It seems like Jose and I are always out of town! Whether it is vacation or work, we are always on the road. We don't mind though, it keeps life fun. At least one weekend a month we go out of town to do a monthly check-up on kids in out of town group homes. We always feel bad that we don't spend more time with the kids and always vow that one visit we will. We tend to always be the social workers who visit one particular group home, and the kids recognize us. This time we took a little bit longer to talk to them, and even went to check out their cottages. They were pretty excited.
And of course it is never all work and no play! Jose asked his supervisor to let us get a hotel in San Diego instead of San Bernardino. She said yes (I mean who can deny Jose anything?), so we were able to spend some time with Joey and Amy, and Matt and Amanda. We didn't take any pictures, but we ate an awesome dinner that Amy made and played a competitive game of Cranium. Of course we talked about the baby on the way, and out excitement for our upcoming vacation!
The hotel we stayed at was surprisingly one of the nicest hotels we have stayed in (second only to The Excellence Resort). We were in a suite that was not only bigger than our house, it had a dishwasher and two plasma TVs!
As soon as we pulled back into town, we went to Jose's uncle Rudy's birthday party at the park. His family knows how to have parties! Great food, awesome bounce house, and Rita the bumpin' clown. Jose ended up getting my name "tattooed" on his neck gangsta' style, and I had his name on my arm (Ugh! I wish we had pictures!). We got to the party late since we were driving from San Diego, and it was really cool to see my family already there and comfortable with Jose's family. We are so lucky our families get along so well!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Twins Baptism
In just a few days, the twins turn four months old! We don't see them that often so everytime we see them they look so much bigger! This past weekend was their Catholic baptism. They looked so cute in their little white dresses and hats, and didn't really even cry.
To celebrate the event, Maria and Tavo (twins' parents)threw one heck of a party. It was at Los Alamos Vineyard (one of the vineyards Tavo runs) with AWESOME catered food, mariachis, and of course two of Silvia's (my mother in law) famous cakes. I didn't take pictures at the church, but here are a few faves from the party.
Don't you just want to squeeze their cheeks?! Kathryn is on the left, and Jaclyn on the right.
They are great eaters!
I can't tell you how many times our family members commented on Jose and I needing to have kids, and how good we looked holding the babies. It made Jose and I start talking future children, then planning our kids parties (the only thing that is settled is having a bounce house for Jose), and then it got me thinking about baptism vs. dedication. I was still thinking about it Monday morning and started discussing it with a co-worker who is a former Catholic now Christian. She commented that a Catholic baptism is just a formal Christian baby dedication. I disagree.
From my understanding, a Baptism is considered to be a child's acceptance into the faith. Based on the faith of the parents, the child is "saved", and will forever be Catholic. In the Christian faith, no one can make a decision to follow Christ on behalf of another. And that is what a baby dedication is all about. The parents stand up before their church and family and commit to raising their children in the Lord, promising to teach them the truth of the Word, and do everything they can to model a Christian life, so their child will one day choose for themself to follow God. A dedication is also the parents making a statement that they can't raise this child on their own, and are depending on God to help them.
Coincidentally, on Sunday we learned about Hannah at church. Hannah is one of my favorite Bible characters (and one of Jose and my favorite girl names). She demonstrated complete dependence on the Lord to give her the child she longed for and promised to give him back to the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:11 "And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life." The Lord answered Hannah and gave her a son, and true to her word she took him to be raised in the temple. Now I'm not about to give my child to a church to raise, but I do want to be able to say like she did, " I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." I think that kind of faith will be such an example to a child that they will make their own decision to trust in the Lord.
I wonder why Christians don't celebrate dedications like Catholics celebrate baptisms. I think Jose and I will change that. So in a couple of years when we dedicate baby Hannah, you're all invited to a huge party afterwards, complete with a bounce house for Jose!
To celebrate the event, Maria and Tavo (twins' parents)threw one heck of a party. It was at Los Alamos Vineyard (one of the vineyards Tavo runs) with AWESOME catered food, mariachis, and of course two of Silvia's (my mother in law) famous cakes. I didn't take pictures at the church, but here are a few faves from the party.
Don't you just want to squeeze their cheeks?! Kathryn is on the left, and Jaclyn on the right.
They are great eaters!
I can't tell you how many times our family members commented on Jose and I needing to have kids, and how good we looked holding the babies. It made Jose and I start talking future children, then planning our kids parties (the only thing that is settled is having a bounce house for Jose), and then it got me thinking about baptism vs. dedication. I was still thinking about it Monday morning and started discussing it with a co-worker who is a former Catholic now Christian. She commented that a Catholic baptism is just a formal Christian baby dedication. I disagree.
From my understanding, a Baptism is considered to be a child's acceptance into the faith. Based on the faith of the parents, the child is "saved", and will forever be Catholic. In the Christian faith, no one can make a decision to follow Christ on behalf of another. And that is what a baby dedication is all about. The parents stand up before their church and family and commit to raising their children in the Lord, promising to teach them the truth of the Word, and do everything they can to model a Christian life, so their child will one day choose for themself to follow God. A dedication is also the parents making a statement that they can't raise this child on their own, and are depending on God to help them.
Coincidentally, on Sunday we learned about Hannah at church. Hannah is one of my favorite Bible characters (and one of Jose and my favorite girl names). She demonstrated complete dependence on the Lord to give her the child she longed for and promised to give him back to the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:11 "And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life." The Lord answered Hannah and gave her a son, and true to her word she took him to be raised in the temple. Now I'm not about to give my child to a church to raise, but I do want to be able to say like she did, " I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." I think that kind of faith will be such an example to a child that they will make their own decision to trust in the Lord.
I wonder why Christians don't celebrate dedications like Catholics celebrate baptisms. I think Jose and I will change that. So in a couple of years when we dedicate baby Hannah, you're all invited to a huge party afterwards, complete with a bounce house for Jose!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Pregnant?!
We could not believe it either! They said less than a year ago that they didn't know if they wanted kids, then said they had the same time frame as us (no I'm not telling you when that is!), then they say they are having a baby! Good friends of ours are having a baby (you thought it was my pregnancy test for a minute didn't you?). Last night the father to be sends Jose a text message to check his email. I hear Jose a minute later from the computer, "Ummm...Marlene...come here." And there it was, this beautiful picture of a stick that the mother to be peed on. I'm going to be honest here, our first reaction was, "Oh no!" because they are going with us to Punta Cana in November and we both assumed this whole pregnancy thing would change our plans (kind of selfish I know). But anyways, we called to congratulate and waited just long enough to ask "The Question"-- are you still going to Punta Cana. Once we heard yes, then we were really happy about the baby. That lucky little baby is going to be a world traveler before birth. Can't wait to meet the Baby! That means when we plan to have a baby she will be {still not gonna tell you how long} apart from the thier baby.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
We hit a deer!
We really did hit a deer, but that's not the deer we hit. That's just a picture I found on the internet. Pretty gross, isn't it? The deer we hit lived. We were on our way to our "day camping" trip to Lopez and a deer ran out about 20 yards in front of us. We didn't even come close to hitting it. But I thought, "I better speed up just in case there are more deer behind this one. I don't want to hit any of them." So i sped up. Marlene was looking back to see if that deer came back out in the road. Then all of a sudden two more deer run out towards us! I swerved a little and stepped on the gas to try to avoid hitting them. One of them was smart and also slowed down and swerved but the other one, not so smart! He ran right into the passenger rear door. BAM! Marlene let out a little yelp and turned the other way. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the deer do a perfect double back flip mctwist, land on its side and pop right up and keep running. He wasn't the smartest deer, but sure was was pretty tough! Luckily there was only a silver dolar size dent on the door and some deer hair stuck in the window. I could not stop laughing! I don't think it was that funny, I was just nervous. It was even funnier that this was the second time in a year that Marlene has been hit by a deer!
Monday, August 4, 2008
I love day camping!
I absolutely love going camping. I don't mind being dirty, sleeping not so comfortably, and smelling like camp fire. But this weekend I preferred "day camping." My parents invited Jose and I (this is Marlene writing :-) to go camping at Lopez lake. Camping at Lopez didn't have much appeal (it is only 20 minutes from our house) and we didn't feel like spending the whole weekend there. So instead we joined them in the evenings for bbq and bon fire, then drove home to the comforts of our shower and soft bed. We got all the benifits of camping- the good food, catch phrase around camp fire, and bug bites (you should see the HUGE bit on Jose's elbow!) but didn't have to take our camping gear. Perfect!
(Sorry no pictures to post, we didn't take the camera!)
(Sorry no pictures to post, we didn't take the camera!)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
July Recap
Since I have not blogged once since Marlene created this, I thought I'd give it a try. So here goes...
We started July off nice and refreshed having just come back from our week long vacation at Bullard’s Bar Reservoir. If you haven’t been there, I definitely suggest going there. But I would recommend you go when California is not on fire! We didn’t realize how close to the fires were going to be and it was very smoky! Despite the smoke, the boat troubles, and my mom’s hand swelling up the size of Mickey Mouse’s we had a blast! We are definitely going back there!
Our first blog worthy event of July was the 4th of July. We had big plans this year. Actually, we had absolutely nothing planned. Two o’clock rolled around and we were still just lying around the house. Neither one f us was very motivated until my brother called and invited us to Pismo with he and my niece. Since Pismo is always packed on 4th of July, we told my brother we would go and save a spot for the firework show. We went got a great spot and what we thought was a pretty good parking spot. We relaxed on the beach and had dinner as we waited for my brother and niece. I called my brother about 100 times but he never answered, so we just assumed they weren’t gonna come. Those of you that know my brother know that he tends to do that sometimes. But Marlene’s family ended up coming and we had a good time watching the fire work show. As we were walking back to the car, we realized that there was only one way out of the street we parked on and everyone else and their mother’s thought they had found the perfect spot right by us. Marlene’s family was home before we moved two feet! About two hours after the fire work show, we finally made it home.
So, a couple of weeks later was my brother’s chance to make up for standing us up on the 4th. It was the Destruction Derby at the Santa Barbara County Fair. This is a big event for my brother. He has been in it 9 out of the last ten years! He really enjoys spending time building cars and then destroying them. He has done really well a couple years, but for the most part, he has had really bad luck. Last year he had the first and most exciting hit of the derby, but his drive line fell off and that would turn out to be the only hit he had that year. But this year, he built his car stronger than ever! This year he was gonna do good; he had a chance to win it all! Well he would have done good if he didn’t have to pull out before it started! When he was bringing his ca home from the shop the night before, he was tired and just wanted to get home. He was about to blow a stop sign on some back roads and decided to stop last minute, slamming his brakes. Slamming your brakes last minute when you are pulling a huge station wagon behind you isn’t the best idea. The car slid forward on the trailer, and busted his tailgate and tail light. I’m not exactly sure what happened, but something broke on his transmission and they didn’t notice until about ten minutes before the derby was supposed to start and didn’t have enough time to fix it. Oh well, better luck next year! But my brother wasn’t too disappointed because my niece wasn’t able to make it (she HAD to go to Disneyland with her mom) and he had promised her he wouldn’t do it. God saved him from having to explain to her why he broke his promise!
The next weekend was Kathy’s Annual Birthday Bonfire at Avila Beach. Marlene’s family along with some family friends get together every year for Kathy’s birthday at Avila. I didn’t get there until about 7:30, so I missed most of the fun. (I was at the lake with my brother and I lost track of time, oops!) All the kids were there most of the day having a blast! As the evening rolled in there were snacks, BBQ, smores and the Tapia boys playing their guitars around the fire.
We only had two days of work the next week before our next little adventure…John Mayer concert! Woo Hoo! We took the day off and spent the day at the Paso Robles Mid-State Fair. MMM…fair food! Actually we didn’t get as much as I thought we would. I would definitely recommend you stay away from the turkey legs! They look good, but it feels like your biting into rubber. The meat actually looks like ham and taste like…I’m not really sure what it tasted like, but it wasn’t good. We also sat through an hour cooking demonstration for waterless pots. They were pretty cool and if we had an extra $2500 lying around, we might have bought some. We also watched a kids talent show. Some of the kids were pretty good, but some of them were terrible. When we got bored of that, we decided to walk around. As we were walking around we were playing a game of “who will see more people they know”. First to five wins. (There is only so much you can do at a fair before you get bored out of your mind.) We ended up winning one game a piece. Finally it was time for the concert! Our seats were pretty close to the stage, but were parallel to it, so we had kind of a side view. They were much better than our co-worker, Veronica’s seats. Her friend she went with bought binoculars before the concert! Colbie Caillat opened the concert. She sings really good, but it was pretty boring. It gave me a weird feeling that starts in my toes, makes me crinkle my nose…I had to throw that in. John Mayer was good! He has gotta be the best guitar player I have ever seen! Marlene got poked in the eye and elbowed a few times but we had a blast! I screamed at the top of my lungs!
That same weekend it was off to Sacramento! This was a work trip though. Every month, I have to go see kids that are placed out of county. We have kids placed as far south as San Diego and as far north as Hamilton City (about an hour and a half to two hours north of Sacramento). I almost always go on weekends though, so my beautiful wife could go with me. We usually try to do something fun on these monthly visits. (Last month we piggy backed our visits with our vacation.) This month we bought tickets to see comedian, Gabriel Inglesias. I had the day planned perfect. We were going to leave at 6:00, get to Stockton by 10:00, then do the visit. Oroville by 12:30, then do the visit. Hamilton City by 2:00 and do my final visit and get to our hotel in Sacramento by about 4:00. Well, we decided to sleep in a little so we adjusted our schedule a little. We were an hour behind schedule by the time we got on the road, so it wasn’t too bad. I figured I would make up some time driving like a mad man. We ended up getting to Stockton at about 10:30, so we made up some time. I thought, “I know this girls doing good, she talks to her social worker all the time, she’s 17, I’ll just go in and make sure she’s breathing and we’ll be on our way.” (By make sure she’s breathing, I just mean I would make it quick.) Well, when we get there, this nice little Mexican lady was working on the garden in the front yard. She told me to wait so she can hold the dog back. I figured, “oh, cool. I’m not much of a dog person and I won’t have to pretend like I like it.” So I walk in the gate and the little grandma is trying to hold the dog by the collar, she says, “just open the door, they’re inside waiting for you,” as she struggles to hold the dog back. As I open the door, I hear a little shriek so I turned around. I see the dog dragging the little old lady to the ground and the dog running straight for me. Now, this is the part I am a little ashamed of. As I see the dog running towards me and an old woman on the ground…I turn and slam the door behind me so the dog doesn’t jump on me instead of running to the rescue of the moaning old lady on the ground. Let me finish before you begin to judge me! About a split second later I yelled into the house that the grandma has fallen and opened the door back up to go check on her and make sure she was ok. (Marlene saw this from the car and was wondering where the guy she married was when she saw the look of fear in my eyes as I slammed the door. She was getting out of the car to help but saw us come outside and got back in the car.) Apparently, this has happened before. The 17 year old ran to get the neighbor and the old lady’s daughter joined me in comforting the old lady. We asked if she needed an ambulance, and she said, no she just needs to relax as she kept moaning. The neighbor and I helped her up and made sure she was ok. We got her some ice and I we continued to our visit. Finally, one visit down! Then we get into Sacramento and a portion of the I5 is closed. We had to take a detour through town and didn’t arrive in Oroville until about 1:30, not too far behind schedule. Nothing too exciting on this visit. Next is Hamilton City. We get there and no one answers the door. So I decide to call. I was at the wrong house, so I went across the street to the correct house only to find that the foster mother and the child I was going to see were not home! I called the foster mother on her cell phone and she apologizes and said she forgot. I was about to ask when she would be there and the phone cut out. About 5 minutes later I get a hold of her and said, “Sorry, my phone cut out”, but I was wrong. She had answered the phone while backing up and backed into someone. Oops! We waited for about half an hour and they finally showed up after making sure everything was ok, we did the visit. I don’t know how but we somehow got to our hotel in Sacramento at about 5:00. We checked in and took a nap. We went to dinner at Cheese Cake Factory, one of Marlene’s favorite restaurants. Next it was off to wait in line for what felt like for ever in a 100 degree hallway that had one tiny little fan in the corner for about 200 people. A group of inconsiderate people behind us then decided to go and stand directly in front of the fan and block the little air that we were getting. Everyone around us was bickering about how hot it was and how rude it was of those people to block the air, but no one was saying anything. Finally, I went and asked them very politely to move and they did and acted as if they didn’t know they were blocking the air. Finally at about 11:00 they let us in for our 10:30 show. It was definitely worth it. Gabriel Inglesias and friends are very funny! They taught me that I am a paragraph. I didn’t get it at first either. I am half an esse!
That pretty much sums up the month of July for us. I promise the next time I blog, it won’t be this long!
We started July off nice and refreshed having just come back from our week long vacation at Bullard’s Bar Reservoir. If you haven’t been there, I definitely suggest going there. But I would recommend you go when California is not on fire! We didn’t realize how close to the fires were going to be and it was very smoky! Despite the smoke, the boat troubles, and my mom’s hand swelling up the size of Mickey Mouse’s we had a blast! We are definitely going back there!
Our first blog worthy event of July was the 4th of July. We had big plans this year. Actually, we had absolutely nothing planned. Two o’clock rolled around and we were still just lying around the house. Neither one f us was very motivated until my brother called and invited us to Pismo with he and my niece. Since Pismo is always packed on 4th of July, we told my brother we would go and save a spot for the firework show. We went got a great spot and what we thought was a pretty good parking spot. We relaxed on the beach and had dinner as we waited for my brother and niece. I called my brother about 100 times but he never answered, so we just assumed they weren’t gonna come. Those of you that know my brother know that he tends to do that sometimes. But Marlene’s family ended up coming and we had a good time watching the fire work show. As we were walking back to the car, we realized that there was only one way out of the street we parked on and everyone else and their mother’s thought they had found the perfect spot right by us. Marlene’s family was home before we moved two feet! About two hours after the fire work show, we finally made it home.
So, a couple of weeks later was my brother’s chance to make up for standing us up on the 4th. It was the Destruction Derby at the Santa Barbara County Fair. This is a big event for my brother. He has been in it 9 out of the last ten years! He really enjoys spending time building cars and then destroying them. He has done really well a couple years, but for the most part, he has had really bad luck. Last year he had the first and most exciting hit of the derby, but his drive line fell off and that would turn out to be the only hit he had that year. But this year, he built his car stronger than ever! This year he was gonna do good; he had a chance to win it all! Well he would have done good if he didn’t have to pull out before it started! When he was bringing his ca home from the shop the night before, he was tired and just wanted to get home. He was about to blow a stop sign on some back roads and decided to stop last minute, slamming his brakes. Slamming your brakes last minute when you are pulling a huge station wagon behind you isn’t the best idea. The car slid forward on the trailer, and busted his tailgate and tail light. I’m not exactly sure what happened, but something broke on his transmission and they didn’t notice until about ten minutes before the derby was supposed to start and didn’t have enough time to fix it. Oh well, better luck next year! But my brother wasn’t too disappointed because my niece wasn’t able to make it (she HAD to go to Disneyland with her mom) and he had promised her he wouldn’t do it. God saved him from having to explain to her why he broke his promise!
The next weekend was Kathy’s Annual Birthday Bonfire at Avila Beach. Marlene’s family along with some family friends get together every year for Kathy’s birthday at Avila. I didn’t get there until about 7:30, so I missed most of the fun. (I was at the lake with my brother and I lost track of time, oops!) All the kids were there most of the day having a blast! As the evening rolled in there were snacks, BBQ, smores and the Tapia boys playing their guitars around the fire.
We only had two days of work the next week before our next little adventure…John Mayer concert! Woo Hoo! We took the day off and spent the day at the Paso Robles Mid-State Fair. MMM…fair food! Actually we didn’t get as much as I thought we would. I would definitely recommend you stay away from the turkey legs! They look good, but it feels like your biting into rubber. The meat actually looks like ham and taste like…I’m not really sure what it tasted like, but it wasn’t good. We also sat through an hour cooking demonstration for waterless pots. They were pretty cool and if we had an extra $2500 lying around, we might have bought some. We also watched a kids talent show. Some of the kids were pretty good, but some of them were terrible. When we got bored of that, we decided to walk around. As we were walking around we were playing a game of “who will see more people they know”. First to five wins. (There is only so much you can do at a fair before you get bored out of your mind.) We ended up winning one game a piece. Finally it was time for the concert! Our seats were pretty close to the stage, but were parallel to it, so we had kind of a side view. They were much better than our co-worker, Veronica’s seats. Her friend she went with bought binoculars before the concert! Colbie Caillat opened the concert. She sings really good, but it was pretty boring. It gave me a weird feeling that starts in my toes, makes me crinkle my nose…I had to throw that in. John Mayer was good! He has gotta be the best guitar player I have ever seen! Marlene got poked in the eye and elbowed a few times but we had a blast! I screamed at the top of my lungs!
That same weekend it was off to Sacramento! This was a work trip though. Every month, I have to go see kids that are placed out of county. We have kids placed as far south as San Diego and as far north as Hamilton City (about an hour and a half to two hours north of Sacramento). I almost always go on weekends though, so my beautiful wife could go with me. We usually try to do something fun on these monthly visits. (Last month we piggy backed our visits with our vacation.) This month we bought tickets to see comedian, Gabriel Inglesias. I had the day planned perfect. We were going to leave at 6:00, get to Stockton by 10:00, then do the visit. Oroville by 12:30, then do the visit. Hamilton City by 2:00 and do my final visit and get to our hotel in Sacramento by about 4:00. Well, we decided to sleep in a little so we adjusted our schedule a little. We were an hour behind schedule by the time we got on the road, so it wasn’t too bad. I figured I would make up some time driving like a mad man. We ended up getting to Stockton at about 10:30, so we made up some time. I thought, “I know this girls doing good, she talks to her social worker all the time, she’s 17, I’ll just go in and make sure she’s breathing and we’ll be on our way.” (By make sure she’s breathing, I just mean I would make it quick.) Well, when we get there, this nice little Mexican lady was working on the garden in the front yard. She told me to wait so she can hold the dog back. I figured, “oh, cool. I’m not much of a dog person and I won’t have to pretend like I like it.” So I walk in the gate and the little grandma is trying to hold the dog by the collar, she says, “just open the door, they’re inside waiting for you,” as she struggles to hold the dog back. As I open the door, I hear a little shriek so I turned around. I see the dog dragging the little old lady to the ground and the dog running straight for me. Now, this is the part I am a little ashamed of. As I see the dog running towards me and an old woman on the ground…I turn and slam the door behind me so the dog doesn’t jump on me instead of running to the rescue of the moaning old lady on the ground. Let me finish before you begin to judge me! About a split second later I yelled into the house that the grandma has fallen and opened the door back up to go check on her and make sure she was ok. (Marlene saw this from the car and was wondering where the guy she married was when she saw the look of fear in my eyes as I slammed the door. She was getting out of the car to help but saw us come outside and got back in the car.) Apparently, this has happened before. The 17 year old ran to get the neighbor and the old lady’s daughter joined me in comforting the old lady. We asked if she needed an ambulance, and she said, no she just needs to relax as she kept moaning. The neighbor and I helped her up and made sure she was ok. We got her some ice and I we continued to our visit. Finally, one visit down! Then we get into Sacramento and a portion of the I5 is closed. We had to take a detour through town and didn’t arrive in Oroville until about 1:30, not too far behind schedule. Nothing too exciting on this visit. Next is Hamilton City. We get there and no one answers the door. So I decide to call. I was at the wrong house, so I went across the street to the correct house only to find that the foster mother and the child I was going to see were not home! I called the foster mother on her cell phone and she apologizes and said she forgot. I was about to ask when she would be there and the phone cut out. About 5 minutes later I get a hold of her and said, “Sorry, my phone cut out”, but I was wrong. She had answered the phone while backing up and backed into someone. Oops! We waited for about half an hour and they finally showed up after making sure everything was ok, we did the visit. I don’t know how but we somehow got to our hotel in Sacramento at about 5:00. We checked in and took a nap. We went to dinner at Cheese Cake Factory, one of Marlene’s favorite restaurants. Next it was off to wait in line for what felt like for ever in a 100 degree hallway that had one tiny little fan in the corner for about 200 people. A group of inconsiderate people behind us then decided to go and stand directly in front of the fan and block the little air that we were getting. Everyone around us was bickering about how hot it was and how rude it was of those people to block the air, but no one was saying anything. Finally, I went and asked them very politely to move and they did and acted as if they didn’t know they were blocking the air. Finally at about 11:00 they let us in for our 10:30 show. It was definitely worth it. Gabriel Inglesias and friends are very funny! They taught me that I am a paragraph. I didn’t get it at first either. I am half an esse!
That pretty much sums up the month of July for us. I promise the next time I blog, it won’t be this long!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Two vacations to look forward too!
It is official... we are going back to Punta Cana for our one year anniversary! We are so excited to go back, and even more excited that Joey and Amy are coming with us! (I'm pretty grateful to Matt and Amanda for introducing us to them!)I think we are down to 124 days until our trip!
PLUS, this week I mentioned to Jose that I wanted to take a cruise. Since his birthday this year was pretty much amazing (see my first post in January)and mine was pretty lame (our first month saving for a house), I thought going next March would be perfect. I started pricing the cruises, and jokingly said it would be my birthday present (ok so I wasn't joking). It took all of one minute to get Jose to agree, and now that trip is planned. 241 days and counting!
I am glad that we booked those trips before we buy a house, because I have a feeling once we get the house we will be really sticking to the budget March-style!
Rumor has it that we may get an answer on our offer today. After four months of waiting, I'm skeptical. I'll believe it when I hear it.
PLUS, this week I mentioned to Jose that I wanted to take a cruise. Since his birthday this year was pretty much amazing (see my first post in January)and mine was pretty lame (our first month saving for a house), I thought going next March would be perfect. I started pricing the cruises, and jokingly said it would be my birthday present (ok so I wasn't joking). It took all of one minute to get Jose to agree, and now that trip is planned. 241 days and counting!
I am glad that we booked those trips before we buy a house, because I have a feeling once we get the house we will be really sticking to the budget March-style!
Rumor has it that we may get an answer on our offer today. After four months of waiting, I'm skeptical. I'll believe it when I hear it.
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