Catching up

I hate it when I'm not up to date on my blogs. Well here goes your catch up. Albert is starting to play soccer again. A friend from church, Laura Smartt, started up a Saturday Soccer league. There season starts sometime close to summer. (You can still sign up if you want) So the past 2 Saturdays Albert has been playing pick up games. He's quite good (with a brag look on my face)

Benji has been watching the movie the Sandlot about twice a day for the past month. He now can repeat every line in the movie. what I love about it is that that movie has taught Benji how to play baseball really well. Benji can hit, throw, catch, slide and my personal favorite....spit.

Sammy is growing so fast. He is 10 months now and is in 12 month old clothes. He has 4 teeth now, which all 4 came in at the same time.......that was a long, hard week. He is also showing a lot of personality. I discovered yesterday that he knows now how to effectively fight with Benji. He says Dada and mama and no no. He is also crawling with perfection and yesterday pulled himself up to a standing position with the help of the couch. Of course when he did that he was trying to take something away from Benji.

As for me.....Same ol, same ol. I went on the stake bus temple trip last Saturday. It was a great trip and I was able to get to know some people better. It was even fun sitting next to Frank Holland the whole way. Well, that's about it. Next week we are headed off to Utah. So my blog should be a little more interesting then.

Milestones

When you are a mom your kids hit certain milestones in their lives that bring certain reactions. Now sometimes a milestone can be a good thing or a bad thing. For instance, a milestone of your daughters first kiss. To the daughter, it was probably the best thing to have happened to her as of yet. To the father, it probably brought on a hidden tear and a feeling of sadness or disappointment that that daughter was no longer a little girl and scooching farther and farther away from that nest.
Now having 2 boys this will not be one of mine and Albert's milestones and I am absolutely positive that I will be the only girl in my boys lives until they reach 30. However they still bring tears to my eyes when they hit their milestones.
SAMMY- Last week he said his first word, and even though it was Dada I was still proud of him and it still made me cry.

BENJI- Every day Benji and I have his "study" time. I teach him his alphabet and numbers and he "reads" a book to me. This week after much Patience from both our parts, Benji wrote an "A" and a "D". I was so proud of him. But what made me even more happy was how proud he was of himself. Our normal study times are usually 3o minutes. That day he was so excited we went 2 hours.

ALBERT-After almost 5 years of being married. Albert has finally figured out the key to my happiness....flattery and shows of appreciation will get you everywhere. Even though I am in sweats, my hairs a mess, and no makeup. He looks deep into my eyes ( I love it when he does that because his eyes are so intense) and tells me I'm beautiful. Then he shows me appreciation for all I do in the house by telling me thank-you for each specific thing......while handing over his debit card. We haven't had a better month since he finally figured it out.

Silence--Oh no! What is Benji up to?

He's in his room.....practicing his artwork....all over the wall. He draws such cute faces.

Now you are probably thinking what kind of mother doesn't look after her children well enough to catch this.....my excuse....1. He's the fastest kid in the world. 2. I was feeding Sammy.

Honestly who could be mad at that face!

We weren't too upset about the walls. We were going to paint them in 2 weeks anyway. If you haven't noticed, they're pink. Benji obviously wanted a more masculine room, so he chose blue.

Bachelorette party

My little sister Rosie is getting married in April. She is leaving to move to Utah next week. A bunch of her friends through her a bachelorette party. I was so excited to be invited. We went to a dance club called the Cotton Eye Joe. I had so much fun with my sisters.


Me, Rosie and Jessica.....Funny we don't look like sisters.

Fun in the snow!

It snowed a good 5 inches at our house. We made Snow people, had snow ball fights and went 4 wheeling in our back yard. Unfortunately, I think we might have to re-sod the backyard in Spring.

New goals and Sprained ankles

Every year I always make a resolution to get into good physical shape. To do this I have set a plan of healthy eating and vigorous exercise 6 days a week. To be completely honest I have done great. I actually shock myself that I have kept this goal for 2 weeks. Normally it would stop after a few days. Well, that all changed into week 3. I was still super motivated to do keep my resolution Monday Night as I finished up my Zumba Class at the gym. I headed over to my parents house just to visit awhile. As I was leaving I was startled by a loud banging noise coming from beyond the neighbors privacy fence. I turned to run back in the house when my foot caught onto something and my ankle hit the ground before my foot. It hurt so bad. So I was laying on my parents walk way screaming in pain, trying to find my phone so I could call my dad to come outside and help me. Needless to say I was concerned about a fracture b/c I have had sprains before and they never hurt this bad. However due to the fact that I have no insurance I refused to go to the hospital. Luckily it was just a sprain....a really bad one and the only good part about it is that Benji feels the need to kiss my foot and ask me if I feel better every 5 minutes. So after 5 days of not moving at all I am starting to gimp around. But I am severely discouraged about my resolution. I have lost all momentum. Good pick-me ups, encouragement and advice are highly needed from all who read.

Sammt's Blessing day and more of Bolivia

Benji kissing his Aunt Susana. Benji besando su tia Susana
Albert, Benji, Albert's mom Teresa, Albert's Grandma Francesca.
Albert, Benji, La mama de Albert Teresa y la Abuela de Albert Francesca.

Aunt Monica, Aunt Marlene, Mother-in-law Teresa, Sister-in-law Susana, Brother-in-law Fernando, Myself, Cousins Andres and David, Grandma Franci with Sammy and Benji with the binoculars

Sammy's Blessing Outside the Church with Albert's Family

My happy baby Sammy