Happy Mom's Day!

We had a wonderful surprise on Mothers Day, my baby sister Tori became a mother on Mothers Day! She went in around 4 a.m. and had the baby @ 10:05 p.m. It was a long hard labor but if you ask me it was totally worth it, Yecenia Kay is the cutiest little thing! 7lbs 2 oz I don't know how tall. I had a big BBQ planned for Sunday, thankfully she delivered at the Mercy hospital close by my house, so I spent my day running back and forth between my house and the hospital. All in all it was a good day, very crazy, but that's how I like it!

A perfect day on the line

I love it when things work out just right. These last few weeks have been manic, I cherish my "downtime", but when Jaime is home, it all goes out the window. The end of April and beginning of May is the busiest time in our family. I like getting out and doing stuff, but it's insane to pile it all into 3 weeks! But back to things working out; I needed to do laundry today, and I usually try to hang it on the line whenever I can, living in N-town that can be a challenge considering that sometimes the outside smells worst than ten year old sneakers! Thankfully the air outside actually smells sweet with spring, and there is a perfect breeze; not too wild, but strong enough to practically dry the clothes before I've hung the second row. My family doesn't mind that I hang the wash, as long as I don't try hanging out their "personals" we're all good! I'm so happy because the day isn't even half over, and I'm done with the laundry that usually takes a full day and then some. Ahh, it really is the small things in life!

It's been awhile

Jaime is on vacation this week, it was our 7th anniversary on Monday I can't believe how fast the time has went by. I thought that I would commemorate this one with my 7 favorite things about him. I think it will be hard to stop at seven but I can do it!!

1. He puts others ahead of himself. Jaime is the kind of guy who will go out of his way to help anyone.

2. He doesn't complain. I can be awful to live with, and I most definitely complain...a lot. He will do what it takes every time, and try to see the bright side, even when it is barely there.

3. He's hot!! This one may sound silly, but to me it is important. He takes pride in the way he dresses and looks, and it shows.

4. He's a hard worker. Jaime carries the full burden of our family's financial welfare on his shoulders. He sees how important it is to me that I be able to stay at home and take care of our girls. He also was super supportive when I wanted to get a job, not necessarily for the income, but for the outlet it would provide me.

5. He knows what to do. Jaime often claims that he doesn't have common sense, but I don't believe that for a second. He is so intuitive when it comes to knowing when to help, and when to stand back. He also knows when asking if I need help will piss me off or make me smile in relief.

6. He makes me laugh. I don't know anything more important in life than laughter. Lots of guys are great jokers who make people laugh, Jaime is different because he doesn't make jokes at the expense of others, he's not perfect but he would never hurt anyone on purpose.

7. He is my own personal jukebox! I make fun of him a lot about this one, but it is amazing; he can find a lyric or song for absolutely every thing.

I've got about 12 more things that I could put down (not all of them appropriate) but I will stop there. I hope that the next seven years are as amazing as these have been. Everyday I thank God that you are the man that won my heart. When I look back at this post years from now, it will probably make me want to hurl from the sappiness of it, but it is true, every word. I love you with all of my heart.

My Garden

Well I have officially started my garden. With the rising price of groceries I couldn't say no when on of Jaime's cousins offered me high quality seeds. I have never really had a green thumb, so we will see how it turns out. I started my tomatoes before we left for San Antonio, they were doing great until last Thursday when half of them died and the rest got moldy dirt and wilty leaves.

This week I have been rototilling, it's basically like taking a bucking bull for a walk!! my arms hurt, but I really don't mind hard work, (I did pull up all the carpet by myself.) I'm really excited about canning, I usually freeze everything, but I've been making jams jellies and fruit butters for a long time. I'm looking for help, so if anyone out there is willing, let me know! I plan on trying to go fruit picking this spring and summer Godwilling there is fruit that survives this cold snap. I'm thinking it could be a great girls day out thing. Any takers?

Almost like a real job!

Well today was the first time I went to a school and known what I was going to be doing, it's great! I got a call last week from the Principal at one of the schools I've been subbing at, asking me if I would be willing to fill in for a teacher for the next two weeks, possibly for the rest of the school year. I was really excited to find out that they would request me for such a long period of time. The best part is, that it's part-time so I only work from 7:30 until 11:00 and then I'm done for the day. It's great, because I still have plenty of time to do all of the things that I want. I really like knowing what I'm expected to do, it's not exciting but it is definitely more comfortable.

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Home at last!!

WOW!! That is the word that sums up our trip to San Antonio. The bank sure knows how to party. We made sure to take in all of the tourist attractions, and then some.
We almost didn't get there on time though; we arrived at the airport around 7:00 a.m. and our plane was supposed to leave at 8:20, then we were supposed to have a 1 hr layover in phoenix, well plans changed after we got on the plane and they informed us that they were having mechanical errors and we were going to be about an hour delayed, Jaime and I were both thinking, crap, hopefully we will get there in time to catch our connecting flight. They fixed the problem and we arrived in Phoenix at about 9:00 their time. Maybe we could make it, wrong, a fuel truck was blocking us from getting to the gate and it took about 10 minutes to get it out of the way, and of course our connecting flight was at the opposite end of the airport. We missed our flight by less than 5 min. So we go to the customer service desk and she tells us that the next flight to San Antonio isn't until 9:45 P.M.!! Jaime says," that is not going to work!" He called the bank and they booked us on a flight with Southwest for 10:40 a.m., unfortunately they don't transfer luggage and the whole place is crazy packed because of spring break. We barely made it, but thanks to the awesome travel agent with bank, we were able to get there only an hour later than we originally planned.
San Antonio was beautiful, the weather was great, mid 80's the whole time, it was really muggy but it felt like being in a warm steamy shower, I loved it, especially since my skin has never looked so good!! I am so proud of Jaime for working hard enough to make this trip possible. We met a really great couple, we clicked with them right away, and ended up hanging out with them almost the whole time, it was great to have someone else to experience everything with, and the added benefit of someone to take pics w/o having to worry about a stranger stealing our camera. We had a great time visiting Jazz and piano bars and a couple of pubs. We also did a lot of dancing, I'm not much of a dancer but it was super fun anyway. We even danced on the bar at Coyote Ugly!!! The Alamo was interesting, I think they have done quite a bit of restorations on it, I'm also not exactly sure what the whole story behind it is, other than it was a total ambush where a lot of great men died. Jesse convinced us to go into this Ripley's believe it or not house of horror; OH MY GOSH!! It was so scary. People where bringing their kids in with them, I don't know what they were thinking, I was so scared I couldn't even scream. We also took a ride on the riverboat, our guide was awesome. We went in the evening and it was beautiful.
Same thing happened on our trip home. Our flight was scheduled for 6:45p.m. W/ a 2hr layover in Phoenix getting home around midnight. Well about 20 min before we were supposed to leave they informed us that they were having technical difficulties and we wouldn't get to leave until after 8:30 so we were going to miss our connecting flight again; and there were no flights leaving to Boise from anywhere. Thankfully they put us up in a decent hotel and were able to book a flight for early the next morning. This time everything went smoothly, and we were able to get home by 3 in the afternoon, but boy was I ready to be home!!!