Happy Birthday!

My birthday was on Friday and had a pleasant surprise from Amelia. She walked her very first 3 steps on her own that night! It was very exciting and we all witnessed it. It was great! Plus over the weekend she said "Momma" for the first time with meaning. She has been saying "ma ma ma" but this time she actually said "Momma!" Here is a picture of our birthday tradition to have a homemade cake from Matt!

OH! The Face!

Amelia is sooo funny. Here is a perfect example of her throwing a fit. She had Matt's phone in her hand, he grabbed it from her so he could take a picture of them, needless to say she got mad! hehe She gets sooo mad when she wants something or has her heart set on getting something and we take it away, just the other day she did that to my with a q-tip. She didn't even have it in hand I grabbed it before she got to it. She got so mad she had to try hard to catch her breath. AHH! LITTLE GIRL!

Reynosa!

About 1 month ago I was at church and during the announcements see that the group going to Reynosa, Mexico had an ad in search of a "Female Spanish Translator." After the announcements I ask Pastor John who I'd need to talk regarding the "ad." He said "ME." We talked about it and I told him that I'd have to discuss it with Matt. Matt said he would be okay with me going (he was going to be with Amelia all alone all week). I left for Mexico on July 25th and got back on the 31st.

We arrived at Camp Vamonos http://www.vamonos.org/ on Sunday night. The camp was soooo pretty! The people that ran it were so great and the food for the week was authentic Mexican cuisine! It was great! No tv and no wifi. The entire trip was great! I was the translator for the women's bible study group and the eye doctor. Working with the eye doctor was really fun because I immediately saw how the people were being helped with simple fixes such as reading glasses. In all here is what our group did: vacation bible school for the kids, sports team (to reach out to the teens), work team (for the building of the porch and the pouring of the foundation for house #10), women's bible study, children's daycare for women in bible study and the medical team (a general doctor and the eye doctor).

I laughed so much throughout the week! I think we all came back to the U.S. with interesting stories to tell. I know I did! Glad to be back with Matt, Amelia and Millie! I missed them! I managed to talk to Matt everyday of the week so that was good because I was thinking I wasn't going to have access to a U.S. tower but I was able to find them!

FYI I added all the pics from the trip to my shutterfly shared account on the lefthand side of this page.

Moving to the Beat

Amelia is showing her moves. She hears music and begins to move to the beat....she just started doing this infront of the stereo last weekend. I turned the music on, she crawled to the front of the stereo and started moving to the beat.

Getting Around

We went to the Sweetser's for a small get together. Amelia was racing with Carlos across the living room. Pretty much this is how she gets around, so no white clothes for Amelia!

The Price Is Right!

So on Saturday I was reeled into auditioning by Shannon for The Price Is Right. There I was in line at 8am on Saturday morning along with all the other nutties! The auditions started at 9am. We were given a number I was given #26! We were all herded into this area where there were chairs set up and a stage. The MC gets up and tells us that the person they are looking for needs to show ENTHUSIASM and cheerfulness. YIKES! I can be enthusiastic and cheerful but can I do it on stage and infront of a crowd!!??? NO WAY! I am in Toastmasters for a reason! I tell Shannon "I can't do this" she goes "STEP OUTSIDE THE BOX" ......and so I was not looking forward to this....my number was coming up. Once I signed my name I was committed, I was a bit nervous but I got over it once my number came up. I semi-run up on stage waving my hands up in the air, I see Shannon so it was a sigh of relief to see her friendly face. The MC asks me "So why do you want to be on The Price Is Right?" I said "To win prizes!" He goes "What do you want to win?" I said "A CAR" he asked me in which game.....GRR I DREW A BLANK so I said "In the showcase showdown".......he goes "Oh so you just want to get to the end" I nodded and that ended the audition.

After that I stood around to watch the other auditions and gosh they were so entertaining! I laughed so much. In between the auditions they were giving out t-shirts and GOSH I sure did want one. He was giving them away by shouting out a random number between 1-150.....I was standing on the sidelines shouting as loud as i could "TWENTY SIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!" EVERY TIME.....and no luck. Finally, I gave up and decided that I needed to go home. I gave my number to Shannon and was calling Matt to let him know that I was coming home. THEN the guy goes "I'm going to give a t-shirt away"......I asked Matt to hold on a second.....the MC goes I'm going to give away to the person that has the number to this highway "121!!!" the audience all shouted back "NO!!! the number has already been called" so he then goes "Well how about this highway over here and he points at the highway" I SHOUT! "TWENTY SIX!!!! TWENTY SIX" He goes "THIS highway? are you sure?" I said "YES!!! TWENTY SIX!!!!!" I'm not too sure what else he said Matt could probably remind me because he was listening to all this even though he had NO idea what was going on. I kept telling him this highway is TWENTY SIX!!!!! Finally he goes "OKAY NUMBER TWENTY SIX!" SO I jumped with joy and got my t-shirt!!!!!! IT was soooo funny!

In between all this the MC had asked us all to stand infront of the stage at one point and shout out at the count of 3 "WE LOVE THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!!!!!!" so we did and I saw myself on CBS 11 news! We shouted and then jumped with joy!

I go home and later find out that 15 minutes AFTER I left Jack FM drew my name for two Brett Michaels concert tickets, BUT had to be present to win! BOOO!

Happy 4th of July!

Amelia would not leave her hat on so it was difficult to get her photo and as you can see she has her hairbow in her hand.....she looked very festive! We bought Amelia a little pool so she could cool off. Matt cooked out while Rosemary and I enjoyed the shade! He did a great job grilling!