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Shrimp Tacos!!

2010-08-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

MORE FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-08-29T00:12:00.000-07:00

FISH!!!!!!!!!!

2010-08-27T00:06:00.000-07:00

August 23rd

2010-08-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day of Kindergarden for my son Joshua. We had Steak stir fry and steamed rice!

Steak 1.99 round steak pieces 2 pounds
Stir fry mix- 1.88 x2
rice- staple Item
Seasoning pack- 1.00

9.00 x 6 we had Karie over for dinner = 1.50 a person

August 22nd

2010-08-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

Another cooking day......

Today we made Shepards Pie red chicken enchiladas and chicken and stuffing casserole

August 21st

2010-08-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

We have cooked all day.... making meals to put in our freezer... I am not going to do price break down that is crazy talk!

We made chicken mole, chicken soup, beef soup, chili verde, beef tacos, lentil soup with cactus,and chicken enchiladas with rice....

August 20th we had leftovers tonight!!

2010-08-20T14:00:00.000-07:00

Just look at my pantry!! If you click on the picture it will get larger!!

August 19th

2010-08-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

We had BBQ hamburgers and baked fries. I did not take a picture. I was in a hurry. My sister Nicole was in the hospital and Linda and I went to see her and then we went to a purse party at my friend Rebeccas house. So Ray BBQ'd and miss Karie came over for some Thursday TV... Dinner was great!!!

August 18th

2010-08-18T13:51:00.000-07:00

jambalaya and sauted zucchini with corn and onions!

August 17th

2010-08-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

I went to the Outback with my friend Carrie before bookclub and my husband made dinner for our family. He made eggs,hashbrowns,sausage and toast... Breakfast for dinner..

Just wanted to tell you about Simply potatoes. I love them they stay in the refrigerator. They are about 1.20 each and are WELL worth not having to peel,and grate fresh potatoes! FYI

August 16th

2010-08-16T11:53:00.000-07:00

I took the leftover KFC and 2 jars of chicken gravy. I put the chicken on a baking dish and poured the gravy over the top. smothered chicken... YUM OH!!! My friend Nikki did this at our house one evening with leftover fried chicken and NOW every time we have leftover chicken I make it! I also made a green salad, noodles with butter and green beans..

Chicken-leftover
gravy-99 each
lettuce-99
tomato- 25
1 package of whole wheat noodles-75 at Manny's I bought 6 packages.
1 stick of butter- staple item
1 can green beans-39

total for dinner .89 a person 4.39 for the total...WOW

I didn't take a picture but it was sure yummy .....

August 15th

2010-08-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

KFC

Papa murphy's take and bake

2010-08-14T15:47:00.000-07:00

I went to a baby shower this afternoon. I was got home too late to cook dinner. I stopped by and got a family peperoni and a large cheese . I had a coupon and the family size was 9.99 and the cheese was 7.99.

Aug 13th

2010-08-13T15:32:00.000-07:00

turkey sandwiches with fresh tomatoes and fried zucchini....

It is hot and I have a boat load of zucchini. Turkey, tomato, spinach, and mayo...

bread- staple item
turkey 3.00 a lb
spinach 1.00 for whole bag of cleaned spinach
tomatoes- farmers market 2.00 a pound.
mayo staple item
zucchini- free from martha

6.00 divided by 5 = 1.20 a person....Nice cool dinner

Aug 12th

2010-08-12T15:15:00.000-07:00

Dinner at the Lawhorns. Carrie and Dan invited us over for a BBQ. We had Rib eye steak,shrimp,mashed potatoes,pasta salad, asparagus, and pineapple. It was a great evening with friends. Carrie and I have become really good friends in the last year. Our lives are very similar. She is married and has 3 children. We both lost our fathers this year while we were expecting our 3rd baby. We love to scrapbook, We both graduated in 96 and come from small towns. She is very easy going and low maintenance. The list goes on and on ;-) Just the kind of friend to have when you are raising a family. If we don't talk for a week or even two. We pick up the phone and we don't have to explain to one another why??. I love it when people say WOW we haven't talked in a while. I have tried calling!! I left several messages!! PLEASE, If I had time to locate a phone I would have picked it up and if I would have got the message.... I would have called you back. No, I did not do it on purpose No there is No reason!! I have a husband with a ODD schedule, a 93 yr. grandfather that takes a lot out of my day. and 3 BOYS all under the age of 5. So what I am trying to say is I appreciate low maintenance friends !! Thanks Carrie. You are a great friend to have and I have really enjoyed our summer of FUN!! The summer of LOVE was way better but we both got knocked up!!..LOL

August 11th

2010-08-11T22:57:00.000-07:00

CATALDOS!!! I always use this local website called Pricetrader.com
They have really great local online restaurant certificates for half price. I bought a Cataldos one for 10.oo and received a $20.00 certificate in the mail. We ordered a family special for 21.99 so out of pocket tonight it cost me 3.00 and some change with TAX. so total 13.00 for dinner NOT bad..

divided by 5 equals 2.60 and we have left overs for lunch tomorrow!

August 10th

2010-08-10T22:36:00.000-07:00

Well tonight I made fried zucchini and baked pork chops. I made the kids spaghettios and fruit cocktail. I NEVER hardly make them something different but I only had 2 pork chops and pappy doesn't really care for meat any way. So Ray and I had pork chops and zucchini and the kids did love the fruit and spaghettios I made them. Pappy had green olives, 2 green onions, 1 sliced home grown tomato and fried zucchini. He does that some times! LOL

The zucchini was given to us from Martha's garden
pork chops- 3.50 from fresh and easy on the clearance section
tomatoes- free from Martha's garden
fruit cocktail-.50 2 for a dollar at Manny's
Spaghettios- 1.00 for the big can at 99 cent only store on Mt Vernon! I stocked up bought 20 cans LOL
cream of mushroom soup. .33 from Manny's 3 for a dollar I think I bought EVERY one they had!!!
fresh mushrooms 1.00

I breaded the zucchini in flour and a little parmesan cheese and fried them in peanut oil. THey were DELISH!
I baked the pork chop in cream of mushroom soup and fresh mushrooms sliced
I opened the can of fruit cocktail and spaghettios..LOL

6.33 divided by 5 1.26 for a really GOOD dinner

August 9th

2010-08-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

We BBQ'd at the Melson house tonight. Jason, Hunter, Joshua Denman, Wayne, Nicole, Tanner, Brett, Linda, Jaime, Ray, Sarah Lefotu, Joshua, Lefotu, Isaiah, Efraima JR, Sarah Swan, and Vaita! Wayne BBQ'd burgers, dogs and zucchini and we swam and visited took pictures and had a great evening!!! NO picture of dinner tonight but I do have some of the cousins I post later!

August 8th

2010-08-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

My cousin Jason was here with his 2 boys from Missouri and Pappy took us to the chinese buffet. His favorite place LOL

pictures courtesy of their website!!!!!

August 7th

2010-08-07T22:19:00.000-07:00

Martha came over today. and you guessed it...She made dinner. She made pollo de rojo and arroz. chicken in a chili,peanut,tomato sauce and spanish rice!!! It was OFF THE HOOK!!!! I don't know how she made it. but she out tomatoes,red chilis,red wine vinegar,peanut butter and chicken stock in the sauce and onions with boneless skinless c thighs. All I know is I had chicken thighs set out to BBQ and she made that with stuff I had in my pantry!!!!

So chicken was 7.00
everything was staple items I guess LOL
Rice 1.00

8.00 divided by 6=1.33 a person

August 6th

2010-08-06T21:14:00.000-07:00

homemade chicken and ground beef taquitos with wholly guacamole and homemade salsa!

warmed up the corn tortillas in the microwave until soft. put a spoon full of meat inside and rolled them up. fried them in a shallow pan with oil. fry until brown on both sides. I put ground beef in the half moon shaped ones and chicken in the round ones! My sister gave my some chicken to take home from her house the night before.

Ground beef- 3.98
tortillas- free from Martha
carrots that I sauteed with the ground beef - .25
sour cream- staple
radishes-.25
lettuce-.50
home made salsa- free from Martha
wholly guacamole-2.00 I but it from Costco 3 little containers for 6.00 I used one tonight. I keep them in the freezer

Dinner total= 6.98 divided by 5 is 1.39 for dinner!

August 5th

2010-08-05T23:55:00.000-07:00

Today was spent cleaning out closets and organizing clothes..UGH It seems like this job is never ending. I AM happy to say that ALL three boys are set until next spring on clothes and I just had to spend a day to do it! Thank you so much Nicole for coming over and helping me. I could not have got it all done with out your help!!! Wayne bbq'd hamburgers and hot dogs for us for dinner. I did not have the energy or the time to take a pic of tonight's dinner LOL

August 4th

2010-08-04T23:53:00.000-07:00

COCO's for dinner and swimming... She made chicken salads. Thanks for dinner and thanks for having my crazy bunch over!

August 3rd

2010-08-03T23:50:00.000-07:00

Martha and I cleaned the scrapbook room today we worked for 11 hours and NOW I am ready to scrapbook!!! YAY!! Seriously it is so clean in there and ALL organized! I lOVE it! Thankyou Martha for your help today! RAY BBQ's hamburgers for dinner and Martha made salsa for chips. It was a great day!

August 2nd

2010-08-02T23:42:00.000-07:00

We ate ate the reception for dinner tonight. Rosie we are glad you are not suffering anymore. You were loved and will be missed by many. We love you Sarah and sorry for your loss!!

Auntie E1 bought a 50 piece of chicken that we brought home and had for dinner.

August 1st

2010-08-01T23:36:00.000-07:00

Chicken enchiladas and rice and beans....

I pulled a ziplock of chicken out of my freezer for dinner tonight.

tortillas free
Chicken .49 a pound used 2 pounds
enchilada sauce 1.25 used 2
big bag of cheese from Costco 6.00
onion 1.00
rice 2.00
beans 1 can 1.25

I made 2 big pans of enchiladas 1 big cam of sauce per pan

Tonight was the viewing of Sarah Swan's mother may she rest in peace!!

I invited Moe, Sarah, Ester, and Nikki over for dinner after the viewing!

Dinner total 13.75 divided by 9
1.52 a person YAY!!!!

July 31st

2010-07-31T23:30:00.000-07:00

I made carne asada tacos for dinner.... I know you might be thinking you have tacos ALOT!! We actually do! Chicken,steak,ground beef,fish and quesadilas, seriously we LOVE tacos in this house!!!

Tonight I did carne asada.. I bought it from Fresh and Easy! If you haven't been there...GO!!! They have a great clearence section. I got tonight dinner for 3.43.

Steak-3.43
tortillas-free from Martha
tomatoes-3/100 farmers market
avacado-2.00
lettuce-.50
onion- 50
Cheese-staple item

I also made a big pot of spanish rice. 1.00

8.43 divided by 6 we had Karie over for dinner tonight is 1.40 a person....

July 30th TACOS AGAIN!!!!

2010-07-31T21:32:00.000-07:00

Today ground beef tacos!

Ground beef
tomatoes
lettuce
green onions
avacado
corn tortillas
grated cheese
sour cream
lime

July 29th Macaroni & Cheese and Spam

2010-07-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

LAZY NIGHT! I have done laundry most of the day and I had drive clear across town with both of the younger boys and WAIT and WAIT to get pappy's glasses fixed! When I got home I was tired and HOT! I made 2 boxes of Velveeta Macaroni and cut up one can of spam . MIx together and wa-la Dinner!! Not very healthy ! But pappy and Isaiah both enjoyed dinner!

July 28th Chicken soup and Rice

2010-07-28T18:47:00.000-07:00

I had a ziplock in my freezer full of homemade chicken soup. I got it out heated it up and made a pot of calrose rice. DELISH!!

The chicken soup was leftover from a big pot I made while I was pregnant and the rice is a serious staple in the samoan house!

Dinner=FREE

July 27th marinated pork tacos spanish rice and sauteed zucchini

2010-07-27T18:37:00.000-07:00

When we arrived home Martha was here. So I came home to a clean house and dinner made.( YAY! I planned to have her clean today on purpose) There is nothing like coming home to a clean house after a long trip!!

She made dinner I have NO idea how and it was delish!

Pork roast 5.50
red dried chili 1.00
rice 1.00
tomato sauce .20
zucchini 2.00
salt and pepper and a little bit of love Dinner was GREAT!!!

9.70 divided by 4 = 2.42 a person

She slow cooked the pork and shredded it.
Then soaked the dried chilis in boiling water and put them in the blender with spices!
poured the mixture over the meat and is was GOOD!

She made spanish rice
sauteed the rice in evoo until brown then added onion and tomatos sauce and water let come to a boil then reduce heat and cover for 20 minutes! 1 cup of rice and 2 cups of water 1 small can of tomato sauce and spices!

She sauteed the zucchini in butter and seasoned it with salt and pepper!

July 26th Peanut butter and Jelly

2010-07-26T22:01:00.000-07:00

The boys had peanut butter and jelly (Yes, I always sing this song while making sandwiches LOL), watermelon and cheese its. We had Ribs, sausage, cottage cheese, and chips and salsa!

July 25th

2010-07-25T21:58:00.000-07:00

I had a french dip and fries. Ray had the chicken fried steak. Joshua and Isaiah shared a kids Cheeseburger and fries. Mom had a veggie patty and side salad.

It was good food and Mom treated..YAY!!!!

July 24th BBQ Ribs and pineapple sausage

2010-07-24T00:43:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed a fun filled day of fishing and camping. Ray came home and BBQ'd Ribs and sausage for dinner. Mom made Kraft Mac and Cheese and that was dinner. We had chips and home made salsa for a snack before dinner. Ray makes really good ribs. They just fall off the bone and are super tender. He uses pork back ribs from Costco and Santa Maria seasoning as a rub. When the ribs are almost done he slathers them in Sweet baby Rays BBQ sauce and they are off the hook GOOD!!!! We just eat them right off the grill with

The ribs were 23.89 for 3 racks
The sausage were 6.00
Sweet baby Ray's BBQ Sauce 10 for$10 Albertsons. I have at least 10 at all times in my pantry!!! 1.00
2 boxes of Mac and Cheese came out of Granny's pantry!! Free

30.89 divided by 5 is 6.19 high for dinner but oh so good and we are campin' gotta have ribs!!!

one penny more than Mcdonalds and We have 2 racks of ribs left and 8 sausage . We will get 2 meals out of this for sure!

July 23rd A Campin' we will go!!!!

2010-07-23T00:28:00.000-07:00

Today we packed up the car and headed to Silver Lake, Ca. We left Bakersfield around 3:00 pm. We arrived in Bishop around 7:00pm. We decided to stop at Mickey D's and let the boys play in the play area and I nursed Jr. So no cookin' for Mama tonight! Our dinner total was 24.75 divided by 4 was 6.18 kinda high but the play area was fabulous. Ray and I both had a big mac combo. I had a sweet tea and Ray had diet coke. Joshua had a nugget happy meal and a mcdouble(yes he ate it all) with a milk and Isaiah had a nugget happy meal with apple dippers and apple juice!

July 22nd Fish Tacos

2010-07-22T23:51:00.000-07:00

We had Linda, Brett, Jaime, Wayne, Nicole, Caleb, Ray, Pappy, Joshua, Isaiah, Martha and myself over for Martha's famous fish tacos and my fish taco sauce that is so good you can drink it. I know I know I am a crazy lady when stuff goes on sale..I always stock up and tilapia for 1.98 a pound? It is time to stock up I bought 20 pounds gave them 2 twenties and headed home to bag it up!!I put like 10 filets to a quart size ziplock . When we wanna grill fish or have fish tacos I always have it in my freezer..

Fish Tacos

corn tortillas 2.00
1 head shredded cabbage 1.00
salsa- homemade free make friends with some one who makes good salsa LOL
fish taco sauce- follow recipe below
tilapia 1.99 a pound 8 pounds for 16.00
flour 2 cups - staple item
milk 2 cups - staple item
eggs 2 eggs - staple item

mix flour, eggs and milk together to make batter. season fish really well with favorite seasoning we used old bay. Then dip in batter and fry fish until crispy!

2 cups of mayonnaise staple item
1 cup sour cream 1.00
6 avocados 6.00
1 bunch of cilantro .33
1 purple onion .50
1 the juice of 2 limes .20
1/2 serrano pepper IDK like .5
salt to taste staple item

throw it ALL in the blender and YUM-Oh!!!!! This sauce is GOOD!

dinner total 27.08 divided by 12 still a pretty cheap dinner 2.25 a person! and we had plenty left for Ray to take to work and pappy to have leftovers when we are camping!

July 21st Chili Dogs

2010-07-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

We had Linda, Brett Jaime, Wayne, Nicole, Caleb, Pappy, Ray, Sarah, Joshua and Isaiah

CHili from my freezer
2 packs of turkey franks-2.00
1 bag of Costco cheese-5.85
24 pack of buns from Costco-2.45
2 onion-free from the side of the road LOL Nicole found a huge bag!
mustard-staple item

dinner total 10.30 divided by 11 = .93 a person WOW!!!!

July 20th Nachos

2010-07-20T13:46:00.000-07:00

I made nachos tonight...

I used one bag of already boiled ground beef out of my freezer(Taste just like you fried it. I added taco seasoning to it and warmed it up in a pan)2.00
homemade salsa free from Martha
sour cream 1.25
cheese 2.00
1 can of fat free refried beans 1.25
1 can of olives 1.00
1 bunch green onion .25
1 bag of organic corn chips from Costco 5.00

dinner total 12.75 divided by 6 Jaime had dinner with us tonight! = 2.10 a person

July 19th Ham and Spinach quiche.

2010-07-19T21:05:00.000-07:00

Tonight was a very easy dinner.... I pulled 2 home made quiches out of my freezer and put them in the oven for 1hr. I made 6 quiches last month and put them in my freezer. I know that it is busy in the summer and HOT! The last thing I wanna do is cook. I prepare a lot of meals in my freezer for days like this.

I bought 6 pre-made deep dish pie shells at Winco for 1.50 each. 2 bags of pre-washed spinach for 2.00 each. 2 packages of kirkland ham @ Coscto for 6.00. 1 bag of pre-shredded cheese at Costco for 6.00 5 dozen eggs for 5.00 1 bunch of green onions .33
total for 6 quiches=28.33 that 4.72 per pie.

We eat 2 quiches for dinner. There is about 1/2 of one quiche left and we will have it for breakfast in the morning!

total for dinner tonight was 9.44 divided by 5 is 1.88 per person.

This is super simple layer the chopped ham, spinach, green onion and cheese in to the pie dish and then fill with scrambles eggs. Bake @ 350 for about and hour. Take out of oven and either eat or freeze. If you freeze it then you can taket out and basically just defrost and heat back up in the oven .... SO SIMPLE!!!

July 18th Chicken burgers

2010-07-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

Tonight Ray made dinner. We had Chicken burgers, pretzels and sliced pineapple.

Schwans Chicken patties- 12 for 10.49- A little expensive but yummy and convenient. 15 minutes in oven!
Hamburgers buns-1.00 for 8
fresh tomatoes from the farmers market-3-1.00
Lettuce- 99cents
mayo and mustard= staple items
pretzels- 1.00 for a big bag @ Albertsons on sale and I had a coupon.
Pineapple- 1.25 can

We made 8 burgers so we could have leftovers for Ray's lunch tomorrow. Plus there are 8 hamburger patties in a bag ...LOL

Dinner total 12.53 divided by 5= 2.50 a person plus we have 2 burgers left for Ray's lunch tomorrow night.

July 17th

2010-07-17T17:40:00.001-07:00

IT IS HOT!!!

Pappy loves the Chinese Buffett. Pappy is my 93 year old grandfather. He lives with my husband and I. He loves to go to eat Chinese food and when we go to the buffett he treats! YAY!!!

Today dinner is on pappy....We are headed to the Panda Palace!!!

July 16th Chili rellenos, spanish rice and sauted zucchini with corn and onions

2010-07-16T17:16:00.000-07:00

MARTHA IS HERE!!!
Chilis- free from some guy at rays work
queso fresco- 3.24
flour- staple item
eggs- staple item
spices- staple item
tomato salsa-homemade from Martha any good jar salsa or homemade will work-free

roast the chilis in the oven on 350 for 30 minutes
put them in a plastic bag to let them sweat
take off skin and remove the seeds. slice the chili put quesco fresco inside the chili then dip in flour. then dip in egg (after the egg whites have been whipped to a peak then add yolks) fry in hot oil and brown on both sides.

white spanish rice
1 cup rice-1.00
1/8 cup chopped carrots-.33
1/2 chopped white onion .50
2 tbls chopped pasilla chili-free
1 cup milk-staple item
2 cups water-free
3 tbl granulated chicken bullion- staple item

brown rice in 2 tbls evoo. add chopped carrots,onion,chili,chicken bullion and 1 cup of water. Let boil until carrots are tender and water is almost all gone. then add 1 more cup of water and 1 cup od milk. put a lid on and let simmer for 20 minutes.

Zucchini 1.00 farmers market
onion-free from nicole
tomatoes- 3 for 1.00 farmers market
can of corn. 25cents 4 for 1.00 Manny's
garlic- staple item

Chop 1 large zucchini, 1 purple onion, 2 tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic and one can of corn. Saute in evoo until tender!

Dinner total 7.32 divided by 6=1.22 a person!!! Rockin cheap DINNER and SUPER yummy!

July 15th Chili dogs

2010-07-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

We are going to have chili dogs, tater tots. Strawberry shortcake for dessert.

Tonight is BUNCO. I will make dinner before I leave. Dinner made in under 15 minutes

Chili-leftover
Boil the hot dogs 99 cents
grate the cheese 1.50 8oz
chop the onion .50
put the tater tots in the oven 2.50
put the buns on the table 1.00
mustard- Staple item

Total for dinner 7.50 divided by 5=1.50 a person... seriously where can you go and get a dinner for 1.50?? this was including Martha. (I will be eating dinner @ BUNCO Chef salads and fruit!!)

July 14th Cheater CHILI

2010-07-14T13:00:00.000-07:00

When I make Chili I make a bunch!!! I made chili in May when my mom was here and we had SO much leftover I put it in a gallon freezer bag in into my deep freezer. I am going to put it in my crock pot this morning and we are going to have YUMMY chili for dinner ...and guess what NO WORK!!! Just turn on the old crock pot!

I am going to post my moms chili recipe because it really is good. I always double or sometimes triple it because it freezes SO well and it is so easy to put it in the crock pot and have dinner ready!!

1 block of XLNT chili (found in the deli section of MOST grocery store) When it goes on sale 2 for 5 I STOCK up. It freezes well
2 pounds of seasoned ground beef(I season with a chili packet)
1 chopped onion
2 large cans of diced tomatoes
2 cans of green ortega chilis
1 can of kidney beans
2 large cans of pinto beans

2.50 for XLNT
4.00 for ground beef
.50 for chili packet
.50 for onion
1.98 for 2 cans of tomatoes
3.00 for chilis
.33 for kidney beans
2.00 for pinto beans

14.81 for a Large crock pot FULL of Chili. We will eat dinner for 3 nights. The first night we will just have chili, the 2nd night we will have chili dogs and the 3rd night I will make chili mac!!

14.81 divided by 5= 2.90 Even if we just had it for one night that is a pretty cheap dinner!!

July 13th Chicken casserole with garlic bread.

2010-07-13T23:54:00.000-07:00

When Chicken goes on sell at Ranch market for 39 cents a pound. I usually STOCK up! but don't go buy a bunch of chicken then put it all in your freezer raw??? Come home and COOK IT ALL! that's right all 40 pounds of it. I do! Boil it with some garlic and onion and salt and pepper! It might sound like a lot of work but you will be SUPER happy when it is 102 degrees out side and you need a quick dinner... I usually put it in ziploc freezer bags. 4 cups to a bag. so tonight I opened up my freezer and grabbed a bag of my cooked chicken!

4 cups of cooked chicken.39 cents a pound, 1 bag of frozen mixed veggies 1.39, 2 jars of chicken gravy 99 cent each on sale, and 2 boxes of stove top stuffing also 99 cent each at Manny's. I prepared the stuffing according to box directions. chicken in baking dish 9x13, then veggies, then gravy, then the stuffing on top! I put it in the oven 350 for about 1/2 hour just to heat it all up and get it yummy!!

Total for casserole 6.91 and the garlic bread was 1.66(3 for 5 at Costco). Dinner total 8.57. That is 1.71 a person!! and we have more than half of the casserole left so we will be eating this for dinner tomorrow night as well!!! Thats even cheaper!! LOL

It was really good.... I had to boil water to make stuffing and then throw it all in the pan and bake it . Super simple! We went to the farmers market this evening and when we came home I made dinner and we ate as a family. Casserole, garlic bread(premade from costco), and fresh strawberries from farmers market! YUM_OH

July 12th Quick spanish rice with asada, peaches and warm tortillas

2010-07-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

So tonight I had about 3 cups of leftover taco meat from last night ... What to make???

I sauteed 2 cups of long grain rice in 3 tbl spoons of EVOO until it was lightly brown then I added the leftover tomatoes,leftover chopped cilantro, 2 tbl spoons of cumin,salt,pepper and some chopped garlic to the rice. I let it all cook for about about a minute then I added the leftover carne asada and 4 cups of water. I let it boil for 6 or 7 minutes then I put a lid on the pan, turned down the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes!

OH WOW..... It was super yummy!!

I opened a can of peaches and warmed up some tortillas and dinner was on the table!!! We really enjoyed this dish and it is a great way to use any leftover meat and veggies from our taco night!

Dinner total was 1.00 for the rice. I always calculate 1.00 for the rice. LOL I always get it on sale at Ranch market or Manny's and it Rice is so cheap 1.00 is probably too high for 2 cups!!

ok so 1.00 for the rice 1.25 can of peaches...The rest were ALL leftovers and staple spices!!! That is a 45 cent dinner per person YO!!!! and I have leftovers of this for ray's lunch!!

July 11th Carne Asada Tacos and rice and beans

2010-07-11T23:24:00.000-07:00

We had family in from OC and I wanted to make dinner for 7 adults and 5 children. 12 of us total. Ray, myself, Jack, Sa, Glory, Moe, Pappy and Joshua, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jacob, and Miss Olivia!

I ran to Ranch market and bought 4 pounds of chopped carne asada 2.49 a pound. 1 bunch of cilantro 20 cents, 5 tomatoes=1.48, 3 avocados =3.00 and 1 quart of premade rice=3.00 and one quart of premade beans=3.00, 1 pack of 50 tortillas fresh made that day 1.99. that was 21.67 I had cheese and sour cream at home.

It literally took me 20 minutes to make dinner for 12 people and it was under 2.00 a person for dinner! I seasoned the asada with taco seasoning and cooked it in a big skillet with EVOO and then I chopped all the veggies, the rice and beans were already done and the tortillas were still hot when I brought the home. It was a delicious dinner and we ALL sat at the dinner table and enjoyed the LOUD dining room and good company. 5 kids under 5 all eating at the same time was FUN!!

my favs!

2010-07-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Fruit: Peaches
Flower: Daisy
Ice Cream: Vanilla soft serve
Sport: softball
Number: 55
Soda: Diet Coke
Song: Live like you were dying
Color: Red
Saying: That's just the way I roll!
Actor: Gene Hackman
Alcoholic Drink: New Castle on tap
Breakfast food: Bacon
Favorite possession: Scrapbooks
Mall store: Lane Bryant
Fast food restaurant: Cozy's
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Cartoon Character: Mickey

2010-03-16T05:13:00.000-07:00

2010-03-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

see!!!

2010-03-15T01:05:00.000-07:00

I am learning to Digital Scrap

2010-03-14T17:23:00.000-07:00

Jan 23rd

2010-02-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

Who's 50?? Today is Brett's birthday. Brett is my sister Linda's boyfriend I call him her rock star boyfriend..Just for laughs. He is the drummer in a local band called Sunday Snake Oil.So Nikki is going to come over tonight and watch the boys and Raima and I are going to go to some bar in Oil-dale and watch him play and celebrate his 50th birthday with him. Happy Birthday Brett. Joshua and I cut out some stuff on the cricut and made big signs that say Happy 50th,The drummer is 50 and so on. We had a god time cutting out the stuff and making his signs. Then we headed to his party... OH my. It was a fun evening. I invited Jana and Guin to come hang out and we all had a great time listening to him play!

Jan 22

2010-02-05T23:39:00.000-08:00

Today is friday and what to do??? We decided home made pizzas and movie rentals... Sounds fun to me! Andy,CoCo,Aidyn, Drew, and Nikki came over for some fun and Pizza. We made chicken alfredo,mushroom and cheese on pita bread. We also made pepperoni and cheese. It was a fun night. Sarah Swan came over for some help with the Cricut. She cut out giraffes and frogs as her decorations for her shower on Sunday. We also made a parking sign and a sign that said Baby Shower. It was a nice evening the kids had fun running around... We also found a big puddle of water in the scrap book room. It is coming in from the bottom of the room. UGH This is what happens when 'some guy' builds a room extension on your house for REALLY good price.. HAHA Oh Well we got some sand bags and dried out the carpet with a fan and we are back in business...

Jan 21 st

2010-02-03T00:34:00.001-08:00

So I woke up this morning and made the boys some breakfast and made a list of everything in my pantry and freezers..Yes it is time to meal plan for the month....I decided to go to Star-bucks in Barnes and Noble this morning. I met Ashley there and we hung out for a while and had lunch... She was there working on some digital stuff and I was meal planning... Ray is off and home with the boys so I planned all my meals and headed to my first stop...Manny's discount grocery. Their dents and bents will save you dollar and cents ..HAHAHA... I really do love Manny's I find great deals there WEEKLY!!! After Manny's I headed to Winco another favorite money saver! I planned meals for 18 days..

The boys are home today with Raima. They are happy because Nintendo sent our WII back today. YAY!! We have missed our WII!
We have a lot of fun playing together, especially Mario Cart. It is serious business around here when it comes to the WII battle! HAHAHA

This evening after dinner I went to my friend Shirley's house. She had a Stamp and Up party and we made 2 Valentine cards. Hung out had some yummy chicken soup and lots of girl talk fun! Those chicks are CRAZY!!

Jan 20th

2010-02-03T00:24:00.000-08:00

Raima is off early yeah!!! The rain was so bad that they could not move the rig so he came home early...Nikki sat with the boys and we ran to Walmart and rented the Ugly Truth at Blockbuster.. pretty funny movie! A pretty normal day really.... Breakfast - clean up...lunch-clean up.....nap time. dinner...clean up then you know like 5 or 6 diapers...2 or 3 games of spider man BINGO and face-book of course... Joshua has been practicing his name and we worked on some flash cards for alphabet recognition. Isaiah is toddling around and getting into everything... He really does his own thing ALL day. He loves Yo gabba Gabba and anything Joshua does makes him laugh....

19th of Jan

2010-01-20T12:36:00.000-08:00

Tuesday was BUSY!!!!! I woke and went to MOPS . Thank you Lord for Pajama day! That was nice because we all know I could live in my pajamas....Sue spoke on the five love languages.. We wrote in our joy and challenge journals and made flour sack cloths! We dipped cookie cutters in fabric paint and they turned out really cute. Mine was hearts for Valentine's day! I came home and Martha was workin'!! It is so nice to have a clean house. I love it when she comes. I put a beef roast in the crock pot and LInda stopped by the store on her way home to pick up some rolls(french dips..YUM!!). Linda babysat so I could go to bookclub. Bookclub was GREAT!! I laughed so hard at Debbie Launer I almost wet my pants...LOLOLOL... It was a good night out! Carrie and I stayed and chatted awhile and then home....When I got home Linda and the kids were hanging out watching Disney... The kitchen was all clean food put away! Kids happy!! Love it when she babysits.. Linda and I cried a little before she left..It is so hard to comfort each other when we are both sad..My dad's situation is confusing to us and it makes us so sad..We love you Dad! When Linda left I gotta a call from Carrie..LOL. She bought her husband Dan a Apple computer for Christmas and so now we both have Ichat!! We figured this out last night..Holy COW! That was fun! We Ichatted for a little while and made some funny effect faces at each other!! It was the perfect ending to a busy day!

Saturday Sunday MOnday

2010-01-18T21:19:00.000-08:00

Saturday my friend Eve had the BABY GIRLS!! Yes I said girlS.. She had twin girls Sarah and Emma. Congratulations Brennan and Eve. I went to Memorial hospital Saturday morning and held the babies Eve looked great and the babies were nursing and healthy..I left the hospital and went to Winco to grocery shop.$205.00 later my cart full and so is my fridge and pantry. Raima made dinner this evening..He makes the best pork chops and rice. Nikki came over to hang out and have dinner. She made brownies for dessert and we watched- I can do bad by myself-...It was a great movie.. I cried!! What's new right???

Sunday we did not go to church:( We woke up late and it had been so long since I had slept in it actually felt good! Sunday evening I took Josh to Disney's Rockin' Road show @ Rabobank. Raima went back to work and Nikki watched Isaiah while we went to the show. It was last minute planning for those of you reading and wondering"why didn't you call me?? we would have gone with you!!"...HAHA.. Joshua was watching TV and came in and said that Disney show is in BAKERSFIELD mom...HAHA I called Rabobank and they had plenty of tickets.. So we got our tickets at the booth before the show and had a great time.. He loved the show and the time together with just him and I was nice.. Thanks Nik for watching Isaiah and Thanks daddy for workin' hard in this weather so we can go to Rabobank and watch Disney ...

Monday...Oh Monday.... We have cleaned all day because you guessed it the housekeeper is coming tomorrow!! I finished laundry and picked up lots of toys,trash and mail...Oh my!! It was super windy this morning when we woke up and then it rained and rained and rained some more... So needless to say it was good day to drink hot cocoa,play on facebook and watch every Disney movie in our collection...I made potato soup for dinner it was the perfect ending to this cold,dark day... Tomorrow Martha will be here !! YAY!!! She has not been here since the second week on December so my house is SCREAMING her name!! and so am I.....

Mops in the morning and bookclub in the evening ~~ Wish me luck! I really don't want to leave hibernation but I NEED to get out of here !!

Friday

2010-01-18T14:34:00.000-08:00

I unpacked and started some laundry. Joshua and Isaiah missed MaMa... All day they hung right by my side. We had a good day we watched Matilda and played some games... We waited for Auntie Nikki to get off work and Ray,Nikki and Joshua all went to see Avatar 3D. They said it was a awesome movie. They came home and we made brownie sundaes and hung out until bed time. It was a great day. Isaiah and I had a good time by ourselves while they went to the movies!! He is such a good boy and always smiling! Thank you to all that call and check on us during this time and offer to help. I know that I am not myself right now and I appreciate my friends and family who care ! If I haven't returned a phone call or am email it is not because I don't want to . It is hard for me to answer calls and emails when everything is in order and now that EVERYTHING is upside ALL the time it is even harder...Thanks again and continue to pray for my moms strength and for our family!

12th

2010-01-17T10:50:00.000-08:00

Tuesday the 12th, I packed up and headed to Trona. My sister Linda and Nicole were there for the weekend. We are trying to spread out time there so my mom is not alone with my dad. It is a lot of work and my mom does not want to be by herself. Raima stayed here with he boys...I am very grateful to have a supportive husband. He is the best! Believe me I thank the Lord for him all the time. When we (me and pappy) got to Trona my dad was sleeping.Yes pappy wanted to go to Trona so I packed up his stuff too and headed that way. My mom said he had a pretty good day. Wednesday the home health care nurse came out to change his catheter. She left and the catheter was not working...She called back later that afternoon and still no drainage. So she called the Dr. and he thought she should come back out reposition it and irrigate it to see if there was something wrong with the placement. So she came back out around 5pm and worked on it and thought it was in the right position and no blockage. So she called the Dr. and he wanted a blood panel drawn to make sure his kidneys were functioning??. Thursday morning the SAME nurse came back out and said she had done everything she could and for some reason it was not working. We called the doctor and decided that he had to go to the emergency room to get it fixed. We can not have him at home with out a working catheter. I called the ambulance and we headed to the emergency room. basically a long story short we were in the emergency room ALL day and it was finally fixed and the ambulance took him back home that evening. We got back home around 6pm. It was a very long day and my dad was exhausted and so were we. Friday morning I came back to Bakersfield and my sister Linda headed to Trona.

10th and 11th

2010-01-17T10:41:00.001-08:00

I will start with Sunday the 10th and Yes I am back to a daily journal it is what I originally started this blog for??

Sunday I hate to say but we slept most of the day away... We woke up around 11 and went out to Chinese for lunch. Then we came back home got back in pj's and slept off and on all day. Raima had to work at Midnight. Monday I cleaned the house and Raima brought us home some lunch from Ralenes filipino cuisine(love that place). Raima went to bed and the boys and I hung out. We played some games and read some books...A pretty normal day other than the crying and depression from me. I am having a hard time dealing with this. I feel like am TOO young to not have a father. I feel like he has so much much more life to live and to see him in a hospital bed living like he is is horrible I want his suffering to be over! I love you DAD!!

A New Year and Blogging

2010-01-16T01:04:00.000-08:00

Whew....5 months went by too quick... I suck at blogging period!!! LOL

I tried I really did. I am not going to delete my blog but I am going to quit trying to keep up with the picture and the daily post that totally threw me off!!

I was rockin' before 365 started and I WILL NEVER attempt that project again I am still stressed out about last October.LOL

So as most of you who know me know my dad is very sick. I have been traveling to Trona alot to help my mom and to spend time with my dad.. My New Year Started in Trona with both my sisters, mom and dad. We had NEVER all been in the same place for New Years..It was nice.. We stayed in Trona until the 3rd and then came home. It is so sad to see my dad in this condition. It is the hardest thing I have ever done..

The 4th we got unpacked and PACKED!! The 5th I headed back to Trona and Raima and the boys headed to Orange County to see Grandma Rosie who is visiting from Samoa..Friday the 8th we both returned home to a LOT of laundry and much needed time together. Saturday I was Pooped! I was hanging around the house,grocery shopping for a house that had been EMPTY for weeks and had a HUGE surprise--- my best friend in the whole world showed up on my door step around 2pm. I guess she was sick of hearing me cry on the phone so she decided to come listen to it in person. HAHA.. Ve'a you were a fresh breath of air today and I love you dearly for coming and seeing me it was TOO short a visit as she was back on the road home to Nipomo by 9pm . BUt it was still a nice surprise and there is nothing in the world like hugging your best friend when you are sad..Thanks V..I love you!

August 3rd

2009-08-03T23:52:00.000-07:00

Today I went to Lawhorns to help Carrie clean out her kitchen cabinets..FUN !! I love to organize and get rid of stuff..Especially other peoples stuff!! It is much easier to say do you really think you need that? If it isn't yours..LOL....We had a great time. She got rid of a lot of stuff for Goodwill and the kids played and played and played! We laughed until our belly hurt and Ty and Vaughn came over and hung out! All in All in a was great day! When we left there I dropped the kids off to Linda and headed to Sue's for our meeting about our Nashville trip! I can't wait to go to Nashville and attend the MOPS convention! I didn't have my camera today so I am gonna look through Carrie's pics and find one of the kids for today! HEEHEE

July 31st 2009

2009-07-31T09:54:00.000-07:00

2nd Annual CBC MOPS Scrap-booking fundraiser....We had our annual fundraiser for MOPS at Simply Scrapbook this year. 27 crazy women signed up to scrap all weekend and help raise money for MOPS! We raised a little over $1600.00 and had a fabulous weekend. Lots of local businesses and friends donated raffle prizes and food for the weekend. We scrap booked all Friday night and all day Saturday! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported CBC MOPS and to all those who donated and volunteered to make this a successful fundraiser! (picture to follow can't find that CF card HAHA)

July 30th 2009

2009-07-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

My husband loves to fish! Joshua loves to go with daddy. Mommy loves to say bye bye to the both of them .... Me and Isaiah love to take a nap while the boys love to fish! Here is a picture of the boys getting ready to go to Lake Isabella and catch lots of fish!

July 25th 2009

2009-07-25T10:02:00.000-07:00

Today is the Lawhorn Poker Party. Swimming,Poker,hanging out with friends and celebrating Brody's 4th birthday. It was a great day...although I did not take Dan's money at poker it was still fun. We had BBQ burgers and hot dogs. Rockin' artichoke dip and Carrie's homemade salsa. A good time had by all. (Carrie if you are reading upload a pic to Shutterfly from the poker party so I can post one forgot my camera today)......

bye camp ground!!!! 24th

2009-07-24T12:02:00.000-07:00

July 23rd

2009-07-23T11:53:00.000-07:00

CAMPING WE LOVE IT!!!!! There is a water park inside our camp ground and that is our adventure for today!!

July 22nd

2009-07-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

We are having a fabulous time at Lake Lopez. This morning we decided to launch the boat and go tubing. So we all pile in and pack up for a fun filled day! Ice chests, easy ups, and the boat. We are sure to have a good time. Well.... we get to the boat launch along with 25 others(literlly) and get in line to launch! There is a man at the bottom of the launch with 2 jet skis. He is taking a LONG time and has lots of people waiting!. We patiently wait for this very slow man to finish and as he was pulling his truck up the launch to park he drove by us and shouted to us how stupid he thought we were and that we should have used the middle launch instead of waiting also calling us some not very nice names. Now I am not sure if you know who I am married to or what he looks like, but he is a very large samoan man and my sisters husband is just as big and tall. In my opinion not a very smart thing to say to 2 very large men. Let alone their families. So Wayne gets angry and Ray as always kinda keeps his cool.(First I just wanna say I dont know why this man would say these things knowing that he has to walk back down the launch ALONE and get his jet skis. That was the biggest mystery.) So as he is walking back down the launch he immedialty starts to apologize and explain what a bad day he has had and how sorry he is .... Wayne explains to him that he is "going to be sorry in a minute pal" if he does not get his butt down the ramp and get his "crap" out of our way.I am using my blog profanity sensor today for sure. Wayne also pokes the man in the chest (a couple of times)!! Oh my he was now really sorry that he had spoke to us like that and scared. There was a ranger close by and ended up taking a report and the man moved his jet skis. We launched our boat and we were off for a some tubing. we laughed about it all day. "your gonna sorry in a minute Pal" about everything ALL DAY!!. Isaiah your gonna "be sorry in a minute" if you don't take a nap. Joshua your gonna "be sorry in a minute" if you don't behave. and so on and so on . So we have a new family joke. Your gonna be sorry in a minute Pal!!!

a Safari with Survivor Man-21st

2009-07-21T12:47:00.000-07:00

This morning we woke and Wayne has the flu-Yuck.
Everyone else except for Myself and Isaiah and of course sick boy went to little falls big falls.They hiked to the falls and jumped off the rocks.fished for salamanders and brought them home in an ice chest.Saw a bear and some deer.It was a great adventure.. Raima cracked us up when they all got back to camp he said they had went on a safari with survivor man (Brett). I had a good time at camp with Isaiah we cleaned up a bit and listened to music. I gave him a bath in the sink and he took a little nap while mom had a couple of Smirnoff Ice. It was a good day. Raima made tacos for dinner and Linda and I went in to town to get ice and Wayne some medicine.

July 20th

2009-07-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

ok so here is the master plan. Raima took Brett's truck to work last night and Linda,Brett,Joshua,Isaiah and Myself are driving the truck and trailer to Lake Lopez. Wayne,Nicole,Tanner and caleb are following in their motorhome . Raima works in Lost Hills. So it is closer for him when he gets off work at 12 to drive from there straight to the lake. We arrived at the exact same time to the lake and set up our camps. the kids took a walk around the campground and we had rib-eyes for dinner and salad and garlic bread Yum-Oh. We built a camp fire and made smores. Laughed a lot and had a great time. Tomorrow is the little falls big falls hike. See you in the morning!!!!

JULY 19TH

2009-07-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

Well my house looks like a hurricane hit it. We are packing and getting ready to go camping. Linda and I are going shopping groceries and some stuff for camping. Nikki is going to come by and bring dinner to Pappy every night we are gone. Thaks Nik. and we are very excited to get out of this heat and to the coast for some family fun.

July 17th

2009-07-17T11:50:00.000-07:00

I am packing the trailer for our camping trip. I have decided that I do not want to have to pack things from my kitchen to take camping. So Over the past couple of months I have been going to yard sales,goodwill and the dollar store to stock my trailer.. I have been very successful in finding everything. So I took my old raggity towels out of the my house and put them in the trailer. I had an old bathroom set of rugs and matching towels. I put those in the trailer. It also gave me an excuse to buy new towels and rugs for our house YAY!! My mom gave us some queen sheets and a comforter set for the bed. I bought a first aid kit and fire extinguisher. For the kitchen, I made a list of everything in my own kitchen that I use. Then as I bought the item I would cross it off my list. Soon I had my entire kitchen. Here is my list:
wash rags
hangers for clothes
trash can
measuring cups and spoons
8-forks,spoons and butter knifes
slotted spoon
2-serving spoons
spatula
2-wooden spoons
metal or plastic coffee cups
set of plastic drinking cups
can opener
platter
big tupperware bowl
8-plastic plates
8-plastic bowls
big mixing bowl
serving bowl
baskets for bread and napkins and such
colander
set of knifes
tongs for bbq and serving
bbq spatula
rubber spatula(baby cheater)
funnel
ranch shaker
cheese grater
oven mitts
cake pan
cookie sheet(small for oven)
large fry pan
small fry pan
large stock pot
small stock pot
scissors
bottle opener
filet knife
aim and flame
dish rags
dish soap
sponges
zip-locks
tin foil
baggies
trash bags
table cloths
duct tape
clock
shower curtain
pen and paper
activities for kids coloring books,bubbles,etc
pillows
extra blankets
rice cooker
blender-----still need
4 qt crock pot------still need
Also my mom saves all her sour cream,cool whip and butter containers. Washes them and I out those in the trailer and we use them for cereal and storage during our trip and then we don't have so many dishes we just use them and throw them away. Thank you Mary Crandall!!

So now the trailer is ALL ready and set to go. I am just thankful that I can pack our clothes and food and jump in the truck and go camping no packing needed. It makes for a much nicer vacation when it is less work and more fun. We have all of our camping stuff in the trailer too. There is a large storage at the bottom of the trailer and we have stored our lanterns,camping chairs,tables,large grass rug,tools,sleeping bags,extra tent,easy up,cots,really everything we need. It is great to have all of that stuff out of our garage and it is really nice to know that it is ready to GO..Whenever we want to take it!! We got a really good deal on our trailer last year. We paid cash $1800.00. We have put a little money into it to get it ready. Propane tanks,a new battery,sewer hoses, a couple of fuses,new light bulbs, a minor repair to the roof and we have ourselves a working trailer. Our moto is pay cash for stuff we can afford. It is nice be able to pay cash for something and OWN it forever,rather than buy something that we can't afford and then never have any money to take it anywhere or have to spend our life a slave to our toys and our jobs. So the tip for today is own crappy stuff that works and spend more time with your family and people you love that is truly what life is about. It does not matter the size of you bank account but what matters the most is that you made a difference in the life of a child. Our children love to camp and it feels so good to pull out of that driveway and to go get lost in the campground for couple of days.

July 16th

2009-07-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

today I am recovering from the flu..Doing all the laundry we made and hanging out at home with the kids!!!

July 15th

2009-07-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

I HAVE THE FLU

July 14th

2009-07-14T14:05:00.000-07:00

Ok so NO hanford....Boo... Raima has been throwing up all night. We have been together for a little over 15 years and I have NEVER seen him Puke!!! He was so sick this flu bug is nasty!! Joshua started throwing around 9 this morning and has been down all day. Pappy is also throwing up and very weak..Oh please pray Mom does not get this...Some one has to take care of this sick house!! Joshua still has that fake smile even though he is sick!!

July 13th

2009-07-13T13:55:00.000-07:00

Had a Dr. Appointment today with Dr , Bazmi to start a weight management program. She gave me phentrmine and a shot of
B-12. So today starts my low card and high protein diet. Yay!!! Isaiah feels much better we are going to go to Hanford tomorrow ona train trip with Gina and her summer filed trip groupl. What fun. I called Megan Goudge to see if she wanted to go with us. So Joshua could have a friend!! She is excited too. It will the first time on a train for both of them. We just hung around the house today. Isaiah is feeling alot better. He is crawling all over and I am glad he is not sick any more. I went to Goudges today and hung out. She had a little concern about "something" I went up and helped her!!! Joshua played for a while and then we came home and had dinner bath and bed!! Yay!!!!!

July 12th

2009-07-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

No Photo taken...... We went to Crossroads this morning. We are looking for new church and Crossroads was great. I think we might just like it there. Came home and made dinner. We hung out and read books. About 10pm Isaiah started throwing up. UGH. It was very sad he threw up ALL night long . Poor little guy had a 24 hour flu bug!!!

July 8th

2009-07-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

We hung out at the Sutherland sircus today and after we went to the Farmer's market and the kids got their face painted. We had a great time and Joshua and Trinity loved the Farmer's market!

July 7th

2009-07-07T15:11:00.001-07:00

At Coco's swimming ..We were trying out the underwater feature on my camera..It was super fun!!!

July 6th

2009-07-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

Po Folks.. The food was yummy and having with a good time with family better!!!

July 5th

2009-07-05T14:27:00.000-07:00

We played on the water slide all day and Jack BBQ'd. We had a great time with family. That is what life is about hanging out and loving your family!!

July 4th Orange County

2009-07-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

July 3rd

2009-07-03T16:28:00.000-07:00

We went to my sister Linda's and hung out all day. We made crab salad for the 4th. I tried to do her hair??? Then we went to Shafter to watch the fireworks with some friends. Linda and all her kids .Justin his new girlfriend and thier boys. April,Anthony and Addy. We sat at the park bought cool light toys from some guy and enjoyed the fireworks!!!

July 2nd

2009-07-02T16:25:00.000-07:00

This is what my baby does on the way to the Dr with an ear infection. He is the Happiest baby. We took him to Dr Bhogal's today and he had an ear infection in his right ear. He had been running a fever and pulling at his ear. She gave me a z-pack. Hop ehe feels better soon

July 1st

2009-07-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

I had take Deebo to the Vet today!

June 30th

2009-06-30T14:30:00.000-07:00

We went on a tour of Winco today. We had a lot of fun. The kids tasted honey,fresh deli meat,and of course cookies. We saw a REALLY big block of colby cheese. I wanted to put that in our cart LOL... We walked by the trash bins,very stinky, and all shared lunch at the pizzeria at the end of our tour. Thank you to Miss Gina for the invite!!

June 29th

2009-06-29T14:24:00.000-07:00

Raima and Sua went to transformers. Isaiah and Mommy stayed home and took a nap!

June 28th

2009-06-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

We spend a lot of time at CoCo's during the summer. She has a pool. We love to swim!!! This picture is of Isaiah and he laid so still on the raft for a very long long time. He loves to be in the water and swim. Joshua is doing much better in the water. He can swim,get rings off the bottom,and he is learning to float! Thanks CoCo for the open pool policy during the summer we would melt without you!

June 27th

2009-06-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

It is just really HOT!!! We close our blinds,turn on all the fans,crank down our A/C, and look at eachother in the living room. Raima says it is even too hot to smoke. imagine that? You know it is HOT if my hubby isn't cleanin' out the garage or smoking on the porch!! We try not to open the door or even go outside. We eat alot of fresh tomato sandwiches and cold salads. NO OVEN OR STOVE!!! It is summer in Bakersfield. I pray for my husband when he has to work outside in the heat. It is defiantly summer and we are hermits in the house unless we are at CoCo's swimming. See ya in September when it starts to cool down...

June 26th

2009-06-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

Joshua had a great time at Auntie Glory's. (No Auntie sa he didn't catch the swine flu?? LOL..) We hung out with Miss. Olivia all day. Joshua hung out with all the neighbor kids. They played in the sprinklers and he "shared" auntie Glory's bubble gum with them. He was trying to make friends LOL. and Isaiah hung out in Olivia's new pack and play that we broke in for her. Jr and Lika and the girls came over to visit us while we were there. We had a great time and Miss. Olivia is PERFECT!!!!

June 25th

2009-06-25T14:05:00.000-07:00

This morning we woke and headed to OC to see Miss OLIVIA.. She is doll. Me,Joshua, and Isaiah decided to go to Fountain valley and see Gloria and her new baby girl.

June 24th

2009-06-24T10:26:00.000-07:00

Go Dodgers. We went to a couple of Caleb's baseball games this year. I really wish we could have gone to more but it is so hot and Isaiah can not sit in the heat that long. But we did go to a few that started at 7 and it had kinda cooled off. Caleb loves to play baseball. Wayne is the assist coach. This particular day Caleb hit a triple and did a very good job playing third base. Joshua loves to go to the games and play with all the kids and I am so glad that Caleb enjoys to play. Good Job Caleb We love you

June 23rd

2009-06-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

Marlene and her kids came over to play with Joshua today! We got out the water slide and the kids had great time in the front yard. They had a picnic on the lawn and were VERY tired at the end of the day!Thanks for coming over and hanging out with us I am glad we are friends.

June 22nd

2009-06-22T10:10:00.000-07:00

Tanner again,again,again,again!!!!! Joshua loves Tanner and loves him even more when he throws him in the pool. Swimming at CoCo's again!!!

happy fathers day

2009-06-21T23:39:00.000-07:00

June 20th

2009-06-20T01:19:00.000-07:00

Cindy's to scrap and home to hang out with family ..No picture taken..

June 19th

2009-06-19T01:14:00.000-07:00

To CoCo's to swim

June 17th

2009-06-17T01:11:00.000-07:00

Isaiah's first time in the pool. We went to the Lawhorn's to swim today . Carrie had a Dr appointment so I cruised out to her house and sat with the babies a little while and when she got home we had Strawberries in powder sugar and a large diet coke from MCdonalds. We swam a little and hung out.

June 16th

2009-06-16T00:59:00.000-07:00

Joshua showing me his Dewar's Ice Cream. We went on a tour this morning with Gina's summer group. It was a good time for sure!!!

Who wants Chocolate?? lolololol