tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228673762024-03-13T15:17:51.489-03:00Living la vida non-locaGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-75635764987239165922011-12-20T02:36:00.000-02:002011-12-21T14:48:10.805-02:00When being "cool" really just means being "cold"Umm, I haven't posted for a while. Blogger's all different. Not sure I like it. Hmmmm. I see I can now strike through my words with ease. And change font color? or background color? Maybe I do like it. We'll see.
So. My fifth grader, Julio, is a relatively cool kid as far as fifth graders go. What this currently entails is wearing summer clothing Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-6625486062415228492011-11-14T03:22:00.004-02:002011-11-14T03:51:56.548-02:00Confirming My SuspicionsWalking in heels for me is not a comfortable task. I've never been good at it-but I had hoped that after 37 years of life maybe it wasn't too noticeable and I wasn't too awkward. Is it asking too much that after 10 years of life in Latin America where all the women seem to don heals to go to the grocery store and school functions-that just a little of that would rub off on me? Just a teeny, Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-40534698382449450772011-11-08T02:57:00.004-02:002011-11-08T03:03:13.616-02:00Basking the the Adoration of a Four Year OldToday in the grocery store I ran in to my friend from Columbia. We chit-chatted in Spanish for a few minutes. When we were done Pedro asked me what language I was speaking (he has obviously abandoned his Mexican roots). I told him I was speaking Spanish to which he replied (with awe in his little voice), "How do you know everything, Mom?"If only it could last another 15 years...Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-4666163250237724082011-11-07T02:14:00.001-02:002011-11-07T02:14:21.164-02:00testingGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-57033590893002942172011-10-27T01:07:00.006-02:002011-10-27T01:34:52.564-02:00First SnowA couple of weeks ago we had our first flurries: We were excited, but today we woke up to this: Nice, huh?Except that it was a really heavy, wet snow that brought down a lot of branches. My parents had some serious tree fatalities. :( This afternoon we made this: Margarita wanted a "traditional" winter snowman-but I finally convinced her that a Halloween snowman would be so much funnier given theGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-88359712266039929532011-10-23T17:20:00.004-02:002011-10-23T17:55:19.475-02:00Back With My PeepsI don't know how another two weeks have flown by. Nothing very blog-worthy has happened-just a blur of running from soccer, football, and swimming practices and games. Soccer has come to an end-Juan Carlos had the goal of the season last weekend as he headed the ball into the goal. Poor Pedro had the croup and missed a week of school but is doing better now.The biggest event of the last two weeksGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-81097195977625928842011-10-07T18:24:00.009-03:002011-10-07T19:34:13.749-03:00Fall, Fall, FallAnother week has flown by. I would have posted earlier (ummm, sure...), but Margarita has been heavily involved with her science fair project until late every night which involves using my laptop because the "family" computer has a dinosaur version of Word (according to her).Fall ColorsLast Friday Pedro, Guapo, and I went up to the mountains to check on our lovely house that we no longer are ableGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-6369231681208762342011-09-22T23:38:00.004-03:002011-09-29T14:06:52.686-03:005 Posts for the Price of 1I'm still here. Dang blog. Had I been a good little blogger the last few weeks I would have posted no fewer than 5 times! Unfortunately, I'm a not a good little blogger...here they are anyway:Food SwapI had a post planned two weeks ago-and it never happened. I was going to show you what my kitchen looks like on Tuesdays: Pretty bad, huh?Since January I've been doing a food swap with another Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-53207549581175528742011-09-13T00:22:00.005-03:002011-09-13T01:58:30.985-03:00Oozing with EnthusiasmI didn't mention Juan Carlos (8 yrs) the other day-he has no hair issues at this time (or girl issues, thank goodness).But, I must say-the child lights up like 100W bulb when he's excited. People always comment on this aspect of his personality (and physiology). It's like his face actually lights up-like one of those glow worm toys. If you know him-you know exactly what I'm talking about. You Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-3752689667920407622011-09-09T19:55:00.009-03:002011-09-10T12:31:34.779-03:00My Boys and Their HairHi there! Remember me? That's ok if you don't, I don't blame you. I've been on a relaxing, unannounced blogcation. We're all fine here-I have no excuse besides having 4 active children and not a real good grip on keeping everything and everyone under control.But, the annoying thing about the blog is that it never stops bothering me. I tried at least 4 or 5 times to declare myself a non-blogger Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-69411043352931141472011-04-23T17:13:00.009-03:002011-04-24T02:20:08.065-03:00I SurvivedI survived the 2011 Southern California Ragnar race. Our team of 12 successfully ran 202 miles from Huntington Beach to Coronado Island in San Diego.We flew out all together Thursday afternoon and got settled in in our hotel in Newport Beach. The six of us from our ward left behind our adoring husbands and 24 kids. It was strange to be without all the kiddos so we celebrated our short-lived Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-49370779764382743442011-04-14T15:59:00.002-03:002011-04-14T16:02:31.332-03:00Spring in Colorado Was I just complaining about no snow?That's spring in Colorado-I took the pictures this morning and now it's up to 50 and most of it is melted. Crazy.Anyway, I'm headed to the airport to head off to California for my race. Do I feel ready? No. Am I scared? Yes.Wish me luck. Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-22435817572557602192011-04-03T21:29:00.007-03:002011-04-03T22:34:24.522-03:00Spring ObsessionNo, I don't have Spring Fever. In fact, quite the opposite. I have this icky panicky feeling that winter is ending-after 10 years of perpetual summer, I'm not ready for summer to return. And it wasn't exactly what you'd call a satisfying winter here in Colorado, just a handful of snow storms (it is snowing right now as I type-so typical for Colorado-yesterday it was 80 degrees-now it's in the lowGabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-82338827981373474752011-03-23T23:38:00.003-03:002011-03-24T00:17:02.567-03:00Spring Break Staycation Days 1-3It's been a busy few days around here. The Staycation is going fairly well-despite one sick day spent at home organizing the boys' clothes and having the kids going stir crazy, we've spent some time at the Denver Science and Nature Museum, the Golden Train Museum, had a picnic in the park, and spent some time climbing trees.But the real reason (I promise it wasn't to bore you with the details) Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-78848177414002898892011-03-16T18:38:00.007-03:002011-03-21T11:16:18.893-03:00Mid-Month UpdateCan you believe it's mid-March already? Weird.Orchid UpdateWell, you'll all be happy to know that my orchid is alive and well. Check out all of these blossoms: It has now officially been in my care for one month and two days. Hard to believe it's even alive, let alone gorgeous! For my flower friend BG, here's how you care for them: the more you ignore them the better. While they are blooming, Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-9567983112371058002011-03-12T20:32:00.004-03:002011-03-12T20:58:49.746-03:00It's that time of year againThe two month span of time when 5/6ths of us get a year older.My baby is now 4. My oldest is now a teenager (gulp!). How can that be?Here's Pedro at preschool on his birthday wearing the birthday crown. His day started off on the wrong foot-Julio had decided that since Pedro likes his mini-basketball hoop that's on his door in his room, he would upgrade his own using an Amazon gift card he got Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-69277065781974746872011-03-04T00:41:00.001-03:002011-03-04T01:19:18.454-03:00DilemmaSo, when I signed up to do this 12-man relay race last month, I volunteered for one of the harder legs because although the mileage was pretty high (20.4 miles split over three legs), the middle of the night leg was designated "easy", was only 3.9 miles, and was completely flat. It sounded pretty good for the middle of the night portion of the race.Well, last week we all got an email letting us Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-70878693806923101442011-02-23T00:11:00.002-03:002011-02-23T00:26:23.178-03:00One of Those WeeksJust a quick post to let you know I'm still here-I'm not abandoning my blog as I have in months past-it is just a crazy, crazy week. One of those where every minute of every day is scheduled and that allows for no wiggle room.. From now until Sunday after church I am booked solid-student teacher conferences, birthday dinner for my SIL, book club, pack meeting, long run, short runs, temple trip, Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-41891425398400313452011-02-17T02:26:00.006-02:002011-02-18T00:12:53.804-02:00Good Ol' TomI think I mentioned a while ago that I try to go to a yoga class once a week. The teacher and I have the same name in real life, so let's call her "Gabriela the Instructor". Occasionally Guapo goes with me because it helps his back. Occasionally another man goes with the same name (in real life) as Guapo (he, btw, is the best yogi we have ever seen so we'll call him "Guapo the Pro"). So, on any Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-45196999498957221762011-02-15T19:57:00.004-02:002011-02-16T02:30:19.191-02:00Oh, the Pressure of an OrchidWe had a great Valentine's Day yesterday. Gaupo and I had gone out to eat last Friday night-have I mentioned that my mom takes the kids for a sleepover almost every Friday night? How completely awesome is that? (please don't stop, please don't stop, please don't stop)So, we took the kiddos out for burgers and shakes and had a grand old time.In addition to a dozen roses, which would have been Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-59910990037314158842011-02-11T20:40:00.003-02:002011-02-11T21:08:21.088-02:00Junkyard DogOh the joys of dog ownership.(That's very un-PC, isn't it? I can't really "own" my dog, can I?)Quakey has turned out to be quite the little scavenger. Kitty's a scavenger-but we expected as much-she was a little skeleton when we got her-she'd been living on the streets of Small Town and almost didn't make. So, I would expect that she would eat whatever she could find. And she does (bunnies, Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-66307275235152101392011-02-07T02:39:00.003-02:002011-02-07T02:50:32.760-02:00Help Me OutCan someone please explain the show "Glee" to me? The premise, the fascination with, the hype surrounding, etc., etc.We were out of American entertainment for so long, and to be honest, I am not interested in putting in the time or effort to catch up. Guapo flipped to the Golden Globes the other night and the only actors I recognized were those who were in movies when I was a kid. Kind of Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-50883389651786799942011-02-05T01:16:00.004-02:002011-02-05T03:05:29.257-02:00The Times I Most Want Another Baby...... are when they are like this (Pedro this afternoon after a tough couple of days of preschool): Look at that little face, what an absolute angel (again-when he's asleep-whole different ball game when he's conscious): Of course, those two shots were hard to get because Juan Carlos was intentionally trying to ruin the picture running back in forth in front of me... ...thus bringing me back to Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-72285426754573981172011-02-02T14:16:00.003-02:002011-02-02T18:03:28.183-02:00Cold DaysMy kids have never had a snow day.In Caracas, Margarita had some days off thanks to Mr. Chavez and his political craziness...In Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, they had lots of days off for flooding (oh how I don't miss that place)...In Mexico City, they never had a day off, but it did take them 4 hours to get to school once due to some very bad traffic...In Rio, they had days off due to flooding and Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22867376.post-86342456361188680802011-01-30T02:32:00.006-02:002011-01-30T03:17:16.687-02:00Baptism MessageI've been sitting here reminiscing with my blog tonight thanks to my SIL, Abby; she is at that awkward point in her pregnancy where she has important clothing choices to make-throw in the towel and wear sweat pants all the time, or try like the dickens to make her normal jeans work until the last.possible.minute (guess which route I took?). She's super cute, and super tiny (oh to be pregnant in Gabrielahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.com7