I know I know I am such a slacker....
Not much has been going on though so that is a good thing, If something goes on I always post it on Facebook.


This past month has flown by the kids got out of School on June 9th and have been driving me crazy ever since. They had there 10th Birthday Party at the Skating Palace on June 11th there friends from School showed up and they had a great time they really made out got lots of gift cards and money from family. We celebrated Father's Day at my Mom's house. The girls Birthday happened to fall on Father's Day this year so we had a Barbecue.

The next day after the girls Birthday Party they came down with Strep Throat, then Logan and I got a bad cold it took over a week to get rid of. I am so glad we are all healthy now.

Last week we had Tile installed in both bathrooms upstairs, they did a really good job everything looks really nice.

Richard got home this morning so he has 4 days off which I am excited about. get to spend some time together.

Next weekend Richard is taking a few days off because we are going to California to visit family then we are going to Huntington Beach on Saturday, then Sunday we are going to the water park. The kids are really excited just a mini vacation. Want to get away from the heat in Vegas.

Other than that everyone is doing good. My Neighbor is having a block Party/Barbecue Monday then we plan on letting off a lot of Illegal Fireworks. LOL

This past weekend we all had a great time. But I am sad to say our next door Neighbor who we are good friends with is moving to Colorado. A couple of families on our block all went over to his Brother's house and had a going away party. Lots of people showed up to wish them well. They will be missed. The girls went swimming all day and Logan just mingled with everyone chatting and dancing he was a hoot.

We are always having block party's on our street will this time it's our turn to host, well actually I volunteered I love having people over. It will be a Memorial/B-day get together. My Dad's Birthday is Saturday, My cousin Jeni is Sunday and my Neighbor's is Monday. So there will be a lot of people over on Sunday. Richard will be Barbecuing Chicken and everyone will bring a dish.

Everyone is doing good around here, Elizabeth is working on her last School project for Social Studies and it is do Friday. I have been helping her I did all the typing, I know don't judge me :)

Logan is a little spit fire. He is like a sponge right now just repeats everything you say. The thing is he has no idea what he is saying and does not understand so we have been doing the best we can in trying to make him understand that we do not say mean words. Like Shut Up. Which he learned from his Sisters. They have been fighting a lot lately and he picks up on that and it has been driving me CRAZY... So I have been trying to learn patience which has been very hard.

I have Logan's I.E.P. meeting this Friday morning with his Teacher, I am really excited to find out how much he has progressed and to make new goals for him. I will let you all know what happens.

WOW this School year has really flown by, I can not believe there is only 3 weeks of School left, I am excited about it though. No more Homework, No more getting up early every morning, and a lot less stress. I AM SUPER EXCITED :)

This morning at School we got there early because today was Muffins with Mom day. We got there at 8:15 when they told us to show up and there was already a line and most of the muffins were gone. I got a bagel Alicia got Banana Nut and Elizabeth got Strawberry. Logan did not eat anything because he already had a G-tube feeding and I did not want him to throw up. I ate mine but the girls did not they hate muffins they only wanted to go because of me, which was very sweet. SO off to the cafeteria we went and they ate School Breakfast which i bought them. I was not going to send them to class on an empty stomach.

Two weeks ago Elizabeth received a Citizenship Award for showing outstanding citizenship. She got to eat lunch with the Principal, she also got to pick out a prize and she also received a free lunch at In N Out Burger. I was so proud of her. This is the second time she has received this award.

Alicia is doing very well in School she has shown so much improvement since she started 4th grade. She is really catching on in Math.

Everyone is doing great Logan is learning to walk up the stairs with help, and he is no longer needing the Wheelchair at School which is so exciting. I do bring a umbrella stroller for emergency's. The School requested that I do. When he comes home from taking the Bus he know comes out the front door and uses the step to come down with help of course. But he has come so far since he started School and has made leaps and bounds. We are all so proud of him :)

A weeks ago we decided to get rid of the Swing set because it was old and falling apart and get an above ground pool. The kids love it and want to swim every day. It is 12' feet wide and 36" deep as you can see that is all that will fit in our backyard otherwise we would have gotten a bigger one :)

Most of you know I love to coupon but since "Extreme Couponing" has come on the air I have really gotten back into it. I love to shop so this makes it all better because I can go and buy things and get it mostly for free. Now I am not like the ones you see on TV because here on the West Coast they do not double coupons so I do the best I can and order multiple inserts when I know there will be a good deal. In the morning when the kids are at School I spend a few hours on the computer looking for deals on Coupon boards and then hit the stores. I love it :)

I do have a small stock pile of health and beauty so I am good for awhile. If I could just find good deals on Food and have coupon's to go along with it, I would be great...

Thanks for checking in on our family

EASTER and SPRING BREAK

Brooklyn,Cierra, Diego and Logan

Last week was fun and crazy because it was Spring Break :)

The girls Best Friend Maddie spent the night three days in a row, if that tells you what a crazy week it was. I took them all to see RIO the movie and they loved it, it was very cute. We also made several trips to the park and spent basically our entire Spring Break outside riding bikes and playing. The weather was beautiful. We also had a Barbecue a few times this past week at our house and had our neighbors over, we had a lot of fun.

Logan had a great week also, he got to spent time with Nana while I took the girls to the movies. Logan loved playing at the park and could not get enough of it. When it was time to come in at the end of the day for a Bath he would cry and throw a fit. He loves being outdoors and will go out every chance he gets. Now that he is walking he is always wanting to go outback and play. He is talking so much more and is becoming very vocal about what he wants.

We had a really nice Easter, we woke up Sunday morning and a couple of our neighbors got together and we all went to the park across the street from our house and had an Easter Egg hunt all of the kids were to find 17 plastic eggs each all filled with candy. Logan did not really get into it like I thought he would. The big kids were at the big park and the little kids were at the small park when it came time to find the eggs it was only fare this way. And all Logan wanted to do was go with his sisters to the big park and find eggs with them. So he really did not get into it at all. I was a little bummed but hopefully next year.

My Parents and Brother came over later on and I made a Ham and my Mom brought over some potato salad and jello salad we had beans and rolls and Carrot Cake for dessert. Everything was so good.

Now Monday comes around the corner and it's back to School. Spring Break just flew by. None of the kids wanted to get out of bed yesterday morning. Logan came home from School and fell asleep during his G-Tube feeding he was so tired. The girls came home from School cranky with a bad attitude. So everyone went to bed early last night. Hopefully today will be a better day for everyone......

Logan has learned to open doors now, That is all he does is open and close doors he finds it very fascinating. So I had to go to Target and pick up some door handle covers and put them on all the doors downstairs. Every time I go to the Laundry room and he sees me heading for the door he will run and get inside the laundry room so he can turn the lights off and on and open and close the door.

Everyone is doing really good. The Girls have been working on a Science fair project for the past month and turned it in yesterday, It will be showcased in the Science Fair tonight at School all of the 4th and 5th graders had to do one. Elizabeth's project was How long will it take a drop of Food Dye to clear a glass of still water. Alicia's was Do all objects fall to the ground at the same speed? They were really excited about doing these projects and I am excited to go to the fair tonight to see them on display. I am so proud of them and there work they put into it.

Spring Break is coming up next week for us. I will be keeping the girls busy by taking them to the movies and the park and having play dates with there friends. I am looking forward to spending time with them.

Logan is wearing the Grey Jacket

Sorry for the lack of posts, we have had family staying with us for a while and they are sleeping in the office so it is kinda hard to get to my computer some times.

All is well in our neck of the woods. Everyone is doing great Logan is a walking fool that is all he does is walk walk walk :) oh and gets into everything and I mean everything.

We are now trying to teach him to walk up the stairs, he does OK with help of course. He is just doing awesome at School they have him holding on to the rope now every morning, I was able to snap some pictures. He is such a big boy now. Today was picture day at School I was able to stay there while he had his picture taken and he would not smile I tried everything I could, he was just horrified kept on fussing. After several pictures being taken it was time for him to get off the wooden box he was sitting on, he gets down from it and smiles, blows kisses to everyone there and says bye. I swear that little stinker...

After the individual pictures were taken it was time for the class photo, It almost brought tears to my eyes seeing him stand there with his class for his first class portrait and not having his wheel chair he has come so far and we are so proud of him.

I was able to pick the picture I wanted he is not smiling or crying he just has a little horrified look on his face. It was the best one there.

The girls are doing great. Nothing new going on with them. Last week I had to go shopping for Summer clothes for both of them. I went through there closet and nothing fit them from last year, I swear they are growing like weeds.

Richard is doing good, working like a dog and still playing in the snow. He drives to Northern California and it is still snowing there he can not wait until it stops. It's really hard and stressful on him. Last weekend he and a neighbor did some more planting on the side of our house. It looks really nice.

Yesterday we had Solar screens put in on the front of the house, the girls room faces the street and during the summer it gets so hot in there room so this is really going to help. Plus it looks really nice. Then we decided to have him install a security door which I love having you get a great breeze going on when you have the back sliding door open. It really makes the house POP. Great curb appeal.

Logan is so proud of his Kings Hat he made at School


Elizabeth & Alicia with there Friends at Springs Preserve



Elizabeth at Springs Preserve

Well I did curse myself Logan got sick again and so did I, but I had it pretty bad.
Two weeks ago I had the flu got better for you day then turned around and got Bronchitis pretty bad. I finally went to the Doctor and he gave me a script for antibiotics and now I am all better. Everyone is once again healthy of course I should probably stop saying that :)

So much has been going on in our household with Logan he is doing super Awesome he is walking all over the place, He is saying three and some four word sentence's. "Mommy play with me" "Mommy wait for me". He is always wanting to talk on the phone, he will say Call Nanny, call Papa. So we call Nanny 10 times a day I am not kidding he loves to talk on the phone. He is just talking all the time and 90% of the time we understand him. Also Logan knows the Alphabet, this is so huge. I will sing the song and he will sing right along with me. He will not say it on his own you have to sing with him.

When we get to school I get him out of the car and make him walk all the way to where he meets his Teacher. And for the first time today they had him hold on to the rope with the other kids. They put him in the front of the line so he will hold on and not let go. I will bring my camera to School on Monday and snap some pictures he is just so cute to see.

During School and after the girls have been doing Cheerleading so they come home and show me there new moves, well Logan always has to join in he never wants to get left out of anything. Well here is a video of Logan showing off his Dance moves trying to sing "Rise and Shine" a song they sing everyday in School. He wanted the girls to see with him and follow along.

These past few months I have had a house full of kids on the weekends. These past two Monday's there have been no School because of the holiday and staff development day so there friend from School has been spending the night and then we have other friends that come over and play. I do have to admit I am have been very tired, Cleaning up after everybody feeding the entire neighborhood is getting tiring and expensive. Don't get me wrong I enjoy having the girls have there friends over but this weekend I said no kids aloud we have family coming into town from California that will be staying with us and I am so excited to have my Cousin and her Daughter visit us.

Richard has been stressed out lately he is tired of being away from home and tired of driving in the snow he wants Winter to be over with. He has nearly missed being in multiple accidents because people want to drive stupid in the Snow. They are supposed to be rebidding at work so when they do he hopes to get a run where he is home every night instead of being away every other day.