Karley's Baptism

Karley turned 8 in August and in our church we bless our babies when they are infant and then baptise them when they turn 8. Karley was baptized on September 19. She was so happy and had a beautiful baptism by her father. The night before her baptism a dear friend of mine took pictures of her outside of the Temple here in San Antonio. We are so blessed to have a Temple so close. That photo shoot of Karley really shows her personality. Karely has such a sweet spirit and we absolutely love the joy she brings to our family. We are very proud of her for choosing the become a baptized member of our church. It is times like these when we really miss having extended family close. It feels very lonely to go through these wonderful experiences without them.

Let it rain

We are happy that after two fast Sundays dedicated to asking Heavenly Father for much needed rain, that we have gotten much rain. I love fall. It is my favorite time of year and now that the rain has come and the temperature has dropped it finally feels like fall. The kids are also loving the rain. When it rains like "Seattle" as Kinamo Sr. calls it, the kids go out and love to play in it. When it rains like "Texas", big down pours, we watch and enjoy from in the house. Here are some pictures I look when it rained like "Seattle" and the kids were having a great time playing in the rain.

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My first Pedicure from my girls

When I got home from Washington DC this Sunday the girls told me they wanted to give me a pedicure. I said sure. They had a great time and it was really fun for me to watch them. They were very gentle. The end result is one I have kept in close toed shoes. But their kind act I wear proudly in my heart.

Ashley's first lost tooth

After many weeks of playing with a loose tooth, Ashley finally let me pull it out. This is a crazy passion of mine. I love to pull the kids teeth. They usually let me pull one or two, then decide to pull their own. I wish they would give me the privilege of pulling them all, but I will take what I can get.

"Mom I need that"

Lastnight Joey and I were shopping at Walgreens. I was talking on the phone to Kinamo and Joey was riding in the cart. All of a sudden Joey gets really excited and says "Mom go back I need that". I back up my cart to see what he "needed" and this is what he grabbed. I wonder who he gets his chocolate "need" from????

March on Washington

On September 12, 2009 my friend Bonnie Smith and I took our voices to the Captial building in Washington DC. I am in disagreement with many things that our government is doing and wanted my voice to be heard. We believe there was over a million people there with us, but the media wants to say there was only 40-60 thousand people. It was an amazing expereince. So many people there to make a respectful protest. It was a historical moment and I am proud to have been a part of it.

Being the MOM

My sister gave me a hard time about not keeping up with my blog and posting things about the kids. I told her not much happens, we are just running around busy with life. But tonight as I was talking with friends I told them a funny story about today and thought I need to share it just so Paula has something funny to read.

Joey and I have been working on Potty training for 2 months. He is mostly "mommy" trained. He does wear underwear 24 hours a day, but we have one accident every day. Most of them are #2. Well today he went #2 at the gym and then again at lunch so I was pretty confident that we were good for a day or so. While Karley was a tutoring we went to the park near her teachers house. Joey starts to get that look and I ask if he has to go #2? Yes mommy he said. Well I quickly look around this park and the only bathroom is in the pool area which is locked. So what to do??? He is to small to load up and find a store near by and I stopped carrying diapers a month ago. So I had him squat down by the Van and try to go. This didn't work out. So I thought he was going to hold it. Then he got the look again and told me he had to go. So being the resourceful mom that I am I grabbed a handful of wipes and held him so he could poop in my hand. Yes I said poop in my hand. After downloading 4 pounds of poo he felt much better. Ashley and Haley were there to witness the whole thing and were completely grossed out. Thankfully I had a Target bag and wipes so I could come to his rescue. What Mom's do for their kids!!!