2021/22 School Year

 Eli- 8th grade 

Diego- 6th grade

Ruby- 3rd grade with Mrs. Morgan

Mia- Morning 3 year old Preschool with Ms. Katie, Marcy, and Amy

Delane- substitute teacher with Academy District 20

First Day of School:

Eli's 8th grade continuation ceremony- High school next year!

I subbed often at Chinook Trail Middle School (where the boys go).  I worked with the 7th grade special ed girls and Mrs. M the most. The girls called me "C" for Cervantes.   

Diego played the baritone in the 6th grade band.  

Mia's class picture.  Her best friend was Kenna.

Ruby and Gemma at their class Holiday party in December. 

The whole year was in person as opposed to the previous 2 school years because of Covid.  All the kids enjoyed school for the most part.  I also liked being in the schools subbing.

Ruby is 9!

 I had a doughnut-themed birthday. Greta was there, Gemma, my friend from school was there and Felicity from church was also there. 

First, we panted little boxes and decorated them with sparkly 3D rose stickers.

 My mom bought chocolate-covered strawberries but they had nuts in them so, we made our own.

  Ivaras and Eli made an escape room for us. A robber stole my presents and we found out that it was Felicity. Then we opened presents.

 Next, we hit the pinata.

After that, we ate doughnuts and chocolate-covered strawberries. 

Then we played with Gemma's fidgets. She has so many of them.

Written by Ruby

Ruby is 8!

 Ruby had her 8th birthday! 

 

She got her ears pierced and said it didn't hurt much.  

She had a party with LaResa's kids and her friend from school, Gracie.

Ruby was baptized Feb. 6th.  It was so nice and sweet.  After we had a family chili lunch at our house.  It was nice to be with family again.  Cesar and my dad gave the talks and me and my mom gave the prayers at the baptism.  

Summer 2020

We have had some fun this summer even though a lot is closed and not normal because of Covid.

LaResa and her family met us at Pulpit Rock in Colorado Springs to hike.  We had a good time even though it was pretty slippery.

Eli and his 6th grade teachers at the end of school.

One of Eli's teachers has a son named Eli and had this on his car in the parking lot.

The kids have done a couple of lemonade stands at the corner of our street.  One man gave them $100!  They split it with the neighbor kids that were helping too, so they each got $20.  Pretty cool.  Most people give them a dollar for one cup.

After I put Mia to bed one night, the kids and I went over to the "little lake" and there were food trucks there.  Eli rode back home and got some money so we could buy a funnel cake and we all shared it.  It was their first funnel cake and were so excited to try it.

We ride or stroller over to the "little lake" pretty often.  The kids even go their own their own sometimes.  

Our neighborhood pool opened up in July.  It's nice to go especially when it's super hot outside.  

The girls and I met Dawn and Olivia at Garden of the Gods one day.  I used to babysit Olivia in Stapleton.  It was nice of Dawn to invite us to met them.  

We went to Rock Ledge Ranch and spent a couple of hours there.  Diego really enjoyed learning about life in the olden days and filling out his scavenger hunt sheet they gave him at the office.  It was nice to be together as a whole family doing something in Colorado Springs.  

We got memberships at Lost Island for the kids.  It's an outdoor ninja course.  It's been fun to take them there and let them get a good workout in. 

We got to eat in a restaurant for the first time in a long time.  Mia loved her huge hamburger! 

Utah- Cousins Camp 2020

My parents bought a house in Logan last year and they decided to have Cousins Camp there this year.  It was fun to go spend time there and get to see their new house.  Our drive there was good.  All the kids did well in the car, including Mia.  Cesar and I took turns driving. 
Logan is really pretty.  We went on a little hike in the canon, had ice cream at the University, had pizza at Fredrico's, saw Mark and Peggy, saw a small car show on Main Street, ate at Central Park, and saw lots of fireworks on the 3rd and 4th. 

My mom set up 3 hammocks outside and the kids loved spending time on them.  Cesar and I both enjoyed a nap on them too!

My mom taught Diego and Ruby how to knit a hat.  Diego really enjoyed it and loves wearing his hat even in the summer heat!

The view from my parent's backyard.  You can even see the temple.

The kids had a lot of fun jumping for 2 hours at a jump place. 

On our drive out we stopped by bear lake and ate a picnic lunch.  The lake was beautiful!