Quotable Sunday

Hmmm, lookie I found...A new post. It’s called Quotable Sunday…If you know me, you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Quotes!!!
This week I thought I’d post some fun quotes that either mom’s say or are said about moms. You can find the original here:

So here are some that I have found & like:

"It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it."~The Golden Girls

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.”
Dennis Fakes

“A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking” By: Helen Rice

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.” By: Mildred B. Vermont

“Nobody knows of the work it makes/to keep the home together. Nobody knows of the steps it takes/ nobody knows but mother.”

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
- Author Unknown

Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of life.
- Maureen Hawkins

And I will leave you with thi (because honestly this could go on forever!)

It will be gone before you know it. The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher. Then suddenly they disappear.
- Dorothy Evslin

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Easter 2009

Easter has become a VERY special holiday for our family. For the past 4 years we have been involved in our church's Easter Outreach. Starting Saturday we help with the outreach at the park (which is a very long & hard day, but SO fulfilling!!!!) and then Sunday we have church in the park.
This year Jose and I partnered up with Noe & Monica to do the Food Crew on Saturday. We were up at 6:30 am getting ourselves ready & I packed Delayna's stuff up, because she was coming with us. We got to the park about an hour later to meet up with Noe & Monica. This was their first year leading the food crew & were as nervous as I'll get out. They were too cute, but did great!!!
Here's Noe directing some people.

Here is Jessica & Courtney doing hot dogs

We had over 2,000 people come out this year. It was nice seeing old faces & some of my friends come out. I just realized, I didn't get not one pic of my besties (Allan & Angel), who came out and helped for the first year!
We were home around 4 pm. And I got going on the house & the eggs.
We had a blast doing the eggs, as we always do. I love that my husband & son aren't "too old" to participate in such a family fun activity.
Here are some pics...
3 1/2 dozen of eggs


Kids coloring


Jose tried to get Delayna to 'help'


Mom looking on


I used my Avent breast milk storage cups to die the eggs in...ROFLMBO!


Here's some buzz worthy eggs (we always make special eggs)




Jose playing with the kids & the eggs



I also made cakes. My first attempt was a flopp. They stuck to the pan...WHATEVER!

My mom tried "peicing it together". She's such a dork!


So, I re-did them. Here's my "Dirt Cake" (recipe to follow later)


And my Easter Bunny Grass Cake


Easter morning we had to start early, because Jose & Adi had to be at the church by 8:15am. Here's pics & video
The baskets


Waiting for their baskets


Anthony passing the baskets out



Anthony, Dominic, Delayna & I all got ready for church & headed out. It was a gorgeous day! The message was remarkable! The skits, and message were really good!
Here's a link if your interested in watching The Rebounder.
Pastor opened up for those who want to accept Jesus as their personal savior. We had about 48 people accept and one of them was my Bestie, Angel. Allan shared his story with me about him accepting Christ as his personal savior the week before & here is his wife accepting Christ into her life. What an awesome moment! I've been praying for them for quite a while. Now to stand with them and walk with them!

After church we got home & the Easter Bunny hid eggs all over the house (not where *she* was supposed to, but it turned out great!).
In the bathroom


Front Room


Mantel


Some outside


Later Mona, Alvaro & Emilio came over to share an Easter Dinner. It was very nice to have company over & enjoy my good cooking with friends! Just as we sat down to eat, Gail, James, Mark, Sarah & Devin came by.
My Easter Dinner Table


My Famous Glazed Ham (I've had requests for this!)



The end of a long day! Me and my girls


Don't know which is better


The kids went through 2 HUGE bottles of bubbles!



My baby girl's first Easter



God really blessed our day & I loved it! Hope you were all blessed as much as my family was!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Ok, I know I'm a day late, but man have I been busy!!!
Dominic & I woke up yesterday morning & found that the leprechauns had visited us. We know this because, they turned our milk green & swapped mama's vanilla coffee creamer with irish cream creamer.
Then while Dominic had Lucky Charms for breakfast, Grammie told him a story of leprechauns in the grass. He then insisted that we go out in the back yard and look for them.
We had to go to Adi's school for parent/teacher conference. So we showered & got dressed in our green attire, so no one would pinch us (Ms. Bridgett taught him that Sunday at church ;-)).
On the way to sissy's school, mama put on her Rare Gold perfume...LOL!!!
For dinner we had Corn Beef & Cabbage with potatoes, & Green Watergate Salad. We ate on green bordered plates & bowls.
It was LOTS of fun! Dominic really had fun pretending!
I didn't get a pic of all the kids & I in our green, but I did manage to get a pic of Delayna on my phone. Here she is...

Happy Valentines Day!

Well, the after anyways. I was on a cleaning spree yesterday, so we didn't even get showered until later.
Today we went to church. I actually got ready before Jose and we were out of the house on time...WOOHOO!
I dressed Delayna in her Valentines outfit that Mike & Brittany got her, so I had Jose take pics.

Me, Dominic & Delayna

Again, just because it's a good one for my bitsie

Mama & her Cheerio girl

Talking to her Papa

Papa & Delayna

New Years Day & The Fam...

Yesterday my nephew & his fiance came up to visit and wanted us to all GTG to play games and spend time together.
So after we got our house cleaned and done we headed over to James & Gail's house to play some games and hang out.
Well, when we got there James & Mark were drinking Yegger Bombs (Jagermeister & Energy Drink).
We all started playing spoons, and so much for that. James & Mark kinda got side tracked. They were stinken hilarious!!!
I went over and got on the computer to look something up for Mark, and ended up looking up a song for James.
He was CARACKING us up!!!!!!
Here is the song, it's Ram Jam~Black Betty

Gail video'd James dancing and singing to it (I will try to get a copy). I seriously was laughing so hard I was about to pee my pants. James is a nut when he's not drinking, but he was even funnier while he was drinking!
Our night was full of fun! We tried playing Pictionary and that didn't last. We all just kept getting distracted.
Jose, the kids and I finally left around 1:15am and got home. Put the kids to bed and Jose & I watched some of Gladiator.
We finally fell asleep around 2am. It was a great time though!!!

Happy Halloween

This is my picture for the holiday, because my camera finally kicked the bucket yesterday... :(
We carved our pumpkins yesterday afternoon. Dominic didn't want anything to do with it at first. He couldn't stand the feel of it, but after Jose working with him and showing that it's not that nasty, he was fine. Dominic & Jose carved the pumpkin that Adriana drew out and then Anthony carved his own pumpkin.
They both came out really cute!
Today I have to do a K-Mart run to get some orange paint for my belly and pick up Dominic's costume from Gail.
Then tonight we will be going out Trick or Treating and then heading over to one of our friend's house to help with the candy hand out for our church outreach.
I am very excited! I love Halloween, it's just so much fun!!!
Hopefully I will make it through the night. I have been feeling sick and heaviness in my chest. I really think it's my allergies that are moving down into my chest...BOOOO
Anyway,,,I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Having Fun

Saturday Night Devin wanted to spend the night after we went out to dinner.
We were bored and I got the camera out to take a pic of Jose and I. Yeah, well, the boys wanted to get into the act, especially Devin.
Here's our pic session...





The boys would NOT let Jose and I take a pic together. They were cracking me UP!

So here's the boys instead of Jose & I

Awe, we finally got a pic together




Then Labor Day, we had a BBQ at our house. Here's some pics of the kids having fun...
Jose, just cause I love him