Friday, February 13, 2009

an ord valentine


doesn't this valentine remind you of Brig and Dan in the seventies??
hilarious.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

A high FIVE

Ah... those were the days! The joys of waterskiing with my sibs...

OUCH!!!

Hi, everyone!

Yesterday was a REALLY tough day (except for the fact that I played soccer with my Papá for a young women activity, but I was coughing and hacking the entire time). I am EXTREMELY happy that we (in our day and age) can get our teeth straightened out, BUT: it hurts extremely a lot!! And of course, my sore throat (I'm starting to show the signs of strep throat, which has been making it's way around our family) had to come the day before I received the WONDERFUL braces. Oh, gosh. I've lost my voice.

But, don't get me wrong, I'm actually really happy that we can do this. To prove it, here are some pictures Calvin took when I got into the car to go home. Okay, maybe I'm not ENTIRELY as happy as I seem in these pictures.



Monday, February 9, 2009

"Shout Out #2"

I wanted to acknowledge our handy husbands. I don't have pictures of all of their work, but I know that each one has done so much to please us wives.
Below are pictures of the homes that Tyler, Jared and Mark have built "on the side." I know that I take Jared's skills and service for granted. There are times that I complain that the project is taking too long, costing too much, making a big mess, or not done the way I wanted. I couldn't ask for a better husband. He is always willing to stay up late, complete projects during his vacation time, and fix things to make me happy. I just thought I would pay a small tribute to the men in our lives. Their "To Do List" is never done and they are always the last to complain. Also, I must express my appreciation to Mark for being a patient father and teaching Jared along the way. It won't be long before we send our sons to work with Grandpa.



Sunday, February 8, 2009

~ AMPLIFYING ASHTON ACTION ~

(Earlier today, Ashton sat with me and wanted to read updates from everyone's blogs, and then said, "I want a blog, and I just thought of a title..."  then he told me the above.  I said that he already had a blog right here! - For today, he'd like the background of 'his blog' to be red... it's the week of Valentine's, so that works!)
"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! -- Oh wait, I just made this.  So no anniversary yet.  I told my mom that it was MY turn to have a blog.  I'm really enjoying the idea.   So i have an F-4J that my Dad bought in a salvo of planes and one night as i walked into his room i found a MIG 21 that was 1/100 (the same scale as the Phantom).  Also a damaged MIG 17 came in the mail with it.  It's vertical stabilizer was bent, but my Dad managed to straighten it.  But there's still one more thing that it's missing, it had a shattered canopy.  I suggested to take one of the scrap canopies that he already had and cut it in a shape that would fit.  But Papá suggested first that he would try to glue the canopy's pieces together.  So he said he would try both.  But in one of the ways or another, one of them should work.  It remains on display in his room, but i have faith that one of the ways will work and he'll be able to put the canopy back on."   by Ashton Malcolm Juárez