UTAH TRIP

I know it’s been a while since I have been able to write again! We have been so busy the last couple of weeks. We had the opportunity to go out to Utah and visit with some family and my sister Stephanie who is currently serving a mission in Temple Square. Although packing is my least favorite part of the trip, we ended up having lots and lots of fun. Besides me being stressed out 24/7 for EVERYTHING, we managed to do some fun things. I drove up with my mom and we had a total of 5 little toddlers plus the two of us in one car! Crazy right, but we got there! It took us about 7 hours and we managed to squeeze a little McDonald’s meal in too! When we got there, Feudy and Sofiya were up waiting for us. We hung out there the week and just relaxed. They have a yard the size of our house and so Owen and Isabela were in “heaven” running around. They also had a little playground where they spent most of the day at. We also got a chance to go see Stephanie at Temple Square. She looked great. She said she felt a little weird. I think it was because she was still adjusting to being back from Pennsylvania. Plus she says she’s been stuck all day in the office. So she got to take us out on a tour and have lunch with us one of the days. And one night my mom and Feudy offered to take care of the babies so we can go out on our own which you know I will always take anyone up on that offer. We ended up just going to Wal-Mart to pick up some things we needed. Anyway, we had a lot of fun being there with her and being able to see her. Here are some of the many pictures we took while we were over there.

In front of the Garden Place next to the Temple
In front of the Beehive House

Sister Clavel with "most" of her nieces and nephews

I had to post this one. I thought it was really cute:)

At the Pool

So what more do you have to do when it's hot in Vegas? Of course, we go to the pool, and I love it because the day goes by a lot quicker and all the kids LOVE the water! So I decided to take our camera to the pool to see if I could get some type of "evidence" that I do take my kids out of the house once in a while. We've actually gone to the pool quite a bit this year already and we are still only in June. Owen loves the water and is pretty water safe. He still uses his life jacket althoug he can swim without it. It just depends on his mood whether he wants to wear it or not. Isabela loves playing with all her little toys on the first step of the pool. She can play all day long as long as she is close to me. And my little Jacob is still NOT walking so of course stays near as well. He is going on 13 months and is not in any hurry to get the steppin'. As you can see from the pictures below, he loves to put things in his mouth!! He is the cutest little boy I know.

The 3 Amigos
Owen

Jacob with sunscreen in his mouth!

Isabela just floating away!

baby Noah's Blessing

This weekend were also went down for Baby Noah’s graduation who is the newest addition the Clavel grandchildren! He is such a cutie! We got a couple of cute pictures of him that I posted on here! He was born April 28th and is Nataly’s little baby boy! I also was able to get some random pictures of Owen, Isabela, and Jacob throughout the weekend because I had the camera on me 24/7!

Cute little Baby Noah!

Baby Noah

Owen and Tia Chana

Nataly and Baby Noah

Jay's Graduation

Well this event was a big deal for the Clavel Family!! Well at least it is for my mom! This is the last of the 6 kids that she had that graduated from High School. Good bye Ayala High School!! There have been so many good memories there and bad ones too!:) But I think all in all, we love Ayala High School and there will be really no reason to go there anymore. Josh graduated in Ontario in the Citizens Bank Arena. I guess that is the first year they have had it there because they are building a nice track and field at the high school where the last few graduations have been. We got reserved seating so we got to see Josh close up so that was fun. He was one of the first to graduate and the ceremony actually didn’t last too long which was good considering there were 7 grandchildren ages 3 and under!! That is just crazy, but they all did pretty well. We had lots of fun and were able to go out to celebrate with Josh afterwards for a bit before he headed back to school for GRAD NITE!!! We went to Carino’s and met up with one of Josh’s good friend’s family, Gab! We had lots of fun there, and the boys were able to go see the Lakers game at the bar. We celebrated Ryan’s 28th birthday with a free dessert on the “house.” We love you Ry!!

Most of the babies that were there supporting Josh! ( The new generation)

Doesn't he look so handsome?

the whole gang

The boys

Nataly and my little baby Jacob!

RYAN TURNS 28!!!

Happy birthday to my “hottie” husband… Ryan!! He turned 28 this year which seems scary because it’s he’s not in his early twenties or not even in his mid 20’s, but he doesn’t seem to mind much at all. He still looks the same as he did in high school. He is such a great person, father and most of all the best husband I could have ever asked for. He is so considerate, although while I was pregnant ( which is most of the time we have been married) I didn’t think so. He is loving and always concerned for the kids and well, yes, especially me…. I love it, seriously. He is so inspiring and such a positive influence in my life. He loves horsing around with the kids and is so good with them. I love him so much and I know Owen, Isabela and Jacob do too!! Happy Birthday daddy!

Ryan's birthday happened to fall the same day as Josh's graduation :( I know it's sad because those of you who know Ryan know that he is a BIG birthday boy and loves to celebrate his birthday! So because the graduation was kind of in the middle of the day, it didn't give us much room too plan anything in the morning or afterwards, so we ended up spending it with my side of the family. So it was a birthday/ graduation party at Carino's. Sorry Ryan, maybe next year we can make up for it!

Jacob eye balling dessert after the server set it down for Ryan.