Birthdays! Birthdays! Birthdays!

We celebrated Emma ( May 31) and Miguel's (June 22) birthdays this year with pool parties. They were both tons of fun! I have a few pictures to document the festive occasions which I will post later; once I find out which camera I put them on!

On the kids birthdays we wake them up with presents and singing. Then I let them chose what we do that day and what we eat; within reason. Emma chose to have crepes for breakfast then we went to the library followed but a special lunch date at El Chicos with just the two of us. She loves having "dates" with Mom and Dad.  Then we swam at grandmas. I can't for the life of me decided what we had for dinner. I think I might have grilled chicken ???? OH well! I was a fun day! 

Miguel wanted donuts for breakfast,  to play video games,  pizza for lunch, swimming at grandmas, we made some videos; which I will definitely be sharing! and then we went to our friends apartment building where they have a private theater and we watched Speed Racer while we ate McDonalds and popcorn.

I can't believe how big my babies are getting. Emma is 9 and Miguel 6! I just doesn't seem possible! They are two of the sweetest kiddos you'll meet. Emma is caring, nurturing and very laid back. She has her Daddy's tendency to correct you when she knows or just thinks you are wrong. She loves to read! She got a Kindle for her birthday which she loves! She also got a lot of other awesome gifts, She was a very spoiled little girl. Emma will start the 4th grade this year. She is still playing the violin and she loves to sing (in her room alone where nobody can see her). I love my Emmy and all the joy she brings to our home.



    

Miguel is a little spitfire. He has more energy than one small boy should be allowed! His excitement for life is contagious. From the moment he wakes in the morning his little mouth is going. He's asking questions and telling you about everything he knows. He loves critters from outside; which I'd prefer he keep outside but he insists on bringing them in to show me. He loves to tell jokes and stories. He loves his little brothers and adores his big sister. He is a very affectionate and sensitive little boy. He loves to be funny and the center of attention but doesn't like it when people laugh at something he's done. It makes it quite tricky! He is small for his age but makes up for it in personality. We love our little Miguel! 

Electricity

Ces has been working on a case dealing with Electric Coops and he has found it extremely fascinating! So much so that when his client mentioned being able to get him a tour of a coal powered power plant(which is very very rare) he jumped at the opportunity; then he brought us all along to share his love and excitement for electricity. Everyone had to wear hard hats, ear plugs and safety goggles which surprisingly wasn't hard to accomplish. Our tour guide was the man over the whole operation. He was incredibly sweet and took his entire morning and afternoon to show us around. The kids found it very interesting and loved playing in the coal they found (hence the black hands!) on a "mighty machine" outside one of the buildings.

Spring Break

THe kids had spring break last week. We had a little staycation again this year. I had the kids make a list of the things they wanted to do that week and then we picked a few and attempted to do them all. We started our break off with going to the zoo to see the new Sea Lion exhibit. The kids had a blast and the seal lions were so adorable!

We also went to the Aquarium with some dear friends of ours. No matter how many times we go the kids never tire of seeing the fish.

Benji always insists on wearing a hat when we leave the house. THis one is his brothers because I couldn't find his, it's a little big but he was happy.

The turtle kept trying to eat Miguels finger through the glass. He thought it was a hoot!

Ces was able to take a day off and we went to Gilcrease Museum. It is a wonderful museum if you like artifacts, which I do so I was in heaven being able to take my kids to it for the first time. ON the bottom floor of the museum is over 5,000 indian artifacts! You can open up drawers, full of awesome stuff dating back to 2,000 BC; from arrowheards to clothing to weapons and so on. Each item has a number that you can put into the computer and it will tell you everything they know about it. Miguel is a boy after my own heart and he was in HEAVEN! He was running from drawer to drawer repeating the number to himself unitl he could type it in, look at it and move on the next. He was telling anyone who would listen everything he was learning. It was precious!

Heres all the kids (-Benji) infront of a cool statue outside the museum.

On Friday we went to Arkansas and were able to meet my new little niece and see family. Then we spent the night at a hotel and let the kids swim. On Saturday we went to Natural Falls State Park. It was beautiful!! I can't believe in all my years growing up in OK I had never been. It is about an hour from our home and a really easy hike to see the falls. We even came across a copperhead snake sunbathing on the trail. Emma was a little hestitant to continue but the boys were all for it! We are already plannig another trip there but to camp this time. :)

A little bit of love.

Last week was my 9Th anniversary. My week was so busy and we had multiple guests in our home; we never really got a chance to "celebrate". I wanted to take a few moments to brag about my wonderfully handsome husband. Now, my husband does not believe in destiny or anything "meant to be". But I definitely do. When we met I was supposed to be in Oklahoma; the girl who was moving into my apartment needed to move her stuff in that night; I just happened to not make my flight out of Utah that morning; her good friend helping her move happened to be one very handsome young man named Cesar. He asked me out that very night and we have been inseparable ever since. Ces, makes me a better person. He has pushed me out of my shell since the first moment I met him. I've been able to do and see things I never would have without him. He has taught me how to never give up on myself, to always strive to be better than I am today. He has taught me how to serve with out complaining. He makes me so incredibly happy. I could never imagine my life without him. He is a wonderful father. I love to watch him come home and see the kids turn inside out with excitement, even Benjamin squeals with delight. They truly love him and he feels the same way about them. I don't know what we would do with out him. He works so hard to make sure we have everything we need. We love to laugh with Ces, one of my favorite noises in the whole world is Ces' laugh. I feel very lucky and blessed to know that I will have this man as my eternal companion.

Love that...

....these two are the best of friends.

Today while in the car, my sister mentioned that the kids would have individual sleepovers at grandmama's. Miguel put his arm around his little brother and said "No, I will never ever leave my brother! He would be so sad. Don't worry Gabe I will never leave you. Any where I go, you will go to."

Things like this just make my heart so happy.

Sleep Over!

My kids love living next to grandma for this very reason...sleepovers. They each take turn having their special night with grandma. This was Miguel's turn and he had a blast!! Grandma got him his own set of tools and they built a bug barn. He thought he was pretty hot stuff!

Love that....

I love that he calls himself, "Dobby" instead of "Gabey"