Category Archives: Family

Busy Weekend Coming Up

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We’re getting more visitors!! I’m happy to say though that at least these visitors won’t keep me out of church. My cousin Jenna, Ryli, Irie are coming on Friday and my aunt Ksee w/her little girl Berklee will be coming on Sunday. I’m excited for my cousin Jenna to come and see what a wonderful ward I go too.

I have a huge list of things to accomplish before everyone get here so tomorrow I will be soooooo busy!

Since I worked all day today I’m rewarding myself with some fun playing time tonight. I’m working on my neighbor’s birth announcements. I LOVE designing these types of things.

I realized earlier that it’s Wednesday, and I totally skipped out on Works for me Wednesday ~ maybe I’ll have better luck remembering next week.

Family Home Evening – Extended Families

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It’s a beautiful Monday. Church yesterday was very inspiring and the lessons that were taught had me really thinking. We’re going to try to get back into the swing of things and start back up Family Home Evening. For this week I was thinking about reaching out to our families that live so far away. The families that don’t have internet access. The families that have no idea about our family.

We’re going to work on a family letter and Jayden will draw pictures and we’ll print out pictures and get ready to send them off. It’ll be a fun little family project.

For our lesson we’re going to talk about the importance of family and our extended families. Jayden is starting to understand these things, so I think it’s important to discuss it. I’m going to work on a family tree with pictures. Something that would be fun ~ we can build it up to who’s still alive. On my side we still have 5 generations. It’ll be a fun lesson & project.

For our treat we’re going to do ice cream.

For more information on Family Home Evening CLICK HERE. It is such a wonderful way to build a strong, loving home.

Happy Birthday, Mitch

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20 years ago today my baby brother was born. I miss him so much and wish that I could spend this day with him. I hope that his day was filled with happiness as that’s how our birthdays are supposed to be. Through it all, Mitch, I’ve always loved you more than you know. Happy Birthday, baby brother.

Happy Birthday, Jessie

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Yesterday was my sister Jessica’s 21st birthday. I’m sad that I didn’t get to be there with her to celebrate and just wanted to talk about her for a minute.

Jessica and I have lived quite a different life. A life in which we were separated for many years, yet we’ve remained so closer through it all. I moved away a year ago and I miss her like crazy. She’s one of my best friends and I’m truly sad that our babies will not be growing up together.

Jessica always knows what I’m thinking, what to say, and I can tell her anything AT ALL. I love it. I love having such a wonderful sister, with true, honest, and helpful advice. She tells it how it is and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

I’m proud of the mommy that she’s become and the life she’s making for herself. Going to school can be challenging, but she’s doing it and I couldn’t be prouder.

Jessica, I love you and I hope your birthday was a wonderful one ~ I’m so sorry that I couldn’t be there. Happy Birthday, baby sister.

Beautiful Peace

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Today really was so wonderful. I talk a lot about my favorite thing about living here and it’s Lithia Park. It’s beautiful. It makes me happy. Tonight we packed a dinner picnic and headed up to Lithia Park but drove even higher than the park area and found a beautiful duck pond with a perfect, shady, grassy area. We parked and set up our little picnic area on the grass and ate dinner in beauty.

I’m not gonna lie. The entire time I was sitting on my blanket on the grass thinking, ‘Man, I wish I would’ve been in this exact spot reading the Twilight Saga Series.’ Yes, I know, obsessed.

Anyways…. it was great. Nothing but us, nature, and happiness. I think we should eat dinner there every night.

Just Rude!

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I think it’s only right that if you’re in someone’s home and they’re watching something that they watch everyday that you leave the TV alone. My whole morning was ruined and I’m going to rant about it right now.

I watch Regis & Kelly in the mornings and I absolutely love them. I then follow that by The View. It’s how my morning starts and I feel like my day is scattered if it isn’t started this way. Yes, I know, I’m odd.

Unfortunately, there are people in this world that think it’s okay to just turn the channel. Not only do they change the channel, but they change it to something that I DESPISE. Sportscenter. I love sports, but Gino overdid the whole Sportscenter thing, and it’s a rule that it isn’t allowed to be on in the mornings. So, this wonderful visitor at my house had the audacity to turn what I was watching to Sportscenter. I was furious. Fuming inside with hate, and hate is bad. Very bad. Yet, I took a deep breath and said, “I was watching that, and besides Sportscenter isn’t allowed on in the mornings in my home.” I was ignored.

I then went upstairs and started working – and I watched Kelly & Regis & The View in my room/office.

I think it was rude. I’m not happy about it. Okay, I feel better now that it’s aired on my blog for the whole world to see. Not that the whole world comes here to read, and hopefully my father-in-law doesn’t, because I guess that wouldn’t be a good thing. We’d have World War IV in the family and I guess that would suck…. or would it? Evil grin placed here.

Okay… I’m done. Thanks for listening.

4 Sisters First Time Together

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In addition to my sister Jessica coming up this weekend, we went to a BBQ at my dad’s house (not her dad). History was made in this family and we actually got all the sisters together for the first time. This doesn’t include Jessica. Jessica is my sister from my mom. Jessica is my sister that I grew up with.

These sisters are from my dad. These sisters I didn’t grow up with. These sisters I’m just getting to know. My dad has 4 daughters with 4 different women. We have never all been together before. This was the first and my dad actually cried. Here’s a couple of pictures of all of us together for the first time.

Starting on the top left it goes: Me (25 well, 26 in like 22 days) Alyssa (15 1/2) Brittney (18) on the bottom is Tiona (9 1/2) and there you have it.


My Sister Weekend

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This past weekend was wonderful. My sister came up to visit me for the first time since I left Sacramento. We had so much fun! We took the kids to get their pictures taken and I can’t wait to get them back! They turned out soooooo good! It makes me so sad that the cousins, including Mitch’s baby girl Alana can’t grow up together. Vani was so cute this weekend. He has such an independent personality and it’s amazing how each and every child is so different!!! I love that little boy so much and am sad that I’m not in his life the way Jess & Mitch were in Jayden’s life. I feel so bad that they don’t get a chance to be in Ella’s life the way that they were in Jayden’s. However, we have to be happy and we weren’t happy in Sac.

Vani did so many cute things! The first night he got here, Jayden had wrapped himself in a blanket and ended up falling asleep. When Jess went out to get their stuff they had their pillows. Vani ripped the pillow away from Jessica and threw it on the floor. Then he went over to Jayden and lifted up the blanket from over his head and yelled “Hey!” and then pointed to the pillow. It was so sweet. He just wanted his big cousin to sleep on a pillow. Jess and I almost cried over the situation.

Another cute thing that Vani did was we went out to breakfast and Ella was in her car seat sleeping. She was on the floor next to him. After he ate his breakfast he wanted her to eat so he kept trying to give her eggs. It was sweet! It also resulted in him throwing eggs on her.

Hopefully we can all get together more often. It’s so important for our kids to know each other. And for us all to know our nieces and nephews.

Here’s a couple pictures of our fun weekend together.

Jess & Me

Jayden pushing Vani through the mall

Me & Jess

Ella w/her auntie & Geo

Awww they love their auntie!

Here’s all of us at Lithia Park

Jayden & Vani had so much fun together!

Ella loving bread sticks at Olive Garden

Vani with Popito (My Grandma’s dog)

Jess, My Grandma & Vani (First time my Grandma met her Great-Grandson)

This picture shows all their personalities ~ you just gotta know them!

Blurry but so cute!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Ella

Ella & her Auntie

I like her!

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Who would’ve thought. I really like Brittney ~ if you’re just joining me here, she’s a sister from my dad that I’ve never known. She just moved here and we have formed an awesome relationship!! I think she’s a great girl and while we’re so different, we’re so alike. Who would’ve thought? I’m glad I gave her a chance and can’t wait to get to know her better.

I just want to give a big thanks to you, Sam, for giving me the wonderful advice. I love you and I love you for telling me like it is… always. You were in my life for such a short time, but you will forever be a wonderful friend of mine.

Brittney has actually spent lots of time here at my home helping me with my kids and my work. She’s very enjoyable. She came with my Grandma and I to a water aerobics class at the YMCA (which I loved!) and they got along great as well. My Grandma is my mom’s mom and Brittney is my sister through my dad… so they have no relation.

It looks like Brittney might actually move in with my Grandma since my Grandma has 2 extra rooms and is lonely. Brittney has a place to live, but unfortunately wouldn’t be having her own room ~ I think this is going to work out great! Brittney might be able to find a job at the Y or somewhere else in Ashland and my Grandma won’t be so lonely, I think it all just might work out GREAT!

Heavenly Father Hear My Prayer

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I’m back at Works for Me Wednesday this week.

Lately, a lot of things have not been working for me. Life has been chaotic, but things are slowly getting better. I’m working on positivity right now, and that is starting to work…. I want to share with you a prayer that I learned from my Great-grandma. It’s a prayer that I have always remembered. I’ve taught Jayden and it is the prayer that he says every night before he goes to bed ~ of course, he adds on at the end to bless his sister Mya and asks for her back and to make sure she doesn’t fall on the clouds. He’s such a sweet boy.

Heavenly Father, hear my prayer
Keep me in Thy loving care
Be my guide in all I do
Bless all those who love me too

My Grandma just moved here and I went into her bathroom and she had this prayer that had been like embroidered with yarn above her toilet, which my Great-Grandma’s name & the year she made it ~ 1981, which was a year before I was born.

My Great-Grandma is still alive and I hope someday my Grandma will give that to me so that I can hang it in my children’s room.

This prayer works for us and to see what other things work for others head over to Shannon’s blog.