THE GUILLEN FAMILY

Monday, September 22, 2008

New Bishopric

Yesterday in our Ward we had some changes to our bishopric. They realesed Bishop Pullum and his counselors and clerks. And the stake called new members of the bishopric. As Bishop: Bro. Shawn Pearson, 1st counselor: Bro. Dan Anderson, 2nd counselor: Bro. Chris Lund, Executive Clerk: Bro. Jake Buckmiller, Ward Clerk:Bro. Jorge Guillen (my husband), Assistant clerk: Bro. Derick Wilcox, Finacial clerk:Bro. Ty Barnes. This info is for you that are members of our ward or that use to come to our ward. We are very excited with jorge's new calling. It's going to bring new chanllenges and blessings to our family.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Happy Birhtday to my Dad!


This is my dad
On the 13th of September it was my dad's birthday. He is 58 yrs old. And I think he still looks pretty good. I totally forgot to post about his birthday because there are so many birthday's in my family on September that I totally spaced it. We had some cake and ice cream and he opened up his presents.

Also on September 1st my parents had their 32 yr anniversary. Congratulations!!! They are a great example to me of how a marriage should be. They are loving towards each other, they tease each other, they make fun of each other and they have alot of fun. They are so much into the gospel they live their lives in following the commandments and doing their family history. They love to go to the temple and do temple work. That is such an example to me and I hope I can start helping them with Geneology. It's funny that I don't have pictures of my mom and dad together. So as soon as I have one I will post it.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Boring Days






My blog doesn't seem to have to many fun posts. I have fallen into the routine with my kids of staying home more opposed to going out alot. They like to stay home and have Preschool time. Preschool time is the time that I sit with them and go over the alphabet and the numbers and then we talk about what day of the week it is and then they do 1,2 or 3 pgs of workbooks that I bought them according to their ages and they love it. We have show and tell on Wednesdays. And we do some crafty things at least once a week. There are days that we need to run errands and we don't have time for preschool time but its good for them to have a break. In my ward there are so many kids and stay at home moms that the relief society president has arranged a Toddler Time were we can take our kids to and they get to sing, read books, play for about 1 hour each wednesday morning. And it's been fun to sit and relax while the kids play and I can chat with other moms. Today Kaylee had her 5yrs old check up and she got some kindergarden shots and an eye exam. Even though she doesn't get to go to school this year she will be set for next year. Yes, she isn't in school because she misses the deadline by 1, yes I know 1 lousy day. So she is stuck with me for 1 more year. I put her in preschool last year and she loved it and knows how to write her name and last name and the alphabet, ect...So during preschool time I just reinforce those things and hopefully she will learn how to read sooner. Braden is really good with learning. He knows his alphabet, count to 10, colors, shapes. He loves to learn. I took some pictures of kaylee this morning she didn't want to go to the DR. so she was being lazy getting ready and so she layed down in the hallway with her blanket. I wish we had more things to do here in Syracuse. Evryhting fun is faraway and I'am lazy to drive far. We have done everything that is close to us and need new things to do .


I'am posting some pictures that are 1 week old. We were bored and so Braden tried on a Gabriella Wig that kaylee got for her birthday. As gabriella from High school musical. She got the full costume for her to wear for halloween. These are funny so you will laugh.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Dinner with Friends

Yesterday we had the Leavitt Family over for a Venezuelan Dinner. We made arepas with shredded beef. They really liked them. We were worried that they might not like it but they did. We have alot of fun with them as we joked, saw pictures of when Jorge and me got married and the guys played Ping Pong. The kids played really well together, it seemed they were tired but had fun anyway. We had Key Lime Pie for dessert which was really good. It was a different type of evening and we enjoyed ourselves, I hope they enjoyed themselves as well.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Kaylee's Birthday Party!!






On Saturday we had Kaylee's Birthday party. She had about 7 friends over and we played games, ate cake and icecream, and played. It turned out to be a success. I was so tired after it was done, but happy that she was able to hangout with her bestfriends from church and neighborhood. After her little party we had some family come to finish celebrating her birthday. It was fun to have the family over and to hangout together for a few hours. September is the big birthday month in both of our families. So we are happy our little girl turned 5 but kind of bummed that she gets to start school till next year.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Day with Grandma!!

Today we went out with my mom (grandma). We went to buy some last things for Kaylee Birthday party and then went to Target to exchabge some things and then to buy some lunch at Maddox Chicken and we took our lunch to the Layton park so that the kids could play in there playground and see the ducks. This park is so beautiful and peaceful its in the middle of the city but once you are in the park you feel like you are faraway from everything. The city takes great care of this park. And that's the reason why we love it. I wish Syracuse had a park similar to this one with big shady trees and pine trees. We had a great time and the weather was so nice it felt like Spring again. Too bad I didn't bring my camera with me.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Kaylee's Birthday celebration #1

Today is officially Kaylee's 5th birthday. But since today Jorge worked and had school we celebrated yesterday (Labor Day). We took Kaylee to eat at TGIF and we got some of her presents and then later in the day we went to my sister-in-laws house to celebrate her birthday. In our family september is the one month that has the most birthday's. So here we start the month and we will end the month all broke because of so many gifts that we will end up buying. But anyways, today we woke up and I gave Kaylee her 1st present of the day. Then she played all day with her brother and cousin, and then when Jorge got home we ate some yummy pizza that I made for her and sang Happy Birthday to her with a tres leches cake that Jorge got her from Costa Vida. That is her favorite cake. and then she opened her presents. So it's been a busy and happy day for us and for her. Saturday we will have the 2nd celebration when she will have all her little friends over and the family. She is so lucky she will get so many presents.