Emmy's Birthday party

Emilie turned 17 years old!

You can tell from the first picture that we weren't the only ones who remembered. Emilie's friends decided to trash her room, and the rest of the house. What a wonderful present! Emilie spent the next day cleaning it all up.

This whole thing was in large part orchestrated by Jessica. She's been Emilie's best friend for as long as I can remember. Thanks Jessica!

Jessica snapping a shot of Em when she got home

We gave Emilie a CD player to put in her car!


Left to Right: Bryson, Bree, Emilie, Hulk, Kaitlyn

Good times.

Love ya Emilie

Flashback Friday

I love my little boy!!! K so he isn't that little anymore, but to me he will always be my little boy. It amazes me that he will be 12 the end of this year and passing the sacrament. This picture is about 4 or 5 yrs old, its one of my favorite. Bryson is smart, full of energy, always wanting to tell a joke, and loves to bug his big sisters. This past summer Bryson has been taking golf lessons and has loved it. He has also started karate this past spring and looks forward to earning his different belts. Bryson has a huge heart, he likes to keep it hidden at times, but one thing is sure we know that he loves us. Love you bud

Flashback Friday

This past week Emilie and Bree went on the pioneer trek with our stake. I am so proud of them for going even without the happiest of attitude about the whole idea of walking for miles and miles, sleeping under the stars and eating who knows what. Seeing the girls come home last night with yucky hair, sunburnt faces, and blisters on their feet has humbled me so much. To think of the pioneers having to experience that day after day until they reached Utah amazes me. I am so thankful for their sacrifices and their faith to endure so much for us. My great-great-great grandfather was Lot Smith, who was partners with Porter Rockwell in the Mormon Battalion, is truly one of my heros. He fought for what he believed in to bring his family to Utah and following the footsteps of our prophets. He later became the first sheriff of Davis County. I know that as the pioneers made their way across the plains we cheered for them while we were in heaven knowing they were laying the stepping stones for us, and I am sure those same pioneers are in heaven cheering us on while all that this world has for us to overcome. We all live in comfortable homes with beds to sleep in, food on our tables, but we deal with all the other evils in the world. I want Em and Bree to know how proud I am for them and for strength to complete the trek. They are also my heroes. Love you girls!!!

Happy B-day Gma

Happy Birthday Grandma I feel so lucky to still have my grandma. And that our kids are able to have their great grandma. She always shows up with treats in her hands and a kiss on the cheek. And of course a comment of how all the kids are getting taller than her.

We love you gma

Happy 84th!!!

The Brothers Blancas

The summer has been great so far... little did we know that a perfect storm was about to form.

It has been rumored for centuries that a great evil would scourge the land. It would devour all innocence and lay waste to anything that stood in it's path. Comparable to the riders of the apocalypse these "evils" would have a face. They are discernible by one notable quality...

They're all damn sexy!

left to right: Adam "Chewbacca" Blancas, Andrew "Leonidas" Blancas, Rueben "Doc" Blancas, Isaac "Ilooklikeacarsalesmaninthispicture" Blancas



I am very fortunate to have the family I do. Adam and Isaac chose to road trip to Utah to visit family. Obviously their cool brother took them in. We loved having you here guys, next time you're putting me up in Colorado.




and of course who could forget this guy?

As a child our parents used to introduce us, " This is our son Bennie, this is our other son Bennie's brother".

wife and bro. she's hawt btw.

Bryson was a HIT with the kids. Here he serves as a motor for an otherwise unmovable jeep. Sam is thinking - haha doesn't he know that's work?

Sam upon his noble steed. Seriously, I love my dog. She is so patient with the kiddie abuse. Which I think should be some sub classification of animal abuse.

A possible T.J. Hooker in the making?

Bryson makes his acting day view as "the bad guy #1"

This picture was just precioso (Irma plug).

Grandpa Wayne making a cowgirl out of Isa.

The one consistent theme I noticed was that everyone wants these cute kids to be interested in what it is they do or how they live. I can hardly blame them. For that reason they will be getting my old computer when I get a new one, and will have required gaming hours. Also when they're older they can hear me rant about stupid people.

Our better halves...

What you can't see is me and Bennie thinking...maybe we should switch spots with our wives. Haha! Just kidding.. It's been great to hear stories about my bro's family. This is in large part due to Paige and Criseida's friendship. I'm very glad to have these women in our lives to keep us close.

Can you see the family resemblance?

When I see my goatee in this picture I want to yell, " THIS IS SPARTA!!!"

Cute picture.

I can feel the love...now let go of me Isaac.

Thanks for the awesome weekend. The world is safe...

for now.