Family Pictures

We needed to take a family picture before Stew and
Becky left for WV, so it was a little impromptu and
we all could have dressed better, but here we are!

Our growing family.




Here are the kids, all 5 of us in birth order. Alex is
standing on his tiptoes, trying to appear taller next to
Carl and make me seem short.

This picture is my dad, his mom and his sister. Cute!!

P.S. Thanks cousin Kris for taking the pictures. I'm
so excited for this week!!

Adios Becky & Stewart!

Last Sunday we said goodbye to my brother Stewart and
his wife Becky. They are off to medical school in West Virginia.
I am so excited for them, what a fun adventure!! Since we've
been married we've done a lot of fun things together, I'm really
going to miss having them so close in Pocatello. Blaz is the first
nephew for both of them and they showered him with attention
last week, so fun. Here are some pictures from the weekend:





Love you Becky and Stew, hope you are all settled and loving
your new surroundings. We promise to come visit!

Just Blaz

I finally got a picture of Blaz smiling so I just had to post it.
I know it's kind of a lame smile, not his huge grin, but it works!

Ain't he the cutest? I just love my little munchkin.

This picture just made me laugh, Blaz the bed hog.
No matter where he starts out he always ends up in
the bed with us. Mostly, the reason is because when
it's 3am and he's hungry I'd rather just nurse him in
bed half asleep then wake up and go to the rocking
chair in the living room. I take full responsibility, hehe.
He sleeps until about 10:30 most mornings and this is
what he looks like, hogging the bed and very comfortable.

Working

Juan just called me from work with an interesting,
emotional morning! This morning Juan's boss
called him into his office and told him that he only
had enough work for him through the end of the
week and then they would have to let him go.
Juan went back to his station, wanting to call me,
but not quite sure how to tell your wife you're
getting laid off. After about an hour stomach-
churning nerves Juan's boss called him back into
his office and said he's changed his mind and he
wants to keep Juan at the shop. He's going to
teach him to do different things, so he'll have to
work harder, but he'll be able to work. What a
morning!

My goal this spring was to build our food storage
from a 1 month supply to a 3 month supply and
our savings account from 1 months salary to 3
months salary. I'm almost there with both of them
and though I hope we never have to rely on them,
it feels so good knowing they're there.

Anyway, all is well in the Pardo house. Ups and
downs but always together and always happy!

I'll update with our fun weekend activities later.
xoxo

Blessing Day

Blaz's blessing day, July 5, 2009 was everything I
imagined my first child's blessing day would be. Juan
was quite nervous to give the blessing and really wanted
to say the right things. I loved watching him prepare to
use his priesthood for this event. He gave the blessing
in spanish and I made him promise to talk slow so I could
understand. It was perfect. We had mucho family show
up, which was really cool. My Grandpa Hudson bore his
testimony, saying that he couldn't miss a chance to testify
of our Savior with 2/3 of his family in one room. Juan's
mom bore her testimony and Freddy (Juan's friend)
translated into english. My mom bore her testimony too,

she said that the best way to say thank you to our
Heavenly Father and Savior is to enjoy our life and be
happy with our circumstances.

After church we hosted a little bbq at our house. Yum!
It was the most perfect day! After everybody left we
stayed up so late in bed just talking about our hopes
and dreams for our little family. Here are some pictures
of the day:

Blaz with his Abuelita Rosa y Abuelito Jose before church

Juan looks weird, hehe, but I love how Blaz is almost smiling

Our happy family!

My mom, brother Stewart, Sis-in-law Becky, Aunt Karen and
cousin Kris in our backyard.

Master BBQ husband

Parade

More weekend updates:

Saturday morning we went to the parade in rexburg.
It was a gorgeous day, I got a little sun, but nothing major.
Blaz was doing fine hanging out in his stroller until the band
came by. He started bawling!! Hehehe. My little brother
and sister were in the band this year. They sounded good,
just too loud for Blaz. After the parade we went to the park
for the whopee days celebration thing. We ate lunch, visited
with my parents and listened to the concert in the park.

After Rexburg we drove back to Idaho Falls for a BBQ at
the Dalley's. Blaz was pretty tired at that point and slept
mostly. It was fun to visit with everybody there.

The Perfectly Busy Weekend

What a weekend!!! It seems like we were running non-stop
from friday to sunday, but it was so much fun. Here is my
little photo recap.

Friday evening we went to the liberty celebration at Rigby
Lake. It was a little chilly, too cold to get in the water. We
brought sandwiches, chips and lemonade and we bought a
delicious caramel funnel cake. Yum! I need to learn how to
make them. Blaz fell asleep before the fireworks started and
only flinched a little. They light the fireworks off from the island
in the center of the lake, so I was picking ashes out of my hair
afterwards. It is so fun though because they are so close, they
seem like they're going to fall right on you. I ran in to some of
my former students from Ririe High. It was nice to see them
and even nicer knowing I wouldn't have the stress of teaching them!



We got home just after 11 and fell right asleep. We invited a
ton of people to go with us, but everybody backed out. I
think the weather scared away a lot of people. It was super
fun though with just our little family. well, I better get lunch
going before Juan gets here, I'll finish my photos later.