My World

My boys dancing at my sisters wedding. Enjoy!!!

2010-07-22T06:42:00.000-07:00

Moving

2010-05-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

This what we've been doing the last few weeks...packing up the house getting ready for our big move. Its pretty exciting because we really never got used to living in a small rural town. I know its only been 3 years but we are very happy to be moving to a bigger city. Now I don't have to drive 20 minutes one way just for a loaf of bread or 15 minutes to the high school. I've racked up so many miles on my car from just driving around town to get from one end to the other end. Papi Chulo's drive will also be cut down from 120 miles round trip each day to 24 miles round trip. My debit card will be happy it won't be swipped as much at the gas pump :) Wish us luck!

8 is great!!!

2010-02-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

8 Shows I watch

1. Ugly Betty

2. Mercy

3. Desperate Housewives

4. Nip/Tuck

5. The Real Housewives of .......

6. Sex and the City

7. Keeping up with the Kardashians

8. Trauma: Life in the E.R.

8 places to eat

1. Olive Garden

2. Costco

3. Yogurtland

4. Chipoltes

5. Chilis

6. Subway

7. Red Lobster

8. Pizza Port @ Disneyland

8 things I look forward to

1. Moving to Las Vegas

2. Finishing school

3. Seeing my kids grow up

4. Going to the gym

5. My 10 year wedding anniversary in June

6. Sisters wedding

7. Sister in laws new baby in June

8. Growing old with my love

8 places I always go

1. Super Walmart

2. Kids school

3. Bathroom

4. Facebook

5. Gas station

6. Bus stop to get Christina

7. School

8. To bed at night

8 things on my wish list

1. Botox

2. Plastic Surgery

3. Move back to Orange County

4. Getting RN license and Bachelors in Nursing

5. New SUV

6. More time to scrapbook and create

7. Vacations every summer

8. Healthy children and husband

My latest obsession!!!

2010-02-06T12:18:00.000-08:00

Lady Gaga!!!

2010 is going to be my greatest year yet!!!

2010-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:00

[photo courtesy of: melodyross.typepad.com]

Hot Mess No More!!!

2009-12-18T21:20:00.000-08:00

So I can say I "behaved" better studying for this last test, which was my final.

Final Grade in Psychology 101= A

I am patting myself in the back for a job well done! Not bad!

Hot Mess!!!

2009-11-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

I recently went back to school to finish my dream of becoming a Registered Nurse. Since its been more than a decade since I've been back at college, I decided to take just one class. I didn't want to over do it so I went easy on myself [which I now regret because I could have taken more classes on top of psychology 101]. My professor, Mr. V, is a great teacher and I find her very interesting. When I found out about my first test, I began to panic. Night after night, I would vent to my Papi Chulo about What if I fail or am I studying right, or OMG there is so much information, how in the world am I going to remember it all. So my first test was in September and I ended up with the highest grade in class. Breathe!!!!!!!!

So then our next test was scheduled for the first week of November. So I then began to stress again and ask myself "Will I survive"? I was more stressed this last time around. I think because I had already tested so well that I needed another repeat. Now let me tell you about these tests that Mr. V gives. They are not easy. They are not multiple choice or fill-in the blank. These tests are essay form tests. Our answers have to be essays. So I began to prepare myself for another test. Memorize, repeated, read outloud, study before going to bed [that helps me memorize the material better...actually I think and obsess over it all night long]. I walked into class Wednesday afternoon and began my test. Its funny because when I do these exams, its just me and the paper. I write and write and write. I think only about the material I've studied and nothing else. So I hand in my 6 pages of answers, walk to my car, and call Papi Chulo and let out a scream of relief...what a relief to finish this test that has caused me to almost change my name to "Hot Mess". After the test, I go pick up the boys, come home, help them with homework, cook dinner, clean up after dinner, check my email/Facebook, then by 7:00 p.m., walk over to the couch and plop myself on it. I fell asleep within minutes. I was a Hot Mess all week that I think my body was done with the stress.

The following week, I go to class and get my test handed back to me. I got another A! So I guess I need to learn to stress less because I am obviously doing great.

This Hot Mess needs to chill a little...what do you think???

Another Great Movie to be released soon.

2009-11-10T19:58:00.000-08:00

Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland.

This movie looks too good to be true.

Tim Burton is wickedly talented!!!!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T13:42:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween ya'll!!!!!!!!!

A conversation with Vinny

2009-10-15T10:02:00.000-07:00

Vinny: Hey mommy, what are those scratches on your tummy?

Mom: Those scratches are called stretch marks.

Vinny: How did you get them?

Mom: I got them because my tummy had to stretch out really big so you can grow big and healthy.

Vinny: Oh, okay!!!

New Moon

2009-09-30T21:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry!!! A heartfelt apology.........

2009-09-16T10:06:00.001-07:00

To my wonderful audience, I am truly, deeply sorry for my absence. One word describes my absence.........FACEBOOK!!!

I love facebook and all it has to offer. I love to hear people complain, whine, and be happy. Its too much fun! Oh yeah, I love Farmtown!!!!!!!

So here is what we've been up to..

* We went to the Happiest Place on Earth over the summer for a few days

* Went swimming

* Been to Cali every few weeks

*Football season is in full effect in my household

*I'm back at school to finish my nursing degree

*Kids also started school

Then............

I did one of the most amazing things ever.

I participated in the Disneyland Half Marathon on September 6, 2009. For those that don't know runners lingo, a half marathon is 13.1 miles. So my parents asked me a few months ago if I wanted to do it and I said sure. I stressed at first then let it go. I trained about 3-4 times a week and did pretty good. Like I said to everyone, I am no professional runner but I am no quitter.

So the day came and we woke up at 3:30. We got to Disneyland about 4:30. It was a cool 64'. I was so nervous that morning [just ask the toilet....sorry TMI], I couldn't wait to start it. So we lined up and the butterflies were slowly disappearing. We then started and crossed the start line with Mickey and Minnie waving us on. I turned my Ipod on and set myself up on cruise control. It was so fabulous!!! We ran through California Adventures and Disneyland during the first leg of the race. Then we ran on the streets of Anaheim. The entire time I had tons of people in front of me and behind me so I wasn't lonely. We ran through the parking lot of the Honda Center then across the street to the Angels Stadium [picture above is inside the stadium] . This was about mile 9 and my hamstrings were starting to bother me. By mile 10, I couldn't take it. I walked from mile 10 through 11. Lots of pain and stopping to massage them and stretch the muscles out. Then we approached California Adventures for the last mile and I ran it all. I was so tired and the running seemed to help abit. I saw the finish line and couldn't believe my eyes. I crossed it and said "Wow, I finished my first half marathon....Congrats me!!!!".

My time was 3 hours 8 minutes 9 seconds.

Not bad for my first 1/2 Marathon.

It was the best feeling ever!!! I promise I will do it again next year. More pictures of the day to come later.

New Moon Poster

2009-05-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here we go again. I need to find me a countdown clock for New Moon.

I'm a cry baby!!!

2009-05-19T13:17:00.000-07:00

I cried when I watched the season finale of Desperate Housewives. It was so good!!!

Can someone please call a wambulance!!!!!!!!!

Expect the Unexpected

2009-05-04T20:29:00.000-07:00

Vinny will have surgery tomorrow morning. It came to a shock to all of us. The break is worse than we thought and the bones keep shifting outward causing them not to heal correctly. Keep him in your thoughts as the doctors place a pin on his radius bone. If I have time, I'll post something tomorrow.

First broken bone for one of our little ones.

2009-04-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

Boy its been a crazy day! I know I haven't blogged in awhile. I've had lots of things going on but that's another story.

Look who made it to our families history book for being the first child to break a bone....no other than VINNY!!!

I get a call around 11 from the nurse that Vinny had hurt his wrist before lunch. He was crossing over the monkey bars and fell on his wrist. I talk to him on the phone and he sounds like a different person. His cry was unfamiliar and full of pain. So I rush down there. The nurse lets me take a peak at his wrist [it was in a sling] and I lost my marbles at that time. I look away and cried so he wouldn't see me. I then put my sunglasses so he wouldn't see the tears. I quickly sign him out of school along with Joseph. My friend gets Vinny settled in the front seat and my sweet neighbor takes Joseph.

I was very hesitant about taking him to our little towns hospital. I've heard amillion horror stories. So we get there and sign some insurance forms. We are seen within 10 minutes. They put a new sling on him and Gabriel arrives within that time. He is whisked away to x-rays where the doctor confirms the news on his injuries. He broke the 2 bones right below his wrist.

[When I look at this image, all I can say is "OUCH, poor guy"!!!
The doctor also told us to wait until around 5:00p.m. so they could put Vinny to sleep so they could re-align his bones. They couldn't do it after the x-rays because I hand feed him on our way to the hospital [I know, unsafe!] So Vinny got his own private room with a T.V. and hung out until 5. I left around 2:15 to come home and tend to the other kids. According to Gabe, it took quite abit of anesthesia to knock out Vinny. He had no pain meds until before he fell asleep tonight. I'm telling you, he's so strong! I'll keep you posted on his condition.

I'm alive..........

2009-03-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

but just barely. Been busy with kids, school work, baseball, t-ball, and a ton of other stuff. I will post pictures later.

OUR FAMILY

2009-02-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of our family celebrating Vinny's 7th Birthday this last weekend in California. He had 2 birthday cakes that weekend and one more this Saturday for his party here at home with his friends. What kid has 3 birthday cakes??? VINNY.

By the way, I LOVE YOGURTLAND!!!

Mom said, Vinny said

2009-02-18T16:48:00.000-08:00

Spelling word is: world

We were doing homework and telling Vinny to write world 3 times. I then usually make a sentence out of the word.

Mom said: Vinny, you are my world!

Vinny said: Mom, you are my country!

V-day Breakfast

2009-02-17T13:47:00.000-08:00

The kids wanted a special Valentine's Day breakfast...............so first thing first. Apron on...check!
Heart shaped spatula...check

Heart shaped measuring cups...check

Heart-shaped pancakes, bacon, and eggs on top of a Valentine's Day placemat. All my V-day goodies were purchased at Target last month.

If I had Octuplets, I would name them........

2009-01-31T22:45:00.000-08:00

1. What

2. The

3. Hell

4. Did

5. I

6. Get

7. Myself

8. Into

Its 64 degrees right now and........................

2009-01-29T15:59:00.000-08:00

Vinny decides [after school] that he needs to get a tan. So he throws on his

swim trunks and lays out on our small patch of artificial turf. He also requested some lemonade with a straw.

Being 6.9 years old sure is fun!!!

Twilighted Christina

2009-01-22T08:44:00.000-08:00

This a photoshopped picture of Christina. I found a gal on Etsy that "Twilighted" her.....meaning that she is a vampire in this picture. This was one of many birthday gifts last month. I thought it was pretty cool. She loved it!!! Click HERE if you want more info.

Can you say FANGO!!!

2009-01-12T06:29:00.000-08:00

I don't mean to scare you so early in the morning. That is in fact me with my FANGO mask on. My sister-in-law had a skin care home party back in November. So I went and fell in love with there products. I am a home party junkie....I admit it! I've bought from Princess House, Home Interiors, Cookie Lee, Pampered Chef, Partylite Candles. Anyway, I always break out with any new moisturizers and toners I start but not these products. This one mask I have on is a seaweed mask called FANGO.

You use it once a week and boy its made a huge difference. So go on with your day....again my apologizes if I happen to frighten you.

Its 2009!!!!

2009-01-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

Sandra's Cafe is getting a bit of an interesting start to 2009. Vinny was up throwing up last night. Poor guy!! Its going around and I think I gave it to him.

My sister, Maria and her boyfriend Beli [pictured above], came over to see us on Sunday. I noticed she was wearing a beautiful solitare diamond on her ring finger. She said they were engaged. Gosh....what took so long? They met in high school and have been together since then. I had to keep their engagement a secret because they officially announced it right before midnight. A date will be set for sometime in June of 2010. That's great because I am going to need to make those invitations and bridal shower invites as well. Oh and a scrapbook and thank you cards and name cards and......................the list goes on and on. CONGRATS!!! And have a Happy New Year!

Year in Review: 2008

2008-12-31T14:39:00.000-08:00

Well, here we are......at the end of another year. This year went by fast like every year. My kids have grown lots this year and I too have grown....to be a better person. I've learned alot of things this year.....especially not to be late on renewing car insurance. Here is my list of what I learned in 2008.....

* being more patient with my kids and especially my husband. He recently quite smoking. The first week was a killer........for me, not for him. May he have awesome health in 2009!

*being patient with certain adults. There are some individuals who want to make others miserable for there benefit. Sorry, you're not going to affect me.

* don't ever weld anything in front of your home.

* if you live close to your family, make sure you see them as much as possible.

* God does listen

* I love my family more than ever

This year also brought a new addition to my sister and her husband. Her name is Keira. And they will be welcoming Baby sister #2 at the end of February 2009. I ran my first race and did great! I am aiming for the stars and will [hopefully.....if I don't chicken out] be running a half-marathon at Disneyland in September 2009. Wish me luck!!! I have other good news to share but can't do that until tomorrow. Its not about me but someone else that I love.

Wishing all you a Happy New Year 2009 filled with peace, health, and happiness!!!!!!!

Christmas 2008

2008-12-31T09:31:00.000-08:00

Well these pictures are not in order. I've been messing with them for the last 30 minutes.

The kids with aunt Cindy and baby Keira at grandma's house.
Christina and Joseph sleeping on our way home. Again, these pictures are out of order. Look at the back of the car. We usually pack about 3-4 bags of clothes, a cooler, and Gabriel's golf clubs. We come back with shopping bags, food, presents. This time around, we came back with so much more stuff. It was Christmas so we had a bunch of toys for the boys and clothes for Christina.

Christmas Eve at my aunts house.

Cindy and I.

This should have been the first picture. The kids opening up there "group" gift. Its a Wii Fit.

I am far too tired to post any more pictures. Sorry people! I am a little sick right now. I was in bed asleep for most of the day yesterday. Today, I feel much better but my stomach is still bothering me. We had a great to trip to Ca. We were gone for 7 days and had a blast. I stayed at my mom's for 2 days, one night at my aunt's house, and the other nights at my mother-in-law's. I will try to post a year in review later. Have a great New Year's Eve!!!

The snow continues.....

2008-12-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

First of all, I had a crappy night. I have a slight cold and was tossing and turning all night. I was waiting for a call from the schools to let us know if the kids were going to have a snow day....and they did! I got 3 calls... 3:36 a.m., 4:16 a.m., & 5:30 a.m. Then Gabe didn't go to work and decided to wake the kids up at 5 to look outside the windows. We feel asleep for another hour and a half.

This what my house looked like this morning. So bizarre!

These are our neighbors homes.

This is the small park around the corner from our house.....completely filled with snow. We decided to make a snow man.

This is what we created.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!

2008-12-17T17:22:00.000-08:00

This week has been a week to remember. The weather has been super cold mixed in with abit of rain and snow. It snowed most of Monday morning and today we got another downpour of snow......more than Monday! They said it hasn't snowed in Southern Nevada like this since 1978. Its wild!!!
More snow in front of my house. Santa and the Snowman have front row seats to this weather phenomenom.

The kids having fun in the snow!

Birthdays and Wrestling!

2008-12-15T06:57:00.000-08:00

Another birthday for little Miss Christina. All I know is that she'll be driving in 2 years [insert mortified face].

And the boys wrestling matches. They just started wrestling a few weeks ago and did pretty good for rookies. Joseph got a medal.

The Holidays are in full swing.......

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at my home with only 14 days left before

Christmas. I am just about done with my shopping. I believe I need about 3 gifts left but everything else is done. I actually started early this year which is a major shocker because I always wait last minute. Prince Charming and I will be wrapping gifts this weekend.

Christina was crowned Winter Queen for her winter dance at school last week. She was so excited! I have the actual pictures of the dance coming my way soon [thanks to her Math teacher]. And LOOK.......

her hair is short [gasping for air]!!! She had it cut during our last trip to Ca with our stylist who doesn't charge us an arm and leg to cut all of our hair!!!

My little monkeys are ready for Christmas! 2 weeks of sleeping in, playing with new toys, and hangin' with our family. What else could we ask for???

My Christmas Tree

It is always brought out the day after Thanksgiving and brought down shortly after the new year.

36:25

2008-11-29T10:15:00.000-08:00

36 minutes 25 seconds. That's how long it took me to run the 5K Turkey Run on Thanksgiving morning. Just to be exact, 5K is 3.1 miles. It had rained the day before but that morning was just a bit cold....no rain!

I had a blast running! I kept thinking "I'm not going to die I'm not going to die". Running is not easy....regardless of your training level.

Running towards the finish line.

I finished....hooray!!!!!!!

I also got a medal for placing 3rd in the womens age group [20-29]. I am going to continue to run and hopefully do another 5K soon.

Practicing for a 5K

2008-11-24T09:48:00.000-08:00

This morning, my running partner and I did a practice run for the 5K. We were emailed info. on the course and decided to run it. I know she'll be about 10 minutes ahead of me but we ran it in 37 minutes. My goal is to do it in 35 minutes or less. Wish me lots of luck!!!!!

TWILIGHT

2008-11-22T17:20:00.000-08:00

The day finally came!!! Christina and I headed to Vegas early this morning. First stop, Target [of course]. We then had brunch at a casino and then headed up to the theatres.

We were the first ones in the theatre. It was pretty full not completely sold out. The movie was great! I was so happy with all the character selections. Edward was perfect and Bella needed alittle more personality. The Cullens were all so stunning!

It was officially announced today that the 2nd installment of the series, New Moon, will start production soon. Can you tell I really have enjoyed all this Twilight madness! I am just happy I could share that with someone.

This little sweet guy............

2008-11-20T09:07:00.000-08:00

was screaming like a little girl because of this............

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Vinny was playing hide 'n go seek and while hiding, found this little fella. I was in the kitchen cooking and all I could hear were high pitched screams of terror and misery. He said there was a huge spider and that it almost killed him. So Prince Charming got home from work and went to investigate [because I was too chicken]. He found it and I told him to snap some pictures of it. So while I was inside putting the camera away, he "took care" of the little fella with the tip of his steel toe boots.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2008-11-16T10:29:00.000-08:00

Its been really busy around my household in the last week or so. We were in Ca last weekend, Gabriel's b-day was Wednesday, I've been running [training for the 5K] and taking some training classes for a new job. Yup, you heard that right, I am now a Behavior Interventionist. I will be working one-on-one with my friends son, who is autistic. This is such a wonderful opportunity because my heart has always been with children of special needs. Most of the jobs I've held, before the kids were born, were working with adults or high school kids with special needs. We have Twilight coming out next weekend and you know that's been a hot topic in my house the last few days. We'll be watching it on Saturday. Thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Sunday!

Keira is having a little...................

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sister.

She is due to arrive around March 13, 2009. Good luck during those teen years!

HALLOWEEN FUN!

2008-11-02T10:47:00.000-08:00

Halloween was a blast! I dressed up as a witch. Here I am flying away!!!
We all got in the Halloween spirit. Gabe was a hobo who was shot several times [OUCH!], I was a witch, Christina was a semi-football player, Vinny was Iron Man, and Joey was a Blue M&M.

The Hobo with his little creatures.

Happy Halloween and Happy Nevada Day!

2008-10-31T07:36:00.000-07:00

I love this picture!

Today is Halloween and boy are the kids excited! Also today, the kids have no school and Gabe has no work.....its Nevada Day. Nevada Day is an annual holiday which commemmorates the statehood of Nevada.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Celebrating my 100th Post with a funny story

2008-10-29T12:30:00.000-07:00

Gabriel walks into a costume shop and this what happened...

Gabriel: "Excuse me, I am looking for a Womens Alice in Wonderland costume in size 0".

Clerk: "Oh, your wife must be so beautiful".

Gabriel "Oh, no this is for my 13 almost 14 year old daughter.......my wife is a size 2".

Clerk: Well aren't you a lucky guy to have such beautiful women in your life.

Gabriel: Yes, I am

I must say I do have a sweet husband....but also a damn good liar too!

FRIENDSHIP

2008-10-27T13:42:00.000-07:00

is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warm feeling that it brings.

Sandra is...................

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HAPPY............but tired!!!

I just ran one mile in 13 minutes. I used to run it in 8 when I was in high school. My goal is to get down to 10 or 11 minutes. I am going to run a 5K on Thanksgiving morning here in town so I've been running the last 3 weeks.

Parents these days!!!

2008-10-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

Christina and I are very open about everything. She tells me things that I don't want to hear sometimes and I tell her things she doesn't want to hear. So yesterday she starts to tell me about this girl at her bus stop. She said that when her mom drops her off, her mom flips her off. Christina says she's seen her do it so many times. When I heard this, my mind went into confusion overload!!! What kind of parent does this??? Mabye its her way of saying "Have a good day at school". Anyway, my mind is still trying to figure that one out. I don't get it.

Camping & Disneyland

2008-10-17T08:50:00.000-07:00

So we are back from our semi-vacation. It was so much fun it took us 2 days to recover. Here we are fishing. The kids had so much fun! Gabriel and I used to go fishing all the time before the kids were born. We are going to try to go more often now that they are abit older.
This is the catfish Christina caught. We threw it back into the lake. She was the only one who caught a fish that weekend.
It was so windy and cold. Brrrrrr!!!!!!
The kids at Disneyland. The Happiest Place on Earth! It is. You cannot be grumpy and go to Disneyland.....seriously! I still love D-land. I used to go all the time when I was in high school. We also went to California Adventures.
Mickey Mouse
My new boyfriend Sulley.

I think today is the first day that my feet don't hurt from all the walking we did on Monday. It was so windy in Ca. There were also a few fires all around So. California that we quickly left on Tuesday morning before we got caught in the flames.

Its almost time!

2008-10-16T09:11:00.000-07:00

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Computers, Pedicures, and Kids

2008-10-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

Pedicures and Acyrlic nails were my bi-weekly [once every 2 weeks] treat many many years ago. I actually had my toes done this week. I think that was my first time in more than a year....since we've moved. There is a new salon here in town and I love it. The pedicurist is wonderful and did a great job!!!

My computer loves me very much!!! He almost died on me a few weeks ago. I was told by the computer doctor that I would have to go out and buy a new one. Gabe's friend fixes computer and offered to take a look at it. His diagnosis was that it need a new motherboard [the boys love that word....motherboard!]. So I finally got my baby home tonight. I am a happy mommy tonight [with freshly polished toe nails]. I'll blog more next week because we have alot planned for the next 5 days. Love ya!!!!!!!!!!

You know you live in a small town when.........

2008-09-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

the Wal-mart 18-wheeler is in the towns parade.

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!

2008-09-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

Yesterday marked the first day of Fall and we no longer have 100+ degree weather. Amen to that!!! So I decided to whip out my Fall/Halloween outdoor decor. These 2 ghosts here were made by me. I found this idea in a kids magazine last year and decided to make them. They came out pretty good. I have more material to make 2 more. And only 58 days left for Twilight! The countdown continues.........

Christina has a new boyfriend!

2008-09-19T07:33:00.000-07:00

Don't they look so perfect together!!! They wouldn't allow her to bring him on the plane because he was too heavy. Mabye on eday they will meet again.
Christina at the Christ the Reedemer statue in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Have a Happy Friday ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

2008-09-16T15:37:00.000-07:00

For those that don't know, this is my mom. She's a very quiet and reserved lady! She had a birthday this weekend so we went down to California to pay her a visit. Love you mami!!!
This is my younger sister Maria [to the left] and I am holding the one and only Keira. She's teething and wasn't in the best moods. We had breakfast on Sunday morning. Our group was probably the largest there....13 people and kids!
Gabriel and Keira. He was acting like a lizard and she just kept staring. We passed her around the table a few times.

Scary Weekend!

2008-09-08T19:52:00.000-07:00

We had a very scary weekend! Gabriel was welding some metal pieces on the smoothie trailer. He runs in and tells me to call 911 because the trailer was on fire. I look out thinking it was a sick joke but no. Our trailer was completely destroyed. We are all okay. It was very frightening!!! Just wanted to update everyone. My kids were so scared! I thought my house was going to burn down. It took the fire dept. almost 30 minutes to get to my house and distinguish it. Praise the Lord nobody got hurt....that's the most important thing! Just alittle sad :(

Email from little Miss......

2008-09-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

SALUTATIONS TO THEM FOLKS OUT IN NEVADA. THIS IS ME WORKING AT THE OL' PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO.

MUCH LOVE, KEIRA.

I got home this morning from the grocery store and found an email in my inbox from none other than little Miss Keira. She sure is getting big! When did you get a job? I know gas prices are a bit high and milk is at an all time high too but come on. When did mommy teach you how to type???

Pictures from Peru

2008-08-28T17:47:00.000-07:00

Christina with Larry the Llama. Sorry about the side shot....couldn't get it to move the right way.

Christina in Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu.
Larry the Llamas brother, Lalo.

More pictures to come later. Her camera died after Peru. I think my dad has some shots from Brazil and Argentina.

The Baby of our Clan!

2008-08-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

I sent my sweet little boy off to Kindergarten this morning. It was truly a happy and sad moment for me. I've been at home with him since the time of his birth 5 Years, 3 months, 4 days ago.....and believe me, I've cherished every minute and day I got to see him do new things and say new things. Now he is off to school! I called Gabriel after I dropped him off and cried alittle. Time flies by too quickly. The baby of our clan is no longer a baby. He is the littlest member of our clan. He is entering a new world of learning and fun.

Another school year.......

2008-08-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

Pretty in Pink! Christina was excited to go back to school. 8th grade here we come!
Handsome little dude! Backpack check, lunch pail check, new clothes and shoes check, new haircut check. Off to 1st grade Vinny goes!!!

She's home!

2008-08-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

She's finally home! After one long month, she is finally home. She's a bit tired but in great spirits. We've been laughing and story telling the whole evening. She really enjoyed her trip...especially Brazil. She said the beaches there were stunning. More pictures later!

Got me some free groceries today!

2008-08-21T14:39:00.001-07:00

Buy this magazine....only available at Wal-mart. Turn to page 159. Clip the five coupons on that page.
Buy all these packages of Kool Aid. I spent $3.00 on 15 packages [5 for $1]
And get all this for FREE!!!

Everyone knows Vinny! Good or bad???

2008-08-21T00:52:00.000-07:00

We walk into his school on Wednesday and about 3 secretaries got up and said "Hey Vinny" at the same time. Now, do you think its a good or bad thing when the staff members know your child???

Not in this case. Heck, even the ladies at the grocery store know that kid. He's not shy...that's for sure!!!

End of Summer Break

2008-08-19T20:15:00.000-07:00

Silly pictures of the boys pretending to be dad.

Joseph wearing daddy's pants.

Vinny wearing daddy's pants.

I can't believe another summer has passed us by. Where does the time go? June was a pretty mellow month for us. We stayed home and swam alot. July was full of visitors and a trip to Ca. August started off with a trip to Ca and has been really mellow since. We've been trying to get out to see friends and go swimming at the clubhouse so the kids could have a variety of things to do. They start school next week so this week I am trying to get them back on there waking up early/going to bed early routine. I bought them all more clothes today from Old Navy.com and Gap.com. Christina is due back home Saturday afternoon. We can't wait to see her. She called today and said she was in Argentina. They got there Monday @ 11:00 p.m. She's been emailing me a few times since she's been gone. I emailed her a link to a pair of shoes I wanted to buy her and she gave me the thumbs up to go ahead and buy them. I am trying to have her stuff organized for school so when she gets home, all she has to do is unpack and do some laundry. She might even miss school for a day or two. She might be a bit tired...dont' ya think???

Oh yeah, Twilight has been pushed forward 3 weeks. Meaning it'll premiere November 21 st now! I'm done with Twilight and now reading New Moon...I'm on page 206.

Twilight

2008-08-10T21:29:00.000-07:00

So this obsession started with Christina back in July. We were in California at my moms house and my teen sister had the book. Christina started reading the book......but she started from the middle. "You never begin from the middle" I said. She loves to read but decided to start no where near page 1. That really irritated me so I made her read it from the beginning. She finished the book in less than 2 days because of our travels at the time. Then I bought her book 2, her aunt bought her book 3, and we went to Costco the morning of Aug. 2 to buy the 4th book. Aug. 2nd was the release date of the 4th book so we HAD to buy it. She called me from Peru, the second night she was there, and told me that she had finished the 3rd and 4th book between her flight and the time she called me. Man, she can read fast. So now she's got me hooked on these books. I started reading Twilight last Sunday and now am on page 305. I read a bit slow because I am busy with the boys, Gabriel, the house, and all the other stuff I do. So I HIGHLY RECOMMEND these novels to you. By the way, Twilight the movie comes out December 12, 2008 and we will be there watching it. Believe me, I am as excited as everyone else. Here is a sneak peak for the movie.

Twlight Trailer

She's stalking me....

2008-08-09T08:49:00.000-07:00

If you look to the right, under the Live Traffic Feed, Christina is checking my blog while on vacation or go to watch in real time. I know that because they are in Cusco right now and someone from there check out my blog. She is also leaving silly comments. Love ya Christina!

Off she goes..............

2008-08-05T20:40:00.001-07:00

to South America. Christina's flight left LAX today around 1:45 p.m. I believe they should be in Peru by 5:00 a.m. our time tomorrow. I talked to her as they were driving to the airport. She was so excited! Yesterday, we got a call from a goverment employee varifiying info. on Christina's travels and to get approval of her yellow fever vaccine. I didn't think they were going to get one but I guess it was required. This is not the first time she's travelled with family members. My sister-in-law took her to Hawaii in 2006. She is so lucky and blessed to have these people in life that want to show her what else is out there in this world of ours. I instructed her to write in her journal, any time she got, about her experience. If her grades are good this school year, we will let her travel with her jr. high to Washington D.C. Have fun Crissy!!!

Guess who is going to be a big sister..................

2008-08-05T09:03:00.000-07:00

Keira is!!!

At the tender age of 6 months, she is already going to have another playmate. Congrats to my sister and her hubby!!!

I am a Banana!!!

2008-07-26T15:57:00.000-07:00

You Are a Banana

You are mellow, easy going, and a total softie on the inside.
People find it really easy to get along with you. You suit most tastes.

And while you're very sweet, you're not boring or ordinary.
You have an attraction to the exotic, and you could show up anywhere... doing almost anything!

You are spirited, energetic, and a total kick to be around.
You're also quite funny. Your sense of humor is on the goofy side, and it fits you well.

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Ugliest Shoe Award goes to.....

2008-07-25T10:39:00.000-07:00

I browse the internet alot and always find some odd things. Like the one time I was on the Barneys website....I found a pair of shoes for $4K! Ouch! So I came across these horrendous looking things. If you look closely at the price, they are $80! Even if they were giving them out for free I wouldn't take them.

Its 10:21 p.m.

2008-07-20T22:19:00.000-07:00

and the girls decide to paint there faces and act like puppy dogs. That's my niece on the left, Alex [9 yrs. old]. Nighty-night!!!

Wild Vinny at Wild Rivers

2008-07-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

Finally! It took me almost 30 minutes to download this video. I wanna share this because Vinny is barely learning how to swim. Being the daredevil that he is, he kept begging me to get on a slide. I was not liking the idea of a 6 year old going down this HUGE slide. I asked the lifeguard to keep a close eye on him. This was actually the 2nd time he had gone on it. The lifeguard said to give him a break because he looked really tired.

If you see me absent from my blog in the next few days, please excuse my computer. She's having some sort of internal problems [personally I think its that time of the month]. I am lucky I was able to go here tonight. When I turn the computer on, the monitor says VGA Input: Not active. We have the worse luck with computers. Oh well! Have a great weekend!!!

Vacation Boot Camp

2008-07-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

We are back!!! First thing first...we all got haircuts the same day we arrived in California. That's one thing I am super picky about...family haircuts. Luckly, I've found a salon next to my dad's photo shop. This gals cuts our hair so good. She does the boys, Christina, and myself. I love love love her! And guess how much she charged me........$36 for all of us. Not bad! I used to pay $120 for my hair alone years ago. You guys like Vinny's new do??? Well that's really not his new cut, I wanted to take a pic. because he looked so funny.

If you don't know my mom, here is alittle background. She is a 50-something, quiet, petite lady. She's a health freak and eats almost 100% organic foods for all her meals. She is always trying to get us [her adult daughters] to live healthier lives by exercising and having better diets. So Thursday morning, we got up and ran to the park. We ran about 3-4 laps around the park. I told her "Mom I came down to relax not to do Boot Camp". She's right though about living healthier lives.
We also spent some time with Keira. Here she is with big cousin Christina! Girls rule!
Oh yeah, we went to see the Jonas Brothers in concert.................just kidding! I wish! I have a secret crush on Joe....thanks to my teenage daughter, sister, and niece.

We went to Wild Rivers. It was lots of fun! We also went to the O.C. Fair. That is Vinny, Christina, and Cindy on the log ride. The girls went on many roller coasters....the boys went on a few. Brave kids !
Vinny strolling along with grandpa. We went back to our cars and come to find out, his car was almost broken into. Shame on you people!!!
More boys! That's my nephew slash godson, Jacob, in the middle. Vinny and Jacob were not getting along but I did find them together, giggling the morning before we left. Another successful trip to CA!!!

Nevada vs. California

2008-07-09T18:06:00.000-07:00

I got up at 4:30 a.m. today to get everything ready for my trip to California. First things first, I did what I normally do everyday at 4:30a.m............maKe gabriel's coffee. I would of gone bacK to bed but I had to finishing pacKing my stuff and the boys stuff. Christina pacKed up her own bags the night before. What a good girl :) Then I sweeped and mopped my entire house, washed the dishes, put them away, checKed my email, did 2 loads of laundry, hooKed up the DVD's in the car, loaded the car, pacKed up some water and snacKs, got the boys ready, cooKed up some waffles, and FINALLY left at 7:45 a.m. 45 minutes behind schedule. It was beginning to get hot when we left Nevada.....it was almost 100'. 4 hours later we arrive in Irvine, California and the weather is anything but hot. It was 74'!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I haven't seen the 70's in about 2 months. What a difference!

Introducing.......

2008-07-07T13:02:00.001-07:00

Smoothie Hut, Inc.

This is our new business. Its a mobile smoothie concession stand. We had it custom made in Tennessee and delivered in May. Look how tropical it looks. We had our first event on 4th of July and it went really good! We have 2 blenders that blended up some yummy drinks. We have Strawberry Banana, Strawberry, Mango, Pineapple Paradise, Peach Pear Apricot, Lemonade, and Frozen Lemonade.

Towards the end of the night, they had a fireworks show and boy did the kids love it. There eyes were big with excitement!

This is my nephew Evin. He came down for a fun-filled 4th of July weekend.

Bells Palsy

2008-07-03T17:56:00.000-07:00

It all started on Monday, when she got home from babysitting. She was complaining about her eye. She said she got a cat hair in it and kept rubbing it. I told her to stop rubbing it. Fast forward to Wednesday. Christina drinks from a soda can and the soda comes out of her mouth. She uses a straw and the darn soda won't stay in her mouth.....it trinkles out. I asked her to look at me and smile and I see a serious problem. Her right side of the lip won't move. Its pretty much numb!!! Then her eye had gotten worse over the last few days. I call and make an appointment with our Dr. So we go and the Dr. said its Bells Palsy. If your not sure what B.P. is it is a condition that paralyzes part of your face. The Doc asks us if she has had any trauma to her lately and we said no. We haven't gone anywhere...we've been home swimming. She said its temporary paralyzes and that she'll refer us to a neurologist. This has been a scary year for us as far as the kids health. First Joseph with his lump in his neck now Christina with this. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! She didn't want to fully smile in this picture because she doesn't like the way her lip moves. Poor little mama! She'll be fine.
So Keira [my 5 1/2 mth. old niece] and the gang showed up. The gang consist of Isela [my older sis], Jonas [her hubby], and Cindy [little sis]. We swam and I cooked some yummy food. They loved it!!! Here is Keira after we went for a dip in the pool.
She quickly feel asleep in my arms outside. We came in and I set her down on my sofa. Look how small she looks all wrapped up!!! Today we had our good friends Ted & Lisa [from Ca] come over for a swim. Ted's brother lives here in town. They might be moving down here which would be so awesome. My brother-in-law and 2 nephews are due to arrive shortly too! Our little buddy Rennen will also be joining us for some red, white, and blue fun!!! It'll be a fun filled weekend with family and friends. Have a safe 4th of July!!!

Postcard from London, England

2008-06-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

I was happy to receive this postcard from my sister-in-law Erika in the mail today. She left about 2 weeks ago and should be returning sometime this week. She took her 2 kids with her to visit her sister-in-law. She wrote on the back and said it was raining. What!!! Rain in London!!!!!!!!

We are having California visitors in a few short hours. My little sister Cindy [the OMG! cheerleader] called and said they should arrive at 8:00p.m. Cool! That will be her first visit to my house since we moved last June. Can't wait to hang out with my little sis. I can't believe she's 15! She'll be driving real soon. When I was in high school, I would take her out to McDonalds for Happy Meals. People would give me the worst looks because they thought I was a teen mom. I just ignored them and enjoyed her company. She was my sidekick during her toddler years. Ciao!!!

Summertime!!!

2008-06-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

Our summer has been some what relaxing.....so far! We haven't been anywhere yet. We mostly spend our days sleeping in, swimming, watching movies. I haven't really been in my scrapbook room either. Gabriel finally took Christina to get her passport yesterday. They said it should arrive in 3-4 weeks. Perfect timing because they will be traveling the first week of August. Gabriel and I had Dr. appts. yesterday. We are all healthy...just needed checkups. We did have to wait one hour past our appointment times which didn't make Gabriel happy. We saw the P.A. instead of the Dr. but we really liked her. She spent about 45 minutes with us discussing our health. We came home, had dinner, and then watched Wipeout on ABC. Funny!!! Fourth of July weekend will be a fun one. My brother-in-law, nephew, and some friends will be coming into town.We will be making our first summer trip to California in about 2 weeks. We are excited!!! We heard Ca has had some wicked weather the last few days. 114' with 60% humidity!!!!!! YIKES!!!! We've been in the low 100's the last 3 weeks which isn't too bad. I can't stand the humidity....too sticky for my liking. Well I hope it mellows out by the time we make our way through there. Gabriel and I have started a new business which will make its debut 4th of July weekend. Can't wait!!! And last but not least, my dear friend Claire is going through some difficult times with her family. I have you in my thoughts and prayers. I can't imagine what you are going through. God will lead you in the right direction. Hugs and kisses to the little guy!!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

2008-06-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

BREAKING NEWS coming live into the Sandra's Cafe newsroom. According to multiple sources, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has moved to my neck of the woods. Click here and here and here

and here to get more info. We will break our regularly scheduled programming for more updates.

Congrats Maria!

2008-06-16T08:59:00.000-07:00

This is my sister Maria and her boyfriend of 10 years, Beli. She graduated a few weeks ago from Univerisity of San Diego. She received her Master's Degree in Counseling [specializing in College Counseling and Student Development]. I am so proud of her! She already has 2 jobs lined up for the Fall semester at 2 Southern California community colleges. You go girl!

Happy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T11:25:00.000-07:00

To the most fun loving father [yes, this is the father of my children!!!]. We love you and thank you for the love and patience you have for our kids! You are very involved with our kids in every aspect of their lives. You play with them, tickle them, discipline them, hug them, kiss them. You are a Champion Father! Cute picture!!!!!!!

Hi Baby!

2008-06-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

This video was emailed to me this morning from my sister Maria. It was taken Christmas Day 2003...Joey was 7 months old. Isela was holding Joey. Those precious year have passed me by so quickly. I treasure video clips of my kids, especially when they were tiny like Joey here.

Birthday Presents

2008-06-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

My birthday celebration started on Sunday. The whole family and I drove into Vegas for a semi-relaxing day. We left our house at 7:45 a.m. We stopped at Target first then ate some breakfast at a buffet. Then my family went to see Indiana Jones while I got pampered. I got a 50-minute Swedish massage and a 50-minute facial. This was my first time for both and boy was it a wonderful and relaxing experience. I loved the facial! My skin felt so soft. I'd love to have a facial done once a month. I left the spa and met up with my kids and Gabe. We then went to Sam's Club and Lowe's....not so relaxing! It was a long day. We ended up getting home around 4:00p.m. This is was last night, June 10th, my 29th birthday. I got 2 email birthday congrats, a few birthdays phone calls, and my friend Olivia came by and dropped off some flowers and a card. Everytime I spoke to Gabriel yesterday, he kept telling me Happy Birthday! He even sang Happy Birthday at 4:30 a.m. when he woke up and went to work. I have one more year to enjoy my 20's and then I'll be off into my 30's.............God willing!!!

Fun Weekend in Ca!

2008-06-04T21:43:00.000-07:00

We went to California this weekend for my niece Alexandra's First Holy Communion slash Joey's Birthday Party. Our road trips keep getting easier and easier. There was no traffic what so ever which is always appreciated!!! Here's a pic. I snapped of my kiddos along with Jacob, my nephew and godson, and niece Alexandra on Saturday morning.
My sister-in-law Erika always throws great parties but this one topped the list. She had a margarita machine, nacho machine, a taco bar [taquero], 2 cakes, pinata, and a DJ [which showed up at 7:00 p.m.] I think next year we agreed to have another big party in May if all the brothers pitch in.
Joey and I! Love my Love Bug!!!!!!!
That is Gabriel dancing in the Cowboys shirt. He's not a dancer but abit of Crown Royale made him get out there and shake it!!! He even did some break-dancing. It all caught up to him at 3:00 a.m. when he woke up to use the bathroom and needed my assistance to get him out of bed....he had hurt his knee. He made plans to go play golf with his California buddies and ended up waking up at 6 in the morning to make it to there 7 o'clock tee time. Great times!!! We went to dinner with my parents to the Old Spaghetti Factory on Sunday night. My mom had asked me last week if we would let Christina travel with them this summer and of course we said yes. All we need to do is get her passport and they pay for everything. What a great opportunity for a young lady like Crissy to see the world. My parents always travel to some interesting destinations so we will see where she'll end up. They were thinking either Canada, China, or Brazil. Brazil would be fun!!!

Vincent's Kindergarten Graduation!

2008-05-29T20:07:00.000-07:00

Gabriel and I attended Vinny's graduation ceremony yesterday. This is his graduation picture that was taken in March. Look at that smile!
Graduation Day! That hat made his head look BIG!!!!!!!!!
Receiving his "diploma". He's been promoted to 1st grade. Mrs. Hobbs did a great job with all the kids! It was a successful year for our kindergartener. Here's Vinny throwing his cap in the air. Instead of having the normal tassel, he had a scorpion...his schools mascot. Hip Hip Hooray!!!! Schools out and summer break has officially began! This summer will be fun. We plan on going to Ca a few times, Disneyland, Laguna Beach [our favorite beach in Ca], and swimming in our pool. Oh and we get to sleep in.........ALOT!!!!!! Ciao!

Franko's 5 NOW!!!!

2008-05-25T19:54:00.000-07:00

Joseph Frank turned 5 yesterday! All our kids have different nicknames but I think Joey has the most nicknames out of the other kids. Lets see....we call him Franko, Frankie, Frankie Doodle, Shakes, Love Bug, Josephus [thanks to Nana...Aunt Erika], Doodle, and Doodle Bop. Since we postponed our trip to Ca this weekend, we told Joey we would do anything he wanted to do. So we went out to eat breakfast yesterday at one of the casinos here and went bowling afterward. We bought him his cake after our game. He picked his own cake!
He's now 5 years old! He will now use all 5 fingers to state his age! This picture is of Gabriel [smiling again!!!!!!], myself, and Frankie Doodle.
This picture came out pretty good!!! So then today, Joey wanted to go to Vegas, eat breakfast again, and watch a movie. We did all that! We watched Iron Man which was so good! He got lots of phone calls from our family singing Happy Birthday yesterday. He loved it all!!!

Christina's Day!!

2008-05-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

Christina was given an award for completing the G.R.E.A.T. program yesterday. As a treat, they drove 3 buses full of 7th graders to the skating rink here in town. How fun!!!!
I showed up with Joey and stayed for awhile. Here's a picture of Crissy as she is about to go back to the rink to do some skatin' with her friends.
Here she is accepting her award! Way to go Christina! We are so proud of you and continue to support your every step. This has been a challenging year for you but with us pushing you to do your best, you've shown us that you can do anything!!! Love you lots!!!

ConGRADulations Joseph!!!!

2008-05-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

Here is our newest Pre-School Graduate! We just got back awhile ago from his graduation. It was too cute! They sang a bunch of songs for us.

Receiving his diploma. He's been promoted to Kindergarten.
Christina, Joseph, and Vincent. The kiddos!!!
Our sweet family! HEY....Gabriel actually smiled.....well its some what of a smile right! Mission Complete!!! Tomorrow is Christina's Day. She's getting an award for the G.R.E.A.T. program she completed. Vinny's graduation is next week. I can't believe how fast this year went by. Joey did great in pre-school and I know he'll do the same in Kindergarten.

$4,150 will buy you this.........

2008-05-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

Click here to find out what $4,150 will buy you.

Here's to Good Women

2008-05-12T09:03:00.000-07:00

Hope you all had a great Mother's Day! This is the card I got from Gabriel & the kids!
Vinny's class held a Mother's Day tea party.
I got all dressed up for it. I wore my skirt and hat!
He's bringing me my muffin and cookies!

Here is a special message for you ladies out there...

Here's to Good Women

May we know them

May we be them

May we raise them

OMG!!! Look who made the Cheer Squad!!!!!

2008-05-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

Like Oh my gosh [OMG!!!] look who's a cheerleader!! My little baby sister Cindy made the JV Cheer Squad for her High School. OMG, I can't believe it !!!!!

Card Swap

2008-05-04T10:52:00.000-07:00

Here are the cards from our card swap with Lisa Stenz
This weekend was supposed to be surgery weekend for Joseph. We are so happy that it didn't happen after all. We spent the day yesterday in Las Vegas going to Target and watching a game of baseball. Gabriel's friend plays and we stopped by to watch his team "BEANZ 'N KRACKERZ"....funny name right!!! We also went to a carniceria [meat market] and bought some carne asada, beans, fruit, and lots of other yummy goodies.

April 24- National Take your Kids to Work Day!

2008-04-27T14:29:00.000-07:00

Thursday was National Take your Kids to Work Day. Gabriel's employer encouraged their employees to bring their kids. So he woke the boys up at 5:00 a.m. to accompany him to work. Christina stayed back with me. We got ready, cleaned up a bit and left for Vegas later that morning. We had some Starbucks and bagels for breakfast then hit up T.J. Maxx and a scrapbook store.

Here are my stinky boys. I love this picture because Gabriel is smiling! He doesn't smile in pictures [EVER!!!]

The boys are making sure the plans match the construction in-progress.
In the man-lift with daddy! [elevator that sticks out on the side of a high-rise building]. The had such a great time, they can't wait to do it again next year.
Joseph [with an Elvis smile], Christina, me, and Vinny.

I've been tagged!

2008-04-25T12:31:00.001-07:00

So this awesome gal named Jamia "tagged" me. I met her at the Close to my Heart Regionals a few months ago.

Here are 7 weird/random things about me......

1. I love to watch the Godfather movies, Scarface, and 300 over and over and over again. By no means am I a violent or disturbed individual [ok, mabye a bit disturbed].

2. I hate roller coasters! So please don't think about taking me to Magic Mountain [roller coaster heaven] in California for my birthday.

3. I could live on rice and beans all my life. I'm Mexican...what can I say!

4. I like to wear my hair in different styles everyday. I like it curly, up, down, flat-ironed, with a bow or headband, and half up.

5. I love love love babies!!! I would love to have more babies myself but everyone knows that my hubby is fixed. And that was my decision. I wouldn't mind having 2 more back to back like the boys.

6. I don't make my bed everyday.

7. We went to see The Wiggles in concert 3 years ago and I really enjoyed the show. We were going to see them last month but they didn't come to Vegas. Oh well!!! Tomorrow I will post pictures of Vinny and Joey at work with dad for National Take your Kids to Work Day.

Water Bottle Pouch & Kindergarten Registration

2008-04-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

For some reason, I am so exhausted today. Since I haven't blogged in a while, I forced myself to write up an entry. I've been working hard on my scrapbooks lately. So I decided I needed to find a project that's not really related to putting pictures together with some cutsie paper. So I browsed the internet and found this project. It didn't have instructions, but by looking at it, I eye-balled it and came up with this water bottle pouch. Its perfect for co-workers, friends, birthday parties, etc...........

The pouch with one of those fruit punch mix packets.

Thinking of you card I came up with for a swap I'm doing.

I registered this little guy for Kindergarten on Monday. He's so excited and I am sad! All my babies will be in school now....Monday through Friday starting at the end of August. His lump is totally gone! Its a miracle!!!!!!

Surgery CANCELLED!!!

2008-04-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

We just wanted everyone to know that surgery for Joseph has been cancelled! Every morning, since we've discovered it, I touch and feel it. Sounds weird right? Well the last week or so we've noticed the lump getting smaller. So I left a message for the surgeon to call me a.s.a.p. I spoke to him around 3:15 p.m. today and told him my concerns. He said that we will go ahead and cancel the surgery. It was a relief to hear that because the lump and surgery were on my mind constantly. We will continue to monitor the lump [like we have been doing everyday!] . If it begins to grow again, we'll be seeing the specialist yet again.

Family Look-alike Meter

2008-04-12T11:00:00.001-07:00

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Family Look-alike Meter

2008-04-12T10:58:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Family Look-alike Meter

2008-04-12T10:55:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family search - Geneology

Goodnight moon!

2008-04-04T12:04:00.001-07:00

Look who popped up in a text message last night at 10:00 p.m.?

Its Keira!

What a doll! I adore this little girl so much!

She had her first set of shots this morning and according to her mommy, she did very good. She's a whopping 12lbs now.

All is calm!

2008-04-03T09:20:00.000-07:00

Party Pooper!

All is calm..............for now! We've returned from Ca and boy did it take us awhile to re-cooperate. I still feel a bit tired [just like Joey in the picture above] but better than I felt earlier this week. It always very exhausting going on a road trip with 3 kids. We did so much in 6 days that I don't think we'll be back for awhile. We also missed daddy alot and he missed us even more! He said he'll divorce me if I leave again. I don't think he was serious because he knows I have a few trips planned for this summer like our godson's birthday and Disneyland.

Joseph and Christina

Well we met with the surgeon on Monday [after driving back from Victorville] and he said Joey will need surgery. Its already been scheduled for the beginning of May. I also took him to the Dr. yesterday because he's been getting headaches. The Dr. said it could be one of 3 things

1. Stress from the upcoming surgery

2. He needs eye glasses

3. Hereditary

Vinny and his Llama friend

He loves animals.....well he loves stuffed animals and fell in love with this llama that was in Keira's nursery. He was good at my in-laws house but was a wild man at my moms. He likes to play all the instruments at my moms house like the piano, violin, and guitars. My sister Maria is the musician in the family. She's been nagging me to put Vinny in guitar lessons. While in Ca, I also got to spend some time with my friends that I met throught Moms Club. I've known these ladies since 2005 and have become life long friends with some of them. This is a great club to join if your a stay-at-home mom and are super bored. They have playgroups, field trips, meetings.....so much to list its worth joining. My friend Jamie is trying to convince me to start a chapter here.

THE MARATHON MAN!!!

I finally got a chance to watch my dad run in a 10K in Newport Beach on Sunday morning. We woke up at O'dark 30 to watch him run his 6 miles. It was awesome and inspirational!!!

My kids and I

It was drizzling that morning so we brought blankets to keep us warm.

The Finish Line

He finished the 10K in about 1 hour and 8 minutes. The clock in the picture was for the kids 5K run.

My new hair-do!

I decided last year to let my hair grow out again. When the boys were born my hair was almost to my behind. So then I decided I needed something new since my hair is always long. Its a bit shorter than I'm used to and I also got short layers. I really like it alot! Here is the end result. This picture is going to be framed on the wall along with individual shots of the kids and Gabriel. I am horrible at home decorating but have decided its time to buckle down and get started on doing some decorating. I bought a mirror last week and a few other goodies for the walls of my home. Once I finish some projects, I will post pics. Happy Thursday, stay delicious, and I hope your all happy and healthy!

I've returned!

2008-03-26T05:32:00.000-07:00

Well here she is! Look at Christina's new smile. So beautiful! She was so nervous to get them that she had 2 dreams the night before. I told her to relax and everything would turn out great! And it did! She's been in a bit of pain but nothing outragous. I think those things make her look more mature. Its been crazy the last 48 hours. I've had little sleep [that means I haven't been able to sleep in since these kids have been on spring break]. We've driven to Vegas twice the last 2 days. The nice thing though is all the shopping I get to do when we go to Vegas. I went to the furniture store, Lowe's, Target, Sam's Club, scrapbook store, Michael's, and Costco. I am going to do more retail damage when we go to Ca today.
Here is Joseph at the Easter egg hunt in our housing development. They always put on some neat festivities during the holidays for the little ones. So we took him to the ENT on Monday. He did confirm that the lump on his neck is a Thryoglossal Duct Cyst. He said he's almost 100% sure that they will surgically remove it. We now have to meet with a surgeon and see when they will do this surgery on Joey. Thanks everyone for your wonderful thoughts and prayers! I've had 2 family members and a friend say that they would help us out with Vinny and Christina during the surgery. How nice!!! This one specific phone call got me thinking of how awesome some people truly are. Vinny's Kindergarten teacher called yesterday asking how Joey's appointment went. She's very sweet for asking! I'll keep you updated on the next step!
How adorable!!! Dressed to impress [like always!!!]

Oh......my splurge! I bought his mirror at a furniture store in Vegas. Its huge! 44"x44"! I bought it on Monday and picked it up yesterday. I can't wait to see what it'll look like in my family room. This picture is from the store. I am off to Ca in one-hour so that means no posts until then. I get to go visit my in-laws, my mom [who had a hysterectomy last Wednesday], dad, bro-in-laws, sis-in-laws, sisters, friends, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, godchild, cousins....you get the point!!! Have a great week and weekend and see you when I get back!!!!!!

Back from Dr. appt.

2008-03-17T12:34:00.000-07:00

After having lunch a bit ago, Joey disappears. I go to check on him, walk into the bathroom, and find him standing on the bathroom counter.

He said he was doing his chores and cleaning the mirrors. I told him that you clean the mirrors with Windex not your toothbrush and toothpaste!

Well we saw his pediatrician this morning. She said its probably a

Thryoglossal Duct Cyst which is a neck mass or lump that develops from cells and tissue remaining after the formation of the thyroid gland during embryonic development. Its usually diagnosed in pre-school aged kids.

I asked her what happens if this is the true diagnosis and she said that

they would have to remove it. Surgery on my little guy :(

She referred me to an ENT [Ear Nose Throat Specialist] in Vegas. Christina is getting her braces on Monday at 10 then Joey's appt.

is at 1:30 p.m. Its going to be a crazy day [to say the least!] Say a little prayer for my family!

Another Mystery!!!

2008-03-16T12:41:00.001-07:00

Well......it looks like we have another mystery in our hands! This time, its a serious one! We were at Wal-mart yesterday when I noticed this lump on Joey's neck. I touched and touched and touched! I was clueless at what the heck it was. Its small but obviously noticeable. He said it doesn't hurt

and he's been his normal self. Mood swings [he's a Gemini!], fighting with his brother and sister, doing his chores [yes, he has chores and is good at them!], same appetite [eats everything] and of course the normal wrestling with Dad. I'll update everyone after we get back from the Dr. tomorrow.

Happy Sunday!!!

Mysterious Holes!

2008-03-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

So I've noticed some mysterious holes appearing on some of my shirts. Its been about 3 or 4 of my shirts that have fallen victim to this act. What do you think it is??? I had just boughten a shirt and wore it once then noticed the holes after I washed it. Interesting! Look at my nails [actually nail].....this is the first time I've had my nails this long and this strong. They've been this long since December. My mom treated me to a manicure before my sisters baby shower and I've let them grow since then. I promise I will post on The Marathon Man [aka. my dad] as soon as Cindy emails me some pics. Happy Thursday!