He is Official!

James graduated today with his Bachelors of Science degree in Business with an emphasis in International Business from Utah Valley University! The day finally arrived and was very enjoyable! I am so thankful for a hardworking husband- I couldn't ask for better! Here is the handsome stud in his cap and gown!

We ended up going to Cabella's this afternoon. Drezden and I had never been and so we thought it would be a fun adventure! Drezden loved the fish and all of the animals. Here is a funny picture of the 2 explorers of the "wild"!

The day was completed by some shopping, yard work, and a nice and relaxing foot soak for the new college graduate! (of course Drezden wanted to put his feet in too!)

I will be done teaching the end of May and then we will all have a nice and relaxing summer vacation complete with a new family member! I have 9 weeks to go and we are getting more and more excited:)

Project Time

James has been helping his brother Alex make some book shelves for his house and decided he needed a new toy... or a few I should say as the project has gone on:) He found an awesome deal at Home Depot for a "chop saw table" and so they set to the task of setting it up. Drezden was there of course as daddy's little helper and the next day enjoyed playing with the Styrofoam- enjoy the pictures!

Drezden is quite the photographer lately and if he finds a camera will take pictures of basically anything. It is really fun to watch him develop and grow.

As for baby news, we are in the third trimester! 12 weeks to go but I am definitely not counting down... as it is getting closer the thoughts of no sleep and postpartum recovery doesn't sound fun! All worth it though when you get to hold that little baby:) We hope you are all well and enjoying the beautiful spring weather.

Drezden is 2!

Well we have had quite an exciting week at our house! Drezden turned 2 on Saturday (March 15th) and we have been celebrating all week! We went to the Hogle Zoo with his friend Sophia on Tuesday, went to the park multiple times, and had a small BBQ on Saturday with some family and friends. It has been great! James and I can hardly believe that we have a 2 year old! Where does the time go?

Here are some pictures of Drezden at the zoo and on his new "cycle"!

James is on the countdown to graduation! He will be completely finished on April 25th and is very excited! And then there will be a Master's program some time in the future... but until then- a break!

Thank you to all the family and friends for Birthday wishes, cards, visits, and presents. Drezden had a wonderful day:)

New Haircut!

We have been letting Drezden's hair grow out since last summer and I was ready to give him a haircut! Luckily for him he looks so cute with both long and short hair:) It was quite the adventure with James holding him while I tried to maneuver the clippers over his hair! I cant believe how grown-up he looks! In other news, we can not get this kid to keep his clothes on! If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them:) I have thought about safety pinning his shirt to his pants but this kid is too smart and I worry about him hurting himself.... He managed to turn off the furnace at a house we went and looked at today! At the last house we looked at he found a wrench, walked over the the main water valve and tried to turn it off! I can honestly say that I hope having a little girl in the house will help mellow him out:) Yeah right- who am I kidding!

Happy Day of Love!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! We have had such a great day already! I woke up this morning and made some Swedish Pancakes with fresh strawberries for the family, then got some laundry done, went to the ultrasound appointment, had some yummy lunch, and Drezden and I are about to take a nap!
So I am sure that most of you have skimmed down to reading just this part;) It looks like we will be having a perfect little girl joining our family! James and I are so excited! Drezden doesn't quite get it yet- but I am sure he will as soon as he sees her:) It looks like we will need to invest in some dolls and hair bows and less hot wheels and sports balls;)

Her name will be Kinley Londyn Quintero unless we have some sort of vision or dream that it should be something else!

We hope you all have a great day and eat lots and lots of chocolate!

UH OH!

Since Drezden turned 22 months old, he has been in to everything! He is such the climber now and knows exactly what to do to get in trouble! We always know when he is in trouble because we hear the famous and gut wrenching words, "UH OH!" Last night James and I were working on unloading some groceries and checking our email and Drezden came into the room looking VERY different! At first I couldn't tell what he had done and then I got a closer look- what do you think he got into?













That is not blush if you are wondering- it is LIPSTICK! My only guess as to why he would put it on his cheeks would be that he was trying to put on football paint under his eyes?! After finding the culprit and investigating the crime done, we got this response:























Which I decode as meaning- "I don't want to go to time out mom!" It is a good thing that we love him so much... especially after trying to get lipstick out of the carpet, computer chair, his clothes, and off of his face:)

Here is his newest stunt of climbing whatever he can! I don't think there is any doubt that this little kid is all boy!