Thursday, October 9, 2008

What's new?

Psalm 128

Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways.
You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.


Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;



Your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
Thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord.








May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life;
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.


Our family lives on this, Psalm 128. It's framed nicely and the first thing you see as you enter our home. What a promise from God-- describing the scope of true blessedness.

What's new with the boys?

LJ is now 3 years old and is as active as ever! Leo and I are thinking of enrolling him to play basketball as part of his activity this fall. We got him a Thomas the train table set and he's now in the process of collecting everything and anything that has to do with Thomas. I did not realize what we got ourselves into until we open one of the Thomas kits we got him. It came with a booklet filled with pages of different characters and many other kits THOMAS related that you can collect! This boy definitely needs to get a full time job!

Lucas is now discovering that he can move around every way he wants. He turns front to back, back to front. He is Mr. Speedster. He'll be in one spot one second and next thing you know he's in another room! He's now sitting up unassisted but still stumbles. It's amazing watching him discover the world. He gets so amazed when he goes outside and he sees the blue skies, the palm trees and the tall buildings. He's eating like a champ--sweet potato, green beans, peas, banana, oatmeal, rice cereal, squash. He loves them all! I love when he smiles and giggles. I think he's teething as he gnaws at everything, my collarbone, everything he gets his hands and mouth on.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tagged!

I was tagged by Bridget over at The Lord's Beauty

This one is called The Number Four.

4 things I did today:

1) Read books with my 3 year old and sang our ABC's.

2) Made Arroz con Pollo soup. It's high 90's (degrees) here in Los Angeles but I wanted to eat soup.

3) Cleaned up the house and went grocery shopping.

4) Watched TV shows with the hubby.


4 things on my to-do list:

1) Finish all of the projects that I started this summer :-(

2) Buy a sewing machine so I can make the projects on my list.

3) Go to the pumpkin patch with the boys

4) Order our wedding albums for our parents (it's been over 5 years)


4 of my guiltiest pleasures:

1) I love desserts! I love cheesecake, molten chocolate cake, tres leches. Give me desserts anytime of the day.

2) Watching HGTV and the Food Network

3) Shopping

4) Blogging!!



4 random facts about me:

1) I love to cook! I also love buying cook/recipe books. It's like getting a new pair of shoes.

2) I can't stand small, furry animals like hamsters and slimy slippery snakes.

3) I would love to have a yellow and chocolate labradors.

4) I almost majored in dance but ended up becoming a nurse instead.


4 bloggers i am tagging:

Rosie

Patricia

Anna

Stephanie

Thursday, September 25, 2008

LJ's 3rd Birthday Party Pics

It was so neat to see my sweet boy have fun with our loved ones to celebrate his 3rd birthday. Thank you all of you who came to share this very special day with us! We have more pictures but I still need to upload them.








LJ's little buddy, Seb

This is sweet Mickey! She loves to hang out with LJ.


Madison and Madysen!

LJ with our beautiful friend, Auntie Nikki

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More Pictures of the Boys!











Monday, September 22, 2008

It's Autumn!

Living in Southern California during this time of the year makes my heart yearn for home, Northern California. It's amazing how this state can have extreme differences in weather! I know... I know...I shouldn't complain that Los Angeles is always sunny. That's one of the reasons why the real estate in this part of the country is ridiculously high! But I do miss feeling and experiencing the changing of the seasons up in the San Francisco Bay Area (where real estate is also high!). I love that when I drive down the streets, you literally see the different shades of burnt oranges, browns, yellows and reds! I love seeing the leaves floating in the air and smelling that clean, crisp air. Enjoy these pictures of autumn!








By the way, Melissa @ the Inspired Room
is having a Mr. Linky for 20 Little Things to Treasure in Autumn! Here's mine:

1. Goodbye 3 digit temperatures, hello 2 digits! (I pray)

2. Boots, boots, and more boots (although people in Los Angeles tend to wear their boots all year long)

3. Scarves, Scarves and more Scarves (again people in Los Angeles wear their scarves all year long. What's wrong with these people?)

4. Pumpkin Ravioli makes it annual addition to The Spaghetti Factory Menu

5. Pumpkin Spiced drinks popping up everywhere! Can you tell I love pumpkin foods?

6. Flannel Sheets and flannel pajamas

6. Lighting a cozy fire in the fireplace

7. End of Summer Sales! I stock up for next year

8. Watching this one tree lined street in my neighborhood go through changes--leaves turning different shades of yellows, oranges, browns, reds, and then watching all the leaves falling off the branches

9. Watching my son's eyes get big as he looks at the pumpkins at the pumpkin patches

10. Hot Chocolates and Apple Ciders

11. More Spice Flavors from Coffee Mate and International Coffees

12. Harvest Festivals

13. Putting away my summer clothes

14. Taking out my sweaters, cashmeres, turtlenecks, long sleeves

15. Taking walks outside in the crisp fall evenings

16. Thanksgiving Dinners with family

17. Start of New TV season

18. Making Soups and Baking Breads

19. Candles--pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger

20. Making it a blockbuster night and cozying up with the hubby!