The start of a busy week!

Monday!  Too much to do too little time!  I had to insure that I made time to help Chris rebuild his newest Lego set, which included a gas station/car wash that Santizilla managed to destroy with two swipes and nearly bring Chris to tears.  So he and I managed to squeeze in about 30 minutes tonight to do so and tomorrow we will finish building the gas station portion and well as a red car.  I will soon have to post pictures of our finished project.
    On top of helping my kiddo with his stuff, I had to get all the darn grocery shopping done (Chris helped me with this as well).  And I am still up at this hour helping people with miscellaneous projects, as well as putting together thank you cards, working out and squeezing in my relaxing shower.  I'll probably be up  too late and have to get up to early, but it's the life of a busy mom.

What a weekend!

Yesterday, we celebrated Chris' 8th birthday (I know he's growing up so fast).  It was a simple event, no big huge jumpy or tons of kids, just our family and a few cousins.  We bbq'd Joel's famous chicken and everyone absolutely loved it.  Chris spent most of his afternoon having a Super Mario Soccer Tournament with his cousin Jandio (and a few of us would sprinkle in to join in on the battle).  Then we enjoyed a wonderful cake made by my Tia Cuca, who's visiting us from Rhode Island.  Then on to opening gifts, where Chris made out like a bandit with more Lego sets then his little heart could hope for. as well as some much needed new articles of clothing.
     Today was his actual birthday, but all he needed was his table and some peace and quiet from his little bro, Santiago because he was so mega busy building most of his Lego sets.  Then we followed it by ordering him pizza that he absolutely loves as our own mini celebration.
     The kids are off to sleep and I'm up past my bedtime, but I loved this weekend and loved all the great things that went on with the family today.  I want to just take a moment to thank everyone that came and know that Chris, Joel, Santi and I are really appreciative of spending time with our boy this weekend.

Let's Give It Another Go!

I'm back!  I've been very negligent of what I said I was going to try and do with some of my free time.  I've realized that I watch too much TV and need to start keeping track and sharing the wonderful moments that my family and I experience, so that other members of our family can peek in from time to time.  So I've committed to at least squeezing in about 30 minutes a day to blogging and I vow to enroll myself into a scrapbooking class, so that all these pictures that are saved on my iPhoto library are used for more than just hogging up space on my drive.  So wish me luck and you should be seeing future (as well as some past) photos and moments posted.