Our Little World: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

First Day of School!

Malachi in Mrs. Perales' class

Naomi on her Kindergarten playground.

Cassidy was so excited for Naomi to get to go to school. It was really sweet.

Naomi with her best buddy Rocky in the same class.

Naomi came home with her first Cougar ticket and little hand print. She had a fabulous first day and was so excited to finally be at "Chi's school".

Messy Munchkins

This is what happens when you let 2 little buddies loose with fudge pops at night. Cassidy had a blast with her friend Mason.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Paul's Baptism

Paul and his home teacher Mike Pierce.

Drago Family.

Our brother in law Paul got baptized on August 22nd this year. Credit goes to his home teacher Mike Pierce. It's an amazing story. Mike keep stopping by every month as a home teacher and finally got in the door. My sister in law and brother in law started taking the discussions. Sina came back into activity and Paul decided to be baptized. We couldn't be happier and are sure that Darren's mom is thrilled. The baptism was awesome!!!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Summer Swimming!

Avery, Cassidy, and Naomi

The girls had a great time together!

My girlfriends Tina and Andrea came to hang for the day!

The Drago, Allen, and Profancik kids!

Novelino's and Thompsons.

Naomi and her buddy Collin in their snorkle gear.

Joel throwing Malachi.

Heaven on Earth Food Drive

Some of the food we collected.

I've been going to Interfaith Council for Temecula/Murrieta area. They had a speaker there talking about the Heaven on Earth Food Drive. There has been such an economic hardship in our area lately that the food banks were near empty. So they had people organize food pick ups in their neighborhoods and drop them off on August 8th to fill the food bank. So I did one in my neighborhood and also with in my ward. We got a good amount of food and I dropped it off to the location above. It was great for my kids to participate and realize the blessings we have in our lives.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Malachi Turns 7

This year for Malachi's party we had a swim party. It was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect for it. The kids swam, ate pizza and icecream bars. After the party Malachi got an Orange smoothie he had been asking for. He loves smoothies. Can't believe my boy is 7 already!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Liberty turned 7 months!

What a sweet mild mannered child she is. Such a happy smiley girl. Such a joy to have around.

What's Going On

Darren: Coaching Malachi's soccer team, Serving as Elders Quorum President, Teaching Spanish is actually very enjoyable to him, Playing a game called Diplomacy, Reading, Playing with the kids, Playing Saturday morning football at the park, Playing in a men's over 30 soccer league (Notice there is lots of playing)
Sarah: Working in Malachi and Naomi's class rooms, Being Naomi's room mom for her class, Coaching Naomi's soccer team, Coaching the schools JV volleyball team, AYSO board member, Serving on the Public Affairs Council, Officiating High School Basketball, Reading good books, Dec 07 and Nov 09 Donated 12" of my hair each time to locks of love for children with cancer.
Malachi: 2nd grader, playing on his soccer team, Saying he's OBSESSED with soccer would be an understatement. The boy knows all the professional players in the world along with their teams and clubs they play for, loves video games, tae qwon do classes, has an amazing memory, likes helping mom and dad.
Naomi: A kindergartener, top of her class, loves drawing detailed pictures and writing, sweetest heart and very caring, has an amazing imagination, playing soccer, tae qwon do classes, Blessed with patience.
Cassidy: What a turn around she has made, from trouble maker to big helper. She loves to clean up, Extremely athletic already, She has such a great smile, Loves to do what ever Naomi is doing, loves to sing.
Liberty: Is the best side kick. If you laugh at something she does as well, Very happy girl, Loves to be with her brother and sisters, Keeps us all on our toes.

Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

Malachi: Mom "So who's house should we do the 12 days of Christmas to this year?" Chi "We should do ____ or ____" Mom "Well both of those houses are really hard to run from with out being seen." Chi "Oh well then we should do the Kehoe's, they take forever to answer their door."

Malachi: Mom "Wow buddy you're getting pretty tan." Malachi after looking at my arms "Yeah, and you have a lot of sprinkles." (frekles)

Naomi: The kids wouldn't go to sleep so I told them they would lose a point if they didn't go to bed and stop talking. Naomi comes in my room and says, "Mom why don't you have faith in us." Yeah for church lessons!

Cassidy: "Here daddy." as she hands Darren something he can't even see. Darren: "What is it?" Cassidy: "Boggie".

Naomi: "Mom, I hope the baby is brown when it's born."

Malachi to Naomi: "So who's your favorite brother?"

Naomi: "Mom, is this Charmain?" (from the bathroom)

Malachi: "If Christmas is Jesus' birthday, then is Thanksgiving Heavenly Fathers?"

Malachi: "I want a Wii for Christmas." Mom said: "Well we'll see those are pretty expensive." Malachi replied: "That's ok I'll ask Santa for one. His elves can make it and it won't cost anyone any money."

Words To Live By...