I am back!

Here are some things that has happened in the last 2 weeks that has kept me away from blogging. We have been so busy. First, we celebrated my mom's 54th birthday! I bought her a cake and we all went over to her house to wish her a wonderful bday. I am who I am today because of her great example and unconditional love. She was the one who first introduced me to make-up and plucked my eyebrows when I was like 12 years old in Junior High. lol I don't know why I thought of that, but I love my mom so much.

Secondly, my older sister had her baby a few days after my mom's birthday. She named him Abraham he is a real cutie, I love him. Then after his birth a few days later we celebrated my nephew's 8th birthday, he was thrilled.

Also, I helped watch my niece and nephew while my sister and hubby went out on their date night. The kids stayed up til midnight except for Cyrus and Ayden. I don't think I will ever say "yes" to babysitting, again. lol two words-HARD WORK!!!

Oh, the boys were all sick with croup and ear infection since last Friday, but they are all slowly recovering. Here is sick Ayden playing with daddy's sunglasses. He was so cute and funny.

Cyrus is finally loving his walker!! I don't have to hold him too much, yayy!!! haha

And Eligh, well, lets just say he did not have a great two weeks. It seems as though he is always in the school office(twice) and thinks that by getting into trouble he get to go home early. NOT TRUE AT ALL!! Anyway, we are helping Eligh by reminding him everyday to make good choices even when it comes to choosing good vs bad friends.

Bryan has been all crazy into guns. He and my brother in law Javier went shooting at the Range. Javier brought all his "high profile" guns he conjured up and made over hundreds of homemade ammo. Bryan was so excited. He also went to a Gun Show with his good friend, William, last Saturday.

Lastly, I have been like a nurse tending to all the sickness. When I do have alone time when the kids are napping. I will read from the Book of Mormon. Our bishop from Fresno 7th Ward have challenge us all to read it by the end of June(i think). well, I am still in 2Nephi. After reading the scriptures(again) I feel I have learned so much and I've noticed that the stressful days always turns into a good day and I love it. When Bryan comes home from work everyday I will go over what I have read and we would discuss some things together and the spirit is just so strong.

So, that is all the update. Hope all is doing well. :)

Thai Palm

We celebrated my friend's Bday last night, she turned 29. We went to Thai Palm and the food was GOOD!! Last week we celebrated my besties 29th bday at Yard House(American fusion) and the food was good, too!! haha My sweet and generous friend treated me to dinner(always) and I am very grateful for her. We all shared plates and had a little taste of everything on the menu from Asian Chicken salad to Curry soup with sticky rice, Asian omelet, Pad Thai(beef and chicken) and more...yummm!!!

Me, Saroy and Birthday girl(Channa).

And the rest of the crew. It was fun meeting some new faces. I love going out meeting people everyone is so different and unique in their own ways and I have learn so much from people. I love that it is so diverse you have a mix of married to single and divorce group of people and some with children(s) or first time mothers. Everyone brings something new and different to the table and when we get together you can expect a GOOD TIME with some laughing, emotional moments and so much more. I LOVE IT!!! I am so grateful for a wonderful and a loving husband who let me go out and enjoy "time out" with friends. I am happy.:) Happy Birthday, Channa!!!!!

(phew, so many bday's this month, I am exhausted, lol)

Bryan's Bday!!!

Bryan turned 29 years old last Friday. On his birthday I made him a cinnamon swirl cake. He came home to a surprise! The next day was our 7 yrs Anniversary, but I wanted his birthday to linger longer because I love him and he deserved it. So, the next day we went to a movie just the two of us and saw Sherlock Holmes the sequel, it was GOOD. Then on Sunday we celebrated his birthday again at his parents house(The Tringali's) and we had fun, the ice cream sandwich that my mother in law made was the BEST dessert I have ever had! SO GOOD!!! Bryan was spoiled.:)

Here Bryan is on his Bday.

Celebrated his bday again at his parents house on Sunday. Here he is with his brothers playing the game, RISK.

We celebrated after his parents house with my family(The Phetsavong). So, here he is with some of our family. I bought chocolate cake this time. Haha

My parents and most of their grandchildren.

Israel, Javier, Bryan and Dad.

Some of the kids together watching a movie and eating popcorn.
Happy Birthday Bryan, LOVE YOU!!!!

Also, that week we celebrated a friend of mines bday at Yard House! The food was good and I had a good time.
Saroy and I

Happy Birthday!!!

The latest!!

Here's the scoop on each of us...

Eligh is 5 1/2 years old and weighs 38 lbs. He is a busy boy! He impressed us when he started reading. He still has problem pronouncing words but he is learning very rapidly and he amazes us each day. If there were a Lego contest for ages 5 and up he would definitely WOW YOU with his age, abilities and creative mind. The first book he purchased from the book fair last year was a Lego Star War's Dictionary and he can name all or most of the characters. He is a chatter box and loves attention. He has a spunky personality(like father and son) and is really smart(no lie). He is finally nice to his little brother Ayden and favors his baby brother Cyrus more(don't know why). This kid is crazy but AWESOME and we LOVE him so very much.

Ayden is 19 months old and weighs about 28 lbs. He has A LOT of energy(too much) and he keeps me very active. He understands a lot but still speaks in baby language. He is such a cutie pie, although, he can be a stinker at times. He loves it when you sing to him and his favorite toy right now is Mr. Potato Head. Lol He is not afraid to dance for you and will dance on demand. He started nursery a few months ago(early) and is adjusting well. He has such a cute personality(from mommy) and gets away with a lot of things all because he is TOO Stinkin' CUTE!! Lol. He can wave "hi" and "bye". He uses simple words like, I want that, stop, now, down, help, dat(thanks), hi, mommy, daddy, Eligh, ouch, and more. He amazes us everyday and is full of love.
Cyrus is 7 months old and weighs about 18 lbs. He is getting BIG!! His first word was, "dah, dah" and now he just makes a lot of noises. He is LOUD(when he wants mommy). He is definitely a mommy's boy and is full of smiles. He has such a good personality(from mommy of course) and he really is a good baby, he just sits in his swing and stares at you.. Lol. We call him Mr. Italiano because he looks more Italian(I think). He started eating solid food a few months ago and is still working on liking it. We feel so blessed to have him in our lives because each of our kids are special to us in their own ways. We love Cyrus so much.

As for Moi, I am just loving each day being a mom and a wife. Also, trying to keep the family together and balance. I have my ups and downs, though, it has taught me great FAITH.

Bryan, just started a new job. He passed his licensing test for Clark's Pest Control and he loves his job. He is still taking online classes at UOP and hopefully will be finish with a Bachelor in IT by next year. He plays the DRUM and is very good at it. He loves his games on XBOX and started playing RISK on it when he has free time.

So, that is basically it. Love you ALL!!! :)

2012

We brought in the New Year with a drive up to YLP to be with our in laws. I tried so hard to stay awake for the countdown but it was SO hard I am not use to staying up til midnight(anymore). I DID IT, yayyyy, and I felt sick the next morning. We paid the price for staying up too late and the kids were really fussy all day. It is not like it use to be 7 years ago when you could stay up with your significant others and party all night. Anyway, we went around sharing our New Years resolution with each other and I said, "staying positive" then Bryan got too personal, it was hilarious he was being too honest about himself. haha We brought our Movie Cars 2 and we all had popcorn and watched a movie til the kids fell asleep. We had so much junk food that night that Ayden vomit...projectile vomit all over the place. I felt so bad for him and for Amber and David's living room. We should have monitor what the kids were eating, but I guess we got too excited and let them indulge. Overall, we had a wo0nderful time! :)

So far, the New Years have brought me a new calling(nursery leader), a sprained ankle with a badly bruised up knee(fell down at church, dumb high heels, lol) and Ayden's new ear infection...yikes!

Happy New Year, 2012!!!!!

Christmas!!

Christmas morning was a little hectic. We all got ready for church and the kids really wanted to open their presents, but we told them, "no, after church we can go home and open up all the gifts together." Church was only for an hour and Eligh sang Christmas songs with his primary classes. He did a great job. So, my camera is broken... on Christmas, I know, really sucks! My sister said she will order me a new one since she was the last to borrow it. Any way, I took some pictures on my camera phone, thank goodness!

Eligh was super excited. All he wanted for Christmas was transformers. He also, got a Movie Cars scooter for Christmas.

Ayden was excited, too. I think he enjoyed ripping up the wrapping papers more than the presents. lol Each time he would open something up he stares at for a second and throws it to the side then open up another present, it was hilarious! Cyrus got to sit and watch while his brothers went crazy opening up gifts.

So, the best part of Christmas day, I have to say was being with families. After church we went home opened up presents, napped for few hours and we went to my in laws. We had a wonderful time even though we couldn't stay the whole night because we had another get together with my side of the family(The Phetsavong). My sister who lives in Georgia is now living in Cali. YAYYY!!!!!! She is living with her in laws in Sanger while her hubby finds job in Arizona. Here I am with my sister, Annee. This is the first time in over a year that I get to see her. She took the rest of the pictures on her camera phone and sent me via text.

Some of Eligh's cousins, my cute nieces and nephew(Annabell, Arionna and Andrew).

The Boys(my hubby, brother Ricky, brother in law Javier and Israel).

A quick pic of the get together. My parents were party poopers they left too early because they were tired. lol We had a blast! I did not get any pictures from the other get together from my in laws but thankfully Domenic was able to take pictures so we are still waiting to see them! lol.

Hope you all had a great Christmas! We love you!!:)

Anonymous

To whoever you are out there. We want to THANK YOU SO SO VERY MUCH for this beautiful card and the message inside of it. This is truly a feeling of Christmas.

Last night our neighbor came up to me and ask if I was Mrs. Tringali. I looked at him for a second and was a little apprehensive because I had just buckled the kids in the car all by myself to go to my parents house and then this big figure in the dark came up to me. My first reaction was to ignore him then get in the car as fast as you can and lock it. Just because the area we live in can be a little rough sometimes. Lol. He came close to me and handed me this card in the dark while his friends stood on the other side of the street chattering. He said that this was in his mailbox and thought it belonged to us. It had the Tringali Family on the front envelope with no postage stamps and inside the letter said, "...they hope Christmas will be even better for us and just know that you and your family is loved!" I literally, cried. It was so touching and I felt the spirit so strong. There was no name of the giver on the inside or outside of the card, but just an xoxo with a gift. Our hearts are filled with gratitude and love on this special time of the year. We love you!

Hope all is feeling the Joy and Love of Christmas!