Pics from CHEA!

Pics from the 4th!

Falling apart one piece at a time!

My Jaw is killing me right now I woke up the other day with it and it seems to be getting worse I haven't eaten solids in two days and its hurts to talk or even smile. Please pray for it to go away whatever it is and that it will be soon.
For now I will praise the lord for all the weight I will be losing from not eating, PTL!!

Its a Girl!

My sister just had her baby I am so happy, Its a girl and from what I've heard its healthy and without deformities. I don't have any pictures but when I do I will post them for your viewing pleasure! But for now just rejoice with me, Tania and Devon congrats you'll be great parents I'm sure, love you both!!!

Blogging old news?

It is sad that new things like twitter, face book, and all sorts of other nonsense is taking over the blogging world all of the best blogs are closing due to the new face book craze. But fear not my blog readers I shall not desert you I shall remain faithful until the bitter end. Which I'm sure there will be do to the alarming rate of blogs that are dying out, why do things have to change? Why do we feel the need to abandon a perfectly good form of commuicating? Stay with me dear fellow bloggers we must keep the blogging circle alive!

CHEA!

I'm Back in Cali for a weekend of seminaring, other wise known as attending CHEA. I made it through the first day despite being dead tired ( I had insomnia the night before and only slept for about an hour) I enjoyed it. The only downside to attending seminars like this is that there is just so much imput that you end up not really being able to absorb it all and on top of that you feel like a totally faliure as far as homeschoolers go. Its like being caught in a spot light stark naked in the middle of a full stadium. But its all good I will walk away from this better for it, I have a hunch.

Weekend!!!

I just got back from San Diego where I went to visit my older brother for the 4th of July weekend, and can I just say I truly miss living in the states where I can walk out my door and actually understand what the heck everyone is saying. But you know PTL, I had fun we had a nice BBQ right by the pool and it was actually hot enough to want to swim which is a definet plus. It was a nice family get together, best of all my mom is coming down here next week which makes me jump for joy, I almost can't wait!!! ( Yes, I am a mommies girl, and I'm not ashamed of it.)

Anyway I'll try and commandeir the pictures from Prom's cammara so you can see me in all my ugly glory.

Another birthday post!

Happy Birthday Sis!!!! I love you, hope you have an amazing year and that everything works out for you. I miss you and the little bunchins, your in my prayers make sure the little guys don't forget me. Love and prayers, Smoooch!!!

Fruit Picking!

Yesterday was the singles WNR so we went out to this ranch to pick some fruit, it was kinda like the garden of Eden minus the nakedness and anything besides the fruit. I was expecting something far worse from the stories I heard it sounded like a desert with knee high thorn bushes and dirty ugly mangy guard dogs, mixed in with piles of old metal and junk, and snakes every where, but it was quite nice in a rustic way with tons of fruit trees with this wonderful lushes fruit hanging on the branches. Well since I'm not very good at describing I will post pictures.

The happy fruit pickers, excuse the ugly one in the middle she likes to stick her head into pictures every so often just to ruin them.




See what I'm saying about luscious fruit.



And beautiful landscape.

Birthday Lunch!

On my Birthday my older sister took me out for lunch which was nice, we had fish taco's which I had been very leary of eating as I'm very much not a fish person, but surprisingly enough there were pretty good. After that we went to a little place for these Popsicle stick thing's I forget the name, and my lovely sister and Ana decide to embarrass me by singing happy birthday nice and loudly. But other than that it was very nice, thank you timna!

Rewards!

(Dad:) "Sure, the life of a disciple, the life of a missionary, is not an easy one. I'm the first to admit that! But I'm also eager to add that you'll never regret living a life of sacrifice. What you gain in return is so much more weighty, so much more glorious, so much more rewarding than anything you ever gave up, that it almost makes you ashamed that you ever flinched about having to give something up for the Lord. I'll tell you what, when I was received into the gates of Heaven, I fell down on my knees and told the Lord that I was unworthy. Everything that the Lord gave me was worth a million times a million times more than anything that I'd given up in my life on Earth! (Note: When Dad says 'a million times a million times,' that's not a typo or a mistake but an actual indication of the size of his reward!...)" (3186:38-39)

Editor: Here's a mathematics exercise:

A million times a million is a trillion. How much is a trillion-fold return on your investment?

* If you give up one second of pleasure....

...you get back 31,700 years of pleasure.

* If you give up one minute of pleasure...

...you get back 1.9 million years of pleasure.

* If you give up a penny...

...you get back 10 billion dollars.

* If you forgo a date or a mate...

...well, you get the idea!

Three Years and Counting!

This Day marks the three year anniversary of my blog!!!! Its been a happy and good three years as I look back I am proud of what has filled these pages, there are a few posts I wish I hadn't posted but overall it has fulfilled its job which was to inform my family of what I'm up to, share the things I thought were beautiful or interesting, and just overall be there when I needed it which it has been. I want to try and keep this blog for a good while longer ( quite possible my entire adult life) just so someday when I'm old and grey I can look back on the posts I did when I was fifteen, when I had my first kid, when I got married, etc. Anyway so hurray for blogs and all there niceties!!!!

The first ( of many).

Well today was my first home council as a full voting member, and it was.... well pretty much the same. But you know what that's not the point the point is that it was my first just the memorability of that deserves a exhausted twelve fifteen at night post. I will leave you with this important news as I go catch some shut eye, Good night all. Oh and I love you!!!!

One month!

As of today I have been in my new home for one month, how time does fly! It seems like I've only been here a week but the week I thought it was is actually a whole month.
I have found there are stages to this whole moving thing, first you go through the exciting just moved everything's new week.
Than you hit the I miss home, nostalgia, everyone here has cooties here week, where it takes all the strength in you to hold on and not book the next plane back.
Than slowly that feeling goes away the people in your home look less like black hairy monsters and more like nice caring human beings, you get a routine, you get your job down, and everything starts to look just a little bit brighter. I am happy to announce that I am officialy in this stage now and I am happy.
Well here's to the first month in a new home, Cheers!!!

Eighteen!?

Oh wow, eighteen is one of those things you hear about and people always tell you is huge but personally I don't feel a whole lot different. I hope this year is a memorable year as it already is shaping out to be, moving for the first time has efficiently marked this as a hallmark year.
I want to do more this year than I have ever done before, I want to become a much better disciple this year. I want to experience things I have never experienced before, I want to push the envelope and fully and totally forsake my comfort zone. I want to say yes to things I would normally say no to, I want to become the kind of teacher my students deserve. I want to get in better shape physically, I want to learn to play guitar. I want to let the people I love know that I love them on a more regular bases, I want to be able at the end of this year to look back and be proud of how far I have come. I want to stop settling for being mediocre in what I do and become extraordinary, I want to be the kind of person I admire. I want to make new friends, meet new people, and lead at least one person to the lord. I want to stop putting myself in a box of what I can and can't do and try whatever comes my way despite what it looks like. I want to forsake my pride and get out of myself when I have the chance, I want to stop caring so much what other people think. I want to be more yielded to the lords will in my life, I want to learn to be flexible and to bend as far as the lord wants me to. I want to do all this and more, I know these are high hopes but why shoot for less when the sky is the limit.

( We'll see how much of this I actually accomplish.)

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to the best Daddy in the world! I love you! Your the bestest daddy a girl could ask for, I can only hope my kids have the kind of daddy that I had. Love and kisses from your little girl.

Beauty!

It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and its too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst…and then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life…you have no idea when I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry…you will someday.

Revolution!

Smell the air! Breathe in the wind! It tastes like revolution to Me.

News!

Here's what's new:



I went to see wolverine the other day, and oh wow can I just say that any movie with Hugh Jackman will never ever be bad to me. It was pretty much the best movie I've seen in awhile, I mean what can beat a sickeningly hot guy with claws, if you find something let me know.




I am also learning to play guitar, at this point I'm still at the point where people walk around with ear plugs when I'm practicing. But I have hopes that I will eventually get to the point where they just cringe. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.



Yesterday we took the kids to the beach for the morning and I am now suffering from the first really bad sunburn of the summer. The kind that prevents you from sleeping, sitting, or pretty much doing anything without being in pain. But I'm looking on the bright side that hopefully I will now have this really great tan, that will totally make up for the week of pain I am going to endure.

And that's whats new, hope you enjoyed those little snippets of news. Until next time reflect on this:

"I am nobody
Nobody is perfect
Therefore, I must be perfect!"
- Anon

Rest Day!

Today came around and as is usual I take one day for a little rest and recuperation from the action that makes up my week. So me and Ana were having our rest day and we made a little excursion into town, at first we were going to try and find this second hand market but unfortunately after walking through many smelly alley ways we couldn't find it. So because we were hungry we decided to find somewhere to eat and I thought of this nice restaurant that we had eaten at while we were at the ED seminar. After much trekking we were able to locate the place and we enjoyed a wonderful meal together here are some pics.





And then we trekked back its was quite a hike as it was up hill and I was wearing heels and my feet we're killing me.






But as I looked out over the city it was beautiful, I didn't quite capture it with the camera you had to be there to really enjoy the beauty.



And than we got home and we were happy, full, and content with life. Until next time, Adios.

Eyes!

THE EYES HAVE IT! The eyes started it! The eyes did it & the eyes finished it! All hail to the eyes as the most potent witnesses of God's love!

Beach!

Here are the pics that promised of the beach, we went there on our WNR last week it was pretty beautiful. Of course I have always loved the beach so it would seem beautiful regardless of whether or not that was true. While we were walking some dolphins were jumping up and down in the waves which was pretty cool as I've never actually seen a real live dolphin. ( Another time I just wish I had a camara.) So anyway without futher ado here are the pics...

Single and Loving it?

I have realized a growing trend in single women to feel incomplete or ashamed of not having a Boyfriend. Now before I start ranting all my thoughts I will just say I don't feel that you are weird or out of the ordinary for thinking this. Anyway so back to the subject, I am single and believe it or not have never had a boyfriend. Part of the reason for that is because I always thought little kids who are not old enough to really know how to have a relationship and say they have a Boyfriend are really silly. Thus I never got into that whole puppy love scene. So I think woman should rejoice in being single and enjoy it rather than feel ashamed of it and try and hide it. Being single is a wonderful thing, you have freedom and you can do pretty much what you want without having to devote your life to one person. It's wonderful if you have found that person that makes your heart leap at the sight of them, or even just that person that you feel right with, but if not I say what the heck enjoy not having that person. We single's should not feel ashamed or like any less of a person, throw your hands up and enjoy the ride. So that's my thoughts, to all you single women I say party on!!!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my big sis!!!! It seems like only yesterday we were young and fighting like cat and dog. Now your turning twenty and soon to be a mom, it seems unreal. I'm truly happy for you and Devin and hope that you have to greatest year ahead. Best wishes and a prayer for a great year, Love your little sis.

Home Sick!

I miss my old home, I miss New York, I even miss ( and this will some amazing) NY city and car lighting.

I miss looking out my window and seeing this...

I miss waking up in the morning and seeing these people...



I miss playing in our backyard and our wonderful BBQ's...




I miss feeling at home, feeling like an integral part of a home, knowing exactly what's going on and how the schedule is going to run. Most of all I just miss that comfortable feeling you have when you've worked and lived in a place so long that you know every inch and corner every crevasse and bump and hole. But I guess being uncomfortable is good because it pushes you out of that comfort zone and helps you to grow and change passed the confines that your comfortable place put you in. Still I wish I could click my shiny red heels together and wish myself home if only for a few minutes.

Settling in!

Its been over a week that we've been here though it seems quite a bit longer. I'm settling in now life is getting a bit more normal, and I'm fully switched over to the time change. I've started teaching the older grades now, its a bit different than what I'm used to as before I had a five year, a three year old, and a toddler. If you have ever taught these ages all at once you'll know what I'm talking about, now I teach an seven year old, a six year old, and a five year old its much calmer and they actually sit and do their school which is amazing. I went to the beach the other day which I will give a full account of and if your really lucky pictures when I get time. But yeah life is going swimmingly for now.

Another post!

Wow I don't think I've been this faithful to post in awhile I guess there's just so much going on I have things to say.
Have you ever just surfed random blogs for the fun of it? I do that all the time I don't even know the person and I just go on their blog, which is cool because I can be up on all the latest gossip so if for some reason someone mentions them to me I can know who they are and have a full run down on all their activities. But other than that I just go on peoples blog more for the reason that the people I know rarely post so I must seek other fellow blogger's who do.
In other news I went last night to do some more pick ups, we went to this Brazilian restaurant that donate the leftover food from their buffet. While we were waiting I talked to the bartender who was the only who spoke English and he was telling me about how he worked in NY, and as is the tendency of anyone who lives in NY we started talking about the terrible winters. I must say the winters in NY are something I am definitely not going to miss. So after that we picked up the food and driving back to the house we have to go up this really steep hill and you can see Ensenada all spralled out with the sparkling lightes it was pretty gorgeous, another time I just wish I had a camara.

Feeling Kinda Poorly!

I have this terrible sinus cold right now it just started today and its starting to get really annoying. I dislike being sick, its extremely uncomfortable and I just hate the feeling of being run down and tired. But I'm hoping its a quick thing and doesn't last for too long. In other news I have survived yet another day in Mexico, I've been so busy I haven't really had time to think about the passing of days or of missing people. I'm sure once I settle down a bit more I'll feel it a little more, for right now the key is just one day at a time. Well, adios.

Life in mexico.

It is the end of my third day in mexico its been pretty good so far, I had a rest day of sorts today my first in mexico. It was nice, I went to do some pickups with Auntie Carmen ( A Sweet FGA in our home) just to see the city and get a feel for this new place. I didn't understand a word that was being spoken but it was quite entertaining guessing what they were saying. I must learn spanish it's certaintly a neccesity. The city is beautiful, and the view from our house is amazing I wish I had a camara that I could take a picture and share the beauty with you all, but for now I shall enjoy it for you. Other than that I'm still just adjusting everything is diffrent and its taking a little bit to get used to it. My body is final getting a little more used to this time zone I'm not fully adjusted but at least I'm not exhausted all day. I haven't been able to move into my room yet as we're still trying to fix it up so far now I am a wandering gypsy. But it dosen't bother me as I am pretty resiliant to things like living out of a suitcase and sleeping whereever my head drops, it will be nice though when I can move into my room and get all set up. Well that is all for now, love and kisses and all those pleasentaries.

Made it!

Well we made it all of us and in one piece to how's that for a feat of brains and bronze. There were very few mishaps along the way thankfully and even a few very wonderful miracles the lord used to help our travels to go more smoothly. The kids were good and pretty quiet which was a big help, it was a long day though and I will be more than happy to climb into a nice warm clean bed. Well I shall post more and tell you how I find Mexico after I have seen a bit more of it. Well for now toddles!!!

Nostalgia!

I am getting so nostalgic, every thing I do I'm thinking this may be the last time I get to do this. When you've lived in a place for six years you tend to get that way I guess, I was the same when we left china it had been my home for so long I couldn't imagine ever thinking of a place as I thought about it. But this place grew on me and now I can truly say I will miss it, and I'm sure my new home will be just the same after a little while.
Well to my fellow new york homedewleres I will miss you and this beautiful home its been a wonderful six years. I know some day I'll come back as most of you are either related to me or are my parents, I will miss living with you and all the good times we had. Kisses and hugs!

The Joy's Of Packing!

I detest packing, its one of those things in life that you have to do but you hate. Its takes so much time and you always end up not being able to fit everything no matter how much space you started out with in the first place. I'm a last minute packer I put it off until the very last days and than I cram and stress until I finally get it all packed the night before I have to leave. Grin! Packing is so final its the final acknowledgment that you are moving, you can kinda forget about it but once your putting your stuff into a suitcase there's no denying it. Sigh! I shall miss this home here, but I am excited to get to Mexico it will all be so new. Change is fun, I love it and no matter how much I hate packing it can't take away from the excitement of stepping out and trying new things. Well here's to packing and the joys that come with it. Cheers!!!

Pride.

I have realized recently that I am a very proud person, I hate asking for help, I hate saying that I can't do something, I hate admitting that I'm afraid or incapable. I always want to be the tuff one who doesn't give up, this is an insight I didn't really know that about myself. I always thought I was humble because I never really thought that much of myself, I'm one of those people that if you complement them I point out a flaw of mine to sorta counteract it. But I guess that's pride to, I was reading the other day a letter and some how they started listing the ways pride manifests itself and I realized that more than half the things on there I do. Anyway there's a little soemthing about me that not even I knew, If you ever find your self complementing me and I put myself down rebuke Pan for me would you. Grin.

11 day's and ticking...

My God, I woke up this morning as I do most mornings I looked at my planner to see what was in store for me today when lo and behold I glanced at the date and realized that it is eleven days till I leave. ELEVEN DAY'S!!!! I don't even have suitcases yet, suffice it to say I freaked out...... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! But you know what I am now calm, I have determined to look the glass as half full instead of empty. I'm going to praise the lord that I have eleven long full days left in this beautiful house with my family, and that Today I am going to find some nice cheap good quality suitcases! PTL!

New Hair!

Here are the pics of my hair that I promised, comment and let me know what you think.

I am happy....oh so happy!

I am oh so happy right now. I got my new computer this week which is oh so very snazzy. Its an HP with a 350 gig hard drive and 3 gigs of ram a sixteen inch screen ( which I can see all of), and I got it for a really great deal. I know all you computed nerds are going to try and throw a big bucket of cold water on me right now and say its not that great but I like it so don't even try. I think its the beginnings of true love and I hope me and my computer have a long and healthy relationship. Here is a pic just so you can soak up the splendor which is mine.
I other news I am having my WNR tomorrow and getting my hair cut, Whoptidue ( I have no idea if that is a real word)!!! I am getting my hair cut for a change as I'm getting bored of the hair I have now, I'll let you see it as soon as I get pics. And I'm having WNR because well as they say and on the seventh day god rested, so seeing as we are all trying to be more christ like I am going to follow his wise example. I have now filled you in on all my happenings and am going to leave you with one last thought....
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."
- Proverb