Aqui estan los chiquitos jugando en el Agua. Just enjoying the sun during the nice summer day.

Girls had their first games this week. Joshua always likes to pose along with girls so, I found a cute baseball outfit for him to pose in.

Mia was pretty excited to have played her first Tball game.  My baby is certainly growing way too fast for mom. But we are thankful the league allows the lil' ones be part of this sport.

It's 10:51 at night, about 15 minutes ago I was out in the rain searching for night crawlers.  It was cold out but sure beats paying $3.00 for a dozen. I found close to 2 dozen.  Mia and Joshua stood on the porch pointing them out saying "I found one momma, I found one"  This adventure started out as sitting on the porch watching and listening to the rain fall. 

Create your own picture collage

Mia's project for Headstart was to make her own Valentine Day box.  I helped her some as you can see I didn't do a very good job covering the yellow on the lid.  But she enjoyed our time together doing something fun.  Her party is next week and she can't wait to have some more fun.

Here we are waiting in line for Santa after the parade was over. Kendra attends Girl Scouts every week and they had a float during the parade. It was pretty cold out but the girls couldn't wait to sit on Santa's lap and share their wish list with him.

Student of the Week

Family Fun Night

The kids and I went to South Side to carve a family pumpkin this evening. They enjoyed talking to their friends about their costumes and eating a snack & drink. In the meantime I spent about 25 minutes cleaning and carving our family pumpkin. It was fine with me, especially since I noticed that many parents were doing the same thing. The girls had fun so that's the only thing that matters.

2009 School Pictures

Visit from Fire Department

Mia wasn't certain about exploring the fire truck, until she heard the other kids on the opposite side giggling. It was a good learning experience for the kids. They really payed close attention even though 4 year olds have a little trouble listening at times.

Here is Mia practicing "STOP, DROP AND ROLL" one of the drills the firefighters taught Mia's class. Firefighters talked to kids about not being affraid if a firefighter approaches or calls out their name in attempt to help them if there's ever a fire at their home.

Here is Mia on her 1st day of school. She started Headstart on the 8th but I haven't had time to update my blog. Mia was good and ready to be back. She was especially glad to reunite with her friends.

Kendra started school 2 weeks before Mia but she looked very pretty here I had to take a picture of them together.

Baby Shower Cake

Elisa likes to brag about me all the time, but she too has been staying very busy. In fact, this has been one of her busiest months so far. She has already sold four cakes this month, with one more coming up next week. As busy as she has been, she still made time to bake her mom a cake for her birthday and hopefully (fingers crossed) a tres leches cake for me on my birthday...hint, hint... Great Job Elisa, I am very proud of you.

Trace Adkins and Cohesion

I know it's not a good picture but you "can" see Buck on the left singing along with the rest of the group and of course Trace Adkins, one of country music favorite singer. It was an unbeliveable event according to Buck. Even as he was standing on stage staring at the crowd; he couldn't believe he was actually there singing with "TRACE ADKINS". The feeling was mutual. The view from where we were standing was amazing. I yelled "Way to go Buck, Way to go Cohesion!" I mean of course we loved Trace but in reality I was there to see Buck perform.

4th of July Celebration

I found this cake over the internet and decided I could duplicate it for our barbecue at the church. I enjoyed baking and decorating it. I couldn't believe how simple it was. The hardest part was trying to keep Joshua away from it. He kept trying to lick the frosting off.

Here is Joshua mesmerized by the sparkles. We spent the 4th with our church family. Pastor Juan and some of the men cooked alot of food. We had rib eyes, pork ribs, venison, hamburgers, hotdogs, hot wings, and I'm sure I'm missing alot more. Shortly after eating we enjoyed an amazing firework display sponsored by one of our local grocery store owners. It seems like every year it lasts longer and ends with a bigger blast than the year before. We hope your 4th was just as fun as ours.

Another baseball season ends once again. Here is Kendra with not only her dad but her coach. After the game on Monday, we drove down to Pizza Hut and enjoyed a great meal along with all the team of kids and coaches, team mom and some parents. Buck also surprised the kids with their own medal. Even though coach pitch is still a learning league, Buck felt like showing his appreciation to the kids for their hard work.

Father's Day 2009

After a long hour setting Buck's new tent up, I was able to take a picture of Buck beside it. The tent sat in it's bag for a month because of the rain. Everytime his days off came along it rained. The whole family spend the night in it last night, we watched a movie, until we all fell asleep. It was fun, we had never camped out in a tent ever, except for Buck. The girls loved it so we are sleeping in it again tonight.

Joshua's 2nd Birthday

My little baby boy turned 2 years June 1st. We had his birthday party yesterday. Here are some pictures of his party. Of course it was raining and cold so we had to be inside through out the whole thing. His party started at 3pm and he decided to take a nap around 4pm, so we placed everything on hold until he was ready and refreshed. 2 hours later the party resumed as scheduled. I guess we just have to expect anything with little ones. He had fun playing with his cousins and enjoying his new toys. Can't wait til next year.