tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28693558933227081982024-03-19T14:48:52.973-07:00.CASA BATISTA Established 1998Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-8696688104349143122011-06-16T07:47:00.000-07:002011-06-16T08:08:06.225-07:00From the Desert to the Mountains!This week we came to Utah to visit the Clarks and to shop around a few stores (Fun Fun!). Melany and I are very excited to move into our new home in Clearfield, UT. The kids, however, enjoyed swimming with their cousins at Seven Peaks and riding Go-Karts at Trafalga much more than they did visiting furniture stores with mom and dad. Shocker!<div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8_NI4UbAJoooEiDTtqe8Nac8ufV8B2mRxoZc2HAkg8Ikcl1u7DEiqGqR45tSPHJjIv3zjU8tDDcL1OoV_uXBZ9neiDY8fDbYcK0E_OwdqqA-ntcKTuGNZADdtGsdLihRoGqG0CTHFdY/s200/IMG_0225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618834421882917314" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58T5_6uCMMoif5H9YD3Uo5DDC8HR8CE40Fot7yqDGVteHybOwWH2zF-_8IUObtyVduBpjMshdtqsFFcQqc3bcnScB_zK4i8VPIoFPhEku-sDv3zY7s0CkgWjaDqLVtZX06CmVuTE7Szc/s1600/IMG_0223.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58T5_6uCMMoif5H9YD3Uo5DDC8HR8CE40Fot7yqDGVteHybOwWH2zF-_8IUObtyVduBpjMshdtqsFFcQqc3bcnScB_zK4i8VPIoFPhEku-sDv3zY7s0CkgWjaDqLVtZX06CmVuTE7Szc/s200/IMG_0223.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618834410088178290" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9nwbU8RLuSCPTlnwsVpajZTTKZhnPum8xKI6BMVQ1QaVddDG48O5B9NGQKyH04FNYKnVXNLQ_5ckBheobGUIL1oGYNT0xnGGuvV0ua7gurxT9vmbHzD_iVdI14ASKX3tqQcTWsYftqY/s1600/IMG_0219.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk5A-hfdy5uDwC0PHue276PI5X3ntvAhlLpKBuL6NnTqUNyerFsaU1ov2ldwMWfpTnSgoiLEVD0y4RqF-jjcfVWlUxc1pwWsMddxcTgvyKq1pLfr0pcMZbvK4-YS4W4oMDsnTHiAYR6U/s200/IMG_0208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618833652554619250" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGnfWMJJLoH4d5Du43KL8FQ-gfcf9ZFu_Op-3CKucin0XhUgwnLIHiRXceffwePd1yyfpS4iX0HvH3fEXk5Gtp6fsS0SiglcyXdCA0MWUgN-pENJ1R5DvhfQqiXZRkNCQ34iArSDjybw/s1600/IMG_0195.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGnfWMJJLoH4d5Du43KL8FQ-gfcf9ZFu_Op-3CKucin0XhUgwnLIHiRXceffwePd1yyfpS4iX0HvH3fEXk5Gtp6fsS0SiglcyXdCA0MWUgN-pENJ1R5DvhfQqiXZRkNCQ34iArSDjybw/s200/IMG_0195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618833643709155026" /></a></div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-8391148130462277032011-04-06T00:26:00.000-07:002011-04-07T20:29:38.833-07:00Life can change in a blink of an eye!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>How can I start this... we are moving... again! That will make 4 states in less than a year! I know sounds very crazy. It all started a little over a year ago with a diagnosis of Optic Neuritis. After that diagnosis and the finding of some lesions after an MRI, I was told that I had a 90 percent chance of developing MS. I believe I have had other flair ups which would constitute MS, although not officially diagnosed by a doctor. Anyways, my first Neurologist recommended that I start injections of a medication that usually will put MS in remission or at least reduce the flair ups. In lame man's terms MS is your body attacking your nervous system and it can rear its ugly head in a million different ways. So since I would like my nervous system to function as well as possible, I took the recommendation only to find out that our student insurance didn't cover the medication that costs $3000 a month... I was a little, OK a lot shocked with all the news and so, instead of sticking around OK another year while Diego completely finished up his PHD, he started applying to ANY job that he was qualified for and that offered better health benefits. Well, the first job that worked out was a job teaching at a Charter High School south of San Francisco. So we made the move to San Jose and quickly realized that between the commute and expenses, we probably weren't going to stay there a very long time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Then a job in Las Vegas came along... a great job, although at a 2 year college, we were happy with it. So we moved to Las Vegas in January, anxious to have Diego home a little, OK a LOT more! It seemed to be great, but Diego felt it was a little lacking at times and not very challenging. We just continued to plug along happy with where we are, patiently waiting for our house to sell in Oklahoma so that we could buy a house in Vegas. It had been on the market for about 6 months and well, maybe I wasn't as patient as I should have been. Then we got an offer! Woo hoo it was accepted and we were thrilled for it to close.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Then the craziness began. Diego got an email from Weber State University in Utah wondering if he was still interested in a position that he had applied for over 5 months previous. He said yes, and I chuckled thinking that nothing would come of it. He had a Skype interview and then was contacted and told that he was chosen as one of the finalists and they wanted to fly him out to show him the campus and for an official interview... they thought he was still in OK and were a little confused that he suggested maybe he could just drive since I would probably like to come along to visit my sister, who lives in Utah. Once they realized the confusion the Dept Chair agreed to reimburse him for the mileage and driving would work out fine. So we made the trip. </div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVi3XSuW37YiWYZM082LAIvgLFkk0r0BkICy3xEH8b1sgnBmxLdmeUCSurHvrpkUlPJPbxlyVQ3vjy_0q-B_yfCA4aNDNwUjdmBOGR9stCyZjkjtWS5rsPCBqfAWxP1Em2nDMbpd3ty0/s320/ogden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593042284235634370" /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My wonderful sister kept the kids so that I could spend the 2 nights in Ogden with Diego. They invited me to come along on the tour of the campus and city and dinner and reception with the other faculty members. It is a great place and, despite snowy winters, I felt like it would be a great place for our family. His official interview was last Friday and when the Dept. chair dropped him off at the hotel he told him that they would meet on Monday to make a decision, turn the name into the Dean and hopefully know by Friday. I was shocked on Tuesday morning when Diego called me and said "I got it." I was confused and asked "got what?"...of course he was talking about the job! So after listing pros and cons, not really many cons, thought, and prayer we agreed that we should take it. His contract starts in July, but he won't start teaching until the end of August. I know that Diego will be so much happier being able to teach at a University where he will have the opportunity to teach upper division courses, will be required to publish and enjoy the commadery of being part of an official Foreign Language Dept. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>All I have to say is that this last year has been quite a whirl wind!! I am so grateful for a positive husband, an all-knowing Father in Heaven, and wonderful children who roll with the punches!! My health is good right now and I feel like, although numbness here and there and sometimes electric shocks through my body, the daily injections are helping and hopefully will continue to keep things under control. I just had an MRI, and am schedule to have a lumbar puncture in a couple of weeks, NOT thrilled about that, so hopefully my DR. will be able to see what is going on and if the MS has progressed. I am really going to miss Vegas and the great friends that we have made in just a few short months. We have truly been very happy here. I must admit that I am very excited to be closer to my sister and some wonderful friends and cousins. The kids are excited to be closer to family too. So these next few months will be crazy, filled with house hunting, checking into schools, and just the normal insanity that our family of 7 is used to!!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To top it all off, the best news of the year is that Diego will be defending his dissertation on May 6th and be done with his doctoral degree and school forever ...maybe!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oGA46NhiDJcMYwJs7J7bu4TMK5fK489TeyLwjqzjAdiVI4DhtZCnvRJ4f_WY3pJFdlKFE7cpFSOaqb-l1ihSMEjREMuBBKi6NhSZBte21tKfGarfpFhQnF6rAU4AScViYPgqUyzNkP8/s320/Weber+State.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593044885031544802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px; " /></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-80301034787725967802011-03-23T15:21:00.000-07:002011-03-24T16:43:18.615-07:00Welcome back!It's been a looooong time since my wife posted anything on our blog! I decided to wait over a year to see if she would pick it up but it doesn't look like she will. Who can blame her? I mean, five children should keep you busy 24/7. I bet after everyone is in bed, the last thing she wants to do is go online and write a new post (why choose that over a good round of bejeweled!). So I guess I'm taking over for a while. I'm not really writing anything special today I just wanted to post a picture of our kids so you guys can see how big they've gotten (is that even the right past participle?). Anyway, life is good! We are busy! We moved to Vegas in January...looking to move to Utah this year, maybe, who knows! I think three moves in one year should be in the Record Guinness book! Either way, we'll (try to) keep you in the loop! <div><br /></div><div>If you stopped reading our blog, I hope this gets you hooked again. I'm hoping it does it for me!</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWKXT2fzi4qIqFeeplQVlh3kzstLB0K-eWBp05vPireWmGDEwqHAAP8Flcp55HZOuSl0CPxfDTifIQKA1iu7XLXQSMrkfux1IYw8pdKXhwKNhHGd2VOYwrM0DhXysckPHlWFU1vg2c-g/s320/melany+and+I.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587407595078437858" /><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVgfcccrhAliLczUClIDz3rbVk5zLFwYpaxVCAvdUrH3EVDivmPoelfUzpOD1CjI3cubtJE4lGwORItHbISePAerbCIV0cY7_5Ywy_ZAzeXLO9UJRTU0KEcNVc_P4RvKmVHvVzhyphenhyphenXQMg/s320/family2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587407591227126034" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4t6aAYFq6wi2dmHkPTOdd7gn-yd5zVQeBv4ehywtlkh2V-MfWBLvVN2TvEayiK3RZ9mXCe6145Q2OOHut2_HnqzvfhSXaEJEzylHcvrgUjO1Yd6CUFo10Reg-Mid3PZOe-0j62pIuD4/s320/family1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587407577386939666" /><div><br /></div><div>'Til then, hold on tight....life is a bumpy ride!</div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-62806240843592758272009-12-13T19:00:00.000-08:002009-12-13T21:12:26.775-08:00Long time no blog!<p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414936440361270178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBjYcP1hi6DR1SMOQ50ERU6w57TEeObM841IdDcODv5IKaZK8hHsVesKVugVFchoSCkp3pmRHUDWWACNUVdRP1jvcfmHo9XzzLlDEJZE4AawNqPEhnB5cR6WiDUqBtqq8PylQcuaQ8hs/s320/IMG_0095.JPG" /></p><div align="center">O.K. so I am going to write this as quickly as possible so that I don't get distracted!! Just some updates so that I have them written down. I have been a terrible blogger and it makes me so sad because I love going back and reading past blogs. I guess I could title this as "My Christmas Letter" IF I was going to send one out! No, really I love to blog so that my kids and myself can look back and read about the past!</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbpapWNBiYobEC7xSDXQ9z-hXg0du6fY_qHWcIVLC1pr81XKt1sDTfO-dpUVW_fVOeopSShs0DxuAFkOpPG8jtH9HaglYsJ56cKLcD6U2U6MgQlEe5Is07Ox-jNFG7YM5rVJ3Izb6PX4/s1600-h/IMG_0113.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414936459280076946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbpapWNBiYobEC7xSDXQ9z-hXg0du6fY_qHWcIVLC1pr81XKt1sDTfO-dpUVW_fVOeopSShs0DxuAFkOpPG8jtH9HaglYsJ56cKLcD6U2U6MgQlEe5Is07Ox-jNFG7YM5rVJ3Izb6PX4/s320/IMG_0113.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Lauryn and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aitana</span> both learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels. I had it all planned out in my head...Lauryn hasn't been real interested in learning so I thought if <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aitana</span> got it she would be a little jealous and want to try...sure enough <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aitana</span> picked it right up and Lauryn said "when are you going to take my training wheels off?" Then Lauryn picked it right up...yeah! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHv5WiBkLRTSkgpRM9KuhYoY6jZj6U5KXu19l0Lnp1aG0j8iBZrJKwu0yO1ExYjurlsaj8yYBt4mNo6b9VapwB9DiwarB0r6VSfOp2tskrOA3HnX0hxQNIY0hYfo58JgPJw4_1XXWaZ5Y/s1600-h/IMG_0185.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414936470477284498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHv5WiBkLRTSkgpRM9KuhYoY6jZj6U5KXu19l0Lnp1aG0j8iBZrJKwu0yO1ExYjurlsaj8yYBt4mNo6b9VapwB9DiwarB0r6VSfOp2tskrOA3HnX0hxQNIY0hYfo58JgPJw4_1XXWaZ5Y/s320/IMG_0185.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">Jacob is my champ! He has been babysitting for us. I know he is only 9, but I think that he handles things better than me sometimes! The first time that we left him for longer than 10 minutes was for parent teacher conferences. To our surprise when we got home he had done the dishes and both Ryan and Lila were asleep! We were shocked...needless to say he has done more babysitting lately. Jacob is so <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">responsible</span> and does so well in school. He loves music. He is now, on top of taking viola lessons, taking piano lessons. He also really loves playing the recorder at school which cracks me up!! Then he is in the 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> and 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> grade honor choir and was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">chosen</span> to be in the district wide Circle the State with Song Concert. I think they choose 5-8 kids from each school. I never have to push him to do his homework or get his projects done (maybe because he can't play any video games or have any screen time until it is all done.) Last month Jacob was diagnosed with Benign <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rolandic</span> Epilepsy. He had some seizures while he slept so the Dr's had an EEG done on him and that was the diagnosis that the Neurologist gave. He is now on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">meds</span> and hasn't had another seizure! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhtezRy4CdY2zU-FMgt85or1B3o6TWaFWB_QgtIXzvoSQGRR61ogH-BiM5sbh8H4lhesAqDTQy4kGTpRCJJpR1JMS51LlkLpvXnbQlw0Tz4-_uAoDzfEhy7VoFOOGgroOTI_Doms9g_o/s1600-h/IMG_0104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414936446495102210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhtezRy4CdY2zU-FMgt85or1B3o6TWaFWB_QgtIXzvoSQGRR61ogH-BiM5sbh8H4lhesAqDTQy4kGTpRCJJpR1JMS51LlkLpvXnbQlw0Tz4-_uAoDzfEhy7VoFOOGgroOTI_Doms9g_o/s320/IMG_0104.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Lauryn is my little authoress. At PT conferences her teacher told us that they were <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">writ ting</span> books that would be published (well put into book form). She asked each child to write 4 pages....Lauryn ended up with 12, with illustrations! She loves to read and write. Friday she brought home a story that the teacher laminated and I had to cut the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">lamination</span> open because the teacher didn't realize that she had written on the front AND the back so what was supposed to be a one page story ended up being a 4 and 1/2 page story. I am very proud of her. She is my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">snuggler</span> and I love when she cuddles up to me. She usually has a book in her hand and loves the books that Diego picks out for her at the library. I think that she is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">finally</span> over the Junie B. Jones series. She read each book about 3 times! She loves the American Girl series and was very touched by the Addy books which were based in the time of slavery.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbgP4dro-6Hx0lBiy-7cM_6uJqoatnUzta7TXwo-w70RhemTVv0omFW88CxDl9rWlfpxUmhgsdgO9aaJINi4VLlOpxCVT62YY-up1CmiCffvQ7VawMVmISvcprKwj821KOTaYafYFVFA/s1600-h/IMG_0063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414938640142561890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbgP4dro-6Hx0lBiy-7cM_6uJqoatnUzta7TXwo-w70RhemTVv0omFW88CxDl9rWlfpxUmhgsdgO9aaJINi4VLlOpxCVT62YY-up1CmiCffvQ7VawMVmISvcprKwj821KOTaYafYFVFA/s320/IMG_0063.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aitana</span> is our social butterfly. (Most like me of all my kids probably...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">orneriness</span> and all!) At PT conferences her teacher told us about her little click. She said that there are 3 boys and 3 girls that do everything together and one of them is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aitana</span>. She has informed me that Dane (who is also part of the group) is her boyfriend. GREAT! She had a few issues with kissing boys when she first started kindergarten, but we've got that all taken care of thank goodness! She always wants friends over to play and is always trying to keep up with Jacob and Lauryn. If I compliment her on something she asks if she does it better than Lauryn. She makes us laugh on a daily basis and makes us cry on a daily basis! :) She is reading very well and loves to read to me. She loves the Dick and Jane books.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJaGiKOf4yyXP-rpE8ad38DgWPOt-T7B6kzz5VKCzzpStsVwSbW4K2cUH1NbLzthyphenhyphensxou22ulVUvUFivOAJPP_8QwPBA9wtQB_-NUzvknJz8m6WkEcQV0nRcy_2SHnKtyc-lFl5i1LOs/s1600-h/IMG_0100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414936476981615426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJaGiKOf4yyXP-rpE8ad38DgWPOt-T7B6kzz5VKCzzpStsVwSbW4K2cUH1NbLzthyphenhyphensxou22ulVUvUFivOAJPP_8QwPBA9wtQB_-NUzvknJz8m6WkEcQV0nRcy_2SHnKtyc-lFl5i1LOs/s320/IMG_0100.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ryan is our Toy Story/ Star Wars <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">addict</span>! He wants to watch Toy Story 2 every morning. (The terrible mother that I am I usually let him!) Then we try to not have the TV on the rest of the day, which is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sometimes</span> a struggle. He is going to a speech pathologist because I was worried about his articulation. She says that he doesn't have any major issues and that with a few sessions he should get better. She said that the sounds that he has problems with M, W, B, and P are usually some of kids first sounds so she thinks it's a little odd because the other sounds that kids with speech issues usually struggle with aren't a problem. He is a very sweet boy and very independent. At church he walks himself to nursery and a lot of times he wants to walk to the bus to get the kids by himself! (That doesn't happen) Ryan loves his big brother and gets so excited when he gets home from school.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_9Mei2OfFJYjhyphenhyphenUK5xy4U1_HrUZKBR8HS3mg4MnaY952gTqhoocWUrroA3lUnsjoxSzhyUum7nYt2R5fhXnMdOdI0PgZIlUYr7obwiUydD8KefoO3kjVO1qBe0T6z_UL7IFaC2Tj-IQ/s1600-h/IMG_0186.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414938643071754770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_9Mei2OfFJYjhyphenhyphenUK5xy4U1_HrUZKBR8HS3mg4MnaY952gTqhoocWUrroA3lUnsjoxSzhyUum7nYt2R5fhXnMdOdI0PgZIlUYr7obwiUydD8KefoO3kjVO1qBe0T6z_UL7IFaC2Tj-IQ/s320/IMG_0186.JPG" /></a></p><div align="center">Lila is such a sweetie. She makes us all smile! She is walking now and I think that she tries to say baby...sounds more like DD. None of the other kids made sounds that resembled words this soon so maybe it is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">because</span> she has so many people talking to her all the time. She HATES the car, which can make my life a little crazy since I spend so much time in it! I am hoping that she will grow out of it sometime soon! My mom got her a little baby doll and stroller for her 1st birthday and it is so cute when she give it loves and says "DD". We are so blessed to have her in our family. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXQGR9MUpLUN97EThnAE9ktveXgx1nz6p5sM4cZLIYuwibQn3Opw7cOusjkjUIVAr-amjbpR8xIMXcu2UGmnsS3afP_b1CzuewddMCJC3X2LX9tYLBqI7e8RVIKAYH2X3UmLX1Sp_FWI/s1600-h/IMG_0076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414938652397716818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXQGR9MUpLUN97EThnAE9ktveXgx1nz6p5sM4cZLIYuwibQn3Opw7cOusjkjUIVAr-amjbpR8xIMXcu2UGmnsS3afP_b1CzuewddMCJC3X2LX9tYLBqI7e8RVIKAYH2X3UmLX1Sp_FWI/s320/IMG_0076.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div><br /></div><div align="center">What can I say about my awesome husband Diego. He works his tail off!! At home and at work. He has been teaching 3 classes at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">OU</span> while working on his dissertation, and trying to keep his crazy wife happy! His dissertation is going well, but I'm sure not progressing as fast as he would like because he spends so much time with us. We are so blessed to have such a great dad in the house. He has applied to about 10-15 Spanish faculty jobs so now it is a waiting game. We decided that he wouldn't apply to the ones in the mid west or east coast because then if something opened up on the west coast we would want to move and well moving isn't our favorite thing to do. We'll just wait it out here in OK if he doesn't get one of the jobs on the west coast that he applied for. I was very impressed by the letters of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">recommendation</span> that he was given by the Department head, and 2 other faculty members. He works hard and is a very talented teacher and I know that everyone that he works with can see that. He was given an online class to teach next semester so that will be nice that he will only have to be on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">campus</span> to teach the other 2 classes. He is also taking an accelerated Portuguese class for Spanish speakers next semester. He is going to kill me when he reads this, but I can't brag about him enough. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YLhLH7faOUFkOof7q44gGsx55gyeOt1WyGCqDadqCTF4zT5T1FkqMBAMsplJjeyz3KgGAUZA26WzefStefSBrCcNPeSRXpWHuBDrEGdFOh9wECzHlGapQ3ZRV8IZZ6zO-AMCcWsVxo4/s1600-h/Melany+and+Lila.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414953924962695522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YLhLH7faOUFkOof7q44gGsx55gyeOt1WyGCqDadqCTF4zT5T1FkqMBAMsplJjeyz3KgGAUZA26WzefStefSBrCcNPeSRXpWHuBDrEGdFOh9wECzHlGapQ3ZRV8IZZ6zO-AMCcWsVxo4/s320/Melany+and+Lila.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I am the same....crazy mom of 5! I love it and wouldn't change my life for anything. I am so blessed! I sometimes have a hard time balancing it all which leads to eating fast food, but I'm working on that! I can't update much about myself because I am the same as always! Love to talk on the phone, go on dates with my hubby, and play on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">FB</span>. I AM going to try to be a better blogger, but I won't keep my fingers crossed!</p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-48438898167185851672009-08-07T19:25:00.001-07:002009-08-07T19:44:35.866-07:00Lauryn's Baptism<div align="center"> Last Sunday my sweet Lauryn was baptised! It was a sweet night even though I was wrestling my 2 year old the entire time! It's so amazing how fast kids grow up. My mom worked her bootie off and sewed two beautiful dresses. She is amazing!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_Gr12Py7ltFBwg2N4dpmJKZKW-9r-McRafew5azQ-sVCDjtJvod2WRMxQjeXb82C1De9qMhqKDRXxF9Oai3gDdSZgb3anakDKBg9qIVatzhyQHW3V3cS54-VSjBlPpWotBsbCgowVSs/s1600-h/Lauryns_Baptism+(10).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416246599650530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_Gr12Py7ltFBwg2N4dpmJKZKW-9r-McRafew5azQ-sVCDjtJvod2WRMxQjeXb82C1De9qMhqKDRXxF9Oai3gDdSZgb3anakDKBg9qIVatzhyQHW3V3cS54-VSjBlPpWotBsbCgowVSs/s320/Lauryns_Baptism+(10).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdGaNmDHDmzOnVtD9283EhYvPh2mbAt1U0GBXWgoZ-y-CH0siHz9Ncyec0-moOwP4AK04TaHXMzhEZbLK9B_42Ne0T8tMyB44803MueF8HXxHJciKKN7AZwY4j_oX53wiK3VfRP551jY/s1600-h/Lauryns_Baptism+(13).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416249821636450" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdGaNmDHDmzOnVtD9283EhYvPh2mbAt1U0GBXWgoZ-y-CH0siHz9Ncyec0-moOwP4AK04TaHXMzhEZbLK9B_42Ne0T8tMyB44803MueF8HXxHJciKKN7AZwY4j_oX53wiK3VfRP551jY/s320/Lauryns_Baptism+(13).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98fl3I_ahW1UT2axvDa3oLJ3Zju-yb6NKr4fOXtQzapz7Suw9ukO8jre8RqSqKBdzZEopPGi7rk_fsELhUPSuwUiluGGT6xEHA1ELQxd0Gdl6KsqpzOlNXg0g1WGsuDIm9rZMcTTyiRA/s1600-h/Lauryns_Baptism+(8).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416277280249314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98fl3I_ahW1UT2axvDa3oLJ3Zju-yb6NKr4fOXtQzapz7Suw9ukO8jre8RqSqKBdzZEopPGi7rk_fsELhUPSuwUiluGGT6xEHA1ELQxd0Gdl6KsqpzOlNXg0g1WGsuDIm9rZMcTTyiRA/s320/Lauryns_Baptism+(8).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzhxGPEoTL63Con_elyeXK8CQrFVDIwk9ICMKxd8xbJQYSadcBOs6O5OoiYlAIuY-H33i4gyKOQrbQiVJOG2zwMIX1arHhY2m0bsh6VySueRVkUDCADYbwHjYxeqPVSU-GZ19TlbU3OU/s1600-h/Lauryns_Baptism+(25).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367416266483419202" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzhxGPEoTL63Con_elyeXK8CQrFVDIwk9ICMKxd8xbJQYSadcBOs6O5OoiYlAIuY-H33i4gyKOQrbQiVJOG2zwMIX1arHhY2m0bsh6VySueRVkUDCADYbwHjYxeqPVSU-GZ19TlbU3OU/s320/Lauryns_Baptism+(25).jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lkaCRum0G7rtTmqpse9cF5LCwp6kgI079k535PT84Xs21LD2RByObXAMvFeul5qKwKdh1siaswJuSD7tECAKt5xusO_ZoQHRyXDNwbD1-uKQ9ScwT4Z0HxhaE9Nv6UTXDrKJQbfvCh4/s1600-h/Lauryns_Baptism+(22).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367417924625691170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lkaCRum0G7rtTmqpse9cF5LCwp6kgI079k535PT84Xs21LD2RByObXAMvFeul5qKwKdh1siaswJuSD7tECAKt5xusO_ZoQHRyXDNwbD1-uKQ9ScwT4Z0HxhaE9Nv6UTXDrKJQbfvCh4/s320/Lauryns_Baptism+(22).jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-48312686619790977502009-07-14T23:00:00.000-07:002009-07-15T08:02:59.068-07:00Up and coming photographer!Just a few of the awesome pictures that my step niece Andria took of our family. She has been taking photo classes and did such a great job! I love the photos. Here are a few of my favs.<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzc-PyVK5dJ0vMEZEL2tweb1QjGyMKUgWsoFHEO_jDuO_ZvEaIDDrElsScQdNQkcOOdJ_nxaCB4LM0pDwgWmKYBro2UNYtkQVfPo27-_V7xgQeZp1iTpkIAk_eTksCvRj9mCmQfnmXgU/s1600-h/_MG_7011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358569156262928754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzc-PyVK5dJ0vMEZEL2tweb1QjGyMKUgWsoFHEO_jDuO_ZvEaIDDrElsScQdNQkcOOdJ_nxaCB4LM0pDwgWmKYBro2UNYtkQVfPo27-_V7xgQeZp1iTpkIAk_eTksCvRj9mCmQfnmXgU/s320/_MG_7011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoPxLnmmOc9OvQaJ389PDfwU0DwW4zfwe4fr-kWvNsVSjpwfH9BVhG8TTRJBffiIaGvF_otIE_FCyX2_zOA4WShkuLUxMu1rXSyY2fFTUEZCmrsr0HS1DXA2mtK-gUY8tcw0AVXR3SRQ/s1600-h/_MG_7053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358567075280739922" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoPxLnmmOc9OvQaJ389PDfwU0DwW4zfwe4fr-kWvNsVSjpwfH9BVhG8TTRJBffiIaGvF_otIE_FCyX2_zOA4WShkuLUxMu1rXSyY2fFTUEZCmrsr0HS1DXA2mtK-gUY8tcw0AVXR3SRQ/s320/_MG_7053.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgad26D4JKdsDk5Dp5thKH4DWCsDc8y7Kpu3eXnFzcs-MA4_tfMceUwyBPq70sPNmG1TVazDtA7jl-nKm0ZI2cwQq_kKJsqVuzFOYVhLctmFM9g00s1Zl-uI_AjB9i9-dhi1KFLYCKcU/s1600-h/_MG_7058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358565090295674754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgad26D4JKdsDk5Dp5thKH4DWCsDc8y7Kpu3eXnFzcs-MA4_tfMceUwyBPq70sPNmG1TVazDtA7jl-nKm0ZI2cwQq_kKJsqVuzFOYVhLctmFM9g00s1Zl-uI_AjB9i9-dhi1KFLYCKcU/s320/_MG_7058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKI7csgdDUHrMY7IoOQ0kPb6SyMa5PFFtrL08jc_ylI1KlNwsz5BWCeeSRwoqm-p6lERqBs3y0wbkD1EklaVW-plm_hqNAlaZ_1RSvGMqZ-BEIAQ5Q90DZX-2qG1IBVwSs8CVSM-V3H6I/s1600-h/_MG_6934.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358565109012070338" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKI7csgdDUHrMY7IoOQ0kPb6SyMa5PFFtrL08jc_ylI1KlNwsz5BWCeeSRwoqm-p6lERqBs3y0wbkD1EklaVW-plm_hqNAlaZ_1RSvGMqZ-BEIAQ5Q90DZX-2qG1IBVwSs8CVSM-V3H6I/s320/_MG_6934.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sFsEpcFwqIKtZ_slQDIOWDqxS1l_uEGx3KOql3fC4P0_OLDUTl0qHABrv6T0ZQDJQ3VhAyDeGmFR1RTgW-nr97h-RMx9uE-ixw2MQCSFH1Bpi5v0cLWNMxGve3Es9KgiRBPTBPGNgVc/s1600-h/_MG_6810.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358565114630240770" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sFsEpcFwqIKtZ_slQDIOWDqxS1l_uEGx3KOql3fC4P0_OLDUTl0qHABrv6T0ZQDJQ3VhAyDeGmFR1RTgW-nr97h-RMx9uE-ixw2MQCSFH1Bpi5v0cLWNMxGve3Es9KgiRBPTBPGNgVc/s320/_MG_6810.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpR_Z2kosx_ZcK30ML9cUskqgIx463PuoXGg_3MIe1RQ85Hh1qI8026Ph-jLzRBV6eALvIRUR4UDY7tccxcZD913LovxXomVPKobwIv_GSBlRWYn6ktu8OPVrPqEx_hwEx-NfriXE9SA/s1600-h/_MG_6966.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358565103681015410" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpR_Z2kosx_ZcK30ML9cUskqgIx463PuoXGg_3MIe1RQ85Hh1qI8026Ph-jLzRBV6eALvIRUR4UDY7tccxcZD913LovxXomVPKobwIv_GSBlRWYn6ktu8OPVrPqEx_hwEx-NfriXE9SA/s320/_MG_6966.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnFbKngo8Ma0DGmdTsVudejnbuS6Vkzw4MDoKiP9DJ9J89sykhtDb6KLdksorUtsGxvPdkp3p-_oI9Q2gl_N1_wr0Nt_kyxdqClkPMvXzzOer0PzcvsylwQ2CwJSSqQEzq5-IHy7K68Q/s1600-h/_MG_7020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358565098700186098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnFbKngo8Ma0DGmdTsVudejnbuS6Vkzw4MDoKiP9DJ9J89sykhtDb6KLdksorUtsGxvPdkp3p-_oI9Q2gl_N1_wr0Nt_kyxdqClkPMvXzzOer0PzcvsylwQ2CwJSSqQEzq5-IHy7K68Q/s320/_MG_7020.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-3601725058469032682009-06-02T19:20:00.000-07:002009-06-02T19:51:36.952-07:00Happy Birthday AitanaWell another birthday down!! Starting in January we have one every other month in our house until July. Then we get a break until Lila's in December. May was Aitana's month. I can't believe that she is 5. It seems like yesterday that she would start crying at 4 pm and wouldn't stop until 9pm!! She sure makes us laugh so I guess she is making up for it. I love this girl! She wanted a Barbie Diamond Castle tea party. The invitations were Diamond Castle and that was about it!!! We tried to find her a Diamond Castle dress, but they aren't in stores anymore so we were bummed...thanks to Taryn who called a few days after the party from TJMax and said that they had them so she picked one up for Aitana. Thank you again. Anyways the cupcake plate was supposed to look like a castle. Diego did a pretty great job...I leave all the creative things in the house to him!!! The girls loved the tea party. Who doesn't like chocolate covered strawberries!! I took a couple of great pics of all the girls together, but my dumb camera said that it couldn't read the file...argh!!<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EwXKRZqjlNUimW7hrCF0wkqstQmcCz6hTT2iG2kFOILQc6TTtUZdnUVWsqa9kGplXu6UVM0v0IoxNTOXJH1ZyXfL-lN9Vy6w2pCqTu7yXj8zb68lk0HXe9MJhcArp4lDTfkVnwKKJz0/s1600-h/100_5760.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923229875956946" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EwXKRZqjlNUimW7hrCF0wkqstQmcCz6hTT2iG2kFOILQc6TTtUZdnUVWsqa9kGplXu6UVM0v0IoxNTOXJH1ZyXfL-lN9Vy6w2pCqTu7yXj8zb68lk0HXe9MJhcArp4lDTfkVnwKKJz0/s320/100_5760.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG7CE29pR0Ml-ZWF1FCHGXouWTpH6J0xUk6ZWQbkBiM_7PvTold_Edhk6Jd_5_gYpuFYYpq0IVdw_qi-0gK5rj4Urf_aIuBHwnBM1vb8u7BEzXHBrB68rK9Wol2nTaiTdhzhTkwaK8P0/s1600-h/100_5763.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923235606597266" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG7CE29pR0Ml-ZWF1FCHGXouWTpH6J0xUk6ZWQbkBiM_7PvTold_Edhk6Jd_5_gYpuFYYpq0IVdw_qi-0gK5rj4Urf_aIuBHwnBM1vb8u7BEzXHBrB68rK9Wol2nTaiTdhzhTkwaK8P0/s320/100_5763.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">I just love the princess hands!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyxUvcjR13fgB9beDXg8UPVcJTUVAZuQTlXSJ6cQ4u5KNxMJvWtLXWHyf4bAM8JvPrGVmJZBruiu010rulKWW3STT-wxojNfJpmKBv8EMzInwGvovrcJJ2VId_xBY6V13dCMVMauhq7g/s1600-h/100_5765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923237091223874" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyxUvcjR13fgB9beDXg8UPVcJTUVAZuQTlXSJ6cQ4u5KNxMJvWtLXWHyf4bAM8JvPrGVmJZBruiu010rulKWW3STT-wxojNfJpmKBv8EMzInwGvovrcJJ2VId_xBY6V13dCMVMauhq7g/s320/100_5765.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5lGooszSVNaY33pCYSud8Ghp6LsI-bpHY2CTxPvwfmVR0kQ1WaEC4spAN0fut3p0kmJNspQ-upabdPYfhcJ7CY7ideovFKi1z2PIqe6qyJJW3HX3Kdx6I9ETre4v0zdvUYET4dsaqk/s1600-h/100_5753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923246402146306" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5lGooszSVNaY33pCYSud8Ghp6LsI-bpHY2CTxPvwfmVR0kQ1WaEC4spAN0fut3p0kmJNspQ-upabdPYfhcJ7CY7ideovFKi1z2PIqe6qyJJW3HX3Kdx6I9ETre4v0zdvUYET4dsaqk/s320/100_5753.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342923242867535138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWQCx61j4Tc7sYSjYfgcc7SN4LObnVkd8_b24ajzzlRWdkBglw_DvJ_BktJ8qlD5xNaZnfCl0TLJuycoB9PhXezIqfH_cwlInYeqCSSlgcHxP5dNztV4arn8r46pem5R6nWNT1r6JjXw/s320/100_5752.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The night after her birthday party she was already talking about her 6th birthday party...nothing like planning for the future!!</p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-28320888392756124592009-05-29T20:07:00.000-07:002009-05-29T20:12:33.748-07:00I love my boyTonight Diego is at the Father Daughter <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">camp out</span> with the girls so I put Ryan and Lila to bed and Jacob made us dinner. He wanted it to be a surprise and he said that he was going to make q<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">uesadillas</span>. So when I came in the kitchen and sat at the table he had cut mine in the shape of a heart. He is such a sweet boy and I love him so much. A memory I will cherish forever. Me and my boy eating heart shaped <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">quesadillas</span>...who could ask for anything more! I'm so lucky. Sorry no pics my camera is on the fritz!Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-4834671332897897052009-05-24T20:20:00.000-07:002009-05-24T20:44:35.312-07:00Lila My LoveI decided to try to feed Lila some cereal....<br /><div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHLSvGvVaYu4SDXlW6T5C0XU9jd6ApYRhc1oiP0H5j_5Drh9clkBPwpfvUN11DDmKtEbN950L2aXWUCQeEWSorDzE4-fjDXvhi6PATPVIpP_6x0NHSnkfFLmGA3X-d_1DRjfTAVDnqTE/s1600-h/100_5369.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339599272502401906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHLSvGvVaYu4SDXlW6T5C0XU9jd6ApYRhc1oiP0H5j_5Drh9clkBPwpfvUN11DDmKtEbN950L2aXWUCQeEWSorDzE4-fjDXvhi6PATPVIpP_6x0NHSnkfFLmGA3X-d_1DRjfTAVDnqTE/s320/100_5369.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div></div><div align="center">Didn't go so well!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUdmr2fzq9Nf-itH7YzLE1DWwjWjyafJhTGMLxjYDnluDCotivSogtoT4xc5fNj1GYQ9B7QhJMaS0R_9FBSkXyZo8V2Ab4BbIpErVdt_dLGoWRt9rv0E1oJJDMpKh-25fZQe56-g6jxg/s1600-h/100_5376.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339599276982771282" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUdmr2fzq9Nf-itH7YzLE1DWwjWjyafJhTGMLxjYDnluDCotivSogtoT4xc5fNj1GYQ9B7QhJMaS0R_9FBSkXyZo8V2Ab4BbIpErVdt_dLGoWRt9rv0E1oJJDMpKh-25fZQe56-g6jxg/s320/100_5376.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">She was still happy!</p><div></div><div align="center">Diego decided to let her taste his popsicle....<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ucgOewAKIz9XWry_r-hYQr3mR8DC29a42HoI_R-mkUAE1BrrjqtN3WylmyCFMtIZYECXmoGJtOR0cgrgpxV6gIXwB4BOhyphenhyphenVxkHaueMFoo3NTyFa0JtnvTyR5X1Gvy5kVbXXRyZQ1uWY/s1600-h/100_5357.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339599265025469778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ucgOewAKIz9XWry_r-hYQr3mR8DC29a42HoI_R-mkUAE1BrrjqtN3WylmyCFMtIZYECXmoGJtOR0cgrgpxV6gIXwB4BOhyphenhyphenVxkHaueMFoo3NTyFa0JtnvTyR5X1Gvy5kVbXXRyZQ1uWY/s320/100_5357.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">She was so fast that Diego couldn't stop her before she grabbed it and took a big bite!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_BE7xRCV0izAryn6RuymaBqKUoiE1hN08NeGvxJiCGQD0u0A9sou2HlLKrZiCsga-m70c8OMzJf3G6CJN4dIK3QhEjS8z2WPCffOoTL0DAxiUSZf74QNdKOqxdMOwVntgAx_Ffp2VN8/s1600-h/100_5360.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339599268121888418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_BE7xRCV0izAryn6RuymaBqKUoiE1hN08NeGvxJiCGQD0u0A9sou2HlLKrZiCsga-m70c8OMzJf3G6CJN4dIK3QhEjS8z2WPCffOoTL0DAxiUSZf74QNdKOqxdMOwVntgAx_Ffp2VN8/s320/100_5360.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">I think that she got a brain freeze!<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1JQhg3VoXcN1DkdSU6LBLySd_6t29nS0o2UsUGBLhMb4cELZBJ_DKEw-03DhuvIkkgeTZYeRIDvLPD6EQJyqTQJKfJeYwWGbVvkR-lq8pLl6z5umN3H338F4AJWho_MoC0hnncwVhJU/s1600-h/100_5608.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339599279362628450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1JQhg3VoXcN1DkdSU6LBLySd_6t29nS0o2UsUGBLhMb4cELZBJ_DKEw-03DhuvIkkgeTZYeRIDvLPD6EQJyqTQJKfJeYwWGbVvkR-lq8pLl6z5umN3H338F4AJWho_MoC0hnncwVhJU/s320/100_5608.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">We went to the school and had lunch with the kids on super kids day and Lila was the main attraction! Lauryn loved showing off her little sister. </div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-68060469511130853312009-05-20T06:40:00.000-07:002009-05-20T09:29:59.360-07:00Loaded Weapon and Diego's New JobThe title of this post has to do with Aitana. I just never know what is going to come out of her mouth and when. Last night we were getting into our car at a restaurant and there was a man in his car next to ours. He was talking on his cell phone with the window down and as Aitana walked by she looked into the window and said "YOU BETTER WATCH OUT MISTER!" then starts cracking up. I was a little shocked and was going to get on her, but then Diego started laughing and we all started laughing....a little random wouldn't you say!<br /><br />At Lauryn and Jacobs viola recital I asked her what instrument she wanted to play with a very serious face she looked at me and said "The Tuba." Well O.K. whatever floats you boat.<br /><br />What a blessing kids are to keep us laughing all the time...or yelling or crying...I sure love mine!<br /><div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Diegos new job!</strong></div><br /><div>Yep after years of school Diego finally found his dream job! Working the drive thru at McDonalds! Last night it was McTeachers night at McDonalds and Aitana had been begging to go (They put stickers on the kids at school to wear home so the kids remember to beg their parents)...thanks a lot. Anyways we weren't going to go, but time escaped me yesterday and I didn't have time to get my dinner together before Lauryn and Aitana's gymnastic recital so McDonalds it was!! Well for a school to do that fund raiser you have to have parents volunteer to help and our friend is the PTA president so he was working the drive thru. Another friend of ours was there too and he and Diego decided that it would be fun to help so they hopped behind the counter and went to work. I had to get Diego's attention by pointng to my watch so that we could go because I was past ready to go home and I think that the manager was really enjoying the free compitent help! When Diego came out he said "That was tooo much fun." He told us about a lady who drove thru with a huge cat in the seat next to her and that the cats name was Tiger. Wish I had seen it! Leave it to Diego to enjoy that...at least we have a plan B if he never gets a teaching job! HA HA</div><div></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP4Rqt90FH_Y45iKmqwjn_eH5NJXOo32wjyHaTLln7AXyIKySbAbOZo9d3JIa0CFh1fkzY6KZhM7OSoW_KnB_ChOeG0hu78Ts2c1Tw2TbTOhdWhbBedtT9NabiqWz0DRMGs_a_k-VmmQ/s1600-h/100_5712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337943136786551650" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP4Rqt90FH_Y45iKmqwjn_eH5NJXOo32wjyHaTLln7AXyIKySbAbOZo9d3JIa0CFh1fkzY6KZhM7OSoW_KnB_ChOeG0hu78Ts2c1Tw2TbTOhdWhbBedtT9NabiqWz0DRMGs_a_k-VmmQ/s320/100_5712.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYIcV504cyPq-KT7TAiQvq0aUwLvdNTX-7xmbxZkBwetj48sSd1YDmDpR3bJJ6sFhsN4lGgMqAeT_eOh3G4j9TyAiH6FAvxVLWpPrHERgRejjTtYP0jiFFSdV_i2YG613VNmtUI7wvnA/s1600-h/100_5711.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337943135660783362" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYIcV504cyPq-KT7TAiQvq0aUwLvdNTX-7xmbxZkBwetj48sSd1YDmDpR3bJJ6sFhsN4lGgMqAeT_eOh3G4j9TyAiH6FAvxVLWpPrHERgRejjTtYP0jiFFSdV_i2YG613VNmtUI7wvnA/s320/100_5711.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHTLDmqv_GOW7W7BD5XSKCPv8cTYU9U5TTiqyZ3onRLYrtgNZkgX5sZrfIQxXMAd2_VrNakN-YehaGRDr-Zu2Jo6eTJHke77D96BygZvpiTLYSuIQXRmS5V6Yxssqg7WU1bSMvdWcPem0/s1600-h/100_5708.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337943134291840722" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHTLDmqv_GOW7W7BD5XSKCPv8cTYU9U5TTiqyZ3onRLYrtgNZkgX5sZrfIQxXMAd2_VrNakN-YehaGRDr-Zu2Jo6eTJHke77D96BygZvpiTLYSuIQXRmS5V6Yxssqg7WU1bSMvdWcPem0/s320/100_5708.JPG" border="0" /></a></p></div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-6797678495506085032009-05-10T19:18:00.000-07:002009-05-10T19:49:53.471-07:00Mother's DayI think that each mother should get to pick which day she wants to celebrate Mother's Day. I had a good Mother's Day today, but yesterday was less stressful and more fun so I would consider that my Mother's Day! Yesterday I spent time with my kids in a fun relaxing way and then went on a fun date with my hubbie. I think that at first Diego thought that I was a little crazy when I told him that I wanted to ride our bikes (I got a new one for Mother's Day) down to campus and have dinner and then ride home. We had a great time, but my bum is still a little sore! We ate at this little international restaurant called Monique's Corner and it was great. We even left Lila with the babysitter for the first time and she did great. I love Diego and am happy that he always goes along with my silly ideas even though sometimes they don't turn out that great...this time it did.<br /><br />There were a lot of great things about today (actual mother's day)...let me list a few in no particular order...Waking up to my sweet Lila's precious smile, Aitana telling me happy Mother's Day about 20 times, Diego making me breakfast (not that he doesn't already do it often) and buying me the cookbook that I had mentioned I wanted, talking to my mom on the phone like I do every day (usually twice a day!), the little box of chocolates that they gave all the mothers at church, listening to the primary kids sing at church, Lauryn snuggling up to me at church and any time I am sitting still, listening to Ryan tell me exactly what happened in detail only understanding one word he said: "broke", watching Jacob play with Lila and Ryan, seeing all the women at church that I love and admire and picking out the one trait that I admire about them and would love to steal from them, listening to Jacob and Lauryn perform at their viola recital, eating the treats at the reception after the viola recital that I know I will regret tomorrow, reading to my girls curled up to me in bed, getting one last sweet Lila smile before I lay her down for bed, getting a sweet kiss from my wonderful husband who picked up the house after a crazy busy day.....OK I have a lot to be grateful for...what a great Mother's Day! Oh how blessed I am to be a mother 5 times over!Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-69128994276008378492009-04-28T21:43:00.001-07:002009-04-29T06:59:48.879-07:00Dosie doe your partner!<div align="center">Quick fun trip!<br /></div><div align="left">Two weeks ago Michelle and I decided to meet in Albuquerque with the kids. The kids had a blast being with their cousins. We swam at the hotel pool and had a fun night at a pizza place called ITS. Michelle and I were a little beat as you can see, but it was worth it. No time for hair or makeup! Too bad we don't live closer. As we were leaving Jacob said to me "I wish Scott was my brother." Aitana decided the first day we were there that she didn't want to swim with her floaties so off they went. She is a great little swimmer. I was so grateful that Diego kept Ryan so the 8 hour drive wasn't too bad...2 year olds are into everything and very hard to reason with! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Oag7u3vaCTrjjUp0TE-v5PwjfWLXIQai7vBtYWuVQvJYdtu9lp3P4h0ifQMrvuYdQ6zddBg9GCiq_tF85BRCUPB540Z8XNDs7_OeT_TQsx1HflPlsqDbYVAxJDS6LqVCnd677PoLok4/s1600-h/100_5264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329977312670401570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Oag7u3vaCTrjjUp0TE-v5PwjfWLXIQai7vBtYWuVQvJYdtu9lp3P4h0ifQMrvuYdQ6zddBg9GCiq_tF85BRCUPB540Z8XNDs7_OeT_TQsx1HflPlsqDbYVAxJDS6LqVCnd677PoLok4/s320/100_5264.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center">Adam and Lila enjoying their fingers.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhGX_OlS64mQcoDUWf8qgXVobJ6xbeG1FkzM-e28XN3JzM7rxQSZBCjYj5Nfx-_CVn2ePxPWvrNQKvt0InXtkKSD5Z8jVOEMrh88ETiwke96C_8jxwWidNGznUO_1wsjEhy4bnF-FEsY/s1600-h/100_5244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329977317916001218" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55xyzg6obg8IbQ_TuCWQezRKQHBf8kcoJp_HRZRfCI-4STiNaUIZEMpoP1af6DcmlsmV_NMJCCMK9sxoBrQymRMq_ymTPW3RyTeTnFzlxLCT8MlvmmaDSNlVEndN-9jfbSeTMKYDCboI/s320/100_5284.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><div align="center">Aitana was a crack up trying to steer the bowling ball with her body. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnWWaqVwuQDUrjXG7pE6m6C546u2eAvS4pzbyaKlavw4nswlywjyKF1OtiNX5t9gDGpupjm1oogzX6EgmlnDoL35rX5Gwp4LEDmYkAFUcz9H2xfVTkEhIR4gb5A-sDycmtNxsdFcz0tQ/s1600-h/100_5279.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330105810599356354" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnWWaqVwuQDUrjXG7pE6m6C546u2eAvS4pzbyaKlavw4nswlywjyKF1OtiNX5t9gDGpupjm1oogzX6EgmlnDoL35rX5Gwp4LEDmYkAFUcz9H2xfVTkEhIR4gb5A-sDycmtNxsdFcz0tQ/s320/100_5279.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRtFvkGLsTPDSpLAcalLJYaTmjug6Y7-3iIQOb3k2Udf1PoR-zp4gB5aoATEm3LfoNnHlEKmoa5q8hTq7CQmbZUXKO9eIB5h3VEi-mJIUdxVjH6pEUWAJLuD8-h-8nwTlGZyizeGnhpA/s1600-h/100_5277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330109343334927186" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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I didn't even try to pull a costume together for Jacob, but Lauryn was heart broken that we didn't have anything for her to wear so I attempted to put something together...Um the closest thing that we had to cowboy boots were her high black boots and the closest thing that we had to a western skirt was a short plaid looking thing...LOL! Didn't really look too rustic to me, but she was happy. Anything to please. The funnest part of the entire thing was watching Jacob spin his partner. It was like she was a sack of potatoes. He would just fling her around...I was cracking up!<br /><div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc6AIFsUnSSpLRwKEVykFGwidTnB0tPWiVl93vX7hWT9rWTcaMpZylxBvxKRfaloar0TSba6kaNaK2EU-dBYbSeLHXw7aWe6To6KHQ8vwThQKv-PyJ2FDKy9K2MSD5eL84qAp00DHEKI/s1600-h/100_5309.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329975750738315378" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc6AIFsUnSSpLRwKEVykFGwidTnB0tPWiVl93vX7hWT9rWTcaMpZylxBvxKRfaloar0TSba6kaNaK2EU-dBYbSeLHXw7aWe6To6KHQ8vwThQKv-PyJ2FDKy9K2MSD5eL84qAp00DHEKI/s320/100_5309.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAqtT4JWS-iJsrBMeuX1_paNydlBzS0rEOO0is5KooUDoJp9l5B8AUVKlKU2iVpVM2hhftmYLI3iwIUymnW7S1z9nEVjRavHzqyqR5ZuhEPD5lkkQuc3Hz7kRHMZ6XdaFI1TQ59yBvnI/s1600-h/100_5312.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329977304515394530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAqtT4JWS-iJsrBMeuX1_paNydlBzS0rEOO0is5KooUDoJp9l5B8AUVKlKU2iVpVM2hhftmYLI3iwIUymnW7S1z9nEVjRavHzqyqR5ZuhEPD5lkkQuc3Hz7kRHMZ6XdaFI1TQ59yBvnI/s320/100_5312.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFP63uDMaUmBUri1LKjreKaMA93o5BcrsedsltIL1x9ELNtQI566At4dIYlkTU7g8nz2EIglhf1lGJ-FiAukeEBI3eW39_XzRqCaCE8xvS06hYe8JN7Ga6gxWbne7tfAzvwpBFwW3rKE/s1600-h/100_5310.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329975756116104978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFP63uDMaUmBUri1LKjreKaMA93o5BcrsedsltIL1x9ELNtQI566At4dIYlkTU7g8nz2EIglhf1lGJ-FiAukeEBI3eW39_XzRqCaCE8xvS06hYe8JN7Ga6gxWbne7tfAzvwpBFwW3rKE/s320/100_5310.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEbGOSd7PFml0CHFnzpasY1itSqAj1so2ddDf9oFBZT0Klhz85Wlb_Z7ocMODmSaJBy5jsyd6ZWk4Km6iAYLCg9lt2wHwr6onG80P8v5rcKme2Syly7B2oeJQ0ne8dORG1Xq3YTcom2k/s1600-h/100_5335.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329975737179784690" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEbGOSd7PFml0CHFnzpasY1itSqAj1so2ddDf9oFBZT0Klhz85Wlb_Z7ocMODmSaJBy5jsyd6ZWk4Km6iAYLCg9lt2wHwr6onG80P8v5rcKme2Syly7B2oeJQ0ne8dORG1Xq3YTcom2k/s320/100_5335.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLmwXq_AJfti9HsQnZ-6oLGOe-R7IlIDQppS_DYPycoPHwkBFaVB35Ez7yOIv5XPQ8ohjxSyxzIE-dJ3rKuwRNTqHUAZmgiS_rjrHBE_3lYafUaJEhnzmDPM9diWAwiiVLK2qYmhT9s8/s1600-h/100_5336.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329975741450226914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLmwXq_AJfti9HsQnZ-6oLGOe-R7IlIDQppS_DYPycoPHwkBFaVB35Ez7yOIv5XPQ8ohjxSyxzIE-dJ3rKuwRNTqHUAZmgiS_rjrHBE_3lYafUaJEhnzmDPM9diWAwiiVLK2qYmhT9s8/s320/100_5336.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vPfaaWT18VnHCHbQZZdPkiuK5TxWXPfkZsrc6jBcBee_TqgxRKo4Y6z5la1k7btXFwpVQMnp4FxQ4bZvpGx69YvS6WuUoVu-4xukg4fyj2S_WkCgHwYONPcbMC27zek0nF2zglu8YYo/s1600-h/100_5340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329975745137498658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vPfaaWT18VnHCHbQZZdPkiuK5TxWXPfkZsrc6jBcBee_TqgxRKo4Y6z5la1k7btXFwpVQMnp4FxQ4bZvpGx69YvS6WuUoVu-4xukg4fyj2S_WkCgHwYONPcbMC27zek0nF2zglu8YYo/s320/100_5340.JPG" border="0" /></a></p></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-34061113431673161172009-04-06T15:09:00.001-07:002009-04-06T15:55:53.628-07:00So Blessed.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWclnYZdJqu_waLGabUfBjqJx_0Jekpzc6nE9yrRCl4ujhvHR47KMJNoJKt1u4SwldUMAQXZYkjvdnF2cTvnFRyYM-9P8z6QS0m11BM1zSk-PaY22pBcfBcqPaJwJk7gQMetVmdgoWXL8/s1600-h/April+2009+255.JPG"></a> Yesterday while sitting with my family watching conference I couldn't help but think about how very blessed I am. I can't even begin to list all of my blessings, but I have to mention 3 things that I couldn't live without. My Heavenly Father, my Savior Jesus Christ, and my family. What a wonderful feeling to know that we can be together forever with our family and Savior! Who could ask for more? It really made me think what the most important things in life are. Although money sure makes things easier I could live without it if needs be, but without my family or the Savior it wouldn't be much. Just some random thoughts that I wanted to get onto paper...or should I say into cyberspace somewhere.</div><div><div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Aitana's class had some animals come for a visit from the Little River Zoo. I don't think that she was too sure about it! The teacher invited siblings to come and Ryan was all about it! The women even commented how gentle and well behaved he was with the animals for his age...who knew? I love the look on Aitana's classmates face.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR-VuesSEr_OxUAwr_dGGY1SKnijj6tc2a1wuHOJ2Pleef54cWbM-aojGimmBKk3Qdy7ULkvNF9UgB7KwrupYq1skzVLmVnsCDAaGs0TkxyYGfD-F7pq8NZZ5ZX_TduSERsYNu5Wjb_c/s1600-h/April+2009+267.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321707855489517906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR-VuesSEr_OxUAwr_dGGY1SKnijj6tc2a1wuHOJ2Pleef54cWbM-aojGimmBKk3Qdy7ULkvNF9UgB7KwrupYq1skzVLmVnsCDAaGs0TkxyYGfD-F7pq8NZZ5ZX_TduSERsYNu5Wjb_c/s320/April+2009+267.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk60qJKSRHKTn1_pf8Sfb4YDrXHp_UJqH5fAqNKffEqU_Edo8pYyfVNWAzdRbmTgmImCtA8P4MIeM948btEs7FMSJQNJmcfeQhjdtYEJSl49MgkW2Vzl3dW3HbtT-VPFt7WgGXaCZeL4/s1600-h/April+2009+273.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321707868536428034" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk60qJKSRHKTn1_pf8Sfb4YDrXHp_UJqH5fAqNKffEqU_Edo8pYyfVNWAzdRbmTgmImCtA8P4MIeM948btEs7FMSJQNJmcfeQhjdtYEJSl49MgkW2Vzl3dW3HbtT-VPFt7WgGXaCZeL4/s320/April+2009+273.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1HORE_FNtKiKnDk7X3Vo5zrlh1pq6qSoLEg_nyd_gPk4hoJDSGgl_XxQMWr4dzKxfbF7PHD1QZrH200v7EByj9slOKHSq5jgoym5Um75UmVdVfkyWL20X4aP66DUU8lYqa7C3QA020I/s1600-h/April+2009+272.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321707860652842530" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1HORE_FNtKiKnDk7X3Vo5zrlh1pq6qSoLEg_nyd_gPk4hoJDSGgl_XxQMWr4dzKxfbF7PHD1QZrH200v7EByj9slOKHSq5jgoym5Um75UmVdVfkyWL20X4aP66DUU8lYqa7C3QA020I/s320/April+2009+272.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div> </div><div align="center">Jacob earned is Wolf in cub scouts. I now understand why the mom gets a pin at the same time! It takes a lot of proding to get things done...especially when you wait until last minute. We have a fun cub master who always has good ideas for pack meetings. This last pack meeting she arranged for a fire truck and ambulance to come...the ambulance got called away, but the boys thought it was great.</div><div align="center"> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzqDCLUHF7C5tO6RX3hIMCS__zoPPcwEV5kTRShtIsAcxV6rmvdcXeAo1qcnd2wRbUfcKHK4KTKPRTry6VeB9jWuUaqHTgXv_KFHLYWZRGabJInAU1v5iV7oRbVBk23g8gQlMCw4LFLg/s1600-h/April+2009+255.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321708681035781378" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzqDCLUHF7C5tO6RX3hIMCS__zoPPcwEV5kTRShtIsAcxV6rmvdcXeAo1qcnd2wRbUfcKHK4KTKPRTry6VeB9jWuUaqHTgXv_KFHLYWZRGabJInAU1v5iV7oRbVBk23g8gQlMCw4LFLg/s320/April+2009+255.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6vt8dCRq9DLwFsirCgHSmfEWbEtJEo20uO9B2NXTdvgbXYsLq86h93gqeUbL2kc2XT8gfIK_PhE8t5DIqdJvPSXaVkiXIM5tSF6xZwbnY3YJ6aN41tPGTRL81JhqsAUTFvqC1Xw2Qok/s1600-h/April+2009+260.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321708695478825682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6vt8dCRq9DLwFsirCgHSmfEWbEtJEo20uO9B2NXTdvgbXYsLq86h93gqeUbL2kc2XT8gfIK_PhE8t5DIqdJvPSXaVkiXIM5tSF6xZwbnY3YJ6aN41tPGTRL81JhqsAUTFvqC1Xw2Qok/s320/April+2009+260.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div> </div><div align="center">Ryan is in a big boy bed now...or should I say next to a big boy bed. Lila definately has outgrown her bassinet and was sleeping in a porta crib so we thougt it was about time to make the move. Ryan was climbing out anyways and I was too cheap to buy another crib. Well he is doing great, but the first night he decided the floor would be better. How comfie!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QWUEFj_3-EPUcDEXQNHPz6IIoxwzkyWHzQIZ6mIq9zaZzkdlzuU2hl1Rdgvzv9Sq68OewC_qwuNwn_OImtj5cRSntWjpkACRWQddRw-jVeNcq_iwPJL5Xoxh59SUo52dWEXDfGq8-TQ/s1600-h/April+2009+264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321707862945310194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QWUEFj_3-EPUcDEXQNHPz6IIoxwzkyWHzQIZ6mIq9zaZzkdlzuU2hl1Rdgvzv9Sq68OewC_qwuNwn_OImtj5cRSntWjpkACRWQddRw-jVeNcq_iwPJL5Xoxh59SUo52dWEXDfGq8-TQ/s320/April+2009+264.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQu0Yvj-xgzsOzjd9jyeJkD305DLWHaDrtP-dJIgLQ4S7Ju5oDJ2JunVX93fTPiIkiIm4RrsY5855lr34DTglDVd1I626bCyv73fFq-hchZeCEFk5uMzmGzsHgvFjQILjKpMUTJhUsBB0/s1600-h/April+2009+263.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321707862035318370" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQu0Yvj-xgzsOzjd9jyeJkD305DLWHaDrtP-dJIgLQ4S7Ju5oDJ2JunVX93fTPiIkiIm4RrsY5855lr34DTglDVd1I626bCyv73fFq-hchZeCEFk5uMzmGzsHgvFjQILjKpMUTJhUsBB0/s320/April+2009+263.JPG" border="0" /></a></p></div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-41457829169552959642009-03-19T08:57:00.000-07:002009-03-25T12:55:11.232-07:00Lots to blog about!<div align="center"><strong>Like always life continues and I am running slower and can't catch up. I have lots to blog about and I don't want to leave anything out so BE PREPARED!</strong><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>RYAN TURNED 2</strong></div><div>Ryan's birthday was in January and yet again didn't get a chance to post about it. He is so fun and we even put up with his fits! He loves to be out and about, but especially loves getting dirty and pouring out whatever he finds. Time flies by so fast. I can't believe how he has grown. One of my favorite things is when we are in the car and I will ask the kids if they want to go to the park or something of that nature and they all yell yah! Then a second later Ryan yells yah! He tries to do everything that his older siblings do which can sometimes be a problem. Good or bad though he follows their example which gets the older ones in trouble sometimes. Today he decided that he would plug my blow dryer in since he always watches big brother and sister plug their games in. Well he got a little shock and wasn't happy at all!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNfqWq8mfspH4BDwHjwIeD2txbeZE6e9S6EPPxgalHiIi_6TQireBZfqoCLq_3GelWtZrCJd0jwPx1P4X7eMDBa-bylkCk3NhUbzGpGz8BXfG-g30irdx3CvOyMCGK1sPs5ufJPHtrks/s1600-h/100_1777.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314936012669738002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNfqWq8mfspH4BDwHjwIeD2txbeZE6e9S6EPPxgalHiIi_6TQireBZfqoCLq_3GelWtZrCJd0jwPx1P4X7eMDBa-bylkCk3NhUbzGpGz8BXfG-g30irdx3CvOyMCGK1sPs5ufJPHtrks/s320/100_1777.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn_Adbv0K3R9jbjxDwyjQIwOzI7ytBy1z_Ir1XwnSnQdsw-eXCiAfHFfMic1q70wBKQI6iBwybJnMd77Q60LCSaOr16mbC5l0ywgPgOGl5zRYm3JIp8L9luqYnG_50FWK9UHd61MI0ZI/s1600-h/100_1895.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314936025900035218" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn_Adbv0K3R9jbjxDwyjQIwOzI7ytBy1z_Ir1XwnSnQdsw-eXCiAfHFfMic1q70wBKQI6iBwybJnMd77Q60LCSaOr16mbC5l0ywgPgOGl5zRYm3JIp8L9luqYnG_50FWK9UHd61MI0ZI/s320/100_1895.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtChPWWdWHMEEIxdSPN2WIqDxdWbb589VE1V3jKPxA1N_idCcBx1NccuYGh3dwLvMxrtk-d01enIjfUAVQOU7eVHbgq4bBeZFkZsBbYVkqVCjqaobkP_JUK0WbD77roUfqJyRXGhNUOs/s1600-h/100_1861.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314936020638658146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtChPWWdWHMEEIxdSPN2WIqDxdWbb589VE1V3jKPxA1N_idCcBx1NccuYGh3dwLvMxrtk-d01enIjfUAVQOU7eVHbgq4bBeZFkZsBbYVkqVCjqaobkP_JUK0WbD77roUfqJyRXGhNUOs/s320/100_1861.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong><br /></p><p align="center"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvniSawEwM0iSEo24C1rD9fpkilP6Ymh2sDakM5N31GHiAHM6fezRDJ7C0_oJ3omuBVpAC-Pl855L68fEFOAPTC_WJDAMtxvPCIMjVp3Bjm1O3UHJXjCcQhIFggkVI6ifTIz9FAGw6sA/s1600-h/100_2714.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314938002888700690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvniSawEwM0iSEo24C1rD9fpkilP6Ymh2sDakM5N31GHiAHM6fezRDJ7C0_oJ3omuBVpAC-Pl855L68fEFOAPTC_WJDAMtxvPCIMjVp3Bjm1O3UHJXjCcQhIFggkVI6ifTIz9FAGw6sA/s320/100_2714.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm7sz9Yaa4jEkNDwQ1qM3-O1NSscc0-HkhlOBn2VcicaBFUwFGl08wnh_bqab44WmmdcH9KB6UIlasrE-EexbiU8-yzngQ9PqO45tdSaEXwTXmwlv0FKWsS1w42NO6I4Ho9EWa0yD574/s1600-h/101_5065.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316019255544314482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm7sz9Yaa4jEkNDwQ1qM3-O1NSscc0-HkhlOBn2VcicaBFUwFGl08wnh_bqab44WmmdcH9KB6UIlasrE-EexbiU8-yzngQ9PqO45tdSaEXwTXmwlv0FKWsS1w42NO6I4Ho9EWa0yD574/s320/101_5065.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYkH1TBHfXFIJd0DBFMSikdom5wLiRsHT1zOjgBL-ZOv3syDaJ7emoWol74nLA_NmuT8gReUyhNEEIr_-tEeh1fcDa-GnsygN5gxty7-hkdVh5IIx7LqcrFjZJHu_62ZB6ojNTn6K50k/s1600-h/101_5051.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316019233638143378" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYkH1TBHfXFIJd0DBFMSikdom5wLiRsHT1zOjgBL-ZOv3syDaJ7emoWol74nLA_NmuT8gReUyhNEEIr_-tEeh1fcDa-GnsygN5gxty7-hkdVh5IIx7LqcrFjZJHu_62ZB6ojNTn6K50k/s320/101_5051.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AhiYYRqVZhHC5-b3WAaichS6WP1mVrHUJgbQH2E0r3H394JD1LKrfJsl7GUcBbl6yg9gIhlDeqWOUIGsFP9BaM3qaXCu0NuCuihr5G2BfBv1Dgds3jKXFtTzAW2ANsDihyJRTO6qdyI/s1600-h/101_5060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316019246402467666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AhiYYRqVZhHC5-b3WAaichS6WP1mVrHUJgbQH2E0r3H394JD1LKrfJsl7GUcBbl6yg9gIhlDeqWOUIGsFP9BaM3qaXCu0NuCuihr5G2BfBv1Dgds3jKXFtTzAW2ANsDihyJRTO6qdyI/s320/101_5060.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></strong><div><br /></div><div><strong>Jacob Turned 9</strong><br /></div><div>Well my baby turned 9 this month! How did that happen? He is such a blessing in our lives. Right now he is making pancakes for everyone. He is very responsible and helps me so much. Whenever I ask him to do something he usually gets it done super fast. Like every kid though I do sometimes get a groan, but for the most part not. Last night he put Ryan's diaper on and got him dressed for bed all by himself. He is a reader and loves just about any book. Aunt Michelle sent him 2 books for his birthday and he had the first one read in I think 3 days. What a fun 9 years I have had raising him, but the sad thing is that he doesn't need my help much anymore so I will just have to stand back and watch him grow up and learn lifes lessons. That is the hard part because I hate to see him sad when he fails at something or gets dissapointed, but that's how we grow. I love you my Jacob you are such a light in my life.</div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxgAbjp0q7rH-x1vzt0F7zQyLRd4lCgke8JeYmNNITlJLobQIFr2n2Z3kFluXc53MOz0YpqD9OyUGtUsU6gMCV4oCS4Nb5oTJnj_SceDQdEg4RJGbGL-92eBKaBiUpYXh4xxV37rH3z0/s1600-h/100_1364.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316022077500885346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxgAbjp0q7rH-x1vzt0F7zQyLRd4lCgke8JeYmNNITlJLobQIFr2n2Z3kFluXc53MOz0YpqD9OyUGtUsU6gMCV4oCS4Nb5oTJnj_SceDQdEg4RJGbGL-92eBKaBiUpYXh4xxV37rH3z0/s320/100_1364.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiSOUBCSOY6qrmQI0Zohp0EEBlBiiF6yOgp820Wie12llI_O389ECWYsMKe730TNBamXUIzoqoGg4CIkGl2f6U-BKWZbhhWIWvq_iM_VMT7f9LMjW0fs2W-YkIU1IoephQMliKEgSRQA/s1600-h/100_0023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317207123476126482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiSOUBCSOY6qrmQI0Zohp0EEBlBiiF6yOgp820Wie12llI_O389ECWYsMKe730TNBamXUIzoqoGg4CIkGl2f6U-BKWZbhhWIWvq_iM_VMT7f9LMjW0fs2W-YkIU1IoephQMliKEgSRQA/s320/100_0023.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_pvKi6B9QXe2w2ldifxfll-Hdrqz5H0Ld0jaDNFzXqPcgIP_kcpVHGR7eXCIk3BEE1ZOWCNIW6vmzriux0HTFAAYev75JZt2oAKOXVqdtnggo50ymQ9YQ-x2dMOlrXfWWgat5kS3IEc/s1600-h/000_0062.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317207118136002178" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_pvKi6B9QXe2w2ldifxfll-Hdrqz5H0Ld0jaDNFzXqPcgIP_kcpVHGR7eXCIk3BEE1ZOWCNIW6vmzriux0HTFAAYev75JZt2oAKOXVqdtnggo50ymQ9YQ-x2dMOlrXfWWgat5kS3IEc/s320/000_0062.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br />Jacob wanted to have a breakfast birthday party so the kids showed up in their jammies, ate a lot, wrestled, and had a pillow fight! I guess we are past the age of party games! Thanks for keepin' the cakes commin' Amie. I couldn't have feed them fast enough without you.</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvAlk8UUf9wwJsaGH89atSgPba0JjtWQfoXC0WkgnV8dQs0GFa-_853Tcnc4Pu3HXt3LPeCIgKZedtU0XR1y-fANI2iM9lWnr-BJ_UV7eVQrKHcKhTyfqUVykWaAKyEbl5NntPyrDHjk/s1600-h/101_5153.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316019258485927106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvAlk8UUf9wwJsaGH89atSgPba0JjtWQfoXC0WkgnV8dQs0GFa-_853Tcnc4Pu3HXt3LPeCIgKZedtU0XR1y-fANI2iM9lWnr-BJ_UV7eVQrKHcKhTyfqUVykWaAKyEbl5NntPyrDHjk/s320/101_5153.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIHaC0W_zbJoD1cT6cyLa3FXa1U_x_sVfO51wwiXGhSRykNklJmk4OfkUZNF5wnJs55MO0-0eBSAaqlVt5ZOKhl1uF9dk4_blxvQK6MCgNELrcKZ7XYBBjXXf95IQ2blSNMkywfWKK2Y/s1600-h/101_5164.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316019269629380882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIHaC0W_zbJoD1cT6cyLa3FXa1U_x_sVfO51wwiXGhSRykNklJmk4OfkUZNF5wnJs55MO0-0eBSAaqlVt5ZOKhl1uF9dk4_blxvQK6MCgNELrcKZ7XYBBjXXf95IQ2blSNMkywfWKK2Y/s320/101_5164.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBn4oQUZwOvBWRkeSpCOWNYui-t-Y_eAtrvFfbD64jC721q2z63aOzHi-MRAc-cXASGGkqIMVqd3s13ULvN24cx2OvJLCnbcH4Gxgl25l1eO2msQWzo9XIMzeW1Cxn_FIypLqr8facpg/s1600-h/101_5173.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316022068123159266" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBn4oQUZwOvBWRkeSpCOWNYui-t-Y_eAtrvFfbD64jC721q2z63aOzHi-MRAc-cXASGGkqIMVqd3s13ULvN24cx2OvJLCnbcH4Gxgl25l1eO2msQWzo9XIMzeW1Cxn_FIypLqr8facpg/s320/101_5173.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /><strong>MALL MARATHON</strong><br />Jacob, Lauryn, and Diego played their violas at the Mall Marathon. (Kids from Norman perform on their musical instruments all day at the mall, they even bring a piano in) The Norman School for Strings always participates and they did a great job. They have an awesome teacher! Lauryn doesn't hate it that much!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOftykT86nnhLB00ycWCPHNbdURDzbpY-Ph64jbT4VK2FW4x8UbJfvN3QJbxEwOQWG5XT5LCJ2GCcAGSOLrpy0lQBXeiwt-9JD_I74n2_d9KxpWmZ0rZeDnVaGcndW_KKvEpe0sxIarU/s1600-h/101_5130.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316022088978746418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOftykT86nnhLB00ycWCPHNbdURDzbpY-Ph64jbT4VK2FW4x8UbJfvN3QJbxEwOQWG5XT5LCJ2GCcAGSOLrpy0lQBXeiwt-9JD_I74n2_d9KxpWmZ0rZeDnVaGcndW_KKvEpe0sxIarU/s320/101_5130.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwdtQtYvinmAMBSHxk1TSnWT8PzqHnSTFyJFp4r1G2P3DjxrWJ_zdcPdeEpEqj6ml8P7XHUJUAKgZuso6bTfshEk1rN0-fc6kzlDt-UGxGcY_LV7Z0KEelhd7wmCd68C3m3X_K5cWEVc/s1600-h/101_5131.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316029226226029906" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwdtQtYvinmAMBSHxk1TSnWT8PzqHnSTFyJFp4r1G2P3DjxrWJ_zdcPdeEpEqj6ml8P7XHUJUAKgZuso6bTfshEk1rN0-fc6kzlDt-UGxGcY_LV7Z0KEelhd7wmCd68C3m3X_K5cWEVc/s320/101_5131.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HHquyMo9bLcL-dKIHDPMK1U7P98sxtMTB9MhDHYL-oD6wz_vv7q4rfPk3jSSJKZWDsjSMYoz-IQS_YLs7nGOuiDUtKOA-yb2UW5oxp-bsmap3s4s55DDybVn7gFuZli6Cwk6Q4sGrXw/s1600-h/101_5128.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316022079816490498" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HHquyMo9bLcL-dKIHDPMK1U7P98sxtMTB9MhDHYL-oD6wz_vv7q4rfPk3jSSJKZWDsjSMYoz-IQS_YLs7nGOuiDUtKOA-yb2UW5oxp-bsmap3s4s55DDybVn7gFuZli6Cwk6Q4sGrXw/s320/101_5128.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div><strong>I FINALLY GOT LILA'S PICTURES TAKEN</strong></div><div>So I have been a huge slacker about getting Lila's picture taken in her blessing dress, but I finally did it! My computer is being a huge headache so I only scanned one. Hopefully I will scan more of them later!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbOl5wvXoesIq3QdbqOefw4iLjHe44xDbxXmUk0FCS-mpCE43d8XmfmzZUqbB50hnczAonfL4TwxHxshyoByf7PM4PuzoUvCjjPAoIu2V0oKd41gO96uEpEGfYR7uPoffyTfl30MD27M/s1600-h/LIla.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317211054651951218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbOl5wvXoesIq3QdbqOefw4iLjHe44xDbxXmUk0FCS-mpCE43d8XmfmzZUqbB50hnczAonfL4TwxHxshyoByf7PM4PuzoUvCjjPAoIu2V0oKd41gO96uEpEGfYR7uPoffyTfl30MD27M/s320/LIla.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div>IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD<br />It is finally official! Our good friends the Searcys are moving in 3 doors down from us. We are all so excited and couldn't believe it when she first told us a couple of weeks ago that it was a possibility. They got the final O.K. and Lauryn is especially excited because their daughter Izzy is Lauryn's good friend and they will get to ride the bus together. I am especially happy for Amie because she will finally have another bedroom and a kitchen that she deserves. That girl can cook!</div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Well hopefully I will be better about posting more often. It has taken me a week to finally get this done! Tommorrow I am off to my mommys house in California for a long weekend. Just me and the baby. I can't wait to see her and relax a little...oh wait we are going to attempt to sew 3 Easter dresses! Maybe I won't relax much. Thank you my hubbie for being so great and keeping the kids so that I can see my mom. You're the best! I love you</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-22559194638459601432009-03-03T12:43:00.000-08:002009-03-19T08:27:26.416-07:00Aitana and her commentsJust a quick post on Aitana and some of her silly comments! This is a conversation that we had after I met with her Pre K teacher for conferences.<br /><br /><div><div>Aitana - "Mom what did my teacher say?"</div><br /><div>Mom - "She said that you are very smart."</div><br /><div>Aitana - "Are you lyin' or what?"</div><br /><div>I'm not sure if she just doesn't have very much confidence in her ablilities or if she thought that maybe her teacher should have told me that she is into mischief all the time! She sure makes us laugh.</div><div> </div><div>Then on Sunday we had stake conference (for my friends who aren't LDS it is a big church meeting). It was a broadcast and Elder Uchtdorf was speaking. Aitana looked at the big screen and asked me who he was so I told her and she said to me "He sure is handsome" I agreed with her.</div><div></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUo5mdzwXIUwuO48cd-mlgA58haPjO19JeOJYni-SwNyPr0dG800quSr7uVLxwhKs2CFAIaJi8Zol1vXqZMUz6xGfRYn8J1dqzrVd-6o0pzinCNIJSo2SIQEEHwHFBvQHlgh9kh5jezs/s1600-h/4fb9369c6943628a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309068533867012626" style="WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUo5mdzwXIUwuO48cd-mlgA58haPjO19JeOJYni-SwNyPr0dG800quSr7uVLxwhKs2CFAIaJi8Zol1vXqZMUz6xGfRYn8J1dqzrVd-6o0pzinCNIJSo2SIQEEHwHFBvQHlgh9kh5jezs/s320/4fb9369c6943628a.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-54182064790498737192009-02-24T19:40:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:31:42.105-08:00Back From the Dead!!O.K. so I guess that I am back to the land of the living! Or maybe not. I still have to get up with Lila several times a night, but at least the others are adjusted back to being home. I am finally sitting down to update our blog. I decided that after gaining some major poundage after getting back from Spain, I needed to do something to keep myself from eating my favorite missed foods like...powdered donuts, cookies, Ben and Jerry's ice cream, etc, etc, etc!!! So here I am trying to keep myself out of the kitchen and decided that I would finally listen to all the emails and comments asking when we were going to update our blog. I had to start with Christmas pictures...I know, only 2 months late, but since this is like a diary I thought that I had better not skip it! So we spent Christmas at Grandma and Grandpas in Northern Cal and had a blast! Michelle and Robert surprised us and showed up the Saturday before Christmas. I couldn't have asked for a better gift. I love my family and there isn't anything that I would rather do than sit and hang with them. They are the best!!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCJDHWRGEQd7Ai8OGCtQjKNAQB5SzJappJZF45FOpQjrm0MYscS9oznQeIuJVHpR9LaPd1FX8wAwxZR6-ohX2a5_kbxOdYbIEqHghzQQ1DbVtsbcgwbJ3BBYWOfnxMq8teQblyI0VAqs/s1600-h/101_4907.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306586727126149858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCJDHWRGEQd7Ai8OGCtQjKNAQB5SzJappJZF45FOpQjrm0MYscS9oznQeIuJVHpR9LaPd1FX8wAwxZR6-ohX2a5_kbxOdYbIEqHghzQQ1DbVtsbcgwbJ3BBYWOfnxMq8teQblyI0VAqs/s320/101_4907.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">So of course we did the nativity story. Thanks to Michelle who can pull anything together even in chaos. The kids did a great job and were so cute!<br /><br /></p><div><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Aitana</span> was Mary<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsN-bzj5oF2oAc826zgk8cd30fkPh9v9HP1dHF_Y5zC1gxBzUXFu89LbIWwPl1mBALsiM1IpyuWhiQ37vycMh8SRgBwWr4V0BnIzDyXG_JE3JOGeIwbYxl1cKK0rv_gFPQ4CjXcoD8Fk/s1600-h/100_4870.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306576377303173762" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsN-bzj5oF2oAc826zgk8cd30fkPh9v9HP1dHF_Y5zC1gxBzUXFu89LbIWwPl1mBALsiM1IpyuWhiQ37vycMh8SRgBwWr4V0BnIzDyXG_JE3JOGeIwbYxl1cKK0rv_gFPQ4CjXcoD8Fk/s320/100_4870.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Along side Todd as Joseph and Lila as baby Jesus</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ltH63O8MSgWHLr6KQRbwRCY4h9nyQMmiDF4fSXfU2JszDfFxkMyMQFSrLaVoWy6LAQFRinQ2YH5VfvF6eo3Dd7bVNntyu3-vOoZn4byLyTQi1tTrb7BUA1dugFJque5egCnTm3PccE8/s1600-h/101_4890.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306577792312749218" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ltH63O8MSgWHLr6KQRbwRCY4h9nyQMmiDF4fSXfU2JszDfFxkMyMQFSrLaVoWy6LAQFRinQ2YH5VfvF6eo3Dd7bVNntyu3-vOoZn4byLyTQi1tTrb7BUA1dugFJque5egCnTm3PccE8/s320/101_4890.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHxNxNA9VWQPsR9bNb_tsWWPI4pEHSG_uwK35IibGJurTuBaQclC0ERi1ThycWL9Te0Yu92hK06bwMx-jiIViS8MQG1xG2WcB0LFTzY4tQz7vF9NqLthAykcUspRvdlkfdlPDrfX_h1Q/s1600-h/101_4893.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306577790570737138" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHxNxNA9VWQPsR9bNb_tsWWPI4pEHSG_uwK35IibGJurTuBaQclC0ERi1ThycWL9Te0Yu92hK06bwMx-jiIViS8MQG1xG2WcB0LFTzY4tQz7vF9NqLthAykcUspRvdlkfdlPDrfX_h1Q/s320/101_4893.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Lauryn played the Angel </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCiIDBnRWIsl0G0x9M9MJgePEUD0z3TDg5giasFSznDEev5jzs0b7QXIJ96qmYv4Kahh8JBR-BGdaLWF_-XYttxnajLWcSVNVSKGDXvkRk_KRNExmxrTh-CcSs3CuO4Lhn7aMElxojeE/s1600-h/100_4863.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306576372291856626" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCiIDBnRWIsl0G0x9M9MJgePEUD0z3TDg5giasFSznDEev5jzs0b7QXIJ96qmYv4Kahh8JBR-BGdaLWF_-XYttxnajLWcSVNVSKGDXvkRk_KRNExmxrTh-CcSs3CuO4Lhn7aMElxojeE/s320/100_4863.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Jacob played one of the wise men </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn2rSPDUSgviiNaVfkLwIT3-q5GI56KCIiGubIsk7PLcFO3FV4nFZeOxjqtHjv2nINldldktIwCR0LWn6x2si9a6uuODFPYE-r-HABBam6AnEShcsnjLUHoP4k4kNnbFnWEf4Ej_bSR8/s1600-h/100_4865.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306576377566697362" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn2rSPDUSgviiNaVfkLwIT3-q5GI56KCIiGubIsk7PLcFO3FV4nFZeOxjqtHjv2nINldldktIwCR0LWn6x2si9a6uuODFPYE-r-HABBam6AnEShcsnjLUHoP4k4kNnbFnWEf4Ej_bSR8/s320/100_4865.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Ryan and Rex played the Shepherds </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQe7GQABOST1Xw3J5uFSbEGBA3NH8PFE_3U69hAyA5dcZqn9HVX8LkaKxPIlr4ExRB25kO5FolZaaB0gUyMkLoK2ksfKJA5fGNiCWs9RtdC7pUdcfJ8v9i7U5C4_dtoBq_8i3a2bLBaw/s1600-h/100_4861.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306576364729551458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQe7GQABOST1Xw3J5uFSbEGBA3NH8PFE_3U69hAyA5dcZqn9HVX8LkaKxPIlr4ExRB25kO5FolZaaB0gUyMkLoK2ksfKJA5fGNiCWs9RtdC7pUdcfJ8v9i7U5C4_dtoBq_8i3a2bLBaw/s320/100_4861.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O0J0KrqQ3RgeY3TJVWHXGQvav_IU_REoWuAu3ka-OsF-JhInNe4p_vBbGlXAgbyOfMiokarZiwJFddumQ1gFke6ldyTxuuKAcHgESWia94CdnDQ78UT4fq-3akgxOKYYR9ZCgQcnnYE/s1600-h/101_4879.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306577786018510418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O0J0KrqQ3RgeY3TJVWHXGQvav_IU_REoWuAu3ka-OsF-JhInNe4p_vBbGlXAgbyOfMiokarZiwJFddumQ1gFke6ldyTxuuKAcHgESWia94CdnDQ78UT4fq-3akgxOKYYR9ZCgQcnnYE/s320/101_4879.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Scott also played one of the wise men, Krista was the narrator and pianist, and Adam wanted nothing to do with the whole thing!! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6KztYL12VtpyEfk3zwIx9H_lyYOH45-SDLL8W-7xbUvDs6F59rLVtVvqzIapj3pETfbi2hGI7Wj6AaJ1gsYrW2fM5KyE4W-PrRYcZwRyY1W-US4YwAzExdejkjfwqJZvzs6TphYmrco/s1600-h/nativity.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306575440119948610" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6KztYL12VtpyEfk3zwIx9H_lyYOH45-SDLL8W-7xbUvDs6F59rLVtVvqzIapj3pETfbi2hGI7Wj6AaJ1gsYrW2fM5KyE4W-PrRYcZwRyY1W-US4YwAzExdejkjfwqJZvzs6TphYmrco/s320/nativity.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ul5bFPgLfSRpT__ySbD_rFWDDoQsogaM2DIg6EahqjGlb3DKNpQHGT_omYKYClgELjASkb2W7j3iSg96V2J9EB15U_6kjedHMyh4YyKLsBSwG8mvd__dIcs73Lw_RchA_QAv5k1M130/s1600-h/nativity.jpg"></a><div align="center">After the nativity Santa made a surprise appearance. Ryan and Rex were not all that happy with him!!! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCC1ySsZROP2dUu_v3rY41uFROoiL6ER9CIPgm5txgLjAIT8B6WWkHWljths60nHgbKbNGHaPUe7_mXkP4XWwQb_Sua4WeQC5Y4-MprCs88uMQdnYPSrdaHVEGgp-UGVvIKriS9S9X7n0/s1600-h/101_4919.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306578592628010242" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCC1ySsZROP2dUu_v3rY41uFROoiL6ER9CIPgm5txgLjAIT8B6WWkHWljths60nHgbKbNGHaPUe7_mXkP4XWwQb_Sua4WeQC5Y4-MprCs88uMQdnYPSrdaHVEGgp-UGVvIKriS9S9X7n0/s320/101_4919.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGllOP3UEiTtYeaXEa09ApGXMfvVgIykObmKPsJMSBPz1ne4hhujsBpRH2cpk9HItqDLbB-mLut07p-tDJHv46bK7MiZs5vvsx9mD60Ykob5SCgBUFkcGfbP7DF9HeJuPS0s_LpDfhX0/s1600-h/101_4920.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306578602560759874" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGllOP3UEiTtYeaXEa09ApGXMfvVgIykObmKPsJMSBPz1ne4hhujsBpRH2cpk9HItqDLbB-mLut07p-tDJHv46bK7MiZs5vvsx9mD60Ykob5SCgBUFkcGfbP7DF9HeJuPS0s_LpDfhX0/s320/101_4920.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Michelle and my mom worked their booties off to get 4 dresses, 6 ties sown, and 6 suits ordered so the kids would all look fancy for church. My mom and sister are wonderful seamstresses and they all looked so cute. Krista sewed all the matching <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">jammie</span> pants!! </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnowypwKgGk6Dmku7LSF1STV8-y-hxv-oNTVcxepT1WmqEmIXehQa05nFs58svPdmY2exfR092H3GioI-56gyc2A1qnhyaOBDLhW4RYl4NEEBp2ulB9P38PkdX0rVAM-bQiqfRScKHJk/s1600-h/grandkids2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306575439568455810" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnowypwKgGk6Dmku7LSF1STV8-y-hxv-oNTVcxepT1WmqEmIXehQa05nFs58svPdmY2exfR092H3GioI-56gyc2A1qnhyaOBDLhW4RYl4NEEBp2ulB9P38PkdX0rVAM-bQiqfRScKHJk/s320/grandkids2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">It was a little tough to get them all happy in the picture, but we got one O.K. one! </div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306575446838092578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gp6qVjA18tQzNTF6pd98GwuY7qZWFV1M463ABnclhCOcm5vETEjmowJt2fp5rFtHEUmAoLF7gcx0_VOncqZQGGJ5OGavkd6Su5koOzw61nvTT422BAIC_zGHp3Polf35e4uxj8NOaS0/s320/girls1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv6SBZCDbP2U-NY3PX0MdaGzjwhefC_mOeY-XwuLSwNxWxCeyRZexNbOR9l7g5JB-cmV1EpbHyn4UsbUyjaJzfIQX_yp28icKnHilEKRvDbRMlECnKYABGXM6fN-WQbDXmgATdnVG16U/s1600-h/boys1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306586742644031618" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv6SBZCDbP2U-NY3PX0MdaGzjwhefC_mOeY-XwuLSwNxWxCeyRZexNbOR9l7g5JB-cmV1EpbHyn4UsbUyjaJzfIQX_yp28icKnHilEKRvDbRMlECnKYABGXM6fN-WQbDXmgATdnVG16U/s320/boys1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaH6XSmh4zJKmmL6J-NEzYauCPso89HNC9Px13LzYkQWzU0sVKYB_3qbXHr5hBUMFC-5MUs5g2F_d47rMjCEQj51kyWasWT3KKAjNgY-oq3Uotu4IWrLKvyvdgJhEnZlRt6nWzKLGAQE/s1600-h/grandkids1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306586746632822898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaH6XSmh4zJKmmL6J-NEzYauCPso89HNC9Px13LzYkQWzU0sVKYB_3qbXHr5hBUMFC-5MUs5g2F_d47rMjCEQj51kyWasWT3KKAjNgY-oq3Uotu4IWrLKvyvdgJhEnZlRt6nWzKLGAQE/s320/grandkids1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was really fun to have Rex and Ryan together and hopefully one day they will be the best of pals!<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXJLdydVm-uBo9qliIt2FAzRjE71_bb3HSu9omTPszz8lmxUFdvHqxX4OcSFAuJs9U71l3lfy2kkdvlpX7-t5Nmn7tshKspcoSWHr3Va9lUfHTRZOt3QNZcJ_I1cgo4UvmlHszZat-9k/s1600-h/Rex+Ryan+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306575444215630514" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXJLdydVm-uBo9qliIt2FAzRjE71_bb3HSu9omTPszz8lmxUFdvHqxX4OcSFAuJs9U71l3lfy2kkdvlpX7-t5Nmn7tshKspcoSWHr3Va9lUfHTRZOt3QNZcJ_I1cgo4UvmlHszZat-9k/s320/Rex+Ryan+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79nPcAmvt5TCOl22dNf_n_GXw2YLFJTHq7petzpb85VbaY5hiJp9ALGPUnfxX1qp8i83_xjzSx5SNvItAZX86dn8MI3TGfoo1LAvyQaUOKJt5CZb7FVdlMPNRAI4zVR-WDCafYTWAVrs/s1600-h/101_4933.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306590407389204338" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79nPcAmvt5TCOl22dNf_n_GXw2YLFJTHq7petzpb85VbaY5hiJp9ALGPUnfxX1qp8i83_xjzSx5SNvItAZX86dn8MI3TGfoo1LAvyQaUOKJt5CZb7FVdlMPNRAI4zVR-WDCafYTWAVrs/s320/101_4933.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ_rdIftw1jVywr6cYX_5_MoN1VqZw1T80ZhyG6aooqXAVyj1sdeG94aTs9nZVWY02qmDMg-QyRsjOM7_ke27bCx96GLXRyT9RraiQ8r_L_i146PbkFokfowJbUN62oBuYWOCY8VvSiI/s1600-h/101_4934.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306578602203431474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ_rdIftw1jVywr6cYX_5_MoN1VqZw1T80ZhyG6aooqXAVyj1sdeG94aTs9nZVWY02qmDMg-QyRsjOM7_ke27bCx96GLXRyT9RraiQ8r_L_i146PbkFokfowJbUN62oBuYWOCY8VvSiI/s320/101_4934.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">I think that our little Lila enjoyed spending Christmas with the entire family too!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP5YMLh5gYjk0t3C9oY0Crr7zMLS3QJNyxwaqy0AX21EYkcFscA2tADDJPFuBPEIvHZUA7bMayztBAJZcfg0nS4DVGmC-6cN01qXqOOv0XXV62rwNKRH1VEFDk0HBCeYgKMJUBh9J_bQ/s1600-h/100_4857.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306590401230317554" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP5YMLh5gYjk0t3C9oY0Crr7zMLS3QJNyxwaqy0AX21EYkcFscA2tADDJPFuBPEIvHZUA7bMayztBAJZcfg0nS4DVGmC-6cN01qXqOOv0XXV62rwNKRH1VEFDk0HBCeYgKMJUBh9J_bQ/s320/100_4857.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"></div><div>Hopefully I can be better about posting more, but I must admit having five kids has smacked me in the face pretty hard!! Thanks to Diego my house isn't a pit and I am still sane! I love my kids and wouldn't trade it for anything! </div></div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-42489080712212246382008-12-02T08:23:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:30:24.582-08:00FINALLY, the Little Piggie We Were Missing!Lila Maria Batista was born (TODAY!) on December 2nd, 2008 around 2:45pm (Canary Islands time). She weighed 3.3 kilos (over 7 pounds). She has dark hair (that will change eventually) and big lips (as you can see in the pics). Melany and I are sooooo happy to welcome her into our family. We were waiting for the last little piggie that went wee wee all the way home, and she is finally here! <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwQYPNE9tas53nARjyqAn_U74v_rckPm016nhS7IS0WaZIoNg4nomowngtZW7It5UTQK76ixfILr7dCUbLQw-FKKblkyI7VNXkooSZiOgQo2WzuDPyP_DhDpVcQFlpCHSNBHHKbgbKWE/s1600-h/100_4705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275230184235220994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwQYPNE9tas53nARjyqAn_U74v_rckPm016nhS7IS0WaZIoNg4nomowngtZW7It5UTQK76ixfILr7dCUbLQw-FKKblkyI7VNXkooSZiOgQo2WzuDPyP_DhDpVcQFlpCHSNBHHKbgbKWE/s320/100_4705.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbx6r4UA94POaN4_md_F7NHitx0wJjQ_V67ZoMghx-epRPXUu4D0LGoaT8DdNht-uXCbITU-8lPNzJqe7axHdt8r_LoZH3Tua6SaJZ_OnjqHroVruSPhwTsaqpSha83FtZN2fbSVdNjM/s1600-h/100_4710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275230200266661250" style="WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbx6r4UA94POaN4_md_F7NHitx0wJjQ_V67ZoMghx-epRPXUu4D0LGoaT8DdNht-uXCbITU-8lPNzJqe7axHdt8r_LoZH3Tua6SaJZ_OnjqHroVruSPhwTsaqpSha83FtZN2fbSVdNjM/s320/100_4710.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0AZb7vkHh17YsCPd8FOk4Froi2yja_QYId7JgTReh1VFr8nAAhdKOKn9kVP7i5zZt9bon-UEb8ev1BxAb31XjfILb-q5nt8B8Q6niyTUNrwgn5OFhjpYi3bihBOVAOAVLkbFVPRevZg/s1600-h/100_4706.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275230194856293986" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0AZb7vkHh17YsCPd8FOk4Froi2yja_QYId7JgTReh1VFr8nAAhdKOKn9kVP7i5zZt9bon-UEb8ev1BxAb31XjfILb-q5nt8B8Q6niyTUNrwgn5OFhjpYi3bihBOVAOAVLkbFVPRevZg/s320/100_4706.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-44722195452572208472008-11-28T10:00:00.000-08:002008-11-28T10:11:16.040-08:00Oops!!Um our blog list got deleted so I would really appreciate it if anyone who reads this can look to make sure that we have you listed and if we have forgotten you please leave a comment with your blog address. I have a terrible memory! Thank you, Thank you! Stay tuned for our next post...fire in the building! Scary! Oh and by the way, in our new picture that Diego posted I just want you all to know that I would never buy the shirt that Ryan is wearing, it was given to him. I don´t think that it is true! I only put it on him here because most people don´t understand what it says! I actually picture Naydene who lives in a double wide, feathers her hair, wears stretch pants, and weighs in at about 350 putting it on her son!Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-91656336869182049002008-11-25T01:53:00.000-08:002008-11-25T02:04:04.922-08:00Heart melting!I just had to post this before I forgot! Lauryn was asking to have her own email address because Jacob does, so we got her signed up yesterday. I always check their emails with them or before they do because you never know what is going to get sent to them. I just opened Lauryn´s email and found this from Jacob...too much for a mom!<br /><br />Dear Lauryn,<br />You are my sister, and I am your brother, and I love you.<br />Jake<br /><br />They are only 16 and a half months apart and they are best friends. Hopefully it stays that way even when they get older. I love listening to them at night talking and giggling. (Until it starts getting too late and then...well you know) They usually sneek into the same bed. Lauryn plays legos with Jacob and Jacob reads Junie B. Jones books with Lauryn. They are too cute! Lauryn was beside herself when Jacob was out of school for a week and she couldn´t play with him at recess. What more could you want as a mom! I am so glad that Lauryn has a wonderful big brother like I do. What a blessing.Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-85990841772765696582008-11-23T07:03:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:09:54.955-08:00DNAI love what kids come up with!! So on Friday Jacob came home from school and was very anxious to show me something. He pulls out this little notebook and opens it. The first page reads, "DNA Book By Jacob." Then he turns the page and there is a hair taped to it and written underneath it says Jacob´s hair, his sex, age, and color of eyes. I was cracking up. Throughout the day he managed to collect many different people´s hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows. He then informed me that when he grows up he wants to be a scientist that works with DNA. In my head I am thinking, "yeah stick to that one you can make good money being a scientist!" I once got in trouble with Diego when Jacob told me that when he grew up he wanted to be a writer and I pretty much shot him down informing him that it is very difficult to become a successful writer and they usually don´t make a good living. O.K. so definately not one of my shining mom moments! I learned my lesson so now I just agree how great it would be to become a shop owner, construction worker, lego architect, Wii game maker, or whatever the choice job of the week is!<br /><br />I was also happy that Jacob informed me that he changed his mind about what he wants for Christmas (for the 100th time.) He said that he wants a science kit with a "microscope and tubes to do science experiments." I am definately happier spending money on that than another lego set, or wii game! If anyone has any suggestions on where or which one is good please let me know. I am going to have minimal time to do Christmas shopping when we get home.<br /><div><br /></div><div>So back to DNA. We are all sitting in the living room when I glance over at Lauryn, who is sitting next to Ryan on the coffee table, and without even blinking she grabs a large tuft of Ryan´s bangs and cuts it off!! Um, did I just see what I think I saw? Now, I must admit Ryan´s hair is getting a little too long, but I get an uproar from the entire family including Diego when I even mention cutting it! And yes Amie, he is starting to look a little like a man child! Luckily you couldn´t really tell that she cut it. Anyways after putting Lauryn in time out and explaining to her that we don´t cut anyone´s hair, including our own, and after she apologized for not asking permission (yeah, because I would´ve said yes if you asked, or NOT!), I did have to laugh to myself and be greatful that my kids like to help each other out with their projects. After all, she said that she was just trying to help Jacob get more DNA! I did catch Lauryn today trying to pull one of Aitana´s eyelashes out! When I got on her about it Aitana looked at me and said "I want her to." O.K. kids whatever!</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC9UNowsWBeiPp7ibA2rmqjGzlJrirxtzkstsdll66XAtFeNye_piPtW6pNmUzfsPeaoPEqefg8u8WSlwh2XUhlRYezH4lK-qHMcWlr1043pbC6zFvTUlsCLyU1xCUzs7rNxsMAirJsM/s1600-h/100_4662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271928254903044882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC9UNowsWBeiPp7ibA2rmqjGzlJrirxtzkstsdll66XAtFeNye_piPtW6pNmUzfsPeaoPEqefg8u8WSlwh2XUhlRYezH4lK-qHMcWlr1043pbC6zFvTUlsCLyU1xCUzs7rNxsMAirJsM/s320/100_4662.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Here is the infamous hair that Lauryn cut from Ryan´s locks!</div><div></div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9_snhEYV0VcDXadKSKmMy9XD1sG0Xj3zQ7MZCSPYHlmY3wt1-2JICqfTaGwnjmjuCTALtB2QXO_YjzwWUSWrFWaEL0VpVRIdf0xv4-nz9aLrQZ_Jd34hqg_NhUAi7Wxo9hzltCVq95w/s1600-h/100_4667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271928276286461714" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9_snhEYV0VcDXadKSKmMy9XD1sG0Xj3zQ7MZCSPYHlmY3wt1-2JICqfTaGwnjmjuCTALtB2QXO_YjzwWUSWrFWaEL0VpVRIdf0xv4-nz9aLrQZ_Jd34hqg_NhUAi7Wxo9hzltCVq95w/s320/100_4667.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Most would agree that it is at least time for a trim.<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh194m7ogPLQhHQZ0s_nS9EKfp9gIWFZVSalOn05viRrU330Rm9hkjPhSrbRAZSb5_svW_J1rRMR3sRlcClwmjOuA_TitFJF9Iv6YCGSOSmlpF9QU2f3MI7o0MMryd7llbJh7Mb-A0ukzw/s1600-h/100_4665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271928269007438898" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh194m7ogPLQhHQZ0s_nS9EKfp9gIWFZVSalOn05viRrU330Rm9hkjPhSrbRAZSb5_svW_J1rRMR3sRlcClwmjOuA_TitFJF9Iv6YCGSOSmlpF9QU2f3MI7o0MMryd7llbJh7Mb-A0ukzw/s320/100_4665.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-23060709044224459412008-11-14T01:34:00.000-08:002008-11-14T02:02:58.847-08:00My brave boyWell just a quick update on my boy. Jacob is recovering well from his surgery and being very brave. We got to the emergency room at around 10 in the morning on Tuesday and he was in surgery at 1 in the afternoon. I was impressed at how fast they were. The doctor said that everything went well, but that his appendix was very swollen almost to the point of bursting. What a blessing that we got him in before it burst! I always used to think to myself, "I hope that nothing painful ever happens to Jacob because he will scream the entire time." He doesn´t deal with pain well at all! Well I was wrong about this. He has been amazing! He hasn´t complained much at all, well a little when they changed the bandage, but not much. They finally let him eat soft foods yesturday and today probably a little more variety.<br /><br />We are all very proud of him and are anxious for him to come home. Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday he will get to come home. It is wearing on all of us especailly Lauryn. She had a terrible day at school yesturday becuase she misses him so much, and of coarse it was picture day! She said that she didn´t smile at all so I will make sure to post that gem of a picture when I get it.<br /><br />We are very lucky that the Tranvia stops one street from our house and stops right in front of the hospital or changing off would be a real headache. Diego has been sleeping there and then I have been spending the afternoon with him. (We have been playing a lot of Phase 10!) We were going to switch off nights, but there was no way that I could´ve sleep in that reclining chair with hopefully only a week or 2 to go till our new addition. They won´t allow visitors in under 12, but the kids dropped in for a short hello last night and Ryan got to say hi quickly the day before. Thanks for all the prayers and notes!<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwea2r_qeov1QP3k6D_6AhzMY_WiWTGKvR6CU4PE6NJZYIA0xRxLytSNGAwZmX_qf1ZgYofxrYa-8YKrf62OPZRvM3l9AH0re0spQQBM7hXfKbvU7gl_aoP55WpvR7iefOre4h8zMUm4/s1600-h/100_4641.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268448896493443874" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwea2r_qeov1QP3k6D_6AhzMY_WiWTGKvR6CU4PE6NJZYIA0xRxLytSNGAwZmX_qf1ZgYofxrYa-8YKrf62OPZRvM3l9AH0re0spQQBM7hXfKbvU7gl_aoP55WpvR7iefOre4h8zMUm4/s320/100_4641.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Jacob said that he was like a human fire engine with all the tubes coming off his IV.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFDGRT3K3QsezAtmLSUzD9e4s8UrjyzYd3VKB5CgZM4diaj6m3E5O-ABXkgevL1qWPVLY3dmASBRd9XL-YHXvYO0tPqyNezEW_CGU7j4p3pw3AEimBeOMyPRMmLis9h6LKIRoMDI40pg/s1600-h/100_4644.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268448895091706898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFDGRT3K3QsezAtmLSUzD9e4s8UrjyzYd3VKB5CgZM4diaj6m3E5O-ABXkgevL1qWPVLY3dmASBRd9XL-YHXvYO0tPqyNezEW_CGU7j4p3pw3AEimBeOMyPRMmLis9h6LKIRoMDI40pg/s320/100_4644.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-89168355612679768882008-11-11T04:54:00.000-08:002008-11-11T04:56:36.439-08:00When it rains it poors!Well just a quick note to let everyone know that Jacob is at the hospital right now and has to have his appendix out. (Not sure how to spell and I´m a little frazled right now!) Anyways say a prayer for him. I´m sure that he will be fine, but it sure is tough as a mom to see him go through this!Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-29541933508976893782008-11-10T12:52:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:27:56.498-08:00What the heck is the deal!!O.K. so I am a little bitter right now and I have to vent. I truly enjoy being pregnant...I know I´m sick and wrong. I wouldn´t have almost 5 kids if I had terrible pregnancies. Anyways so since we arrived in Spain a little over 5 months ago I have only gained like 7 pounds and I weigh the least that I have ever weighed with any of my pregnancies. I totally attribute this to having to walk everywhere and not being able to drive through any of my favorite fast food joints anytime I feel a touch hungry or I didn´t plan dinner. (Now I am not saying I am thin by any means because I definately started this pregnancy way over my ideal weight but at least I haven´t tacked on another 20-30 pounds like I usually do.)<br /><br />So back to my frustration. I have always chuckled to myself about these super thin women who look like a tooth pick with a pea on it and have high blood sugar or high blood pressure when they are prego. I don´t laugh because I am super jealous that they look so great, but I just think that it should be the women who can throw down the super sized Big Mac meals with no prob. (like myself) that should struggle with those issues. It just seems logical to me. Hope I don´t offend any of my fellow big eaters!! So I have my first glucose test and I pass it. I have never had an issue with any of my pregnancies, but for some crazy reason the Doc has me do another one. Not sure why, maybe they do it differently here. Well that great orange drink that they give you isn´t quite as great here ha ha. They don´t even try to make it somewhat drinkable. Nope, the second time I had to do it I just about lost it!<br /><br />So I go to the OB tonight and he has the results from my blood tests and says that my blood sugar is a little high and then the nurse takes my blood presure and says that it is a little high!!! Wait a second....I am like 15 pounds less than any of my other pregnancies, how can this be? Then the doctor procedes to tell Diego that I have to go in for the grand daddy glucose test of them all tomorrow which is 3 hours and they have to draw blood 3 times, oh yeah and I couldn´t leave out that tasty orange drink!! Oh, if I had a Taco Bell close I would have driven there and thrown down a few burritos! Oh, and the biggest Dr. Pepper that I could get my hands on. Oh wait maybe not, the heart burn would have killed me! So needless to say I am totally bitter! I am definately happy that I haven´t gained as much weight, but someone help me understand the logistics because I am definately not a doctor!!<br /><br />I also had an unltrasound this morning and the tech said that the baby looked chubby (<em>gordita</em>) and that my amniotic fluid was okay to low. She scheduled me to have another ultrasound a week from Friday. The baby´s health comes first but it would be great timewise if I had to be induced a little early. We´ll see! <div align="left"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCTt8bgI8GAA1VwhNdizGfRqlQBWczHn6tDeGjtt0mJx_gKOK2ZywXgMAbFQKBc6lhR7ga7gOmVlI_Nh8X7BT69fRsi7zsi-sOI6ppQ2GutmLQcwTj84GKVCH4QgEpU0jU8uXEI88UTQ/s1600-h/100_4638.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267158751708371554" style="WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCTt8bgI8GAA1VwhNdizGfRqlQBWczHn6tDeGjtt0mJx_gKOK2ZywXgMAbFQKBc6lhR7ga7gOmVlI_Nh8X7BT69fRsi7zsi-sOI6ppQ2GutmLQcwTj84GKVCH4QgEpU0jU8uXEI88UTQ/s320/100_4638.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><em></em><div align="left"><em></em> </div><div align="left"><em>Quick note of funny things kids say</em><br />The kids are watching some Chinese show called something like ninja warrior. It looked a little bit to me like American Gladiators only there weren´t any steriod using gladitors on this show, just really strong Chinese men. The contestants have to go through these crazy obstacle courses that require massive amounts of strength. Don´t ask me why, but the kids think it is the greatest thing. So this is the conversation.<br /><br />Jacob-Mom do they have any shows like this in the US?<br />Me-Yeah they have a show called American Gladiators </div><br /><div align="left"><br />A few minutes pass. </div><br /><div align="left"><br />Jacob-If Daddy ever went on that show he would have to lose a LOT of weight and gain a little bit of muscles.<br />Me-HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa.........................................<br />Lauryn-But Daddy isn´t from China, he is from Spain.<br />Me-HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaha.............................................</div>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-84635860569605089082008-11-06T09:08:00.000-08:002008-11-06T10:26:14.475-08:00Entry from Jacob and LaurynI have a feeling that this blog is soon going to become overtaken by the kids! (Not like pretty much every entry is about them) Every little thing that they do they ask to post it on the blog and usually I say no because it is chaos sitting down with all the kids to try to do this kind of thing, but finally I gave in. so here are there entries! And no Jacob does not watch wrestling, but they didn´t have the soccer chips that he wanted. <div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div><strong><em>Jacob´s new wrestiling chips</em></strong></div><div>Well, I got these new wrestling chips, as you can seen in <span style="font-size:0;">the</span> pics. The people on the chips, or</div><div>W chipz, are JTG, Trevor Murdoch, Mick Foley & Chris Jericho.</div><div>(P.S. I Jacob wrote this.)</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtfoaDCuMjniASwEhiHijnVhQ6zGMiSXeTVg7kB1N2FulxDd19FN1ru31MN0gKN7kRrOVO7JwlnZBc9kww_gj7ukaZXS73hY8VjhdNv8EUyg2nTbdj8kd0nzOa7wnRHfPokbK3Et1rq0/s1600-h/100_4611.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265610861797373266" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtfoaDCuMjniASwEhiHijnVhQ6zGMiSXeTVg7kB1N2FulxDd19FN1ru31MN0gKN7kRrOVO7JwlnZBc9kww_gj7ukaZXS73hY8VjhdNv8EUyg2nTbdj8kd0nzOa7wnRHfPokbK3Et1rq0/s320/100_4611.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div><strong><em>Lauryn´s new journal</em></strong></div><div>This is my journal. I call it "My Private Journal" and it´s nick name is "Diary." I already wrote on 2 pages, but I like reading them a lot of times. Well I wrote that at school one day we were supposed to draw a leapord, but when a girl named Nedea saw my leapord she said "que feo" which means how ugly. Then when she showed me hers I said "que bonita" which means how pretty. So now I´m her friend. <em>The End</em></div><p align="center"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHg9c6CIJO8jRqIb9t8P-aRAJu5VVGjU96jb2hEds2OwCPGCxcEPNiqITRnZM8tpNgOb9ktMU8MXFv-cBUCJukVF_UoO4lZt76U9-OyhoP0eIgesja1Opeghxyv02vSiFmI44d097ChY/s1600-h/100_4613.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265610872786500658" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHg9c6CIJO8jRqIb9t8P-aRAJu5VVGjU96jb2hEds2OwCPGCxcEPNiqITRnZM8tpNgOb9ktMU8MXFv-cBUCJukVF_UoO4lZt76U9-OyhoP0eIgesja1Opeghxyv02vSiFmI44d097ChY/s320/100_4613.JPG" border="0" /></a></em></p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869355893322708198.post-29226791859622364592008-11-01T08:09:00.000-07:002008-11-01T09:47:21.938-07:00Halloween in Spain / "Jalogüín" en España<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2KerEnM5lXC1qZXmYwCsExjonSn6spAzR7sUIMteaZpH_VUN0Ws0ZhAfbcNqFOrkRuoRIBh8xP-QXlnanZ_Hli13FrhecBtytz2lsea3DXAP4kXeRPwvHBleQ7v8oKyL3MUQIHFH-8A/s1600-h/100_4518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263707309824642418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2KerEnM5lXC1qZXmYwCsExjonSn6spAzR7sUIMteaZpH_VUN0Ws0ZhAfbcNqFOrkRuoRIBh8xP-QXlnanZ_Hli13FrhecBtytz2lsea3DXAP4kXeRPwvHBleQ7v8oKyL3MUQIHFH-8A/s320/100_4518.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Although not many people celebrate Halloween here in Spain I couldn´t pass up celebrating one of my favorite holidays, so we decided to have a small little family Halloween party. Grandma sent a fun Halloween package with some cute tops for the kids and fun treats. Thanks Grandma! Diego and I started out the day running around getting all the things that we needed for the party and we actually found some Halloween decorations! When I say running around I literally mean running around since we don´t have a car. I would say that we probably walked 4 or more miles! We also had an ultrasound scheduled for the day so we had to fit that in too. The OB said that everything looked normal, i.e. amniotic fluid, heart, kidneys, bladder, and her size. We were happy with the results since when we had the last ultrasound the tech was a little worried about the amount of fluid and her size. </p><p align="left">So here are the results of all our work. I must say it definately paid off! The kids loved it and we didn´t even get one whine or complaint! The kids decided to dress themselves up and this is what they came up...Jacob decided to be a mad scientist, Lauryn a Flamenco Dancer, Aitana a princess, Ryan, well he ended up dressing up like a white trash baby after spilling one too many things on himself, and Alejandro, a farmer. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-JXsiJBoYLD50f4nb2C0RwgXEZUh_BsFAa8-yXvXd1hu7L_YlsuXvQXx2E3HyWdDm6FokZWt-bygPH7ANDRcz5jVETVGjqnPdTjKKXQ5bLdRVqEM-lP1es9MW5iC-Ks6TwV_zu1cGGY/s1600-h/100_4579.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263710647994005554" style="WIDTH: 232px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-JXsiJBoYLD50f4nb2C0RwgXEZUh_BsFAa8-yXvXd1hu7L_YlsuXvQXx2E3HyWdDm6FokZWt-bygPH7ANDRcz5jVETVGjqnPdTjKKXQ5bLdRVqEM-lP1es9MW5iC-Ks6TwV_zu1cGGY/s320/100_4579.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">We started off with a fun and healthy dinner, hot dogs, pizza, chips, and punch. Oh, did I say healthy? My mistake. After dinner we play <em>pin the nose on the pumpkin</em>. Even Ryan liked it. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisWvEqmQgXg514R6ScnKb2dHfO9FF-JV6qBWqNqtHxlZXICuCDCX0i1IftAPbBv19vE4tpKcia8nwcbkVA79IrHlFRtxHeqwmAPMHu_RSby1bzsX4Um8IK7OIl01_1idYBZUafrHTu5Q/s1600-h/100_4533.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263717532490735426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisWvEqmQgXg514R6ScnKb2dHfO9FF-JV6qBWqNqtHxlZXICuCDCX0i1IftAPbBv19vE4tpKcia8nwcbkVA79IrHlFRtxHeqwmAPMHu_RSby1bzsX4Um8IK7OIl01_1idYBZUafrHTu5Q/s320/100_4533.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAuQ99UeBb0Y3CQSCp46WZCziLy9X62lljIppbYJshhvW1ElcE2ifV9OSo2yK-D2nCNWHuyn5bjaeNJ1I1bFiG-egzA_T6LZ_t4wy4obRv0lZqoTeorVAmj9y381fWeQl4GKzPmnOtJQ/s1600-h/100_4533.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAuQ99UeBb0Y3CQSCp46WZCziLy9X62lljIppbYJshhvW1ElcE2ifV9OSo2yK-D2nCNWHuyn5bjaeNJ1I1bFiG-egzA_T6LZ_t4wy4obRv0lZqoTeorVAmj9y381fWeQl4GKzPmnOtJQ/s1600-h/100_4533.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMcVfHmstUVJCBIczTYwKTrcVDUwhwbqd87MjA3Dqc1VbWr3JeYP9VbLHSLvjzTLF1iTfH4WZR2iXflz5rYqtl14mD52a9sGE6W5ZFaDPpAni-ZLUCRGJszzeBXn8cQpgBJg4fJ4AG-I/s1600-h/100_4542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263707322948766834" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMcVfHmstUVJCBIczTYwKTrcVDUwhwbqd87MjA3Dqc1VbWr3JeYP9VbLHSLvjzTLF1iTfH4WZR2iXflz5rYqtl14mD52a9sGE6W5ZFaDPpAni-ZLUCRGJszzeBXn8cQpgBJg4fJ4AG-I/s320/100_4542.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left">The kids loved the <em>eat the donut off the string with no hands</em>, but it didn´t last too long since the donuts quickly fell to the floor. Three second rule!! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjCUoq_CG9dORfgc6H_T4ES1F0FCyASu0MpgL7YNIUgAP8bAYvRC-Ble4S8lG7G-t3VdXW0oQEfghBHTb7JdpqszPA5hyphenhyphenV8NCGDEcUOCcZXgDw_a3zOHH-eov6cg2CI9LJu2Bw2XBZus/s1600-h/100_4547.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263708337997537698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjCUoq_CG9dORfgc6H_T4ES1F0FCyASu0MpgL7YNIUgAP8bAYvRC-Ble4S8lG7G-t3VdXW0oQEfghBHTb7JdpqszPA5hyphenhyphenV8NCGDEcUOCcZXgDw_a3zOHH-eov6cg2CI9LJu2Bw2XBZus/s320/100_4547.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvy_HMWBbLO5DFxS3LIp8zqCQULw519aTQ92CVYq3rUc9JWCTyjzDeL-Iup2mj2fTgb8A7SJ8gnCwCwph9brmXevc-BioPBBUdRn1RwOTaCyfddlTh-8XhEbfu5iU3V5WUeOaxEE6jZok/s1600-h/100_4548.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263707335806370498" style="WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvy_HMWBbLO5DFxS3LIp8zqCQULw519aTQ92CVYq3rUc9JWCTyjzDeL-Iup2mj2fTgb8A7SJ8gnCwCwph9brmXevc-BioPBBUdRn1RwOTaCyfddlTh-8XhEbfu5iU3V5WUeOaxEE6jZok/s320/100_4548.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ-Pcm-cwQkW5bngwvjfsEdKO7KnuSiyc4EQKN52bHmhjEEM2NtYJn18vxtyqZ5quItqUGUT8HyN9bWf6SCnGROmBOxpaSayr7BuTaCJsZmzIgjcrz3TRtGc2xubSMrw_8sIH7eyQHAQ/s1600-h/100_4544.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263707334239231410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ-Pcm-cwQkW5bngwvjfsEdKO7KnuSiyc4EQKN52bHmhjEEM2NtYJn18vxtyqZ5quItqUGUT8HyN9bWf6SCnGROmBOxpaSayr7BuTaCJsZmzIgjcrz3TRtGc2xubSMrw_8sIH7eyQHAQ/s320/100_4544.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Next, crafts! I am always a little leery of crafts during parties because the kids are usually a little crazy and uninterested, but the kids actually enjoyed the candy spiders and Halloween book marks. Short, sweet, and to the point!<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-pwCeuyzgK_BKqn3liClD0daDJvB-EdNGa7FAQm_icD2ErckNICc7zxXXIpioqxzem8iQokpg-1Znq8D9nrnaY6tElaViytRRiNCZNqo-jT1_J4vNZ2kpXOwdFAiD6T9G5BAugGo0UQ/s1600-h/100_4558.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263708363710347410" style="WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-pwCeuyzgK_BKqn3liClD0daDJvB-EdNGa7FAQm_icD2ErckNICc7zxXXIpioqxzem8iQokpg-1Znq8D9nrnaY6tElaViytRRiNCZNqo-jT1_J4vNZ2kpXOwdFAiD6T9G5BAugGo0UQ/s320/100_4558.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrZ0UooNRdIrLoReJ91xfBnzU8ix-uho4lcBWGtoIM8c-GXgYiAX1e6zRNT3qk6O788hbbVAhkuxwv3QJaxOu3ikBrYpDtiPwyeWJcQUJjy8qc9HTs66L3aYPx4AoaTy7JFbioyHC7ak/s1600-h/100_4560.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263708358471947330" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrZ0UooNRdIrLoReJ91xfBnzU8ix-uho4lcBWGtoIM8c-GXgYiAX1e6zRNT3qk6O788hbbVAhkuxwv3QJaxOu3ikBrYpDtiPwyeWJcQUJjy8qc9HTs66L3aYPx4AoaTy7JFbioyHC7ak/s320/100_4560.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLYUNSyvL5RFF0qQJonfGOMoMulv9aIJquzLF34L8ewcIvRcdTJq_5QHHLdAECZBQYBbATl6slaCm_p7IwirlxdzB0R23rUuzUDM3vc9N_To4AgmBVKKkgMbRyDc0ki0SjuCxRoG6Kz4/s1600-h/100_4554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263708344719126450" style="WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLYUNSyvL5RFF0qQJonfGOMoMulv9aIJquzLF34L8ewcIvRcdTJq_5QHHLdAECZBQYBbATl6slaCm_p7IwirlxdzB0R23rUuzUDM3vc9N_To4AgmBVKKkgMbRyDc0ki0SjuCxRoG6Kz4/s320/100_4554.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWESzYWDqblUK4gJSGNi_WTUzmDoSNLgaHdCJWm5as1mqRsJO8B5Vno3xj_sjZ5vQRBJp0jrNxPC-uccD-9ReteQFe81rohY7R5wDMTxaXv9P3vP-nFXXm21k02Buc-JOj_4v0yq_SxA/s1600-h/100_4556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263708354323816530" style="WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWESzYWDqblUK4gJSGNi_WTUzmDoSNLgaHdCJWm5as1mqRsJO8B5Vno3xj_sjZ5vQRBJp0jrNxPC-uccD-9ReteQFe81rohY7R5wDMTxaXv9P3vP-nFXXm21k02Buc-JOj_4v0yq_SxA/s320/100_4556.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXWhgDXEh4S2j3FI6TDY0SuTz5jaIX0NrkpXtzvv5rFPTbH0_jbXCIFQUKhzSgJFXsstcncsZ60hXmGAveSu4l5yDs6C5jnIZC1cdtWFp5mG5uZ9gzkNFdlhdSGFmwYb4Q8QrXvQI1Ss/s1600-h/100_4562.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263709798041771426" style="WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXWhgDXEh4S2j3FI6TDY0SuTz5jaIX0NrkpXtzvv5rFPTbH0_jbXCIFQUKhzSgJFXsstcncsZ60hXmGAveSu4l5yDs6C5jnIZC1cdtWFp5mG5uZ9gzkNFdlhdSGFmwYb4Q8QrXvQI1Ss/s320/100_4562.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">O.K. why not a few more treats to get the kids completely sick. Grandma sent this Halloween cupcake kit and it made a whopping 6 cupcakes, but enough sprinkles and frosting mix (you had to add powdered sugar, butter and water to the frosting mix, I think that the frosting mix was just food coloring) for like 20 cupcakes. The kids loved them!<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGCc3T5WDhZV121MTW6nut2imIA73s23z5qnnkV4r3kSAhHI9S0r1Q1kYA7l1a9O-7qlgcilj2IvW6_aZl-OkHHW_9NCpBN7N34bkbzout0b21oMceatO4bNYVkk1ReQ9uJq1NPrnaEQ/s1600-h/100_4567.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263709827070540466" style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGCc3T5WDhZV121MTW6nut2imIA73s23z5qnnkV4r3kSAhHI9S0r1Q1kYA7l1a9O-7qlgcilj2IvW6_aZl-OkHHW_9NCpBN7N34bkbzout0b21oMceatO4bNYVkk1ReQ9uJq1NPrnaEQ/s320/100_4567.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1wcepZcTRnP7vIydYNHmPXRAUL4FBkosz6cNvyWCxnr7uLw3Kvfhrzone1cOXnxAgOUm1CsEcWl5Q3dM7VgFjwV3yWGAMSH7cziTD5dVb0dmuskU_VhFByhJN0469ZrNOAKdcYEsmVo/s1600-h/100_4564.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263709820457969698" style="WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1wcepZcTRnP7vIydYNHmPXRAUL4FBkosz6cNvyWCxnr7uLw3Kvfhrzone1cOXnxAgOUm1CsEcWl5Q3dM7VgFjwV3yWGAMSH7cziTD5dVb0dmuskU_VhFByhJN0469ZrNOAKdcYEsmVo/s320/100_4564.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBWI8yCwA72U9FPUMCu_tEEciAP3bYy6n3BYbw_IxsSXR2rM22rUC8sVlNjgJqBW82bFQZVOKceroNq23ygZsjhRjM8bgQN3XfwuGy9_Vg0kv7cMnc_QW4hp4K5Jx1sqj1loyqZjyLSI/s1600-h/100_4563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263709803028277874" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBWI8yCwA72U9FPUMCu_tEEciAP3bYy6n3BYbw_IxsSXR2rM22rUC8sVlNjgJqBW82bFQZVOKceroNq23ygZsjhRjM8bgQN3XfwuGy9_Vg0kv7cMnc_QW4hp4K5Jx1sqj1loyqZjyLSI/s320/100_4563.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Next Tía Pily told the kids a spooky Halloween story. She gets hired to do story telling a lot and the kids loved it. They got a little creeped out when the vampire in the story grabbed a knife, but then were cracking up when she started singing about using the knife to spread some peanut butter! </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263709837291917762" style="WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb5tW_3ZXMT31yrX3W9fMmUthGSPwf5qDhhq2VNaJOdgaf4kymF6EdCSpyQTIcHpbqwHOViFj4h9sTOsHwIlh3aFQDZjEb3Z77_7Zh5H8LL5WWfoCFlBJX-nW-CIsNSl9eLh_Qw1-oN0/s320/100_4573.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2vSGGTYBmZnUeqi-8JKyiIMJNugZQQBW4aIo-r9kSppiBk_apWsDOnpbPVJaCrD2h2PxithZqNsAlwgdAo9968VVXfUFOKhi_LnK5id12kxUdkBk8nV47frm5qwYpkHnlGtHcTTfv4c/s1600-h/100_4577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263710635455007922" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2vSGGTYBmZnUeqi-8JKyiIMJNugZQQBW4aIo-r9kSppiBk_apWsDOnpbPVJaCrD2h2PxithZqNsAlwgdAo9968VVXfUFOKhi_LnK5id12kxUdkBk8nV47frm5qwYpkHnlGtHcTTfv4c/s320/100_4577.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP-_yFZVv3klEz0aVpIpX_Rllx-EofH_zjApA58q0ebwD0ij5K1jYwjUE72vr4JGR5EY36daEMUTYscuhS3YIybr0bXk4Yl24c4h3Meci8EleOKFGjxzI06CVz5TTcCYWvsyNLGSZZ9c/s1600-h/100_4575.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263710628573064578" style="WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP-_yFZVv3klEz0aVpIpX_Rllx-EofH_zjApA58q0ebwD0ij5K1jYwjUE72vr4JGR5EY36daEMUTYscuhS3YIybr0bXk4Yl24c4h3Meci8EleOKFGjxzI06CVz5TTcCYWvsyNLGSZZ9c/s320/100_4575.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">O.K. finally the grand finale! Trick-or-treating!! The kids went door to door to each bedroom. They had such a fun time and since we bought all the candy we didn´t have a plethera of too many tootsie rolls, hard candy, mints, dumb dumbs, etc. You know the candy that sticks around until the next Halloween! Purely the good stuff that we knew they would like! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynDTaVm1JpnTFt6SUhQP1wHivL694DddTP7DEP_PCwERa9hSxkArgdtgy2ONbAwCfXZr-EyJWPSsX6PrVYsIYtH0JW-A4EsWwxw9oecRpilxepwoXPbx1FaGkbM8jUOrYFlv4VUzKYoA/s1600-h/100_4588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263710666271129330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynDTaVm1JpnTFt6SUhQP1wHivL694DddTP7DEP_PCwERa9hSxkArgdtgy2ONbAwCfXZr-EyJWPSsX6PrVYsIYtH0JW-A4EsWwxw9oecRpilxepwoXPbx1FaGkbM8jUOrYFlv4VUzKYoA/s320/100_4588.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263710656675393634" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX3e5Hzw-WzTzLsuFzPT7h3JxpDWbEZaTTYCIJ3U7Aomu2MAaXh-L1Z79WC_ZSCsRxedt2kt8OzRc3gb1ktXg8_oICqdoWsrdS_c_8fN2MpUSzfF1zi5UDA9KE7AVTPuwI-488XKD4dc/s320/100_4584.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP7esjEFv_lAXL7js5k74u58SG9OsGuuSkbUSA2IETlOZav3kpDHoMQzuMhO7FqSUZEiN4BkwOlRmIERRL2ebiZkXKMgrCEjtwrVjxIq52ilsyKrnXz62vEqml9gNo13HsfmhtLuxNPo/s1600-h/100_4596.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263711093629435682" style="WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP7esjEFv_lAXL7js5k74u58SG9OsGuuSkbUSA2IETlOZav3kpDHoMQzuMhO7FqSUZEiN4BkwOlRmIERRL2ebiZkXKMgrCEjtwrVjxIq52ilsyKrnXz62vEqml9gNo13HsfmhtLuxNPo/s320/100_4596.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1By8AYuS6KJpY6Lj0xw0kIm5r-y77SabFnal99c4eSI5qbBVdYSShrZxFQzPbsE-5syUZrEEpiTyW5FF9fXCAgjnRX029p4X72XjxJJwAoLExn91k6at9_-5pxg9VVxkrqe_9CBEZ9kg/s1600-h/100_4590.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263711081522614802" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1By8AYuS6KJpY6Lj0xw0kIm5r-y77SabFnal99c4eSI5qbBVdYSShrZxFQzPbsE-5syUZrEEpiTyW5FF9fXCAgjnRX029p4X72XjxJJwAoLExn91k6at9_-5pxg9VVxkrqe_9CBEZ9kg/s320/100_4590.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p align="left">All and all it was a hit and I must admit it ended up being just as fun or funner than Halloween in the states....No one got cold trick or treating, no one was over tired from a day full of too many activities (well, except for mom and dad), and no one threw up! (at least not yet). </p>Batistashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389937397342294597noreply@blogger.com11