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June 29, 2010
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Just fyi, this is a difficult topic for me. I grew up in a divorced family. And both of my parents were different religions. My mother is Jewish and my sperm donor (“father”) is Christian. Growing up I was forced into going to church, awanas and church camp. I never enjoyed the fact the it wasn’t my decision. Even from a very young age I realized that it was wrong for something of such importance to be forced on someone. Because of that I am not a religious person. I made a promise to myself at a very young age that if and when I had children I would never put them in that situation. And now here I sit at 28 years old, married to a Christian, with three kids and I stand by that promise. Last year my friend invited us to attend Vacation bible school with them. Her daughter is the same age as my oldest. I talked to Jr before giving her an answer. Explaining to him what VBS is and if he would like to go. He jumped at it. Jr has always been a curious little man and he was very excited to start this new experience. It only lasted a week and enjoyed every second of it. Now we are on our second year of attending VBS and I asked my daughter if she wanted to attend this year. As soon as she heard the word school her eyes got big and she gave me a huge smile and said yes. I know she is young (not quite four) but I still explained to her in my best way what VBS was so I could give her the choice of attending or not.
Every night 30 minutes before VBS ends they bring everyone into the main room (not sure of the actual name lol) and they usually put on like a mini play and maybe sing a song or two. They also give out prizes for say someone who brings a friend or the class that raises the most money. They also announce if any child(ren) have accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts. Imagine my surprise when they called Jr up there. This is all very new to me so I was a tad lost but I knew I was proud of him. At six years old he has already decided his path he wants to follow (That’s a heck of a lot more then I did at that age).


I know the quality is horrible but it’s the best picture I got. Here he is getting recognition for accepting Jesus Christ into his heart.

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Water day!

June 4, 2010
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This week is full of all kinds of fun things, well for the kids that is lol More specifically the kids at Jr’s school. Yesterday was water day, today was music day and tomorrow is pj/game day. It’s so neat for them (the teachers) to be doing all of this for the kids. It just makes the school year all that more special for them. Also today Jr came home from school with a present from his teacher. She gave him a book, how sweet is that! I’m kind of sad that tomorrow is his last day of school. I know in the beginning of the school year I wasn’t pleased that Jr was being transferred out of his class and into a new one because the class sizes are were too large but in the end I am happy that it was done. I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher for him. She pushed him when he needed to be pushed and helped when he struggled. And now he will be moving up to first grade when 8 months ago we weren’t sure if that was going to happen.
Back to water day. Myself along with another students mom were in charge of a group of eight kids. The teachers set up 14 water stations, each with a different activity. It was a lot of fun watching and helping the kids. They all had a blasty blast.Here are a few pictures of my little man enjoying his day.

During the potato race, we squirted them with water bottles while they were racing lol



Soaking wet and having a blast!

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Graduation day!!

June 2, 2010
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I know I haven’t been around much and for that I apologize but things have been busy. Between family things and with Jr ending school and my husband also, and his finals I haven’t had much time for blogging. But I wanted to share my sons special day with everyone.
Jr graduated Kindergarten yesterday!!! I am sooooo proud of him. He has come a long way from when he started, barely being able to write or read, now he does both very well. He can also count to almost two hundred. It’s just amazing watching his progress.
His teacher was very sweet to mention a few things about each of the children before she gave them their certificates of completion. I can’t believe in just a few short months I am going to have a first grader!

On our way for the big day!
Receiving his award from his teacher
Jr and his teacher, Mrs. Parish
My husband, Jr and I
Jr man enjoying a little treat after graduation







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Wow, it’s been forever!

May 4, 2010
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I can’t believe I have been away so long from my blog! Let me just say, the sickies suck. First I got sick, then I was so nice as to share with my poor kids, then my husband and I’m still fighting whatever it is I got. Thank goodness it’s not nearly as bad as it was three weeks ago but dang I would love it if this cough and congestion would go away.
So what have we been up to, other then being sick, um not much lol. I took the kids to McDonalds the other week after we were all feeling a bit better for some ice cream. Hey what’s better then ice cream on a warm day!




After that we headed to the park. Thank goodness it wasn’t the middle of summer because for some odd reason when they built this park apparently they didn’t find trees/shade necessary. Hello, we live in the desert, but hey what do I know, I’m not some city planner, just a stay at home mom LOL I know everything who are we kidding 😉 j/k But seriously I do think it was a big oversight on their part not to have any shade at a park. Just saying.

Jr, the bad a** lol

My moms birthday was on the 28th of last month. It’s been a rough past six months for mom with everything that is going on with my grandparents so it was nice to just go out, relax and be the loudest family in the restaurant LOL and the last one’s there. We don’t have a big family but with four kids under six and my sister Kyla who just naturally talks loud, we get a bit noisy. But it’s fun. I love hanging out with my family no matter how much they tend to drive me batty sometimes.
Other then that life has been same ole, same ole over here. Jr is in his last month of school. Actually today marks exactly one month left. I swear he was just born the other day, now here he is about to graduate from Kindergarten 🙁 I so know I’m going to cry at their awards/graduation ceremony. All the kids are doing well. Sam is my girly girl who hoards every single toy car in the house LOL Shawn is a terror, I mean a wonderful, energetic, CURIOUS little man. I love it. The boy can drive me batty but he melts my heart at the same time. I love being a mother.

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Hello Saturday, I am glad to see you!

April 10, 2010
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Fridays are always kind of hectic for me. I take Jr to school in the morning, rush home, get ready and leave to take my husband to work and hope I get back in time to pick Jr up from school. Thank goodness my mom lives across the street from the school so on days I get stuck in oh so wonderful LA traffic she can get him. Luckily yesterday was very light traffic. I even had time to stop and get lunch with my little one’s. I rarely eat hamburgers but I was craving one so I stopped at In-N-Out. Can you say yummm!

Mmmmm….animal style, it’s the only way to go.

Little man enjoying a grilled cheese

Baby girl loved her cheeseburger with pickles, cheese and spread only please
I managed to get to Jr’s school at 1:41, perfect timing since he gets out at 1:55. We headed over to the library afterwards. The kids love the library. I think I scored some good reads for them. I got two Dr Suess compilation books and Cloudy with a chance of meatballs! Jr picked out this encyclopedia sized books on trains, planes and automobiles. He is just like his Daddy. After the library we headed over to Walmart to get supplies for my party I was supposed to be hosting when I noticed Samantha’s eye was watering and red and, yup, you guessed it, lots of yucky yellow goop coming out. Of course it was 4:15 and her Dr left at 4:30 so off to Urgent Care it was. I wanted to get there as close to 5 as I could because they start check ins at 5 and start seeing patients at 5:30, so the earlier we got there the better. After running home and literally throwing the groceries in the fridge I ran back out.
When we got there I put little man in the stroller, grabbed baby girl and Jr man and ran to go check in. Yes we were literally running there. I got inside and not two seconds later heard a loud smack then screams. I turned around to see Samantha laying on the floor crying! She had run right into the corner of the door frame.
My poor baby girl ended up cutting her chin open 🙁
“Look mom I have a goatee”. Hey they gotta keep themselves entertained some way right LOL
And look how fast it grew!
So three hours later we left with a confirmed diagnosis of pink eye, a clean up and pretty Hello Kitty band-aid on her chin and of course her ear infection that she was just diagnosed with the day before.
Showing me her pretty band-aid
Kisses for mommy!
So this was my eventful Friday. We didn’t end up getting home until after 7pm, just enough time to feed the kids and climb into bed.



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Macaroni and Cheese please!

April 5, 2010
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I don’t know about you, but to me there is no better comfort food then good ole Mac & Cheese. I’m not sure why I’ve never attempted to make it myself. I always see recipes and literally drool just looking at them. Guess I’m unconsciously trying to eat healthy. But this was my first time doing Easter dinner all by myself and not going anywhere so I said I’m going all out baby! So here we go!

Macaroni & Cheese
Makes 8-10 servings

6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 cups whole milk
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded white Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
1 pound elbow macaroni, cooked and kept warm

Preheat oven for 350 degrees. Spray a 13×9 inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large pot melt the butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook for approximately 5-6 minutes or until the onion is tender.


Add flour, stirring constantly and cook for approximately 2 minutes. Gradually add your milk, stir constantly and cook for approximately 5-6 minutes or until mixture starts to thicken.
Remove from heat and stir in your dry ingredients (dry mustard & salt). Now the best part! Stir in your cheeses. Stir until all the cheese is melted and the sauce is nice and smooth.
Add in your warm macaroni, stirring gently to combine all the ingredients.
Pour the ooey gooey mixture into your coated baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until the casserole is hot and bubbly.
Let stand for as long as you can resist digging in because you will burn your tongue! And trust me it hurts. I would say about 10 minutes would be good on cooling down.

I know my pictures are crappier then normal, I had to use my point and shoot since my Nikon is temporarily out of service 🙁 But as you can see this macaroni came out perfect! It was a hit at dinner and all the left overs have already been eaten. I really enjoyed that although three strong cheese flavors were used the taste was very smooth and subtle. The Parmesan added a little bit of saltiness to each bite which is better then salting your macaroni, who does that! But there weren’t any overpowering flavors to this dish. It is definitely a keeper!

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So much for that

April 4, 2010
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I came on here to post some pictures of my baby girls very FIRST hair cut and my camera erased ALL my pictures. I called my husband crying. Yes I am crying over pictures. I am a picture freak and I like to document everything. Especially my kids firsts. The first hair cut may seem insignificant to some but it’s important to me and I am so sad that I don’t have any pictures to share with her when she is older or my friends, family and followers here.
This isn’t the first time my camera has done this either. I almost threw my camera I was so upset. Thankfully I didn’t because I am crossing all my fingers and toes that my husband can recover some if not all of my 130 or so pictures I had on there.
This is all I have right now is this picture I took from my phone, but it will have to do.

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