Brooke's smiling!

I just love it when baby's start to smile. I tried to get a photo of Brooke's beautiful smile.  No luck I hate those delays on cameras!   

Merry Christmas

Bella's big party

The Galli's office party was at pump it up this year. It was a so fun! Rebecca also had a cake for Bella.  I can't believe she is already 5 Happy Birthday Bella we love you!

Mind Storms!

OK I had never heard of this program until Reb told me about it.  Its so cool, The boys are sponsored by there school to build a LEGO'S robot. The team gets a bunch of Lego's with a brain and they build a robot.  The boys then program the robot to do certain missions. This year the missions were focused on the environment.  They programed the robot to save a polar bear, move a house out of harms way and build a bridge. Josh's team was made up with 5 kids and one coach. The coach is not allowed to help the boys only to refocus them when they get side tracked.  I have to admit Coach Matt did a great job I would of gone nuts!  They worked on the robot for months. But the best part for the kids and adults was the competition day. It was so fun! these kids who compete in this program are amazing! The winners from Clovis were a group of 9yrs they are now going to nationals in GA. It was great to watch how much Josh has grown during this project.  He can't stop building and using the Lego program on the computer! He can't wait until next year!

Zion

Kevin and Josh camping with James, his boys and Oliver.  They went to see a Southern Utah football game (James is friends with the coach) and they camped at  Zion's.   They had a blast. Josh keeps wishing he could have a drink from the natural springs again. I think he has told me a hundred times that he didn't know water could taste so GOOD!  And he now would like to play football. I think it had something to do with going down on the field after the game and playing football for 2hrs with his dad and cousins.  Thanks James Kevin and Josh had a great time!

Thanksgiving

Ok I'm a little late in this blog but better late than never.  1st Just wanted to give a huge shout out to my mother in law Barbara.  She is amazing, not only did she take her vacation to watch my crazy kids for a week.  ( I just slept and played mommy with Brooke) . But she also stayed at my house, cooked great food. did my laundry. got my kids up and to school everyday and cleaned my house! Its never looked so good.  I'm so blessed to have her in my life and I'm very grateful for her!  So super thanks to a great lady!

Thanksgiving was a blast this year. Barbara made a beautiful dinner with some great sides by Sarah my sister in law.  And the company was great we had Kevin's grandmother and Barbara's sisters family come up from the LA area. Kevin's family has a great tradition of bingo with prizes and it was a blast! Lauren cleaned up this year I think she had 6 or 7 prizes, Go LaLa.  Timmy walked away with a darling Red Woman's wallet!  That poor guy every year gets a lady's prize. 

Our photos are of the girls 1st experience of seeing what the turkey really looks like before its cooked. Least to say they didn't have any for dinner. 

Brooke Gracie Lee Lopez

Here are a few more pictures.

She's Here

She was born 11/14/2008 at 4:52 pm.  19 1/2 inches long.  7 lbs 13 ozs.  What a sweet blessing she is to our family.

Baby Update

We are going to have our little girl this Friday at 5 pm. We are so excited! We still have no name but I'm sure it will hit us when we see her.  We will have photos every soon! Yea!

1st Swim meet

1st Swim Meet

We are so proud of Josh and Aleida!  It was a very cold night in a very cold "Dirty" Kastner pool. And they where great! We are so excited to see how they progress this next year! Go Clovis Swim Club!

Signs of the times

Our little sign was stolen, So we decided it was time to get some serious signage.  I think they will have a difficult time taking this one!

Our new Prop 8 sign to replace the one that was stolen, hopefully it will last a longer then our last one.  Kevin drove around our neighborhood this morning to see how many of our neighbors still had their signs.  We had around 15 yes on 8 signs and only one No on 8 sign on our streets.  As of this morning there are only 4 left.  Its really sad that they are taking our signs.  What a waste of time.  I'm still voting Yes and so are my neighbors. 

Signs of Fall

Ok no changing color of leafs yet here in Fresno, and its still in the mid 80's.  But a sure sign of fall for us is Soccer.  And Aleida had her 1st soccer game, She had so much fun partly because it rained the whole game (1st time its rained in like 200 days)  She also enjoyed her Dad coaching the last part of the game. Kevin is the Asst Coach for her team and will be coaching some of the games this season.  This is so much fun for our little family, Soccer and fall go hand in hand.  And we love it!

Just a quick update on Baby number 4

Still no name, but for the 1st time we get to pick when our baby arrives!

November 14th at 5pm    We are so excited to meet her!

Swimming and Soccer

I never thought that when Josh and Aleida where both in school that I would be so busy.  Between homework, Scouts, Swimming and Just Aleida's soccer, not to even mention mine and Kevin's church callings. I have no time!  A friend of mine once said to someone who was expecting their 4th child, get ready to be physically exhausted and now emotionality exhausted. OUCH So I guess I'm in for a wild ride.

 

Lauren 1st Fancy Party

Lauren and Bella went to their 1st Fancy Party for a good friend McKenize birthday. They had a really good time.  Lauren loved getting dressed up.  I have to admit I love the age that Lauren is, 4 year olds are so excited to try new things except in the case of dance. Reb and I tried a dance class for the girls but Lauren refused to even go in the classroom.  Sorry Bella I think your on your own for this one.

I've been tagged 

(thanks allot Missy)

Answer the following  questions

Ten Years Ago

1. I was getting married in November

2. I bought tickets to London, so my wedding date wouldn't be changed again.

3. I was living in San Diego, Kevin was in Fresno going to school

4. I was working in a office of a construction site for the sewer plant in Scripps ranch

    It was one of my favorite jobs it was so fun!

5. My boss gave me $700 for my wedding gift, even though I laughed when the 15

    foot retaining wall fell into the canyon.

Five things on my to do list today

1. I really have no idea, I guess I should figure it out

2. I need to put some clothes away

3. get Josh studying his spelling words if he gets %100 on his pre-test, then no spelling

    homework this week, which translates to less for me to do.

4. Go to the store and buy butter, then make cookies

5. BBQ at friends house for the holiday (quick update, not going now LaLa has a fever 

   but Josh and Aleida will still run down to swim got to love having friends with a pool

   two doors down SCORE)

Five Snacks that I enjoy

1. Anything not picky

2. Homemade rolls

3. Homemade fudge

4. peanut M&M's

5. Bubble Gum ice cream

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire

1. Escape with my little family and work on the places I've lived

2. Go to all Disneyland's in one month from Florida to Paris

3. Buy a Sami's Woodfire pizza & Club penguin since my 3 kids

    are addicted, and Kevin and I are addicted to Sami's  I think it would be most cost effective.

4. Get a personal trainer (one of the guys from biggest looser)

5.  Hire a really good money manager

Five places I have lived

1. Salt lake City 

2. San Diego

3. Clovis

4.

5.

thus the 1 on the money list

5 jobs that I've had

1. Retail at a bra shop (which is funny since I was 15 and didn't need one)

2. Retail at Gap Kids (had this one for years)

3. Answered phones at carpet cleaning company

4. Nanny for Rebecca/temp employee

5. Staffing Manager at Select personnel (1st real job)

 I know its only 5 but I've been so blessed to have my last job, Mom and wife

 to my little family.  

I tag 

1. Bree 

2. Amy Lopez

3. Ryan Lopez

4. Laura

5. Mari

 I need to let my friend know I've entered the blogging world so I'm not always getting you guys,  but I really want to know your answers so sorry.

 

Rules

each player answers the questions themselves. At the end you tag 5 more bloggers then post a comment letting them know they have been tagged. Good luck

Happy Birthday Josh

Josh is now 9.  We had a blast with Grandma, Chole and Bella.  We ate pizza, cake and lots of ice cream.  Josh planned the whole day.  He was so excited for the Lego and Cash gifts! now he can buy more Legos.  We are so blessed to have Josh, he is a great big brother who always sets a good example for his sisters.  The poor guys is surrounded by girls all day long until Dad gets home, and he is always a good sport.  Although he did ask the other day why we where getting another GIRL!  

1st day of school

They were so excited! 

Last Day of Summer

We went to the pool for our last day of freedom, School starts on Monday and so does piano, swimming club, homework, just to name a few.  Which means sleeping in, traveling, staying up late, really really late and just hanging with friends and family is over.  So it was only fitting that we finished our summer vacation as we lived it.  Sleeping in till noon, grabbing lunch at Sonic for Josh, Subway for the girls and heading to the pool.  I read my book while the kids swam, I even got in the pool, it was a great ending to a fun summer.

Firemen

Josh and Aleida had to get in on the Fire Station action at the Bluff View PreSchool.  They had to put out fires all over town, the bank, soda shop, costume store and the market.  Thank heavens for trained professionals.  

Bluff View Pre-School

Rebecca teaches art at a very insane nice preschool I just had to show how crazy it is. The Co-Op that I was in last year  is so humble in comparison.  This school is amazing it has a train (real) that takes the kids on rides. A huge play area outside with a "beach".  Better classrooms then my Blue Ribbon school for my kids.  A computer room with 7 new computers.  A library to rival our city library.  Its just insane.   The photos are of the middle of the school its set up like a mini city. You almost feel like you are on a movie set. The owner Roxanne is so nice and the teachers rock. Rebecca is doing a amazing job with the art and painting.  Its just way to cool.