Dedicated to our friends

Well, only a few more days until the big move! Saturday morning, bright and early, Heather and I will be packing up our life and moving around 3000 miles away to the beautiful island of Oahu. I don't really know if it's 3000 miles, but that is my best guess. It's emotion overload in the Reyes home! Haha We're excited, anxious and sad all at the same time. One thing we aren't though, is, nervous. We have prepared ourselves mentally and our family for this move for almost a year now. We are confidient in our abilities that we can handle this. We are excited and thankful our family and friends are there for us. My parents have always taught me to dream big and never lose sight of my goals, and that is something Heather and I hope to pass along to Ashton. So here are a few words for Ashton...Dream big son, aim high. Nothing is impossible. Don't let the negative people get to you and tell you that you can't do something. Your mom and I are here to help you along the way. Also, please be a good baby and don't projectile diarrhea all over me. I don't do well with that. I have more requests, but we'll just stick with that for now. That gives me a great idea about a new blog post. Haha

Like I have said, we'll be posting a lot more in the coming weeks and months updating everyone, but please keep in touch! My Skype name is "antreyes." After thinking about what else to write on here, I decided that I am going to dedicate this post to a few of our closet friends. I've heard this quote before, I just don't know where, so don't sue me for using it. "Friends are the family you get to choose." That resonated with me. We are forunate enough to have the few close friends that we do. We do everything with our friends and we know that we will still keep in touch and be just as close when we move back to California in a few years.

First up, meet the Mullers!

This picture was taken last October in the Outer Banks of North Carolina when I traveled across the country to go to their wedding in Nags Head. That was an amazing trip and I'm so glad that I was able to go and be there for them. I was trying to remember when Colin and I first met and I know it was in highschool, but we became close in college and I don't even know how haha. All I know is that Heather and I love spending time with them and their little Chan man. We joke a lot with them about how they're always in bed by 8pm, but really it is because they have their shit together! These 2 are the only people that we could go to Applebee's with on a Saturday night and talk about breast pumping, crazy dreams, nesting, and other random things - and have the best time. Oh yeah, Ariel is also pregnant (about 14 weeks) and is due on January 14th. We've already decided that depending on the sex of their baby, Ashton will either have a beautiful bride or a best friend. We're hoping for the arranged marraige though. Also, thanks for helping us move friends. We love you and will miss you a lot! Come visit!

Prego Buddies Fo' Life

Ariel on the left and Heather on the right (and our pal Kelli in the middle! but don't be confused, she is not prego, nor is the unknown gal behind her - but I don't really know...)

Next up, meet the Azzopardi-Moodys!

Cody and Mone! This picture was taken a while back at Tex Wasabi's in Sacramento. I've been friends with Cody since freshman year (2006) in college where we lived in the dorms together and lived together a couple more years after that. He is also going to be the Best Man in my wedding! Mone is the perfect woman for him and we love spending time with both of them. This past March we went to Las Vegas together and had a great time. I also just went on a 3 day/2 night backpacking trip to Lassen National Park with Cody and his bro Jake - lots of fun and lots of blisters. Thank you two for helping us move, we couldn't have done it without you. We love you both and will miss you, lets keep in touch often and you know you always have a place to stay in Honolulu. 

Well, I didn't realize how long this was going to be. So I'm leaving it with Colin/Ariel and Cody/Mone for now. Obviously, we have a lot more friends & family that we'd love to write about, and possibly will! In just a few days we'll be moving away but that doesn't mean we can't keep in touch often. We can't wait to introduce baby Ashton to our best friends. Aloha!