To post last week about the two little one’s and I chasing down a hot air balloon. Yes I am one of those annoying people who will follow it and park on the side of the road to let my kids watch it and have the biggest smiles on their faces that you’ve ever seen. Got a problem with that? I didn’t think so LOL It’s all about the kids. I’d do anything to make them happy so when we were driving home from taking my oldest to school and I spotted the hot air balloon, and two seconds later they spotted it and were screaming and giggling, I knew what my mission was. Follow that air balloon!
Of course I accepted said mission. How mean would I be if I didn’t. So off we went for the next 20 minutes. Driving around town, stopping a few time’s to see which direction it was heading.

It’s headed North Captain. Full steam ahead then!!!!

And off we go, headed North to catch up with the balloon. When we do you can imagine the kids excitement at getting to watch it land. :Insert smile that was mentioned earlier:

They thought is was so neat that the balloon floated across the street to land. I was busy taking pictures of the kids watching it instead of the balloon but that’s okay. I think my loves are better subjects.

Good bye pretty air balloon. I’m sure we will see you another day.

For soccer that is. Yes I do like football BUT this is my kid and he’s way more important. Besides first day of football wasn’t today LOL I’m not that hardcore of a fan to even blog about football. Okay, getting distracted. Today was Jr’s first soccer game of the season. From the moment he woke up he had been asking if it was time to go to his game yet. As soon as he was done eating breakfast and showering he put his uniform on. Mind you this was three hours before we had to be there but that’s okay because it was cute.
When it finally came time for us to leave he was the first out the door, soccer bag in hand, and in the car ready to go. It was awesome. If only every morning for school were that easy!
He had a great game. He wasn’t scared of the ball like he was a few years ago and he actually got out there and got the ball and defended the goal. He did awesome today. I am very proud of him. What I love about watching Jr play is no matter what the kid has a smile on his face. He is just having the absolute time of his life being out there. If watching him wasn’t enough to prove that we came home and he looked at me and said “Mom, today was the BEST day I’ve ever had”. Love it!
Here are a few pictures of my little man having the best time ever 😀

Goooooooo Yellow Dragons!

Forgot to mention, Jr is number 4. Here he is running, see that smile on his face!

Eating grapes for half time, I think he got a tart one

Jr throwing the ball in

I know it’s small but you should be able to click and enlarge it. His expression here cracks me up. And look at him getting right in there. Go Jr!!!!!

Jr assisting another team member on making a goal

And leave it to my kid to mess around when the ball isn’t near him

Of course I had to take some pictures of my other little’s. Here is my princess Mantha Pantha

And my little Shawn man who decided ten minutes into the game that he was going to wait until I turned my back to get his sister some water and then run out onto the middle of the soccer field to find his brother LOL

Im sitting here eating my breakfast, a bowl of green beans (yes I love me some veggies for snack or meals) and I’m sitting here staring at my blog wanting to write a post and nothing is coming to mind. I know later I plan to post pictures of my sons first soccer game this season but that’s a few hours away. So I decided, hey why not give you a few random things about me. So here it goes.

1. I am not a morning person. My mom says I used to be. I would always wake up with a smile. Not anymore, I wake up and all I want to do is snooze the alarm and go back to sleep. Ahhh blissful sleep.

2. I am a bit of a loner. I have tons of online friends but not many in real life. I know this is because I am shy, yes me, the one who has no problem talking about anything online is shy in person.

3. I am a walking stress ball. Literally, if you touched my shoulders you would be in shock at how tense I am. And it is always like that. It’s part of who I’ve always have been and probably always will be.

4. I smoke. Yes I said the big ugly S word. I smoke and I use it as a crutch. I know I do and I admit it. At least I do that. I didn’t smoke for 4 years and went through a lot of emotional crap in my life and like a fool I started back up again. I need to quit and I know this but I don’t want to. I enjoy it and I need to learn other ways of relieving my stress and anxiety in order for me personally to be ready to quit.

5. I yell. I never used to be a yeller. I used to have the patience of a saint. Somewhere along the last three years that has slowly trickled away. I hate that I yell and that I’ve lost my patience. I hate it. Simple. It is one thing I am working on changing about myself.

6. I love my family more then life itself. There is nothing I would do for my family. My kids are the world to me and they bring such joy into my life every day that I don’t know what I would do without them. I am truly blessed to have been given such a gift, and times three at that.

7. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to me. I am spontaneous and I tend to not think things through. Sometimes this is good, other times it is very bad. I have a great sense of humor and love to make people laugh. And I have this uncanny ability to jump from one subject to something totally different. Drives my husband nuts sometimes but half the time he just looks at me, cocks his head and laughs.

So there you have it. Seven things you might not have known about me or might have. Either way it was random and that’s what I was going for 😀

Yay, were on to week two of Brandy’s Photo Challenge! This weeks theme is, don don don…..Emotion! This is such a great theme. There is emotion in so many things and it is so easy to find in every day life. My problem is figuring out which picture of many to use seeing as I have three subjects that just exude emotion every day LOL

I chose this picture for many reason. To me the emotion is as clear as day. Love. There were also many other emotions happening this day. This was the day my Grandpa went on his first motorcycle ride. It was on his bucket list of things to do in his life time. So not only was there a lot of love that day there was happiness and joy and a little bit of sadness. This was a picture that I was able to capture of my Grandpa giving my oldest a hug before his ride. I am just in love with this picture and it brings so many emotions for me. My Grandpa passed away just a few days later and to see this picture brings tears to my eyes to know that my son was blessed with getting to know and love him and receive those same things from my Grandpa.

I used to eat a lot of salads. I’ve unfortunately kind of gotten out of the habit of making them. But I am trying to change that. Today I made my own version of a taco salad.

Well that’s simple. GO TO THE PARK! I’m watching my niece this weekend so we up from the normal three chitlens to four. Most of the time the kids play great together but just like an adult, they get sick of each other if they’ve done everything there is to do while stuck inside. Easiest way to cure this was to load all the kids up and take them out. It was six in the evening but I didn’t care because it was gorgeous outside.

This is a first for me. I’ve been what? Tagged? Like you tag a picture in facebook? Um, well no LOL Brandy over at The Not So Average Mama tagged me in this fun little questionnare. You see she got tagged and had to answer ten questions her friend asked her and now she has tagged me and I get to answer ten questions she asked and then in turn I get to do it to some of my friends. Oh yes, be scared, be veeeery scared. haha totally kidding. But it will be fun to see everyone’s answers and how far this stretches. Kind of like a chain letter back in the days. Okay so here’s the questions Brandy asked little ole mwuah.

1. Did you Graduate High school? I actually left my high school two months before graduation but I refused to end up with anything but a high school diploma so I enrolled myself in home school and graduated a tad later then I was supposed to. But hey I got my high school diploma!

2. What is your favorite book series? Just one! I really enjoy the Night Huntress series, The Immortal Instruments and The Meredith Gentry series.

3. Have you ever stolen anything? Who hasn’t. lol The answer to that would be yes. I used to a lot back in middle school and a little bit of High School. Never anything huge, just like little pieces of jewelery from hot topic :X


4. Have you ever been arrested? No

5. What movie scared the crap out of you? Don’t laugh at me. Jurassic Park. Hey I said don’t laugh! I do not like any type of science fiction that in my mind can one day come true. Who cares that it could be 200 years down the line and I wont be around. The simple fact that it might be able to come true scared the crap out of me. I still wont watch that movie.

6. What is your favorite kids show? Phineas and Ferb. I love how creative those kids are and their sister is always trying to get them in trouble and not succeeding. Cracks me up every time. Oh and they should totally bring back Fraggle Rock!

7. What is one thing you would love to change about yourself? Besides the obvious stomach bulge, thunder thighs and ghetto booty. Well, I would change how I always try to please others before myself. It is okay to say no and I just don’t know how.

8. Are you where you expected yourself to be? Actually yes. I always wanted to be a mommy and all the little dreams I had of “careers” were very short lived except that I knew I would become a mom one day and that would be the best thing ever.

9. If you could live anywhere, where? Right here in California. I love living here, it’s just so dang expensive. But to be more specific I would be in Huntington Beach if I could.

10. What was your dream career? When I was little I wanted to be a veterinarian. Then when I found out there was actual blood involved sometimes and surgery I quickly nixed that. I would love to be a professional photographer now. I just need some classes and to learn to use my camera to it’s full potential.

And now for my questions.

1. What is you all time favorite movie?
2. What is a place that you’ve always wanted to visit?
3. How many hours do you spend online? (Be honest LOL)
4. What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?
5. Do you get along with your family?
6. If you won the lottery what would you do with the money?
7. What was the best present you’ve ever received?
8. What is your favorite season?
9. Would you ever go skydiving?
10. What is your favorite dessert?

Okay now it’s my turn to pass this along. My tags are:

Gena @Fairytales & Puppy Dog Tails
Jenny @ Fun Times with the Gatton Family
Tara @ Through Hazel Eyes
Janessa @ Life is a Zoo
Kim @ Mentally Inked

I know what you’re thinking. What the heck are ham rolls??? First let me say. Don’t get grossed out! These really are quite tasty and my Mom used to make them for me growing up and I loved them and because my Mom made them that means they’re good LOL.
It’s really easy peasy and takes like all of two minutes to make. Okay, here we go.

Slice a pickle into the thickness you prefer. I usually slice a while pickle in either 6 or 8 pieces.
Take a piece of ham out.
Spread on some mayonnaise
Place pickle on ham
Roll
Eat

And whala, you have a ham roll. My husband thinks I am totally disgusting but we have drastically different tastes in food sometimes. My oldest does not like mayonnaise so I just do his without it. No biggy. Now the other two chitlens love them.

Case and point:

LOL this face cracks me up. I asked him to smile and this is what I got.

Registration for soccer was back in March and Jr has been asking me weekly when does soccer start! Talk about a long wait for the poor little man LOL His first soccer practice was supposed to be last week but it got canceled due to lightening and rain. Jr was sooooo disappointed. But finally, after much anticipation he had his first practice. To say he had a blast wouldn’t even cover it. He is so in his element meeting new kids and playing outside. He made friends right away and of course became a tad bit of a trouble maker. He’s the type that just gets so excited he kind of goes into his own little tunnel and doesn’t pay attention to his surroundings. He was like this last time he played soccer and as the season goes on he gets better, we just have to keep reminding him. But the whole point of him playing is for him to have fun, and there will be lots of fun to be had I’m sure.
What would a post be without any pictures of my little man!

See, trouble maker.

Can you tell he’s having fun LOL

I’m so excited about this. I love photo challenges! Brandy over at Not So Average Mama is hosting a weekly photo challenge on her blog starting today. Every Monday she will post a new theme. All you have to do is blog your picture for that weekly theme and link it to her blog. Easy peasy right.
This weeks challenge is: take a photo that shows their favorite color.
This is easy. I have two. Black and pink. YES I know black technically isn’t a color and in fact the void of color but I don’t care. I still love it LOL Here is my picture for this weeks challenge. Obviously the pink is on the flowers and the black is the shadows.