We love our nephew

I don't think I could ever love a little person so much! Our incredible nephew turned one at the beginning of August and it simply filled our hearts with joy to see him grow up through his first year of life. His proud mommy threw him a beyond fabulous party and it was clear he had a blast!

Trying to catch up

I haven't blogged in awhile, so now it is time to play catch-up. We have had so many things happen in the last month. Some celebrations, some tears, some trials
and some smiles.
It all starts with the continuation of Samantha's pre-wedding events. The first two pictures are of Sam in our wedding and if you look closely in the second picture you can see Sam giving us her approval with a thumbs up, while her hard-working cameraman fiance shot some gorgeous candid photos of us. Now, its our turn to celebrate with them. First comes bridal shower...

Half way through 2009

We love Holidays with the family! This 4th of July we were a little separated but had a great time! Jeff, Katrina and Ewan went to the Temecula Sports Park, Liana was working, and my Mom, Dad, Tarisa, Jared, Audra, Brandon and myself went to the Lake Elsinore Storm Game. We had so much fun eating ballpark food, watching the game and then being treated to a spectacular fireworks show!

Praying, Hoping, Waiting...

Ready to buy! The past 4 months Brandon and I have been praying that God would bless our search for a house. We have put a few offers on some lovely homes in Murrieta and so far have heard good news from all three listing agents, however we won't have any definite answers for a few more weeks. Here are a few homes that we have been looking at.

Another MVHS graduate!

Three Gorria's graduate from MVHS, three to go! This past weekend my beautiful little sister became a high school grad. No one is more proud of her than I am! She is such a shining star and touches everyone she meets with her warm and loving heart. Brandon and I were lucky enough to see her walk proud through the staduim to receive her diploma. To be all together with the family celebrating Liana's enormous acheivement meant the world to me. It was a great graduation ceremony, with a picture perfect moment of those little black caps that mean so much soaring through the air, unitl one of them comes down to target Liana and blindside her with a jab to the eye. Poor thing had a swollen right eye for most of the evening and a black eye for the days to follow. It is safe to say it is a moment in her life that she will never forget; neither will we. ;)

A Reminder

Last night I got a great reminder of the great birthday present
my wonderful husband got me this year. He took me to the Dirty Dancing play at the Pantages theater! Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies and seeing the play was amazing! It was better than I ever expected! I got the reminder of this wonderful night out when I was watching the last scene of the movie last night with my sisters, my brother, and my mom. I didn't allow anyone to talk for 8 minutes until the last scene was over.

My Birthday

Every year I have to be creative and try to plan my birthday around Memorial Day weekend. Well, this year it was impossible to plan around it because my birthday landed right on Memorial Day. Thank you to my wonderful family who threw me a great birthday bbq, filled with fun, laughter, Maragaritas, and badminton. My grandpa even stopped by! I could not have asked for a more relaxing day! Thank you to my fabulous friends who took time out of their busy schedules to come and celebrate my birthday. A shout out to Lisa, Darla, and Brittany ~ You girls mean the world to me and I don't know what I would do without you! Thank you to my amazing husband for being the wonderful man in my life, I love you.

The sweetest nephew in the world and my amazing dad

My two beautiful sisters, Liana and Katrina

Sweet little Audra with Ewan and Tarisa who is gorgeous as always

My AMAZING mom

My hubs, he loves the baby

Too cool for school, Jared

My bestie

My two other besties

My fabulous friends

Lifelong friends, my mom and Tami

The badminton and volleyball game

Frank looks confused

Brandon smashed cake in Tarisa's face and she was not happy

The End of May

May started off just like any other month; filled with work and relaxing weekends. After a great Mother's Day and Liana's birthday we were really looking forward to the end of May. Our fun activities started on the Saturday before Memorial Day. We went to dinner with our favorite couple, Lissy and Ernie, at Downtown Disney. We ate at the Jazz Kitchen then had dessert at Rainforest Cafe. We talked and laughed for hours. We love hanging out with them and can't wait until they have their baby, only 5 more months until he or she is born!

Memorial Weekend

Brandon and I have so much going on this weekend, we can't wait to get it started! On Saturday we have a fun dinner planned at Downtown Disney with our favorite couple. Sunday is our lounge day. Monday is Memorial Day and it just so happens to be my birthday as well, so we have a big BBQ planned with family and friends. Then Tuesday, Brandon and I both took the day off work to go to the Dirty Dancing play at the Pantages Theatre. We can't wait for this nice long weekend!

Pictures to come...

Say Cheese!

One of the things that I already know about Brandon is that he does not like to smile in pictures. I have tried for years to get him to smile in pictures because when he does he looks so cute! Whenever picture taking is involved it takes two or three takes to get a good one. Just another reason why I love him so much! Since being married to Brandon I have learned so many new things about him. Such as, no matter what the weather he always has to sleep with covers. He hates having dirty dishes in the sink. He really believes in our air purifier. I am convinced that he can fix anything in an hour. He loves his vegetables. He keeps up with his laundry better than I do. He wants three kids and already has their names picked out. Last but not least, he says marriage is better than he could have ever expected!