After The Party

Well Asa's birthday party went very well and now it is back to the real world.

Papa works again tomorrow, so our trip to GD is out. I feel so torn when I go to GD. When I am here in Vancouver, I miss my little cabin. The cabin seems so roomy compared to a 24 foot fifth wheel trailer. Granted, I am not in the trailer much during the day, but it still seems small. I do know it is alot more than most of the world has, so I am not complaining. And when I am there, I miss the girls and my babies.

Have I told you how funny those kids are? No matter what is going on in my life, or how tired I am, they can always make me laugh so hard. When I go to Cam's house, Valentina pats the floor for me to sit down by her. She likes us all to sit on the floor with her. What a scream of delight she gave us the other night when we walked in. Asa is so hilarious. He teases us all of the time.

I am so glad that both of them have so many people that love them. They both share each others Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles. Asa's Uncle Todd is Valentina's Uncle Todd. Valentina's Grandparents are Asa's grandparents and vise versa. They share Valentinas' Aunt Lori and both love her so much. She gave Asa his favorite present, a Star Wars Sand Trooper costume and blaster!!!!!!!! He looked so cute riding around in his electric Jeep Grama gave both the kids in his sand trooper outfit and using his blaster. So Cute!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures of the Birthday Party Day.

Look at that concentration!!!

This is the sand trooper costume from Aunt Lori, Asa loves it and looks so cute in it!!! Uncle Norm is putting new batteries in his new blaster as Asa used it so much the first set of batteries were toast!!!

Valentina with her Papa!!!!

Asa is teasing me here. He would make faces everytime I wanted to take a picture of him. He was so busy running around, I hardly got any photos of him.

Asa was trying to put the soccer cones on Valentina's head all the while she was yelling "NO NO NO" He trys to love on her too, but she is always yelling "NO NO NO"

The little Princessa looking beautiful in her party dress from Aunt Margo.

Being silly

She is a climber. She has No Fear. She does fall, but does not learn. She loves to climb! She is unclothed because she got her dress so wet pouring water on herself, the dress was literally dripping water. She was performing for us.

Happy Fourth Birthday Asa

Asa's birthday is tomorrow, he will be four and I am just thinking about when he was born and a baby. What a joy that baby has been. He is four now, and just gets to be more and more fun everyday. My little Blue Power Ranger. He is wearing his ranger costume everyday all day, but it makes him so happy that even Trina, that likes him to always be well dressed, lets him wear it everywhere!!!!!!!!! Non moms I am sure will not understand, LOL, Moms will.

Nine months

Wearing my bra as a hat.

My darling little cowboy!

Happy Birthday Nieto!

Global Orphan Team

Please take the time to read Julia's blog. She just returned from visiting orphanages in Guatemala including the one Valentina came from. This could be Valentina.

http://thejujucrew.blogspot.com/

Please Pray

Please pray for Krystal and Elviz and Gershon!!!

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Another Meme

Tell 6 unspectacular quirks about yourself.
Tag 6 other bloggers.
I am having a really hard time coming up with 6 quirks about myself since I see myself as normal :)

1. I prefer to drive a pickup rather than a car.

2. I have to put my right pants leg on first and also my right shoe.

3. I am one of seven children, six are still living. (Papa is one of 14, 12 of who lived to adulthood, and are still living)

4. I love to travel, but I fall asleep alot when I travel, so I do not take my turn driving very often. Papa on the other hand, can drive 14 plus hours without stopping. I really do not do my share of driving :)

5. I live in Cameo's driveway most of the time in a 24' fifth wheel trailer. Not much cleaning required here.

6. I do not have any friends other than family.

Weekend Post with Photos !!!!!

Well, we left last Thursday night for G'dale. Our plan was to not have to work on projects, but to just relax and have a nice time together. Papa had worked 73 hours last week, he is suppose to be part time, Ha!!!! We wanted to go dancing Saturday night, and go on a long drive on Sunday or Monday into Eastern Oregon. Our plans were not to happen, but we had a nice time together anyway. :)

We got to G'dale Thursday night and slept in without an alarm clock, nice. We always have our morning coffee outside and watch the deer. Friday afternoon, we just relaxed out on the back deck, had a few drinks and talked and listened to each other all evening.

Saturday, we worked out in the shop alittle bit, but no project we had to get done, just some sorting and cleaning. Then we got showered and dressed up and drove to the Yakima Valley to go dancing!!! Ya, didn't happen. We got to our fun place, and it was boarded up!!! They had closed it down!! It seems we just find a new place and it gets closed down!!! We drove to the other places we use to go, but they were still closed down too! All four of them! About 10, we decided to head home, THE BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON!!! Papa drove fast so that we could get home before the car died! There is no phone service for 50 miles over the pass, so we really needed to get home before it quit. We made it!

Sunday, papa drove the old 1967 Ford pickup to town to order the alternator, it wouldn't be into town until Tuesday, so our long drive was out of the question at that point. :) Sunday, we just piddled around the property, sitting outside in the evening, drinking and watching the deer. There were three deer that just hang around the cabin all day and night. I say that they will sleep in the shop in the winter.

Monday, we decided was a work day, so Papa put on the roofing to his shop extention, while I sewed new curtains for the cabin living room, and sewed a quilt for Asa. I had made one for Valentina a couple of weeks ago.

Tuesday, papa went into town to pick up the new alternator, we installed it on the car, packed up and came back to Vancouver.

We had a nice time together, but was glad to come back and see the girls and kids too. Papa is back to work, we are back to the real world. It was good to be with the kids again today.

I had to get back for a mamogram and ultra sound today because I had found a breast lump two weeks ago, but after the mamo and ultra sound today, it is not cancer, so thank you God!!!

So here now are the pictures......

Valentina likes to get in Papa's Corvette and play around. She played in it as we packed up the car. One of us stands close to her so she will not fall out.

She was not happy at all when she had to get out when we were ready to leave, poor baby girl, Papa and I had to go in her house with her so she would stop crying.

We stopped by to tell Asa and Trina goodbye also.

Asa loves papa's Corvette too, here he is using it as a prop for his modeling shot.

Good bye girls and grandkids, we will be back!!!!

Dressed up to go dancing, self portrait. I love papa when he dresses up with his hat, buckle and boots!!!!! Even after 40 years of marriage he still looks good!!!

Papa sitting out watching the deer and drinking a beer on the back deck.

The tame deer.

Old curtains.

The new curtains I sewed for the four windows, and I love them! I had the white lace for 10 years at least!!!

Life is Great!!!!

We're Back!!!!!

We are back and had a great time. Will try to post pictures tomorrow. :)

Happy Thursday

Well, I and my man are off for the weekend!!! He has been working every weekend this summer, and he has agreed to take off one weekend a month to spend with me!!!! This weekend we are going to G'dale, and where ever else we decide to go! Saturday night we are driving the 50 miles to the valley and going dancing. I love to dance with my man!!!! It has been a long time since we have been out dancing, so I am going to enjoy it alot!!!! We have to be back on Tuesday, but that is 6 days with my husband. Yay!!!!!!!!

I will miss my girls and babies, but we will be back before you know it!!!!!

Life is Good!

A New Treasure

For years I have been looking for a little vanity table where I could sit and roll up my hair and put on my makeup. I finally found the perfect little thing! It is tall enough for me to be able to sit on a little stool that my grandmother had and it is just perfect!!! I had decided that I needed to get out more, so yesterday, I decided to stop at the Goodwill and there it was!! I am rather excited about that. It will look so cute in my bedroom. It doesn't take much to make my day huh? I will post a picture when I get it set up in G'dale. Now it is still in the back of my truck.

Asa started Fall soccer tonight. I went with Trina to watch practice, it was really fun. The coach is good and has a lot of things they work on. The kids are all so cute.

Cameo and I have started walking in the mornings with the kids. Asa walked all the way there by my side. Valentina was in the stroller, and made Asa walk beside her and hold her hand the whole way there. As soon as we turned around to come back, Asa said he was too tired, so we took Valentina out and put Asa in the stroller. Well.... Valentina was too slow, and she didn't like to walk that far anyway, so we put Valentina on Asa's lap, and he held on to her the whole way home. It was really cute and sweet.

Grama came soon after we got home, and we had a nice time with her as usual. When she comes, she gives Valentina her bath, and Valentina gets to have a nice long bath instead of her 5 minute one Cameo or I give her. Valentina loves her Grama!!!!

Life is Good!!!!

Thankful for....

1. The sun. I know winter and unstoppable rain is just around the corner, so today I am very happy for the sun!

2. Living by Cameo and only a mile away from Trina. It is so nice to live so close to my girls and their families. Trina brings Asa to me at 7am, Cameo stands at her front door and calls Asa and I over around 8 when Valentina wakes up. I really have it very good.

3. Our G'dale place. It is nice to take a couple of days a week and escape to the country. I love to sit outside on the decks and enjoy the deer and birds and am so grateful for that place.

We Have Come a Long Way....

This is a historical Presidential election. I hope that we can all appreciate the history that was made last week by nominating an African American for the President of the United States. I was born in 1952 and my husband was born in 1941. In our lifetime, we have gone from my husband, being Hispanic, not being allowed to go into "white only" stores in Texas to this. And this week a woman has been nominated for the vice presidency. I believe that voters on both sides are excited to vote this year. While we have a very long way to go, we have come a long way, and we as parents and grandparents have the opportunity to teach our children to be race and gender blind. This is exciting! Vote!!!!!