Last of April pictures...

Here are two pictures of the blue jay that has been staying somewhere close to my backyard. He comes for food and water, and stays hidden in the burning bush for awhile. He likes to be high up in my neighbor's tree as well. It is a very beautiful bird, although his singing ability is like mine!

This is one of the hyacinth that we bought in Holland, MI last year. Very pretty color.

We love the hostas in front of our house, they were here when we bought the house, but the tulips are new. They are open now. I will try to put pictures of the tulips (they are yellow -mostly).

Another new tulip. It is a mixed, I forgot the name, but it is a beautiful white iceberg color.

These tulips are gone. They were an awesome red color. I took a picture after it had rain and loved it.

Well, there is still a lot that we can do with our front porch/ mini garden, but it is not too bad. We are focusing in the back this year because we have a few events that are going to happen!

I don't even remember buying this type of tulip, but the double color makes them very pretty. I am going to buy a few more...



While taking pictures of the tulip I kept hearing Maggie (our neighbor's dog) going crazy barking and then I found out that it was a raccoon on the tree that was driving her insane. I tried to take a picture of the face, but with the baby and the street this was the best angle I could get.

Another flower in the front garden. They are tiny, but the blue color is very nice.

Arianna finding new ways to entertain herself or new ideas for the toys that she has. Can you see her little house?

Mike and Arianna playing ball!

We came inside after playing in the yard and saw Misty perching on top of the chair. She had not done that before. How cute!

Who would not be happy with such a good and yummy steak...

I guess that works too Arianna...

May 3rd

So, May 3rd has two meanings to us:

1) One -the birthday of my grandma. I prefer to remember this day (than the day she passed away) so she would have been 89 yrs. We went to the cemetery (Mike, Ari, my mom and me) and we stayed for awhile. Arianna was running up and down, and going through every flower she could find (saying the colors she knows: purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, and green). So, it was a nice day to remember her. In this picture, we were celebrating Christmas (2001 or 2002). She is with my mom.


and 2) it is when Mike and I started going officially. Our first official date was after we finished celebrating my grandma's birthday. We went to a late movie (Big Hit - that was the only one available- not the best movie), then we went to Stake and Shake (I still remembered the sundae I ordered -yummy), and to finalized and since it was around 1 am and the only thing opened was a 24 hr Kmart that was our final stopped. It was a nice date!

Yeah, we were so young once!

Happy 11th year!

Nature pics...

Is this an oriole? I am not sure, but it is the only one like him/her in the backyard.

I love the couple of Robbins that live in the yard now. I am obsessed with finding a good spot to use the color of their eggs in the house...

I think this one is the male. He comes and sings for awhile. I think he is getting used to Ari and me playing in the yard.

okay, i did not expect this... all I have to say is "get a room!"

This bird is back.. Nice grackle... Love the blue color around their head.

A picture of the tree that we have in front of our house, it is purple for about 3-4 weeks, then it becomes green...

One of the tulips that we planted a year ago...

3 of 3 .... Stuff

Arianna went to visit her grandparents and she was giving grandma imagined food or something. It was cute.

I love this white sweater... It has a flower on the bottom and she keeps telling me "bowel" instead of flower.

Her new thing is to try to fit herself in everything, now it was this box and she stayed for awhile. Later she was calling me to help her out of the box...

Well, her first injury (when she knows that she hurt herself). She cried (whimper cry) when I put some peroxide and the band-aids. Then...(next picture) [For those that did not know, Ari was outside playing and trip and fell on some of the pebbles around the grass]

She remained laying down for about 45 minutes. She wanted me to be near by for support...
(The injury is healing fast and she is ok)

Thanks to Ron for the potato recipe and the ham (that was used in the preparation of this dish). This was the second time doing it, the first time, the potatoes were a bit more crunchy (I made less), but the taste was as good... I made an omelet and put the potatoes on top!

And here it is, the blanket that I made for my baby. As you can see, my husband and Arianna are very happy :) Now, mommy started a new blanket for a future baby from someone that Mikes knows...

Arianna's new spot is playing by the patio door with all her little people... she loves those guys.

Arianna's cousins (Scarlette and Raven in the picture) came to visit and they played outside for awhile. Ari had a great time!

Arianna's favorite lift. My God, if you start to spin her, she keeps saying "go, go, go" and "agi" (for again)!

2 of 3... Easter time!

Here are Carlos, Eli, Santana and Scarlett waiting for the Easter bunny to arrive!


We had sandwiches and chips for Easter. It was a laid back- fun day for everyone.

Here are the kids after picking up all the eggs... Ari was still shy and got a bit scared when all the kids got excited. Not too bad!

Waiting to see what the Easter Bunny brought to them because they did so well in school! (They got a toy each)

1 of 3 Part... Ari's stuff!

Ari was taken a nap when I made this tower for her, when she woke up she was very surprised and happy. Well, it took her about 2 minutes to destroy my beautiful art work, hehe.

Arianna playing with her "baby", she started to say baby to two of her dolls, specially the one in the picture and the one that my sister gave her for Christmas.

kids will be kids... She found out that the blue ring fits through her foot and on her leg...
see for yourself. ( I love how she looks in this dress)

She loves the truck that her grandparents gave her for her one year birthday. Now, she is getting better in driving it.

Finished!

After Arianna was born, I realized that I have not knitted (or crocheted ) a blanket for my own baby (I had made so many in the past for other people) so needless to say that I felt bad about this situation :) and yesterday after about a year or so, her blanket is finished! I will post a picture once I download them on the computer. Yeah, I am a happy camper, now I can finish a few other projects that are in progress... (By the way, Arianna liked it, phew)