Young Women's Camp

For those of you who did not know. I work with the Young Women in my branch. Summer is here and that means Girls Camp. I almost have everything ready. We leave tomorrow at 8 AM, going somewhere in Spanish Fork Canyon. This is my first time going to Girls Camp as a leader and I am very nervous. First, I will have to drive for about 2 hrs pulling a trailer where we are transporting all of our stuff. I have never pulled a trailer before, so I'm hoping I will be ok. Also I have never started a fire! YIKES! and I am planning to do all the cooking on a dutch oven. We are going as a Stake and I have 6 girls in my branch that are coming. Also, the other leader in our branch that is supposed to come will only be there part time. She plans on driving back home at the end of the day and then back up to camp the next day everyday, which also makes me very nervous for her. In the other hand I am leaving my dear babies for 3 and a half days! I have never been away from them, not even a day! Daddy is taking the week off so he can stay home with them. I know he will do great handleing it all, but I can't help being nervous about it as well. I am also excited to be going. The Young Women in my branch are great and I know they will be helping a lot. I hope I can do a good job helping them enjoy camp and that they like my food! :)

Fathers Day

We had a good fathers day. On Saturday morning we took Aaron fishing at Timpanogos. I wanted it to be a surprise, so I blind folded him before leaving the house, and even then he could tell exactly were we were going and got every turn I took right on. I even took a detour to get on the freeway, but it was no use. He kept telling me where we were the whole way there. What he didn't know was that I had his fishing pole in the trunk, so he was excited when he found out. Sorry to say he didn't get much of that done, but he had fun teaching Naomi how to reel the little floating bubble back in.

We had a little picnic before walking over to the lake. There were squirrels all over the place, and some of them didn't seem to mind us at all. We fed one of them some of our quiche, then it left and came back with a couple more of his friends. The girls had a lot of fun watching them nibble away their food. Look closer. Can you see the squirrel?

Jocie was just fascinated by them. She kept scooting herself closer. I had to grab her to back up because Aaron was scared it might jump on her.

A little moment caught on picture. Daddy and his two little girls.

Walking the trail, looking for a fishing spot.

Daddy teaching Naomi "how to fish." This was Naomi's first time fishing.

Meanwhile Jocie played with the dirt. She liked that a lot and was very entertained by it. Can you tell?

It was a nice little day and I think Aaron enjoyed it a lot and that made me happy. He deserved it and more for being such great dad. We love him!

Naomi's New Haircut

Last week, on Monday, the girls and I drove past Cookie Cutters on our way to running some errands. I kind of had the thought of getting her a haircut in my head for some days. She saw me buzzing Aaron's hair the other day and then kept asking me to cut her hair too "Cut it off mami" That's what she kept saying, pointing at her hair. So when I saw the place I almost didn't hesitate and pulled into the parking lot. I asked her if she still wanted a haircut and very excited responded "Yes, cut it off!" It's a nice little place. We didn't even have an appointment and we only had to wait for about 10 min, the lady who came in right behind us had to come back the next day, so I guess it was meant to be, ha-ha! Meanwhile Naomi played in the little slide they have. Their stations each have a TV in front of it and they get to choose which movie they get to watch, sweet! They didn't have those when I was growing up! Their seats are also very cool, little trains and planes or cars. So she immediately wanted to jump right in. Her hair was very long already, so I was kind of sad when I saw her taking the first cut, but it turned out really cute at the end after she styled it and everything. So pretty! I loved it. Then before leaving she got to have a sucker and a balloon, nice! We kept it a surprise for Aaron until he got home and Naomi was very excited to show daddy her new haircut. Aaron was very happy to see her new haircut and also thougth she looked very pretty, of course. She keeps telling everybody that "Hermana cut it off" She calls everybody who she doesn't know "hermana." She gets it from church. Funny little girl. Here are some pictures of her new look!

A quick update

Not much new. Aaron's leg is looking a lot better, but he's still on antibiotics. The Doctor told him that some of the swelling might never go away, we thought that was weird. He is going to school during the summer, taking 3 classes or 10 hrs. He is also working 4- 10's so he can have Fridays off, YAY! Tomorrow will be his first Friday off.

I am now training to run a 10K in July 24, the day after my sister gets home! So excited! After that I would like to do a triathlon under a novice division, 200 yds swim, 7m bike and 1.3m run. It's coming up on August and even though I will not have enough time to train I think it would be fun. I would like to run a couple more 10K's and even a half marathon by the end of the year and do a whole marathon next year, YIKES! So now that I've gone public with that I'll need to work really hard.

The girls are doing great. I can't believe Josie will be 11 months in just a few days! Wow! She still won't crawl, I think she will skip the whole crawling thing and go straight into walking because she is doing really good at that. Naomi started crawling at 8 months and walking at 13 months. They are completely different from each other. I can see how Josie learns faster than Naomi did, but is not as daring as Naomi was. At eleven months Josie is giving you a high five, giving kisses, waving hi and bye, pointing at things, saying "halla!" (there), faking a laugh, drinking from a sippy cup, signing "more" and "all done" (se acabo), chewing on her toes, has 6 teeth (4 of them just coming in at the same time!), loves to stand at the window and look outside, loves to chase after the dog and being chased by her big sister, loves to watch the birds that feed in our back yard, loves to have mommy walk her around the house all day long if possible, loves her osito and her "chupis" (binki) at bed time.Mommy never struggles when putting her to bed. She is a cuddler. She will snuggle with osito and rest her head on my shoulder. So sweet! Tofu and frozen fruit (through the mesh feeder thingy of course) are some of her favorite treats. LOVES to go down the slide and on the swing. Most of all she loves her big sister and laughing at all the silly things she does. Hates it when bath time is over, when it's time for a diaper change, when daddy smothers her with kisses, when she does not get her food fast, when mommy stops walking her and puts her down. Other than that she has a super sweet personality and temper unless she misses her nap.

We often get remarks from people saying that our kids are well tempered and easy to be around. Again, I thank baby wise! We have seen how they turn into a mess when they have not had enough sleep or miss a nap, but also they are sweet-sweet babies all alone :) (of course mommy would say that)

Anyway, this is why I hate to blog. I always end up going to bed later than usual. I will go now.