you + me = US: April 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Meet Rocky

Or more specifically, Rocky Blizzard Flores (according to the kids).

A local family generously gave us one of their beautiful puppies. Rocky is part Akbash (a turkish sheepdog) and Hungarian Kuvasz, at any rate, the little fuzzball of a sheepdog is only 9 weeks old!!! I can already tell he's gonna be a "big" part of the family!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Happy Earth Day!

Two things you need to know; 1. My nickname in YWs is Tedo. 2. The young women in my ward are awesome. Last night, the doorbell rang and this was on my doorstep along with two delicious doughnuts.

Never have I felt so loved. . . on earth day :)
p.s. I seriously LOVE my calling!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Springtide Sabbatical

Can you guess where we went? Can you believe this was all in one day?

Friday, April 9, 2010

Good Job, Ben!

The 4th Grade put on a wonderful program about the great state of Utah this week. Ben did such a wonderful job. He nailed his speaking part, he was a fabulous catholic priest/explorer, and danced like nobody's business! Here's a few pictures.

We learned about the discovery of Utah, the native americans who first lived here, and the pioneers and their trek from the east. We heard all of the county names and one of Ben's classmates (of the Dakota tribe) even did a real tribal dance! The entire program was very interesting and informative! Good job, 4th Grade (Especially you, Ben)!

"About You, Mom"

"It's a word about you, Mom." Spencer said as we started our game of Hangman. My word was lame, "Crocodile." But Spencer's was so sweet, I just HAD to share it with you.

Isn't the spelling of the word so great? Jasen pointed out that if we took away the "i," the word would be "but full." Interesting.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter 2010!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Spencer's Breakfast

All I'll say is the freezer was involved.

April Fools!

About Us

Our blended family is many years and obstacles in the making. We two were raised in separate countries, different cultures and upbringings. For each of us, God's blessed broken road weaved through marraige, the birth of a child (or two) and a painful divorce, in the end, leaving a himless her and a herless him. We met on a blind date in 2008 and haven't been able to stay away from each other since. Married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple, we and our four children are determined to BE a forever family. This blog is an account of our daily lives, our ups and downs, and our journey to become "one."

Kids Say The Darndest Things

11/29/11 Me: "Will, what do you want the person you marry to be like?" Will: "Hot and sexy." Room fills with shock & stifled laughter. Me: "Will. . . what does it mean to be hot?" Will: "That you just came out of the desert."

11/28/11 When it's time for oracion/prayer, Mia oftentimes will fold her arms and talk quietly while the prayer is said. At the end we say "amen." She loudly says, "BOB!"

11/26/11 Alfonso swatted at the pesky fly once again. "It's taunting me." He said. Will exclaims, "It's taunting you??" Mutters to self, "I hate taunting flies."

11/10/11 Will walked in the door and when he saw his friend Annie sitting on the couch said, "I knew this day had something special in it." "What?" Annie asked. "You! I knew you were coming over. You make today special."

11/10/11 In the car, Annie (a girl I'm tending) said, "Jesus is so lucky! He gets to be born on Christmas, huh!"

09-09-11 Alfonso and I went on a date for our anniversary and left the kids with family. After we picked up the kids, Will politely asked, "Were there a lot of people at the anniversary?"

09-08-11 At the breakfast table, I was telling the kids that tomorrow would be Alfonso and my anniversary. Will lowered his head and said, "I'm glad I don't have to see that."

09-07-11 At a restaurant, we were all joking back and forth and Will said, "You gotta be pushing my leg!"

08-20-11 At our moving sale, my 3-year-old neice, Nicole held up a shiny quarter and said, "Look, I have a quenny."

08-20-11 5 minutes later, Nicole was whining. Her Mom, D.D. said, "I'm not going to talk to you until you use a big girl voice." Nicole gave her a mean look and said, "But you just talked to me."

08-19-11 Will, sitting at the table kept singing, "Can't you see, I love my pancreas, look at me, I love my pancreas." Over and over. Thank you, Wierd Al.

08-19-11 Quite proud of himself and giggling a little, Spencer announced, "Faster than a speeding two-year-old, able to leap a towering pile of laundry, it's SUPERMOM!!!"

04-29-11 We had just finished a large meal at Chick's Cafe when Spencer leaned back in his chair and energetcally patted his stomach saying, "Now I know what Santa feels like."

04-28-11 Will was helping me pull our huge new stroller out of its box. His job was to pull the box down as I held the stroller up off the ground. It wouldn't budge. He paused and said, "Wait, should I go drink some milk, to make my muscles stronger?"

you + me = US