Winterball

Naty and I are on the board now and I'm the Safety Officer and Naty is the Chief Umpire, oh are we gonna be busy this year, sigh... So far we've had 2 board meetings and I had to go help out a little but once the season starts....oh vey. As for Bubbs he's playing winterball and I managed to get a couple of pictures of him, I still don't know how to use my new camera so they aren't that great, soon I'll have this blog full of pics, hehe.

Bubbs' 8th Birthday

Wow was that crazy! We were painting the day before and cleaning minutes before the party. But it was all worth it, we had a good time and my baby turned 8 years old. We thought we'd combine halloween and his b-day to make it a little more fun again (like last year) and it all worked out. We had a lot of fun and hopefully we'll keep on the tradition (won't tell Naty that one yet). I had to get some pictures from other people cause my camera went out and I wasn't about to search for batteries, so instead I stole some from family.



Then on his official b-day was on a monday so I made him a lasagna and bought him a cake. My mom, steph, michelle and baby felipe and Jesse came over with us, it was relaxing and fun.



For Audrey's b-day, we're taking her somewhere cause I don't feel like going all out on a party again. We still have hay all over our backyard and its gonna take days to pick that up. (any volunteers?). The good thing about the hay is that its protecting our new grass from the sun and we're growing grass everywhere! So I told Naty that every week we'll fill up the green waste bin till we finish picking it up, its no biggie.



I've decided to keep up my blog from now on and try to update everything that has been going on in our lives. I'm mostly doing this for our family and trying to keep the memories from fading....lol

See you next time....

Happy Birthday Audrey :-)

Audrey's New house (excuse the hair)

My Beautiful Babies

Audrey helping us Make Tamales


Happy Birthday Mama, I love you so very much and I thank God for you everyday. You are such a sweet blessing to our family and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect girl. You're an amazing daughter and sister and you're my best little helper. I love you with all of my heart. You're my world.

and for Bubbs, I know I forgot to give you a special message on your birthday so all I wanted to tell you is that you're the best son a mother could have. You're smart, helpful, funny, loving and special in your own ways. You bring a smile to our faces each and everytime we see your cute little face. We love you papa with all of our hearts and thank God as well for blessing us with you.

Now for Naty, Naty you're the best thing that could ever happen to me. Without you I wouldn't have my 2 beautiful and perfect babies. You three bring happiness to my life and love that I am thankful for knowing. Thank you thank you thank you for the love you give us each and every day. I love you.

Wow, today was a wild and crazy day. It all started off with Audrey waking up excited about her birthday. She was sooooooo happy and wanted to open her gift right away. I had to take her mind off presents and treat her to some cocoa puffs. Then we had my post-surgery doctor appointment which wasn't too great. I was explaining to him that my pain is now on my left and its getting worse and worse. He then told me that he'd give me another ultrasound but thinks at the most I'll probably only have cysts BUT if my pain doesn't go away I'd most likely need a hysterectomy because my uterus is stuck to my stomach wall which is what is causing me so much pain. He said a lot of ladies that have had the same problem as me have loved the way they felt after having this procedure because it takes all of their pain away. He said the main thing that Naty and I have to talk about is if we want more kids. Thats a subject that we have to talk about seriously and go from there. I actually want to get at least 3 more opinions before I do anything drastic. It's really hard for me to hand over my uterus just like that (eeww, i know). I've been on an emotional roller coaster ever since my doc appt. earlier.

After the appt. I came home and got to work on the cleaning, cooking and decorating. Naty's mom was here too, helping me. We just got to work and finished really fast. I had so much junk food that it made me sick to my stomach just by looking at it. I didn't want to touch any of it, especially after getting weighed at my appt. We had enchilada casserole, rice, beans and macaroni salad for dinner plus lots of goodies. Audrey got a rose petal cottage with a baking set, dora bingo, clothes, candy land castle game, hello kitty stationary and money. Thank you all for coming.

Then around 8:00 pm the people for the posada came, they sang and prayed and we served them cookies, cake, donuts and the remaining goodies we had from the party and I made some fast hot cocoa for everyone. They also brought a nativity scene that they carried to our house.

Soon after everyone left and Naty's mom and his brother Jesse left to mexico for 2 weeks. I have a lot to clean too! I'll be doing that all day tomorrow.

Wow what a day! Now to get ready for Christmas Eve.

Happy 7th Birthday Bubbs

Party after Party!

I had Naty's b-day dinner here at our house on the 10th of October, he is now.......27 years young. The kids and I decorated with balloons and signs and he was surprised to see the house transformed. Naty was mostly happy that his best friend finally came down and they had a few beers with his brother and work buddy.





Then on the saturday before Halloween, Arlene had a party and we went to that one too. We mostly went for the kids so we didn't dress up but everyone else was. We just drank, danced and had a good time.





Finally, Bubbs B-day was on Nov. 3rd but we celebrated it on Halloween. I had loads of food and loads of people here that wanted to share this special day with us. First we had the dinner and chatted it up (drank a lil too) then the kids went trick or treating. We had a good time.

Hot, cold, hot, cold

what is up with this weather, I wish it would just stay cold! it was cold on friday, then a lil warm on sat. then hot today! gggggrrrrr

Yesterday we went to Naty's Unions Picnic and then to visit his cousins in south Gate, we hadn't seen them in a while so it was good to reunite, they're always so inviting and cool people. Then on the way home Bubbs got sick in the car and grossed us all out, LOL, it was horrible, something out of a horror film. But he's feeling a lot better now and acting crazy as usual.

well last weekend Naty and his dad got to put the nice wood on the porch ceiling and it came out soooooooo good! all we need to do is stain it, prob. after the stucco is done. Here's some pics.

Look what School did for Audrey!

Audrey learned how to use the computer in 2 short days at school. She usually plays with Bubbs but now I let her play by herself. She's already wanting to play all day long (not happening!) or use my Laptop (she's nuts!) and is loving it. She loves school a lot and even wants to go on the days that we don't have school like labor day for instance, its like she knew it was a weekday and begged me to take her to school, LOL! I guess thats a good thing.

And Bubbs is still having a ball in the after school program and would rather be there than here (don't blame him), he has friends to play with and much more energetic adults to play with too. He's making me something but still hasn't brought it home.

I'm still loving school, this is the 3rd week and I've been on top of things and have a planner that keeps me on track. I'm hoping to get straight A's but we'll see. I'm dedicating myself a lot more to school and hoping to graduate with honors. All of my teachers have been awesome so far and the people are all good looking and in shape but still immature like in the CC I went to, oh well I guess that'll never change, besides I'm immature at times too.

For Labor Day weekend we went to Balboa Beach again and again I forgot my damn camera so I'm going to hit up Arlene and Laura for pics so that i can post some. Meanwhile you can just imagine it. hehehehehe we had a bomfire at the end and it was cool. Anyway, I'm just glad this heatwave is over, it hit 112 on most days and its finally back in the 90's (which I'm loving) it beats the 100's, it was awful!

Mini Vacation to San Diego

Yes its been a while, again!

Naty has been working a lot and he decided to take us on a short mini vacation before Bubbs went back to school so we left Friday, Aug 10th and went to the zoo early that day. We stood there for a while looking at all the animals and loving the kids expressions on their faces. This is the first time for Audrey but Bubbs has been to the LA zoo with his school before. After that we went to our very small hotel room and chilled for a bit. We were right on the gaslamp district and walked to The yardhouse to eat dinner. After that we walked a little and went back to our rooms, I was burnt and hurting so we didn't walk like we wanted too. After we went to the room and Naty and Audrey knocked out fast while me, steph and Bubbs watched tv and messed on the computer. The next day we woke up, checked out, and went to the natural museum and saw all the dinosaur bones and other stuff. Then from there we went to the beach at Coronado Island and stood there till it was time to go home. It was fast but fun, it was mostly to get out and take the kids somewhere.

And Bubbs started school Monday and he's now in the 2nd grade! He's so big and growing still, the top of his head is to my mouth already, I think in about 1.5 years he'll be my height. He seems to like his new class and is really happy!