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Mexican Birthdays

2010-09-09T22:07:00.001-07:00

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

2010-09-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-03-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-04-15T06:59:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-03-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-03-06T21:44:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-01-27T16:11:00.001-08:00

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.:)

Inauguration

2009-01-27T15:51:00.000-08:00

I watched the inauguration this year! The first time ever! I voted for the other guy, but I am proud of my country for showing the black community that there are a lot of us that don't look at race. The inauguration was very interesting, though, from the crazy opening and closing prayers, the beautiful music that was pre-recorded, and the oops with the actual swearing in moment. I can say that this was my very favorite part of the whole day...

At the end when Beyonce gets all choked up, Jesus asked me why she was crying. I put myself in her shoes...to be a black woman and sing for the first black President. What an honor!

Crawling

2009-01-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

When Jesus and I first got married, we bought Daisy the dog. Daisy was very rambunctious and so much so that she fell off of our two story deck in our apartment. The poor thing had to go get a cast on her leg. She would crawl around with her leg out straight to her side. I share this because my poor daughter crawls like she is a dog with a cast on...

My Little Dancer

2008-12-15T22:22:00.000-08:00

Jasmine has started to dance already. We noticed it about a month ago or so, when music would come on. She'll start to bounce to the music. Here is a video of her dancing to Beyonce. She just does this when there's music on, and she stays with the beat most of the time...

Differences between Jasmine and Jesus

2008-12-15T21:56:00.000-08:00

Little Jasmine has taken a liking to food that is just INCREDIBLE! She will eat anything and usually screams at you until you give her whatever you're eating...even if it's definitely not a baby food. She is just the happiest kid on the block with any type of food in her mouth, in her hands and on her hair...

Jesusito is different all together. He loves his bottles like no other...notice the plural form. Yes, he ALWAYS has to have TWO bottles...not both full, but has to have two. Tonight he fell asleep hugging them both like a baby would a teddy bear...I don't know where he gets it.:) Anything in liquid form, he loves. Here are pictures of him making snow into a liquid form in his mouth...:)

This last picture is a way cute picture of him and you may think it shows his personality. This is actually a picture of him eating snow off of the stairs and this pose is "whatcha gonna do about it, mommy?"

That is the Cutest Picture...

2008-11-22T16:41:00.000-08:00

So I sent this picture to my sister Jennifer a couple of weeks ago. It is one of my favorite pictures of Jasmine. She sent me back a reply of "That is the cutest picture of Little Jesus that I have ever seen!" I thought that was hilarious!

Food, Glorious Food!

2008-11-22T16:32:00.000-08:00

Jasmine has recently realized that she LOVES food! She is a picky Gerber eater, however. She hates pureed fruit and will only eat vegi's. She loves all kind of junk food, though, so I don't think it's the sweet flavor that she doesn't like. Here she is eating some junk food...

Here she is eating her first oreo...

Humidifiers and Jesusito

2008-11-22T16:20:00.000-08:00

So we bought Jesusito a humidifier for his bedroom, and we thought we'd be the coolest parents around by buying one that looked like a fish tank. The back part of the humidifier is the actual humidifier and the front is a small, fake fish tank, with fake fish, even. The poor little fake fish...can you tell that he's trying to get them out with a spoon?

Yes, this might look bad, but about 5 minutes later I found the fish tank full of cotton balls...all 200 of them.:) I'm so glad we don't have real fish.

Slacker

2008-10-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

I don't mean to be a slacker, but I have been lately when it comes to the blog...I have been so busy with getting everything ready for the property that we're trying to flip, I haven't had time to write. Just know these facts:

Jesusito is still the kid with the most energy in the world.

Jasmine has the best latina figure in the world...and she's only 7 months.

Big Jesus is the nicest person in the world to do all of the hard labor on the house for me.:) Hint hint, my dear...

Seven Random Facts (Tag!)

2008-10-16T20:53:00.000-07:00

My lovely friend Jennie tagged me, so here goes...I expect to read everyone's on their blog soon...:)

1. I am addicted to the Peoples Court. I may say that the Office is my favorite show, which it is one of my favorites, but I love the Peoples Court! I really want to go to NY one day to go see Broadway shows...and the Peoples Court. I think it's because I love Judge Milian. She is a powerful hispanic woman! She says things to people that I don't think I could have the nerve to do. It's sad how much I watch that show.:)

2. I chased down Karl Malone with my dentists daughter when I was little. I was obsessed with the man. I couldn't believe it when I saw him riding his bike by my house! I was on my way to the dentist, and when the receptionist, who was also the daughter, found out what was happening, she agreed to chase him down with me. I was screaming on the top of my lungs as we passed him once, twice, and then got the nerve to stop the third time. I kept on telling him he was huge, which he was...I just hope he didn't get offended.:) My family met him at the State Fair a couple of weeks later, and he totally remembered me. "Oh, was she the one screaming?" It was the best day of my young life!

3. I buy chocolate chips so that I can "make cookies," I tell Jesus, but it's really so that I can eat chocolate and he doesn't think I eat too much chocolate. Who's going to notice a bag of chocolate chips gone, instead a bag of chocolate?:) It works, my friends, it really does.

4. I really hate listening to people eat with their mouths open. AAAGGGH! I don't know why, but I just think it's the most annoying sound in the world! Actually, people who breath heavily who are eating with their mouths open is the most annoying sound in the world, and just eating with your mouth open is second. I remember when I was younger and someone was eating by me, I would seriously eat with one hand and have the other covering the ear closest to them...pathetic, I know. I do, however, love to hear my kids eat with their mouths open...funny, huh? I guess two year olds and 7 months olds are exempt.

5. A couple of years ago I had a canary and he had a very fertile wife! She was ALWAYS laying eggs! Well, she died because she layed too many eggs and around the same time a baby of hers got really sick. I had a good paying job at this time, and was pretty respected...until I called in because I was too traumatized about the death of the mommy and the baby. Once again, pathetic, I know. I was bawling for days over some canaries! And, to top it off, my boss and EVERYONE ELSE ON THE TEAM were boys...yeah, they didn't get it.

6. I love it when my kids cry. Little Jesus has to be held when he cries, and he automatically goes for my hair and will play with it to calm him down. I love that! Jasmine has the cutest little face when she cries, and the cutest little cry! I can't help but smile then too...such a mean mom!

7. My husband and I love to play jokes on each other. My favorite is to get him when he least expects it. A couple of weeks ago I had both of my kids crying, and he thought I was very occupied with them...little did he know that I was just occupied getting a HUGE glass of cold water. Pouring that on him in the shower is the best because of his reaction.

Man, this was hard to think of things that people don't know about me. I guess I'm an open book and tell everyone everything anyways! I hope y'all enjoyed it!

YEAH!!!

2008-10-13T15:31:00.001-07:00

I am so excited! I can't even contain myself! I have been trying to buy a house in foreclosure, or distress, or anything cheap for that matter, for over a year now! The first offer I made was on my old house in Centerville last May. The poor little house needed so much help, and I was so willing to buy it and fix it. Unfortunately, they accepted an offer for WAY more than I offered. I was so sad, but I think it was a blessing in disguise.

Since then, I have followed foreclosure auctions religiously. It was my new job. I only went to one auction, though, because I could never find the funds to buy the properties. With the auctions, you have to make a $5,000 down payment that day and then give them the rest the next day. I couldn't find a lender that could give me that amount of money in 24 hours notice, so it wasn't working that well. I also realized that if the house had a second on it, sometimes you wouldn't even know until the day that you purchased it...I wasn't too keen on that.

So in August, or so, I believe it was, I had given up on the whole thing. I had gone through four Realtors that year, and they just weren't able to help me. I don't know if it's because they thought I was high maintenance, or what. I must admit, they had daily emails.:) I had given up, but then realized that my new aunt was a real estate agent, and I decided to try her out. I am so glad I did! I can't even express my appreciation for her!

Monica McQueen has been an agent for awhile, and has flipped I believe four houses in the last two years. She has the experience I need, and I wasn't even aware of it. We made offers on multiple houses that were in short sale, but none ever came through. I became discouraged again, and then with the market like it is, I got really worried and stopped looking.

Well, last week, her husband called me and told me that they had just gone through a wonderful property the night before, and even though I had stopped looking, I should check it out. The house was an REO (bank owned) and the bank hadn't even put it on the market yet. Monica knew the agent and got the heads up. I won't go into figures here, but the listing price compared to what it was worth is only 60%, or so, so there's a lot of money to be made on this house. And I just got a call from Monica and they accepted my offer! Yeah!

It is in a beautiful part of Sandy. Apparently one of my cousins lives like four houses away. Here are some pictures of it...

This is a picture of some work that they've done on the outside. This is going to be a great patio area. It's kind of hard going through these houses, because you know that the people lost them. I feel bad. This one they were trying really hard to make great improvements.

This is a picture of what it looks like below the patio area. The yard is HUGE, and I think here, the kitchen and the bathrooms is where I'm going to do the most work.

This is a picture of the front. It doesn't have a garage, just a carport. That will bring the asking price down a little, but I think it still has great charm.

This is another picture of the patio area (behind the fence.) I couldn't take pictures of the inside on this trip, because I was by myself, and I didn't want to break any windows.:)

So, my faithful readers, that is my project for the next couple of months. If you have any contacts for cheap labor, feel free to let me know. I will need some sheet rockers, mudders, tilers, landscapers, and even masons (hint hint family members:)).

Iron Man

2008-10-07T21:18:00.001-07:00

Little Jesus is OBSESSED with Iron Man! I have never seen him so excited about a movie! Since it came out last Tuesday, he has watched it at least twice a day everday! Goodness! He hates all the "boring" parts...he just likes seeing Iron Man fly. I had to buy him his costume for Halloween early so that we could return the movie we rented, and then I had to buy him a toy to keep him from trying to go find the DVD at home.:) He's playing with his toy here with little Jasmine.

This picture is of Jesus watching Iron Man...he is so focused.:)

This is little Jesus a couple of minutes later...out.:)

Happy Birthday Jesus!

2008-10-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm a little bit of a slacker on this. Jesus had his birthday September 26th, and I'm just barely blogging it...bother. I'm sorry, my cute chubby hubby!:)

I had to take a moment to dedicate some time to him in this blog. He is such a great husband! He does all that he can to make sure that I am happy. He works so hard so that I can stay home with the kids, and I'm so grateful for that.

Here are some pictures from his birthday party. We made him do "mordida" and got cake all over him...it was priceless!

My Little Helper

2008-09-17T20:37:00.000-07:00

Jesusito has really liked helping around where he can, and getting a high-five or a hug for all that he does. Apparently, one of the times that I let him throw his dirty diaper away, it went into the laundry instead of the garbage. Yup, as you can guess, I didn't realize it until I started to put the wet clothes into the dryer. Needless to say, those clothes got washed all over again...in bleach.:) No, just kidding, but can you imagine what it would have been like if it had been a poopy diaper? BLAH!

We've Got a Little Flirt on our Hands...

2008-09-13T21:17:00.000-07:00

Need I say more...?

BTW: This is Jesus' business partner Javier and his girlfriend Paula. Jasmine was attacking Paula's hair everytime she got close to Jasmine.

Utah State Fair

2008-09-13T21:07:00.000-07:00

We had our annual trip to the State Fair. I swear, that's where Jesus and I gain all of our weight for the year. No matter what you get...it's fattening. I really loved the deep fried snickers, though. There was no way I was passing that up!

We had little Jesus ride the ponies, and he got really scared the first round and almost fell off, he was having such a heart-attack. This picture is of me trying to take a pic of him on the horse, without having him fall off, or have a heart attack.

Jesus' favorite part of seeing the rabbits was to see how many food containers he could tip over. So much like his daddy...:)

Jimmy's B-day

2008-09-12T14:20:00.000-07:00

So I'm really bad...it was my bro-in-law's b-day, and I have no pictures of him, or the party...just my kids. I want to tell Jimmy, though, Happy Birthday! We had a great time!

So, these are pictures of my kids at the party. It was an awesome party that Jan had planned outside her in-laws house. They played Transformers on the side of the house! My kids had a great time with all of the toys...of course...and didn't watch the movie. Jesus loved the toys and the popcorn, and Jasmine loved the swing and the people. Overall, a fun night!

Something Good Came From Something Not So Good...

2008-09-12T14:11:00.000-07:00

So today was a rough day. I was on my way out with the kids, and little Jesus locked the doors without my knowledge. So when I closed his car door, after getting him locked up, I couldn't open my door. I seriously didn't think that things like that would get me so emotional, but after waiting for the ambulance/cops to come, seeing little Jesus and Jasmine inside the car sweating their precious little heads off, I was getting so impatient and worried. My cute little neighbor was there by my side...you can see her in the reflection in the picture...she was trying to console me. It took the emergency personnel a good 6-7 minutes to get them out. It was rough. I was shaking. Little Jesus loved it all, though! I was constantly checking up on him during the ordeal and he was pointing to the firemen and grinning, then he'd point to their trucks and grin. So, of course, right when they got him out, instead of him running to me and hugging me...like I wanted:)...he ran right to the trucks. What a doll. Yes, they were both fine. Sweaty and smiley and fine. (BTW: the good that came from all of this is this adorable pic!)

Do You Ever...

2008-09-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with the most random thought in the world? Well, that happened to me last night. At about three in the morning, I started thinking that Jasmine isn't 7 months old like I thought she was, she's only 6! Bother! So then I started counting the months and was positive that I was missing a month because I was counting at three in the morning. Lo and behold, at 8 this morning, I found out I hadn't skipped a month: I just don't know how to keep track of how old my kids are.:)

Jonathans Birthday

2008-09-10T20:06:00.001-07:00

The other day it was Jona's b-day, so we had a little party at our house. These pictures show what happens anytime that Jesusito is close to water...it doesn't matter if it's a pool that we're draining, water in the gutter, whatever...he is in it.

My Funny Chubby Hubby

2008-09-09T12:58:00.000-07:00

Jesus is such a nut! Yesterday I was getting ready for the day, and I couldn't decide on a shirt to wear. I asked Jesus if a particular shirt...which is a stretchy shirt, by the way...was too tight. He just looked at me, and I could see his little mind working, but after waiting for a response that didn't come, I said "forget it" and kept on getting ready. After curling my hair, doing my makeup, brushing my teeth, Jesus says "Jodi, that shirt looks like Michael Phelps swimming suit" and started laughing his head off. Mind you, this was a good ten minutes after I had asked him the question. "That was pretty funny,though, huh?" was what he said after I told him a response ten minutes later isn't funny. What a Mexican nerd.:)

She's just too darn cute!

2008-09-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

Miss Jasmine still doesn't do all of the crazy things little Jesus does, hence the lack of pictures and stories of her, but I just have to share how adorable she is. Gosh! I'm so lucky! I just love how she sticks her tongue out! The cutie!

Consequences of ice cream...

2008-09-03T19:02:00.000-07:00

Hablamos espanol in the house so that little Jesus and Jasmine will learn it. It's been funny, though, to see which English words he picks up on. Ice cream is one of his favorites. This is what happens when one decides to be brave and give little Jesus ice cream.

I have no idea where Jesus got the idea to use the ice cream as a beard, but that's one of the lovely things he did.:) Check out his pants...they were clean two seconds before the shot. The video is long, but funny.

So since he was so dirty, I decided to let him run in the sprinklers...this is what happened.

Another Funny Jesusito Story

2008-09-02T18:58:00.001-07:00

Today Jesus decided to take us out to eat. When he takes us out to eat, as you can imagine, we go eat Mexican food...today was no different. We went to this hole in the wall that Jesus said was really, really good. Last time he said that, there was a cockroach on the food...I wasn't too excited. I was surprised, though, and loved the food. Jesusito loved the food, as well, which is always nice since he usually just likes milk and suckers.

Usually, in these types of restaurants, they have posters everywhere marketing calling cards, announcing concerts, etc. We let little Jesus run around the restaurant, because it wasn't very big, and there weren't many customers. He kept on running to the front door, giggle and come back. Pretty soon he was dragging me with him to show me something on the front door. Mind you, the only customers in the WHOLE restaurant were right in the direct path of the front door and whatever Jesusito was giggling about. So he takes me to the front door, and there taped to the door was a poster marketing calling cards. This poster was REALLY classy! He pointed to the thing that was making him giggle, which was a voluptuous butt of a lady in a bikini...oh the embarrassment!

Crazy Adventures in Walmart

2008-09-02T18:50:00.000-07:00

Today I had the privilege of going to Walmart with little Jesus and Jasmine. Every time we go, it is an adventure. It's just hard to shop with a two year old, I've decided. He wants to play with everything and talk to everyone. A 10 minute Walmart run usually takes an hour, thanks to Mr. Social.:)

I usually will bribe Jesusito to be still with a sucker from the bank. Probably not the best habit to get him into, but I can justify everything I do.:) Today I gave him the sucker, and after a couple of minutes, he gave it back like he was done with it. History has shown that he's not done with it until it is fully digested in his tummy, or until it has fallen on the yucky Walmart floors. So, I held on to it. As we continued shopping, I noticed that Jesusito was really quiet, which is never a good sign, even in Walmart. I looked in the shopping cart and there he was...drinking my makeup foundation! AAAGH!

Yes, yes, he was fine, but had a foundation mustache for the rest of the trip.

The Amazing Talents of my Firstborn...

2008-08-17T21:08:00.003-07:00

Jesusito is already an abstract photrographer. Here are some examples...

Okay, he really just has the camera backwards, but they're still cute pics, eh?

Facebook

2008-08-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

OHMYHECK! One of my good friends from the mission, Danny Haupt, invited me to get onto Facebook. My sister Jennifer had invited me before, but my computer was down, so I didn't sign up. Now that I signed up this week, I can't get off of it. I have found so many long, lost friends! It's crazy! It's fun to get in touch with everyone, but I swear, it is the most time consuming thing when you first sign up. It's not that it's hard to sign up, it's just that you want to find EVERYONE you know!

You should all sign up and add me as a friend.

Man, Goodreads is addicting, as well! It's time consuming because you want to read ALL of the books that are your friends favorites...hence my trip to the library on Saturday. Sign up for that too...

Aquarium

2008-08-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

We went to the Aquarium for FHE on Monday and it was fun to be with the family. Jesus liked the play area more than the animals. Sometimes he acts like a teenager instead of a two year old. In the video, you will see that he doesn't even care about the fish in the pool right in front of him, he's more interested in a group of pre-teen girls giggling on the other side of the pool...he's not just interested, he's obsessed! My poor boy...

Teething

2008-08-12T21:25:00.000-07:00

At Jasmines two month check up, her Dr. said that she was teething because she was so slobbery. I think I just have slobbery kids...take after their dad.:) Anyways...she is now six months and is trying to bite everything...once again, takes after her dad.:) I love the video at the end...sorry about the bad quality...but it just shows how desperate she is to get things into her mouth. Such a cutie!

Olympian or Supermodel?

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Jesusito has been obsessed with goggles lately. I bought him two pairs to go swimming, but he won't wear them swimming...he wears them everywhere! The latest was at my sisters wedding...video included. I've decided that he's the new Phelps.

Mexican Circus!

2008-08-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

We went to the Mexican Circus a couple of months ago, and since my computer was down, I didn't get to post the pics. So, here they are!

Notice how spoiled my son is throughout the blog...a light toy...

Popcorn...

Cotton candy...

And a soda somewhere in there!

2008-08-05T21:45:00.000-07:00

Jesusito loved this walker when he was little, and we were scared he would be jealous when we let Jasmine play with it. As you can tell from the video, there was no prob at all!

I just love this picture of my little Princess!

Princess Jasmine

2008-07-03T16:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some current pictures of Jasmine

Crazy Jesusito!

2008-07-03T16:13:00.000-07:00

Here's my ham, Jesus

We were at Mom's when Jinjer came over and Sam let Jesus use his funny glasses.

Twenty Years Ago Tag

2008-07-03T15:49:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Janny Chava...

20 years ago...

1. I had just graduated from the fourth grade. Miss Blair had been my teacher: she taught me all about Japan and Utah.
2. I was 10 and had a crush on someone...don't remember who, but I always had a crush on someone. Oh! Danny East.
3. (I'll steal Jan's)...I lived in Centerville, and I also loved the dear that came into our yard.
4. Emily C. and Shalee Hansen were some of my best friends.
5. I loved math in school.

10 years ago...

1. I had been home from the college program at Disney World and was trying to get over my broken heart from a gorgeous boy from Florida.
2. I was living at home in South Jordan, trying to figure out if I needed to go on a mission or not.
3. I was working two jobs at the time: Academy Mortgage in Murray as a loan processor, and Deseret Book in Provo...I know, a little crazy of me...
4. I was going to school at SLCC, and had no clue what I was going to major in...at that point it really was boys.
5. I believe that I shared a room with my lil' sis' Jan

5 year ago...

1. I was getting ready for my wedding in December to my cute little boyfriend Jesus. I'm not sure if many of you know this, or not, but we were eternally engaged, and I wasn't sure if the wedding in December would even happen. We had lots of obstacles to get around, but it was all worth it!
2. I think I was just working one job at that time. I was a tech support rep at Morgan Stanley, and that was actually the year that I was number one in the two sites for performance. Yeah! Big raise!:)
3. I was going to school full time, as well, at SLCC, and this time I knew what I wanted to study. I was going to get an Associates as a Physical Therapist Assistant. My plan was to go on to my Masters, but now it's a Doctorate, and I'm too busy...:)
4. I was living with my mom in Taylorsville with Jan and Jacob.
5. I bought a lovely parrot named Kudos, who is a crazy, but fun bird.

3 years ago

1. I was getting ready to go to Mexico, because Jesus had just gotten his green card.
2. I was working at Morgan Stanley still, but as a quality specialist.
3. I was done with school, and was taking a little break before going on to my 4 year degree
4. I was living in Taylorsville with Jesus in our first house.
5. Daisy, our one year old dog, had gotten pregnant from some mutt dog...so our beagle/mutt puppies were then named "butt puppies." Still cute, though.:)

1 year ago

1. I had just realized that I was pregnant again.
2. I had the cutest little one year old that everyone adored, and they still do, and he still is the cutest.
3. I decided to quit Hand and Ortho...a physical therapy clinic where I had worked part time. I left so that I could stay home with Jesusito, and it has been great!
4. Jesus decided to sell cars, and he has been very successful in the business!
5. I was the only person in charge of the Young Women program at our branch, and had a hard time planning camp that way. We decided to do daily camp-outs and had a great time!

So far this year...

1. I had a beautiful baby girl on March 10
2. My son is the cutest, energetic, red personalitied two year old there is!
3. I went to Mexico a month before having Jasmine, and relaxed with my hubby and son.
4. I'm still a stay at home mom
5. I have learned how to cook fabulous Mexican dishes

Yesterday I...

1. Went to Curves for an exercise study, which is going fabulous, by the way! I'm going to be way skinny and buff soon!
2. Went to Macy's to buy a comforter, decided they were ugly and too expensive and went to Walmart. Bought a comforter, sheet set, etc at Walmart, decided that I had spent too much and they were ugly, and took them back. Went to Target and bought a cute comforter set for cheap.
3. Gave both of my kids a bath
4. Was bad and had too many cookies...those animal cookies are addicting!
5. Went to visit my mom for a bit at her house.

Today I...

1. Woke up too early!
2. Went to Katies to play with her kids and a sprinkler. Poor Jesusito is traumatized by sprinklers because we always play with one here and scare each other!
3. Talked to my cute hubby who is in Mexico with his family until Sunday...and I miss him!
4. Replaced my toilet lid. Ours was old and decrepit...and recently broken...so I put in a new, cool wood one.
5. Decided to be lazy and not do the dishes.

Tomorrow I will...

1. Wake up early for the 4th of July parade
2. Have a BBQ at my house with my family
3. Clean my house, including the dishes, for the BBQ
4. Call my cute husband and let him know I miss him and I'm sad he's not here with us on the fourth
5. Hopefully have a great time!

In the next year I will...
1. Finish a big cross stitch that I will hang in my house and not give away.
2. Go to Disneyland...or maybe World...with my family
3. Go to Mexico
4. Hopefully not get pregnant so quickly
5. Get skinny!

2008-06-08T16:09:00.000-07:00

Here is my first blog ever. Yeah!

Here are the recent videos of Jesusito and Jasmine, except for this first one. I have to show you what Jesusito is like...this is a video of him chasing the dogs in February...so much energy!:)

This next video is of Jasmine and me trying to get her to smile...and then Jesusito getting jealous and wanting to play.

Jesusito has become a stripper like no other, especially when he's gone poop. He pulls of his pants, then his diaper and lets the poop fall where it may. He's trying to strip in this next video, but I get him to tell me his body parts instead. Everyone time I ask him about his eyes, though, he points in the wrong direction. You'll see...

Jesusito, Jasmine and I will go walking around the neighborhood almost every morning. I will take Jasmine in a stroller, and Jesusito will grab his lawnmower and his hat. He never liked hats, but now he loves them because his Grandpa in Mexico would wear one and put one on Jesusito when they went to the "calle, calle."

I don't know if you'll be able to believe it or not, but Jasmine, who is turning three months this week, is already teething! She has been teething for the last month! I told the Dr. that she can't develop early on anything else...I don't want a 10 year old in a 16 year old body!