Happy Birthday Abuelita Rose

Today is a very special day... it is Abulita Rose's Birthday!

We had a Birthday lunch for her at our house yesterday.

Topless eating for the kiddos is a must with messy lasagna.

Happy Birthday!

We hope you have a great day.

We love you lots!

Park of the week #9

Yesterday evening after dinner we headed to Hollandia Park in San Marcos.

We didn't take a picnic because it was such a hot day. We waited until it cooled down before going.

We invited Abuelita to join us.

Emma is getting more daring and climbed "up high" on everything...

Pros: a great playground

fun rock wall

lots of sand, Emma loves sand

Cons: it has lots of skaters. Don't get me wrong, I like skaters, I am around them nearly everyday. They weren't terrible, but I did hear yucky words now and then.

Our back backyard

We have backyard and we also have a back backyard beyond our fence.

It is pretty much ignored.

Well today I payed attention to it and kinda fell in love with the wispy weeds.

I am sure you can see why I fell in love with the weeds... that little Emma can make everything a little more beautiful.

BBQ with friends

Sunday evening we had the Hodgson and Lewko families over for a BBQ.

It is so much fun to watch the girls play together.

Rachel

Jillian

and a ketchup faced Emma.

Such a fun evening with great friends.

Thanks to Douggie for smoking the yummy tri tip.

Andrew's Birthday Party

After Ava's baptism, we all celebrated Andrew's birthday.

It was held at the YMCA at the Kaboom playground.

What a fun place for a party! It stinks that the Y didn't do everything that they were supposed to for the party, but it still turned out super fun.

The playground there is so much fun!

Baby Ava's Baptism

This morning we attended baby Ava's baptism at St. Mary.

Sweet Ava and Caubbie

The Prieto family

There was lots of family there to celebrate such a special day for little Ava.

She is loved by so many.

May God always bless you Ava.

Someone is pretty darn independent.

A while back I made a Mama's turn/Daddy's turn chart for Emma.

It worked like a charm until the other day.

It was Daddy's turn to take her to Abuelita's.

Emma wasn't thrilled with that choice so she decided to do something about it.

Daddy politely moved the chart higher, moved the arrow back to his picture and then drove her to Abuelita's house.

This little girl has a mind of her own. She always has but we are seeing it more and more.

It makes things difficult but I love that she says what is on her mind.

Emma and her BFF

Earlier this week Douggie was in Portland for work.

While he was away Emma and I spent lots of fun time together.

During one of our shopping outings she says to me "mama you my best friend."

Man she melted my heart.

Then the next morning I caught this...

along with her saying "Corona you my best friend."

Oh snap... looks like I was traded in.

Maybe if we go shopping again she will re-name me her best friend.

Park of the week #8

This evening we went to Sunset Park in San Marcos.

I have heard lots about this park from family and friends so we decided it was time for us to check it out.

Abuelita, JuJu and Tía Lizzy joined us.

They have an amazing playground.

They also have a spray ground.

Emma was so excited with the playground she didn't even want to play in the water.

JuJu played for just a few minutes, but then he decided to go back to the playground himself.

Pros: Such a fun park.

It has a little bit of everything.

Cons: It was pretty crowded even for a weekday.

There isn't much shade because it is a newer park with small trees. The playground does have a big shade structure though.