the last week has been TOUGH.

One of our cars was stolen out of our driveway on the Wednesday the 12th, in the early A.M. from our driveway. We were all very shocked about it and of course felt every violated. We of course called the cops and had a report done and made a claim for our insurance. Thankfully we had full coverage and they will give us a rental car for 30 days, so that is a life saver because having one car is not easy. Alex's car seat and diaper bag was in the car too, so we needed to replace those things.

On Friday, like we needed more stress, Joe got a call from the bank saying someone was trying to use his social security number to transfer money to Western Union in Anaheim. The bank thankfully asked more questions and the guy could not answer them so they did not approve the transfer. Joe had some personal documents in the car for work and that is where the guy got the information. So.. we once again call the cops and get another report for attempted fraud and identity theft and call the SS office and the bank and have them put fraud alerts on everything.

Anyway, its been a long week. I hope they find the car, but I hope more that they find the sick person/people that stole it. I would hate for them to get away with it and do it again to someone else. :(

We were bummed but we are thankful that we are safe, it was just a material item, and though its not very fun, it can be replaced. We are just going to continue to count our blessings and remember that tomorrow is a new day. In a few months this will be just another bump in the road.

And totally off topic! I WANT SOME FALL/WINTER WEATHER!!!! I am so sick of the sun right now.. ugh!!!

see you all soon.

**continue to pray for Katelyn and her lovely family**

Happy 233rd Birthday Marines!

Henry, Joe, and Markell -- happy birthday Marines!!



Alex wasnt very happy, but I love pictures with them together.



Megan and Angela



proud of my marine. :)



Thats all for now!

My little Devil

Our little devil. :) He wouldn't wear the hat for more than a few seconds, so I wasnt able to get a picture of the whole costume! But he is still cute!

Its been a while!

I should get better at updating this! Right now life is good. Its Veteran's Day, so thank you to all who have served. :)

Yesterday was the Marine Corps birthday, 233rd, to be exact. Of course this a big day for Joe, he celebrates this birthday more than his own. So we went out to a nice dinner with some good friends and had a great time. Joe's friend Markell, who has known Joe from the very beginning (of his marine corps career) came down to celebrate with us from L.A. He is always fun to be around I know it meant a lot to Joe.

Halloween was fun. I cant wait until next year and Alex is a little more aware of it. He was a pumpkin for a halloween party that we went to and then a little devil on the day of Halloween. He had fun running around in his outfit and helping hand out candy to the kids. He is so much fun. We are truly blessed to have such a joy in our lives.

For those that dont know, a good friend of mine's little girl Katelyn was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia- AKML. She is 16 months old. Her and Alex have been buddies from the very beginning. She a beautiful little girl and such a joy and light in everyone's lives. This is her website http://site.welovekate.com/ We will continue to pray and support them, they are in for a long hard road and we want to help them as much as possible. She will come out strong, we know she will. Please keep praying.. it works and it is greatly appreciated.

I will post some pictures from Halloween and last night, just downloading some now. Hope everyone is good and I will update more! :)