Weekend fun

I went to my first activity with the Spaniards of Vancouver!

It was fun!

I like my people :D

There were just two young couples...the rest had been living here for 40-50 years.

I made friends with two of them from Madrid. One guy from Vallecas, and the other from downtown Madrid.

I hope we can get together again.

And now...

the FOOD!

Paella!!

It was soo good I couldn't believe it!

And CHORIZO!! Spanish Chorizo!!

The best!

And Jamon Serrano, and Manchego Cheese!

I was suddenly in Heaven!

Good thing there was them so my kids had somebody to play with!

Sunday we got together at my brother in law's to celebrate Jane's birthday ( bron 5 days after Evan)

and we had a cake for him too.

We've sang the happy birthday song so much that Isabel sings it all around the house!
It is super cute!

With cousins and friends!

Good weekend!

B-day Party

The only moment of peace when you have 9 kids running around your house is when you put on a movie!

Look at them all nice and quiet! :D

These are my mexican friends from the Spanish pre-school group I take the kids to.

We had so much fun visiting :D

The dinosaur cake :D

The presents.

Cars are a HUGE hit for a 4 year old boy :D

My Son = My SUN

That is

EVAN MIKEL CLARKE JABONERO

Born August 17th 2006.

He just turned 4...

And he couldn't have given me 4 more joyfull years!

I melt at the look of this face... these eyes...

this smile.

He is my little prince.

I love him beyond words.

Everyone says he is the one that looks more like me.

I look into his eyes... and I see me.

I see all my dreams and hopes.

I see the purpose and meaning of my life.

I see my destiny.

I love you...

son!

The best neighbors' pool

It does help to have good neighbors.

My kids play and play with their 11 year old.

It does help too, that they have a pool!
They've had lots of fun!

Summerrrrrr

Summers are lovely in this cute little part of the world I live in.

We have ocean, river, lake water.

My kids are missing the ocean beach so far, but we'll make it to one before the summer is over.

We have a little water park close to us, and another with a little wadding pool that we love and have visited almost everyday!

I hope my kids had fun this summer.

I know they missed daddy.

He is the cool one, I admit to that.

I miss having so much fun with him too :(

We've been busy though, and I haven't posted anything...so here it goes:

Sara's birthday.

She's the daughter of my Columbian friend Francia.

This young lady is obsessed with shoes and sun glasses!

The water park.

Always fun!

Seriously...it doesn't get old! Week after week, and they have so much fun!

The park.

After dinner, we go out and have a last go to the park.

It is quite relaxing, actually.

There is something about a sunset....incredibly romantic, if you ask me.

And at the end of the day all I think is: One day closer to see my babe :D

There is always a first time for everything...

I had a first.... first time for me to get

FAKE NAILS!

I've never had long nails.

It is a pianist thing.

I never liked to even paint my nails, because all I wanted to do was hide them if anyone could see them.

A pianist thing too, I think.

Anyway... I was at the dollar store, and I thought... mmmhhh, I'll try them...after all it's only a dollar!

So... I must say, I LIKE THEM!

I must say too, that I've already had to attach three of them again in only two days!!hahaha...

But I think I'll do them more often than I thought ;P

Trip Cancelled

It is official...

I should have been driving through beautiful Washington State, but instead I am at home.

I cancelled the trip.

And I am sad about it, to be honest... But I have a feeling of relief.

I know I am less stressed now. Simplify, simplify! That's what I keep telling myself.

And I only have two more weekends till I see Evan again!

Not too long... I can do this, I can do this!

Being without him has been harder than being on my own with the kids.... I miss him, like the desert miss the rain ;P

Pleease time...FLY for me, pleeeeeeease!

The Wedding

I decided last minute that I would go to Fatima's wedding.

I saw it as an opportunity to have a day for myself... party with no kids! ( But apparently the guilt from leaving them ruins it for me ).

It was a super nice wedding.

I missed Evan by my side.

I always tell Evan I want to get married again.

I want to be in charge of my wedding. I was so eager to get married, that I didn't care about anything at all. I was so clueless, I would do many things different.

Starting from my dress!! That's my biggest regret about my wedding.

I had chosen THE one, but then let people talked to me into getting another :(

Another thing we didn't prepared was VOWS. I want to do it all over again! Plus I know now who I am marrying, what it is that I love about him, and how I couldn't live without him.

I know how much I care about not just making it my day, but for all my guests...

My sister Patricia's wedding, it is so far the best wedding I've been to :D

So, back to Fatima's wedding...it was BEAUTIFUL! Too bad it rained :S

They had plans to have done it outside.

I cried like a baby... why do I always cry in weddings??

I am a hopeless romantic, I guess.

Food was good... I thought I wanted seconds, but it was too much. So much I couldn't eat the desserts :(

I don;t know what I touched on my camera, but pictures are not too good.

But here's to the pretty AND happy couple!

Music to my ears....

This song reminds me of a little conversation I had with my hubby :P

Love you babe!

I'm a lucky girl

What a week!

I was at the hospital on Tuesday.

Isabel has been throwing up and couldn't keep fluids down. She lost almost 2 kilos, so I went to the Hospital... Only to pay $20 on parking and be sent home with no real answer to what was wrong with her from the doctors.

Doctors here SUCK!

The only good experience I've had with doctors has been my MIDWIVES!

The rest it has just been frustrating!

Anyway, she stopped for a couple of days, was drinking lots and it seemed she was getting better... but yesterday she threw up again 4 times! It is heart breaking to see her looking so lethargic.. lifeless little girl...

So we are seeing the specialist on Thursday. The way the doctor ( I think I finally found one that I like) talked to me, made me think she is going to be under tests for a while... what means that I am probably NOT going to make the trip to Utah. :(

But as much as I want to see my friends, my mission president, my family, my in laws...etc I want my baby to get well. I want to make things better for her.

I felt I so needed this trip... you know, like ti was THE one thing this summer it was for me...

but what do you know?? I'm not even sure I'll get this one :S

Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light

I never got the chance to share my testimony at Church yesterday. Even though my sister in law Laura had the two older ones, I was still with Isabel and it is difficult to go up there with a baby.

Anyway.... there were lots of things in my mind. I will share here:

First:

I am grateful for the good in my life, but more especially for the bad... I am grateful for the mistakes I've made in my life and for the consequences of them, for that is what is truly shaping me to me more like He Knows I can be.

This scripture come to mind: 2 Nephi 9:25 Wherefore, he has given a law and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

I guess I am grateful for His tender mercies... for there is a way for me to make things right.

God is truly perfect. It is very clear to me that His is a perfect Plan.

Second:

I am grateful for the gift to forgive others... to truly forgive. It is not pleasant to hurt from pain inflicted by somebody's judgement, bad actions, or unkind words... but another scripture comes to mind: Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Nobody likes or hopes to suffer, but painful experiences really teach you.

Then I hear stories like this, and even though I haven't lost my family in a tragic accident... I can relate to him.

Such powerful lesson.

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Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light

August!

Yeah! I made it one more month... Only one more to go!
I'm barely making it, to be honest. I can't stand being away from my best friend, my biggest supporter, my greatest lover. I get more and more excited to see him each day.

They gave him the long weekend off and he is having a great time this weekend in Montreal.

We considered moving there while ago, and now that he's there it's really making him want to move there.

But... no worries... we are loving Vancouver! but Montreal must be our next destination :D

I performed yesterday at the SA Conference.

The sound guy just wasn't good. I wished my hubby could have been there!

But I sounded good and didn't mess up the lyrics that it's what I was most worried about.

I will soon post videos of the songs :D

I'm excited to start doing some shows with Evan when he gets back... I'm finally ready!

I'm also excited to go to Idaho/Utah in a couple of weeks!!

I'm excited to go to Fatima's wedding! Which reminds me I need to go shopping for shoes and I want something cool for my hair...

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