Building

There has been a lot of building going on lately. Here Cesar and the boys are making a shelf for my mom in one of her cabinets in the kitchen.

Eli and Cesar at Lowe's Build and Grow. They made a car.

And... Our house!!! They started framing it last week and have made a lot of progress. We love it and can't wait to move there this summer! Cesar was able to get full time at his job, so we know that this will actually be our house! Yeah!

Where's Elmo?

Elmo is missing! Diego got an Elmo backpack for Christmas and he has dissapeared! We haven't seen him since the beginning of January. I have no idea where he could have gone. It is the strangest thing. Luckily Diego is still pretty young so he has never asked about it. Maybe one day we will find it...

Lately

Things have been pretty good lately. We are all just enjoying life and getting some things done. Last night we had our first ever Family Game Night. We played Candy Land (a Valentine's present for Eli and Diego), Chutes and Ladders, Mickey Mouse Yahtzee, and Eli's I Spy Game. Diego mostly played with puzzles, cars, and read books. We listen to music too. It was actually pretty fun- we will definitely do it again!

I have decided to start making birthday cards for friends and family this year. Yesterday I bought some blank cards and some stickers from Wal-Mart. Last month I bought a Happy Birthday stamp from Michael's. Eli and I made all the March and April birthdays. We had fun and I really enjoyed creating with Eli. I let him completely make Diego's card all by himself. I want to get better at card making as the year goes by. This batch of cards are better than Jan. and Feb. cards, so I'm already improving!

I have started going to a scripture class on Tuesday mornings. They also have a children's class that Eli and Diego go to. Tuesday they had a Valentine's party- the boys had a lot of fun. The teacher is really great.

Cesar and I spoke in sacrament meeting Sunday about scripture study. Cesar's talk was really great and I even got emotional at some points (so did he). He is a great speaker; plus, he didn't even prepare until Sunday morning.

I started a Spanish class in January. It is a free class at the library on Wednesday nights. It runs for 12 weeks. I have learned some and enjoy going. I really need to practice talking in Spanish. Cesar and I really want our boys to be fluent in Spanish and we feel like it is only going to happen if I know Spanish too.

I got serenaded on Valentine's Day. Cesar rang the doorbell and when I opened it, he opened the singing card he bought for me. It played the song Unchained Melodies. The personal message was really sweet too. He also presented me with a bouquet of flowers and a box of Thin Mint girl scout cookies. He is such a sweet husband and I am so lucky to have him!

My lion and frog

My boys are so cute; I am so lucky to be their mom. Although giving them baths are not one of my favorite things. I do love clean boys though! They got this cute towels for Christmas.

Eli's Fort

Cesar and Eli built this fort. They draped blankets over the pool table. Cesar is so nice to play with Eli eventhough he is still feeling sick. I love my family and I loved overhearing Cesar and Eli telling stories in their fort. Sweet moments!

Snow Storm and Sickness

Diego looking out the window at all the snow.

My parent's front yard- my new camera takes panoramic pictures!

We have had a lot of snow the past two days. It snowed all day yesterday- I think it's over now. The snow is so beautiful and white. My parents have been busy shoveling. They have gone out 5 or 6 times I think. The boys have not even asked to go out and play yet. I know the snow will be around for a long time so we will have plenty of time to play in it.

Cesar has been really sick! It's been awful. We thought he had bronchitis because he cough is so horrible and dry, but now we think he probably has the flu. He is the only one that didn't get a flu shot this year. We all got sick, but not nearly as bad as him. Poor guy. The worst part has been him not being able to sleep. The past two nights he has slept in the basement in a recliner chair and a couple of nights before that I spent most of the night sleeping on the couch because his coughing and tossing and turning was keeping me up. Troy and my dad gave him a priesthood blessing Wednesday night. He is feeling a little better each day, so hopefully he will be well soon.