Where in the World Is Daddy????

So you might wonder...where is Jaron??? Well, I had to answer that question a TON this past month! Jaron has been working a bunch out-of-town on mandatory rotation then he did go on a elective service trip to the Dominican Republic. In fact just two days ago did we finally get in him back "for good". He went from being in Houston to the DR. Then he was home for two weeks then he spent the next two months in Austin (one of those months we were in Utah)! It's been a long few months but we ALL have made the best of it! Jaron has some amazing stories from the cases he was able to be a part of and the kids and I just keep going on! Hopefully it will be awhile before another away rotation.

Jaron got to help lot of these cute little babies get some health care and meds that hey needed

They actually ran into the LDS missionaries there and they ended-up doing most of the translating for the group. Go missionaries!!!
The ambulance there...looks kinda like the A-Team of something.

The lines of people waiting for help. Jaron said that each day the lines got longer because more people found-out they were there. This was the first day.
This is what they did for fun...fill prescription bottles!

Aunt Lola We LOVE You!!!

One of our favorite parts of living away from family...is the visits from family. Aunt Lola is our most loyal visitor and we LOVE her to death. The kids pretty much cannot get enough of her silly dances and parties, the dress-ups (of course), her cuddles & stories, great cooking and the list goes on-and-on!

Just outside the Toy Story on Ice Show
Lola w/ the kiddos...those souvenirs were RIDICULOUSLY expensive! We could barely afford a drink & popcorn! Still fun though!
Our Girl Scout troop got tickets together so it was one BIG party!
There they are doing their thing! It was actually really impressive. I would be sweatin' bullets in those costumes.
Lola made it for Easter
Kids decorating cupcake for our Birthday bash! Lola had the idea to celebrate all of our birthdays together in on BIG night of FUN...boy did we have fun!
We all had "carefully" chosen our attire and felt fabulous!

My kids REALLY wanted me to wear this dress of mine from a high school dance!
Dancing the night away!

Daddy Daughter Date!!

Jaron is quite busy most of the time BUT when he is home he is the best daddy ever. He loves taking the kids for bike rides, jumping on the trampoline, making forts ...Whatever!!! Well, Jaron decided that it was time for he and Miaja to go on their first date so the two of them went to the new Peter Piper Pizza and got pizza (of course,) and then spent the next hour playing games and winning some "awesome" prizes! One thing about Miaja is that if there is something she LOVES it is ice-cream so the date had to end with a trip past Coldstone Creamery! Miaja felt like a princess, as she should!

Now that's a girl that feels special!


Getting ready to hit the road!