Fiesta!!!

Our dear friend Shauna got married this past weekend in Rocky Point, Mexico!! It was a blast, we had a lot of fun and even though this wasn't Ashley's first time to a beach...it was her first time in the sand!! I apologize to my family if you were annoyed with all my camera usage...but I think we got some GREAT pictures!

Ashley's first lunch across the border!

Ashley refused to go down for a nap, hence the sweating and crazy hair! So we stuck her in the bean bag chair and gave her a bottle. She won.

Otter Pop to help soothe the incoming teeth! Couldn't get out of the bean bag!!
haha...we were laughing, but I don't think she thought it was so funny!
That's what Daddy gets for laughing at me!
The water was perfect!
Chris and Julie having fun The boys and their beers
Here comes Grandpa...can you see him?
Don't know if you can tell, but that is quite a steep hill of sand!

Brian the avid kayakerLook at the birds!! That's just good photography...okay maybe a little bit of luck too!Before the weddingKeeping Ashley busy during the ceremony
Amy and Randy...the bride's sister and brother-in-law
Ring Bear and Flower Girls...too cute!
The beautiful bride and her father
Gorgeous ceremonyFuture Mr. and Mrs. Reeves Grandma and Grandpa Gast
The whole clan

and the party begins... okay, NOW it begins...
WOW EVERYBODY is doing shots!!

What is wrong with this picture?
feeling good!
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Beat It by Michael Jackson
The next day...
Ashley's first balloon animal, can you tell what it is?
Cross the border and everyone gets crazy!Let's go play in the sand...Lunch with a view...
Shrimp boats

That was a lot of pictures! We had a fabulous weekend in Mexico, and a big CONGRATULATIONS to Shauna and Erik! Next wedding...Chris and Julie :-)

Today is a gift

Yesterday something terrible happened to a friend of mine. I saw the accident on the news throughout the day, enamored by the fact that it was less then a mile from my house, only to later find out it was a friend's misfortune I had been witnessing. Here I have copied the news article:

SUV hits grandmother, 3-year-old-girl in Gilbert
by Tara Alatorre - Oct. 20, 2009 05:23 PMThe Arizona Republic

A woman has been arrested on two counts of aggravated assault after her Yukon SUV hit a 3-year-old girl and her 52-year-old grandmother Tuesday in Gilbert.
The toddler was knocked unconscious at the scene and both were transported to a local hospital with multiple trauma injuries. Neither victim's injuries are believed to be life threatening, said Sgt. Mark Marino, spokesman for Gilbert Police.
The driver, Jeanne Marie Kafoury Hobbs , 46, was driving at a high speed near Lindsay and Williams Field roads when she lost control of her vehicle on a curve in the road, Marino said. While her vehicle slid out of control, she hit a 12-foot-tree and split it in half, hit a light pole and then struck the two pedestrians.

Gilbert Police are investigating the accident and suspect that drugs and alcohol are a factor, said Marino.
The child was identified as Aubry Esaw and her grandmother as Urszula Morun.
Marino said the child lost consciousness after the accident but regained it before a helicopter transported her to a regional trauma center. Morun was listed in critical condition.

Supposedly, Hobbs was on her way to an AA meeting when she hit my friend's daughter and mother. Just goes to show how precious life really is, and how thankful we should be when we wake up each morning. Give your loved ones an extra squeeze when you hug them and please keep this family in your prayers.