Its been too, too long

Well, I have to say that it has been too long since I have posted to our blog.  But things are settling down some after the craziness of the last 4 years.  I figured it was time to get back to updating our blog.  SO the update goes as followed:

* spent the last four years moving excessively with the changes in our Navy sailor's deployments
* we are now(well almost...Feb its official) on shore duty (where we won't be going anywhere for the next 3 years)
*  our family has grown
*  we just bought a new house
*  we couldn't be more grateful for the US Navy and everything that we have been able to accomplish in our daily lives.

I'm looking forward to catching up on my "journaling" as part of this blog!!

Liebe and the Dog Beach

Liebe has become a fan of the Beach. There is a great Dog Beach on Coronado and so we thought we would take Liebe to see how he likes it. He loves to swim and it was a big hit.
He was out it the waves chasing his ball. He was competing with other dogs to get to the ball first. He really was having a fun time.

He was taking a break here. Swimming in the waves did get him tired.We thought that he wanted to leave after he laid down on the sand. But he just rested for a few minutes and hopped up for some more fun in the water.

This is one of my favorites of him. Bouncing through the waves back to the shore. It was really fun to see him enjoy the beach. This was our only trip to the beach so far because it is a lot of work to clean him up after playing in the SAND, the worst part of the beach.

Sea World

Over Memorial Day weekend we enjoyed seeing the sites of San Diego. Sea World was a big hit with the whole family. We enjoyed seeing the majestic Killer Whales. I love this show because it teaches us to follow our dreams and that is so important for us to do. I hope that my children will always follow their dreams.



This was so cute to watch the killer whales shaking its head at us. Then they started twirling around and around with thier fins out. And then came the command to get the crowd wet. And boy did a few people get wet. Luckily we learned from the dolphin show to sit up higher in the stands.






This is a picture from the new dolphin show and boy it really is amazing. There is diving and acrobatics and dolphins jumping and whales getting everyone wet. Our girls don't like to get wet but we thought it would be good to sit close so we can see better and that was not a good decision. We were very wet by the end of the show and so were our sweaters trying to make sure the girls didn't get wet. They still got a little wet on the bottom half but at least they didn't get water splashed in their faces. We won't be sitting in the Spalsh Zone again.

I love the Sting Ray pool. It is really fun to interact with the sea life. The girls really liked having their dad help them touch the sting rays.

Here's the family nice and dry before the dolphin show. It was a fun day at the park. I'm sure that next summer will be filled with lots of days at Sea World. We decided to wait until next year when the girls are older to buy our year passes. We sure do love San Diego and like Luis says all the time, "it feels like we are on vacation". We have had a lot of those "vacation" moments living in San Diego.

La Jolla Cove

This Memorial Day weekend we dicided to take in the sites of San Diego starting with La Jolla Cove. This is a beautiful beach where you can see the tide pools and the seals. It was a beautiful morning and the water was so clear.

We had a fun time climbing the rocks and enjoying all the different sea life there is to see. This crab was such a different color than all the other crabs. He was all alone in his own little pool.
This sea anemone was in a pool with a few crabs. The girls got to touch and feel the sea anemone and see it close up. They were fascinated by it. All the crabs were hiding in the cracks of the rocks so we didn't get very good pictures of them.

Here are the seals sun bathing on the rocks. We got to see them swimming around playing in the ocean and looking for food. It was fun to see and the girls really enjoyed it and continue to ask to go see the seals again.

And here is the family picture on the beach. It was such a beautiful day at the beach and we will probably take many trips to La Jolla to enjoy our time there.

The next day we went to Sea World...pictures to come!!

Luis Graduation

So I had the wonderful oppurtunity to go to see my husband at his Graduation from Bootcamp on Feb. 12, 2010. It was a very moving experience to see 1028 new Sailors in the US Navy. And, of course, I was super proud of my Sailor husband for all his hard work that got him to this point.

We, my mother-in-law, brother-in-law, my girls and I, drove to Illinois to attend. It was crazy to drive 24 hours there, especially with kids but it was the cheapest route for all of us to see him. We got to Illinois the morning of his graduation and slept for about 2 hours before attending but it was well worth it to see such a moving experience. Here is Luis with his Division 086. He is in the second row from the right and the fourth person back. He was hard to recognize with all the weight that he has lost.


And here he is at our hotel. He was granted one day of "Liberty", as they call it, to spend time with his family. We had a great time visiting after being seperated for two months. As you can see from this picture, he has really lost a lot of weight. He looks super HOT. I'm his wife so I can say that.














His little girls were very excited to see him, especially Kristine. She misses her Daddy very much. She is a Daddy's girl and you can see that here. She could not wait to see her Daddy. The whole ceremony she was asking me where is my Daddy and when can I see Daddy. She ran up to him, hugged him and then jumped up into his arms and didn't want to let go. It was great to see them together again.





Kaitlin had a more difficult time recognizing her Daddy. She just kept looking at his hat and wasn't sure it was really him. She recognized his voice but didn't know for sure because of his hat. This picture was after the shock had worn off and she was happy to be with her Daddy again.









And here's our little family together again. We all look really tired because we all were but it was great to be together again. We had a great time with Luis and were sad when he had to ship out early to his next station but we look forward to having him home soon and finding out where we will end up living. Luis is scheduled to finish "A school" (aka job training) on Mar. 24th, 2010. This is fast approaching and we couldn't be happier. Come home soon Babe!!! We miss you and love you!!!

Letters from Luis

nWell, I thought I would update my blog. I have really been busy this last month trying to get everything organized at my parents house and trying to feel at home. It has been difficult because my sister and her family live here as well. They were supposed to be moved out before I moved in but finances are short and so we all live here together. I have a lot less space then I was planning on and I brought too much stuff to fit into that small space. Well, I think I have finally got everything organized and settled.
This week I received 4 letters from Luis. He is doing well and working hard. He has passed his first set of Physical Trainings and also his swimming test and float test. We are really proud of him because he was so worried about these tests at Bootcamp. He is also studying really hard for his next set of tests on all the procedures, aircarft info and gun handling. I'm not too worried about these because he does really good on tests so we are just praying that he passes with flying colors. If he passes all of these tests he will graduate on Feb. 12th. This is really exciting because this is the day after his birthday and right before Valentine's Day. I will be attending his graduation but have decided to not take my girls to save myself the pain of having them see their Daddy and then having him leave again. I have thought about it a lot and I don't think I could handle it, let alone Luis handling it too. Anyway, I look forward to seeing Luis again soon, only about a month to go. After he graduates he will be going to Mississippi for his job training. He will be there for about 5 weeks and then we will find out where we will be moving to. So for now we still don't know for sure where we will end up.

Luis is off...life goes on...

Well, I guess I should let everyone know how things are going. Luis left for bootcamp yesterday and he got there safe and sound. He called me to let me know he was there but by accident I pushed the ignore button on my phone and missed his phone call. I was extemely upset seeing as how this was the last phone call I would receive until who knows when. He left a cute message though and that sort of makes up for missing his phone call. He left a day late because of the massive snow fall in the Salt Lake area. And the lastest on our house...yeah touchy subject. We were supposed to close before Luis left but they asked for an extension so we were nice and gave it to them. Well yesterday we cancelled the contract because they just keep asking to extend and I'm tired of it. We are now in the possess of finding a new buyer. Wish us luck...we will need it...and any prayers you would like to send our way we would appreciate it. And so now the girls and I are at my mom and dad's house in Hurricane, UT. It's crazy here with 5 kids and 5 adults (my sister and her family live here as well) but it will work out. I'm going a little crazy with nothing to do so I'm looking for a part time job just to get out of the house every once in awhile. Well that's about all for now.

Awaiting news....

So things have been pretty stressful at the Cano house since we are still waiting to hear about the sell of our house. We are waiting on a response to our counter offer and we can't wait to get the news that our house will be sold. This is just one of our stresses as of right now. I am starting to get stressed...ok I've been stressed for awhile about my husband leaving. 38 days and counting.... That becomes pretty stressful when you think about him being gone for about 3 1/2 to 4 months. Luckily I will be living with my parents who will be a great support while he is gone. I am also stressed about moving out of a house that is so big and going to a place where there won't be much space. We have so much stuff. We are trying to sell most of our furniture because we won't be needing two living room sets and a spare bed and my precious piano we have to sell too. There just won't be enough room for all that we have when we move to wherever Luis just stationed. It will be a crazy life that is to come but we feel that it will be good for our family. We will be sad to leave Tooele because we have really grown to love this precious little city. Maybe someday we will return but it probably won't be the same if we do come back. Just a few of the many stresses of our lives right now but things will be ok...just a little crazy for awhile that's all.

Kaitlin...is she accident pron?

So our darling Kaitlin had a bad September. I just wanted all of you to see her darling face before her accidents in Septmeber.

So I was over visiting a neighbor when all of a sudden I heard a scream, but not just any scream. It was one of those screams where you know something really bad happened. So I jumped up and ran out to the backyard where the kids were playing and well Kaitlin was bleeding. She fell down the stairs and she cut open her forehead. At the time I was a little scared but my wonderful neighbor helped me get through the situation and get the bleeding stopped at which point we got her to another friend (the paramedic) and got her all fixed up for the night. The next day we headed to the doctor and ended up with 5 stitches. Here is a not so good picture of her forehead after the stitches were out.

Well about a week and a half later we were sitting in church and Kaitlin was getting pretty rowdy when she just happened to fall off the bench and hit her eyebrow on the leg of the bench. Normally I would just throw her face into my shirt and then leave sacrament meeting but for some reason I felt that I needed to look at her face and I'm glad I did. I said "You've got to be kidding me" and jumped up from the bench and told my friend (the paramedic again) who just happened to be sitting behind me that she cut open her head again. He helped us get the bleeding stopped and we were off to the urgent care to get some more stitches. Well, the one fun thing that came out of both situations is KAITLIN'S TOUGH FACE!!
We love her even with all her scars!! We just hope that this is the end of all her accidents for awhile. I don't think this mom could handle anymore right now!

Time for pictures!!

Recently Luis and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary. I made this cake for a nice sweet treat after dinner the day after our anniversary. I have been interested in cake decorating lately but this isn't a good job at it. It was just fun to try something new. My mom always had fun decorating cakes and so I think I'm catching the bug. Kristine's 3rd birthday is coming up so we'll see what I can do for her B-day!!

So here are some pictures from the pool. My friend Sarah introduced us to the Tooele Army Depot pool and we have taken the girls a couple times this summer. Here is our first visit, Kaitlin's first time at the swimming pool. She really loves water and we are trying to get Kristine excited about the swimming pool. They had these perfect little kid sized chairs they love sitting in.

Kristine got daring and decided to climb up and down the ladder. She was holding on for dear life but she was having fun.


We have had some fun family memories this summer. We are surely going to miss Tooele when we have to leave!

Another update in Cano's world

Well it has defiantly been a very long time since I have updated our blog. Life has been absolutely crazy around here. We had a visit from two of my nieces for two weeks in June and they were fun to have here. They helped us finish painting our guest bedroom and started to help pack up my our house. The only problem is that we will not be moving as of yet. The sell of our house fell through and we aren't too disappointed because we really didn't want to move quite yet. We are now just working on our yard trying to get it looking nice so we can put our house on the market. We have also been busy having fun with our girls this summer while Luis is off of the school district. We have pictures to post of our swimming trip to the pool here in Tooele but I'll get to that later.

Yesterday was our 4 year Anniversary. We had a nice evening out to Sizzer. We both can't believe that it has been 4 years. The time has gone by so quickly. Having our little girls sure makes time go by even quicker.

I also just wanted to let everyone know that my back is doing a lot better. I have been doing Spinal Decompression with a Chiropractor and it has been amazing. I still have nerve pain often but nothing like before. And I can also stand up striaght so I don't look like an old lady anymore. That makes me happy. Well that's our update and I'll get to those pictures of swimming soon. I'm excited to post them because it was Kaitlin's first time at the swimming pool.

Update about life at the Cano House

This is just an update for everyone. After my back appointment I went in to have my cortizon shot on Friday and things were going well and I was even laughing during the procedure until "Oh Crap" he hit my nerve, my sciatic nerve. Yeah that's the nerve that has been hurting me for the last 2 months. Boy, can we say PAINFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I'm feeling much better now. My back is still a little sore but for the most part I feel good. And the best news is, no more pinched nerve all day long. That I am so happy about. I still do have sciatic nerve pain at night when I lay in bed but I've learned to just deal with that. Well that's all about my back.

So, now on to the other news. We are under contract for our house. Yeah that's right we are selling our house. For those that don't know Luis joined the Navy and we have found a buyer for our house. Our tenitive closing date is Aug. 3rd. I don't think we will have any problems keeping this date because we have the time to get things done. The whole thing has just been amazing and defiantly an answer to our prayers. I'll have to post that story later cuz it's a little late and I need to get to bed. But anyway, we are so grateful for the Lord's blessings in our life right now and are excited that we have been so blessed.

My Back Appoinment

Well, yesterday we went to the back specialist to find out what the options were for my back. I was told that I have one disc that is bulged in two different spots (on the right and left side) which pinches my sciatic nerve. Not too fun but such is my luck. Today we are going back to get a shot of cortizon in my back. Hopefully this will relieve some of the pain and I can get back to normal. I'm just hoping for enough relief to actually walk normal (so I don't look like an 80 year old walking in a 30 year old body). Here's to hoping!!! Wish me luck and I'll update you all later!!

Kaitlin's Birthday!

Here's our Birthday Girl Kaitlin Abigail Cano!! She had her Brithday Party on Saturday May 2nd. She wasn't feeling very good that day. She defiantly wasn't herself. She only wanted me to hold her and she didn't even want her cupcake. I felt really bad for her.

Here is the cake that Abuelita made for Kaitlin. As you can see she really wasn't feeling good. She's not even smiling for the pictures. She has such a cute smile I'm sad we didn't get it on camera.

Our Family Picture for the day.
She was a little excited for her presents. I was trying to get her to take her own presents out of the bags. She did ok for a first timer. I just can't believe that she is one now. I went visiting teaching the other day and my friend mentioned, "Just think it was last year at this time that you were miserable and ready to get her out." I said, "Yeah that's crazy that a year later I still feel miserable with my back." I got the results of my MRI last week on Friday. My doctor told me that I have two ruptured discs in my lower back. I'm going to see a Back Specialist to find out what we can do to get some relief.

And the last picture! Kaitlin loves baths so we got her a toy boat with sea animals. She was having a fun time playing with the boat. I think if she felt better she would be having some fun with it in the bathtub too. All in all it was a good day. We had a fun time at the party. Kaitlin did very well for not feeling very good. She got sicker that night and had the flu on her actual birthday. We'll have to do something later on when she is feeling herself again. Maybe she'll actully eat a cupcake and we can get a picture of it stuffed in her face. That's the picture I really wanted to be on here.

Can't wait to find out

So tomorrow is the big day. We will finally be finding out what is wrong with my back. Well we probably won't know anything tomorrow but at least I have my appointment for an MRI. I really can't wait to find out what is wrong and what we can do to make things better. My back has been really bad this week and on Tuesday I was so drugged on my pain pills that I don't remember much that happened. I could fall asleep sitting up. Crazy!! The last two days have been a little better but still pretty painful. When you can't stand up straight there is defiantly something wrong with you. Well, I'm nervous but excited to see what the result is so we can move forward from here. I just want to be able to pick up my baby without pain shotting down my leg. That sciatic nerve is really pinched. Wish us luck!!!

Kristine's 1st Dentist Appointment

Today was Kristine's 1st dentist appoinment. It was fun. I had my teeth cleaned first and then it was Kristine's turn. She did really good.

This is a picture of the nice clean smiles of mommy and Kristine!!

She had to sit on my lap to get her teeth cleaned but like I said she did really good.

She only cried once when they put the cleaning tool in her mouth but after that she was fine. The nurse said that most kids get scared from the tool that sucks the water out of their mouths but Kristine loved it. She thought it was a straw and was trying to suck on it.


Here is our happy little girl!!
She was really such a good girl. We had a fun time at the dentist. The really funny thing about the whole day was when we got home and Luis asked Kristine if she went to the dentist today. She said yes and then her daddy made the noise of the cleaning tool and poked his finger into her. She gave him a really bad look and then said "Daddy you scared me." It was sooo funny. Luis and I tried so hard not to laugh out loud. It was a great night!!

Easter!!

Well, what a fun Easter Sunday we had. It all started out dying eggs in the morning (I forgot to take pictures). It was so fun though. Kristine had a fun time putting stickers on the eggs and saying who they were. "It's daddy" she would say when she put the stickers of the eyes and smiles on. Then it was off to church for a great meeting. Luis and I both had to teach in Relief Soceity and Priesthood. It was a busy Sunday for us.






When we got home the girls went outside with daddy to take Liebe out and I stayed inside to hide the eggs. It was so fun to watch Kristine so excited to find the eggs. Kaitlin just sat and played with the basket the whole time. Kristine would get mad at her because Kaitlin kept taking all the eggs out after she would put them in. It was funny.








Kristine was so fun to watch. She would just get this look of excitement when she would see another egg. As you can see from the pictures she was so so excited.









I just loved this picture of daddy and the girls so I had to post it. My girls look so much like their dad. Kristine just loves her daddy so much too. It is do fun to watch your kids grow up.











And here's the baby. I can't believe that Kaitlin is almost 1. She has grown so fast and it has been great being home with her. I never thought that it would work out for me to be a stay at home mom but the Lord truly does bless when you are doing the right thing. I'm so blessed to have such a hard working husband.

I just wanted to post a picture of Kaitlin in one of the dresses that I sew. These dresses are soo cute and my girls both love them. If you want to check them out just go to fairywonderful.com. I also posted a link to their blog. There is a give away going on right now for a $25 gift certificate for anything at fairywonderful.com. If you want to enter just go to http://www.fairywonderful.com and comment on this give away.

These are some pictures from our FHE Monday night. Kristine loves to play the piano or "pinano" as she calls it. She waited until we were finished with our lesson and then jumped up on the bench and started playing and singing the ABC song. She really loves music. She loves to sing her songs from Primary or "Pimary" as she calls it. Her favorites are Do As I'm Doing; Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes; and The Wheels on the Bus. We sing these songs a lot throughout the day. I just love it when she sits down at the piano and plays and sings her songs. Kaitlin loves to play the piano too. She always pulls herself up to the piano and just smiles when she hears the music coming from the piano. It's sooo cute.


This is that smile that Kaitlin loves to flash. It's a little blurry and we have been trying for the longest time to get a picture of it cuz she looks adorable with her little teeth showing. Someday we'll get a good picture.

Kristine also had a great time tickling her sister. She will pin Kaitlin down and then punch her fingers into Kaitlin's belly. Kaitlin loves it and Kristine is always good about not doing it too hard.

We are excited that Luis' schedule changed so that we can have FHE together.

Today was a good day!!! Luis came home from Peru today...Yeah!!! I was so excited to see him and so were the girls. After we all woke up from a nap Kristine just wanted to do everything with her daddy. It was so cute. She would say, "Come on Daddy" and grab his hand to lead him downstairs to watch Cars with her. Then she just sat on his lap and really enjoyed having her daddy home. I was also so grateful to have him home. It's going to be really hard when he has to leave for the Navy. We will hopefully stay really busy so the months will go by fast. But for the time being...we are glad to have him home.