Mexican Birthdays

We were lucky enough to go to Mexico in April and some of May to visit Jesus' family. We happened to be there during Jesusito's birthday, so we had a birthday party for him, and I think it was the BIGGEST party he has ever had and will ever have!

Imagine being in a backyard with these cute table toppers everwhere, streamers everywhere and posters of Spiderman everywhere...Jesusito was in heaven!

Jesusito had a blast! There was dancing, games, toys for everyone: just really fun! My sister in laws in Mexico stayed up the previous day and night and prepared food for the party. There were two yummy tres leche cakes made by my niece and they were fantastic! They went all out and all they asked me to do was blow up balloons...okay.:)

Jesusito was so excited that it was his birthday and was so excited to have Happy Birthday sung to him. So when he saw the cakes, he was all ready for them to sing, but they started singing "Las mananitas" which Jesusito had no clue what it was about. You can see in his face up above the confusion..."Las mananitas" is not a short song, either...
They're still singing and Jesusito is getting more and more anxious
Until he blew the candles out...can you tell they're still singing?:) We also did "mordida," which is pretty much him biting a piece of the cake and us shoving his face in. He knew exactly what was going to happen and when I told him they wouldn't do it, he was so mad at me when they did. I'm such a bad mom, but I got a great video.:) Hopefully one day I can figure out how to upload it on here.:)

He was out as soon as he hit the pillow. He had such a fun time and it was a great experience for him!

The funniest part was the pinata, though. Those Mexican kids are VERY aggressive, not to mention their Mexican moms as well.:) Jesusito and Jasmine had never been around a crowd like that with a Pinata and didn't grab any candy at all! They just sat there and cried! Good thing their Gringa mom was as aggressive as the Mexican moms!:)

Our New Little Princess

We welcomed our newest edition, Jean Eva Perez, on July 20th. She is such a precious little girl! We love her to pieces! Here are some great pics my little sister Jan took.

Happy Birthday, Princess Jasmine!

Okay, so since it's been almost a year since I've blogged, I thought I'd start back up. There's no better way than to celebrate a birthday!

My little Jasmine turned two today. I can't believe that the time has gone by so quickly! She is such a joy to have in our family! She and Jesusito get along so well! It's obvious that they were friends before coming here. Here are some pictures of her small party we had today, and the big one coming up on Saturday.:) Pictures to follow (hopefully).:)

Happy Easter everyone!

Even though Easter was this past Sunday, I just saw this and thought it was a great way to remember the reason of Easter.  I hope it was great for everyone!

I am sick to my stomach...

This morning my sister e-mailed me and let me know that Big Love, a series on HBO, will be showing a sacred Temple ceremony inside of an LDS Temple, the religion that I belong to.  I am so sad that it's taking place, and I'm not going to let it happen without me taking a stand!  If you would like to, as well, here's what you can do.  I've posted my sisters e-mail so that all the links and info is there.  

On March 15, the HBO series “Big Love” will air LDS temple scenes from an endowment room, the celestial room and show the ceremonies that happen there.  This is outrageous to me that they’re doing this on television.  I am going to email HBO and the FCC later tonight.  I still expect them to air the episode but I want them to know that it’s wrong.

 

http://www.tvguidemagsales.com/WeeklyIssues/TVG030909.pdf - page 48 where TV Guide publishes a picture of one of the actors in temple clothes.

 

Also, what’s sad to me is that Tom Hanks is one of the producers for them.  I’ve always REALLY liked Tom Hanks but I don’t think that I’ll be able to watch any of his stuff anymore.

 

Below is info that was forwarded to me on who to contact:

HBO is owned by Time Warner:
Time Warner Inc.
One Time Warner Center
New York , NY10019-8016
212.484.8000

http://www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=GeneralInformation&questiontype=generalInformation&questiontype=general

Here are two things your want to RESPECTFULLY say in your own words to HBO:

-I believe it is wrong for HBO to publicly air portions of sacred ceremonies of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints without permission  from the
church and based on information given you by someone who has left the church and
may harbor bad feelings toward the church and wish to do it harm.

AND THE BIG ONE THAT WILL ALWAYS GET THEIR ATTENTION:

- If you air such an episode, I will cancel my subscription to all HBO channels
(if you have them), and will not purchase HBO DVDs or any other HBO
entertainment products or packages ever again.  Furthermore, I will encourage my
friends and associates to do likewise.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO:

The FCC is the government agency that regulates all broadcast and cable
television.  File a complaint expressing your shock and dismay at HBO treating
the sacred ceremonies of any religion with such mockery and disregard, and that
it is shoddy work hiring excommunicated members/enemies of church and giving
them a public pulpit to hurt the church.

To File a complaint with the FCC go to:

http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

-Choose "Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues" and
then click "NEXT."

-Choose "Broadcast programs showing obscene, profane, and/or indecent
material" then click "NEXT."

- Click on "ONLINE FORM"  Fill out the form with your complaint and
submit.

To My Beloved Readers...

I am so sorry that I haven't blogged in awhile.  Unfortunately my computer has the flu and it passed it on to my camera and my scanner.  It's a bummer, I know.   So until I get rich and Jesus decides to by me a Mac, I won't be blogging as often.  I like to show my cute kids in all of my blogs and when I can't do that I get depressed.:)  They're just too darn cute!

So, my fellow friends, I'm sure this blogging thing will start back up in a month, or so.  No, I won't be rich by then, but maybe I can get Jesus to understand how essential a mac is.:)

Vegas!

Jesus had to go to Vegas last week because of work and I told him that there was no way that he was going to go without me, so I packed up the kids and caught a ride with him.  I'm so glad we did...I needed a vacation!

I generally do not like Vegas at all!  I think that there is a cloud of sin that hovers over the city...there's porn everywhere and that just disgusts me beyond anything!  I wasn't excited to take my k

ids into that, but I figured we could find some fun things to do while their dad was at work.

As you can tell in this first picture, we found Jesusito's favorite cartoon in the whole world...his first word was Spongebob...no, just kidding.:)

We stayed in the Luxor and throughout the whole hotel there were amazing Egyptian statues that were fun for us to see and to pose with.:)

I think my favorite part, though, was the outings that I took with the kids.  The first day we went to the Shark Reef and Jesusito said "wow" more than one can count.  He loved it!  We saw fish and shark, of course, but there was also a huge octopus, star fish, an alligator, a huge lizard...all sorts of things!  It was great!

As many of you know, I absolutely love dolphins!  We were able to go see the dolphins and tigers in the Mirage...I loved it!  The dolphins there aren't trained for shows, but they are trained throughout the day, so you can see them interact with the trainers.  It was really neat!  They have a baby dolphin there and they are currently training him.  I swear, that would be the best job!

We also went and saw the tigers and lions.  What beautiful animals!  They had all sorts of animals there, and of course Jesusito said "wow" more than one can count.  It was fantastic!

I guess I didn't get the whole head in this shot, but it's of a tiger made out of moss of some sort.  It looks like Jesusito is petting the tiger, but he's really pulling out the moss...Oh my!

So, needless to say, I now don't hate Vegas.:)