Happy “5th” Birthday!

today is my baby’s “5th” birthday! i can’t believe that he is already “5″! which also means that i am 5 years older… yiiiiiikes!! ;p on tues we had s’s school and church friends over for a “star wars” birthday party. he really wanted his friends to come over to his house. so i tried to decorate it a little and make the food festive!! on sat, we will have our family over to celebrate and after that our friends will come to celebrate with him!! he will love that since there will be so many people to play lego star wars with him!! our friends are like a bunch of BIG kids… no one wants to grow up!! he he!! in a couple of weeks we will have a belated birthday party for spencer at chuck e cheese with a small group of friends who we have grown up with. two of the girls we have known since s and s were 5 months old. i can’t believe that we are still in touch after all these years.

s has grown into a very young man now. he loves video games, star wars, and of course he still loves his cars!! he has become very independent at school and many of the children there like to play with him!! he is a very different child… he has grown up so much… and i am so proud of him! i wish for him… to have all of our his dreams and wishes come true!! s, i love you very much!! xoxo!

please come back… i will post pictures later today!!

What does Lisa mean?

I’m not sure if this is true or not… seems pretty accurate… you tell me what you think??

What Lisa Means

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don’t get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don’t always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don’t have as much going for them as you do.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic “Type A” personality.

All is well…

Happy Birthday Jay!!  :) 

So far so good… no more storming as of yet. But I think another one is going to come through on Tues… the day I was planning to have a few school friends over for S’s birthday. Every year we’ve had a really big party for him at Chuck E Cheese or some place like that since Jan birthdays usually guarantee rain. But this year he decided he wanted to have his friends over. But because our house is teenie weenie… we had to scale back and only invite a few friends. So we decided to invite some of his friends from church and school that he sees regularly. I plan to have some of his other friends that we used to see all the time over another time for a playdate/birthday celebration!! *wink wink*… you guys know who you are!!

Anyway, because of this storm and us not being able to have our opening for our craft blog… Michele and I have decided to post a tip each day until our actual opening. I just posted the tip for today… organizing your cardstock. I think it’s a great idea… and after I organize my closet… I think I may just do this with my cardstock!! Go check out http://getyourcrafton.wordpress.com if you’d like to view today’s tip!!

I hope to be on during the next few days… but we’ll see how the weather holds up. I still have some friends and their families without power. Hoping it is restored soon!!

Phew!!

yesterday was interesting… kenny was told to work from home since the forecast was for a big storm… so when we woke up he was in the kitchen working. the storm continued to grow and we had a couple of power surges. luckily the night before i had gone to buy some water, more flashlights and some food that we could munch on in case of a power outtage. well, by 10 am or so the power was out!! we kept thinking what we should do… so we called my parents who live in a neighboring city and we asked if they had power. sure enough they did. so we decided to pack up and head over there. before we left we unplugged everything and turned all the lights off in case the power came back on and there might be more power surges. by 12 noon we made it over to my parents with some taco bell lunch. YUM YUM. ;p he he!! we saw a lot of neighborhoods with no power and a lot of debris on the road. kenny continued to work over there while the kids and i tried to stay entertained. i kept calling the house to see whether or not the answering machine came on, indicating that the power had indeed come back on. no luck. i was beginning to wonder if the power would ever come back on. then a thought came to me… maybe kenny had unplugged the phone when he had unplugged all of our other appliances. luckily my parents had the numbers to a couple of our neighbors and we called. turned out our power had been restored since 12 noon. HA HA!! so after we ate some more dinner, we decided to head back. the drive home was much more quiet with the storm settled down… however there were many neighborhoods still without power. and as we came upon our neighborhood we were thinking we were going to have to turn around and go back to my parents. we reached our block and it was pitch black all around. but when we turn on to our street, we noticed our side of the street had power… but not those across the street. what a bummer. i felt so bad for our neighbors. it was also a very eerie feeling to be on the street when it was so DARK… since only half of the street lights were working. as for the storm… it’s quieted down… but we’re due for another one on tues. oh my!!

happy birthday!

i have some birthday shout-outs for some early new years babies!!

happy birthday kim! (1/1)

happy “5th” birthday g! (1/3)

happy “5th” birthday b! (1/3)

if your birthday has already passed and is not on my list… post to my comment section and i’ll make sure to add you to the next birthday shout-out!!

this sat!!

this sat (jan 5th) my friend (michele) and i will start our own online crafting blog. we will have weekly challenges, prizes, guest designers, inspiration for scrapping and other types of paper crafting. we hope that people will come and visit, get some inspiration, and then create something beautiful from it!!

please check it out at http://getyourscrapon.wordpress.com

happy new year!!

i just wanted to send a *happy new year* shout out to all my family and friends!! as my friend jane said… *shinen akemashite omedeto gozaimasu!*

we had a small gathering at our humble home this evening… and by 10:30 pm everyone was on their way home or on to another party… i feel like we’re getting old… at home on new years eve… such is the life of one with children. (even my parents are out past midnight…) h didn’t make it until midnight to ring in the new year… but s, bless his little heart, held on to the very end!!

here are some pics from pre-new years with friends and the family right after the ball dropped!! happy new year!!

back row: bob, baby e-chan, jenn, linda, ricky, lauren, kenny

front row: lisa, h, s

papa and s

mama and s

h and mama

papa and mama

a new year… a new beginning!!

as many of you know… i started and tried to keep up a blog this past year. to my dismay, i was unable to keep up with it. first, life got really busy… but second, i had a heck of a time adding a new post. blogger was not being cooperative with me and i could not find a reason as to why i could not post. so as my friend started her blog on wordpress for this new year… i was tempted to try them out… and so here i am!! *thanks* amy!

i am uncertain as to what my new years resolutions will be this year… but i do know that i will cherish every moment with my family and friends!! here’s to a new year… happy 2008!!