Fathers Day Gifts

Oh poor Fathers Day. Always gets very overshadowed by Carson's B-day. This year his birthday falls on fathers day exactly, in the past it has just been close. I have been going crazy all week trying to get ready for the big #4. Oh, four years old. Where has the time gone, my baby is going to be 4. SIGH...anyways that is neither here nor there, I will get back on track. As I said, going crazy with all my party plans, wish I could be someone who just does things small. However, that is not me. I always try to do to much and stretch myself very thin. I am feeling it this week. In all my craziness, I almost forget about Fathers Day. Luckily for me, I have a cute sister who came up with the idea for Candy bar posters for our dear ol' dads!


We all got together for a few hours this afternoon to put them together. Of course the boys were oh so helpful. Most of them spent the entire time crying because we wouldn't let them eat the candy. Carson spilled an entire box of Nerds all over Ash's kitchen. Brev wouldn't get off the counter and kept stepping on our posters. Oh the joys, please tell me they will remember the effort we put forth into these activities.


Hard at work people, couldn't even smile for the camera. I was kinda in charge of it all. I am the one that bought all the candy. We made 5 posters with 10 candybars each. Felt kinda weird buying all that. I also came up with the sayings, I am very clever like that. You are welcome Jen and Ash.


Finished product...CUTE, absolutely cute! Carson's exact words when I showed him were "Oh my". Not sure what he meant by that, he just raised his eyebrows and said it. No worries though friends, I already told Thiago he can't read my blog until Sunday and the poster is hiding in my basement. So we are good.






Baby boy is 7 months old today. The months are just flying on by. Every day I grow more and more in love with him. Oh, just every little thing about him. His sweet smell, that big smile, the way his little hands play in my hair as I am feeding him. Love my littlest one, so very much. It has been such a delight having him in our home. Happy 7 months old my littlest love!!

Happy B-day Lance!

Happy B-day to my sweetest little nephew. Love this little guy so much, he is the first kiddo to make me an aunt. That is something you just never forget. No matter how old he gets or how many nieces and nephews I have this little guy will always hold a special place in my heart. After all I took care of him for 2 weeks straight while his mommy dear was on bedrest with his little brother. Happy B-day sweet Lance, thanks for being my special little pal and being such a great best friend to my Carson. We couldn't love you anymore and are so glad we got to share your special day.


We celebrated by finally seeing "UP" that day per Lance's request. It was just okay I thought, after hearing the reviews I thought it was going to be better. Later that night Jen threw him a great Spiderman party at her inlaws. Just think Jen, next B-day we will be celebrating in your house. Yay!






Fun party with freaking delicious food!! I am so thankful for my family and how close we are. I love all of our little parties and get togethers. Makes life very interesting and always something to look forward to.


How stinkin cute are these little feet. They belong to Mr. Lincoln, here he is sporting his first pair of flipflops. To dang cute if you ask me!


On a side note, the yucky sick bug is going around. Carson started in on a fever that night after the party and has got a nasty little cold. I feel so bad for my little man cause his lips and nose are all chapped and bleeding. It was cold and rainy all day Thursday so he spent the day all wrapped up on the couch with his blankets watching Georgie. Not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.

He's Home!

He made it home...YAY! We will absolutely NEVER do standby tickets again.
After many hours of my poor honey sitting in an airport, and finally breaking down to buy a real ticket he made it home a few hours ago. Me and the boys missed him so much and are so glad to have all four of us under the same roof again. It is just not right when one of us is missing, especially our dad. So welcome home babe, post about Brazil to come in the next few days.

Weekend Getaway!

While the cats away the mice will play. Ha-ha...at least that is what it feels like the boys and I have been doing this past week. I have tried to keep us super busy, cause when I am busy I don't have time to sit around and miss my honey. I am proud to say I have not spent one single night alone in our house. My dear sisters have taken pity on me and let us invade their nights. I slept at Ash and Souli's house for the first couple of nights, then Jen's all weekend. Back to Ashley's tonight, and hopefully my man will be home tomorrow. His flight is standby so we will see. What can I say I am the world's biggest wimp, 26 years old and too chicken to stay by myself.


We attempted to take the boys to see UP this weekend. We got them all excited about it, get to the movie and what do you know sold out. We just did not have the hearts to tell them that, so we went and saw the 2nd Night at the Museum. Carson is not the smartest cookie out there, so I am pretty sure he thinks will still saw UP. Whatever he enjoyed it one way or the other.


Best friends, I hope they always stay that way.


My sweet brother in law kept this little monkey for me while we were at the movie. He wasn't exactly what you would call well behaved that night. So many thanks to Eric for watching him. Lets just say Eric may never step foot in that Walmart again. Sorry friend, but thanks so much. Love you for it.



This has pretty much been the best week of Carson's life. He has LOVED staying over at his cousin's houses and playing with them from sun up to sun down. He has been a little angel, I was a little worried we would get on each others nerves after a whole week without our dad. Not the case, he has been such a delight and has really taken my mind off missing Thiago.


While we were in Logan we went to visit sweet Gran.


She is so cute, we were only there for a few hours but she wanted to make sure our bellies were nice and full. The day before she went and got the makings for a nice little lunch. Chicken strips, cheetos, potato and macaroni salad and pickles. Carson's favorites. Thanks sweet Gran, we sure love you.


I have the weirdest kid. This is his favorite thing about visiting Gran. Her vacuum, not only does she let him play with it, she actually lets him turn it on and vacuum her whole house. Super annoying but I guess that is what Grandma's are all about. Letting your kids do stuff that mom most definitely says no to.



My sister the little culinary chef. This girl is always coming up with fun recipes. I love visiting her, I always leave 5 pounds heavier but thats okay. We had Hawaiian Haystacks. Love these things, Thiago hates them so I never make them. They were so good.


Apple fritters for dessert.



Smith family has quite the nighttime routine. Family scriptures and prayer, then they read two stories, sing two songs the little ones march right to their beds, hugs and kisses from mom and dad and they are out. Sorry Smith family, my rather rambuctious Carson is not on that great of a schedule. Kinda threw a wrench in your nice, neat routine. Hopefully we will be allowed back after all our late nights.

Anyways thanks family for all of your hospitality. I have had some fun days with you all and thanks to you guys I actually got some sleep. Rather than hovering in my bed scared to death of every sound I hear. Back to reality now, lets just hope my honey is on a plane right now flying back to the good ol' United States!

Lots going on..

Its been a busy kinda stressfull couple of days around this Cano household. The sad thing is I don't think it will be slowing down anytime soon. Here is a quick catch-up on us, some good, some bad and some in between...


First of all my sweet Grandpa Grover passed away on Memorial Day. I am a lucky girl and have been blessed with 4 sets of grandparents. So far only 1 now 2 grandpa's have passed away. My Grandpa Grover's health had been slipping in recent years, he has been struggling for awhile now so it is nice that he was able to slip on through to the other side. Where his poor body is at rest now. We will most defintely miss him here, but are so glad that he is in a better place. He was such a special man. Such a kind, gentle spirit about him. Always just laid back and content to watch the world go on around him. He holds a special place in my heart.


There is my Grandma in the pretty black dress. My heart always hurts for the surviving spouse, how lonesome it must feel to be left here without him. Hope she is doing okay.


Grandpa served in the navy during WW2. It was so neat to see the military pay their respects, and later go on to give Grandma the flag. It was an emotional ceremony and one that I am so glad I got to witness.


Me and Lincoln bug, who I must say was pretty dang ornery. Thanks to that little tike, I heard nothing of the funeral. A few bits and pieces, but for the most part we wandered the halls.



Carson found a sprinkler at the cemetery. What the crap, dream come true for him!


Next little item on the agenda. Carson's special Sunday morning with my dad. It was so cute and random, my dad called up on Saturday to ask me if he could pick up Carson Sunday morning and head up to Tremonton with him. I hesitated at first, cause of church and all but I then decided the memory they would be building together was more important. I said absolutely, he would love that. Sunday morning 8:00, papa shows up to pick up his boy. They headed off to have breakfast with my grandparents up in Tremonton. (My dad really was in a good mood, guess he didn't realize I was taking the picture right then.)


After breakfast they went to my Grandpa's farm to feed the horses. Look who ended up on one. My dad said he just jumped right up and sat on that horse. No hesitations at all, thats my boy. Cars in not a chicken when it comes to stuff, always willing to try new things.


Another shot of my little farm boy. I gave my camera to my dad as they were leaving so he could get me a few shots. Cute stuff. Thanks dad, for loving my little guy so much. He sure does love his papa, and he keeps talking about your little morning. Meant a lot to us.


Poor little Lincoln bug. Caught his first little illness. He has something called Roseola. Started with a high fever, once the fever breaks turns in to this lovely little rash. Kinda hard to see in the picture, but in real life. Yuck. I hate seeing my babies perfect little flawless skin, marked up like that. Makes me mad. It is supposed to only last for a few more days and he is not contagious after the fever went away. It hasn't really affected his mood a whole lot. A little crankier than usual, but all around still my happy little guy.




And last but not least, my honey is off to visit his homeland. Thiago left for Brazil this morning and will be gone for the next week. I am already missing him like crazy, but am so excited that he gets the chance to go home. He went with his mom, dad, Gus, Shalae and Rosemary. Basically everyone but me, to expensive for us. I would have had to pay for me and Carson's plane tickets and passports for all of us. Maybe next year. When I think about him going home like that, I almost start to cry. He has been here for 18 years, and hasn't yet had the chance to return to his country. He gets to see all of their family they left behind. I hope he has an amazing time and remembers every little detail so that I can hear all about it. Love you honey, missing you already. Enjoy every minute and know that your little family here at home is anxiously awaiting your return.

Oh one more thing, got a new calling for church last night. First counselor in the Young Women's. Crazy and I am going to be terribly busy but I am excited. Love the Young Women program. I had so much fun serving in it a few years ago and am excited for the oppurtunity to do so again. Well thats it for now.

6 mo. photo shoot!

Got sweet baby boy's six month photos. We got 8 different shots, all perfect in like 10 minutes time. He's a happy baby, just sits up there and smiles. The girls were just laughing saying they wish every kid was that easy. Love that little bug-a-boo!

Memorial Day!

Thanks to the Scouts for our flag in the front yard. This got Carson's day off to a great start. The entire time we were in the house getting ready to go, Carson was out front with the flag. No worries, our bedroom window is in front of the house and we could see him. What is it about kids and flags, well at least my kid and flags.

We had a different Memorial day, every year since I have been alive we always go to the graves. This is the first year in my entire life that I did not. I feel bad. My mom went camping and it is with her family that we usually go, so I wasn't about to go if she wasn't there. So we decided to go to Park City. Me and Thiago have been wanting to hit the outlets, but we never really have a day together. Saturday's I work half a day, and that is his only day off. Soooo, we just never get around to it.


Thiago's parents and Rosemary came with us, and Ash and Souli. It worked out well, me and Ash can go to the kids stores while Souli and Thiago do their thing.






Thiago got Carson signed up for the fall soccer season, and they had a great time getting him some of his equipment. Carson can't wait, he loves to watch his dad and thinks it is so cool that he gets to too!




That night we had a BBQ at my house. I got absolutely ZERO pictures of that. You know how when things are at your house, you just kinda forget about the camera. Well that is what happened. Thanks to Cano's, Smith's, and Phongsavaths's for coming and bringing food. YUM, what is memorial day without grilling up some good food right??