Falling in Love...

Our wedding day...5 years ago

Today Rodrigo and I are celebrating 5 years of marriage. It has been a wonderful 5 years full of joy, trials, and triumph. God has truly blessed us and I can say I fall more in love with my husband everyday! He is a true gift from God and I am so thankful. He is an incredible husband, father, provider, lover and servant of God.
It's hard to believe it's been 5 years since we stood before God and our family and friends to declare to all our love to each other and to dedicate our marriage to our heavenly Father.
Over the past 5 years we have:
-RJ was born
-We moved to the US from Mexico
-Rodrigo recieved his greencard
-Rodrigo got a job at Northbrook UMC
-I got a job at a school
-Got pregnant with Natalia
-Lost job at school due to pregnancy, due to loss also lost insurance coverage causing many problems with pregnancy bills
-Natalia was born
-Rodrigo and I are both in school and still have a couple years left
It seems like so much has happened over the past 5 years but we are thankful for each other and the encouragement and love we share.
I can't wait to see what God has in store for the rest of our lives!

Rodrigo and I...5 years after the wedding

Natalia's Baptism

Natalia Rose was baptized on Sunday. She was absolutely beautiful in her sweet pink dress and pink princess shoes. I am in awe at how much she has grown. She is now crawling everywhere and is as happy as can be.
This Sunday reminded me just as everyday does, how precious our Lord Jesus Christ is. He has given Rodrigo and I this precious baby girl to take care of and raise in His ways. I feel honored that He has chosen me to be Natalia and RJ's mommy. There is no better job! I pray that God will guide me and encourage me as I raise these kids. It's not as easy job to know what to do about everything, but I know God's strong hand will guide me. He will guide me, listen to me cry, encourage me, and lift me up. I praise God that I have Him, without Him life wouldn't be worth living! He is the reason for everything and I pray that I can teach my children that precious lesson!

Disneyworld 2009

I know it has been a long time since I've posted anything. It's been a crazy month full of activities for us. When we returned home from Mexico we only had 3 weeks before going to Disneyworld, which we just returned from. In the time in between RJ had swim lessons and soccer camp. Swim lessons went great and totally worth it, soccer camp on the other hand was not as enjoyable for RJ. Maybe next year.
Last week we were at Disneyworld with Rodrigo's whole family. Rodrigo's parents, sister, brother and brother's wife and son all flew in on the 18th and just left today. We had a wonderful time at Disneyworld despite the horrible heat and crowds. RJ will definitely remember seeing all the fun Disney characters, especially his favorites Lightning McQueen and Mater.

Natalia did so well the whole trip, and despite our nephew (only 2 yrs old) getting very sick, neither of our kids did, praise God!!!
We feel very blessed to have such wonderful family and we had a wonderful time! But we are also very grateful for our space and our own time, and I think you learn to value you that when you don't have it. We felt a little overwhelmed being with people all the time since we are so used to being on our own. We miss our families but feel it's best where we are. We love our lives and we feel tremendously blessed by one awesome God!!



This is a picture of Natalia enjoying watching the Spectromagic parade at Magic Kingdom!