She is an Artist!...and Artists do it with Creativity.

We always have known about Dominique's artistic talents. We know, talking for our whole family, that each week there's a different project coming up!. We always joke about it, because Dominique can't be still not even for 1 minute!...her mind is always working!...she said one night to us when she was maybe around 4 years old:..." mom can you turn off my brain so I can go to sleep, please?". Everybody had a good laugh!. She was a little baby maybe 2 when she started to color and love paper!..She ate paper, cut paper, glue paper...whatever you can think of but WITH PAPER!..and she was and is the same Dominique now!... but she keeps amazing us with her creations. She made this car yesterday. I was so impressed with all the details and creativity she put in it!...the steering wheel, the window on top, the doors...etc,etc,etc.
Dominique is for sure an artist! everything she does, she does it amazingly beautiful even all the mess she left behind of a day of "project creation".
What a blessing is to have her in our family!

Our "All American Girl"...Born in the USA!

Kayla turned 9 this year!...I can't believe how the time gone by!. She is turning into a beautiful and sweet young girl. Kayla is the most sweet, friendly, and adorable person...with a strong will personality since she was a little baby. Dominique said the other day..."Kayla surely is the heart of our family, I miss her when she is not with us". Kayla is one of the most important part of our family. We love her dearly!...I remember when she was a baby how much she loved to cuddle and be kissed by mama, she still does!. She is Dominique's best friend and viceversa. She knows how to get whatever she wants with those big puppy eyes she has!. Kayla is a MAMA'S GIRL!
Kayla wanted a Summer 4 of July B-Day Party with all her friends this year. That's what she wanted that's what she got!. We had to have it on June 21st because of the weird weather, and we knew for sure that day was gonna be hot, so...We got the 4 of July b-day cup cakes she wanted, balloons,treats,games, a movie, water and of course, make yourself ice cream sundae!!..lots of sugar involved!. It was a blast!...Kayla had lots of fun and everybody looked happy. Melanie was in charge of the games. Melanie is our girls favorite auntie. They have this really cool relationship between them and I loved it!. I'm happy to know that they have somebody else beside me they can trust and count on.
So, the party was a success!, then...3 hours later I went to have the rest I deserved!

Any Man Can Be A Father, But It Takes Someone Special To Be A Daddy

Dominique and Kayla had been planning what they were gonna do for "Daddy special day". They didn't want me to help but just to buy "manjar" and the book Daddy wanted so bad...everything else was taking care of...letters, breakfast menu, and a special song for him. They did the pancakes with manjar.
They can't love their daddy more than they already do!!!...Their daddy is everything for them!...I love to see them playing tickle monster every night and when daddy its to tired... just a couple of puppy eyes, with some tears and daddy is ready to play again no matter how tired he is...Love the relationship that girls have with their daddies!...Daddy, of course used his endless "nap coupon" for this year again...and who cares, today was his day!
Love ya Daddy!

SPRING, the Sweet Spring...

Dominique, Kayla and Mary found a cute Robbin bird's nest in our front tree. It is so low that it has been really easy to see and check on it on a daily basis. I have never had the opportunity before to see the day a day process with birds eggs...it's been really cool to experience this with my girls. We get up early each day to check on the eggs and see the mama bird. It is so freaking cute how she tries to protect her eggs and stays there looking at me, at first she flied away but stayed close enough to see what I was doing but after a while she comes back and stays so close that sometimes I can even touch her...she doesn't not leave her eggs. What a brave mama!. The other day we saw how one of the eggs cracked and this little tiny bird went out!...so helpless, it was AMAZING!...Oh how beautiful are God's creations!. he has made this world and everything is here is for us to enjoy and be happy. Life is hard sometimes but when you see little miracles like a birth of a tiny creature like a bird you feel that everything its worth it and we have happiness right in front of us!.

Kayla, Dominique and Valentina...Skating Fun!

I got lots of free coupons for Classic Skating from my school this year...so we decided to invite Valentina to go with us. When I asked Vale about if she would like to go she sounded so excited and confident that it never crossed my mind she didn't know how to skate...We got there and the 3 of them got their skates and got ready to have fun, but....Vale spended more time on the floor, hurting than really skating...my girls were trying the whole time to help her and Vale no matter what she had one thing in her mind...not to give up and learned how to do it ..in one day! ...I was concerned that her whole body was gonna be bruised and in pain when the day was over but she didn't care ..she is a "Dare Devil" ...seriously!...Dominique and Kayla kept telling her to slow down and had a rest but Vale...no sign of slowing down. Finally after maybe 1.000 "hit and keep running"..haha...she decided it was enough and we went home. They had a lot of fun...well, my girls at least....Vale?...I don't know for sure. The most funny thing was that when Vale put her roller skating on she went straight to skate...and she didn't know how so she felt down on her face right at the beginning and had a huge goose bump on her fore head. Did she cry?..no Did she got scare?...no

The Family that Works together... Stays together!

We have had the opportunity to be able to work together as a family this Summer. Its has been a blast and a life teaching experience for our girls...and as parents too. Our girls wanted to make money somehow and have asked for money to do chores around the house before, but I'm totally against paying them to do work around the house. They should be helping because they love their home and want to keep it nice and clean so the spirit, friends and ourself stay happy and comfy here. Kyle and me decided that we were not gonna pay them to do chores at all!... first because we don't have the money to do so and second because they should do it no matter what anyways. We wanted, as parents, to teach them the worth of work and money though but we never knew or had " the how" to do it.
Kyle came to me, one day at the beginning of this summer, asking me if I knew a friend in need who would like to work cleaning his office...weeeell! I thought...We are in need!...me and the girls got the whole summer doing nothing and as a family we needed the money anyways. Kyle told his boss that we were going to take the job. We talked to the girls and they loved the idea of working together and finally getting payed for it!. The job is super easy!. We go just on Saturdays in the morning, each one of us has an assignment... some dusting, vacuuming , garbage bags,
and filling up the soaps bottles and supplying the bathroom with more toilet paper some light bathroom cleaning and we are done!..its just takes us 45 minutes to 1 hour to be done...and as you know "Latinas" can't do the cleaning without music!...so we take the radio to listen and dance once in awhile during the cleaning time!. We really enjoy this time together even though it is work but just to be able to do it together and be payed for it, it makes it fun!.
The girls have been able to pay their tithing for the first time and buy whatever they want with their money. It has been a blessing for us in this time of need to have an extra income. We know our Heavenly Father is watching over us and helping us to keep going. It's been hard at times but we have never felt alone. We truly feel His love and caring for us every single day!. We are so thankful for all the blessing we have specially for our lovely and sweet daughters. We love them and without them we wouldn't be the family we are!