Hardware Ranch

Yesterday my in-laws invited Caleb and I to go to Hardware Ranch in Hyrum for their ward activity.  Needless to say we had so much fun!  Caleb was pretty much more excited playing in the sand box with the other kids then looking at the Elk!  It was really fun to see the Elk and also to be outdoors while snowing.  I'm sure Dustin is pretty jealous that he wasn't here with us - specially with the new snow on the ground!
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Ayer mis suegritos nos invitaron a Caleb y a mi para ir a Hardware Ranch en Hyrum, para una actividad de su Barrio.  En pocas palabras, nos divertimos muchisimo!  Caleb, creo, estubo mas entuciasmado de jugar en la caja de arena que en los Alces! No solo nos divertimos viendo a los Alces pero tambien estar afuera en la nieve.  Estoy segura que Dustin esta un poco celoso que no estaba con nosotros - especialmente con la nueva nieve que callo!

  

At the beginning of Feb. my niece, Yiselle, turned two-years-old and my whole family was able to celebrate her birthday.  Of course my sister went all out and made a big party for her.  My son had so much running around playing with the ball that when we started gathering the kids for the piñata, he forgot all about the ball.  Even the adults were able to take a few swings!  Not to mention Caleb got SO MUCH CANDY that it will probably last till Halloween! I have such a cute niece!!!
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A principios de Feb. mi sobrina, Yiselle, cumplio 2 años y mi familia entera pudo celebrar su cumpleaños.  Claro, mi hermanda hizo un gran fiesta para ella. Mi higo se divirtio tanto corriendo y jugando con su pelota, pero una vez que se dio cuenta que estabamos juntando a los niños para pegarle a la piñata, se olvido por completo de su pelota.  Hasta los adultos tuvieron la oportunidad de darle unos cuantos golpes a la piñata! Caleb agarro tantos dulces que talvez le duran hasta Halloween!  Tengo una sobrina muy hermosa!!!

San Diego

Caleb and I were able to drive down to San Diego, CA to visit Dustin while he is in training.  He showed us around and this is THE huge C130 plane that Dustin will be flying in Japan.  So excited for him! -not to mention that I was really excited to be in a warmer place for a little while :)
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Caleb y yo tuvimos la oportunidad de manejar a San Diego, CA para visitar a Dustin mientras el entrena.  Nos enseño el lugar y tambien el TREMENDO avion, C130, que él estara volando en Japon.  Muy feliz por él! -aparte que estuve en un lugar mas calientito por un buen tiempo :)

Winter 2010

 Caleb had so much fun sledding that day.  Most of my family came out with all of their kids to have some fun in the snow.  This was the first time for Caleb to really enjoy the snow along with all of his cousins.  We had so much fun!
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Caleb se divirtio tanto deslisandose este dia.  La majoria de mi familia vino con todos sus hijos para divertirse en la nieve.  Esta era la primera vez que Caleb pudo disfrutar de la nieve con todos sus primos.  Nos divertimos un monton!

GO COLTS!!!

So football season has started and our son will be helping Necha on coaching her fantasy team.  GO COLTS!!!  See the jersey . . . Manning fan . .  just like his mom!!!

One day I noticed that our bananas were getting pretty black so we decided to make banana bread.  Caleb liked helping mom make the dough specially at the end.  He loved liking those left overs on the spatula.  And what's really weird is that Caleb DOES NOT like bananas, but he sure loved eating banana bread! Weird, huh?

Ringling Bro. and Barnum & Bailey (Zing Zang Zoom) Circus

So I posted photos when we went to the circus and forgot to write a few words :)  So anyway, on the third of July our family went to the circus with friends from Kingsville.  Needless to that we had so much fun - specially Caleb.  He loved seeing the tigers and elephants . . . .  and pretty much anything that went kaboom!!!  First time in a circus with our 2-yr old was not bad at all :D  s

 

We had sooooo much fun watching Sesame Street tonight.  Caleb was entertained with the show especially when Elmo and Cookie Monster came out! I personally enjoyed just watching him on his Daddy's lap and just enjoy the show.  Caleb was able to shake hands with Grover, Elmo, and Cookie Monster.  At the end when he left the auditorium he kept saying, "Bye Elmo, bye Cookie Monster."  He just loved it! More pictures have been posted in facebook.

Esta noche tuvimos una noche divertida viendo el show de Sesame Street.  A Caleb le encanto muchisimo especialmente cuando Elmo y Cookie Monster salieron!  Personalmente  a mi me encanto porque Caleb se quedo sentado en las piernas de su papa y disfruto del show.  Caleb tuvo la oportunidad de saludar a Grover, Elmo, y Cookie Monster. Al salir el simplemente seguia diciendo, "Adios Elmo, adios Cookie Monster." Caleb le encanto el show!  He puesto mas fotos en facebook.

This is our son sneaking to get some carrots before dinner!  Apparently he likes carrots :D - that's my boy!

Este es nuestro hijo tratando de comer sus zanahorias antes de la comida! Parese que le gustan las zanahorias, no? Ese es mi hijo!

Caleb likes to draw circles in his chalk board.  He has learn his shapes like circle, triangle, square, and rectangle.  He tries to draw them but so far circles are the easiest for him.  Those other wiggly stuff you see . . . . . only he knows what they are!

A Caleb le gusta dibujar circulos en su pizarra. Ultimamente a aprendido a decir círculo, triángulo, cuadrado, y rectángulo (en Ingles, claro).  El trata de dibujarlos pero hasta ahora solo los circulos son mas faciles para el.  Las otros cositas dibujadas ahi que ven . . . . . solo Caleb sabe que son!

So I had fun trying to cut Dustin's hair the other day.  We thought that it wouldn't be hard to do a Marine hair cut and here are the results!!
He liked it so I guess that is all that matters.  Caleb also got a hair cut, but he was not happy :(

El otro día trate de cortarle el pelo a Dustin.  Pensamos que no seria difícil hace un corte de pelo y aquí están los resultados! Por lo menos le gusto y eso es lo me importa, verdad?  A Caleb le cortamos el pelo pero el no le gusto tanto :(

So the local news made a big deal of Hurricane Alex.  We had sand bags in the garage, front door, and back door; tied down our grill, and took precautions with our garden, but all it happen was rain and wind.

We had fun taking pictures anyway.  It was some what exciting to go through this experience.  It made us realize how much 72-hour kits are necessary and most importantly food storage.  All we were not ready with was a generator.  We were able to get one after going to a few stores and being told that all were gone.  Thankfully the electricity did not go out and everything else is same as always. Too bad the base pool is not open today 'cause it would have been nice to go to the pool with this heat!

Las noticias locales hicieron un lío grande sobre el huracán Alex.  Pusimos bolsas de arena en nuestro garaje, la puerta de enfrente, y la puerta de enfrente.  Amarramos nuestro parrilla y tomamos precauciones con nuestro jardín y todo lo que paso fue lluvia y un poco de viento!

Por lo menos nos divertimos un poco tomando fotos.  Nos hizo realizar varias cosas al pasar por esta experiencia.  Nos ayudo a ver que tan importante es el paquete de 72-horas y mas que nada el almacén de comida.  Lo único que no teníamos era un generador por si la luz se iba.   Después de ira  a algunas tiendas y ver que no tenían mas obtuvimos uno.  Lo bueno que la luz no se fue pero ahora estamos listos en caso de que o lleguemos a necesitar.  Hoy queríamos ir a la alberca para pasar el calor pero desafortunadamente no la abrieron!

A few months ago we were able to go to an air show in Kingsville, TX.  These are the Blue Angels, the same ones that are actually stationed in pensacola, FL.  It was pretty cool to see some of the formations they did.  These pilots are some of the best of the best in the Marine Corps and Navy.

One afternoon we were all eating m&ms in the living room and we saw this.  Caleb kept picking only certain colors from my hand and I guess he decided he wanted to arrange them by color along with his cars and the rug.  At the time he was learning his colors and now is really good with his colors:)