My Hair

Well I did it I dyed my own hair. I went all out with really blonde. When moving almost two years ago. I decided to go more natural with my hair. I wanted to blend in with the other mom's I told my friend and hair stylist. I decided I can go all out now as I am not working and I am a college student. Good times for me. Lately I am doing whatever I want!
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Fun Day, All Day

On Sunday my sister Vanessa and her daughter Alex came to visit. We started out with shopping and lunch, of course. We headed home for a break Kylee took a nap, Alex and Chenoa got to play, and my sister and I had girl talk time. After Kylee woke up we headed for snack at our favorite frozen yogurt shop followed by playing at the park. We brought Kylee at home and took the girls out for Madagascar 2 in the Imax theater. Wow that was my first time watching Imax what an experience. I am pretty sure I laughed through the whole movie, it was hilarious!

A Good Cause

Last week I researched a persuasion speech on spanking. I was shocked with my findings. I assumed this was something of the past an old school method. There are so many new ways of discipline in the world I assumed parents ran right out and bought a book to figure out what to do. No I found it's not in the decline. I also was sad to see mostly 1-3 year old children were spanked. My oldest is 6 and she is known to be very well behaved. I've never needed to hit her for any reason. Please break the cycle and support any laws coming your way. We have saved many lives from shaken baby syndrome. 1000's of children die every year from corporal punishment along with many seriously injured for life. Is the right to hit children really worth all the lives we can save?

Please educate yourself before you decide to use spanking:
http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/frame.html
http://stophitting.com/

Date Day

One of Marc's birthday presents was a whole day with me. We had a lot of fun in the city. The International Auto Show was a blast. We spent spent so much time looking at the cars we lost track of time. It flew by!! We then headed to a nice restaurant to use our 100 dollar gift certificate that Marc won in a car show. We enjoyed every course because we had to spend all of our money. It was great:) Because we had to have a whole day experience we finished it off with James Bond. I had a great day. Although by the end I felt a little anxious to see my girls. That's a long day without my princesses! That was a great birthday present for Marc. It was also pretty great for me!!

Shopping Trip

Saturday the girls and I headed to San Jose. Shelley is taking care of Keiko the puppy. My original plan was to have Kylee take her nap and I could give Shelley her massage I have been promising her. Then we could go to Santana Row to hang out. Of course most parents understand children don't always go according to plans. I didn't know it at the time but Kylee was teething more than usual she couldn't sleep. Kylee skipped nap. So we headed off to Santana Row. Our most successful trip here since Kylee has been born. The girls were happy to be able to run around the christmas tree. Pictures will be coming soon... my sister has my camera:)

Marc's Lucky 28th!

Today we had a a birthday party for Marc. I decided to make it a surprise. Then Marc wouldn't have to plan anything! Believe it or not this picture is him being surprised. Chenoa and I made a fun cake. Which was a homemade banana chocolate chip cake. Chenoa and I put lot's of love into that cake. It was rewarding to finally serve it to everyone. After having cake. We then went out to dinner. I chose a Mexican food restaurant because Marc loves Mexican food. We had fun.. And most important Marc loved it:)

Chenoa is Awarded For Being A Caring Person

Today was the day of Chenoa's award ceremony at school. Chenoa's school presented her with an award for caring. The classes met in the lunchroom for an assembely. All of the proud parents sat in the back. I had no idea schools did these award ceremony's. What a great idea for positive reinforcement. I am so happy that people recognize Chenoa as the nice, sweet, and caring girl she is. She was so excited to receive this award!

Veterans Day

The happiest place on earth. Okay not really Disneland but it sure is a lot of fun. We headed out to our local play place for fun pizza and arcade time. It seemed as if everyone else had the same idea. We were so busy having fun we didn't even make it upstairs for tot town. Chenoa is a happy camper and Kylee is sleeping a hopefully extra long nap! Now I am set to study my massive amounts of flashcard for Anatomy. Wish me luck:)

Car Show

Sunday was the car show. The girls and I met Marc and his buddy there. So we got to sleep until 7. The car show was incredibly quiet because of the rain the afternoon before. We always enjoy going to the car show. It was nice having Marc's friend because he got to have car talk. Wich is not the same as my car conversation. Chenoa especially loves driving her own little race car. She did incredibly well at driving. We were all impressed!! The girls also enjoyed balloons from a clown and Chenoa had her face painted.

Mommy and Student (No Work)

The full effect of no longer being employed has kicked in this week. Now that I have spare time on my hands. I was able to head out to the mall this morning. Of course I had been needing to go there for weeks. My makeup had run out. However, I hadn't been to the mall in months and it sure does feel like I did whatever I wanted today. I wasn't so backed up with errands to run that after Kylee woke up from her nap we hung out at the house. I did study but it wasn't trying to rush to fit it in. This was much more relaxing study time. Tomorrow we are off to Old Navy to get Kylee a jacket.. 50% of outerwear. After that maybe I will take the girls to the park. Kylee will even get a nap tomorrow and I will study. Because I don't even have to go to work on Saturdays anymore. I am not feeling like a crazy busy lady anymore. This is going to be good. Although I am thinking of money saving since I am not working anymore. One thought... dying my own hair. Do I dare to try?

I Voted

I voted:) But the girls got all the stickers. Last time I voted for President it was so dissapointing. It was so much more exciting this time to have my vote go to the winning side.

1st Birthday

Nov. 1st was the day of the big party. Preston turned 1!! Chenoa was sick in the middle of the night after trick or treating. Even though we were pooped we had important things to do. We all packed into the car. Kylee napped in the car while Chenoa and I held some of the many presents on our laps.



Preston is getting so big. It's so fun to watch him grow and his personality come out. I was also looking forward to seeing Jarom and Danielle. They have so much excitment and happy times happening in there lives. I love being able to share these times. The party turned out so well. The decorations were so cute. They had a monkey theme. The decorations were a classic retro monkey with polka dots. Blue and yellow ballons surounded the room. They even had fun cupcakes with a monkey decoration on top. Preston had his very own cake to enjoy. It didn't take long for Preston to be covered in frosting. There house was full of family and friends celebrating Preston.



It turned out so well. I only wished I hadn't been so exhausted. My three hours of sleep didn't take me as far as I had hoped. I wasn't quite as happy and peppy as I had wished to be. Little did I know I was on my way to being sick just as Chenoa had been. Oh man those chills were so painful. In the morning I was a lot better and we were able to hop on the plane with the girls.

I hope I will be able to get back soon. Hopefully when no one is sick. Oregon was beautiful the trees at this time are so colorful. When it wasn't sprinkling the sun was out. The temperature only dropped low at night. I am looking forward to heading back soon:)

Trick or Treat

Halloween in Portland worked out so well. We picked up my nephew Jayden for some trick or treating. He had already been out so he lucked out with double the trick or treating fun:) Chenoa and Jayden are like two peas in a pod. They play for hours and hours at a time. They enjoyed running around and munching on candy. My mom and I stayed on the side walk with the cameras ready to go. While my dad brought Kylee and the other kiddos up to the houses. I hung on to Keiko, my parents full standard sized poodle. It was fun to see some of the gorgeous houses. Kylee was a trooper she had fun the whole time. Even though we stayed out until 9pm. Kylee really got into the going up to peoples houses, saying hi, and getting candy. Trick or Treating is definitely for her. Her favorite thing to do when we go out is walk up to people and say hi!

Kylee's First Flight

It all started with a lollipop. Kylee's very first lollipop. A women walked by and asked may I give your girls a lollipop. Why of course it's Halloween.

Then we took off in the air. Chenoa and I told Kylee we are flying! Kylee's very first flight!

I was a little bit nervous flying with the girls on my own. But Kylee's very first flight. It was pretty cool. To watch her look out the window and say wow!