Happy Birthday

My Little boy turned 8 years old on May 24. I am so amazed at how time has passed and my little boy will be in 3rd grade come fall. I am amazed at how i used to carry him up the stairs with ease (when he fell asleep on the couch) and now that is practically impossible. My little boy was counting down the days to his happy day only to end up sick and on lots of yucky antibiotics. The Iron man video game gave him a smile and since smiling was so hard with all his cold sores it was truly priceless. He wasn't able to eat his cake and blowing out the candles was quite a chore, but Ethan ate cake on his behalf. I baked him a transformer cake and we bought him the transformers that he requested. My little buddy spent the afternoon playing transformers with Ethan. He was feeling better toward the end of the week and we new that Samuel was back to his old self when he asked me for an appetizer before breakfast. :)

Family reunion

Last week we had a wonderful family get together. My husbands brother Clayton and his wife Stacie came to visit with their little ones all the way from California. With so much distance between all of our family members these moments are treasured. All the kids got along so well and the little girls played dolly's and dress up. Sam and I thought it would be a wonderful idea to fill the sandbox before all the kids came over. Beside the occasional sand grain underfoot in the living room I think it was all together a great idea. The best part was watching the little ones
try and cover themselves in a sandbox 2 x 3 feet. We all toured the town on Monday and ate delicious pizza at Mollie's house. The kids ran around transforming Henry's Transformers and playing with all of his very cool wooden toys. Vienna will miss Penelope desperately -her princess companion is now gone. It was so wonderful to see all the kids together- playing and getting acquainted after such a long time apart. The day that Clayton and Stacie left for home we had a horrible stormy afternoon. That afternoon Vienna and I crawled in our very cold sheets and slept to the sound of lightening and pounding rain. I hadn't napped that long in a very long time.They had to return to our house later that evening because the weather had caused them to miss their connecting flight to Atlanta (secretly we were tickled pink they had to suffer this delay to get the joy of having one more night in their company). Life is too short to have family visits every 2 years.

Congratulations !!

Baby EvriaMalei was born on May 23, 2008. She weighed 7lbs and was 19 inches long. My sister Vianca had her first Baby on a beautiful May Afternoon. She labored for 18 hours and had the baby all natural.

Congrats to the new parents!!! She is so dainty and precious. Her head full of hair ready to wear all sorts of gorgeous adornment. We thank the Lord for her and for the proud new parents that brought her into this world.

The summer is here and i am so excited to be able to see cute little toes in open sandals. I love the selection of wonderful little shoes that Target has for little girls. My first intention was - buy one pair of sandals and when she wears them out well buy another. I couldn't decide with all the options they had and i ended up buy 4 pairs of sandals. I only wish i had a selection like the one that Vienna has. I woke up and found that my husband had cleaned last nights dinner mess and had fresh coffee ready to go for me in a rather large soup mug. I can't tell you how relieved i was to wake up to find such a treat. I am now 25 weeks pregnant and my energy comes in rather short bursts. Coffee helps me a little but soon its effects wear numb. Our school year is coming to an end soon and a nice long break is much needed. Today Samuel wrote a get well card for his aunt Rina who was hit in the face with a baseball. His letter was very cute and heartfelt. He placed his letter in the mailbox and raised the flag and gave me the classic Samuel look of excitement. If you have seen that face then you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Ethan - the big brother always makes sure his little sister is cared for. We went to the park for the afternoon and after a short 20 minutes the rain came pouring down. I didn't understand it. The forecast was for blue Skies and after being indoors all day the park was much needed. I took some very disappointed Kittys to Sonic and bought them their favorite-blue slush. Vienna always loves the Strawberry limeade and with out fail she wears lots of it every time. As we arrived home the sky was blue and the darkness was no where in site. The boys rode their bikes up and down the street with lot of energy to burn. Vienna strolled along longing to ride with them. As fast as she's growing that moment will come all to quickly.

Paint the roses red

My rose bush is finally in bloom. Last year it didn't produce many roses and the site of it was very depressing. After seeing my roses bloom so beautifully i feel that i must plant them all along the side of the house and in different colors. I am not a very good Gardner. I try so many times, but eventually my plants die. This year will be different though - i can sense it. Sam and I were talking the other day of having a wonderfully potted vegetable garden on the deck. How wonderful it would be to have fresh vegetables all summer long.