Where Has It Gone.......TIME?

It's been 5 years, 5 months, 29 days, and exactly 16 hours since my last post. So much has happen, we changed so much. Shayden is 14 years old now, Jasmine is 11 years old, Tayevion is 7 years old, and we have our beautiful, adorable heart melting Zuri as an added addition to our family (that's a wonderful story which I'll share in my next post). Daisy is gone now, we love and miss her so much. Zildy gets more and more beautiful with time and I'm starting to feel and show my age..lol. President Barack Obama has severed two terms as President of the United States and this is his last year. We just returned from a very needed trip to Boston to visit Zildy's brother Derick and his family, we spent one full day in New York City, our kids got to ice skate in Central Park, Zildy and I went to the top of the new One World Trade Center. I can't put into words how amazing the view was. It was in the evening, so the Sun had just gone down, we could see the Statue of Liberty all lit up out in the distance, we could New Jersey, Time Square, and more. We could see the stunning and heartbreaking memorials honoring the thousands that died on 9/11. It's where the Twin Towers once stood. It's difficult to speak and not get emotional when you look at it. Overall, it was so wonderful that we get to even experience such a wonderful thing. Zildy just celebrated her 10 year anniversary with JetBlue Airways and it's the only way we've been so fortunate to experience such a great and forever memorable experience. We were very luck to have Papi Otto and Mami Rosario with us in New York City, they were suppose to use Zildy's flight benefits to fly to Dallas to be with Julio for New Years, but the flights sold out, so we got the privilege of being with them in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I love them...we love them!! After savoring that breathtaking view, Zildy and I made a mad dash to get to the Subway to meet back up with Papi, Mami and the kids. We had to rush to the airport to catch another flight to head to Washington D.C., (I know!! Crazy huh?) There we spent one night with Cat's mother, and the other nights we spent with Thomas Judd my friend and mission companion and his beautiful family). That was so fun!!! Judd and I eventually we met up with Ryan Lopez another mission companion. We all served in the Washington D.C. North Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, for me, it was the greatest learning experience and the period of my life where I learned the most about life, religion, people, trials, Faith and Jesus Christ. It's been almost 22 years since I walked the streets of North West D.C. it was a good moment, but immediately we were reminded at how crazy things could get as Thomas and his sweet wife started getting verbally attack for being Whites in a Black neighborhood. The woman was intoxicated but still, she let the whole world know what her thoughts and feelings were. That Part.......I don't miss at all. To make a Long Story short, it's been exactly to the hour that we returned home to Salt Lake City, UT from our trip, a VERY NEEDED trip. It's a brand new year and some thing has got to change. Our family has come upon some hard trials in 2015, not too terrible, but still enough to say enough is enough and we need to make a complete and drastic shift or transition. I know it sounds dramatic, but we do. Especially me! This entry marks a new beginning, a good beginning. I feel that I should only write about the good, but I know that it would be the complete truth. We have to experience the bad to appreciate the good, perhaps. I just know right now as I think about my children and future Grandchildren, I want a better and prosperous future for them. I want the to let their beautiful and gifted lights to shine.