Top Ten for 2014!

I know I haven't blogged in a year and my girls are not happy about it! I promise to do better in 2015, but we couldn't not post our top ten from this year! 2014 has been an outstanding year!!!! Filled with so many memories that we will forever cherish in our hearts, but we know 2015 will be just as fabulous if not more!!!! These are in no particular order and we decided on them as a family this evening as we were enjoying our great meal of homemade pizzas and champagne.

 1 Royalty Dance Academy has become our second home. All three girls were involved with dance this year! Weegie was dance captain and even went to two competions with here team and they placed in both! She graduated from dance and now helps out whenever she can. Speedy joined Teen Jazz and really did well in it and was in her first recital.  Squiggler moved up from Combo classes to Pre-Everything. She does Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballet. She loves it and is always practicing. She did 4 different dances in this year's recital.

2.  Speedy Cheetah lands the lead in the school musical as a freshman! Speedy was cast as the lead in her school's production of Into the Woods.  She played the Witch, same role as Meryl and earned the final bow. She was so awesome and a star has been born! Well we always knew she was a star, but now the rest of the world knows it too!

3. Weegie graduated from high school!!! AAAAH! Where has the time gone? It was just yesterday that I dropped her off a nursery school and she cried! Her first teacher was Miss Agnes and she was so patient with our little Weegie. Now she's all grown up and graduated with Honors. We are so proud of her and she was happy to get out of that place! LOL!

 

4. Squiggler graduated pre-school!  I absolutely loved her teacher, Miss Irene! Best pre-school teacher ever!!!! She is awesome, caring, kind, patient and just an overall outstanding person. Squiggler really learned a lot and came out of there ready for Kindergarten!

5.  The Adventures of Speedy Cheetah and Daddy in the Big Apple! Speedy did not want a quincenera. Instead she chose to take a trip to New York. For Spring break her daddy and her got on a plane and traveled across the country for 5 days. They stayed with the most wonderful friends and sight seeded around town. They became real experts at getting around on public transportation and were able to see 1 off broadway show and 2 broadway shows. It was all that she hoped for and more. She is ready to go back and live there.  I don't know how I feel about that. :(

 6. Speedy Cheetah met her favorite broadway star, Jeremy Jordan!!!! I asked Speedy if she wanted to take a friend or two out to dinner on her birthday and she asked for this instead. Jeremy Jordan came to LA to give a performance at dinner show type place. We found out about it through her amazing drama teacher, who also happens to be good friends with him. After the show, he got Speedy and some other drama kids backstage so that they could meet their idol. I think it was a night that she will always remember!!!!

 Honorable Mention: Disneyland!

 7. Make Up School! Weegie started her path onto her career. Her love of make up has only intensified and she has learned some amazing things!  She is doing well and earned an A her first quarter. She loves it and we couldn't be happier for her!!!!!

 8. Weegie got her license! Since she had to get to school we also got her a car to go with the license.  She has to drive 30 minutes to and from school and take a big old make up case with her. She is also able to help her dad and I out from time to time. She is very happy with her BAE!

 9. Squiggler started Kindergarten! Our baby girl is now in school all day now. She loves it and has learned so much. She goes to a great school, with a great teacher and great friends. We couldn't be happier for her.

10. Us! My honey said to put us down as one of the ten because we are able to make it happen. We joined a gym, went on lots of dates, get to spend time together and work hard to make it all fall into place.  We have had a great year and couldn't have asked for more. Thank you God for all our blessings! We hope 2015 is an even better, more loving, joyous with continued blessings!!

Family Field Trip!

 Today we decided to go on a Family Field trip before we all have to go back to school next week. My honey decided we should go see the USS IOWA. We got a great deal on a family pass and decided to go today! It was an absolutely gorgeous day here in Southern California! We headed out early this morning and made it to Long Beach in record time!

We were able to tour the entire boat and learn a lot about Navy ships and they way the Sailors live.  Weegie and Speedy really enjoyed it and took a lot of pictures. Squiggler didn't enjoy it as much, so I didn't get as many pictures since I was watching her so much.  It was a great way to spend the day as a family. There were quiet a few people there and the boat has only been there for a few months. They are hoping to pick up on attendance. Afterwards we went to eat lunch at Ports O Call at a restraunt that one of my honey's friends recommended.  We were very hungry at this time and the food was absolutely scrumptious and they gave big portions.  We all shared everyone's meal.  This may sound crazy, but that is one thing I love about my little family, we always share our food and taste everyone's meal. It's a great way to taste a lot of different food.  (I have cousins that do not share food and so I'm glad we do.)

We walked around a bit and Squiggler wanted to ride on the little rides they had.  I love the outfit she is wearing! She is such a fashionista! Hello Kitty, Leopard, boots and shades! What more could a girl ask for?

 I love my life!

Happy Birthday Squiggler!

 Today the Squiggler turned 4! I can't believe that my baby is 4 already! She is such a little girl and so sassy! She makes us laugh everyday and we can't believe how much energy she has! She is so smart and we love her so much! My husband and I both took the day off from school today so we could spend it with her.  She got to sleep in until 8:30 and when she woke up we were both there! She was so happy! We made breakfast and then got her ready for school!

 She had a very special dress for today, it was pink and frilly, just like she likes them!  We took her to school and it was her teacher's birthday too! How special! We ran around and got things for her party then we picked up her special pink cupcakes!  Her teacher loves celebrations and so we took lunch for the entire class! She wanted pizza, carrots, ranch dressing, juice and pink cupcakes. The kids loved it and they are so small that they only eat one slice of pizza.  Most kids don't like cupcakes and only eat the frosting.  Some kids in her class also brought her presents.  She got a Mr. Potato head, princess cups, markers and paper, a drawing set, barrettes, and a stuffed parrot with a pink blanket.  She was so happy!

After school we came home and got ready to go have her picture taken.  We got there early so we got to see Santa Claus! It has been the same Santa for the past 5 years of her life and I shared with him her first picture.  He gave her a coloring book and a stuffed reindeer.  He was really good to her and we were the only ones there.  We get to have breakfast with him in a couple of weeks too! This picture was taken 2 weeks ago,but I love it!!! It captures her perfectly.  We got some great shots of her today too, but not a lot because there were two little girls distracting her during her shoot.  The mother wasn't even watching her kids and they came in to see Squiggler so of course she wanted to talk to them.  We then went to Target so she could pick a toy and I was able to get my Kinder students a nice present too! I was so happy! She picked a Barbie and the Popstar Play thing.  It came with two little dolls and she really likes it. (She asked Santa for the DVD for Christmas.)  Afterwards we came home and I ran to Speedy Cheetahs concert to hear her sing.  She was great! When I came home I expected her to be asleep.  She wasn't, but her daddy was! LOL! We will have cake and ice cream tomorrow because it was just too late. I just wanted to blog today and capture what we did! We love you so much Squiggler! You have blessed our lives in ways we never knew possible! You bring so much happiness to us and we can't believe how fast you are growing! You are so sweet, polite and loving! You have a mischievous side too! You like school and love all your teachers! I will blog more about you tomorrow and hopefully share your Santa picture!

Our Little Mermaid

 Our little Squiggler can swim! Now she is no Michael Phelps, but she can swim like a mermaid underwater. We are so proud of her! She may not be the best dancer, but in her swimming class she is the STAR! Her teacher wanted to put her in level one and says that Squiggler knows more then some of the level one kids, but she can't join because she is not 4 yet.  That's okay we will keep her in the Tot class and just help her refine her skills.  All of our girls are such little fishes and all of them learned to swim at an early age! Way to go Squiggler!

Happy 4th Of July 2012

Here's little Miss Squiggler in her Patriotic outfit. She took off the bow and kicked off her shoes and wouldn't stand nicely so I could get a good shot of her! This was the best I could do, but it still shows off her wild personality. We spent a nice day at home. My honey grilled outside. We made potato salad and Weegie baked up a storm. She made brownies using diet coke, they were yummy, cupcakes and banana ice cream that is very good! We went outside and watched the neighbors shoot off fireworks and Squiggler loved it. She is not afraid of anything, which scares the beejeebers out of her dad and I. Weegie has summer school tomorrow so we didn't want to stay out to late and I think that is why we ended up staying home. We were invited to a new place, because my aunt and uncle weren't feeling up to partying. It was still a nice 4th!

2011's Top Ten

Well now that 2011 is coming to an end and it's time to talk about our Top 10 items for the year! These are in no particular order, but if you ask Weegie she will tell you that her's is number one! LOL! That crazy Weegie!

My honey and I have celebrated 15 years of marriage! That is a wonderful and amazing thing! I always prayed for such a wonderful man and God gave me this great guy! God is good all the time and really listens to our prayers!

Speedy Cheetah made the Musical Production group at her school! It was a big honor, her first choice and she is loving it! She is doing outstanding and has found another outlet for her creative side. This is a big thing because she does so well academically and needed to be challenged in another way!

Weegie doing well in 10th grade and going to her first big dance! Homecoming! Her team won, she danced the night away and had a great time! She is becoming such a wonderful young lady and we are so proud of her. She loves going to church and serving her community!

Seeing my cousin RockBottom after 3 years! This guy here means so much to me and to have lost him for a short while was just devastating! I pray that he comes home soon and realizes how loved he is by all of us! He is also such a wonderful guy, but for some reason has decided to distance himself from our familia for a while. It was great to see him twice this year and I hope he keeps coming around!

Squiggler growing so much this year! She got on rides all by herself at our annual fiesta, she can float in the pool and can kind of swim on her own. Talking and singing up a storm! She brings such joy to our life!

Speedy Cheetah performing in public with her singing group and getting her first solo! She knocks it out of the park each time she performs and is an excellent singer!! There is nothing this girl can't do!!!

Squiggler started dance lessons! She is taking tap/ballet once a week and she loves it. She is the youngest in the class and you can tell! Her teacher has a lot of patience with her! Thank goodness!

Weegie turned 15 and had her Quinceanera! It was her special day and she thanks us constantly for the day she was a true princess! She says it was the best day of her life and that it was perfect! That makes me so happy! She is such a beautiful girl inside and out!

Our trip to Disneyland. My girls and I went by ourselves and we had such a great time! I love being at Disney. It doesn't matter how many rides I get on, but I just love being there! It really is such a special place and I loved sharing it with my girls! Squiggler really loved it and remembers her trip!

My favorite aunt and uncle celebrating 40 years of marriage! They have had their ups and downs, but true love always prevails! They met when they were 13 and got married at 20. They both retired this year and are still in love even after spending all day together these last couple of months! They taught me what it takes to have a wonderful family and I am constantly learning from them! Here's to 40 more!

I told my honey I would mention some honorable mentions, but didn't have pictures to go with these...his health is better and he had his surgery! He is always feeling so much better! Weegie becoming quiet the baker and baking up a storm this holiday season! Both girls doing well academically and on their state test scores! My honey's school going up 82 points on their API and hitting over 800! My donorschoose project getting fully funded! What a great year it has been! We are so blessed and look forward to a wonderful 2012 also filled with the love of God and more blessings!

A Visit with Santa

Today, just because the timing was perfect! No lines, she was willing and the setting was one of the prettiest I had ever seen! She asked him for a bike. I'm sure he is going to do his best to bring her one!

Squiggler is 3!

I can't believe that our baby girl is 3! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday I was checking into the hospital and out popped this beautiful baby girl that I had prayed so hard for. She is such a delight to our family and completes us fully! I was just talking about this with a friend of mine the other day...I knew my family wasn't complete because we were missing the Squiggler, but now that she is here...I feel so complete and don't yearn for another one. I cherish every moment with her, even when she tries our patience! She is so full of life and energy!!! We love you so much Squiggler! Happy 3rd Birthday Baby!

The above pictures are from her party. I might post some more later. She had the best day and "all" her friends were there! Her cousin Luke and her best friend Lily! She had so much fun with everyone and played. It was really cold so we had set up inside just in case. She got a table and chairs as well as things for her kitchen. She loved all her gifts and kept squealing for delight when she opened each one. We had gourmet cupcakes instead of a traditional cake and lots of other goodies, as well as hamburgers and hot dogs.

It has become a tradition to have her picture taken with Santa on this day and she was so excited! She literally jumped on his lap and caught him by surprise! She told him that she wanted a bike for Christmas. Hmmmm? We will see? She wore this special dress for him because it matched him. She was so funny and so cute! I took the whole day off to spend it with her and she was so happy when she woke up. (She hates that I have to go to work each day.) We went to JCP's to have her picture taken and they came out great!! She did said an amazing job! Then we stayed in JCP's and bought her a pink Barbie car and a mermaid doll to put in it. Afterwards we took our pictures with Santa and went to lunch at Red Robin. They brought her an ice cream sundae and song to her too. Later she had to go to the doctors. She weighs 30 pounds and is 95 centimeters! She had to get a shot and she didn't like that. She sang for the doctor and kept climbing for him. I was all worried, but he said to let her! The doctor asked me if people are always commenting on how skinny she is. He said she is PERFECT! Yay!

Here she is today with her birthday cake. She loved blowing out the candles. After the doctors we went to Target and she bought two more things with a gift card she got for her bday. She was very happy and very tired. We went to go pick up her sister from school and I thought for sure she was going to fall asleep, but not my baby! She got a lot of energy and didn't fall asleep until 7pm!

I think she had a super day because I know I did! Squiggler you are such a delight! You aren't afraid of anything, you love to dance and sing. You started dance class with Miss Erika and Sunday school with Miss Lucy. Both of them love you and say you do a really good job! You love to talk and love to help. You help your daddy cook or your mommy do the laundry. You love to watch the Wonder Pets or Mickey's Club House. You love your sisters so much and want to hang out with them all the time. You can be such a Mommy's girl or a Daddy's girl depending on who's in the room with you. You know all your shapes and colors and know some letters of the alphabet like C. When people ask you how old you are you say 12! LOL! You love to read and for some reason don't like numbers very much. I buy you size 2 or 3 clothes, but you can fit into a 12-18 months easily except the length is too short! You have long feet just like your sisters and currently wear an 8 1/2 or 9. Happy Birthday my little Princess! I thank God for you everyday and I am so glad he let me be your mommy!

Mommy/Daughter Day and a Date!

For some reason this picture will not go the right way. Oh well! Today was a cool day because my oldest daughter and I were invited to Clinique for a free facial. Well, when we got there it wasn't just a facial, but a make over and manicure too! We are very good Clinique customers and don't buy all the time, but we have learned to buy wisely and they always remember us. We have our favorite girl, Natalie, she is the best and the one that invited us! We also have a new 2nd favorite, Meagan, and really like all the ladies there! We started with our facials, followed with parrafin waxes on our hands, then make overs with the polish and nail design last. We had such a great time, met some other great customers and learned a thing or two. We were there 2 hours and it didn't even seem that long.

Meagan did Weegie's makeup and she did a fabulous job! These pictures do it no justice! It was so pretty and natural and made her eyes pop!!! Weegie loves make up and I told her she should experiment more with it and on her friends! Maybe I will let her experiment on me too! LOL! Afterwards we went to CPK and had a delicious lunch!!! It was great and so relaxing!

My honey and I also had a date night! We decided to go out to dinner since I was all dolled up. LOL! Why waste good make up. We had a yummy meal at Sisley in Valencia. They treated us really well. He had Linguini and clams while I had chicken with goat cheese! Oh my! To die for! We also had dessert, flourless chocolate cake, that I would definately want to eat again. Afterwards we walked around and my honey bought a new shirt and I bought Squiggler a new dress! Too cute and I can't wait to take her picture in it. LOL! Blogger just ate my post! Good thing I saved it! Speedy Cheetah has auditions this week for her choice of study for the next two years! I sooo hope she gets her first choice. She is extremely talented and she is a hard worker! We only have 15 more days of school and Weegie is already done! My plan is to blog more and fill in the things I started, but haven't finished. I am so ready for summer!!!!!

40 Years of Wedded Bliss!

Yesterday my family celebrated the 40 year anniversary of my favorite aunt and uncle! It was a great party and my whole family came together to honor them for all they have done for us. My aunt and uncle met when they were 12 years old and my aunt says that she was afraid of my uncle because he was a little crazy! LOL! My uncle is my mom's youngest brother and they are the ones that have always welcomed me into their home. They stated yesterday that they have had their ups and downs and they are not perfect, but they also stated that they are each other's best friends and make each other laugh. I think that is so important. I can honestly say that my honey is my best friend too.

Here is a pix of my honey and I. We had a great time at the party and it was wonderful to see so many people from my childhood. My cousins and I danced until the last song was played! My aunt and uncle are avid dancers and NEVER get off the dance floor. It is a family thing! My grandparents would dance the night away at any party and we carry it on!My oldest daughter wasn't able to go with us even though my aunt and uncle are her godparents. This weekend was her confirmation retreat and I could have gotten her excused, but knew it was important for her to go to and bond with her group. I think she did and connected more with her faith. I love that she loves going to church and pray that she knows who fills her cup.

My Speedy Cheetah was such a big help at the party and was an assistant photographer. She took her camera and kept taking my camera too and taking all kinds of photos. Tomorrow my post is dedicated to my Speedy because it's her birthday! We had a great day together!

Little Miss Squiggler had a great time at the party too! She danced and ran around with her cousins. She saw her "boyfriend" and gave dirty looks to his date all night. It was hilarious! My honey took her home at 10 and she didn't go to sleep until almost midnight! She is such a party animal! Many Blessing to my tio and tia and may they be blessed with many more years of happiness!