Car Show

Graduation Day!!!

It was a big day for the kids at school Yesterday. Shayna had the end of year program and Victor graduated from Kinder. ( Tristan graduated from Kinder a week ago :) Dan had the day off and he was able to come to both events. He was holding Aaron the entire time and I was able to take pictures and video of the kids. Victor wanted to look really nice for graduation so I got him a new shirt and tie and matching pants. He looked "astonishing" Shayna said later. Shayna look pretty cute too. Victor's program had songs in Spanish and English and all the kids did great. After the graduation we went out to eat to our favorite MacDonald's and after that we went to see a car show that just happened to be on our way home. The kids had fun looking at all the cool old cars and asked to me to take pictures of them with almost every single car. There was also a guy performing a few songs. He was imitating all this famous singers and we thought he was really good. It was a fun day.

Dan, Tristan and Aaron waiting at school

Shayna with all the 2nd. graders
Shayna and her teachers.
Happy boy!!!!
Victor and his school teacher.... also his CTR 6 teacher.... only in Utah :)

Great Weekend!!!

We didn't do anything spectacular but we had fun doing a couple of things. Friday evening after Dan got off work we celebrated my big success with the Citizenship test and went to Chuck-o-Rama. Saturday we just stayed home and watched the Third Indiana Jones movie with the kids, just getting ready for the new one. Every time there is a new moving coming out like Star Wars or some other trilogy we watch the first ones at home to remember were they left off. The kids just love Indiana Jones and were excited to go see the movie. We couldn't find baby sitters and I finally convinced Dan to take us all to the movies with him. He finally gave in and purchased the tickets on line. Turns out the clock on the computer is all messed up and Dan didn't realized it until we only had like 10 minutes left before the movie started. I have never seen him put the kids in the car as fast as he did that day. We got there just in time but couldn't find seats together for everybody. He sat with Shayna and Tristan and I sat with Victor and Aaron. I am glad I wasn't the only one with a baby there. Aaron did great I think. Ate popcorn and drank soda most of the time, so did Victor. The movie was great and we enjoyed it very much. When we got home we grilled some hot dogs and hamburgers and just relaxed for the rest of the evening. Sunday went to church to our sad looking ward, since they took a lot of people out of our ward and sent them to a new one, it was a very sad day. Lots of new callings and not a lot of people there. For that reason I am glad we are moving away. After church my friend Linda from Virginia and her husband Hung came to see us. We had so much fun together, just catching up gossiping about all the people we know back in Virginia and talking about our future plans. I just love her she is so cool and lives a very interesting life. Every time I meet with her is like we just saw each other last week or something, it is very weird time goes by but our friendship is still the same. Monday we were invited to have lunch with Emily and Heather's family for Memorial Day and that was so much fun. We had a barbecue and the kids played non stop, even with the rain outside it was fun. We ate, talked and played Rock Band and Dance Dance. They are so much fun, all of them. After spending hours at their place we finally came home to relax.

I passed the test!!!

I am no longer an alien (or almost) . I went for my final interview with the INS and passed the test. It was easier than I thought it was going to be. I only had to answer 6 out 96 questions. I spent all day Yesterday studying with Shayna and Dan and was very prepared for it. My good friends Katie and Emily helped me out babysitting for me. Katie took Victor to school and Emily watched Tristan and Aaron, I felt so bad for her because she had family over and they were celebrating her son's birthday, but she is so nice. Both of them are. Thank you guys!!!
There is this ceremony they are going to have in August or September but I wont be here. They are going send me a date when I move to Texas.

Trip to the park

A couple of week ago I took the kids to the "Duck Park", they love going there. It was a Friday and the park is across the street from a High School and had something going on there. There was no parking space anywhere and I was getting frustrated since I had promised the kids we would have a picnic at the park. After going back and forth for like 15 minutes I finally decided to go park in the school parking lot and hope they would not tow away my car. Anyways we had a great time at the park. Aaron really loves the playground and he is very courageous. We fed the ducks and seagulls and they were just crazy that day, they were either starving or really mean. They trying to eat my kids, we tried to scare them away but there too many of them. We finally ran out of bread and they left us alone. I was sending a package to my Mom and took some pictures of the kids at the park so she could see how much they have changed since she last saw them. I think they turned
out cute.

THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR US

I took pictures of my beautiful flowers, my favorite is the blue and white one :)






I know my camera is not the best one out there but sometimes I get cool close ups.


So Yesterday a couple from my ward (the Spillman family) that lives like 5 houses from us, came over to the house for the 3rd time. They were really interested in our house and after looking at 30 houses or more they were ready to pick one out. They already sold their house or will close at the beginning of June and so they made an offer on the house.
They offered full price and they are already approved for their loan and everything. We close on the 11th. The whole thing is so funny because our house was listed 2 days ago and is already under contract. We were thinking it was going to take like 2-3 months to sells. Hurray for us.
But now reality hits and know that we are really doing this. We need to start packing and selling a few things, we will have a moving yard sale soon because I know we can't take all the furniture with us, so who ever is interested give me a call, we have 2 tv, a living room set, and more :) Really call me.
I getting ready to have a Girls night out next week and we are going to play American Idol and maybe even Rock Band. I am excited to have my friends come over and have lots of fun. I have a theme for the whole thing now but I'll keep it a surprise.

Mixed feelings...

And so it is true.... we are selling our house, or trying to anyways. We came back from vacation and made up our minds after talking and comparing different things. We have a sign in front of our house and are waiting now for the realtors to come and take pictures of the house. Do you have any idea what a pain it is going to be to keep the house extra clean with people come over everyday? Hopefully people will come :) I just finished cleaning the kitchen and made sure every room and bathroom are clean (no toys on the floor and toilets flushed).
We want to move and we don't want to move so I guess the decision will be made for us if the house sells. We feel pretty good about moving but I will be sad to leave my new friends behind. I just want to feel like we belong somewhere, is that too much to ask?
Victor is at the Zoo, Shayna at school, Aaron behind me sitting on the chair as I write and Tristan is begging for a Peanut Butter sandwhich :) so I better take care of that. By the way my sweet Tristan called me stupid Yesterday because I didn't listen to him when he was talking to me. I cried as I told him he should never ever use that word again :( I told him he broke my heart and later when he apologized he said he was going to give me a kiss to fix broken hearts, he is still so sweet to me.