Hangin' out with all the family

Here are all the girls just hangin' out. Georgina, Arrie, Olivia, Annah, me- and Sambo.

Olivia, Daniel, Ricky(in front), and Jaron

Another yummy dinner.

Aaron and his kids love to have statue races. They taught Olivia how to do it!

Christmas 2007

For Christmas we drove down to St. George to visit Grandma Ann, David, Aaron and his family and Elizabeth and her family.

We celebrated the birth of our Savior on Christmas Eve by reading and acting out Luke 2. Everone had a part.

Chloe loves Grandma's toys!

We had a wonderful Christmas eve and Christmas day dinner with Grandpa Jack.

Christmas Tree Cutting

We have started a fun Christmas tree cutting tradition with Andrea's family.

Todd & Andrea live near us.
They have three boys Spencer 12, Aaron 10.75, & Chase 6

In early December we drive to the coast and cut down our Christmas tree.

Our favorite thing about this spot is all the swings located throughout the area.

Our adventure ended this year with the Andrea's car and Christmas tree

being towed away b/c of car troubles.

Ledesma Thanksgiving

Then we spent some time with Daniel's brothers, Tony and John.

Tony and his family came up from Philomath to have thanksgiving dinner with John and his family. We arrived in time for dessert.

John and Mercedes with daughters,
Jessica and Jessica. And Mercedes twin sister Claribel.

Tony and Even with children

Louis, Gwennie, Alma, Ammon, and Abby.
We had a great time with all our cousins!

Thanskgving day in Oregon

For Thanksgiving we drove up to Oregon to see both of our siblings. First we spent time with Lindsay's oldest sister, and her family.

Thanksgiving morning Papy Mike, v, k, Sam, Olivia, and me and Grandma Barbie braved the cold wind to watch Daniel, d and s play in the Turkey bowl (football).

While we were busy playing mw. made 2 turkeys, one was deep fried, and the desserts. v made the side dishes and I made rolls. v did a great job, no matter what has been said in the past, nothing was burt!!!
We also went on a tram ride through downtown -

it was nice and warm inside!

The Ledesmas

Olivia (Liv, Livvie) is 4.
Sam (Sambo) is 3 1/2.






Chloe will be 1 on January 27



Daniel works for a small patent
law firm and I get to play
with the kids all day.

"I'm Proud to be an American"

Today was a special day for Elizabeth's family. After 9 years of marriage Ricardo became a United States citizen today. Daniel and I felt this was such a special occasion we flew up to Salt Lake for the ceremony.

Jen loves Uncle Daniel

Ricky loves Uncle Daniel also.

Seth's baptism

While I enjoyed time with Sam as a little newborn Daniel took Olivia to Chicago for Seth's baptism.

Barbie is loving her two girls.
Kira and Olivia

Road trip to Grandma's!!

We averaged about 2 trips a semester down to see Ann in St. George while in law school.  This would probably be our last trip since our baby is due in about a month.  Then Daniel will be graduating from law school!!!  Recently David, Cami and their kids, Mia and Ethan moved near by Ann.  As much as we love playing with Mia and Ethan, this meant our strict bedtime went out the window.  But that's alright, cousins are way more important than bedtimes.  One of our favorite foods came from a visit to Cami's house.  She made all the kids Malt-o-Meal.  I have never even heard of it before, but boy am I glad that is what she served us for breakfast.  It has been a staple in our pantry ever since.

Birthdays at the Rosas

The Rosas live in West Jordan which is only 30 minutes north of us in Orem. Birthday parties at the Rosas were always nice. Elizabeth is a great cook and Ricardo loves making birthday cakes for his kids.  They are always so creative and well thought out.  Jen loves dolls and mermaids, as you can see.  

Ricky loves trains and 

Bedtime is on Target

 As a new mom, there were two things that were important to me; a tight sleeping schedule and road trips to see family.  I could practically tell the time according to her sleep schedule. She was ready for a nap at 1pm and would wake at 3pm on the dot.  By 7:30pm it was time to get ready for bed.  

We were great at having a house of order at least when we were in town!  

Playtime at Wymount

Our last semester at BYU was rolling along smoothly. Living in married student housing has its perks! Whether it was sunny or snowy there was always someone who wanted to play at the park which was just outside our door. Lucky for me, Daniel hasn't had much studying to do these days. Once he read all the assignments he was able to spend the rest of the day with me and little Livvie mostly playing outside.

Another BYU married housing benefit was treasures that were left behind such as this little red car.

 A less obvious toy was the small lid to our spray bottle. Livvy Lou liked to pop it off and then click it back on. 

Of course, if she had to choose between a bottle top and a donut, she would choose the donut dad brought home from school! 

I still remember the first time Olivia got sick. Daniel didn't have a cell phone, but he did have a pager.  I paged him when his classes were over and he came right home. True to Livvies sweet baby nature she just wanted to be held all day and wasn't very fussy.