Who Should Win!?

I am waiting for Bear to come home from class and I need to fold 2 weeks of laundry but I just wanted to do a quick post about the bachelor! I have been watching this every Monday @ 7 pm and have made sure not to miss it! I know, I need a life! But anyways...I have stuck with Melissa the whole way and I am way excited that she is in the final 2! I think she is way cute and has a fun personality! Molly on the other hand I am not a fan of. To me she just seems fake. But what do I know! If you watch this show, who do you want to end up with Jason?

Melissa

Molly

Moms

I got this in a email and thought it was so cute!!
WHY GOD MADE MOMS Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2 She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

Love Day

A couple of days before Valentine's Day my mom asked if she could have a key to our house for whatever reason she told me...I figured it was something to do with Valentines Day but acted like I didn't know why. So on Valentines Day I got my hair done and ran a few errands. My mom's plan was to not have Bear or I home while she was getting things together, but she ran out of time so she said that I could come and help her with what she was doing. When she came to our house I opened up the door and she had a dinner all ready and made for Bear & I to enjoy! I thought it was the cutest thing!! She made us a chicken dinner with mashed potatoes (our favorite), green beans, and chocolate covered strawberries!!! I love my mom and thought it was the sweetest thing ever!

I love my mom

Simple and sweet!

And after dinner we went with our friends to the movies....Every year we go to the movies on Valentines Day. This year was Bears pick since last year I picked the chick flick....We went and saw

I didn't think I was going to like it but I actually enjoyed this movie!

Change

I decided to go back to blonde....well just the top section of my hair is very blonde. I really like it but just have to get used to it again! Bears reaction: "WOW! Its different!" I am not sure which way to take that but hopefully its a good WOW! :]

I am going to admit that I am not the best at taking care of Toby! I don't brush his teeth, I don't bathe him as often as I should, I rarely get his nails clipped, I don't take him to get his daily exercise (hence the weight gain), etc. I love Toby and I do need to take care of him better but after Tuesday I felt like the worst pet owner!

Bear made an appt for Toby at the vet because he had really BAD breath and just thought we could take him in to get his teeth cleaned. That was not all! He had to go under anesthesia because there were more than likely going to have to pull a tooth which I was OK with because I have never had his teeth looked at. Well at 1pm the vets office calls me and tells me that Toby is doing just fine and waking up from the anesthesia and I breath a sigh of relief and then she tells me that he had to get 4 teeth pulled! I was stunned that he had to have that many teeth pulled. They said that his 4 bottom teeth were really bad and that were abscessed and that the infection was starting to get into his jaw. How horrible am I?!! Lesson learned is that I am going to start brushing his little teeth so he doesn't have to go through this again.

He must not feel any pain or something because he is running and jumping everywhere and even eating his hard dog food again! All I know is that when I go to the dentist my recovery isn't that fast but how I wish it was!

the best part is that he feels better and no more bad breath!!

Happenings

This is the only picture I have of me and Bear since Christmas! How sad! Well nothing to exciting has been going on so I just decided that since I use this as my journal I will write little tid bits of what has been going on in January so far....

*Bear passed his written exam for the Peoria Fire Dept and next will do his oral boards in June

*Bear has an interview with Buckeye Fire Dept on Feb 2nd

*We participated in a couples bunko and it was so much fun!

*We were able to go to the Temple with my family and do services for our family members that have passed on...

*We went to a dance show that one of our good friends put on. I have never been to a dance show and it was so much fun! All I can say is that I wish I could dance!

*Made some "new year resolutions"....things that I want to change about myself and ways that I can better myself.

*Made an appt with the doctor for March to see what we need to do next with the whole baby stuff....

Since my brother came home from his mission on Dec 22 we had a special Christmas lunch/dinner for him! We had really yummy food, more family time, and my dad and brother Joey's entertainment! Fun day!

The next day we left for Pine! Bear's really good friend has a cabin up there and we were able to go up there for a few days and relax! His friends went to which was a lot of fun! It was really snowy up there so we were able to play in the snow for a little bit!

we got stuck in the snow...

Better late than never

I am just getting around to posting about our Christmas. Every year we spend Christmas Eve with my dads side of the family. [There are about 25 of us] We eat, sing songs, read Christmas Scriptures, and end the night reading The night before Christmas. After we read the Night Before Christmas that is when all the kids get to open their gifts! When the kids are done with their gifts, its the adults turn and we do a gift exchange. That's always the fun part of the night! It starts to get entertaining when people start stealing gifts from each other and "threatening" people to not take the gift they got...

Becca, Me, Elaine, Joey

Me and Bear

I love my family!!

After we are done at our grandparents house we head over to my parents house. We open our gifts at midnight at home! Its my moms tradition from when she was growing up in Chile and kept the tradition going with us and we have enjoyed it ever since! We got to my parents at 10:00 pm and of course had to wait until midnight so to make the time go by we watched The Dark Night. While we were watching the Dark Night we started hearing people singing at our front door and knocking on the door! At first we were kind of freaked out because it was 11:45 pm and didn't know who would come over that late on Christmas Eve so when we opened the door to our surprise it was....

Santa dropped by for a quick visit right before we opened his presents :]

We had a very simple Christmas and I really enjoyed it! I love spending time with my family and reflecting on the real meaning of Christmas.