Friday, August 24, 2007

Been a week!

Cannot believe it has been a week since I last blogged. Been really busy with work, and getting the kids ready to start school. Had to work all last weekend, and it was crazy like Christmas Eve. Mike was gone at a Family Reunion last weekend, so I was home by myself with Andy and Benja. Andy stayed home to play in his football game. which he had me so stressed out about. He had to make weight, or move up to play with the older kids. So at midnight the night before the coaches have him fasting and giving him water pills. He made weight barely. Today we went to watch Mikey play his first high school football game. It was nice cause Bro Chuck was at the game for work. He is working for an ambulance company so he goes to the games to be at them in case anything happens. Well have to work all weekend. Going to Andy's first game tomorrow. Off on Mon. as it is Mikes birthday. So I will send some pic's later.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Notta a whole lotta!!!

Nothing really going on in this neck of the woods. I had to go back to work on Monday after having the weekend off. That sucked! I enjoyed being home. I worked again tonight. Had a little drama at work today, but everything is working out just the way I wanted it 2. I had to take Mikey and Aaron to the Dr. this morning. Mikey had been sick since Fri. He only had the flu and some heat exhaustion. He practiced twice a day last week and I think he got really run down. Aaron had to go get a physical for school. I decided to keep in the Lindsay school. I was not going to be able to get the help I thought I would in getting him to Porterville every morning. It would have been more work for me. When I got home this morning I looked at Benja's foot as he cried all night and kept complaining of his foot hurting. Really he cried all night no exaggeration. Cameo see what you have to look forward 2. LOL!! Well his toe was swollen and had a puss bubble. I took him to the Dr. shortly after I seen his toe. It was funny cause they thought I had a twin. I told them no that it really was me in the office earlier in the morning. Well what happened is he had a little piece of a nail that had been bugging him. So on Sunday I grabbed a hold of it and yanked it off. Well as guess you figured out the rest. It got infected. Now if you have ever had a ingrown toe nail you can just imagine how painful it was for him last night. I had one about five years ago. Had it for about 4-6 months and it was cut out 2 times. I explained it as being worse than child birth. Really, again no exaggeration. The pain was throbbing, and miserable. I thought my toe was going to have to get cut off. At times I felt like chopping it off myself to end my misery. So you can just imagine how much in pain little Benja was in last night. He has taken 2 doses of his medication and has not complained any more. It is still very irritated, as the Dr. did not drain the blister to relieve the pressure. Pray that he gets well soon. Well off to bed. Busy day planned starting at 9am. Andy and I have a dentist appt. then I have to go finish getting Aaron shoes, clothes and under garments for his first day of school on Monday. Yeah!! Looking forward to my free time with Benja. LOL!!!

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Pete visits


Pete and Mason

The birthday boy Ethan

Pete and Christine

The Yummmmmmmy Birthday cake that sista Jo made!!!!

Petes girlfriend Christine, Patty, and Benja

Belinda, Jesse, and Pete

Dad

Victoria

Me and lil Benja
It was nice to have Pete, his girlfriend Christine, and her mom visit last week. They got here to moms after 3pm on Tues. and they stayed till Thurs. morning. The longest in a long time. He usually stays less than 24 hrs. We got together Tues. night at moms. Then on Weds. we got together again to have a party for Pete and his girlfriends son Ethan. Pete's birthday was on Aug. the 2nd and Ethan's birthday is on Aug. the 26th. It was nice having Ethan and Mason for the past 6-8 weeks. We kept Ethan alot with us. It was funny cause I told Mike that if we had another kid it was like having Ethan all the time. Cause we all know it would be a boy. That is why it is not happening. No more kids. I am really starting to enjoy spending time going out and having fun with my husband and friends. I do not want to be stuck at home raising another kid for the next few infant years of a newborn baby's life. Benja is easier to leave now that he is older. It will be even nicer once he is out of diapers. This last weekend we went to the Lindsay Farmers Market/swap meet. Then we dropped the boys off at home and went to have a few beers at a bar.
We woke up so hung over. I do not even know why. I can usually drink more than I did that night. I then went to work to give my sisters my employee discount. When I got home I got ready and I took the 2 little ones to Belinda's house where they spent the night. Me and Mike went out to dinner at a steak house in Selma called Cattlemen's. We went with a couple and met a friend for dinner of the couple that we went with. The same couple that went with us to the Grizzly game on July 4th. Dinner was so good that we decided to go up the hill to a casino. We had a really good time. We did not get home till 4am and I got up at 9:30am got ready and went to church at 10. After church I went to Belinda's where she had made menudo. I stayed all day as I got stuck painting everyones nails. I love it though. I painted 7 sets of nails. When I got home Mike took the 2 older boys shopping for school clothes. After he got home we bar-b-qued. That was my fun and exciting weekend. Me and Mike wanted to go out and have fun before football games start next week. Once games start our weekend will be devoted to the boys games. Mike is already commited to Andy's team as he helps coach and is already gone all week from 6p till almost 9p. It will be like that till almost Dec. Friday nights Mikey will play for the high school and Sat. late afternoon Andy will play. I am not complaining as it is fun to go watch them play. ,

Bella's Visit!


Taking a shot!!

My lil Benja

Taking another shot!!!

Bella and Me

Bella in the pool.

Andy and Lil Benja.

All the grandkids first time ever that they are all together.

John, Kiff, and Bella came to visit last week. They got here on Friday, which was John an Joanna's birthday. We had dinner and cake and lots of shots. Everyone was pretty much drunk and hung over the next day. Vicente, Marie and her finace all came over to moms. We had a really good time. I was one of the only ones besides mom and Marie that did not take shots. Two and a half bottles of strong stuff and 4 12 packs of Corona's were consumed that night. Everyone had a really good time. It was the first time that all the grandkids were at grandma and grandpa's at the same time so we tokk pics of them all together. On Sat. John and family went to a birthday party for our neighbor growing up little boy who turned 1. Then they went back to moms to have shrimp cocktail that Belinda had made. It was so good. Then on Sunday Sister Belinda invited everyone over to have breckfast at her house. It is always so nice to have my family around. The only two we were missing is brother E. We love and miss you guys so much. It is nice to know he reads my blog so he can still keep in touch with what he is missing and move back home some day. With his wife of course so we can all get to know her as well.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Our camping trip


Everyone eating yum!

Sonny and nino Mike

Having dinner Yummy!!

The 3 munchkins, Alyssa, Mason, and Aaron

Alyssa, Belinda, And Aaron

Mikey fishing

Andy fishing

Aaron posing by a Redwood tree
We had fun on our camping trip. It was alot of work for me getting everything together then cleaned up after but I guess it was worth it. Belinda, Jess and the girls left early Fri. morning. Then Lisa, Mikey and her 2 boys left in the afternoon, and Me, Mike, the other 3 boys and cousin Marcos left in the early afternoon after Mike got off work. When we got there we set up our tents, and all the kids went to the pond to go fishing. After a few hours Belinda and myself starting making dinner which was hot dogs and some carne asada. The kids all came back and ate and just sat around the fire talking. We all kinda went to bed early between 10 and 11. It was so funny cause Benja did not want to go to bed. He kept crying that he wanted to go home. He finally fell asleep and slept till about 6:30 in the morning and got up early along with everyone else. He was really clingy all day and it was driving me crazy. The kids all went fishing again in the morning and Belinda, me and Lisa started on breakfast. We made sausage, bacon, eggs, and potatoes. The kids all came back ate and went back fishing. They had all caught fish the day before so all they wanted to do was fish. It was funny cause the day before when they caught the fish Jess had told them they had to clean whatever they caught. So they came back with some and Mikey, Sonny, and Andy all walked down to clean them. About after 1/2 an hour I said out louad to everyone that I bet the boys are standing around waiting for one of them to take the initive to clean them. So Victoria went down to see what was taking them so long only to find out it was true what I had said. The fish had not been cleaned. She had to clean them. Can you believe that a girl cleaning the fish, cause 3 boys would'nt do it. Mom, dad and Mason showed up around noon. We all sat around talking. It was really nice. Around 4 we started cooking dinner. We made tri-tip, pork loin, chicken, rice, fish(that was caught the day before) and baked potatoes. After dinner mom and dad got ready to leave and said they would take Benja back with them. Before they could change their mind I went to the tent and got his stuff together. He left with no fuss. Mom called once she got home and said she had already bathed him and he was running from her room to the living room happy as can be. The next day we got up had some Menudo and started packing to come home. We stopped by a river for a while and had some watermelon and then headed home. The boys had a really good time. That's all that matters.

Monday, August 6, 2007

Update per cousin T

So sorry it has been so long. I grounded Mikey from the computer. He would wait till I fall asleep then would go to my car and get the key board and mouse out. So I had to have mom take it to her house. But I am back and running but not much 2 nite as I have to be at work at 6 am. I have lots of pics and will start downloading on Wed. and Thurs. John was here over the weekend and Pete got here today so I am going over to moms after work. So check out my posts on Thurs.