my last blog. In two weeks I will be in my 3rd trimester!! Rock on...we pretty much got everything set for the little guy and I can't wait! We are naming him Nolan Kayden Ruiz and he should be here around August, yeah that's right my last trimester is going to be June, July and August...just perfect for a person who is constantly hot. Well all is well and I am very thankful for everything that has happened in this short period of time and now I will leave you with some pictures of Issy's Trike-A-Thon. If you would like more pictures of this day just e-mail at docasio26@gmail.com and I will e-mail the rest of the photos to you.