A child's prayer

Lexi loves to say prayer. She has to say one at most meals and then of course bedtime and nap. If you forget to say one at nap time she freaks out.

Usually she repeats after one of us, but I decided to let her try one on her own. She did so well and didn't need any help at all. It made us feel good as parents that we are actually teaching her something. She never asks for anything, her whole prayer is thanks. Here are a few things she is thankful for:

* "Thank you for mommy to shop at Walmart" (I guess i can be thankful for this sometimes)
* "Thank you that daddy go to soccer ball" (I am thankful soccer is done)
* "Thank you for sunshine bear"
* "Thank you for Danielle and Lexi take a nap" (I am always very grateful for this)
* "Thank you for Lexi to go poopie in her diaper" (Just thankful it is not on the floor)
* "Thank you for Danielle to go poopie in her bumbo chair" (Um since Danielle had a blow out in her bumbo chair, I don't see anything to be grateful about here.)
* "Thank you to go to Jennie's shower" (which was about 3 weeks ago)
* "Thank you for Jesus" (amen there)

I have lost it a few times when she prays but I am so happy and proud of her for her desire to pray everyday.

Johnny's Office

Johnny turns 30 next month, but his little brother is getting married on his birthday so I decided to throw him a surprise party a month early. Now our favorite show to watch around here is The Office. So if you don't watch the show, none of this will make any sense but if you do watch the show, I hope you enjoy my efforts...

Oh yeah the name is spelled wrong, don't worry I DO know how to spell my husband's name.

Here is his reaction:

When he walked in, this is what he was greeted by:

In the conference room. I asked people to dress up as any character they wanted from the show. We have a couple Angela's, a Meridith, Kevin up front with the Kleenex boxes, a Creed, a Jim in his famous 3 hole punch Halloween costume, a Toby and a few casual day Friday dressers. (OK that is just their excuse for not having an awesome costume.)

Though Johnny didn't know about the party but I made sure that he had an outfit to wear too:

Oh yes our favorite character, Dwight. And I was Kelly

Here is my almost 30 yr old husband in all of his glory!

I have to tell you, there was a lot of groundwork to pull this off. I almost blew it a few times because I discovered that I am not a good liar.

Also I have to say that my husband is very loving. His soccer team made the playoffs so my plans got a little hairy there for a while. Every game they would play, I would have to see what the new schedule was for that week and when and where all the games were. So I talked to the head coach and got him to change the practice today to 4-6 so I could make sure that he was home at 6:30. Well that worked great, but then I forgot that they had a team dinner. I finally had to tell him I planned a girl's night and I needed to have him home, because the movie started at 6:45. Now I could tell that he was a little irritated by this, probably because I always seem to have something on his team dinner nights. But he was a great sport and he was totally fine with that. No questions asked and no fighting. Dodged a bullet there!

With some help from the other coaches, his family and friends we pulled it off. A big Thank-you to my mother in law, Debbi. She helped me all day to shop and prepare food and decorate my house! I couldn't of pulled it off without your help! Thanks

I think he had a great time and I hope he knows how much I love him!

Happy Birthday Jonnie...I mean Johnny.

*now pressures on for my 30Th, you have more than 3 yrs to think about that...so it better be good!!!!

Craft/Yard sale

So if you missed us a couple of months ago at our Craft Fair, us Busy Chicks are holding a Craft/Yard sale at my house this Sat from 8-2. Check out our link to the right for more info.

A little bit of everything

So I have kinda been out of the blogging mood lately...because I have been spending lots of my time working on these projects....
I have been really wanting to make new curtains for my living room, but it was going to cost me over $200 bucks to do what I wanted, so I decided I will have to settle with some new pillows.

I bought myself the Sure Cuts A lot for my cricut, so I have had fun playing with that. I saw these shirts on a craft blog and thought they were so adorable. Hopefully I will be able to get a picture with the girls actually wearing them.

And some fun things that I will be selling at our craft yard sale next week...

I love this one and there are matching earrings

So that is a little bit of what I have been doing over these last few weeks while the weather decided not to be very nice to us.

Johnny is in the last leg of soccer season. The JV team is done officially and now it is just the varsity in the playoffs. So they keep going until they lose a game. I think Johnny and I are both ready for it to be over. He is tired and ready to enjoy some time off soon.

Miss Danielle has changed so much in this month. She got 2 of her bottom teeth, she has learned to sit on her own, and she moves everywhere and fast. I am constantly on Lexi to keep all of her toys in her room. Danielle is going to be that baby that is into everything, I can just tell. She sees something and she is off.

We got a teaser sunshine day a few weeks ago. We enjoyed a nice day at the park. Danielle loves riding around in the stroller and is in love with crackers now. I can't keep up with her eating them. I think we go through a box every other day between both girls.

Oh my Lexi keeps me on my toes. She is growing up so fast and says so many funny things. We will be driving in the car and she randomly says she sees the Easter Bunny. She must have better eyes than me.

She doesn't ever look at me or smile when I try and take a picture so this one is a miracle, even though it is a little silly!

We were at the park with some friends and Lexi took over the kite. She thought it was so awesome and she was pretty good at it.

So life is good for us Trevino's. Johnny and I just had our 5Th Anniversary yesterday. It's kinda like being at Disneyland, you are having so much fun that you don't realize that time has just flown by. I loved being married to my best friend. I know that he will be there when I need him whenever and wherever. I love you Johnny!!! I can't wait to see what the next 50 years will be like.

Lexi's 3rd Birthday

Today, 3 years ago, is the day, I held this cute little baby for the first time.
This year I decided to throw Lexi a friend birthday party. It didn't take too long to convince her to have a Care Bear party. She talked about it for weeks. I tried to keep with a rainbow theme so here are a few things we served...

We had these rainbow jello cups one time at girl's camp, and I still remembered that treat to this day. So I attempted it just for Lexi's party. I think they were pretty cute.

Some marshmallow sucker pops. I dipped them in white chocolate and then dipped them in sprinkles. It was so fun and easy to do. Lexi even helped me make these.

I was a little bummed about the weather. It was kinda cold and windy. I had balloons tied around some care bears and put them on the table but alas, the wind kept blowing them in the food so I had to forget that idea, but at least I still had my rainbow.

When the kids showed up, they got to have a Care Bear symbol painted on their face. Here is the one Ella chose...Care A Lot, which is her favorite Care Bear

Danielle got in on that action too with a flower

Here is Lexi blowing bubbles for the kids with her new bubble blower. Of course Sunshine Bear is there too.

I totally was laughing because all the kids were so intense when she was opening the presents. Lexi would open one, hand it to a friend...then on to the next one. There was an occasional "WOW" in there, which always makes me smile. She loved all of her gifts and has had a lot of fun playing with all of them.

We had 12 kids at the party. It was crazy, but so much fun. Lexi had a blast and is still talking about her Care Bear party.

On Sunday we had a family party. I made who else but a Sunshine Bear cake. She loved it, if you can't tell!

Her big surprise was her new bike. We promised her that if she learned to use the potty we would get her a bike, so luckily that happened...well almost but close enough for me.

Lexi loved her play dough set. It make some of our favorite foods: popcorn, soda, candy, hot dogs and many more things.

And she got some princess dress up stuff. She LOVES her magic wand.

I LOVE this girl so much! I know she probably won't remember much from this weekend but hopefully she remembers that it was fun and that she is really loved.

Happy Birthday my baby girl!

A little catch up

So Johnny and I have been super busy lately so I thought I would share a little bit of what we are doing.

Johnny is super busy at work with lots of important projects. He is also right in the middle of soccer season and so far they are doing alright. They have good and bad days, but he still loves it. I just love his passion for the sport and the desire to help these young men excel in life.

I received a new calling at church. I am no longer compassionate service leader and am now an Assistant Secretary in the primary. We have a huge primary, I think about 145 kids, so needless to say they need some extra hands. I had a great time on Sunday being with them and I am looking forward to working with them and helping them build a testimony of Christ. I am still crafting when I have the time and can't wait to show some of my latest projects.

I wanted to share some funny things Lexi has said/done lately.

• So the other day after we had some cheeseburgers, I was throwing what she didn't eat away and Lexi said, "mommy you cheesed my booger"
• Lexi loves to watch movies, she calls them her TVs, and she always says they are her TVs. One day she pulled out The Sword and the Stone DVD and said it mas my TV. So we asked her which one was daddy's and she picked Heavyweights. Um is that a hint daddy?
• "Mommy, I have an ouchie on my bum bum, will you kiss my bum bum?"
• She also has been fighting me about getting in her car seat. So one day we acted like we were actually going to leave her. Now if she isn't getting ready when I ask, the first 3 times, then I tell her she will have to stay home and then she will instantly burst into tears and get ready. Kinda sad but oh so funny at the same time.

Danielle 6 month check-up

Today Danielle had her 6 month check up. The Dr said that she is perfect and I agree. Here are her stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 12.5 oz

Height: 25 inches

Head: 41.5 cm

Dr said that she is in the 20Th percentile in all areas. Some of the fun things she is doing now are:

• She is scooting ALL over the place.
• She loves to eat crackers, puffs, and fruit. She doesn't care for any green veggies but loves any orange colored ones.
• She loves Lexi and will only give her the deep gut laugh.
• She also recently has become a big Momma's girl.

Since I wasn't blogging when Lexi was this age I thought I would post her stats.

Weight: 13 lbs 6 oz

Height: 25 inches

Head: 41.5

I don't remember exactly all the fun things she was doing at this stage but I do remember that she was sitting on her own, not rolling over yet, and loved all kinds of food. Lexi was a happy baby but liked to play on her own.

I can't believe that my girls are getting so big. I also can't believe that they are almost the exact same size at this age and they look so much alike too. There is no doubt that they are my girls. I am so proud to be their mother and I hope they know everyday how much they mean to me and how much I love them.