The Tringali Family

I am back!

2012-01-31T11:40:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-11T11:33:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2012-01-09T12:40:00.000-08:00

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!!

2012-01-05T19:32:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-02T08:17:00.000-08:00

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!!

2011-12-29T11:02:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-20T10:42:00.000-08:00

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!

Our family pictures!

2011-12-18T08:04:00.000-08:00

My sister took these pictures for us in my old beat up canon camera. Lol. We are too cheap to get it "professionally" done. I think it turned out great! It was hard to get the kids together when they just cannot stay still for a picture. We really tried so hope you guys enjoy our pictures that we will be sending out to family and friends for the holidays! :)

Happy Holidays!!!

Cyrus

2011-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

Cyrus turned 6 months old and is big as ever! You know it when they are getting older when they can roll off the couch. j/k lol He is such a sweetie pie. We are very blessed to have him in our lives. Cyrus first word was, "dah dah" and now he just mumble different words. He is a good baby(only when mommy is around). His brothers love to play with him and they always give him big hugs and kisses. Sometimes I will catch Ayden sitting on top of Cyrus on the swing. Lol. Eligh love to make Cyrus laugh and he is so adorable when he would carry Cyrus around the house. Cyrus would jump and giggle everytime his brothers get too silly. Bryan love to make him cry and said, "...because he is too cute, that's why!" haha I love that he can sleep from 7:30pm to 7:30am. He is slowing transitioning into solid food and loves it. He can hold his head up when he is on his tummy and he will lift his head up when he is on his back, pretty impressive, huh? We love Cyrus so very much he is our little Angel.

Cindy Lane in Clovis

2011-12-11T21:26:00.000-08:00

We went to Cindy Lane to see Christmas lights in those really nice area in Clovis. It was BEAUTIFUL. we will probably go to the Christmas Tree Lane next Monday for FHE.

Here Eligh is all happy and excited with bright eyes looking at all the wonderful bright lights.

Ayden really knows how to "live it up"...we had the moon roof open and he stuck his head out most of the drive around the blocks at under 5 mph. I jumped out really quick for this photo.

Look at him, he LOVED it!!!

There was so many nativity scenes that I just have to take a picture. We are reminded on this special time of the year about the miracle of his birth, Our Savior Jesus Christ!

I love this sign.

Bryan yelled out, "HO, HO, HO!!" the whole time while driving and people kept looking at us smiling. We had so much fun and the kids love it, that we will go back for more. :) Also, we ended the night with some Candy Cane Hot Coco, scriptures and prayer then Eligh sang us Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer(his favorite Christmas songs) and Silent Night.:)

Grad Party

2011-12-10T21:33:00.000-08:00

A good friend of mine just graduated from the RN Program. I am super excited for her she worked so hard and finally accomplished something BIG. We celebrated this last Friday with friends and all her family. I had a great time. The house was loaded with KIDS. Too bad I brought myself. It felt nice to go out again and the food was all HOMEMADE and DELICIOUS!!! My friend makes the best egg rolls, fried rice and chow mein, ever!!

Jennifer, Me and Channa.
Good times.:)

Christmas Program

2011-12-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Eligh's school had a Christmas Program for the Kindergarteners and they have worked so hard practicing for this event that they all did such a fabulous job. Eligh was TOO cute! We got there in time for the performance, I felt a little bad because Bryan had just got off from work and we rushed to the school. Lately, I've just been emotional and I got a little teary eyes when they sang, Silent Night, it was wonderful!

We took pictures of the kids before their performance. As you can see there was a lot of parents and everyone wanted to be in the front.

Ha. Here is Eligh. I zoomed in and got him to look at me! yay!! haha

Also, we went to our church Christmas concert last Saturday and the spirit was felt. My good friend Channa was in the choir and they did an amazing job even though she said they messed up. Lol.

Wayside Noodle

2011-12-08T13:11:00.001-08:00

We had another "girls nite out" last Tuesday and this time we went out to Wayside Noodle, a Vietnamese restaurant on Herndon and 99. My friend was so sweet that she treated me to dinner that night, WOW. The food was great. I had Mango beef and Honeydew Boba shake and the plate was huge!! My sister in law Amber came along with us and hung out with a few of my friends. Last time we had a "girls nite out" she jokingly said, "where was my invite?" Lol. So, I just had to invite her because of that comment and she is fun to be around. Haha We had a good time!

Channa on the right, graduates from the RN program this Thursday and I can't wait to celebrate with her again this coming Friday, yay!!! And my friend Saroy, in the middle, will be finish with school and submits her application for the LVN to RN program next month, I am so proud of them!!

It felt really nice to get out of the house away from things and just enjoying the night with great friends and good food. What more can you ask for? Bryan was funny, he text me before I left the house and was like, "did you leave already?" I felt a little guilty for leaving him with the babies, but then again not so much and thought to myself, "He'll be fine!" Haha He told me the kids were good and that Cyrus cried for only a few minutes and that he had put all the boys to sleep an hour right after I left at 7:30-ish and played Xbox games the entire night. I was very proud of Bryan because he had just got back home from a long day at work, then had to watch the boys, feed them while I had my "time out" and got the kids all ready for bed. What a Sweetheart!! I love him!!:)

SUPER EXCITED!!!

2011-12-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

First of all, let me tell you about these two boys. This is Eligh's best friend, Talon. They went to Preschool together last year and have become very close. When we moved, Eligh was transferred to a different school and the last time we saw them together was over 6 months ago and I have been in contact with his mom via Facebook ever since, but we never really did play dates together. Anyway, how ironic that Bryan's last job, which by the way he got accepted another job offer, THANK HEAVENLY FATHER, Bryan use to work with Talon's dad doing insulation work. It took awhile until they finally found out that their kids are actually "besties". Bryan told me the whole story about how it started off with Talon's dad talking about his 5 year old son and how his son has a friend who he talks about all the time and then Bryan started talking about Eligh and how he has a friend who he couldn't stop talking about either and then long story short...everything just all clicked together...Bryan was like..."wait a minute...what's your son's name and what school did he go to?" He said, "Talon- Sierra Vista" and Bryan looked at him for a second and said, "my son name is Eligh he went to Sierra Vista, too!". And they looked at each other and both saying, "your son is Eligh, your son is Talon...oh my gosh, they're friends!! haha Isn't that crazy!??? He told Bryan that Eligh is a household name and that Talon's been talking about him way too much. Oh and get this, his dad actually lives down the street from us...lol but we found out that Talon lives with his mom and his dad takes him every Wednesday and Friday. Anyway, you could imagine how excited these two boys were after seeing each other. SUPER EXCITED!!!!

Here they are at Talon's 6th Bday.

Boys are fun and crazy, running around all over this fort shooting each other and throwing rocks, I got scared. Lol.

Balloon pooping.. a new version for pinatas, super cool they had candies and toys in them.

Here they are singing Happy Birthday to Talon when they really should've been singing, reunited and it feels so goood... haha We all had fun and will definitely make sure they have their play dates at least once every two weeks or so.:)

YLP

2011-12-01T16:45:00.000-08:00

We went up to YLP(Yosemite Lake Park) to my in law's David and Amber's house for Thanksgiving this year. It was so much fun and the drive up to the mountains was so beautiful! Too bad most of our extended family were not able to come celebrate with us, it was just our family, Bryan's dad, David and Amber and their two girls. We wish all could have join us, but maybe next year. Anyway, we were in charge of bringing ham and I had only 2-3 hours to cook that morning because we had an early Thanksgiving feast with my side of the family(The Phetsavong) before heading up to YLP. The ham turned out great, although nothing compared to Amber's "organic turkey" that she had basted for about 4 hours in the oven, oh my word so juicy and DELICIOUS!!! I had about 3-4 plates that night I kept going back for more. Lol. Oh well... Also, the Boys went fishing after dinner, unfortunately, they did not catch any fish. Haha

The turkey we ate was huge and so JUICY!!

Eligh's school had a big Thanksgiving Feast and I was unable to go due to crying babies, plus, no car. He told us he ate a lot and had pumpkin pie, turkey, mashed potato, popcorn and a lot of yummy food. We were very happy to hear and to feel his excitement. I hope you guys all had plenty to eat and plenty leftovers to enjoy for later, because we sure did and we are very GRATEFUL for all that Heavenly Father has provided us with and for FAMILY. Happy Thanksgiving!:)

Pictures!!!

2011-11-26T14:58:00.000-08:00

I took some pictures of the boys in the backyard. Here are the results...

Eligh got a little frustrated but the pictures turned out great!!

Super cute!!

Ayden woke up from his nap so I got him all dressed up and he looks absolutely adorable!!!

Little Cyrus loved the grass(that Bryan and his dad put in weeks ago), what a precious little baby!!

I LOVE MY BOYS!!!! I am so glad that it wasn't a BIG struggle just to get their pictures taken, well, except for Eligh...no comment. Haha Btw, I forgot to mention that I gave each of them a hair cut, just a trim.

Outdoor Beauty!!

2011-11-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

Our backyard is looking good with the new sod that Bryan and his dad put in a few weeks ago and the flowers, oh my, so gorgeous!!! I noticed some are blossoming from the garden and the front yard. I can't wait to pick some out so I can put in a vase and beautify our house up a little. Here are some pictures I took...

A blend of red and white rose from the backyard.

Orange rose...so beautiful!!! In the front yard.

The weather was so nice today that I actually took the time to appreciate the beauty that surrounds me(not that I don't always do) and breathe a little, instead of being locked up inside the house in my pj's(sometimes)....sad I know. Lol. Also, we planted some peas that my mother in-law gave to us a long time ago and the boys helped me dig a hole and I gave each two seeds to put in the ground and cover with the dirt so that was exciting.:)

He took the challenge...

2011-11-16T08:40:00.000-08:00

Eligh and his friends from school. This is what we usually do the days that I have to walk to get Eligh from the bus stop. The first thing that they do when they get off the bus is run straight to the nearest play area at the school. They got a little crazy playing so we went home early. I usually let them play for 30 mins-an hour.

One of the twins kept chasing Ayden around and pushing him, poor little guy, good thing he just thought it was funny even thought there was some rough play going on. haha

Cyrus, he's getting better now and not coughing as much. He slept the whole time we were at the play structure.

I noticed the kids love it when I walk to the school to pick up Eligh, they love looking at the trees, skies, and everything around us. Especially, the treats I would pack in my bag like fruit rolls, fruit snacks, goldfish, fruits and Gatorade.;)

Also, Eligh took the Book of Mormon challenge last week and gave this book to his cousin who is not a member(yet). I thought what a perfect gift. He wrote a personal message inside the book, I remember it said something like this, "Dae Dae this book is for you, from Eligh." He gave it to his cousin with a bag of treats. We are so proud of Eligh, I can picture him serving a mission somewhere in the Southeast Asia, I don't know why, maybe, to teach the gospel to my side of the family(relatives, cousins, Aunts, Uncles) who I have never met in my whole life.:)

He writes..

2011-11-13T15:59:00.001-08:00

This was very sweet of Eligh. I was inside my bedroom taking a little nap with Cyrus and Eligh came running inside saying, "Mommy, look what I wrote for you!". I thought that was so cute of him to write that on the dry erase board. I asked him if daddy had helped him with it and he said, "No. Daddy did not help me write it, he's asleep on the couch!". Lol. For a 5 year old I think it looks good, right? At least he can write a simple sentence without any help from us. Good Job, Eligh!!:)

Down with the sickness!

2011-11-12T09:23:00.001-08:00

Everyone in the house is sick and been feeling under the weather since last week. Bryan pulled a muscle in his neck from work so he's been home on the couch taking meds and I've been giving him neck massages. All of the Boys are sick and I feel like a nurse tending to all their needs...but what about me? Lol. Im getting sick, too! :( I took them all to see their Pediatrician a few days ago, and Diane was so sweet to help me with them while waiting in the room. We just walked into the clinic without any appointments and we got IN and OUT FAST. Thank Heavenly Father, it usually takes about an hour wait to get in and see a Dr and with three little boys all under the age of 5yrs old, in a confined room you could imagine how crazy it could've been. Lol Anyway, we are all slowly recovering, Bryan gave little Cyrus a blessing last night and he actually slept well, no cry or bad coughs coming from him at all. The only thing that kept me awake last night was getting burned by the humidifier. I placed it on top of the night stand next to my bed and cradle where Cyrus slept and I had my arm raised up next to it and it woke me up fast...OUCH!!! It still stings.

Here's a picture of the burn so painful.:(

Hope all is doing well!!!

Blog Updated.

2011-11-08T14:03:00.000-08:00

I finally updated my blog page. I think it has been over a year and I almost forgot how to navigate this thing besides posting little stuff that goes on in our lives. I am so bad when it comes to Facebook. I hardly go on it, but I should try to go on it and actually "read" peoples post on their walls, which I don't. I feel so out of the loop sometimes, but if I do go on it I feel like I am "spying" lol Anyway, I will occasionally post some pictures up for other family members to see and that is about it and then I log out quickly. Haha

MUST WATCH!!!!!

2011-11-03T18:51:00.000-07:00

Bryan and I took our Boys to the park for some family time and it was like 60 degrees outside super cold, though that did not stop us from getting out of the house. On our way there Bryan bumped up the volume to some music I forget the name of, but these two were SO cute just rockin' out in the back seat and boppin' their heads. It was hilarious and very entertaining! Our kids are seriously AWESOME!!! Good thing I had my camera with me to capture moments like this. Haha

Halloween!!!

2011-11-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

So much fun last week. We had our Ward Halloween party on Saturday and the kids LOVED trunk or treating and the costume parade. On Halloween we had a get together with the family bbq=ing and then we all went trick or treating around my in-law's neighborhood it was super fun!!!

On Saturday for our Ward Halloween party we were party poopers with no costumes, except for the kids, after the party we decided to go over to Bryan's parents house for a family picture and to visit them. FYI-I went on Photoshop and gave Bryan and I some whiskers and black noses so we were "cat woman and man" for the night. lol

We gotta have a picture of the grandparents with our Boys. Cute!!

Eligh-Ninja Turtle.

Ayden-Superman!! :)

Cyrus-Little Monkey Boy.

Ayden and Cyrus. For some reason I can never get all the Boys together for a picture...just the Boys! lol.

Domenic and Diane on Halloween Day decided to dress up in their Giants apparel, way cute!!

Kali, Zoe, Eligh and Ayden enjoying some hot dogs.

Joshua, Mia and Ella also enjoying their hotdogs. Haha

After the bbq we all got ready to trick or treat.

Cousins after trick or treating, Eligh said he gave out some candies to his cousins which I thought was very sweet of him!! He was so cute, every house that we went to he would leave with a "Happy Halloween Wishes"..."a very charming young boy" says, Amber his Aunty!! haha

Bryan thought it was funny to dress up in Eligh's old costume on Halloween and did some trick or treating as well. Haha

Overall, good times, we love being together as a family!!! Hope you guys all had a wonderful time!!

Bestie!

2011-10-31T14:50:00.001-07:00

Bryan's best friend from North Hollywood was in town for a quick visit. They have been best friends since high school. It was nice of Tim to drop by so unexpectedly...at midnight!! Lol. Tim wanted to see Bryan and the kids, unfortunately, the little ones were all asleep. He did get to see Eligh sleeping in his bedroom and got a quick peek in our room for baby Cyrus. Ayden's door was shut so he did not get to see him..we could've opened the door, but did not want to wake up Ayden, otherwise, everyone would all be awake at 1 in the morning. Lol.

They are so funny when they get together.

And look who woke up to see Tim??? Little Cyrus. Tim finally got to meet this little bundle of joy now he can say he have met all three of our boys! haha

Girls Nite Out!!!

2011-10-27T22:59:00.001-07:00

I had so much fun. It was nice to get out of the house once in awhile without any KIDS!!! I took advantage of my "time out" and it felt great. We ate at Million Elephant Cafe and Bar in tower they had good Thai food. Then after dinner we decided to walk around tower just to get some exercises. Lol. A club manager saw us taking pictures outside and ask if we wanted to take pictures inside the club for free, we were so excited but felt weird. Unfortunately, we did not stay to dance or anything just pictures and we went home.

Here we are inside Elephant club they had foggy mist, music and cool decorations.

Outside Million Elephant Cafe and Bar.

Outside Tower Theatre.

This is my best friend Saroy. Seriously, we did not plan our outfits together...we dressed almost alike, lol. Red top, skinny jeans and black heels. What are the odds of this happening. Lol.

Costumes!

2011-10-25T17:39:00.000-07:00

After picking Eligh up from school, he wanted to hurry home so he can try on his costume, again. He said he is too excited and can't wait for trick-or-treating day. Might as well get all the use out of one costume since you only get to wear it once a year, well, in Eligh's case 3-more times a year. Lol.

Eligh is Leonardo-Ninja Turtle.

Ayden wore his Superman costume all day even at nap time, kid you not! He was too cute... running around the house making funny noises. Before Bryan left for work, Ayden woke up from nap time and Bryan said he just had to squeeze him one last time before leaving. haha I'm not sure if Bryan and I will be in costumes this year, we're still undecided so will see what happens!

Btw, Cyrus enjoyed seeing his big bros in costumes. His eyes was wide opened and he had a big smile on his face...so cute!!

Moldy Pumpkin

2011-10-20T11:06:00.001-07:00

Last week we bought a few pumpkins from Foodmaxx, only $2.99 each and they had good size pumpkins to choose from. I helped Eligh carved his pumpkin(to the left) and yesterday Bryan helped carved Cyrus's pumpkin(to the right) and Ayden, well, we just drew his with a sharpie marker, lol. Hey, carving a pumpkin takes up time and work either way, they all loved it!! If you look closely at Eligh's pumpkin, it had already started molding. One side of the eyes is covered in web and the mouth with black round molds...eww! Though, I think it goes perfectly with the theme of the month and it's "spooky-looking". Haha Oh, the seeds I saved so I can bake and flavored with different spices...yumm!! It was all Eligh's idea. Also, he went on a field trip, yesterday, with his classmates to Hillcrest Pumpkin Patch in Reedley so more pictures to come!!

Fair Fun!!!

2011-10-15T11:35:00.000-07:00

Last night Rachel(Bryan's little sister) was in town visiting from Hollywood and we hardly get to see her because she lives far so this was a treat to be with her at the Big Fresno Fair. It was late for the kids, but we just had to go. We never miss a year going to the fair as a family and the countdown is two more days before its over, well counting today is one more day so I am glad we went. We had fun minus Eligh crying. Lol. The smell of food, the fun games and ride was exciting, it was cute seeing the kids faces all lite up. I took pictures on my camera phone and its not that great, my sister has my camera and never returned it so oh well, here we are.

Here is our growing family.

Rachel and the Boys.

We took the kids to the "Kids Zone" to play, we had fun playing with bubbles, and going to the little forrest there. We also took them to the pirate ship and big play area.

Ayden was all soaked.

Rachel and Bryan.

Me and Rachel. Fun times, we love her so much and will miss her when she leaves home.

My 28th Bday.

2011-10-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

I turned 28 yesterday and I feel no different at all. Bryan took me out to Outbacks and we did a little "shopping" though I did not buy anything for myself, but I did get my 5 yrs old son, Eligh, some new pants that he's been needing so desperately. Lol. Well, our original plan last night was to go ice skating, unfortunately, Gateway Ice Center in Fresno just happened to be closed on that day and they open today and tomorrow. So, we are thinking about going there next week on our date night/extended bday. Sounds fun, huh? We are excited. :)

Grandma Ferguson!

2011-10-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday went to the cemetery to celebrate Grandma Ferguson's(Bryan's grandma) Birthday she passed away this year and was supposed to turn 85 years old. We miss and love her so much. She is in a better place now with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

My mother in law, Diane, made her mom's favorite cookies and her sister Linda brought See's candy, they were her favorite treats.

Terrible two?

2011-09-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

Ayden is almost 17 months old now and is already showing early signs of the terrible twos. He is so cute, but so naughty...what happened to my little Ayden? He's all grown up now...sniff, sniff. In a way, I feel sad and wish he could stay like this forever, but then again...nah, not really. lol. I'm always having to chase after him and I've noticed he love dangerous stuff for example-cords, opening fireplace screens, sticking hands in toilet, outlets etc...argh! He does this new thing where he will shake his head left to right to say "NO" and nod up and down for "YES". I think it is adorable, but we want him to talk, when is he going to talk? Lol. He know how to say the simple words such as mommy, daddy, I want that and he can say Jesus(only when you say it and he repeats after you) super cute. Also, Ayden really LOVES his brothers, he gives Cyrus kisses all the time. It was cute this morning, I took Ayden with me to drop Eligh off at school and for the first time(in a long time) Eligh held Ayden's hand(rarely this happens) and I held his other hands. I saw how Ayden's face got radiant and full of excitement. Ayden kept looking at Eligh's face the whole time walking to his classroom just smiling and loving every moment of it. Sadly, after picking Eligh up from school...Eligh went back to being mean to Ayden, again. Luckily, Ayden doesn't know what's going on... he just think everything is funny, so it's a good thing. Lol. It's a love and hate relationship with them, but I cherish every moment of it(being the referee). :) Btw, this kid LOOOVES BALLS!!!! He is our little BALLER!!! haha

Finger Lickin' Good!!

2011-09-28T18:20:00.000-07:00

Ever since last Sunday, Bryan had been craving for sugar cookies all day, but we never got the chance to make it, we were all too tired after church and slept the entire day. Well, after picking Eligh up from school today(he had early dismissal day) that thought came to Me and it sounded really good. So, here it is...

Eligh helped make them.

He got too excited that his cookie had almost about half an inch of sprinkles on top(that explains where he got all his cavities!). lol

Mmm...finger lickin' good!!

Bryan and the Boys were in Heaven! lol.

Megaman X caramelldansen

2011-09-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

Eligh had a fun slumber party at grandma and grandpa's last night. I heard he cleaned up their house pretty good and that he was a good boy. I am glad to hear because it's not always easy with Eligh, but we love him regardless. He got home just in time to play with his cousin, Arianna. My older sister Nancy(lives in Fresno) came by with her daughter today to hang out. It's so funny to see the kids go crazy throwing the sofa pillows around at each other...I wanna be a kid again! Lol. One thing I noticed about my kids is that they love to dance and they are not ashamed of it...anywhere...anytime and I think it is wonderful!!! Every time we have visitors over Eligh would always put on music for them to listen and dance to. If you don't believe ask around. lol. Eligh goes on the computer and type in "Megaman" and would always bump up the music loud but I end up turning it down. He got the music from playing Megaman on his Nintendo DS. Anyway, the music is called, "Megaman X caramelldansen" such a cute little anime music video- go and type it in or click on the link, your kids will love dancing to it.

Here Eligh is doing one of the hand movements from the music video.

My niece, Arianna with Eligh.

Ayden doing some weird move head first. Lol.

And Cyrus was cute watching everyone getting their groove on and probably wishing he could join in with his brothers.. haha

A short stay.

2011-09-21T00:46:00.000-07:00

My sister Kathy who lives in Texas was in town last Saturday evening and stayed at our place for a few nights. She came bearing gifts as always and this time with a Chinese money envelope, super cute given to the Boys for good luck. She married into a Chinese family so this was tradition for them that Chinese people do when they go visit relatives. In the little red envelope had money inside of it and this cute little Chinese tassel that you hang on a bamboo tree, which we don't have, but will keep always. Also, she brought the Boys and I a bunch of shoes that she had bought from her workplace, DVD movies, socks and much more. FYI, if you're wondering, what's up with all the gifts? Lol. My sisters are very giving. We had a BBQ get together with my family on Monday and the next day we had another get together this time for some traditional Lao's/Thai food- curry soup with fresh veggies toppings and noodles. I miss her already. She is a GREAT COOK. She cooked for us the whole time she was here which was really nice. She travels a lot with her hubby so I am hoping she will get to travel back to Fresno, again. She said maybe in December. The Boys really LOVE her. After picking Eligh up from school the first thing he asked was, "Is Kathy still there? I want to see her." I told him she had left and that I dropped her off at the airport. I think he was sad but he'll be fine.

**I took a bunch of pictures but having problems uploading the pics on the usb drive. I will have Bryan help troubleshooting it again.

He woke up TOO early!!

2011-09-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

He finally got it DONE!!! YAY!!!! Yesterday, we were so nervous and just been anticipating this moment forever. Eligh did such a GREAT JOB. NO LIE!!! It was a long three hour process. The first hour was just sitting in the waiting room and then the nurse called us in and went through the procedure with us and the anesthesiologist came and then asked Eligh some questions for example-Have you ever had an operation? Did you eat anything this morning? Are you allergic to any type of medication? etc. He answered all the questions really well. The anesthesiologist told him he would he going in a space ship where they put a mask over his face and he had to practice breathing ten times and that he will get to taste bubble gum. Lol. She was funny. What that really meant was that they would be putting him to sleep and then give him ivs so he wouldn't be able to feel anything. They told us to wait outside for 10 mins while they took Eligh in another room. He didn't cry or look back at us we were amazed. Another nurse called us in and went through the x-ray with us and what they would be doing to him and how much longer. So, we went back to the waiting room. Then about 30 mins later the nurse called us in and when I walked inside the room I could hear Eligh crying LOUD. The Dr told us that he woke up too early and that it is normal for them to act the way they did.. drunk and muggy. It was scary watching Eligh crying tossing himself back and forth in pain. He got four crowns and three fillings....SO BAD!! I sat in the back seat with Eligh on our way home trying to comfort him and I seriously couldn't help but to laugh because he was so drowsy and started biting on Ayden's car seat and making funny faces. Well, he said he always wanted silver teeth so I guess his wish came true. Lol. He is doing fine. When we got home 20 mins later he was running all over the place and into the backyard so that is proof that he is OK. He went to the bathroom looked at the mirror came running in the living room and said, "Mom why didn't you tell me I have silver teeth, that's so awesome!" lol. Well, at least he is happy. We asked him if he remembered anything about the procedure and he said, "I went in a room they put a mask over my face and I breathe and I tasted bubble gum...and that is all I remember. He then asked us, "How did they put in the silver and when did they do that I don't remember?" lol.

Dentist..YIKES!!!

2011-09-15T15:24:00.000-07:00

The Boys got their teeth checked today. We went in for a consultation and to see if medical will cover for any procedures at the Fresno Dental Surgery. We have to wait 3-5 business days to find out. The nurse checked both Eligh's and Ayden's teeth (while sitting in the cute black car toy) and it turns out that Eligh has CAVITIES and need to get two crowns done in the back and Ayden has NO CAVITIES, YAY!!!!! Eligh was really scared and did not want his teeth worked on. We keep telling him to brush his teeth everyday but sometimes he won't listen so that's what happens when you don't listen. He will need to come back in a week or so and get that all taken care of. The examination room was so cute with the big mural on the wall. At the end of the check up the nurse lady gave the Boys each a sticker and they were like in heaven. Lol.

It was cute seeing Ayden pushing Eligh in the toy car.

Bryan and I both will need to get our teeth checked as well, and I am so so nervous. I already know that I have LOTS of cavities and two wisdom teeth that needs extraction ASAP and so does Bryan...YIKES!!! Since we do not have dental insurance we found out that there is a free dental check up in Manchester Mall on October 9th so we will be one out of the hundreds of people waiting in line there. Lol. It's better than none, right?

His smiles!

2011-09-14T17:58:00.000-07:00

It's so cute to see Cyrus smiling now. His smiles are so adorable. He also giggles and is a little more playful. He will be 3 months old by tomorrow and he is already growing fast! This means another baby? Nah, not for another few more years or when I turn 30. haha He got circumcised last week(not sure if it is appropriate to blog about, but oh well) and he is slowly recovering from it, poor thing. We feel bad as a parent having to put him through that pain, but at least it is all done and taken care of. Also, grandpa Tringali had to go with him while I stayed outside. I was too scared to go in while they did the procedure, though he did great when he came out no cry from him, but grandpa Tringali said he cried when they first numbed him. Bryan stayed home this time, lucky guy. His first experience with Ayden left him traumatized. Lol

Oh, the yard sale went well. We did not expect to get as much as we did. We had a good turnout and will do another one just for fun next week. ;)

YARD SALE!!!

2011-09-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

I got my signs all made up for the big event tomorrow. I think it is time for us to de-clutter everything in the garage and inside the house so there are LOTS of stuff for sale!!!!!!!!!! I am actually excited about this. I never had my own yard sale this is the first, though I've helped at many garage/yard sales before. It starts at 7-11am. I am hoping we get rid of EVERYTHING!!!!! If not, I will donate the left over to Goodwill or Salvation Army!! :)

Holy, GIFTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-09-06T17:39:00.000-07:00

My sister from Georgia is VERY generous this year and wanted to send all the nieces and nephews gifts. She said she did not want to forget about them and that she loves everyone. How thoughtful. This morning this came for us by the door. We are very GRATEFUL for her and all that she do for us and the kids. Thank you Aunty, Annee!!!

It felt almost like Christmas. haha

We did not expect there to be this much stuff in the boxes. :)

Ayden wearing the new shirt and backpack that my sister sent him so adorable.

Cyrus looked way cute in the new outfit she picked out for him!!!

And Eligh got a bunch of cute stuff, too, he was excited.

WE love you Annee.

(My sister's hubby is in the military...and he is giving Bryan one of his shot gun that he collects as a gift to him. I'm not too happy about it, though Bryan is!! Lol)

relatives!

2011-08-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

Bryan and I have been married for almost 7 years now and I have never met these people before until yesterday. Bryan said the last time he saw his cousins was almost 10 years ago. Anyway, it was a quick visit, they leave back to Albany in Oregon today. I am very happy to have met them they seemed very nice. The two brothers are Sharon's sons-Bryan's mom sister, so you can definitely see some resemblance.

Newlywed-to the right of the picture!

Cousins- they sort of got the same smile! Lol.

After the quick visit the Boys wanted to go swimming in grandma and grandpa's pool so here they are, they've gotten really tan from being out in the sun too much- swimming! Btw, Eligh's first day of school "yesterday" was OK. He said he got bored and that they always go out to recess, lol. I guess this means Eligh need to move up a grade where all the other students are doing more critical stuff such as reading, math or whatever they do since he's bored of recess. Lol. I think he really did enjoyed his first day there he just doesn't know it yet.

The Transfer!!!!!!

2011-08-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

In the beginning I was a little apprehensive about Eligh going to a different school let a alone for "full-time", but now I am super excited!! There was an overflow at his other school and because we were late at registering Eligh for Kindergarten, he was one of the many students to get transferred. Eligh said he did not want to go. I was so sad and bummed out because we were slowly adjusting to his school. Although, the plus side of it all is that he get to go to a very nice and new school-Reagan Elementary School in Clovis and it is for 7 hrs...yep...7 hrs. I think this will help him transition into first grade and with the amount of time being in school will benefit him, academically. Also, the best part of all (for me that is), I get to have a huge break from one kid and now two more to go. Lol. Today, was Eligh's first day of school. again, he looked sort of scared and lost for a minute but he did great. His new teacher is so sweet and cute and the Principle at the school is our Gospel Doctrine teacher in Sunday school, we are very happy. though I am really nervous to pick him up at 3:15. I am praying and hoping that he will tell us everything good about the class and more.

eww.

2011-08-26T20:42:00.001-07:00

Eligh picked these tomatoes from our garden.

An hour later...it was gone!!! eww. He LOVES tomatoes-his favorite fruit. I'm surprised its still producing without water. Lately, we've been neglecting our garden.

The Mighty Machine!!!!!!!!!!

2011-08-24T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today the weatherization people came out to put in the new AC unit. The Boys were so happy they got to see this huge crane lifting the new AC up our roof. This reminded Eligh of all the shows he used to watch on netflix called, "The Mighty Machine" it shows every contraptions out there from a bobcat, to cement trucks, big rigs, bulldozers, cranes they use for skyscrapers and more. This was exciting for the Boys. I love how Ayden eyes got BIG when he saw the crane pulled up to our driveway it was priceless!!

Good-byeeee!!!!!!

2011-08-23T21:10:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun with the Trebas's family while they were in town visiting from Japan. They flew here for Preston's (Jarod's lil bro) wedding last week. They leave tomorrow morning on a Wednesday and we will miss them dearly. They came over to our house a few times and the last time we all spent time together was last Sunday, the kids loved dancing. Lol Bryan and Jarod got to spend quality time together and it's usually at night when they would get together to shoot pool or whatever they do. Anyway, we love them sooooo much and wish they lived closer so we could all go out together like old times.

A quick video of them dancing!!!

Joi holding Cyrus, she LOVE babies.

Joi and Ayden on the floor so cute!!

I don't know what Eligh was doing, I think he was trying to be a ninja warrior? idk lol

I took the boys for a stroll at the park after the Trebas's family left our place. Cyrus loved being outside.

Someone please pick me up!!! Lol.

Back to school!!!!!!!

2011-08-22T16:54:00.000-07:00

Eligh started school today, yaayyyyy!!!!!!!!! He is in Kindergarten now. He said his teacher is very nice and he made two new friends-Angel and McKenzie. He was excited all weekend and said this new school is way better than his old school. He wouldn't say why but he was very happy after I picked him up from school.

Fun Pictures!

2011-08-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

I got bored one afternoon and wanted to try something different. We are cheap, we don't want to pay for "professional" pictures so I took these with my camera and it came out great, I love it. The boys were cute they thought it was funny-they enjoyed it.

Also, last Sunday was Cyrus's Blessing Day. I did not get any pictures of him so this made up for it. Haha

Pizza-rific!!!!!!!!

2011-08-09T10:02:00.000-07:00

For FHE we each made our own personal size pizza, it was so much fun!!!! Even though with Bryan's new work schedule(he works nights) we try to spend as much time together as possible before he leaves to work. We had lots of toppings, some came from grandma and grandpa garden like the bell peppers and onions. Eligh's preschool had a field trip to Me-n-Eds 3 months ago and he got to create his own pizza with his classmates, he told us he had fun and was excited we got to make our own pizza as a family.

I made two pizzas, one for Ayden and one for Me!!!

Eligh made this pizza...cute!!!

Bryan's pizza.

A happy boy!! haha

Yuummmmmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sf trip

2011-07-20T23:48:00.000-07:00

My little sister Kathy who lives in Texas was in San Francisco visiting her in-law's and decided to come to Fresno for a short visit. We took her back to sf the next day. The kids did great on the ride there. They slept most of the time- we were surprised and want to plan for more trips. Lol. I miss her already. She plan to come visit Fresno in two more months and we look forward to seeing her again. The Bay area is so beautiful we love the atmosphere. We toured around Pier 39 and got to see a small magic show at Houdini. We also walked around the little shops and took the boys to the Rainforest Cafe where they each got to pick out little cute stuff animals, thanks to my sis. We also got to see Alcatraz landing and would love to go touring there some day. We saw where the Japanese concentration camp use to be, near the piers. Also, we took the boys to the play area and they loved it. We all had a blast and want to go back there for more!

I enjoyed the little time we had together..

The weather was nice.

Looking at Alcatraz. haha

Cyrus's first time traveling. He did great on the trip.

The Rainforest Cafe.

A content boy.

Our last stop before heading home..Rosario's Tacos in Merced, we just had to go there, lol. The food is always good and Bryan said it is the best tacos he has ever had. haha

Update.

2011-07-16T13:41:00.000-07:00

Cyrus is a month old today. He started sleeping 4 hrs at night for us and is more alert now. He is a colic baby...he loves to be held(every minute). What an angel Cyrus is to us, we love him soooo much!!! I must admit, it is very challenging with a new baby, plus, another 1 year old baby boy and a rambunctious 5 years old boy on top of that....ya, its pretty hectic. lol Each of our Boys are a blessing to us, we learn new things everyday as being parents.

**More updates on the other two Boys next post.

Farmers Market

2011-07-09T18:19:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we drove out to River Park to check out the Farmers Market and some Art shows there. We got twenty dollars in vouchers worth of free veggies and fruits. It was so much fun to pick out whatever we wanted to eat. We get this free vouchers once a year through Wic and this year we took advantage.

And here are some pictures of our little farm we have growing in the backyard...

Bell peppers.

Mmmm....yummy tomatoes!!!!

Corn!!!!! It is still too small but growing tho... We are so happy and excited to have all these in our backyard...how convenient!!!! The garlic, onion, mint leaf etc.. all died on us. :-( We want to grow more, maybe, some fruits this time.

Baby Cyrus!!!

2011-06-25T20:32:00.001-07:00

Cyrus Douangdy Tringali was born at Saint Agnes on June 15, 2011 at 8:11am. He weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I had him within an hr after getting admitted I was already at 8 centimeters dilated. Yes. It's true!! Imagine...NO epidural...OUCH!!! No words could describe the pain. I could've had him at home!!!

He had jaundice...

...you can tell by the yellow and orange skin..poor lil guy!!

He was admitted to Children's Hospital at a week old. The bilirubin level was at 19. He was under the lights and the next day the nurses took him out of photo therapy. We stayed two nights. The level dropped to 11 and the next morning jumped to 12.5. It was a hectic week.

And here Cyrus is after the treatment. We are finally home sweet home...Thank God!! This picture was taken before getting discharge. He is doing much better!!!

A Graduation!!!!

2011-06-07T23:52:00.000-07:00

Eligh's preschool had a small graduation in the cafeteria. He finally made it through the end of the year, yay, we are so proud of him his first graduation ceremony!!!

He said when he grows up he wants to be a fire fighter!!! How cute..we love him!!!

Next, he will be going to Kindergarten. Wow, I still can't believe it..he is all grown up!!! :-)

Carnival/Bounce U/Grizzlies Stadium

2011-05-22T00:30:00.000-07:00

So much has happened this past week. First of all, Eligh's school had a carnival. This was Eligh's first carnival and he just loved it so much!! He wanted to play with all the games and go on all the slides there. It was cute to see him pick out his friends from the crowds. He was giving a high five to one of his classmates and was searching everywhere for his good friend, Tallon. It was fun to see and feel his excitements!

Ayden enjoyed the carnival as well, he loved seeing people and the fun activities there.

Bryan and Danny, old buddies from the past.

Our next adventure of the week was Bounce U. Bryan's friend had a bday party for his 9 yrs old son, Jake. Eigh and Ayden had such a blast!!

Ayden wanted to play too so big brother had to help give him a little boost inside, they played so well together there.

Eligh and the Birthday Boy, Jake.

Eligh loved this basketball hoop, he had so much fun playing with it!

Lastly, after the Bounce U fun we received a call from my father in-law asking if we would be interested in four free tickets to the Grizzlies game! We had just gotten back from another bday party from a friend of mine and was exhausted coming home. But that did not stop us from going, we took the offer and headed straight to Downtown, ASAP!!!!

Thank you Grandpa!!! :-)

Now....I feel like I am ready to have the baby!! Lol. I am 35 weeks...Ahhhh!!! Sooo nervous and excited!! hehehe

Bass Lake!!

2011-05-19T23:14:00.001-07:00

Our little niece had a Birthday party last week at Bass Lake. It was fun and icy cold. This was our first time leaving the house in months. It felt great.

Zoe's 3rd Bday!!!

Eligh made mudd balls!! Lol.

Ayden loved the water. He wanted to swim..too bad he couldn't it was too cold!!

He took 6-7 steps that day..we are so proud!!!

WE love Them!!!

Hope you all have a good weekend. More pictures to come! :-)

Count your many blessings....

2011-04-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Even though we have been hit with so many never ending trials we never stop to think of all the positives that have happened to us during the negative times. We have learned SO much and have gotten closer as a couple.

So, we finally moved out of our apartment (lived at for over 5 years), thanks to my mother and father in-law, we get to enjoy our very first house. It is spacious compared to the living space before.. how blessed we are to have the extra room for our little new addition. I think we are more excited about the garden in the backyard, as you can see, the flowers in this picture were taken from our garden, it is so BEAUTIFUL!!! Recently, we started a small farm in the backyard; planting corn, bell peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and so much more!!

Also, we sold our cars. We have had countless problems with fixing them and with the little income we had, made it very difficult for us. Finally, we decided to invest the money into a small decent working car. Ever since we have not had any problems, THANK HEAVENLY FATHER!!!

What has the family been up to lately? Well, like I mention before...the many trials. One after another? Just when you think you got it all under control? NO!!! Bryan lost his job! (paused..sigh) Truthfully, it has been really stressful! We have FAITH that everything will all work out and that Heavenly Father is mindful of us and our struggles. We know he wants the best for us. Because of this, I was able to pick up a part time job helping a friend with her daycare business! How bless we are...

The Boys are all grown up now. Eligh turned 5 years old a few weeks ago. He is still rambunctious, with a lot of attitude. He is learning how to put letters together to make simple words such as "Boy, Girl, House, Dog, Stop, etc..". He loves to play with his Nintendo DS(all the time). Overall, he is a good kid no matter how crazy he gets. Ayden, on the other hand, is such a sweet baby. He is almost a 1 year old by next month. He gets into everything! lol. He has two teeth in the bottom and two canine teeth are coming out on top. He can pull up to stand and loves to crawl everywhere (where ever mommy goes!). Just recently the Boys have been sick with ear infections and bad coughs. It is really hard trying to take care of them while pregnant at the same time! Speaking of being prego, I have 9 more weeks to go and our precious little baby will be here soon.. ahhhh!!! We are so nervous and excited. :-) No names yet!!

Bryan is still taking online classes at UOP. He stays very active looking for new job openings while taking care of the kiddos at home. I love him. :-) As for Me, I love my daycare job. I am in the last trimester of pregnancy and is sore as ever, lol. I reapplied for admission at FCC. I plan to go back to school soon, maybe, take a few online classes. Overall, we enjoy our new home, we are slowly adjusting to the many new changes in our lives- examples, "New ward, Fresno 7th" -we miss the Peachwood Ward. "New neighbors"- we miss our old neighbors that we have grown to love and care for throughout the years and everything else. Also, we truly are grateful for all of our many challenges-trying to be PATIENT. We hope you all are doing well, we miss blogging and seeing everyone's blog. Take care.

Baby Bump!!!

2011-02-05T17:36:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of me at 19 weeks 6 days.. half way done! I'm getting BIGGER!!!! I cannot hide from the truth anymore....

I'm pregnant...
exhausted.
I eat too much.
I'm anxious.
And is extremely excited!!!

A New Year, A New Beginning!!!!

2011-01-28T15:13:00.000-08:00

I have been keeping this secret for so so long!! Im preggo!!! Yes. Again. Surprise, Surprise!!!! I had my first ultrasound visit last Tuesday, and guess what? It's another BOY!!!! AHHHHH!!!! It had been a roller coaster ride this past week, just because I was scheduled to find out the gender of the baby last Friday, but it gotten canceled due to a blood test that came out positive for a birth defect!! I literally cried my eyes off, just because I had never had this result with the other two pregnancies. We TRUELY, understand the feelings of those who have had this happened before in their lives. Our heart goes out to them!! We love you guys!!!

So, we had to meet with a genetic counselor before the ultrasound. Bryan and I were prepared, he gave me a blessing the night before and we told each other that we will love the baby no matter the outcome of the condition and will not treat it any differently and let the Lord take over if it be thy will!!! When we got there, the tech had a check list of all the worst possible signs to the least signs to look for and she went down each one as we waited there patiently! And the results came out normal. The technician there said everything looked great with the baby and said there was a mistake with my due date. My Dr wrote down 20 1/2 weeks, but the tech measured only 18 1/2 weeks. That was the reason why the blood test came out abnormal it did not match up with my due date, the size of the baby. I never heard of this before but Thank GOD!!!! Baby's due date is June 26, 2011. 5 more months and he will be here, yikes!!! haha

Here is a 4D picture of the baby.

Another snap shot of the body and head profile, so CUTE!!!

We are grateful for this new baby. What a BLESSING!!! We are all doing well. Eligh is excited for his new baby brother but was hoping for a sister. I suppose my dreams of having six kids might just come true! lol. Bryan said nah, four is good! haha Ayden just turned 8 months. He is very alert and mobile, he still needs to work on his crawling but he can finally sit up! Also, he is an eater, he LOVES FOOD!!! haha

This past month there has been lots of Birthday parties!! I was exhausted. No one knew I was pregnant! I had gained about 40 plus pounds in the last pregnancy and had lost it all and more. Now, I am showing more!! Bryan and I celebrated our 6 years Anniversary few weeks ago, we went to Cold Stone. And spent his 28th Bday helping his brother David and Amber moved into their new house up in the mountains and they treated us all to Round Table Pizza that night.

I will post up more pictures of the Boys soon and my big ol' belly! I have been busy nesting getting ready for this new baby!! Oh, if you guys know of any inexpensive bunk beds on sale or know anyone who is giving away their old bunk beds please let us know!!!! We'd love to take it from them!! :)

CHRISTmas!!!

2010-12-29T12:37:00.000-08:00

This month was filled with all sorts of fun and delicious treats! When I think about this time of the year the first thought that goes through my mind is...the Miracle of our Savior, Jesus Christ! We try to teach Eligh that it's not all about the presents, even though that was all he could think about, lol, it is the time we think about Jesus Christ!! I had a friend asked me years ago, "Well, Jesus wasn't born on December!" I told her, "Yes, true, but it is the month that we think more about Him!" When you read the word CHRISTmas it says CHRIST and "mas" in Latin means "more" so we think more about Christ at this time of the year (Not sure where I got the info but sounds about right lol). Anyways, Eligh's classroom had a Christmas Winter Program and they all did so well. Eligh really enjoyed singing, "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer," that was one of his favorite songs!!

There goes my cute little reindeer!!

Our church had a Christmas Party and the Primary kids performed for us, they had practiced earlier that day but I had forgotten to take Eligh to his practice, he did good that night, though...

Ayden sitting on daddy's lap watching everyone eat, he loved it!! haha

Here are some treats we made for FHE and gave away to our sweet neighbors.

Also, we had a Christmas Pajama Party at the Garduno's...FUN!!! (I told the kids to make funny faces!)

For Christmas Eve we went to my parents house (The Phetsavong) to celebrate and on Christmas we went to Bryan's family (The Tringali's) to celebrate! We had fun on both sides of the family, although, we didn't have a lot to give this year..felt bad..but we still had fun!

We also drove to Christmas Tree Lane, it was wonderful to see all the lights so bright and beautiful!!

Hope your Christmas was as Merry as Ours!!

Lao Cafe

2010-12-13T14:45:00.001-08:00

Two weeks ago we had a family reunion(minus, a few other family members in Texas). My sister who lives in Georgia with her family are here visiting for ten days. We see them once a year and it seemed like it had been too long since they last visited and I was so happy to see them!! We all met up at Lao Cafe, we go there once or twice a year as a family.
Then, we got together almost every other day at my parents house bbqing and just enjoying family time. I love when all the kids get together they would all be laughing, chasing, "occasionally" hitting each other around the house and sitting eating sticky rice that my mom made for us. I have to be honest, when we were at Lao Cafe, I ate like I was starving. The food was sooo good, it brings me back to when I was little my mom would always make such good and delicious Laos food I miss that the most. I wish I could cook like her. When we got together at my parents house, they always make too much food, I felt like I was in heaven, though, me and my sisters just sat around the table with my mom laughing asking her how she made this and that, it was great. My dad would be outside bbqing with the boys eating and telling them about his life story how he went to Mexico twice in his life and was a soldier in Laos and fought in the Vietnam war many, many years ago. Bryan said he was very funny!! haha
Also, we got together last Saturday at my sister's mother inlaw's house in Sanger. They had this huge birthday party for their two kids it was so much fun! My sister married a Mexican so you can expect that the food was going to be Mexican food: beans, pork, burritos, tortilla, nacho cheese and so much more. My parents were so funny, they said the food was very interesting and said the pork and beans were really good, though! Yesterday, my older sister, Nancy threw a farewell dinner, this time at her house, so after church we hurried over there for some delicious ribs and hot links they had bbqing, oh so good. Too bad Bryan had to go caroling with his brother and some men at the Peachwood Ward the whole night, but when he got done I reassured him there was plenty of food left for him to eat. Anyway, we will miss the Saenz family so much. I wish they lived closer. There is always something so special about family when we all get together just enjoying each others presence, it is one of those moments you will never forget!

Family shoot!!

2010-11-26T12:02:00.000-08:00

Yay, we finally got our pictures back after 4 months of waiting!! I am so excited!!! Brittany Garduno(photographer) did a lovely job and worked with our budget because we are so poor!! I LOVE the pictures. Although, they are a bit not up to date with us, as you can see, I am a little "thinner" now compared to when I just had Ayden six months ago, lol. Eligh hair is shorter now and looking back at these pictures make me miss his long gorgeous hair so much! Also, Ayden is much bigger now, he is a chunky monkey and well...Bryan looks exactly like the pictures here, he have not change much. Sorry folks, this will not be the pictures we will send out for the coming Holidays but we have another photo shoot lined up this coming month and we will give that out on Christmas! Have a good week(end).

Thank you Brittany!!!!!!!!!!

Parties and More!!

2010-10-30T14:02:00.001-07:00

Last Thursday Eligh had a Halloween party at his school. He got to wear his Buzz costume. They had all sorts of fun activities for the kids to do. They got to make little ghost out of a tootsie roll pop, decorated a pumpkin cookie with frosting and little chocolate chips, played bingo, made a witch hand using popcorn and candy corn for the nails, and got their face painted! Also, trick or treated around the school and afterward enjoyed a small classroom party! He was thrilled! I was glad to be there and help out in the classroom. The kids were great and teachers are awesome!!!

This is Eligh's teacher Ms Chang. She is so beautiful and SO nice, Eligh is really lucky!!

Mrs. Damian, the teachers Aide in the classroom, so cute!!

Another teacher's Aide Mrs. Grow, he loves them all!!

He got his face painted, spider webs.

Trick or treated around the office, he was so excited!!

A plate full of goodies after they were done trick or treating, yum-o!

Also, we had our Ward Halloween party the next day. I had invited my friends to come and they brought their kids, boyfriend and sisters!

Here is Eligh getting ready for the party he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to be for this party since he exhausted the other costume. It was either daddy's wig OR...
Mommy's deviled ears and pitch fork with his Buzz Light Year costumes! He's really my little devil in disguise! Lol.
Ayden, too, seemed indecisive, lol, he got to choose between a monkey costume, a lion costume, or daddy's wig.

Fortunately, we found him a cute costume that he looked cute in.

My Babe Ruth!!

Here is Bryan with his wig on, too bad he didn't wear it to the party, he was a party pooper....

..along with me and my friends, lol...

Happy Halloween Ya'll!!!!!

Cobb's Ranch!!

2010-10-23T15:56:00.000-07:00

Friday was Eligh's first field trip ever and he went to Cobb's Ranch. I chaperoned for his classroom. I was so excited because they were only taking ten parents so I was glad to go and witness the fun and excitement. They each got to pick out a free pumpkin to take home. Eligh was mostly excited for the seeds because previously we had bought a huge pumpkin that was on sale at Foodmaxx and we carved the whole thing out for the pumpkin seeds, flavored it with salt and pepper then baked it, it was super good!!

Off to the pumpkin patch!!

In line outside Cobb's..
silliness.
First class we attended was by the corn maze they taught about the process of growing a pumpkin, very educational!!
Ok. Looks kinda weird holding hands but it was all good because I didn't want to loose them, I was in charge of both kids, there were hundreds of students there from different schools.
Getting ready for the big wagon ride..it took us around the field, learned about different trees..
He was sooo excited!!!
Then we got to go see and pet the animals, so fun!!!

Some of Eligh's friends!
This was the first pumpkin Eligh picked out.
Gotta have a picture with my cutie for memories!
All dirty up but all worth the fun!
The classroom picture.

Also, one joke that stuck out to me all day when we were at Cobb's was, "How do you fix a broken pumpkin?"..answer: "with a pumpkin patch!" lol. cute, cute.

"whatsup!"

2010-10-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

Just the other day Bryan gave Eligh his "Heart Attack" hat to try on and seconds later, Eligh was like, "whatsup!" (with his chin held high) so CUTE I just had to post this up! lol..

I told him to smile big but Bryan said, "no, give me a mad face!" Boy oh Boy!!

Also, a little update on the baby, our last visit to the doctor's office Ayden had an ear infection and was taking Amoxicillin for the pain he is doing well now, happy as ever and still sleeps pretty good for us, 7-10 hours a night. He weighed about 15 pounds and 26 inches tall and will be five months old by next week.. gosh they grow up so fast it makes me a little teary(just a little though)!!! haha

Heart Attack!!!

2010-10-17T21:24:00.000-07:00

Bryan left me to go to L.A. with his friend from Northern California, while his friend's wife and son stayed the night at my place..sweet! I did not want to be alone after the frightful incident last week when some drunk girl tried to come inside our house at 11 at night, turning the door nob back and fort for almost 10 minutes without knocking or ringing the doorbell! PSYCHO and SCARY!! Anyway, his best friend from L.A., who he does graphic designing for, has a clothing line out called, "Heart Attack", he put together this big fashion show and wanted Bryan to come out and support him so he could give him credit for the designs. Bryan told me it was awesome, he had fun and felt really proud of his friend's accomplishment!!

silly.

Here Bryan is with Johnathan in L.A.

A small clip of Tim's runway show...

Also, my friend promised me Tokyo Steakhouse for my late B day but I told her that I would only go to celebrate it, if its just a few of us girls because I hate being center of attention. lol. Overall, I had fun and the food was great!!!

I Love these girls.

Here we are again.

They love taking pictures! lolGood times!

It's Huell Howser!!!!!!!!!!

2010-10-14T21:09:00.000-07:00

So, today was Feed the Need Community Food Drive at the fair and we just had to go, again!!! I read online that Huell Howser was going to be at the fair, inside the Agriculture building, signing autographs, and we just did not want to miss this big opportunity to see him live!! If you do not know who he is then...how sad j/k haha..just click here Huell Howser he is the host for the tv show, "California's Gold" on PBS. We LOVE this show it is so interesting and educational! Also, it is said that the Fresno fair was hand picked by Howser, along with other California's fair, to be on the new series on, "California's Golden Fairs", isn't that exciting? I can't wait to see it!

Here we are with Huell Howser!!!!!

Inside the Agriculture Building.

He love being outside, he is such a good baby, seriously!!

This ones for you guys, Jarod and Mariko!! Turkey leg Ummm...

And that is all the fun we had for today! Enjoy!!!

The Big Fresno Fair!!!!!

2010-10-12T21:23:00.001-07:00

Today was $2 Tuesday and we totally took advantage of it! Here is what we did in chronological order..

First, the farm animals.....Saddle up cowboy!

Second, the huge play area.

I seriously could not keep up with this boy, he was so fast!!

Ayden, too, enjoyed the fair, he loved looking at the sky and the people around us.

Here is Bryan and Eligh, on top of the BIG pirate ship, it was so cool!!

Next, shooting targets!

We had a break in between the fun, we bought BBQ ribs and tri tip sandwiches at BIG BUBBA'S BAD BBQ!!!! DELICIOUS!!!! (sorry no pictures, too messy, we ate like pigs! lol)
Also, I helped Eligh fish for prizes, he loved this game!

Lastly, the kids zone!!!!

Eligh couldn't control his excitement that he kicked one of the chess pieces and it flew! Oops, lol..

This one was cool, there were like 10-15 white bottles around and you squeeze each one and guess the flavor of the smell.. cinnamon was my fav! haha

This pin sculpture toy was huge and fun to touch!

There was a bunch of these witches cauldron..used to make big giant bubbles for the kids to play with..so cute and fun Eligh and Ayden loved it!!!

Kids create your own art, was very fun and neat!

Bryan loved this spot.

And here we are as a family before exiting the place..we had so much FUN and thinking about going back there again this Thursday!! They have a special promotion, its free fair admission if you bring 4 canned food per person!!

Yah, I'm 27!!!!

2010-10-08T21:42:00.000-07:00

Me and my Sweetheart. I LOVE him so much!!!!!

At Flemings

My Birthday was last Wednesday and I turned 27. I feel a bit older, haha nothing new though besides my age..My best friend wanted to get all the girls together and celebrate my birthday at a fancy restaurant (which seems to be the tradition every year) although I have to be honest, I really hate being the center of attention, so I declined. I took a different approach this year. I told Bryan I just wanted to spend my birthday with him and the boys! Bryan parents were so sweet to take the kids from us while we went out. He took me out to Flemings, great steak place and fancy too. I told him I would've been happy and satisfied with just the 10 dollar Me-n -eds pizza but he said he wanted to take me somewhere special. What a sweet guy! I had so much fun and after dinner we walked around the mall and he said I could get whatever I wanted but I told him, "Nah, lets go home or otherwise I'd buy something I will regret later!" haha. Also, when we got home from picking up the boys, Bryan surprised me with a cake, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, it was super yummy!

Here is a slice of heaven! SO GOOD!!!

I forgot to mention, Bryan surprised me with red king crab legs for dinner the next day, he read my mind. We usually buy 2 pounds of red king crab legs once a year on Valentine's Day but Bryan wanted to spoil me more! haha And, my best friend called and said she's getting all the girls together and taking me to Tokyo Steakhouse next week to celebrate Me again!! Boy oh Boy.. they don't give up!! Lol. But I am very grateful. I will post up more pictures of the event next time!

Arts galore!

2010-10-01T00:27:00.000-07:00

Last night Bryan came up with this crazy idea after drinking a juice box he wanted to turn it into art. He used acrylics to paint over the box and this is what he came up with...

before pic of the juice box..

and after pics.

the side of the juice box..

and back of the juice box.

(LOOK CLOSELY) A random piece of envelope..

transformed into a work of art! Neat.

and more arts..

LOOK the rips on the envelope are teeth he drew..haha

He said the rips on the envelope is what created the many pics.

Pretty sic huh? I love his art works but he thinks they're ok...In my opinion, I've never seen anything like this before have you????

silly boys!

2010-09-30T00:57:00.000-07:00

Our bedtime usually consist of a few basic ingredients. First, scripture and prayer. Second, we make silly jokes. Third, LOVE and laugh. And finally... we laugh some more! Haha I thought I'd share a little of what goes on behind closed doors...

Outside

2010-09-23T17:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we decided to take the boys outside by the skate park near our house. The weather was beautiful, sunny and breezy! Ayden had so much fun he loves staring at the skies and trees.

I Love this picture of Bryan and Ayden so precious!

Eligh loves the swing he was so cute!

Noticed Eligh's new hair cut? He look so handsome but I really miss his gorgeous long hair! Haha

So basically nothing new here we're just loving every moment with the boys, Ayden is getting too big now and Eligh loves his little brother so much it's SO ridiculous! We will try to post more pictures later.

The First Day

2010-09-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

I gave you a little wink and smile

As you entered my room today.
For I know how hard it is to leave
And you know your child must stay.
You've been with him for many years now
And have been a loving guide.
But now, alas, the time has come
To leave him at my side.
Just know that as you drive away
And tears down your cheeks may flow.
I'll love him as I would my own
And help him learn and grow.
For as a parent, I too know
how quickly the years do pass.
And that one day, it was my turn
To take my child to class.
So please put your mind at ease
And cry those tears no more.
For I will love him and take him in
When you leave him at my door.

So, last week was Eligh's first day of school and prior to that we had a "Meet and Greet Day" with all of the teachers and parents. They handed us these handouts and newsletters and on the first page was this little poem, when I read it, it didn't make things any better for me, this was our first time taking Eligh to school that I literally cried reading the poem because it was so sad! But I understand now. Eligh had a great time in Preschool he said he made lots of friends and played lots of games and his teachers were all so nice to him!

We noticed it was a little more quieter around the house than usual! Haha

Everyday when we pick up Eligh from school the first thing he would ask for is, "where is my brother, I want to see him and play with him!" So cute!

My Boys!!!!!!

2010-07-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

Brotherly Love.

Ayden will be 2 months old in a few more days..we can't believe how big he has gotten! It is so amazing to see him changing day by day. We have such incredible boys-cute, healthy and strong. Heavenly Father really blessed our lives even at times when we struggle and fall. We love Thee.

Ayden Boyd Tringali

2010-07-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

Baby Ayden Boyd Tringali was born at St Agnes Hospital on May 26, 2010 at 11:08pm. He weighed 7lbs 12oz and 20.5 inches long! No complications and cute as ever!

Here is big brother Eligh and little brother Ayden a month old in this picture. We are 7 weeks 3 days late on this post...sorry! He was bless on the 4th of July by his daddy-o, Bryan! It was so sweet and wonderful to have people we love there with us on his blessing day! I'll try to post more pictures later but in the meantime, enjoy the pics!

Baby Shower!!!

2010-05-08T15:32:00.000-07:00

Look at this BEAUTIFUL diaper cake that my cousin Mariko made!! She is SO talented, I've never seen anything so pretty at a baby shower like this before... thank you Mariko!!!

Yesterday my friends Dyn and Courtney Nelson threw me a baby shower at Dyn's house, how sweet of them to do that because I didn't think I would have one..just because I already have a boy..anyways, it was so fun being with friends and family, we all sat and ate, it's not like any other typical baby shower you go to where they have games and it's all girls...this was really just a celebration for the baby to come!! All kids and hubby's were invited...there was a lot of kids...which made this party even more special.. no one was excluded! Also, we had karaoke..yeah pretty awesome..too bad no one wanted to sing because they were too scared and embarrassed!! haha Also, I had by last ultrasound appointment that day and got to see my chubby baby's face and I was happy that I could share the pictures with everyone at the shower, it worked out perfectly!! Overall, we had a great time and got lots of cool presents for the baby..how grateful we are...

Dry Creek and More..

2010-05-04T19:21:00.000-07:00

Last week I had to babysit a friend of mine kid so here they are, Naudia and Eligh, at Dry Creek park playing.. it was SO HOT outside you can tell just by looking at Eligh's face it's all red!! Haha We had fun though, a little picnic and a drive around the Clovis area..I swear Eligh is always surrounded by girls, he really need guy friends (boys his age!). Lol.

A mouth full of cookies!

Also, we got to be with family last Saturday. Tammy (Bryan sister from Utah) and her little baby boy Zachery came to visit for a few days..How sweet it was to be in the Temple with friends and family for David and Amber's(in-laws) sealing day and how amazing the spirit when we got to witness these couples and their little girl Zoe getting sealed for time and eternity...I am so proud of them and love them so much!

Oh, and we got to see Noel and Jordan Trebas's with their little precious girl Olivia for the first time since.. I don't know how long ago.. we last saw them but it was wonderful being together with families...I wish I had pictures to show but I didn't take any from my camera...hmmm...maybe I'll cut and paste from those that took them lol...

Haha I don't know how to enlarge this picture to get a better view of us all but this is one of my fave family pic! (Thanks for the pic Mariko!)

Birthday Boy!!

2010-04-26T23:57:00.000-07:00

So, a few weeks ago our little boy, Eligh turned 4 years old, yay!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe he's not my baby boy anymore! He's all grown up! We had fun celebrating his birthday with friends and family! Last week we took Eligh to see his Dr. for the first time in two years...yeah I know...and he got all his immunization up to date. Poor Eligh got poked 6 times, two shots to his left shoulder, one on the right shoulder, TB shot, pricked his finger, and drew his blood!! He had tears all running down his cheeks screaming and kicking...I almost cried, it was the saddest thing ever! Overall, he's ok and good to go for now.. we finally called the school where he will be going to and they scheduled us an appointment for his orientation...we are SO happy everything is all done. Now we just have to wait!

Us.

Grandma and Grandpa.

He turned 4!!!!

He loves Rachel..so cute!

Eligh's favorite part of the day..presents! haha

Pinata-fun!

The girls!

The boys!

Also, I have less then six more weeks to go before little Ayden Boyd comes and I am SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward!!!!!! I don't think my belly can stretch anymore Lol. With my swollen ankles and arms, boy oh boy am I ready! haha

Lastly, Bryan's hair finally reached its minimum length for donation...10 inches long, he definitely got plans for it lol..He's said he will give to "Locks of Love".

Stuff....

2010-03-16T22:26:00.000-07:00

I can't help but to post this picture of Eligh right after church. He looked so adorable in his Sunday attire!! I can't believe he's all grown up so big and smart!! My little boy is not so little anymore he'll be 4 years old in April and starting school soon, wow, what a milestone! Eligh is so excited for his baby brother to come home and that is all he talks about...Lately I've notice Eligh is full of funny words...just the other day he said to me, "Mommy why is HELicopter a bad word?", "When will I ever have a deep voice like daddy?" and "Photosynthesis????" What does that even mean to a 3 year old!??? Lol. He loves to keep us entertain and we just LOVE him so much!!

So what else is new? Well besides me being big and pregnant, nothing much really...I made it to the 3rd and final trimester so YAY!!! haha Also, I'm sort of in the nesting phase, just cleaning...seriously though, I have never seen my house look so clean and spotless in years!!!!!!

Also, Bryan is taking online classes at University of Phoenix, his hair is still long and luscious as usually lol... and he's still doing designs on his time! Basically, this is all that has happen in the past few weeks...more to come!!!

It's a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-15T17:45:00.001-08:00

His Cute foot!!

So I found out this morning we're having another BOY!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to hear but was hoping for a little girl..overall, happy to know the baby is healthy and well and developing. Eligh will finally have a little friend to play with and I think it will work out perfectly with another boy, we can now use all of Eligh's clothes, bedding's and stuff! What a blessing this baby is to our family and I hope all goes well! I am half way through this pregnancy and I found out I am a week farther then expected so 19 weeks and 2 days to be exact and due date is June 9th, boy are we excited and nervous for this little bundle of joy to come live with us! The baby is about 10 oz 6.5 inches long and is as big as a large mango, woohooo!!!!!!!

In the meantime, baby names..........hmmmmm, what should we name our little boy? If any of you have any good names out there and would like to share please do!!!!!!!!! Haha

Our Sweet Anniversary!!!

2010-01-11T17:47:00.000-08:00

(When we were dating 05')

(Sealed in the Fresno Temple a year after we eloped 06')

So last week Bryan and I celebrated our 5 Years Anniversary, we basically sat around eating a bag of Ruffles Cheddar Potato Chips reminiscing about the past...if you know the story behind this you would be laughing...but I know most of you probably don't know so here I go with the long story...

Five years ago, I worked for a small company called AIS Market Research, I had been working there for a little over two years..Bryan worked there for about seven months. If you knew me back then I was super bashful and isolated myself from people, although, I learned a valuable lesson from a good dear sister of mine who had been working there longer then I did and knew the environment very well and the people there. You think that people you talk to and trust at work are your friends...but NOoo, they turned out to be your worst enemies(only at AIS).. so I kept my distance for over two years, it was pretty mundane, went to work, clocked in and sat in my cubicle being productive and getting quotas left to right.. Until one day I saw Bryan, I really did not think much about him to be quite honest, I noticed he was always surrounded by a bunch of girls just "squirming" all over him, kid you not, also saw girls going in and out of his car every lunch break(friendly invitation says Bryan, he claimed that he was the only available guy there to carpool with![SURE])...I think I was the only girl who had never been inside his car even until this day...dude even my sister was in his car! Lol. But yah, he had this old red Nissan but sold it after we got married. Anyway, we all went on our ten minute break, (thank goodness for the nearby gas station we had across from work) so I go in and buy the usually..16 ounce Pepsi (bottled) and a bag of chips (Ruffles Cheddar), minding my own busy didn't talk to anyone except for my older sister.. break was almost over and I VIVIDLY remembered folding my bag of chips and placing it on the counter in the break room unaware that Bryan had done the same with his bag of chips, lol. Ok, so lunch came around and we all clocked out and the first thing I grabbed before leaving the building was my bag of chips. We had about ten minutes left of lunch and I remembered seeing Bryan in the break room with "all the girls"...(didn't impress me much!) lol Anyway, I could see him talking and he looked sort of mad, so I came in the break room only to hear him being sarcastic saying..."Oh, well, I could've had more chips to eat but someone had to steal my bag of chips that I had on the counter!" I was furious saying, "Well, this is my bag, if you got a problem I suggest you take it outside!" (gave him the stink eye) Everyone looked and it was dead silent. Then we all went back to work and a minute after clocking in I noticed they switched cubicles around and guess who I had to sit next to? Yup, Bryan! I was not looking forward... 30 minutes into working, Bryan slipped me a little note.. befriended me then apologized for the mixed up with the bag of chips.I forgave him. Somehow a small, innocent note became "love" notes! lol. I must admit though after getting to know him through many notes(that we had been "secretly" passing to each other everyday) I started having feelings for this guy and I knew he did with me too!...I could see it through his action and his eyes the way he talked to me...he was really sweet and sincere! After many "love" notes I noticed Bryan "checking me out" and trying to ask people at work about me and I remembered everyone telling him, "dude, you don't stand a chance!" The reason for that was because of my sister who was really strict and overly protective of me at the time, she told every guy at work (who tried to ask about me) that there was no way that I will ever date them and back off! Over my dead body! These were some of the things she would say to them and other words.. I will not share...lol. Honestly, I think she was just looking out for my best interest, just like a big sister would! Also, every time Bryan would ask about me, she made up lies and embarrassing stories about me that was not true...I mean embarrassing! lol But even that did not stop him from liking me. We had to "secretly" see each other after work just so no one would see us together! After it became official that we were boyfriend and girlfriend, people started gossiping at work. I did not not like that I was being talked upon and it was hard to go back to work. SO one afternoon Bryan and I decided to go out...the day we were both off from work and he drove me to his parents house, we sat in the living room for a short while and it was quiet, he looked at me and said in his patriarchal blessings it wrote that he shouldn't put off marriage if he feels like she is the one for him and he told me after many prayers he came to the realization that I was the one for him and he never felt this way before...I felt the same with him too.. after dating for only 2 months, but we knew each other longer then 2 months...yes, you heard me, "2 MONTHS! Crazy but true!" He said to me (can't remember the exact words), "let's go downtown to the courthouse and marry me!"...I didn't waste anytime and said, "OK!" So after we eloped, we drove back to his parents house and I remembered saying, "ok, well, that was fun, I will see you next week ok?" He looked at me and was like, "Ummm, we're married now, that means you live with me.." I was so scared and naive, I told him, "what?" So, I called my parents that day told them what had happened and I moved in that night with Bryan and his family! We then got pregnant 7 months after we eloped and had Eligh and now we're expecting baby #2! Life is sweet, who knew we were destined to be together after a small confrontation over a bag of chips! Plus, Bryan and his Mom knew my mom before they had met me because my mom went to Clovis 7th Ward with them, wow the Lord really wanted us together! Haha

Sorry for boring you with my endless story!Lol. Also, we celebrated Bryan's 27th Birthday/Our Anniversary at Chili's on Bryan's Birthday! Fun, Fun!

Bryan is mad at me now. He said I spilled to much info....ooops, I can't stop writing! Haha

A slide show of the past... few months!!

2010-01-04T22:57:00.000-08:00

Hmmm....apparently I have been away too long, it's not that I gave up blogging...I have been sick for quite some time...3 months if you haven't noticed! Those of you who don't know why...well, I am pregnant!!! Surprise, Surprise!! Haha I am approximately 17 weeks and 1 day today and we find out January 13th, the sex of the baby and I am SOOO excited!!! Now that I am in my second trimester, things are looking good! I think about FOOD all the time! So, I lost about 16 pounds in the first trimester and last week I finally gained...3 pounds, YAY!!!! Haha I know it is not much but it's normal.. Also, the baby is about the size of a sweet potato and I felt its first kick last week! So exciting!

So enjoy the slide show of the past...few months that I have been away! Haha

Yosemite!!!

2009-10-13T22:20:00.000-07:00

Before I start blogging about my life story...and the hike at Glacier Point, let me remind you all, I have never worked out in my whole life!! Ever since I had Eligh(over 3years ago), the only work out I did/do was/is walk back and forth to the mail box, and back and forth inside my apartment, maybe around the complex on a good day. Lol. Yeah, I know, I know how sad!

So, we did a 5.5 mile hike last Saturday(I honestly don't know how I did it), thanks to my in-laws, Steve and Sharlene, they were kind enough to invite us, I thought it was an excellent choice for our little family outings, I was excited and it was actually fun...until the hike!!!!!!! What an accomplishment it was for me to complete a 5.5 mile hike! I was almost dead by the time we got back to the car, I couldn't breathe, my legs were literally blue, I almost had a heart attack! Plus, we made it back just in time for darkness to arrive, I was certainly not looking forward to camping out with the bears! However, the scenery was absolutely breath taking, I love nature! I can see why people go whenever they get a chance to, it is a neat experience. If you ask me if I would do it again....probably not..the hike that is, maybe next year or two. Lol. Although, I don't mind camping!!! haha

Half Dome, I want to hike there someday!

Grandpa and Eligh

Breath taking views!!!

This was worth the trip!

The hikers!!

Our final stop before heading back!

The water was icy coold!!

My sister in-law Sharlene and I.

I guess you could say this picture was well worth the hike! Haha

Bryan and Eligh. The kids threw rocks here and grandpa threw big rocks, and it made a big splash, all the kids were screaming and yelling having the time of their lives!

Domenic and some grand-kids! We are so grateful for Domenic, without him, I don't know how we could have survive the hike, he helped carry Eligh when our weak bodies couldn't take anymore of it!

Overall, we went home sore as ever. Last week I came down with the sickness and was bedridden for days, I caught the flu...no not swine flu, thank God! The trip was neat overall, thanks for the invite guys, you know who you are! We had a blast...minus the pain! haha Oh and by the way, it has been like 4 days since the hike and I am still recovering, how sad! My legs hurt so much, but I think by tomorrow, I should be ok, with the help of my Asian balm!

Thai Fusion!!!!!!

2009-10-07T11:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I turned 26, last night!! My best friend made reservation for 9 at Thai Fusion and decided to surprise me, isn't she sweet???? Wish all could have made it, but it was too last minute!! I love that it was only us girls, these girls are like my best friends!! We all got dressed up that night to celebrate my birthday. I craved for spicy food...my bff read my mind!! I had so much fun, we kinda got silly at the very end, and decided to be goofy, you probably don't want to know, but it was incredible!! haha Another year added, I feel old now!! Lol.

Me, Jennifer, Felicia, Amber, Saroy, Channa, and Channy! Love them!!

Us, girls all together!

Being goofy..

Outside Thai Fusion before we departed, I had SO much fun celebrating my 26th Birthday!!

Baked Pancake!!

2009-10-04T22:39:00.000-07:00

My sweet and loving husband Bryan, was so kind enough to make me this for breakfast....it tasted SO scrumptious!! What a Sweetheart...he BAKED this all for me from scratch! That has never happen before...EVER...well....from the help of his mom of course, he called her this morning to get the recipe, I was a little hesitant about eating it(considering Bryan has never cooked in his life, well not exactly true, sometimes though...), but now I can't stop thinking about it! It was surprisingly GOOD!!!!!!! MMMM... We sat around in our pj's stuffin' our faces with yummy baked pancakes, while listening to General Conference. Ahhhh.......

This pancake was Monstrous!! We sprinkled tons of powdered sugar on top and syrup on the side, it was DIVINE!!! (Bryan did an excellent job on it, it was fun to watch!)

Joi's 1st Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-03T23:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our cute little cousin, Joi Trebas, she turned one today, it is amazing to see how fast she has grown up and what a doll she truly is!! How exciting and fun it was for all of us to celebrate!! We love her so much!!

Joi the birthday girl! SO ADORABLE!!

She was chasing Eligh, I thought that was so cute!!

Look at these cute family, I love them!!

Aw, precious!

Some cousins, sitting watching t.v. CUTE!

Joi opening her presents, do you do see her in there?? Overall, the party was fantastic, it was so much fun celebrating Joi's 1st birthday!!!!!

After the birthday party, I went to a good friend's get together at Wasabi, it was so FUN!!!

She introduced me to her new love, he is a great guy! I am very happy for them!

Oh, yesterday we took Eligh to the park, he wanted to do some digging so we let him, I guess that is what boys like to do nowadays! haha

Also, General Conference was great, love all the talks and speakers, and looking forward for tomorrow's conference!

3rd Discussion!!!!!!

2009-09-30T21:42:00.000-07:00

The Missionaries, brother Devlin, took the other Missionary spot for today, he had another appointment to go to.

Our neighbors, caught on candid camera, lol. Eligh took these pictures, I had no part in taking them, I promise, but I am glad he did though...

So, I was beginning to think and wonder if there will ever be a 3rd discussion. I've noticed, the neighbors had been missing in action for the past few weeks, we usually see and hear them around the apartment. This time, it was sort of weird(yes, I am those kind of neighbors who notice what goes on and when around the vicinity, you know...the nosy ones! haha). I started having negative thoughts.. were they done with us and the Missionaries, did they not want any part in this anymore? My heart started throbbing. Suddenly, a miracle... Bryan got a phone call yesterday night and the Missionaries confirmed to us that discussion #3 is on!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! Also, when our neighbors came over, they explained to us that they been busy with school and work and said they would see me leave work every morning, but never got the chance to run outside and say "Hi". I feel better now. Haha

Today's discussion was good. After 2 weeks not seeing these people, we needed to catch up on some things, so the Missionary ask the neighbors if they had been reading in the Book of Mormon. They freely admitted to us that they have not been reading in the Book of Mormon, but will surly do, when they find time in their busy schedule. The vibe that I got from tonight was a little awkwardness, billions of questions and concerns, it was almost repetitious from the last time we met with them. It was obvious, they had concerns about a lot of things, and one of the questions that stuck out to me was, "Why do most church worship on Sunday, when the Law of Moses clearly writes, Saturday is the Sabbath day! I wonder that question myself...

The neighbor's son Gabe, had many great questions, almost all the time!! One question that stood out from him, "When we die, will we look the same , same age, same everything just like Jesus Christ?" One of the Missionary answered, that we don't know yet, but we will have to wait to find out! I got chills all up and down my body, when they talked about that, I felt the spirit SO strong and I felt the holy ghost present in the room.

Overall, great discussion! I learn so much from listening and being there, I am so grateful for all the many opportunities that I have to be able to participate, what a blessing it is for me and my family. I felt bad that Bryan wasn't able to join in this discussion because of school. I kept texting him like a gazillion times(ok. maybe twice), "Hurry home, people are here, I don't know what to do!!!" He never made it home, everyone went home and 20 minutes later...he walks in!!! I was a little bitter about him not being there, but not anymore.... the neighbors agreed to meet again for discussion #4 next week on Wednesday same time, YAYY!!!!!!!!!!!

Sista love...

2009-09-26T22:18:00.000-07:00

My Cute baby sister, Kathy!

Bryan after eating a cow's tongue, ahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my newlywed sister Kathy, who lives in Texas, came to visit for only 3 days, she leaves tomorrow morning on Sunday and I am so sad, I think I am going to cry...I really love her so much! Her hubby didn't come this time because he had physical therapy for his new prosthetic leg. Anyways, we barbecued at my parents house yesterday and today. We ate a COW...almost everything you could think of...from a cow's tongue, intestines to a cow's private area...eew, yuck, gross, I know, I know, however, the marinade made it not taste so bad, it was HEAVENLY for me! Bryan was a little grossed out at first, but he actually liked the tongues! haha I know what you guys are thinking, but all this do require some getting use to before you can say, it was DIVINE!!! Haha All in All, we had fun spending quality time together, we spent almost every hour together, she told me she did not want to waste any minute of being here and want to have fun while it last! So we did....

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I have my first "real" interview with the Vice Principle this coming week, where I currently work at, and I am SO nervous!!! Part of me is thinking, "Please don't hire me, I don't want the job, I change my mind!" and the other part is saying, "YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! It is almost official!!!!" Lol.

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Also, this past week we helped a friend find a couch they been looking for, for the past month through the help of our church and Relief Society, we were able to give a nice couch to a family who is so grateful for our services and want to attend church for the first time to say thank you. We are so happy, it felt really good to help others. Bryan was really happy to see the reaction on their faces when we brought over the couches, it was priceless! We love them so much!

Picnic at the park...

2009-09-22T15:37:00.001-07:00

Well, I don't know if it is really considered a "picnic" just because I didn't pack and make anything for our picnic trip to Dry Creek. It was last minute... Lol. We took the laziest approach for cooking and drove to a drive-thru at Micky D's. We bought Eligh a happy meal and the rest of our lunch there. It was quick and convenient for us, how sad though, right now I am taking a course in Food and Nutrition and one of the lesson was to avoid fast food restaurant! Ok, so I failed in that department, but I do have a lot to learn, that is why I am thankful for my class. So, the funniest thing happened when we were at the drive-thru, after putting in my order, I told Bryan I wanted extra cheese and sauce on my Filet-O-Fish, I know, I know sounds gross huh? Yeah..It really is...haha but you get use to it after a while.. anyways, after I made my final order, I heard Eligh shouting out, "extra toy in my meal, too, OK!" I don't think the lady who took our order heard him, but it was HILARIOUS!!!! Unfortunately, he did not get what he wanted.. And by the way, I did not know that those fish came from New Zealand, in the deepest part of the sea, this ugly whiptail hake looking creature they call a hoki, another name for blue grenadier. Anyways, after reading about it and seeing it... not too appetizing to me anymore...

He was so funny, he complained about his hands being too dirty and suggested that I take a picture of it! Truthfully, there was no dirt! haha

More dirty hands...

We had fun!

Finally, a little bike action before leaving..

Overall, good day!

Aunt Julie's Wedding!!!

2009-09-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday night we attended a special wedding, our Aunt Julie's wedding at the Marshall's house, in their back yard, it was an awesome night. We got to witness these two love birds getting married. They are one of the most cutest couple ever! We love them so much! Also, we had most of all the family there celebrating, wish all could join!

Julie, walking with her two son's, Jarod and Jordon...

Bryan and his other Aunt, Julie H.!

Eligh and Aunt Rachel.

Aunt Julie and Channing..dancing! Beautiful couple!

Amber, Me, and cousin Mariko and Joi!

Aren't they just GORGEOUS???? I love them!!

Rachel, Me, and Amber!!

I love her, Brittany!!!

Eligh and Zoe are always following each other, that night both were dancing on the dance floor together getting their grove on, lol, it was so CUTE!!!

Last but not least...some of the cousins all together!!! Ella, Mia, Zoe, and Eligh. Overall, the night ended perfectly....

A Mini-Bryan!!!

2009-09-17T18:55:00.000-07:00

Do you see it??? Eligh is without a doubt a mini-Bryan! He is definitely following into his daddy's footsteps. Two great artists!!! (Eligh still a newbie, but making progress though) Eligh really wanted to paint today, so I took his art easel outside, why paint indoor when you could paint outdoor? It is less mess and hazzle for me to clean up! As you can see, I am just a typical mom. I wish I was a super-mom! You know those super-moms, who do almost everything and anything for their kids, not that it is a bad thing, however, it might be too much!! How do they do it???? Kudos to those super-moms!! To be quite honest, I am actually a boring mom! Lol. But I have to admit, I sometime give in to whatever Eligh want, not all the time, but this time sounds reasonable, also, look at him, I can't say no to this face, he is just too gosh darn CUTE!!

He loved every minute of it. When he was done painting, he was like, "Let's dry them and paint some more mommy, I love painting!!" I said, "OK." And gave him a big fat kiss! Eligh was like, "Moooommm, stop it!!!" haha

Eligh is really something, so sweet and special in every way.....

Overall, great day!

Dude, sweet ride!

2009-09-15T20:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday a friend of Bryan called and said he had a bike that he wanted to give to Eligh for FREE!! My first thought was, "his legs are too short for a bike! He can't even pedal with the hot wheel trikes that he has now!" Well, Bryan came home that night from school and brought home this sweet ride, all for Eligh, it was perfectly new and in good condition! This was like Christmas all over again for Eligh. He was so excited and thankful for his bike that he actually prayed to Heavenly Father and thanking him for everything. When Eligh first saw the bike, the first sound that came out of his mouth was a happy squeal! Lol. It was magical, what a precious moment that was for all of us.

He got too excited that he wanted to make sure his sweet ride was squeaky clean, so he took out some wipes and started tackling it down with a lot of love.

He worked pretty hard trying to get it all cleaned and ready for today, he took it out for a test drive at the park, lol. How exciting this was for him, he never had his own real bike! Dude, I want one now!! haha

Bryan giving Eligh a little push here and there until he gets use to riding it.

There he goes.. on his own, yippee!!!! My baby is all grown up! This makes me sad...

Isn't he just adorable???? Love him!!!!

Weeeeeeee........

He had a blast!

He is a rock climber/model in the making, lol!

Overall, it was a fun afternoon....it seem like a LONG time!!!!

Ahem...so this was where my camera has been for the past few weeks! Lol. In Vegas, with my sister! Man, she sure knows how to party like a rock star...gosh, I envy her!!!! Lol. Umm..Not really though...

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Oh, by the way, Monday SUX!!! We had a power outage here in our apartment complex! Just imagine...all day without any power and electricity...need I say more...Although, we are SO thankful for our food storage, we had our burners and propane all set and ready for usage, therefore, we were saved once again! haha

Oh, just some stuff...

2009-09-10T15:54:00.000-07:00

So, Labor Day was fun. We got together with our family, on Bryan's side of the family, and barbecued at the Gettysburg park. Eligh got to be with his cousins, jumping to one park after another! Loads of fun!! Later that day, we went home and barbecued with the Trebas's, they were very sweet to invite us over for some steak. That night we went home feeling heavier than ever, also, we missed my dad's phone call! I got his message the next morning, he said they bought a huge pack of oysters and wanted us to come over to barbecue with them, bummer! Overall, I gained like 10 pounds on Labor Day. Lol.

This whole week we've been busy as ever, work and school. I just got offered a permanent position at Scandinavian Middle School as a Teacher Aide in a Special Ed class, with the lower functioning level students. I feel pressure and have to make a final decision by the end of this week. I am leaning more towards taking the job, obviously, it offers better pay and it is part-time only, which is perfect for me. On the flip side, it is a big responsibility, I will have to work a regular schedule, M-F, early in the morning, and I am not a morning person, lol, but the good thing about this is, it will only be from 8am-11:30am, so I think I should take the offer, this kind of opportunity only comes around once and I have to make a rather quick decision or else the job will go to another lady who is from Sequoia, who just happened to get her first interview today with the Principle, but no guaranteed on the job just yet, the teacher who I work for, made it known, she wants me and only me for the job. So, the only thing I have to do right now, is go to Human Resource downtown and give them a copy of my AA degree and my ID number. This is a hard decision, I don't know what to do!! I will have to pray about this some more...

Also, Eligh is doing really good, mentally, he LOVES puzzles! We are amazed by how well he could identify with which pieces goes where. His max is only 25 pieces, but he is making progress though, after a few more weeks of maybe months, he will graduate to 50 pieces, so this is really exciting for us, well for Eligh too, he will love the big floor puzzle pieces we have waiting for him! Overall, this week has been great! There is a lot of parties and meetings this coming week that I will have to attend to, it will be fun! Also, my baby sister Kathy, who lives in Texas, will be coming to Fresno on the 24th of this month, and I am so excited and waiting for her to come already!

P.s. Sorry I have no pictures to post up, my camera has been missing in action for the past few weeks, actually, it is in Las Vegas with my older sister, but will return home by this week, so I can finally post up some pictures!! haha

2nd discussion...

2009-09-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

So, the 2nd discussion, not so much as nice as the first, our neighbor let it be known, that they were unhappy with the last discussion we had with them last week. Surprise, Surprise, we did not know that! They went home that night, only to find themselves arguing about what had been said by the Missionaries and what they believed did not correlate with one another. They had a good point, but at the end the Missionaries clarified everything and everyone was happy. Again, there was a lot of questions and answers, so we ended the night with The Restoration movie. It was neat, how in the beginning there was a lot of confusion and frustration with our neighbors, and after watching the movie, they saw a different light, a newer perspective on things and everything made a little sense to them about Joseph Smith and the restored gospel of church.

Unfortunately, Amber our neighbor, did not want to believe everything that was said about the Mormon church, she seemed more against our beliefs, but tried her very best to have an open mind. She said she commends the Missionaries for their hard works and efforts, but the bottom line is, she is not feeling it. I think it is typical for an investigator to feel that way. On the other hand, her husband seemed really interested and willing to listen and learn. You could see it through his observation and the things that he would say, he knows a lot more about the church then we expected, I have a positive feeling about him, well, his wife too, but more with him. This was my first time ever witnessing a couple argue over religions, by the look on the Missionaries face, you could tell they were ready to call it quit for the night. We all sat around listening to our neighbors bickering over what they believe is true and vice versa. Interestingly enough though, I took the initiative and spoke out saying, "Would any of you be willing to go to our church, just for a day and see if you are comfortable going or not?" It is clear that she believes in Catholicism, and he a Christian, luckily, they both came to a compromising decision, and agreed on one thing, and that is to search for the right church, the one that will better suit and help their family when situations call for it. In the end, I still had no response to my question, although, she did mention being open towards other church, and want to learn about other religions, so I take that as a, YES? Lol.

Overall, our neighbors did leave our apartment in good terms and agreed to come back for the 3rd discussion, yay!!! We are definitely making progress, and heading in the right path. Only the Lord knows what will happen, they cannot deny the truth, and the feeling of the Holy Ghost. This might take, weeks, months, and possibly years for them to convert, but we will do everything in our ability and endeavor to bring our brothers and sisters back to thee...one step at a time!!

Another great experience!!

2009-08-31T23:59:00.000-07:00

****Let me remind you, this might be long, but good!****

I get a little emotional as I am writing about this topic. Today our neighbors came over to our apartment and they had their first discussion with the Missionaries, here at our place! What a great and spiritual experience it was for all of us. It started off a little awkward in the beginning and in the middle, a lot of questions were asked and answered, it was overwhelming, in a good way though.. Our neighbor Eligh, started talking about when he was a young boy, growing up he remembered the Missionaries would always go to his house to read and teach them about God and the gospel. He said that for the longest time he learned so much about our Heavenly Father and about the lds church, he even read the Book of Mormon as a teenager, and was almost baptize at one point, until one day he heard the Missionaries, who he became friends with, and grew to love and care for, had departed back home, he never got a chance to say goodbye to them. He thought about getting baptize but never came to a final decision. He still remembers them til this day. Also, he said how shock he was to find himself sitting here with the Missionaries again, different Missionaries that is... In my mind, I seriously thought this was it, it was meant to be, that the Lord really wanted him to get baptize…

Their son Gabe, let me remind you all, he is only 9 years old, he had SO many questions, good questions though…he wanted the Elders to answer all of them!! He looked really eager to learn. (This reminded me of Joseph Smith, for some reason, being 14 years old at the time, he wanted to know which church was true..) So, the Elders told the little boy, you must pray, and ask of Heavenly Father, whatever questions you might have. Still reluctant to believe, Gabe, had more questions, and was uncertain about…almost everything. I thought those questions coming from a 9 year old, was amazing!! Both Bryan and I were shocked, and boy, were those some hard questions!! Lol. Again, the Elders did great answering all of them. He told the Missionaries, how he reads the bible almost everyday! Listening quietly in the corner, I felt the spirit so strong! The little boy had loads of questions to ask, unfortunately, his parents said, “Would you please let the Elders finish talking!”. How funny that was, but he did get some more questions answered at the end.

So, one of the topics that the Elders talked about was on the Holy Ghost, and one of the Elders turned to me and asked, if I would give a brief description on what it means and how have it affected my life. He sort of caught me off guard, to be quite honest, I thought the discussions were between the missionaries and the neighbors, but no, both Bryan and I got picked on, but it was good for us though...Anyway, when he asked me that question, I could not, for some reason, did not know how to answer that question. Funny though, that was part of my lesson last Sunday in Nursery, on how the Holy Ghost Helps Me, to make better choices...Instead of me answering the questions, I just gave examples about the Holy Ghost, telling them how it has change my life and how I try to listen to the Spirit of God, whenever I get a feeling, big or small, any time of the day even when I am busy, I tell them I always try to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. I started to get a little teary eyed and could not finish my talk, I was all choked up in my tears, because it occurred to me how real this is, and how the Holy Ghost had made such an impact in my life and still. By the time the words came out, I saw the neighbors starring at me, probably laughing inside, I don’t know, but I was embarrassed. So, Amber, my sweet neighbor walked over to me and gave me a big hug and said to me, “It is okay, just continue, you are fine, Sweetheart.”, so I did. What a neat experience that was for me, to testify of the truthfulness of the Holy Ghost in front of my neighbors, who, by the way, are non members!! I concluded with, “the spirit is so strong, you cannot deny it, I feel it all around us as I am speaking right now, I know the Holy Ghost is real, it is not just a woman’s intuition, but from God.”, everyone was quiet, I think they were all thinking how weird I was, lol, or maybe they felt the spirit, too. Overall, the night ended well, and they have another discussion coming this Sunday with the Missionary, at our apartment again!! Yay, how wonderful this is for my family, I think we are heading in the right path, only the Lord knows what will happen next with whatever decisions our neighbor’s make. So there you have it, another great missionary experience with our neighbors, and things are really looking up!

Art Day!!

2009-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

So last night we got together with our cousins Jarod, Mariko, and Joi, and bbq-ed. We LOVE hanging out with them, they are so much fun to be around, really sweet people! Anyways, F-RI-DAY's are the days I dedicate my time and talents to do arts, not that I am good at it, lol, but practice makes perfect right? Good thing Mariko agreed to do some art projects with me, yay!!! My sister took my camera for the week, and I had my crappy camera phone, therefore, the pictures came out crappy, lol.

Eligh had his own little fun 'Art Days', with us. We went to Michael's, and bought him a dollar art project that he just LOVED so much! It came with a 'build it yourself wooden pieces' with 4 paint colors, and a glue. Notice the picture above? Not bad at all! Overall, he did a great job, even though the colors are just way off, lol!!

This is what Mariko and I did last night. It was SO fun! We used sculpey clay and mold them into little picture frames and baked for about 15 minutes, then cooled off for a couple minutes, and gave it a paint job after! We added little glitters and gems to the frame to give it some pzazz! It looks way cool now!!! All it need are magnets for the back, and we can finally hang them on our refrigerator door! Yay!!! haha

Cute tunic....

2009-08-28T12:55:00.000-07:00

Did you know Polyesters are made from recycled water bottles? Yes. Water bottles. Any plastic bottles! I saw on the Travel Channel the other day, on a show called, Extreme Mega Factories, and I was in awe and disbelief when I heard that polyesters were made from recycled water bottles! I did not know that, how sad, I am a little late on this sort of things so forgive me, but the clothes, sweaters, socks, jackets we wear.. most of them came from recycled water bottles! How funny is that though, our lunch drinks such as Gatorade, soda pops, water bottles, etc...we drink at lunch or dinner, and discard after, are all recycled and use in what we wear today!!!! CRAZY!!!! Hypothetically speaking though....I could be wearing some really cute tunic top, and a lady would walk by and say, "I love your top and the fabric look amazing!" Then I would be like, "Oh, thanks, it's made from recycled water bottles...you know the kind you buy and throw away after?" How ridiculously funny and insane that would be though, right!? HAHA I couldn't get the video clip from Extreme Mega Factories, but here is another video clip I found on, How It's Made, for those of you who don't believe....

Btw, this dress is 100% Polyester! I wonder how many recycled water bottles it took to make this cute dress? Oh gosh, I am such a nerd! Lol.

Click here.
After you click on it, click on the title, Recycled Polyester Yarn , it is at the bottom list...