Sledding

We took the kids sledding today because the snow that was falling was perfect for sledding. The kids had alot of fun aswell as Jorge and I. Here are pictures to prove it. And then we took Jorge's mom and dad to Texas Roadhouse to have some dinner. The food was very good.

Christmas Village

Yesterday Braden had a Field trip with his preschool to Ogden's Christmas Village. Mrs. Clause was our tour guide and at the end of the tour the kids took pictures with her and she gave each one a bag of candy. Santa was resting because he works at night.

Lazyness

Recently I have been feeling lazy to write in this blog. We haven't done much fun things. But life has been good. Jorge finished this semester a week ago and he got decent grades in his 2 classes, I am very proud of him it was a hard semester because he started working the swing shifts and it was kind of hard for him to make time for his homework plus making time to be with us. We hope in the coming year he can go back to a day shift. I have been busy working, helping with kaylee's kindergarten class and teaching joy school in addition to housework, cooking, laundry, ect....

My Father in law arrived from Venezuela on Dec.3rd and we are all very happy that he was able to come a reunite with his wife. We have been very blessed because we had to do alot to be able to have him here with us and the Lord provided the way for everything to fall into place so that he could have the necessary documents to travel into the US legally.
All of us at the airport when Jorge Sr. arrived.


Father and Son. You can't see Jorge's face very well.

We have big plans for next year. We want to start remodeling our floors. We have been 9 yrs in this house and the carpets are starting to look dirty and ready to replace. We want to put tile through the kitchen, didnig room, family room, laundry room and entry ways. It is a big project that we would like to start around spring or earlier depends. This is the tile that we have chosen up to know. Who knows maybe we will see something better when we continue comparing prices and stuff. But we like this one so far.

Thanksgiving Family Dinner!

Our Family Thanksgiving dinner was very good. We all gathered at my parents house and had dinner and where able to chat, play some boardgames and watch a movie. The food was very yummy just like every year. This year I am very thankful for everything that I have. For a warm nice home, clothes, cars, work, my kids and husband and my immediate family. This year it has been tough for alot of people and families around our community. I hope and pray that we as a family can continue to be doing okay. And to always trust in the Lord, that without his help we don't have nowhere to turn to.

Sorry, but I always forget my camera at these family gatherings so there are no pictures.

The New Moon Movie

Last night Jorge and I went to see New Moon.The movie was very good with great computer effects. I really liked this one better than the first one for the reason that the story was very well told and because it did not jump from one part to the other. The first director of the "Twilight" jumped alot during the movie and missed a couple of key things from the movie. For example she never mentioned Bellas Job at the sporting goods store. Anyway the wolfs were amazing and huge, I think they did a great job to portray the strengh, and the power that the wolfs have. I am really excited for the next movie to come out which will be next year around summer. There is so much to tell but little time. I hope you can all have the chance to see it.

Halloween Parade

Today Kaylee had a Halloween parade at school and Braden had a Halloween party at his preschool. They both wore their costumes today almost for the whole day. That means that I need to wash braden's costume so that he can have clean pants and shirt for Trick or treating. They had alot of fun today at their different activities.

Jack-o-Lanterns

Yesterday we carved our pumpkins for Halloween. We had smaller pumpkins this year and only one big one. So I carved the big one and the kids each carved a small one. I ended up doing braden's but Kaylee carved her pumpkin all by herself and she did a really good job.

Black Island Farms Fieldtrip

Today Braden had a fieldtrip with his preschool to "Black Island Farms". Its a farm that is about 2 blocks away from where we live. They do hayrides, and have a park with big hay slides, cow train, and corn mazes for little kids as well as big kids. We had alot of fun today.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

About 3 weeks ago, a friend gave me a recipe for these delicous cookies. I made them with the kids and we had fun. They turned out very good. It is worthy of repeating again before winter comes.

Family Photo Shoot

Last Saturday October 10th we had a Photo shoot with Matt Peterson. He is a member of our ward and has a new photography business. He is an excellent photographer and from the pictures that he let us see at the photo shoot, he did an amazing job. The location was in Historical 25th street in Ogden, Ut. The building was an old space that was being remodeled and it had wood floors and a huge brick wall that was used as our background. The lighting was natural from the sun and it came through the big windows infront of the building. The props where old wooden crates and a chair. We wore brown colors. I can't wait till we get the pictures back and we can start printing them and make our christmas cards for this year. For once we will have some proffesional photos for the cards.

179th General Conference

This conference was a very good one. This weekend started with me going to the temple with my parents to do some family names. The session was in spanish and it was the first time for me at a spanish session. I felt the spirit very strong while in the temple and felt very at peace. We then went to eat something. I am grateful for Jorge because he stayed home with the kids so that I could go with my mom and dad to the temple and help them out with our family names.
Saturdays conference session was great with the news of the building of more temples, specially another one here in Brigham city, Utah. My prediction is that every year they are going to be announcing more temples here in utah. So in a couple of years we will have another open house and temple dedication we can go to. What wonderful news. The talks were very special to me, I felt the spirit testify to me of the truthfulness of our gospel over and over again. I think I had tears in my eyes through out the whole time. That is how powerful the speakers were.
Sunday's session was wonderful as well very interesting topics which I loved. Sister Ann Dibbs talk about holding to the iron rod was one of my favorites, and Elder Hollands talk about the Book Of Mormom, his testimony was very impressive the way he talked and testified of our dear Book of Mormom and Joseph Smith's sacrifice for this book. All in all the talks were very edifying to the my spirit. I really enjoyed this weekend with my family at home.

ZING ZANG ZOOM!!!

Yes, we went to the circus about 2 Saturdays ago and if something that wasn't planned at all and we ended up not having our camera with us. So therefore no pictures people!! But we had driven down to Downtown SLC to find something to do with the kids. And decided to go to the circus, so we bought tickets which were very high in the nose bleed section. The kids had fun at their preshow and then during the show they were excited to see the animals, acrobats, clowns ect.. Jorge and I had tons of fun also seeing the show. We were glad we took the kids to see it.

Fall!!!

My house is ready for the welcoming of FALL. Alot of people I know love this season and I do to. I love to get pumpkins and all my decorations out. This is were I start to decorate for the holidays because once winter comes you just change your decorations over to christmas and it keeps going. I love the smell of autumn scents in my house. Today I put a new scentsy block in the warmer and Braden says "Mom, it smells like pumpkin cookies" I said yes it does, but it's not because I am baking any its a new scent. He was a little disappointed. I know that this year I need to try to bake Pumpkin Chocolate chip cookies, we love those and I have never tried to make them before.

Life has kept us busy, now that Kaylee and Braden are both in school instead of feeling more relaxed I feel more busy. Which I like because I want to do alot for them and JOrge. That's how I feel accomplished as a mom and wife. I still work interpreting, full time mom, Primary teacher.Jorge is still working for the church and is in transition from one position to a new supervisor position, going to school and doing good, and working in his calling which keeps him busy all sunday. The kids are learning alot and growing up, they make me laugh everyday with the things they say. I love them dearly.

Greek Festival

On Saturday afternoon we headed down to Salt Lake city with my parents to enjoy a day at the Annual Greek Festival. It was a fun day spend eating great greek food and enjoying beatiful ethnic dances from Greece. These people really know how to throw a festival with food, entertainment and fun for the kids. We had a great afternoon with my parents and my brother and sister-in-law. Lets do it again next year!!Its funny cause my parents have been going to this festival since 4 yrs ago. They love to eat the Lamb and therefore go every year to enjoy this plate.

SALSA

This last saturday I took the determination to make salsa and can it for our food storage. I want to say that it was hard work but it was worth it. It turned out very good, the only thing though is that I didn't want it too hot so It ended up very mild. Next time I will need to add more hot chiles it seems that when its is cooking the hotness dies down. But it still tastes very delicious. I am so proud of myself for taking this hobbie of canning, I though it would be harder but it just takes time and practice. So far I have made Apricot Jam, Spagetti Sauce, and Salsa next I want to do peaches before the end of the season.

Kaylee's Birthday Party

Kaylee is 6 yrs old now, her birthday was on September 2, 2009. She is getting big with each passing year, as I contemplate old pictures of her, she has truly changed from year to year. I can't believe how quickly kids grow and change. On Wednesday which was her birthday we gave her presents through out the day and took her to dinner to a chinese restaurant ( that is what she wanted to eat). Then just yesterday on saturday we had her little party with her closest friends who are all in school, church together and live in our same neighborhood. They all did some crafts, played in the backyars and had cake,opened presents. It was a simple but yet fun little party. After all the girls left, the grandparents came with some aunts and uncles. We prepared Arepas and had a great time talking and eating. It was a fun afternoon with the family.