One about the easter eggs..sorry for the overload

Friday I needed to go to the store to grab a few things...well while I was there I decided I wanted to color Easter eggs. I don't remember that last time I did this. SO I buy the coloring kit, get the eggs, super excited for Manuel and Zen to join me (Zen is the cousin, if you didn't know). So when I get home to the two guys sitting on the couch, I told them my plan for the night- and they didn't seem like they were buying it. In fact the words out of their mouths "Who are we coloring them for, there are no kids"...US duh...So after I made dinner, and then dessert, I cleaned the kitchen while the eggs were boiling. Manuel and Zen were in the garage lifting weights, laughing, messing around with the paintball stuff, and I decided I wasn't going to interrupt them to do something they probably didn't want to, so I started dying the eggs my self- 10 to be exact, got a little bored doing it alone. Then they came in to see the eggs on the counter and there response to me was " Sweet, what do we do now" ... Well nothing b/c you guys didn't seem to fascinated by my idea earlier...hello- but lucky for them I decided to boil the last 4 eggs b/c I just didn't think I would use them anytime soon- So between the two of them, they each got 2 eggs to color and they took it seriously. It was fun to do, and to watch them do it as well. The kit I bought, also had some paint in it, but as I was painting my eggs I realized 2 things: 1) the paint sucked, and there weren't any paint brushes, they had little suction type things (can't think of the word right now, its late) and 2) the PAINT WAS SMELLY, oh my gosh, it was sick, I felt like I should have been painting a car..it smelt a little lethal- but all in all- the eggs turned out fun- even with out the paint!!!

arghh..it was two months ago.

So Valentines this year was extra special- the guys were in charge and they did an amazing job- SO it took "weeks" of planning- lots of little meeting at Hooters over some wings and drinks- I guess it gets their brains thinkin or something- SO they planned a fantastic evening- UNFORGETTABLE that's for sure and I am almost sure it's UNBEATABLE TOO!

All the girls were to be at Frank's house at 7 on the dot- well Vanessa and I had quite the eventful day- We wanted to be in charge of the dessert, so we made Chocolate Fondue and all the good dippings to go along (Pineapple, Shortcake, Cinnamon lips, Strawberries). WE had just left the store and Gordo called asking us to go get some Goblets, so we decided that since we just left Wal-Mart, we would go to Fred Meyer's and get the glasses. So we get there, no such luck, so back to Wal-Mart we go- purchased and out the door we went. On to making the chocolate fondue. It turned out great, just took a little longer than we had anticipated. So we both started getting ready at about 5:30- enough time right- Frank's house was minutes away from Vanessa and Gordo's so we thought we were good on time. We should have been the first one's there, we were the closest, and yet we were the last ones' and everyone was waiting on us!!! We just had a few minor difficulties with hair and what not- being rushed is never a good thing. So we show up and we were told to wait in the "waiting room" (aka OFFICE). later we were then Escorted to our tables by our husbands/date- where fresh salads awaited. All the while, it was dark with minimal lighting, music playing in the background, ROMANTIC I tell ya. A little while later, Dinner was served, followed by the delectable Chocolate fondue, which might I add, super delicious. While just sitting at our tables, mingling amongst the crowd (might I add there were 7 couples) the men start saying "the duck has landed, the duck as landed" they all take off outside and us ladies are just wondering what the heck-. so They come in to get us and we go out to

(Dave, Magi,Manuel,Gordo, Franky, Javier, & Frank)

A STRETCH LIMO- it was amazing. Perfect for the night too- White! We drove around town for 2 hours. Obviously, there were a few bathroom stops and it was so funny b/c we stopped the first time I Think at a gas station- Mind you we were all dressed up- not like PROM, but obviously for a special occasion- the ladies were standing in line, and behind us are some drunk girls- very obnoxious drunk girls- who kept referring to us as the "prom group"- when we told them time and time again, it was Valentines- I am pretty sure they were date-less, seeing that it was probably 1030 and they were waisted to no end- anyway, as there were many girls, needing to go to the bathroom, I come out and was faced with the drunk girls trying to cut the line and use the

(Kacy, Anna, Vanessa, Adriana, Me, Saira, Veronica)

restroom- Anna nicely told them that it wasn't there turn and the still all 4 of them went in to the restroom and started giggling- like drunk girls obviously...acting dumb- so with the four of them in their, all of us and the people behind us were a little annoyed b/c they were taking their sweet time- but they left their one and only sober friend out of the bathroom- and she kept apologizing- It was funny when they came out, b/c I am sure there was at least 2 girls that were with us that wanted to kick their butts, plus everyone else that was waiting in line behind us- it was comical for the night- Anyway back to the limo- like I said we drove around for 2 hours, and then we were dropped off to go Salsa Dancing!!! it was fun, even though I am not that good- it's so fun to get out and dance once in a while- I want to take lessons-We danced the night away- almost closing the bar down-It was a great night and made for some sore toes :)

(somewhat of a picture of most of the limo)

It was spectacular- the guys really showed us up forever- I don't know if the girls will be able to top this one for next year-it's going to be tough.

WRITER COMMENTS: I KNOW THIS IS TWO MONTHS OVER DUE...but better late than never!!!

I'm not dragging him...We are DRAGGING EACH OTHER

Just so you know, it's not all me who wants to go to this young beauty's concert- Manuel is just as eager as I am. It was a very stressful morning March 21- come 10 AM. I was trying to get ready for the day, and snatch up a pair of these tickets that were said to be sold out in 10 minutes. I was ready to bring on the fight-(not really, who am I kidding, the joy of buying tickets from home) So the night before, I created my account on ICTICKETS.com so I could ease he process right...well it was still chaotic. The tickets went on sale at 10 am, and instantly their server went down and was down for quite a while. I was getting so fed up with clicking continue to only receive an error page, so I called Manuel upstairs to try and purchase them while I finished getting ready. 24 minutes later, we were the prouder purchasers, of floor tickets to TAYLOR SWIFT. I was so happy- b/c while I was trying to purchase them, and all the error pages I was getting, I was telling myself it was just not going to happen. but then it did- and YAHOO!!!

The day they came in the mail- I posted them up on on the fridge. {STORY TIME} I hate my refrigerator- the freezer sucks, it will freeze and un-freeze when it pleases- the fridge part, well it things get put in a certain place, they freeze too- it makes for some mad moments when I go to cook and some of the ingredients or vegetables or what not are frozen. Anyway so I have been telling Manuel of the issue for quite some time and I am just fed up right.. {END FRIDGE STORY} SO with the fridge issue in your mind, I put the tickets on the fridge with magnets, so when Manuel got home, I was sitting at the table {ACTING A LITTLE BUMMED} and I told him to look at the fridge. He instantly says "what's wrong with it now" and all I said was just look at it...thinking he would catch the green/white tickets smack dab in the middle of the white face fridge...he looks at the freeze, looks at the fridge and still doesn't notice the tickets, so I tell him to look on the fridge not at the issues it's having and he started dancing {he's gonna be mad that I posted that} oh well..it was funny- I love that we share the same interests in music...mostly his country lovin style too- b/c lets face it, I love country music, and love singing right along, with the songs I know of course.

It's funny b/c he just told me a story tonight of a lady he works with, when he told his fellow colleagues he was going to Taylor Swift, this lady said that I was probably dragging him...and his reply to her [the first time he told me the story] was that "She's not dragging me, I am dragging her" but really we are dragging each other, and not really DRAGGING, WE Cant wait to go- WE WILL BE LIVIN OUR LOVE SONG on MAY 17th and it can't come quick enough...it's my little school is over for the semester relief type of thing!!

It's Easter and alot has happened..a little bit of everything

So...I know it has been so long since anything has been said on here- I apologize. Life is just crazy, and I have been wanting to blog for such the longest time, but it just hasn't happened. So with it being Easter today, I was planning on getting caught up on some major housecleaning, homework, and my plan was to download/upload some pictures and blog...had my day planned. I thought I was going to be alone for Easter, and I was little bummed, b/c I don't ever remember being alone on Easter- but I was a little bummed, but excited to get caught up on somethings, but then my sweet Sister in law VANESSA called me up and asked me to come over. My in-laws came up to Boise this weekend, so I actually spent the entire day with them, it was fun!

Since the last blog- we have been blessed with a new addition to the Vega family! A GIRL!!!! She's adorable and oh so tiny and I love her- she's so fun to hold, and has the most prettiest hair---as Manuel would put it, "she has the silkiest hair ever!" Alyson Vega was born March 22, 2009 to Hector and Paulina- so now we have 1 nephew and 1 niece we get to spoil- She's a lot of fun b/c she's the first grandchild on the Vega side, and I don't think my mother in law could be happier- She's a proud ABUELITA (Grandma).. As you can tell my espanol is increasing muy picito-hah (Spelling in Spanish, not so much yet)

For Spring Break- WE WENT TO MOSCOW!!! it was a much needed little vacation, and I couldn't have picked a better place...Why Moscow?? Well b/c Chanc, Randy, and Aidan are there- and it was so much fun to spend 4 days with them- I loved it. I love my sister and wish she lived closer- --We went to Moscow in the middle of the week and spend lots of time laughing and eating and game playing. Wish we had more time, but Spring Break only last a darn week- bummer. While we were there we went to the States most Interesting Store- TRI-State- I have to tell you- Wednesday after we arrived, Chanc needed to deliver some goodies to a few of her friends so I tagged along. As we were driving, we passed by Tri-State and it literally says "States Most Interesting Store" on the sign, so of course I was rather intrigued, but not only b/c of the name, this store is attached to an ACE HARDWARE STORE- WEIRD. That my friends is why I wanted to check it out, which store could possibly be attached to an Ace? When I think of Ace, I think of Burley, and Ace is an awfully weird place I think- it has almost anything and everything from tools to wedding gifts. Anyway, Tri-State was pretty cool though- didn't find anything worth buying- but just checking it out was cool. So we did a little shopping in the little mall there in Moscow, went to Winco more times in one day than I ever have probably in one month--weird I know--ON Saturday we drove up to Spokane- We had never been there and I gotta tell ya I was a little skeptical when we arrived. The part we drove in thru and out thru were very odd- almost white trash city. I remember seeing a lot of garbage bags out on people's yards, it's as if the yards are there dumpsters. Downtown Spokane is gorgeous though, lots of green trees, parks, buildings, old ones too :) It was raining most of the time we were there and we had planned on going to some botanical gardens I think, but instead we just hit up the mall and walked around and what not- Drove back to Moscow and it started snowing on the way there- CRAZY! Ordered Smoky Mountain- and played Balderdash-my new favorite game!! Sunday we woke up rather early b/c Manuel had planned on stopping in Ontario to practice with the team and when Manuel looks outside, it was covered with like 5 inches with snow- so that made for a very eventful, me freaking out b/c the guy behind us was too close, drive to Lewiston, which is only about 4o miles away from Moscow, but don't worry it took us close to 2 hours to get there. The roads were so covered over, we weren't sure if we were on the road- but once we got down into Lewiston, it was so green and so calm...weird how the snow just lapsed right over that town :) Moscow was pretty fun, we plan on going back this summer to go on a camping trip- one reason we went to Moscow was for the little man's 1st Birthday- it was a great party too- We invited Cousin Callie over and we just had ourselves a jolly old time- between hamburgers, home-made onion rings- we were rollin!!! Then we had to add in the home-made birthday cake- it was an ice cream cake roll- and Aidan devoured it, it was too good not too though, it was Delicious. he had no problem eating it either :) Can't believe he is 1 now, time went by quickly, but he's a great little guy-

oh dear....

I forgot to tag people in my "10 happy things" post...so if your feeling a little sluggish, or a little behind on blogging, I would say names of a few people who could use an update or two, but whose pointing fingers anyway? My aunt tagged me for this and then wrote on my blog that she tagged me and I could use an update. So here's to all you out of dater bloggers...update and make it a happy one :)

Now don't ya'll panic

I know I know...I haven't been posting as regularly..there is a reason. School has started up for the two of us and I am exhausted. So the week before school started I was signed up to take a psych class on Saturdays, I received the syllabus and panicked, it was just a tid of over the top too much for me. So I got out of that class and replaced it with another class, Gender 301, reading the description it was about the psychology aspect why men and women do the things they do and what have you. I showed up the first day of school, it was a night class, which was a major bummer, I haven't had to have night classes in so long, I wasn't looking forward to it. Anyway, I go to class, hear the mundane stuff for the up-teenth time and then we are on our way to talk about the things this class is about. Well after much discussion I came to realize I was in a class full of men and women who liked men and women (ie. men vs men, women vs. women) ya get the point. Now I have no problem with any one's sexual orientation, its their life, I have friends that choose to be that way, I have no problem, the problem I had was sitting in a class for 3 hours listening to the way they think and having to deal with that all semester long, just didn't cut it for me, and trying to figure out why they think that way, then them pushing their thoughts on me, just, Plus it was a service learning class so 1o hrs a wk with an agency in the community, creating a project and carrying it out to the community, while it may have been fun to work with the communities it was just too much for me. Plus you couldn't pick your own agency, they chose for you and most of them had to do with Gay/Lesbian excepts Planned parenthood, which would have been my preferred choice, but she told us she made the final decision on which one we were put in and I wasn't taking any risks here. So that night, I got out 15 minutes later...ahhh I felt so claustrophobic in that class room I was running for the door. Anyway I dropped the class and added a non-verbal communication class. Now...that is a shocker for me as well, because I don't like communication classes, but last semester I have a required comm interviewing class and loved it and so I decided to give this non-verbal one a try, and now I am stuck with it but I think it will be good.

Manuel is taking classes this semester too. English 102 and an electronics class. So far so good, although it was really funny because he has to read for 102 and the other night I left him alone downstairs so he could read and I was talking on the phone. I came down later and he said he was going to bed.. I asked if he read and he said no, I wasn't down to push him...hah. He's so funny. I went up stairs to talk so I wouldn't but him and he could do his homework...I don't blame him though, I am not much of a reader myself. I put it off till the last minute.

That's our lives in a nutshell. both working, and school...life is just a little busy right now. I am already counting down the days until spring break..that is just bad, b/c I have been counting since the first day which was the 20th of January. It seems to be going by rather quickly though, which is good.

I will try to update more often-

10 happy things

I was tagged by my Aunt Lacy You are supposed to list 10 things that make you happy.

1. Spending time with my husband.

2. Knowing that school is coming to an end at the end of this year...what a great way to end the year!

3. Spending time with both sides of the family. They are so different in so many ways, that either family we are with, we are sure to have a good time.

4. Cooking makes me happy, even though I don't do it nearly enough like I should I still love making dinner for the man, and hearing him say he loves it even when I don't think it looks good or looks like the picture...I have issues when I cook with pictures, I think I have expectations to meet apparently.

5. Dr. Pepper and licorice ropes...absolute fav!

6. Vacations with my husband. I think of our honeymoon and our cruise all the time.

7. Talking on the phone to anyone who wants to talk...especially my sister, we can talk for hours and laugh about things

8. Having my dad call me out of the blue to see how my day is going!

9. My mom calling me and laughing...or calling me late at night and leaving me messages singing me..that one she will never live down and you can guarantee it makes me smile, laugh each time I think about.

10. My little brothers asking when I am coming home again, because they want to see me.

There are many things that make me extremely happy, but these are just a few random ones that I am sure you all needed to know :)