Spring Break 2014

We had a nice Spring Break.  I'm glad Eli goes to all day kindergarten, but it was nice to have him home all week.  He was really looking forward to playing more at home.

Sat:  Eli and I went to one of his friend's birthday party together.  Cesar stayed home with Diego and Ruby.  The party was at a very fun indoor pool in Arvada- the Apex Center.  There were 2 water slides that we both liked going down. 

Sun:  My 35th birthday!  We went to my parent's for dinner and had a nice time at church in the morning.

Mon:  We went to IKEA.  The boys got to play in the kid play area while Ruby and I looked around.  Then we ate hot dogs and pizza there.

Tues:  We went on a picnic at Central Park.  We even took our picnic basket- Cesar and I got it for our wedding and I think this was only the 2nd time we used it.  It was fun!

Wed:  My friend Halima and her daughter, Aisha, came to visit.  Jibril is Halima's son and one of Eli's first friends ever, but he didn't come.  He was at an acting class.

Friday:  We went to Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  It is very close to our house and we had never been there before.  We took a wildlife drive and saw some deer and bison.  We played in the kid discovery room and had fun.  We happened to see Eli's best friend, Evan there along with his mom and brother.
We had movie night.  We watched a new Disney movie called Frozen that Eli has been asking to watch.  It was good and I enjoyed it too.  We also ordered pizza.

Saturday and Sunday were General Conference.  We watched it on the TV.  Eli and Diego played pretty well together all weekend.  They can get pretty creative sometimes and it is fun to observe.  They also got to sleep in a hideout Saturday night.  They took the drawers out of their train table, set up some blankets, added pillows and even a makeshift night table with an alarm and slept there all night! 

Eli also entered a Lego contest at the library.  He had to build something from a book- He built a treehouse from Swiss Family Robinson.  It was great, but it didn't end up winning.  (I really should have taken a picture- oops!)

Monday:  We went to the rec center.  Diego had a tumbling class and Eli and Ruby got to go to KidWatch while I exercised.  It was Ruby's first time going and she didn't want me to leave, but she did fine.

My little walker!

Ruby started walking and she loves it!  She is the cutest little girl and looks like such a cute little person.
She has started to resist the stroller and just wants to walk.

Diego's 4th birthday

Diego is Four! 

We had a fun angry bird party at home for him.  He invited 4 friends- Greta, Orion, Mayan, and Andrew.  We played the Angry Bird game we have, we broke a piñata, ate strawberries and goldfish crackers, sang and had cake, and opened presents.

 

We told Diego that he was going to get a haircut when he turned 4; so it wasn't until a few days after his actual birthday that we went and got his haircut.  Until then he said he was still 3 and as soon as he got his haircut, he said he was 4!  Silly boy.  This was his first haircut at an actual place; Cesar has always cut his hair at home.  He did really good and stayed perfectly still.

 

 



Walking Denver

I checked out a book from the library called Walking Denver.  It outlines several walks to go on in and around Denver.  Ruby, Diego, and I tried one out on Monday.  We started with an easy one that is close (Park Hill), was about a mile, included a park and a library.  The weather was great and it was nice to walk.  I hope to do more walks soon.

 a very cool tree house in someone's yard.  Diego really wanted to go in it, and so did I!

 St. Thomas Episcopal Church

 a Little Library in front of someone's house.  You can take a book, read it, share it with someone, and return it if you want.

 Park Hill United Methodist Church

Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church

Family Pictures 2013

My parents organized family pictures in December.  I'm so glad they did because it's so nice to have such good pictures.

Eli and Diego's testimonies

Eli bore his testimony Sunday in sacrament meeting.  He asked if he could go up and do it and I said sure, and off he went right up to the steps and sat down right by the Bishop and waited for his turn.  He hadn't practiced or anything and he did a great job!  Here is some of what he said:
" I know the Church is true and I know that God is true and that He lives in heaven and He wants us all to go to heaven and I really want to go to heaven.  I know that Jesus died on the cross so we can all go to heaven. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
I felt the Spirit while he was talking and got teary eyed.  I was so proud of him!

My dad asked Diego to give a spiritual thought before family dinner the other week.  He decided to say his testimony.  He said, "I believe in God.  I believe in my family and I love them.  In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."  He did it without help too.  Then he gave a nice prayer.  Diego also gave the opening prayer in  Primary opening exercises two weeks ago.  He talked clearly and slowly without any help.  I was proud of my little Sunbeam!

I love my boys so much and am so glad they like church and going to Primary.  I'm grateful that our ward has such a nice primary and they have great teachers.  I recently got called to be the Primary secretary and I'm liking it. 

Ruby's One!

Ruby is the sweetest little girl.  She is 1 now!  We had a cake party for her and guess what she did for the first time even before we got to the cake?!  She threw up!  Poor baby girl got sick.  She recovered well and after getting cleaned up was able to celebrate.

Ruby is such a fun, sweet, easy baby.  She smiles and laughs easily.  She entertains herself pretty well and sleeps great.  She likes eating a lot of food, but doesn't like milk yet.  I'm still nursing her a few times each day.  She has fun playing with her brothers.  Her first (and only word) is "Hi".  She likes to carry on conversations with her own baby language. 

I love her so much and am so blessed to finally have my Ruby!

 We played a game called 12 Months of Ruby.  You had to put the pictures in order.  My  mom won with only getting 2 wrong!

I made the same apple cake that I have made for both Eli and Diego's first birthdays.