Time Goes Too Fast

Last night I was just laying in bed thinking how fast time goes. I just finished feeding the baby and I realized she was already 3 months. It seems like yesterday that I just had her but then that also seems like a lifetime ago. She has changed so much in that 3 month period. She is more interactive and smiles all the time. I also started thinking how fast my two other girls have grown. I know they are only 3 and 6 but where did the time go. I realized that I need to enjoy the passage of time. I need to stop stressing out about every little thing and enjoy the time with my family. Because before I know it, they will be teenagers. And I can only imagine what that will be like. I already get the eye rolls.

Here is Mckenna at 2 years old. Isn't she so cute!

Here is Karley. She is just a little older than Olivia is right now. I love those big brown eyes.

Here is Olivia. She is just a cutie pie.

This is my life. This is my family. I have a wonderful husband and 3 great girls. I couldn't ask for anything more. So I am committing myself to enjoy my family more. Create more memories for them and me. So when the time comes and they are older, I will know where the time went. Spending it with my family.

What a Trip!

As I said in my last entry, my parents took our 2 older girls with them to Idaho. Then Ryan and I went to go pick them up later that week. I was hoping Ryan would have fun because the last time we were there it was just okay. We really had a fun time. My parents have a house on the golf course. So Ryan and my dad went golfing 2 days. My sister-in-law also came with my nephews. They were escaping all the fires from N. Cal. When my family gets together, we really do have a fun time. This was no exception.

These are our nephews and our girls. Aren't they cute!

Now Ryan and I love the movie "Napoleon Dynamite". So we decided that while in Idaho, we needed to go to Preston and check out all the movie sites. It was totally worth it. We wanted to stay longer but had to head back to Utah.

This is the front of the school.
"You know, there's like a boat-load of gangs at this school. This one gang kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bow staff."

Here is Pedro's house.
"You got like three feet of air that time."

This is the pole where Deb and Napoleon play tether ball. The pole is different but it is the spot. Check out the back ground.

"I Caught You a Delicious Bass"

This is the bowling alley where Uncle Rico and Kip discuss their business. We had a hard time finding this. Mckenna (our oldest) actually saw it first.

"We also need some way to make us look official, like we got all the answers." "How bout some gold bracelets? " "We need like some name tags with our picture on it, all laminated and what not. I mean, we gotta look legit man. "

This is not in the movie. It is the Cuttin' Corral. It is only mentioned when Napoleon says he gets his hair cut there... "I already get my hair cut at the Cuttin' Corral."


Here is Napoleon's house. I don't how they chose this house for him. It is so far from anything. We had a hard time finding it.
"Grandma just called and said you're supposed to go home."
"She didn't tell me anything."
"Too bad, she said she doesn't want you here when she gets back because you've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak. "
"I'm not goin' anywhere, Napoleon."
"Get off my property!"
"It's a free country. I can do whatever I want."
"Get off my property or I'll call the cops on you.'
"Well then do it! Go on!"
"Maybe I will, GOSH!"

The one thing that we wished we had found was Uncle Rico's van. We have some friends who think they found it. They said it looked like it. They just found it on the street. That would have been the perfect ending to this great trip.

What A Wonderful Day!

Today we had the blessing for our 3rd little girl, Olivia. Our family and friends came to help participate with such a wonderful day. When we blessed our other two girls, they cried through the whole blessing. Olivia just cried at the very end. Then we came back to the homestead and had quite the feast of sandwiches, chips and fruit salad. When we were done gorging ourselves, my parents took my two older girls with them to Idaho. So right now it is just me, Ryan and the baby. What are we going to do with all this extra time!? It is nice to have a break but it is nice when they come back. Pretty soon I will start to miss their little voices.

Our little family

All three of our girls wore this blessing dress.

I love this picture.

4th of July

We love this holiday. Our day started with going to my parents for a BBQ and swimming. Then we headed back to Chino where doing fireworks is legal and we do our own fireworks. This is one of Ryan's favorite holiday's because he love to set them off. Our neighborhood goes crazy with the fireworks even with the illegal ones. The girls love them but they think it is too loud.

Then when we were done with that, we came inside and got our pj's on and watched the Nathan's hot dog eating contest on ESPN. We do that every year. I love having traditions.

Here goes nothing...

Here I go trying to do a blog. I'm a little scared because I have no idea what I am doing. I've seen such professional looking blogs and I have no idea how they do it. I don't know if I will have anything interesting to say but here goes nothing.

What have the Rodriguez family been up to? Well we have been busy raising three girls. We recently had our third, Olivia. She is only 2 months old. She is a very content baby. She is also very serious. She just stares at us. Then there is Karley who is 3. She is full of personality. She cracks us up with the comments she makes. She is also very sassy. Our oldest Mckenna, is 6. She is a very energetic and funny. She loves school and learning new things. She is already giving us the eye rolls when we ask her to do something. Ryan says she gets that from me.