5 Years!

5 years ago today here we were

I can't believe how young we look in this picture! And I can't believe it has already been five years! I'll be the first to admit that we have had our ups and downs but through it all we've grown closer together. The longer I am married to Rick the more I realize what a good match he is for me. He helps point out my strengths and helps me work on my weaknesses. He is always trying to make me happy and do what is best for me and our family. I really am a lucky girl to have him. Here are a few things, both good and bad, that I have learned about Rick over the years that we have been married

1) He's cool and he knows it. Lets just say he is confident. What a stud!

2) He is just like uncle Rico from Napolean Dynamite. Living in the past, glorying in all his old sports victories. He really was a good athlete in high school and he has shown me all the tapes to prove it. :)

3) He is such a good dad to our boys!

He is always creating such fun memories with the kids

Rick is just a big kid at heart and the boys absolutely love it. Daddy is the one that plays wild and crazy with them, always wrestling with them and being loud. The boys can't get enough of him.

4) He's a HUGE New York Giants Fan! I've learned that if he is watching the Giants on TV it's best to just leave him alone. :)


5) He looks really creepy and gross with a mustache. He grew it as a joke for his brothers wedding and I couldn't wait to see it go.


6) He works really hard for our family. A full time husband and father as well as a full time student in a very demanding program and he even works part time for a psychologist on the side. He does it all for us and I know that when he graduates he is going to be a really great psychologist.

And here we are now

Rick always jokes that five years of marriage and two kids equals high blood pressure.:) Well after 5 years he doesn't have high blood pressure but we do have a happy family with a lot of good memories to show for it. Five years down and eternity to go.:) I can't wait to see what the future has in store for us. Love you Rico!

Thanksgiving Break

Well, I know that Thanksgiving seems like forever ago but I am just barely getting around to blogging about it. We had a good thanksgiving this year. We were supposed to be spending Thanksgiving in Arizona by ourselves, at least that is what everyone thought, but Rick and I pulled off the ultimate surprise when we showed up at my parents house Thanksgiving morning. We drove all night on Wednesday and then rang the doorbell at my parents house Thanksgiving morning. Everyone was shocked and excited. It was a quick trip with a lot of driving but we had a great time and we were glad we were able to spend the holiday with family.

Tyler waiting patiently at the table for the Thanksgiving dinner. I have no idea why he has his hand in his water. And sadly this is the only picture I have of Thanksgiving day.

But we did lots of fun things while we were in Idaho

We got to meet our new little nephew Ben. He was very cute and my boys just couldn't get enough of him, especially Logan. We had to keep him from poking poor little Ben's eyes out.

We went bowling and had a good time. Rick is still a little bitter because my dad beat him by two pins. If you don't know Rick very well just trust me when I tell you that he is very competitive. :)


And then of course we went on the annual Gauchay Christmas tree hunt. It's a tradition the day after Thanksgiving to go in the mountains and cut down our Christmas trees. Here is a picture of some of the fam in front of our tree that we were about to cut down.


Rick and Tyler cutting the tree down. We strapped it to the top of our rental car and then hauled it all the way back to Arizona. It is so fun to have a tree in our apartment and gets the boys really excited for Christmas.

Tyler wanted a little tree for his room so he and Rick cut down a piece of Sagebrush for him to take home.

When we got home we put our tree up and decorated it

Logan trying to decide where to put the ornament

Tyler putting the star on top of the tree

The boys in front of the finished tree. This picture was taken 5 minutes before the whole tree fell over. I thought it was hilarious and could not stop laughing. Rick on the other hand didn't see anything funny about it and was in fact a little upset that all our hard work just crashed down in front of us. We eventually got it all put back together but I am still laughing about it.