As you can see, this is a CTP that we did today. We facepainted, gave the kids presents, and played on the waterfall/stream thing. The following pictures are of the CTP and Tory's birthday.
Enjoy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TORY!!!!!!!!
Tory, You are an awesome sister, and you have almost always been there for me when I needed you. you are totally awesome!!!

Sorry that I haven't been posting. We have been having a fun history course with my grandma, and so far we have gone to the Palacio de Cortez and a place in the mountains of Tepozlan called La Puerta. It was very beautiful. We played hide and seek, and poor Misty sprained her ankle.

Hi, sorry for the lack of posting! yesterday we went to Mt.

Hi this is Tory after her hair got dyed. The pics posted backwards so just look at them that way. Tory looking insane

the finished product

in the process

Mom, can you please stop taking pictures?

before it began

here are just some pics of cute animals

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! It is crazy that it is already 2010!! For our New Years' Eve activity, we visited the Haven Home (a family home near by.)We had a blast! We made a huge bonfire and roasted marshmallows and hot dogs. We also set off fire crackers. I don't have any pics but I will try to get some.

Hello! I know I have been posting, like not at all, so I will attempt to give a fairly satisfactory post this time.
Bub has been talking up a storm. His latest funny was when Celeste came to visit. He stood up cordially when she walked in and began jumping on the bed while presenting her with the following effusion: "Hello! This is my mommy and this is my daddy and I'm the monkey who eats all the bananas."
Thus his education progresses.
I have a new favorite quote. Courtesy of Adam Savage form Mythbutsers. "I reject you're reality and substitute my own."
Also, I am taking a poll. Should I dye my hair red or not? (not bright red, more like mom's) My present hair color is somewhere between brown and blond.
And i have one embarrassing story that happened this evening. I call it "the glamorous life of an Imaginary Rockstar"
I have a favorite pastime. I go where no one is around, turn up0 the volume on my mp4 and, using it as a microphone, I lip-sync to my favorite songs,while pretending that I am singing them in front of a screaming crowd of people, with band lights an such. Corny, I know, but a lot of fun.
So i went up to our flat roof and began rocking away to "Hair" by Ashly Tisdale. I paused the wrong way around in the middle of a spin. Abi, Andre, Sam, Nadia , and Martin were all staring at me like I was going bonkers.

merry cmas to you all! I hope you had a wonderful time.

Tory with her slinky

Me with my wobbie

Dad looking excited about his pens

bub with his piano

Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope it was wonderful and that you had a good time.
Here are some pics.

Hi! Merry Christmas! do you like our new look.? Our singing team has a lot of shows this year. But when we are not doing shows, well, noelle and I are doing what twelve and thirteen year olds do: That right. We do dishes! On a happier not, my song, which I wrote and recorded last Christmas Has been published. Yay!

Hi!, first of all, I know Iv'e been pretty spastic with this blog. I'm sorry!
Second, I hae a story to tell. I was rollerblading at the park, when I decided to try and take the big hill. this thing is pretty steep and thre was a crowd on the bottom of it, nevertheless, I decided to try it.
A bout halfway down the hill, I realised that I couldent stop, or even slow down, so I began shouting cuidado (watch out) at the top of my lungs. unfortunately one little girl didn't hear meand I bowled ito her and went flying. the kid wasnt hurt, thank god, only scared, but i hurt myself. When i first went to the red cross, the doctor said that i broke my arm, and put a half cast on it. now we went back to see a specialist aand he said that i just sprained it, but i still need to wear this stupid cast untill tuesday.
in other news, we taught bub to say my precioussssssssss like gollum any now he wont stop saying it!

here is the picture that I promised of tory and I In our Halloween Costumes

hi you all! this is shelly. sorry for the lack of posting, but we just came back from the states and we went trick or treating! it was so fun! i will post some pics of our costumes soon. we don't have any pics of us actually trick or treating because mom wasn't there to take pics but we had a blast.

Mom's dieting rules:
If you crumble pieces off of a whole, then all the calories run out. This rule applies to all crumby foods, including cakes, cookys etc. If you take a whole piece of it on your plate, then no calories will run out.
That rule, however, does not apply to ice cream. If you eat ice cream out of the serving dish, It can have up to three times the calorie content!
Also, If no one sees you eating it, then it is safe to eat. This is based on the infallible rule that if you cover you eyes, no one can see you, which is a scientific fact.
If you follow these rules, I will not guarantee that you will not become fat, but I can guarantee that you will always have an excuse.

the following are some wee-mees I made of some of the people in our home.

ben

mom

dad

Me!

Jack Sparrow (from Pirates of the Carribean)

hi you all!
I am sorry that I havent been posting but it has been very busy. Well, a few days ago, alex, paz and their kids came over. I don't have any pics about then cause our camera was not working, but we had a blast. Here is the story:

First they arrived at around 10 pm andd we gave them a tour and all that jaz. then Niki, Shannon,and Jazmine came to our room and we talked and hung out. we were going to watch a movie, but it was too late.then we talked and talked till around 1 am. shannon and I wanted to go to sleep earlier, but they wanted the light on and we wanted it off, so that didn't really work. the next morning we had creps for breakfast courtosy of niki and then we went swimming. we swam for a long time till we got bored of that and played volleyball. then we ate steak, beans and potatoes for lunch. we had such a blast!then we started to watch First Knight but alex and paz left before we finished.

Hi! I have been not posting for a loooooooooooooooooooong time. Bub is now two years old nd has entered the age of "funnies". a sample:
He was getting out of the bath. I wrapped a towel around him and he put it up on his shoulders. I told him "you look like jesus. He then ran around the house yelling "I am jesus at the top of his lungs. Then he amused himself by taking his diaper off and running back to the room While yelling "sister, you need to put my clothes on." (please note that I am never tory, only sister) With me in fruitless pursuit.

Hi you all. sorry I haven't posted in a long time, but it has been very busy around here and I haven't really had time to post. here are some pics. I hope you like them.