Baby kitten "Ava"

A little update on our new family pet. "Ava" is doing much, much better! Yes, we kept her. She has both eyes open. She looks much better. I'll post pics later. It's so funny seeing Ariel feed the kitten with a syringe. I think he likes her too! on't know much about cats but I think when they purr it means that they are happy. I hope so cuz we save her butt! hee...hee... O' one more thing, Alec was the one that opened her little eye. When I got home that afternoon he so excited to share that he fixed her eye, he said "Mama, mama, I fixed the baby cats eye cuz I'm a doctor"..... :D super cute!

Motherly instinct?

Can boys have that motherly instinct? I think my boys have it! This morning when as we walked out to go to work/school there was a baby kitten lying on the front porch. It looked like it was dead but as I got closer I noticed that it was moving. I called for Ariel, he picked up the kitten a put it in his old car that we have parked outside (other cats have had their litters there before). Anyways, later on in the morning Ariel was going to pick up Alec from school and to his surprise as he walked out there was another kitten. He thought someone was playing a joke on him. That kitten was moving a little. So he got that kitten and put it in the car as well. When he got back from picking up Aaron from school, he saw the mama cat taking only one of her kittens. She left the first one that fell behind. :-( The boys called me right away to work and were telling me the whole story.... super cute.... So, when I got home from work I checked on the baby kitten and sure enough the baby kitten was still there. The mama cat did not come back for her...... Ariel and I are not cat people; we are dog lovers.... So taking in a cat is not what we would normally do. But as we saw the boys really caring for the kitten and begging to keep it, how could we say no so we just gave in... I felt kinda bad also after see how she looked. The poor baby kitten has a big chi-chote on her head that caused her right to close. I hope se doesn't have some kind of brain damage.......... We'll see how it goes, hopefully she'll get better...... I guess we'll have to think of a name... Any suggestions??? We'll see what the boys think of!

79th Annual Battle of the Arroyo!

This was our first football game of the year! We couldn't have picked a better game to go to... Battle of the Arroyo! We weren't able to stay for the whole game, you know, cuz of the kiddos. But the little we were there I really enjoyed! We left after the 3rd qtr began. The score was Greyhounds 10 / Cardinals 13! I hope we beat there butts! I'll have to post the score later!...

FINAL SCORE: CARDS 34 / HOUNDS 17! Oh well, next year!!!! Good Game!

Go, go GATORS!

This year we were debating whether or not to put Aaron in flag football or winter baseball. I personally enjoyed seeing him play baseball but he insisted on playing football. So we put him in football. Last Friday was the last day for registration and like always I left it to the last minute but he's in! Aaron will be playing (5-6) Flag football for Dr. Cash, Team 2! This will be his second year. Hopefully he learned something from last year cuz last year he just liked running and falling! lol...... His coach is Juanito Torres, ex-Greyhound! It's his first year coaching! Wish them luck! It's always fun seeing the kids play!!!! Good luck Dr. Cash Gators - Team 2!

Off they go!....

For most children today was the 1st Day of School! My boys attend Dr. Cash Elem. in San Benito. This is the first year that both of my older boys attend the same school. I was super excited for them. Aaron is a 1st grader and Alec is in Pre-K. I thought it was super cute when Alec gave Aaron a kiss goodbye! Boy does Aaron think he's a big boy ~ he knows the ropes, hee...hee... He was showing Alec where his class and cafeteria were. Of course being a mom I had to take pics :D

Home sweet home!....

Thanks to the Lord above, we just completed 5 years with our little home! I love the nest we created for our 3 little chicks. They say the average American would have owned at least 2 houses in their life time. I guess this is it for us!.... We are very blessed to be in our seconded home. When Ariel and I got married his parents gave us a little bitty one bedroom one bath home. But as our family grew we needed space too. So we torn down our wooden frame home and built a brick home. My sisters always tell me that my house puts them to sleep, its very cosy! We seem to think so too! There are soooo many little home improvements that I want to do but the only thing I'm missing is the mula! One day, I keep telling myself... hee... hee... Hmmmm.... let's see, I WANT: put granite kitchen counter tops, outdoor tile, a pretty roof over my patio, repaint my living room, tile in all bedrooms, in close the garage to make my living area bigger, remove my garden tub to be able to extend my stand up shower in my bedroom, remove my mirrors in the bathrooms and put a pretty framed mirror instead, put pedestal sinks in the bathrooms.....the list goes on and on.... A girl can wish right... :-D

Mother nature....

Here I thought we escaped with only two shingles missing, boy was I wrong :-( We finally had a chance to go on the roof and check out what mother nature did. Well not me, Ariel finally had time, you know with his crazy work schedule and stuff. Anyways, he went on the roof to count how many shingles we needed to buy. And to our surprise there was more damage than we had thought. I called in and filed a claim with our insurance company. I hope and pray that they will help us. What Ariel could see he says that we should have had water come in through attic. No water stains have showed on the ceilings or walls yet from what we can see. Please pray for us that we have a little help from our insurance company. Another little obstacle that is given to us!