Oops, I did it again....

So tomorrow is October already and I have once again neglected my blog. Where does the time go? Anyways I'll do just do a quickie so as to catch everyone up.
Pismo. End of July/begininng of August we did our annual trip to Pismo. By far the best dune trip we take all year. How can you not be happy with dunes one direction, the ocean the other and smack dab in the middle family and friends? We all enjoyed ourselves immensley and were still not ready to come home even after almost two weeks of living in the toyhauler!
Brook's schedule. Brook had a very busy August with starting soccer, ballet and kindergarten. She and her soccer teamates all look too cute out there chasing the ball not sure which direction is their goal but just wanting to get the ball into a goal. We're not keeping score in her league, it's all about learning but secretly us parents are and Jon has already decided he's coaching next year. He's having none of this pansy feel good soccer, lol! Ballet is going well, I can't wait to see what their costumes look like this year. Although who knows if we'll make it to the recital as Daddy almost has Brook convinced kung fu is better. You should have seen is impression of ballet versus kung fu, too funny. I was seriously LOL!!! School is my favorite of everything going on. She's is so excited to wear her uniform everyday and comes home sharing what's she's learned that day. It's great to see her little mind learning and maturing. The only downer in all these great things is poor Bryn gets left out. It's so cute and so sad at the same time to watch her run and get her soccer ball, dress in her ballerina outfit and cry when sissy gets dropped off for school. I just tell her it's not her turn yet and give her big hugs. Soon babygirl, soon.
Leah's baby shower. We also got to celebrate Little Kermit's "Montzter" baby shower. It's so exciting to be part of his little life, especially since they're moving here and will be nearby for us to go over and love on all the time!
September. Camping at Cave Lake. Us, Uncle Chris, the Robinette's and Johnny and Junie all headed out for the Labor Day weekend to Cave Lake. We had fun as usual. Brook, Bryn, Aubrie and Brian all got to have a three day slumber party. They're such great little friends. Jon and Chris caught lot's of fish and thankfully Jon stepped in to cook the fish when I realized cooking fresh fish is a little different than cooking what I usually buy at the store. Ah well, now I know how. :)
Disneyland. Jon finally got some time off so we loaded up the girls and headed out to the Happiest place on earth. We didn't tell Brook anything about it and it actually took her until we were in the gates to realize where we were. Both girls had so much fun and we're so excited for each ride. Brook kept giving us hugs and telling us we were the best and Bryn would get scared on every ride but then when it was over would say one more time. The weather was good and thankfully no long lines either day. We even got to meet up with the new cousins, Leah's family, Randi and the girls. We had a hotel just a block away so we around meltdown time we would grab some lunch and head back for nap time. And to be honest Jon and I needed to recuperate too! It was one of my favorite family times and I can't wait to go back when Bryn is 5.
Bryn's a big girl. Our baby is two now! My goodness she was just in my tummy stubbornly fighting the doctor trying to turn her from breech and now here she is stubbornly fighting us in everything! lol! She really is a sweet girl but defintely has her daddy's determination. She is fully her own little person now but loves being with her big sister and tries to do everything Brook does. She's so smart, loves to dance and sing, loves coloring and drawing, loves playing mommy to her dolls, officially potty training and still refusing to talk! What can I say? Her hearing and comprehension are amazing, guess she'll talk when she's ready right? Although I do believe she probably holds long converstions with herself at night when everyone's gone to bed. :) Probably complaining to herself about mommy who won't get off her back about talking! LOL
So her party went well as usual. She didn't ride the pony again, maybe next year. Third times a charm right? With a few exceptions the usual family and friends came but we did have some surprise visitors. Ruby, Cesar and the girls came all the way from Denver for the weekend, we had such a great time with them. I always say this but we truly are blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that we can share our special days with!
Fall festival. We didn't get to see the parade or spend as much time there this year because we had other plans but we did finally make it there on sunday after church for a few hours. It was 100 degrees and there was definitely no fall at this festival! The good thing about having little ones is they are easily amused and get tired quickly. So after a few rides and some carnival yummies we were headed home. Oh yeah and of course Jon had to keep with tradition by breaking the swinging bottle and scoring a couple grand prize Hello Kitty's for the girls. BTW Only one carnival pictures this time, boo! I had failed to charge my camera so I only got one picture in before it died!
Today it is cold, for me anyways, and it finally feels like fall. It makes me look forward to Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and all the things we get do this season! Also I'm not promising to even try to keep on the blog anymore, my goal will be to just have everything in before the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve!! Lol, wish me luck!!!

Terrible!!!!

Terrible's Lakeside that is! We had another fun filled weekend there. Who knew you could actually be surrounded by lush greenery and water in Pahrump!!! We were joined once again by the Hagan clan and this time Johnny and Junie were free to come out and play too. On Saturday Chuck and Gavin came over the hump and on Sunday Mike, Dee and the boys visited for the day. Both days were jam packed with so much activity the little ones, Bryn, Seth and Gavin, didn't stop long enough to take a nap. There was swimming, fishing, paddle boating, canoeing, bike riding, feeding the ducks and just hanging out. Food was way too plentiful and delicous, I'm sure we all gained 10 lbs! Good for some, so not necessary for others. lol :)Oh and a special thanks to Jen for introducing me to Magic Shell, YUMMY!!!! Anyways it always a great time when we get to be together as a family. We're so grateful to be blessed with good times and to be able to offer our girls great memories of growing up.
Now off to get ready for some more fun and memories to be had...Pismo in 16 more days!!!!! Sand, sun and fun here we come! Oh and did I mention nothing close to 100+ degrees!!!

Let's celebrate!

We had another wonderful Independance Day celebration. Once again bbq in the backyard with family and friends. Rob, Kristie and the boys were able to stop and stay the night with us on their way back to CA from their road trip. We had the regulars Grammy, Grampy and Nana, this time Leslie came too. Uncle Chris and Becky. Cato was able to join us after having been in the hospital for a few weeks (we're so happy he's free :)) so of course Robin, Shanna, Sheena, Joel, Stevie and Erin. Poor Matt had to work. Also this year the Pope family Mike, Dee, Zach and Alex our new neighbors, and their extended family were with us to celebrate. The kids swam all day and only came out when we forced them out to eat. Man to have their energy! We had great fun, lots of food and good conversation as usual. Us ladies even got a lesson in some real country line dancing by Grandma Pope, the lady sure can get down! :) Even though we're not allowed to set off fireworks we still got a beautiful show between the Pahrump Nugget and some people a few streets over. We all dragged our chairs over to the hill in the backyard and watched until all that was left in the sky were the beautiful stars to look at.
God bless America and thank You for the freedoms we have!

June in a minute

So I've been a total and complete slacker with my blog, again. I promise to be better (fingers crossed). Brook's out of school so I'm trying to come up with different things to keep her entertained while Bryn naps and I get some work done. I don't think there are enough crayons or glue in the world to keep her busy all summer!
We've taken the summer off from gymnastics and ballet although we did sign her up for soccer starting in August so that should be interesting. We're hoping she, Ashley and Kendall will get to be on the same team. That should make for an interesting season, lol. I can totaly see her telling her coach that she doesn't feel like running and walk off the field, my little diva. Mostly we've just been hanging out with friends, playdates at BK, swimming, library and just enjoying our time together. We did have a fun filled Father's day weekend with the Hagan's and Johnson's at Terrible's Lakeside and then spent Sunday afternoon with Grampy, Grammy and the rest of the family. This was uncle Kermit's first Father's day, his son is due in October/November. Yay another cousin for the girls!
Brook has mastered her bike without training wheels and is starting to swim without her life jacket(in very small increments of time that is). Bryn is just too much for words. The child can do anything, jumps in the pool with just an inner tube, picks out her clothes, drives Brook's jeep around, helps me empty the dishwasher and just recently went potty in the potty but she will not talk. She can say quite a few words but only when SHE wants to otherwise nothing! She's stubborn just like her daddy! :)Though neither one of us are looking forward to the teenage years they are both wonderful blessings and make us smile a million times a day!
So that's our June in a nutshell, hope to be back for July! :)

Graduation day!

Brook is offically onto big girl school! She graduated preschool last night and will be starting kindergarten in August, what??? kindergarten???...my goodness and then Bryn will start preschool in September of 2010. If it wasn't for the sleepless nights and poopy diapers I might be tempted to pull a Duggar and keep having babies, just cause the time goes by way too fast! Ah but I digress...
The ceremony was so sweet, Mrs. Carrington announced them as the "graduating class of 2009" they sang songs and recited their memory verses and then at the end she called their names as they walked down to recieve their "diploma". The preschool children and all the staff have been fantastic these past two years and we're so grateful Brook was able to be a part of it. She'll still be at the same school next year but in a different building and won't be able to see the pre-k teachers as often. but I know she'll do well with her new teacher and fellow students, some of whom she'll already know so that will be a big plus for her.
Here's to hoping we have a great summer and then we'll be looking to new fun and adventures for our kindergartner!

Making the rounds

So we had quite a busy weekend. We went from cosmic bowling in Las Vegas to "Oldschool Norco Kegger" at Andy's to visiting Grandpa Craig, Grandma Lila, and Great Grandma Mazlo in Perris and back home to Pahrump! Phew, we fit a lot of activities into just a few days but boy did we all have a great time.
Cosmic bowling at Red Rock was so much fun. We went with the Dugans, Robinettes and Garrisons. The kids were dancing around to the music in between bowling and snacking. Brook even got a little back spin in on the slick floor and Gavin and Bryn had their own little groove going and Aubrie and Brian were right there with them. We called it a night early as we had to pick Jon up from work and head out to CA, not to mention Brook and I ended up with same score and I just couldn't handle the pressure anymore, lol!
Unfortuantely we had a slight bump in the road, I ran out of gas as I was exiting the ramp to pick Jon up and he had to be my knight in shining armor and come to rescue us, my hero! So we finally made it to Andy's and had a great time seeing old faces and meeting new ones. It was funny to look through an old yearbook and see Jon and his friends as a teenagers, so cute. The girls had a blast with Alyssa and Sierra, I don't think I saw them but for a few moments at a time. Sunday we hung out at Brent and Lee's house, and it is the house to be at...complete with a bar/game room, fishing pond, jet ski, paddle boat and various livestock. A kids dream for sure!
Later we went to Grandpa and Grandma Lila's to visit with Justin, Gervais, and baby Madeline. Then we ventured across the way to visit with Great Grandma Mazlo, Jon's aunt Carol her daughter Tracey and granddaughter Kylie.
We finally headed home later that night and made to our owns beds by midnight! A very long weekend but so worth it. What a wonderful group a family and friends we have!

Our prima ballerina!

After months of practice Brook and her class had their ballet recital on May 1st and 2nd. Their performance was to the music from Tinkerbell, which of course meant we had to have the movie so she could practice at home(at least that was her reasoning). They were just the cutest little ballerinas ever and all did a great job! There were other really fantastic performances from clogging to Indian dancing to Kung fu type dance. She had quite the cheering section because not only did Daddy get to make it to her performance but he had Andy with him too plus Grampy, Grammy and Robin were also there and to top it off Chuck, Emilie and Gavin made it.
It was very exciting and a little emotional to watch Brookie on stage but we're so proud and looking forward to next year!

Easter/Dumont 09

We had another great Easter weekend out in Dumont. We arrived very late friday night/saturday morning but because we were so late we missed all the yucky wind and rain, yay. Saturday and Sunday were both very hot and we ventured out to the creek to cool off. Of course both times forgetting my camera :( Oh well we had lots of fun. Brook's becoming our little pro rider, standing up as she's riding and going way too fast IMO, she's also a wonderful big sister riding Brynnie around and following Gavin on his quad to make sure he's doing good. Easter morning the girls woke up to Easter baskets and between us, Chuck and Em, Rick and Lisa and the vendor egg hunt, way too much candy! Em and I hid the eggs the kids had made at Steph's, plus lots of candy filled eggs and then set the kids free. It was so cute watching Bryn and Gavin figure out that there's good stuff in their eggs. Brook and Kyra are seasoned veterans and knew exactly what was in those eggs and made every effort to find as many as possible, in fact Devon and Colton even got in on the hunt when we went to vendor row for their 1st annual egg hunt. Brook found two dollars and Kyra found five dollars, they were so excited. Can't wait till next year!

Five years old!!!!

My goodness time sure goes by fast when you're having fun. And it's surely been a fun five years with our princess. We started off Brook's birthday with strawberry whip cream pancakes which she had two servings of! Getting older must be hard work. After that we lit her candles on her birthday cake and we were off to start the day. We didn't get to do much to celebrate today because we're leaving for Dumont but we sure did some celebrating last Saturday with her birthday party and last night it was her choice for dinner anywhere she wanted, she picked Sonic for their corndogs and cherry slushie, I'm sure it won't always be that easy.
Her birthday party went extremely well if I do say so myself. We had 50+ kids and over 120 people total! What can I say we love to entertain. :) We had both jumpers up, a pony, goat and rabbit, the best pinata ever (thanks sis) and because of the hard work and dedication of Jon, Grandpa Craig, Grandpa Herman, Cato, Matt, Barry, Chuck and Dane we also had Brook's new swing set up and ready for play. Barry joked that with all the different trades working on it, the job would have cost us at least $6000, ahh it's good to have the right connections! Not to mention all the "womens" work that was going on inside the house, between myself, Grandma Letty, Grandma Lila, Robin, Shanna and Dawn food and drinks were all ready on time. Yay for family and friends!!!! We have been so blessed to have so many people come from near and far to celebrate this special time with us.
We love you Brookie and we're so proud of the big girl you are becoming!!!!

Happy April!

This is Brookie's 5th birthday month! She is a true diamond girl and every bit an Aries. I can't believe my baby will be five years old this month, time goes much too quickly. When she was first born I could not wait until she got bigger so that we could play, talk and hang out. Now that that time is here I just want her to be a baby again so I can just hold her and stare at her all day (plus then she couldn't talk back, lol). What a big girl she has become.:)
Ok, moving on before the tears start. We have her birthday party coming up this saturday and we're praying for the wind to stop and the sun to shine, hopefully the princess will get her wish.:)Every year we battle the weather but even when we have had a few sprinkles her parties have turned out well. So I'm hoping this party will be no different. This year instead of renting a jumper Jon decided we should buy one, I tried convincing him this would be her last big party and Bryn only has a few more till she turns five but he wasn't having any of it. According to him we'll be having birthday parties at least until the girls are eighteen. Lord help me!!! lol Anyways here's a picture of the jumper and the girls playing in it. We received it a few weeks ago and practically everyday since then they have wanted to play in it...well at least we'll get our money's worth!

Goin' to the chapel....

On Sunday March 29, 2009 the girls welcomed a another auntie to the family! Kermit and Leah got hitched :) Their wedding was scheduled for Oct 26th but instead they will be welcoming their first child around that time. Our family is growing and we couldn't be more excited! When I first told Brook she would be a getting a new auntie she became very sad and told me "but I already have auntie Nicky!" So cute... Anyways once I explained to her she would still have auntie Nicky and now would have auntie Leah as well she was just fine and ran off to her room to find the "perfect" dress to wear for the wedding.
They were married at The Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip and there were quite a few friends and family there. The reception was at their house and they had heated the pool so that was the first place the kids headed. Even Bryn went straight for it and soaked herself before I had a chance to get her swimsuit on. It was great to meet our new family members and Brook was so excited because she got some new cousins her age Alexis, who will be five 4 days before Brook turns 5 and Annicka who will be 3 in September. It was a wonderful day filled love and laughter.
Congratulations Kermit and Leah!!!!!

Let's dance!

Brook had a half day dance/cheer camp this past saturday. It was put on by one of the local churches as a fund raiser. Check in was at 8:30 so it was a struggle to get my little divas out of bed, fed and out the door but we made it there by 8:31. Yay me! There were girls from ages 4 through junior high and omgosh they were all so cute. Brook, Ashley, Ashley's cousins plus a few more girls from ballet class were all there. The girls were checked in, given their water bottles and tshirts and after a quick warm up were sent to their age groups to learn their routines that they would be performing for the parents later that day. Amazing what kids can pick up in just a few hours. They all put on a great dance show and even threw in some PVHS Trojans cheers. I'm so proud of my little star. I'm glad she had this opportunity since in just a few weeks she'll be performing in front of a much larger audience with her ballet class. I'm so excited I can't wait!!!
Oh and also wanted to share that Bryn had her own little performance going as well dancing and clapping along to the music. :)

Balls of fury!

So us mommies from church have started "moms time" which include bible studies, play dates and family get togethers. Saturday was our first family night. It was game night and potluck and the UFC fight was on. We had a great showing and everyone had a fun time, especially the guys. As it turns out they had no interest in the fight once they found out Dan and Jen had their new ping pong table set up. I think we only saw the men when they came in for food! CJ schooled them all so now Jon and Dan want a rematch! Jon kept joking he needed to rent the movie Balls of fury so he could get some tips for next time. :) The kids of course had a great time together chasing each other around, playing dress up and playing the Wii, Ashley's poor room looked like it had been visited by a demolition team. We did manage to clean it up enough to see the floor though. :) Us ladies also had a good time chit chatting and enjoying all the yummy food and desserts. For next month it's mommies only and we're doing pj and movies night! It's at Alys' house and I hear she is an excellent cook so I'm so excited!

For Steph!

Okay so Stephanie just pointed out the fact that it was I who prompted her to do her blog and now it is I who is slacking on my own blog.
Let's see my last post brought us up to January so hmm...nothing much exciting happening lately so I haven't had much to post. Don't get me wrong, my life is filled daily with as much fun, excitement and drama as any mother with a four year old and toddler could have but if I were to put that on this blog you may never come back for fear of death by boredom! I could post my hundreds of pictures and videos taken but I fear that only a mother could love the 50 attempts at trying to catch a picture of Bryn smiling only to have her grab the camera and instead get a picture of her eyeball. Or Brook performing her renditon of Hannah Montana's "Best of Both Worlds" for the 20th time since dinner. I guess truth be told I know all of you out there love reading about the Mazlo family as much as I love writing about us! :)
So here I go... Superbowl #??? (don't know, don't care) was lots of fun. Grandpa and Grandma Arias, Uncle Joe and cousin Michael came up for the weekend so Jon and I were able to make a quick escape to Dane and Steph's on saturday night for some grownup time. We had lots of fun and Steph introduced us ladies to a new yummy drink, mmm. On Sunday my brother Joe, my parents, Grammy and Grampy, Robbyn and the kids all helped us yell at the TV in hopes that the Cardinals would be able to hear us and pull off a miracle, sadly they weren't able to and I believe I even saw a tear in my brother's eye at the end of the game. :)
Valentine's Day celebrations and President's weekend were great too. Brook's highlight of the month was having not one but two Vday parties at school. She got lots of cards, candies and goodies and was generous enough to share them with all of us. We also had two visits from Gavin that week. Bryn is just so happy to see him and they have so much fun together. They remind me of Brian and Brook at their age, too cute! President's weekend the weather was nice. We really thought we'd have nasty rain but it didn't even sprinkle till we had packed up and were ready to drive off monday afternoon. In fact saturday was actually hot enough for shorts and tshirts, which is quite funny because the weekend before we took the girls up our mountain to play in the snow. Bryn is now very aware of all the fun she can have on the rhino and Brook's quad and wants nothing to do with staying in the toyhauler. First thing each morning she would bring us her shoes so she could go outside. She even got to hang out with everyone by the campfire this trip, she's so cute and getting to be such a big girl. Brook had Devon, Colton, Heidi and Jonathon to run around with. She and Colton even fell asleep watching Madagascar 2. The kids made friends with the neighbors and somehow ended up scoring bags of Vday candy. I'm pretty sure Brook can hear a candy wrapper being opened a mile away. :)
Our next trip is not until Easter but we've got lots more going on before then so I'll be back!

Late as usual....

So I know it's already the middle of January but I wanted to catch everyone up on our holidays. Christmas was wondeful and the girls were once again spoiled by grandparents, uncles, aunts, friends and of course us! This year my family couldn't make it over for our Christmas Eve dinner celebration so we had two family dinners, one on Christmas Eve and the other Christmas day. Although both meals included yummy deep fried turkey I really missed the usual Christmas Day tamales and menudo meal we do. Usually my mom spends the week before Christmas with us and we make tamales, menudo and biscochos but this year she couldn't make it and so I had to suffer silently on Christmas Day :P
New Year's was lots of fun too. We spent it in Dumont with friends. We even let the kids have a celebration toast (grape juice of course) and light up sparklers before they headed off to bed. Brian and Aubrie were there with their new quads and had lots of fun riding around camp with Brook. The kids even had their first "trail" ride. Dane led the kids out of camp for a short ride that included riding up a dune and "chillin" like the adults do. Deano followed them in his rhino which made me feel a little better. She's growing up too fast!!!!
The holidays are over and now it's back to the normal-ness of everyday. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Happy 2009!
Oh and one more thing...I got a new camera from Santa!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!