Song

Miriam just made up a song, which she is very good at doing, and she wanted me to put it on my blog. (*she keeps adding to it so maybe there will be more!) I wish you could hear her make up the tune. She is soo good! :)

I get to choose I get to choose
I get to choose, that's what I choose
Heavenly Father gave me a choice,
I get to choose, that's what I choose
I get choose if I am sad, I get to choose if my attitude is bad,
*And when I am good.
I'll always be with you.
Families can be together.

mistaken

A few days ago I read a blog about someones son 'mistaking' their TV remote for a hot dog and spreading ketchup and mustard all over it...well someone made the same 'mistake' with my van windshield last night!














I took pictures and will post later.

curious

Well it seems that some parents do actually care what thier kids are doing. Too bad kids won't do the right thing unless thier parents make them. Today the dad of one of the teenage boys brought Carlos' bike back, which Carlos thinks has been missing for a few weeks. The man said he saw it laying in the yard and asked his son who it belonged to and his son said. 'I think it belongs to them' and pointed to our house. Hmmm, he didn't think, he KNEW because he was probably there when it was taken, he just didn't say anything about it! Sheesh! Anyway, after he left I thought of how I should have said, 'it was probably the same boys who put egg on our house and grass in our stroller!' Maybe if this dad knew, then something would be done about it! Anyway, sometimes after bad things happen, good things happen that make you feel a little better! :)

punks!

Even as a teenager I knew what and who the punks were! They bothered me then, and they bother me now. I really dislike coming into my neighborhood and having to navigate around teenagers who are too cool to get out of the way of oncoming traffic. Who hang out endlessly doing nonsense because they have nothing better to do. GET A SUMMER JOB!! And who get all hyped up and decide to go pick on the quiet family in the neighborhood because maybe they won't do anything about it. Well they are wrong and they are headed for a life of pain and sorrow. Only they are too cool right now to realize it and their parents aren't paying attention! AHHHH makes me so mad.
Last night we were the victims of their 'crimes' because yes, throwing eggs on a house and putting dead grass and other dead plants in a baby stroller are vandalism and that is a crime. I really want to go yell at them! ( i know, lame, but what else am i going to do) I did talk to a boy who I am certain knows something about it, whether he just watched or participated, he knows. I don't know what we did to cause it and it might even be nothing at all, but I called the police and they will up their patrol so maybe it won't happen again. We shall see. But right now, I am MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Papa

Papa is gone. We really had a good time with him here. We enjoyed our time. We went downtown to look at the capitol and do some other things on Thursday. We didn't do as much as we wanted to do because we got a parking ticket and decided that was a good time to end the day ;). Friday was spent doing birthday things and pie making. Dad did some work outdoors and helped our plants look better! Sat. we went to the Civil War museum and to the James River at Belle Isle. It was a little stinky and we were surrounded by not so desireable people but it was fun and great weather!!! We didn't, however, take as many pictures as we should have. But here are a few.

he finally got in (it was super slippery and Dad and I were hesitant to get in)
making beef stew! :)
what is left of the rhubarb pies
Dominoes

feeding squirrels



Laurie loves the water! :)

Pie, cake and other goodies! ***

Cinderella hair do.

My dad is visiting us and it has been fun having him here. He decided that he needed rhubarb pie and so we went to the store and because Kroger was going to throw the rhubarb away, we got 3.2 lbs of rhubarb (good rhubarb!) for $1.27!!!!!!!!!! SCORE! That raised our moral after getting a parking ticket downtown the day before! :) Well he made the pies, and while he thinks the crust isn't good, we all think they are EXCELLENT! I can't believe how much I missed those delicious pies! YUM! He made 2 pies and a strawberry/rhubarb cobbler. The pies were best!

Elaine's 4th birthday was yesterday. We had family over for cake and ice cream. I made a princess cake (colors didn't turn out right) and because I thought there wouldn't be enough cake I made another cake and made it Cinderella's hill with a Cinderella candle on top!:) Again, the colors weren't great but still cute! :)

It was fun and she got a LOT of princess stuff :). Big coloring book, barrettes, nightgown, big Cinderella doll with Jacques and Gus and a cake, puzzle, socks, craft kit with a window catcher, pillow, and plastic canvas door hanging. The only things not princess were the three cards with money (Grandma O, Nana, George & Lynnette) and some stick on earrings of Dora!! She is very happy and such a big girl! She had a hard time waiting for Daddy to get home and Rose-Marie, David and Mason to get here before she opened her presents ;).

This was the best face :)

My girls in there favorites :)

Then after the girls were in bed and Dad and Carlos left to go to stuff together (driving range and bowling) the Relief Society sisters came over for movie night! We watched National Treasure 2 and had lots of goodies! :) Needless to say, I had a bit of a tummy ache last night and this morning. I tried not to eat anything for movie night but people brought fresh banana bread, cheez-its, fresh kettle corn, and M&M's! Not to mention the cobbler so...I had to eat a little of each!!!! Sheesh!!!!

***My apologies to Lynnette and George they DID in fact send a very princess card to Elaine and she LOVED it! Thank you! :)

Ta Da!

Ok after primer, and 4 layers of paint, here it is...not exactly the color I wanted, but still nice! The tape we put up to keep the lines straight didn't completely do it's job and the paint bled out so they are sloppy but I am NOT going to try to fix it and will probably feel like I have to explain it to everyone who comes. ;)

Dads

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there who I know and love. I am so grateful for fathers.

I am grateful for my Daddy. Grateful for his sense of humor ;). Grateful for his smarty head that impresses us all the time with the knowledge it is able to acquire! Grateful for the priesthood he holds and that he was always willing to give us blessings when we requested them! Grateful for his sense of adventure and wanting us to be the very best well rounded people that we could be. Thankful for reminding me every time I left the house to remember who I was! I love you and miss you, but am so excited that I get to see you TOMORROW! :)
Thank you Carlos, for being such a exceptional dad!! I am grateful at your dedication to leave the home every day, even when you may not want to, and go to a job to provide for our comforts. Grateful for you leadership in the gospel and example of hard work. Grateful that you so honorably hold the priesthood and practice it righteously. Grateful for you love and patience to our little girls, AND ME, especially when I have had it and need a break!! Grateful that you call me your best friend. Grateful that you are glad to be a dad and appreciate me. Sometimes I don't deserve it! I love you more everyday! Life just keeps getting better. OH and this is also a birthday shout out for tomorrow!:) HEHEHEHE!! I am so glad you were born and that we found each other!
HAPPY DAY TO ALL DADDY'S! :)

DONE!!!!!!!!!!!

The kitchen is done and I LOVE it! Before we painted the kitchen, back door, and TV panel/nook were all the same color but now, the door and kitchen are the same and the TV area is a 'what was I thinking!?' magenta type color. It doesn't look terrible it just isn't what I was hoping for and I don't know why I picked that color... We have to buy more paint and do more coats. I will post the first coat because it is the reason I am doubting! Later I will post the finished product. Sorry Dad, it might not be done before you get here!

Finished but not clean yet. ;)
Before
After....WHAT!! (it already looks better but I want to keep some suspense)

For Miriam

Happy last day to you, Happy last day to you, Happy last day of Kindergarten, Happy last day to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a 1st grader!!!! (although she reminds us that she won't really be one until she starts in the fall!)













Wahooooo, maybe I can sleep in now!???!

finally

Miriam's kindergarten class-minus William (miriam was mad we didn't get a yearbook, so I told her I would take a class picture for her!)
Chacon girls ;)
primer
final color that didn't go on right and is going to be changed this week to a different color ;) decided not to use this afterall, maybe it was a blessing it didn't stick!
I eat food, sometimes ;) But I do like my chair!

The answer...

Start over








but first, sand/scrape, go buy new paint and primer and never want to paint again!
Bright side: get refunded so I am painting for free, and if I decide I want a different color, now is the time to do it!

6 Months!

Laurie was 6 months old on Thursday! She is growing so fast! She can sit up by herself for about 1 min. She doesn't have complete control yet and will fall over after about that. We went to the Dr today and she is 16lbs, 26 in. Before you say 'Wow she is a big 6 mo old' All my girls were about this size and weight at this point so to me, this is normal! She fits in 6-9 mo stuff, some 3-6 still. She still doesn't care to eat cereal and sort of likes sweet potatoes although not mixed together and she will really only take a few bites before she is done! Not sure what to do about her, I am about to just hand her a crust of pizza and let her eat it!
We are painting our kitchen finally after 2 years of saying we wanted to. We did the primer, then a layer of flat yellow we had left over from something else, and then the final color. First coat is done...and it looks TERRIBLE!! Well the color is fine and good, it is called Citrus, a Behr color. I like it, but the paint like drooped and clumped and we don't know why. It just didn't go on well. We are waiting to do the second coat for a while and we might have to take a light sand paper and get the chunks off. I am so upset, I don't know what to do!! It is like it didn't adhere and the 'skin is hangin' off it's bones!' (what movie is that from? ;)) Anyway I have taken pictures of the process but don't have the camera right now and so I will put them up later! I'm going to bed!! Maybe I will feel better about it tomorrow!

Teeth and cakes

They go well together don't they. At least you don't need teeth to have cake! ;)
Anyway, Miriam lost her two bottom front teeth this week. One at school and one at home. The tooth fairy forgot to come for 2 nights in a row so when she finally came she was generous!

Rose-Marie asked me to make a cake for her friend's baby shower and this is what I decided to make. It is a rocking horse pan decorated like a bassinett! It was fun.