Waiting....

June 30, 2015- Isaiah five years old, Jonathan 3.5 years old, Audriana DUE TOMORROW!!!

    The Central Valley heat is upon us.  It was a high a 108 today.  As we patiently wait for Audriana's arrival I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to get in the pool and feel "weightless." The boys are having a blast; gaining all new kinds of confidence in the water. Thank the HEAVENS for swimming pools!!!

Quincy and Nugget 2015

2015

     Quincy and Nugget are such a huge part of our little family's life.  I never want my boys to forget their first fur brothers.  It kills me to even think of the day when they will no longer be with us, but I need to ALWAYS REMEMBER how much we cherished and loved them day in and day out in our home.  From being right by our sides while watching our favorite shows, to going on ALL our countless walks with us, to joining us in the pool during our daily swims, to begging at our feet during every table meal Nugget and Quincy are without question one of the Torres's.

Quincy hanging out with me and Audriana (I'm 32 weeks PG here)

Sun bathing outside our kitchen nook window.

They love when they get to take the boys to Preschool with me.

Always present at the dinner table.

Quincy is worn out by the end of the day...can you blame him?

HOOPS

May 2015- Isaiah 5 years old, Jonathan 3.5 years old

Jonathan is OBSESSED with this OUTFIT.  I bought this $10 gem at Walmart last year before our trip to Orlando.  The fabric is so light weight I knew it would be perfect in the hot and humid weather.  I had no idea the attachment Jonathan would make with it.  If he could LIVE in these shorts and top he would. At a certain point I let him wear it for three days straight...he begged, I surrendered.  Daytime wear and and as his pajamas, this is what he WANTS to wear.   He has worn it so much that he has now taken on the nickname "HOOPS" around our house.  When it sits in the dirty hamper for over a week and he sees it freshly come out of the wash he gets so excited and puts it right on.  I have even gone so far to buy a few more outfits similar to this one (same fabric, different colors) but it has not changed his relationship with this one AT ALL.   

Wearing it for the first time...last April 2014

"Ask and Ye Shall Receive"

June 22, 2015-Isaiah five and Jonathan 3.5 years old, Audriana 39 weeks in utero

Since I blogged about mine and Jaime's sixth wedding anniversary last year (here) and our conversation that night was about having another child I find it only appropriate to make mention this year on our seventh wedding anniversary we are now only one to two weeks away from that reality coming into fruition.  Some pretty cool stuff happening in "LIFE AS A TORRES."

Isaiah and Jonathan joined us for our anniversary lunch at Wassabi.  They both can  put away more sashimi than me.

Bible Camp 2015

June 2015- Isaiah five years old, Jonathan 3.5 years old, Audriana 39 weeks in utero


    LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOVVVED the bible camp the local Baptist church put on this year for the local kids. Isaiah soaked up every last word and song from it!  Jonathan enjoyed it too, but I think he was more happy about the cotton candy and blow up slide at closing ceremonies than anything else.  
    I bought the music CD with all the camp songs on it and it has been so much fun watching Isaiah and Jonathan sing their hearts out. There are SO many great, uplifting, praiseworthy songs on the CD but Isaiah and Jonathan's FAVORITE is the one that has the electric guitar and rock drum rifts in it.  It is definitely the MOST hard rock song on the whole Cd and the boys eat it up. The both scream/sing "You're POWERFUL, you're unshakeable."  "You shake me, you break me, you make me whole again...you're nature, UNCHANGING, all fails but you REMAIN.   You're POWERFUL!!"   Isaiah performs all the dance camp moves too.  I'm so happy to see them learning about GOD and having a good time doing it.  THIS IS WHAT MAKES MY HEART SING!!!!   

First day of BIBLE Camp in their Camp t-shirts

Opening session every morning involved acting, music, and bible verse.

Closing ceremonies were Friday at Noon...at was 104 degrees out. (mind you I'm 39 weeks PG at this time).

That didn't stop J from standing in line for 10 minute to get on the burning hot slide.

He even had to carry a towel up with him to slide down on bc the slide was so HOT.

Preschool Best Buddies

June 2015-Isaiah 5 years old and Jonathan 3.5 years old

    Isaiah and Jonathan both had a great first year of preschool.  Besides watching their intellect grow I was more enamored to see them make such great friendships with some of their preschool classmates.   I still remember my two besties from preschool.  I wish Isaiah's closest buddies from preschool (Jackson, Ben, and Aubree) were going to go to the same school for kindergarten but unfortunately they all live in other districts.  Jonathan on the other hand has a few more years with his best buddies (Bronson and Jacob).  Here they are with their closest friends this year:

Isaiah at Aubree's 5th B-DAy. (Aubree is the brunttee and Ben)

  

With his best friend Jackson.

Jonathan with his two best buddies Bronson (left) and Jacob (right).

Isaiah Graduates Preschool & Jonathan 's First Year

June 2015-Isaiah 5 years old and Jonathan 3.5 years old

    The boy's preschool put on a small performance at the end of the school year.  Isaiah received his preschool diploma and Jonathan got an advancement certificate.  Each one of their classes came up on stage and performed five songs.  As you can see Jonathan was not having it.  Even though he stood up there with his "grumpy cat" face the whole time, I have to give him props for standing up there.  Isaiah on the other hand left to go be with his class in a sour puss mood only to get up on stage and sing and dance his heart out.  He is quite the performer.