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!!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! (Round 2)

 Happy 17th Birthday to our oldest Princess! On Thursday she had her birthday and celebrated at school with a bunch of goodies from her friends! She received cookies, make up, clothes and lots of cards. She asked her daddy to make her chicken parmesan and she went to dance class! (She didn't want to miss her class because her recital is coming up!) On Friday, I picked her and her besties up and dropped them off at the mall. They went to see Gatsby since they had just finished the book and out to dinner. They also went to Starbucks which we also did the day before, but that turned into a fiasco.  My Starbucks totally let me down, but that is another story! It all turned out to be okay because I did end up with a lot of free drinks! They had a great time!

 On Saturday, we went shopping in the morning and she bought a formal dress for a really great price and now has something to wear to her many dances she has next year! She took her lifelong bestie to the game with her and they had a blast! I'm so glad she had a great birthday and she still has more presents coming, just not yet. (Her sister does too) I love you baby girl! You make me a better person and I'm so glad that I'm your mom!

A Gift from God

This beautiful girl had her Confirmation retreat this weekend! It was everything she could have hoped for! (This has made her mommy and daddy very happy and proud!) A Confirmation retreat is a big deal and can be life changing for some kids. They left on Friday and returned today. We met them at the church and it was WOW! Before the kids arrived they had an opportunity to write us a letter this weekend and she wrote one to me and to her daddy! I started crying before I even read it! The words she wrote I will cherish forever! My husband cried too! (Which made me cry even more!) He had no idea how intense her weekend would be. She is an awesome girl as it is. She is not only beautiful on the outside, she is beautiful on the inside too. She loves to go to church, and serves already in many ways. She can't wait to be a group leader next year and help others experience the same thing. I had to decorate a box for her and she said they went into a room to get their box and she knew it was hers before they had even told her. I filled it with lots of goodies that had meaning to her and with letters from those that love her. She said she had like the most things in her box! LOL! My cousin gave me great ideas and I just followed her footsteps. (She has had 3 kids go through the program.)

A lot of kids spoke and gave their testimonials. A lot of boys got up there and talked. There wasn't a dry eye in the house! Then we had mass. It was so great to see these kids sing and praise God! The Teen Mass rocks the House literally!! After mass they were all hugging each other and singing and dancing. Then it was so WOW because they started to do cheers for Jesus! How aswesome to have 50 teenagers cheering for Jesus and trying to see who could be louder! I love how God works in our lives and I know he will continue to Bless these young people and help them to follow the path He has laid out for them! I am so proud of my baby and I'm so glad that she got to have this amazing experience!

Mommy/Daughter Date Part 1

Well first and foremost I want to say that 2012 has started off as a fantastic year!! The first day of the year we went to my aunt and uncle's for our annual little potluck. We ate so much yummy food and my honey felt well enough to go. Yay! On the 2nd it was my favorite aunt's birthday and I wanted to do some cleaning. My older girls took the Squiggler to lunch and to the park. (Love my girls!) While I was cleaning I found something I thought was lost forever!! I was so overjoyed and couldn't believe it!!! The item wasn't an expensive item, but it had sentimental value that meant so much to me! Later that day we had realized that Squiggler had lost one of her new earrings! Guess what?? We found it too! I just couldn't believe it! For both items I had prayed to St. Anthony and he never fails to help me, but I really did think there was no way for the first item. Just goes to show you to never lose Faith!!! Third, but not least I came home today and found out that my 2nd project on donorschoose had been fully funded! My students are going to be so excited! I'm thinking of putting up one more project before the funding is over through the Wasserman Foundation.

Okay now back to today's post and my mommy/daughter date with Weegie! Today we were able to go to the movies and see New Year's Eve. We loved it! It is such a cute movie and we share a love for chick flicks! We ate popcorn, diet coke and junior mints. There was a big group of kids there to see the Chipmunks and they were all in line in front of us buying popcorn and such. Well two kids didn't have any money to buy treats and the counselor was going to get them something. I know how it is to buy things for your students so they don't feel left out. I handed her some money and told her to use it on the kids. She was very appreciative and said I didn't have to. I told her I know, but I wanted to. After the movie the Weegie and I went out to lunch and then dessert. We had a great time together and I was so glad to spend the day with just her. Tomorrow is Speedy Cheetah's turn! We won't be home until late so I won't be posting tomorrow night probably.

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!

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!!!!!

Mis Quince Photo Shoot

What a day! We started by going to church early this morning, coming home, taking Weegie to get her hair done, going to Costco, coming home, 2 hour dance practice, getting make up done, change clothes, run to the park, take pictures, run back to the dress shop, get new clothes, go back to the park, take more pictures, run back to the dress shop, change clothes one more time, run to church, deliver passes and then finally home! Today Weegie had her reception picture photo shoot and she looked amazing!!!! I would post a picture, but I'm waiting until after the quince. She was going to dress casual, but then Anna, the dress shop owner said she could borrow her cheetah top. We had no idea what she was talking about. She told Cynthia to take her black skirt and so she did. It turned out that she let Weegie borrow a purple zebra top with bling. It was beautiful and looked incredibley sexy with the black skirt and heels. The photographer liked it, but he wanted the skirt to go with the top so asked us to go back to the shop and get it. At first Anna didn't want us to borrow it, but then she gave in. (She actually owed me one or two favors so.....) The look was even more amazing!!! The photographer got some great, great, great shots! I got one amazing one with my little camera too! So basically for her quince my daughter got to wear 3 amazing dresses. She really loved this dress, but is going more traditional with her main dress. I will post after the Quince. My baby looked so grown up and it made me so teary eyed. I can't imagine how I am going to be on Friday! She is so excited and I pray that it is everything that she dreams of!!!

Happy Birthday to Me 2010!

Well another birthday is here and I enjoyed my day at the Happiest Place on Earth. My mom had one two tickets in a raffle and we decided to go on my birthday. Weegie and Squiggler went with us too. We go there bright and early, but it was already packed!!! We got into the park at 9am and found out that they closed the park at 10am! Wow! So glad we weren't late!

The Squiggler did not like the characters this year except for Mickey Mouse. She liked him and kept waving at him during the parade and when he marched with the band in front of the castle. This year we got on Small World and Dumbo. She loved both of them, but she loved the Small World ride the most. She kept waving at the dolls and clapping her hands. When we got off the ride she wanted to buy this small boat filled with people so we did to remeber this trip with her.

She got plum tuckered out around 3pm and so she took a nap in her stroller. It got really cold after 4pm so I wrapped her in my mom's jacket. She slept for a good hour. During that time I just walked around while my mom and Weegie got on rides. This year we were able to see both parades, that Squiggler enjoyed, and the snow fall. I didn't see that last year and it was absolutely beautiful. My mom and Weegie ran into Squiggler's boyfriend at Autopia! I couldn't believe it!! All the people there and we ran into somebody we knew. Squiggler didn't see him or she would have wanted to go with him. Just kidding!

Weegie bought a cute headband, Squiggler got the boat and a stuffed Mickey. I got a shirt and so did my mom. We stayed until about 8pm, but by then I was tired!! I didn't sleep well the night before and had been up since 2:30 in the morning!

We went into California Adventures for a little while, but we didn't stay long. I had the girls take a picture in the O for our last name. Of course we couldn't get the Squiggler to look. I had another wonderful birthday and so many of my friends and family called or texted me to wish me a wonderful day. It was!!!

Happy December!!

I promised myself that I would post more this month and so I am going to try daily even if it's short and sweet. I love December!!! I'm not sure why? Maybe it's because of Christmas or my birthday or the music, but I do love December!!! I finally broke out my Christmas CD's yesterday!! I love me some Mariah Carey Christmas!!!! Tonight, Weegie and I went to a food tasting event at the hall where her quince is going to be. We had so much fun tasting everything and then deciding on her menu! I let her pick out mostly her favorites because after all it is her day. We did have a disagreement about what salads to pick because you get 3 salads for the buffet. She wanted the pasta salad and I wanted the macaroni. Well....she won because it is her day. LOL! I told her that I won! Even though the quince is going to be small San Fernando wise, I'm hoping it will be everything she wants!! I know she is really excited and I am too! For a little while I was feeling unsure about the quince because they are not cheap and I am working extra hours to pay for it, but my friend Karina put it into perspective for me. I never had a quince, in fact I never even dreamed of one because I knew it would have never happend. Only one of my cousins even had one and there is a long story of why she got one that I will post at another time. Karina said that a quince is the one day when it is all about you! It's very special and that even a wedding can't compare because that's not all about you. In a wedding you have to compomise, but not for your quince. Not sure if I worded it right, but it made so much sense to me when she said it. Anyhow that is all I have for right now!! Good Night!

First Day of High School

Our oldest Princess has officially started high school. Today was her first day and I had the pleasure of taking her to school and picking her up. Thankfully she doesn't mind that I bug her to take pictures!

I dropped her off at around 7:30 and she quickly found her friends. She is taking Geography, Spanish, Biology, PE, English and Algebra. She has all Honor classes and will have a pretty heavy workload because she is in SAS.

She said her day was good and has some of her friends in her classes. We picked her up and took her for a treat. She picked Menchie's. She said that she got all her books today and stored them in her locker. She told her dad that he would like the Biology teacher because he likes Jazz like him. She also told us a funny story about his name. Tommy Thomas or something like that?

I can't believe that this day is here and my baby is in high school. I remember taking her to pre-school and she cried!!!! I felt so guilty! She didn't cry, but I shed some tears. She was excited and is very happy to be back at school. Go Highlanders!

Busy Times at Our House!

Well we have busy around here and I've been wanting to blog so I don't forget! On Friday, our Speedy Cheetah, met her Aunt Flo. If your not sure what I 'm talking about well then...I don't want my blog to be too much, but I know what it means. She was excited and had me cracking up all day, asking questions, going to Target to shop for necessities and I know she was feeling special. We even went out and got her a little treat to celebrate. Weegie made me laugh because she said she didn't remembering getting a treat. I'm sure she did, but I asked her if she remembered not getting a treat and she couldn't remember that either, so I'm pretty sure she did, she just doesn't remember anything because she is my blond child. LOL!

On Saturday, we attended a graduation party for our dear friends, Connie and Joey's oldest daughter. Connie and Joey have been our friends for about 14 years and we love them dearly. This year has been especially hard for them, Connie was diagnosed with cancer and Joey's kidney's failed and he now receives dialysis 3x a week. They are great people with 3 daughter just like us. So if you have a prayer to send their way, I know they would appreciate it. They also throw great parties and the food was soooo good! The party was at Connie's brother's house and he has a pool. Squiggler went swimming with her daddy and she loved it! We could not get her out of the pool! I forgot my camera so these were takend with my phone's camera and are not to good, but oh well!

On another big news tidbit from our house is that on Friday we bought the Squiggler a Dora potty seat and today she used it!!!! We are so proud of her and she knew she had done something special because we were all clapping for her! I hope this leads to full time potty training, but only time will tell. She hates to have a dirty diaper and always tells us when she has, but today she told us before hand!!! Go Squiggler! She will be our earliest! We have all summer to practice. Weegie was 2 and I thought that was early, and Speedy Cheetah waited until one week before her 3rd birthday. I thought she was never going to be trained. LOL!

And last, but not least, our Weegie girl started high school today!! Oh my! I can not believe that we dropped her off at high school this morning. It was just like yesterday that we were taking her to nursery school and she cried. She didn't cry this morning, but she was nervous and quickly found some girls to walk in with. Her daddy wanted to walk in with her, but I told him no because that was not cool. He was so funny, because he really wanted to go see where her class was going to be, but she was looking at him all mortified! LOL! He didn't go after all, but we did go pick her up and met her at Carl's Jr. (It's down the street from her school.) She saw us and wanted to jump in the car, but we wanted to eat. LOL! We made her go in with us and eat, but I told her she could go sit by the cute boy she knows from middle school. She went over to talk to him, but she didn't sit with him, she sat with us. So those are just some of the happenings around here! Things I want to remember! I love my life and I love my girls!! Oh yeah and my honey too! Thank you God for all our Blessings!