Gloomy Sunday...look like rain!

Alej at his MRI...

Felicity getting her wart frozen...

Jeff Dunham with Peanut and Jose-the Jalepeno on a stick!

The weekend is final here but already almost over. We did garage sales from 8-11 yesterday and made all kinds of finds. We spent only 60 bucks and came home with a dresser, 2 book cases, a rolling pin (old one was used to lay down our laminate) plastic plates, a slide, a little tykes shopping cart, lots of snow gear...and much more. The Tahoe was loaded and impressed the heck out of us.


Busy week, lots of soccer games, an MRI for Alej, practices, rain--they kind that makes you feel damp all day, and Jeff Dunham! It was a great show but had me up way past my bed time! I am such a wuss!


The kids are really getting along greatly! They laugh and have fun argue but work it out, the big kids help take care of the little kids...its really been a lot of fun. And of course we enjoy having Karen back in our lives. We are working on getting her to laugh more often but late night talks are helping.


Have a great week and here are more pictures!

June 18th already

Can you believe it, it's almost Solstice!! Yep, we still celebrate those pagan holidays here with a passion!! LOL We will be up late Sunday enjoying the local fairs and activities. I hope the weather holds up, we are expecting on & off rain showers.

In the last few weeks we have won 2 soccer games and lost 3 not too bad. One win for each kid. 6 soccer practices, and 2 piano practices. 1 ultrasound for Alej everything checked out and 1 cancelled spinal MRI for him also. Felicity needs to have a mole removed that has gone rogue and I think that's it.

Oh yeah! Karen and the girls arrived on the 9th and have settled in nicely. It has been busy and hectic, there are lots of little shoes everywhere and my house has been introduced to the color pink! Karen has her new AK license and has started looking for employment, wish her luck!

Get well soon, Theresa...I know you must be bored to tears.

Talk to everyone soon...PS we are setting up our Skype so we can chat online, be sure to join us when you can.

Love GB

Mid-week update

well its wed & we have survived 2 soccer practices & 2 games, 1 more game to go~

today we received a call from baby's daycare that we needed to pick him up because they had an electrical fire~ crazy huh~ no one was hurt, they caught it before any damage was done but it is policy to send the kidos home~ jrb raced other there to pick up his boy~i was fine i know they do fire drills regularly & have observed so i was ok~

city did great at piano~she has excellent posture & caught on pretty quickly this should be fun+ also she won her game last night it was an awesome game + both kids games were really great they have come a long way~

well everyone take care...write more this weekend...after alej & i return of anc for a casting, soccer practice & finishing up the bathroom remodel....

Hey Gang,

Its been a crazy 2weeks, AZ was fun but fast...and cold. It was actually warmer back home in AK isn't that funny? Since returning i have had the worst cold/allergy thing going on..ugh i feel like hell. But steph's graduation was fun & exciting bringing back all those old memories from my high school years...ahhhh. we have alot going on..+eo started soccer this last week...practice every tues/thur and 1st game on mon @ 6. we'll keep u posted on the score. city has practice 2day @ 6, we'll find out when her game are today + she has piano practice on tuesday @ 430 pm...my i am going to have to stuff the car full of snacks/drinks since we will be on the go so much! Thanks T for the cooler! it has come in handy over & over!

OH--we saw star trek yesterday for date-nite...it rocked!! now that is how a prequel is done! speaking of sci-fi stuff-this is more scientific...we have been shook lately by a serious of earthquakes!!! yikes it didn't bother me before but ever since becoming a home owner it means a LOT!! i dread the shaking and rocking...i think each time what did that do to my foundation now???

karen & the girls will B here in 9 days!! the bathroom is still unfinished and when i say unfinished i mean it. there is only a tub and toilet-no sink, an open view of the attic, no extra light or fan...and we still need to prime & paint...i have a feeling we will be pulling a few all nighters.

have to go now, need to go buy shin guards/cleats for city, take alej to have his tb test checked, go see UP in 3d...etc you get the idea...we have a busy, crazy, hectic lives...i love it!!

Chena River Run 5K

Today was another wonderful sunny day! Temps hovered in the high 70s and the kids did fantastic. They ran...yes ran the 5k in under 40 minutes. While momma stayed behind and took an hour and a minute to cross the finish line. We celebrated with Mexican buffet at Gallo's and tearing apart our garage for some overdue spring cleaning. 4 hours later we have a clean garage and organized garage. We don't need no stikin' Clean Sweep, we did it ourselves! We got the bikes out and the kids geared up and hit the road. F-city is officially allowed to go around the block by herself, she only went once though....I think she was lonely. Mateo is not allowed for another year. The other thing she did today was head over to North Pole for a go-karts @ her friend Jazzy's birthday. It was great to see her so excited behind the wheel...hmmm thoughts of her driving 4 or so more years flashed before my eyes...we will need to up our insurance for sure! Have a great weekend everyone. G+M+B

Robert's Birthday Party

Busy week. short version, i almost quit my job but didn't...i like to shop so that would affect my spending a little. We have a birthday party for Robert, happy 34th. The cake was fun, Jen & Nils made it in honor of the snowmachine accident. It was a big hit. Its not a party unless someone pukes, rolls down the stairs or gets naked. Too bad it was just our party guests under 2. LOL We didn't hear from any family members...poor Robert everyone forgot!

Fairbanks is warming up, I think we hit 60 today, its wonderful! And the sun isn't setting until around 10 pm...ahhhh all thoughts of leaving Alaska have been temporarily erased. Have a great week everyone!

Sunny Sunday

With 15 hours of sunlight streaming in the windows its a little hard to sleep in now a days. You just feel like you have to get up and do something. We are planning on an afternoon bike ride, the first for the season, not sure how Alej will do but we will load up on snacks to keep him happy. I haven't ridden my bike for two years now so I am sure I will be very sore in the morning. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and getting outside in their surroundings. Our local walks start kicking in these next few weeks and so does our social calendar: May 2nd is the Chena River Run, May 8-10 we will be in Anchorage for the Alej's Shriner's appt and shopping, May 16th is the Heartwalk...funny followed by lunch at Big Daddy's Bar-b-q. So much for heart smart! The 19th is the last day of school, sis and I leave the next morning for Sunny Arizona for Steph's graduation...and return just in time for Memorial day camping and grillin'. Can you say busy? I just hope I can keep up with my 6 day a week exercise program.

Easter Sunday

well it was a fun casual sunday, we didn't get to the store in time to get plastic eggs so there was no egg hunt but the kid survived & had a great time. the famous m&m shirt we made mateo wear when he was a baby made a return this year. alej wore it proudly.

we watched Monsters vs. Aliens ++++ in 3D! It was awesome! even the baby sat through the movie w/glasses on! i had a break through this week, i have offically lost 16 lbs since i started excercising. i am beside myself with happiness...i had started to feel sorry for myself and didn't want to go to the gym and had a horrible work out session but when i got home and weighed myself it was 2 more lbs. it inspired me to keep going. have a great week all...enjoy your warm weather...we are getting there but not fast enough!

Friday Wrap Up

Wow, it's been a fast week! For those of you didn't know Robert was in a snow machine accident Sunday. Fell about 25ft from a ledge with his machine. He didn't bail out so his landing was the handle bar. Since they were so far out from the road he and his friends had to nurse the machine back to the main road. The whole process from accident site to ER took about 3.5 hours. I was in a bizarre state of calm shock...Theresa can vouch for me. He was lucky no broken bone, only 3 stitches, a dislocated shoulder and tons of bruises across his neck and chest. God was with him is all I can say.

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful, we have worked diligently to clear the drive way, I have made it to the gym every morning at 5am and Robert stayed home most of the week with his swollen neck...it looked really bad, like he had an extra side neck! Felicity had SBA testing at school all week so on Wednesday to give her a break I took her and Mateo swimming after school. It was a nice surprise and was a lot of fun! They are not babies anymore so I can do laps while they play and splash on their own. :)

We don't have any Easter plans! No lunch/dinner planned, I have only 1 basket for the baby and nothing else yet for the big kids. Robert and I have a date night planned for Saturday evening so maybe the Easter bunny won't come until Sunday afternoon. We haven't gone out in over ....um we haven't gone anywhere at all! Unless you count trips to the ER or transfer site (dump-we haul our own trash here) and i don't.

Oh yeah and my car died...this evening. Apparently, i have been driving around with a broken water pump for a few days, now i have to take it into the shop. We will be stylin' in the Escort the next few days...yeah. I may get a rental car just so we can have more room, we outgrew the Scortie about 2 kids ago!

Happy Easter, much love to all...Eat some Brisket for us!! With lots of bbq sauce.

Spring is near??

Nothing like a warm sunny day and seeing the snow melt. We hit the store for new sunglasses for the kids and break-up boots for the big kids. No sign of the geese yet but I am sure they will be here soon. Once that happens Spring will happen overnight. The daylight has already started to hang around well past 8pm. Its hard to get the baby to sleep when he know darn well the sung is shining behind the shades.

Have a great weekend, our week went really fast... I am not really prepared for it to start!