Easter Day

We had such a nice Easter! We started off with Church (very difficult with a 4 year old and a highly explorative 1 year old, but we made it through the entire service). Then we went to the Arboretum for a walk. It was such a perfect day to take a walk through the beautiful gardens and trees. We then had lunch at CPK and finished off the day at the dog beach. Whew! What a productive and fun day.

Happy Birthday Mom!

We took my mom out to dinner tonight. We tried out this new mariachi restaurant in Baldwin Park. It was great. We actually had good food and great entertainment in one location. We all had a really nice time and my mom enjoyed family, good food and a great show.


The birthday girl (Actual bdate was 4/5)




Whew! Managed to get a family picture.

Easter Egg Hunt

Unfortunately, we were unable to attend either of our family's Easter Party's this year so we had to substitute the festivities with non-family related activities. We started off the weekend with an Easter Egg Hunt at Tamara's school. It was such a well planned event and was lots of fun. Tamara got LOTS of candy, got her face painted, ate 2 snow cones, got her favorite balloons, enjoed a petting zoo and got a picture with the Easter bunny. What a day. Julianna was taking a nap for the first part of the event but when she woke up, she came by and enjoyed it also.

Getting ready for the Easter Egg hunt.

OMG! Sooo many eggs!

And she's off.

She loved the sword.

Of course, she chose a dinosaur.

Final touches.

Julianna makes an appearance.

Congratulations to the Alvas!

We would like to welcome the new addition to the Alva family, Olivia Nicole Alva. She was born this morning at 8:03 am weighing in at 6 pounds 9.8 oz and measuring 19 1/4 inches. We got to see her just hours after she was born, what a treat! She is very cute and soft, with lots of hair.

Welcome Olivia!

Tamara and Julianna were very excited to meet their new God-Sister.

One happy and proud mom.

Easter Photo Shoot

Julianna was in a good mood so I took her outside to take some Easter pictures. You will see that these pictures show off her personality. She is a little nut and makes us laugh all the time. She goes from being very serious to being completely looney as you can see.

She starts off serioius.

Here comes a little smile.

Now a looney outburst... this was accompanied with a loud laugh.

Another big laugh.

The bunnies.

Malena's outing

We take Malena to the dog park once a week so she can get some exercise. Unfortunately, after we walk to the park, she is too tired to play with the dogs. Poor thing, she's getting old.


My girls.



A quick drink before we walk back home.

Visit with the family

Before coming home, we stopped at Tia Mary's house for menudo. Its always nice to watch the girls play with their cousins.


First round of pictures with the cousins.



A few more kids added.



Julianna with her nana.



Practicing her steps.