Otra vez Ingles...

but private.

Just being honest!

Okay, el drama con mi amiga llego a su fin ayer (eso espero). Solucionamos las cosas y todo al parecer seguira igual (tambien espero). Siempre he creido que los fundamentos de una buena relacion es ser 100 % honestos y mi amiga y yo en eso andamos.
Ahora como ando tan SINCERA con mis SENTIMIENTOS. Algunas personas se han preguntado porque decidi hacer mi blog en espaniol. Bien pues tengo varias razones.
Primero: porque es mi idoma y es mas facil expresar lo que siento.
Segundo: porque a pesar de que creo que es importante mantenernos en contacto con los seres queridos, tambien creo que cuando una persona pasa del limite de toleracia. Abusando del hecho que dejas que se entere de ciertos acontesimientos de tu vida. No solo eso pero tambien esta persona decide que su vida y felicidad depende del conocimiento de la vida "jugosa" de los demas, encontre poco agradable seguirle dando la llave a los acontesimientos que nos pasan a NOSOTROS LOS TEXANS WALKERS.
Ahora se que pudiera hacer mi blog privado otra vez. El problema es que mi familia de Monterrey tambien lo revisa de vez en cuando y la privacidad te limita el numero de invitaciones. Lo malo es que nisiquiera siendo directa y sincera con esta persona la a hecho entender que solo la TOLERO por que nos unen sieras cirunstancias. La ventaja es que vivmos muy lejos la una a la otra. La desventaja es que se, que sera parte de nuestras vida por siempre. Eso si es una tragedia.
En fin, como lo dije en mi titulo solo estoy siendo honesta. Creo que ella sabe que no es de mi agrado. Claro que el hecho que no le importe y que siga ahi tratando de enterarse de cada detalle de nuestra vida CON TAN POCA DIGNIDAD para dejarme de lado me molesta Y MUCHO. Como sea no me sorprende. Ella fue muy honesta al decirme que no le importa afectar a los demas siempre y cuando ella y su esposo e hijas (o) sean felices. Ahi mismo fue cuando entendi que ella y yo no tenemos nada en comun. Y que aunque me gusta seguir el ejemplo de Jesus, me es casi imposible hacerlo cuando me encuentro con gente como ella.
Ya la saque de mis contactos de facebook. Trato de ser cordial pero al punto. Ahora entiendo porque ciertas personas la evitan.
Uno de mis defectos es que no acostumbro quedarme callada. ASi que para evitar una tragedia preferi solo ignorarla FOREVER.
He ahi dos de las reales razones por las que cambie de idioma. Tal vez regrese al idioma Ingles pronto. Pero tendre que hacerlo tan pronto encuetre la manera de bloquearla de nuestra VENTANA.

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Me siento tan agobiada y triste en estos momentos. Siento que perdi a una excelente amiga. A una de esas personas con las que pudieras pasar horas hablando. Donde nuestros hijos no solo se llevan bien si no tambien se quieren.
Al ser honesta con ella se que la lastime. Lloramos juntas por las confeciones que salieron a la luz y a la vez senti y siento una tristesa infinita. Se que he perdido su amistad. Y como no perderla despues de la confecion que le hice. Me siento mal por ella. Tengo miedo por su familia.
Aun cuando siento que me quite un peso de encima. Me duele haberla lastimado con esa confecion. Como nos veremos la proxima ves que nos veamos. Como podremos seguir con nuestras vidas si somos casi vecinas. Me siento herida, no de despecho pero una vez mas de tristesa. Sera que algun vez encontrare el paquete completo? Dependia tanto de mis amigos en Monterrey. Aun asi nunca lo note hasta ahora que estoy aca. Me a costado tanto tener amigos reales y honestos. Cuando al fin los encuetros siempre tiene que haber un PERO. El pero mas clasico es que nos mudamos constantemente. Me siento realmente que no se si pueda seguir asi. Con este ritmo de vida donde no estamos apegados a nada ni a nadie. Se que nos tenemos el uno al otro pero chicas necesitan amigas con quien charlar. El problema no es solo encotrarlas si no mantenerlas apesar de la distancia.
Creo que tendre una charla larga manana con mi nene:S

Acontesimientos.

Hoy nevo 10 inches. QUE LOCO!! Se supone que estamos en Texas. Siempre he pensado que Dallas es mas soficiticado que el resto de Texas. Aun para el clima si que lo es. Nevo y se ve todo tan lindo, tan cubierto de blanco por todas partes.

Una de las actividades del calendario que me regalo mi suegra en navidad sujeria formar una familia de nieve. Claro pense, RAYOS NEVO EN NAVIDAD PERO DUDO QUE VUELVA A PASAR. Nicky seguia recordandome dia a dia "MOM WE HAVE PENDING THE SNOW FAMILY YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO BUILD". Odio fallar a mis promesas. No sabia como hacerlo. Francamente dudaba que un milagro blanco volivera a suceder aqui. Pero no podia estar mas herrada. HOY 11 DE FEB. NEVO. Asi como escribi, nevo 25 centimetros de nieve. Para sorpresa mia no cancelaron la escuela de Nicky. Glenn como esta en la clinica llego temprano (dentro de lo que cabe) Asi que al regresar de la escuela de Nicky me encotre a Glenn limpiando la entrada de la cochera CON UN PALO DE GOLF! (no estamos acostumbrados a la nieve en texas asi que no tenemos palas) Al estacionar la van, todos nos dispucimos a entrar a la casa y alistarnos para salir a gozar TODOS como familia y si hicimos THE SNOW FAMILY tambien jugamos SNOWFIGHT. Hanna aguanto todo el tiempo. En ratos gritando, en ratos entretenida con la nive, en ratos comiendo galleta. Entramos a la casa y un chocolatito caliente nos esperaba, pero primero les dimos unos banio caliente a los ninos. Despues el chocolatio con bombones y despues PIZZA. Vimos una peli todos juntos. Nos divertimos mucho y los ninos estaban muy contentos.

Cambiando de tema. Hace unas semanas Ian decidio tener su primer accidente con su goma de mascar. Ya deporsi tenia un corte de pelo muy pobre. Con la goma de mascar quedo aun peor:S.

En fin me voy a acurrucar ahora con mi HANDSOME DUDE!

nos vemos despues.

She walks!!

Cuando Nicole tenia 9 meses aprendio a caminar. Aunque un poco torpe caminaba. Despues de que vio a su mejor amigo Jay pararse solo, siguio sus pasos y tadaa! a los 10 meses caminaba totalmente bien. Ian se paro solo y empezo a caminar a los 9 meses. Sigo pensando que debido a la gran admiracion que sentia por Nicole y los dos amigos de Nicole, Mason y Jay se animo para empezar a crecer.
Sniff Sniff...mi bebe que ahora ya tiene 10 meses y justamente 9 dias antes de cumplir sus 11 meses HOY si HOY dio sus primeros pasos. Mientras hablaba con el esposo de mi hermana en el telefono Hanna decidio lanzarse una vez mas a la aventura. Soltando la silla de la cocina y dejando mover sus hermosas y regordetas piernitas dio 5 PASOS! al terminar su azania se aplaudio sola y PORSUPUESTO que yo con ella.
Mi bebe sige creciendo dia a dia y yo estoy gozando cada dia de su desarrollo. TE amamos Hanna pachupa!

Afortunada.

Asi me siento cuando veo a quien tengo como esposo. Cuando veo mis hijos jugar juntos, reir y sonreir. Cuando miro a mi alrededor y veo mi familia. Esta familia la cual depende de mi. Me hace sentir aun mas afortunada saber que tengo la fuerza para responder a su necesidad de tenerme aqui. Me siento agradecida con Nuestro Padre Celestial por su infinita misericorida y amor. Que apesar de los errores que tengo, el siempre esta ahi, para mi. Dandome oportunidades para algun dia regresar a su lado. Realmente creo que no solo me bendijo con un hombre bello por dentro y por fuera. Tambien con hijos que me aman y se dan cuenta del sacrificio que su papa hace por nuestra familia. Hoy me siento feliz y plena y con muchas ganas de hecharle ganas a la vida y de hacer lo correcto. Aun sigo desanimanda para ir a las actividades EXTRA que algunas de las chicas de la iglesia organizan. Como son actividades EXTRA realmente no son requeridas para ser un buen miembro. Asi que seguire con mi logo. "Mientras yo sea feliz sin afectar a terceros, tiene que ser correcto"

Pensativa...

(por cierto estas fotos solo expresan dos de las cosas mas importantes en mi vida. La otra cosa indispensable es mi testimonio, pero ese lo llevo por dentro. Esta foto fue tomanda el 11 de feb. 2010. Nevo 10 inches aqui en Arlington, pero ese sera algun otro post.)

Toda mi vida he odiado el hecho que en la humanidad para pertenecer en a la "sociedad" tienes que ser parte de algun grupo. En lo particular no creo en pertenecer o ser parte de tal cosa. Con el tiempo las cirumstancias me han empujado a serlo y la verdad LO ODIO! Aun cuando tengo mi fe fuerte en cuanto a mis principos y religion hay una parte de ella en la cual nadamas aun no me acostumbro.
En la religion que pertenesco existen varios grupos de organizaciones. Dependiendo tu edad entras en determinado grupo. En mi epoca de juventud perteneci a la organizacion de Mujeres Jovenes. Nunca me gusto ser parte de un grupo. Aun asi disfrutaba la idea de socializar con gente de mi edad. Esto con el tiempo ya no funciono mas. Parecia que tal cual borregos las chicas tenian que encotrar su grupo elitista. Esto porsupesto casuo problemas. Las que no pertenecian al grupo x tenian que ser del grupo z y asi empezaron las peleas entre la misma organcizacion. Yo era lo que se llamaba una nomada porque no me sentia parte de ningun grupo pero a la vez aunque tenia mi super amigo tampoco era que estabamos solos los dos. Los dos disfrutabamos la libertad de hablar y estar con quien queriamos sin estar ligados a una obligacion de nada.
En mis anios escolares era lo mismo. Tenia mi super amiga pero aun asi ambas nos sentiamos libres y con la neesidad de interactuar con todos pero a la vez sin ninguna ligadura.
En cuanto al matrimonio me alegro que es de 2. Porque tengo a mi super amigo y esposo pero ambos somos muy libres y tampoco nos gusta pertenecer o estar ligados a un grupo en particular.
Religiosamente hablando esto algunas veces puede causar conflicto y suena casi imposible de lograr. Lamentablemente este grado de poco compromiso (no con la iglesia pero con la gente) me a casuado muchos problemas. Alguna gente cree que soy stuck up. Y aunque pudiera parecer "stuck up" estoy muy por encima de eso. La verdad en mi manera de ser, siento esa necesidad de ser libre, de apesar de hablar con gente no siento la necesidad de involucrarme con toda la gente que conosco. Tampoco siento la necesidad de ser super amiga de cualquiera con quien hablo. Mucho menos necesito amistades que sean high mantianace. Que necesiten de un cuidado diario (llamadas por telefono, salidas, comidas) ya sabes esas amistades que les tienes que contar hasta cuando vas a ir al banio. Lamenteblemente la gente no lo entiende y desde el momento que no compartes una opinion practimanete mudial te juzgan y eres puesta en el banquillo de los acusados. Esto me conflicta porque me he forzado y he tratado de ser parte de ese grupo que se necesita dentro de un regimen religioso. Me fastidia mucho y aun asi hago un super ezfuerso y me pregunto ACASO SI ESTARE TAN MAL? la verdad es que llega el momento en que no disfruto las cosas que hago y eso me hace una persona amargada la cual no solia ser. Me pone en un lugar no muy feliz. Soy feliz con mi esposo, mis hijos. Mi testimonio se alimenta dia a dia con los pequenios detalles que la vida nos trae. Pero la obligacion de tener que hacer ciertas cosas me malhumora demaciado. Por ejemplo, en la iglesia tienen un grupo de mamas que se juntan todos los martes. Las chicas conversan mientras sus hijos juegan. Okay I HATE IT! No me gusta asistir y tengo otras cosas que hacer (eso sin contar que lo hacen muy temprano y no soy una mujer de mananas) Puesto que no he asitido mas que una vez a este grupo algunas de las chicas que estan encargadas de el me miran diferente. No se si creen que yo creo que el grupo es muy poca cosa para mi pero en verdad nunca he sido ese tipo de personas que le gusta asistir a actividades que para mi son inecesarias. Entiendo que hay gente que le gusta y lo respeto pero acaso no necesito yo tambien ese respeto?
Juzgar, es otra palabra que me molesta mucho. Recuerdo la primera vez que recivi un llamamiento. Hubo quien hasta me felicito por tal acontecimiento. Que tonteria. Que acaso no dijo el profeta que todos tenemos derecho de tener un llamamiento? Aun recuerdo cuando estas dos chicas me vieron con lastima porque les dije que desde que me mude a los States no habia tenido ningun llamiento (y nisiquiera era verdad. Totalmente me olvide que servi en la primaria y tambien ensenie en la escuela dominical) las dos trataban de "hacerme sentir mejor" Pero otra vez un llamiento lo veo como actividad interesante en la cual uno puede desarollar sus talentos o desarollarlos. En lo particular no lo veo como un privilegio que solo se les otorga a la gente mas "importante y digna" de la iglesia.
En fin, tengo tantas cosas rondando por mi cabeza que me agobian. No sobre mi testimonio pero sobre como puedo encotrar ese punto neutro donde las mamas jovenes no juzgen a otras personas por no pensar como ellas. Por no ser tan "sociales" o por tener otros intereses. I NEED HELP!

EWWWWWWWWWW

Asqueroso lo se. Para aquellos que no hablan espaniol, estense contetos de no entender esto. Ian fue al banio y hizo lo que el llama NUMBER 4 al final me dijo MAMA VES QUE HIZE UN COCODRILLO? y tenia razon hizo un cocodrilo verde y graned ewwwwwwwwwwww te digo!

Uno menos!

Today was the beginning of a new era! GO IAN!
Hoy es el primer dia de una nueva era! MUY BIEN IAN! durante todo el dia fue al banio por si mismo. Estoy tan impresionada. Claro tambien por primera vez puso goma de mascar en su cabello y gracias a eso su corte de pelo (que ya era bastante feo) se hizo aun PEOR! Fuera de eso llamare el dia de hoy UN DIA EXITOSO!

Creciendo!

Asi es mi pequeno Ian esta creciendo. Cuando Nicole cumplio 2 anios decidi entrenarla para ir al banio. Fue una tarea muy dura y aun pienso que si no llego al reino Celestial sera por esa etapa de nuestras vidas. Con Ian queria entrenarlo tan pronto cumplio 2 anios, pero mis ganas se fueron por el bano cuando vi el precio de la reparacion de la alfombra de estos departamentos.
Simpre habia escuchado historias de mamas orgullosas que decian "POTTY TRAINTING WAS THE SIMPLEST THING TO ME" or "MY KID WOULD ASK ME TO GO POTTY WHEN HE WAS READY AND HE WAS BARELY 3 YRS OLD"
Claro pense que eso jamas me pasaria a mi porque mis hijos aparte de testarudos son muy contrarios a lo que yo les digo.
Lo imposible se presento hace ya algunos dias. Ian me seguia incistiendo que no quiere usar panales. Asi que le di una oportunidad de empezar a usar calzoncillo. Para sorpresa mia le ha estado hechando muchas ganas. Si tiene como maximo 2 accidentes diarios. Pero aun asi sige empeniado a no usar panal. En la hora de las siestas se despierta con su panal seco. Aun estoy que no me la creo. Le hemos pedido tanto al padre que le ayudara a enteder el concepto y mira que si a esuchado nuestras oraciones.
Sera interesante cuando el tema salga en alguna contestacion. Ahora yo sere la mama orgullosa que dira "HE WAS THE ONE WHO WANTED TO BE POTTY TRAINED NOT ME" estoy segura que mas de una me va envidiar jaja.

Spanglish?

Este anio he decidio continuar mi blog en espaniol. Tengo muchos motivos personales. Uno de ellos es que como RESOLUTION quiero que mis hijos tengan por lo menos este anio de recuerdos solamente en mi idioma. Probalemente todos aquellos que desconocen mi LANGUAGE decidiran dejar de ver mis POSTS. Yo estoy bien con eso. Me gusta mantenerme en TOUCH con la gente que quiero. Pero creo que este blog ya se estaba haciendo muy UNIVERSAL y aun la gente que no me agrada pasaba por aqui.
To my friends and long distance relatives that I love with all my heart. I just want to tell you that I'll keep in touch by commenting in your posts and as always through FB who is btw another great way to keep track with you girls. I love you and I'm very grateful with my Heavenly Father to have you in my life.
Ian me ha estado insitiendo en usar calzoncillo por los ultimos dos dias. Estoy aterrada del trabajo tan arduo que esto me va acarrear. No solo por limpiar todo el desorden que hara, pero tambien como lo dije antes, la reparacion de alfombra en estos departamentos es ridiculamente costosa. El no tiene problema con hacer NUMBER 1 OR NUMBER 2 en el POTTY. El problema es que le tengo que recordar cada 5 minutos de que tiene que ir. Aun no sabe escuchar las necesidades de su cuerpo.
HANNA mi pequenia a estado un poco renuente a tomar liquidos. Poco a poco he dejado de amamantarla. Estaba tomando muy bien la formula. Ahora resulta que no desea tomar formula y que quiere pecho SIEMPRE Y CUANDO ESTE ACOSTADA CON ELLA. Pareciera que a mi pequena PEACH le consierne todo lo que pasa alrededor al grado de distraerla y no dejarla sucsionar con tranquilidad.
NICOLE sige yendo a la escuela. Sus habilidades en ballet van progresando (claro si contamos su problema de zambes y su poca cordination) Me da gusto que le heche ganas al ballet y que despues de cada clase me diga lo mismo MOM DON'T YOU THINK I DID AWSOME! Si alguien cree que es buena en todo esa es mi pequenia Nicole.
GLENN sige trabajando arduamente. Esta sera su ultima semana en Vascular. Ha estado ahi por 2 meses. Pobre, nunca lo he visto tan agotado. Aun asi sige teniendo tiempo de llegar a la casa, jugar con los ninos y de acurrucarse a mi lado mientras los dos hablamos de cosas inciertas como THE FUTURE! Los dos esperamos con ancia el paso mas cercano y proximo GPS. En esa clinica aunque trabaja muy duro son menos horas. Estamos ansiosos por el cambio YIPY!!
YO por mi parte sigo disfrutando cada momento que nos queda aqui en Arlington. Tantas cosas por hacer, me he divertido mucho. Si tuvieramos que vivir en Texas Glenn sabe que Arlington esta en el TOP 5 de mi lista.
Por ahora me voy. Tengo mucho suenio y en verdad siento que mi energy del dia de hoy esta totalmente OUT!

Espaniol!

Switching to Spanish for a year. Personal reasons.

Poor ducks and geese!

My mother in-law gave me a calendar that plans an activity for each day. It's called Fun Family Activites. I talk to my friend Laura about the activity of the day (for yesterday), it was to feed the ducks. Even though it was horribly windy/cold I didn't want to give up on my goal of doing each one of the activity and perhabp making these activities a family tradition.

Anyway somehow she said yes to my invitation. I grabbed some bread and crackers that I had. The park was beautiful. Seeing all those ducks and gesse was neat. We parked and the kids were anxious to feed the animals. The "animals" where ready to get fed by us. Literally, a starving goose bit my ankle. The kids are normally very happy to feed them but the 4 of them were complaining about these starving creatures. Real life kids normally chase them, but this time the animals chased the kids. It was so funny seeing Ian throwing all the food and running away from them. Nicky would jump behind my legs she was so scared. Ally and Livy were complaining about the geese taking the food out of their hand.

I felt bad for the kids, but more for these little animals. Laura and I were saying that is so unfair to the poor animals. They get so used to eating well during the summer, but during winter nobody goes and feeds them. I might go once per week to feed them. I'll also start encouaging people to do it during the winter, too. So whoever you are are, if you are reading this post, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feed the ducks during the winter!!! Make it a goal, and go and feed the ducks with your family. Those little ones really need to eat, too.

Reciving our New Year and let's the year begin.

"I haven't showered since last year" is one of the jokes that I tell Glenn every New Year. The joke is pretty dead by now. However, I'm planning on sticking to my very own joke.

Our Walker/Soria New Year's Eve party was a success. In spite of Glenn being so tired and singing from the couch most of the time, everything turned out great. We did all our crazy traditions. The kids kept asking us why did we have to put our shoes on the wrong feet (funny as Ian always puts them on that way, but just that day he decided it was uncomfortable so he didn't want to do it). I told him I'd hate to finish the year by spanking him and problem solved. We danced, sang, and as soon as the clock said it was midnight we ate our 12 grapes with a wish for each of them, ran 12 times in and out the door with suitcases in hand (that means we will travel during the year), and then we cheered and hugged. We did all this at midnight. We took our last picture of the year, too. I went outside and beg to the moon with my wallet open to have money all year. Glenn joined me by begging forgiveness for my pagan and superstitious beliefs, clarifying, "WHOEVER SHE IS TALKING TO, PLEASE SHE IS JUST DOING IT TO HAVE FUN, NOT BECAUSE SHE REALLY BELIEVES IT. AND YET, IF WHOEVER YOU ARE WANTS TO GIVE US MONEY, DON'T FORGET TO FILL UP MY WALLET WITH IT, TOO." :) (I thought it was funny) Anyway we still don't have any karaoke Cd's (my friend didn't have time to buy them), but normal CD's work as well. The kids can't read anyway, so I guess it was fine for them to have the voice of the singer to lead them. Even little Hanna sang saying, "DADADADAAAAA!" and at other times she chewed on the microphone.

Here are some pictures of our 2009 NEW YEAR. It's good to finish and start New Year with a good laugh and with all the family together.

Another great blessing: Glenn came with me to Church (on his day off). It was the first Sunday of the year, and my hubby got to go with us! I wish I could make this another tradition too, but that is not in my hands.

There is another memory that I'd like to remember in this blog of mine: A few months ago was call to serve in the nursery. I was playing with this little polynesian boy, pretending that he was scaring me with his Jack in the Box toy. Ian saw this and while we where laughing Ian ran and pushed this kid telling him, "DO NOT SCARE MY MOMMA!" The other kid who, by the way, was taller and WAY THICKER than Ian came back and pushed him back. Then Ian was getting his fist ready to "touch" his face with it... where was I? I was trying to move the other 5 little girls away from me so I could prevent the fight. I stopped Ian just in time and explained to him that we were just playing and that I wasn't scared. He then told me with a very protective voice, "I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SCARE YOU, MOM." He is a teaser, but he really is very protective of the people that he loves or is in need of. I feel very neat that my kids are so protective of each other and of us, too.

Ian's solutions!

We were on the way to visit my sister in-law and Nicky was so bored I guess. From no where she told us that she didn't want to be named Nicole anymore. She told me, "MOM, I WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER NAME. ANOTHER MORE BEAUTIFUL NAME." Glenn and I asked her what was wrong with Claudia Nicole, and she said that she liked it, but that she wanted another MORE beautiful name. Then Ian was thinking and told her very cooly, "HOW ABOUT NICOLE WALKER STINKY BUM?" Then Nicky got mad and told him, "NO, IAN! THAT IS A SILLY, UGLY NAME." Then he was so concerned and thoughtful, and had another great idea, "HOW ABOUT NICOLE WALKER STINKY DIAPER HEAD POOPS? THAT SOUNDS GOOD, RIGHT?" Nicky was very angry and Glenn and I were laughing in silence. The funny thing was seeing Ian's puzzled face not understanding why she would be mad after all his great suggestions. After all those were not just beautiful but FUN names as well haha.

I love you Ian:)

Friend's visit, Christmas and Anniversary

After our latest visit with the Hobbs, they lent us the first trilogy of STAR WARS. We were watching one movie per night as a family. Can you tell who was so into it? The girls and I would watch it, but got entertained with other things, too. The guys of our home were mesmerized by it. Of course at the end of each movie Ian was telling us his name was LUKE SKYWALKER! (I always wanted to name him Luke, but Glenn put his foot down saying, "I WON'T MAKE HIS LIFE MISERABLE WITH THAT NAME."). Hearing Ian saying he liked that name made me laugh.

Thanks to JC Penny my kids got very cute Christmas pictures for FREE! Okay, this is not one of the pictures, but it was the day that Nicky and I went to take have her pictures taken. I haven't mailed anything yet since it's been so crazy in here.

My friends Fernando and Gloria came from Monterrey to spend Christmas with us. Fernando is a friend from law school and Gloria is his wife who just happens to be a lawyer, too. We are very passionate about law and how things are changing in Mexico. We were up most of the days until 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. sometimes talking about lawyer stuff. Fernando and I had different points of view and I still think I'm right and he is wrong! haha I did, however, feel very behind with all the law changes that our country is suffering. I forgot why I prefer to ignore some stuff. I get so into it that the first thing that comes to my mind is I WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!

Bu that is not possible right now for three very important reason: I'm trying to at least be the best mom I can offer for my three reasons.

Anyway, we also went to Bass Pro Shop. My friends like all that hunting stuff and they were in heaven seeing all the "toys" that the store has. Hanna was in love with the deer, or at least half of their heads. Bass Pro was providing free pictures with Santa, different games to play with, and also a free merry go round with reindeer and slides. The kids loved it.

We celebrated a white Christmas with snow and everything. Glenn was on call. The kids, my friends and I made gingerbread houses, cookies for Santa, and made some puzzles that we have. We talked about the importance of this day. Since Glenn was on call he wouldn't be home on Christmas until after 1:00 p.m. I let the kids go to sleep until 1:00 a.m. (that way Glenn could be "on time" for them to open the presents). Another miracle of Christmas was that Glenn had a very relaxing call and that he was off duty very early on Christmas day.

He was home at 9:00 a.m. so he was the one who woke us up and we were able to celebrate with him such a special day. The kids were so happy to see their dad at home on time to show him all his gifts...and so was I. It made the day more special. Everybody got what they wanted. Later on that day while the kids and our friends were taking a nap Glenn and I got to go outside and have a small snow fight. For the first time, my aim was good enough to hit Glenn a few times. We had a relaxing Christmas day. The next day Glenn was home early, too, and we went and did some more shopping. Before that, Glenn and the kids got to play in the snow. BTW Nicky thought that was her favorite thing about this Christmas season. That night was our friends' last night with us. They hit the road to Monterrey at 10:00 p.m. We had fun and appreciate their effort to come and visit.

Glenn and I celebrated our anniversary in the most relaxing way possible. Glenn worked hard to get home early from work to make me a nice breakfast in bed. We talked to the kids about the importance of that day in our life. Of course, we kept saying that we cannot believe it's already been 6 years, 3 kids, medical school, and now residency. We didn't think about the future, we just enjoyed the moment and the generosity that our Heavenly Father has for us. We went and visited Glenn's sister in Fort Worth. The kids had fun and we had a good visit. It was fun to see little Christian and little Emma playing with Hanna.

We came back home and put the kids to bed. We let Hanna play with her favorite present and it was fun to see that she really likes following Nicky's steps for ballet doing tip toes all the time :)

BABE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. I LOVE YOU. I'M SO GLAD GOD HAS PUT YOU IN MY LIFE AND THAT YOU ARE THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN. I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GIFT THAN HAVING A RESPONSIBLE, LOVABLE, FUNNY, HANDSOME, SMART, LOYAL, GOOD MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, BEST FRIEND, THOUGHTFUL, CARING HUSBAND. It's been 6 years and I can't wait for our whole eternity together. I'm so proud of your parents and grateful that they raised a great man. I'm so thankful to our Heavenly Father that we have temples and hope to have an eternity together. I love you and like I always tell you, all the good things that our marriage has been through are special. But the bad things are so special, too, because we're still here, together, and those bad things are just making us better people and a better couple. God trusted nobody else but us to be able to go through that. I feel special and I really think we are special. God loves us so much and I'm so grateful that he keeps holding our hands to guide us back to his presence someday.

TE AMO BEBE ERES EL MEJOR ENSERIO TE LO DIGO! FELIZ 6TO ANIVERSARIO!

Great vacation.

My dad, being a wise man, told me once, "THE ONLY COMPANY OTHER THAN YOUR HUSBAND YOU WILL CHOOSE IN THIS LIFE ARE YOUR FRIENDS. MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE GOOD ONES. THEY WILL BE THE FAMILY ON EARTH THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE." Since then I have been very careful when I pick my friendships. I'm the 11th of 13 kids and have just a few friends that I made through my life. I never thought I was going to move to the States and marry a gringo. I didn't know I was going to leave my family and my choosen family in Monterrey (my friends). I was scared that I wasn't going to be able to find good friends, but man I was wrong. The Lord loves me so much that he kept sending me more "chosen family."

Last week we went and visited our friend Lindsay in Oklahoma. I was planning on visiting Laura (one of Glenn's cousins), but she was in Canada at that time.
The kids and I had so much fun during this visit. We went to the science museum (where Hanna and I sled for the first time together and Ian kept running into himself in the mirror room). Lindsay and I were excited to recognize some of the stars in the planetarium and Jay was so pleased to be able to show Nicky all his favorite spots in the place. Grant was delighted with the idea of screaming at a big tub to hear the echo of it. Bass Pro Store was another of our fun dates. The kids got the chance to take a picture with Santa and asked him what they wanted for Christmas. Nicky told Santa of course she wanted just a camera and Ian was just in a pause until I reminded him about Spiderman...then he started saying so fast, "I WANT A SPIDER MAN AND A BREEN BOBLET [green goblin] and a robot like a mask and cars and something else." The Hobbs clan was having fun shooting while that happened. Then Lindsay gave us a tour of the store, and it was fun to see what they have. Then we lost Nicky for a bit; I was so scared. For the fist time in my life I was truley scared and about to cry in panic. Then I found her and I was yelling at her like crazy holding the tears back in my eyes. Then we thought we lost Lindsay, so Ron, the kids and I were looking for her until we finally "found" her . She was smart enough to wait in the exit in case that somebody wanted to take Nicky out of the store without my permission. Besides that everything was perfect . Wait I think I'm lying: I'm out of practice with making pizza. I made one for the Hobbs that night and it was horrible. I felt so bad that I didn't do it right. She made some apple dumplings that I'm still drooling about YUM! She rented a movie and even though she watched the whole movie I fell asleep after 10 minutes. We also went to Edmond museum. The kids had fun. Nicky was the tender. Jay was the customer who thought he got a very good deal by buying a $7 carrot lol. Grant was the banker and Ian was "Billy the Kid." Lindsay was doing crafts and I was the cow nursing Hanna every time that she would cry because her teething situation.

We made gingerbread houses, played some vtech games, and went shopping. My goodness we had a blast. If somebody knows how to be a great host, that is for sure my friend Lindsay. I'm so happy that my dad taught me well. Lindsay is indeed one of the best friend I have made here in the States. I feel very lucky and blessed that God has put The Hobbs on our path. If somebody knows how to be Christ-like, it's her. Lindsay, thank you so much for everything. You are the best, and I SO OWE YOU BIG TIME THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU!