Mexico!!!

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Mexico!!!....and yes that means…no turkey or mashed potatoes….instead we had Carne Asada…and it was really good!!!
We went to my hometown Hermosillo. We spent a week with my family and it was really fun. The weather was amazing..not too hot….it was in the 80’s. So we went to the beach which is one hour away from Hermosillo..it is called Kino Bay..and it’s really pretty and the best thing was…we were the only ones there!!!!...it was clean and peaceful. The girls loved it…they were just running around the whole time we were there.
This was the first time Pat was there and he loved it so much that he wants to go next year again and stay the whole week at the beach!!!...sounds good to me!!!
We stayed at a nice hotel…not five stars..but it was good…They had a free breakfast buffet and it was delicious!!!...every morning we would just have breakfast there and we didn’t get hungry until dinner..which saved us some money…hahah.

We found this dead fish but the girls thought it was alive because it was moving in the water....

And the girls actually enjoy vacations now and let us enjoy it too...so it was very fun to spend some time with them without thinking about cleaning the house, doing laundry, etc...Everyday they would ask “are going home?”…”we don’t want to go home” so when we really had to leave I just said we were going to see “tata”…which means grandpa…because we drove to Tucson and then to Phoenix and we flew from there. They really miss Mexico now….or just being on vacation….the other day we forced Meghan to eat chicken and then we said “good job Meghan”…and gave her a hug and she said.. “can I go to Mexico now???”..poor thing…and when you ask them where do you want to go or do…they say they want to go to Mexico…I think they miss being around a lot of people every day..giving them all the attention they want and need sometimes.

They really miss Mexico now...or just being on vacation...the other day we forced Meghan to eat chicken and then we said "good job Meghan"...and gave her a hug and she said.."i can go to Mexico now???"..poor thing...and when you ask them where they want to go or do they say they want to go to Mexico...i guess they miss being around a lot of people all the time, getting all the attention they want and need sometimes.

Oh well i just hope we can go there more often now...

With nana...

The girls with my pregnant cousin..... Hannah with my mom's cat...

The Party!!!

W e had a really fun day yesterday. We went to Disney on Ice with some friends and then we went to Red Robin to eat and to have some cake too.

By the way, it was the best cake..it was so pretty we didn’t want to cut it…but of course we did and it was delicious!!!....Banana cake with caramel filling….yummy!!!......i wish our family could’ve been here especially the little cousins….. Myleigh and William. And I wanted to say thank you to our awesome friends who live an hour away plus it was snowing and they still came. Thanks guys!!!

Then after that we just came home gave the girls a bath and Hannah finished it by saying the cutest prayer. Her prayers are always funny but last night it was even funnier….

One of the things she said was: “thank you for my birthday, for my presents…I loved the horses they make me really happy and my friends”…then she heard Pat laughing and said “Papi don’t laugh”…then she kept going with her prayer and said “please bless us we can have good night sleep don’t wake up to go to the bathroom” and I forgot the rest but it was really funny.

The Big 5!!!

Well…Hannah turned 5 today…I can not believe it….She was really excited since she talks about birthdays all year long. She just couldn’t believe it was really her birthday…she said in the morning: “Mommy now is my birthday???...not later??” When we were going to church this morning she was all excited that “everybody” was going to sing happy birthday to her. “Mommy and everybody is going to sing to me????”.
Yesterday I went out for a few hours and Pat stayed with the girls so he took them to the “Build a bear shop”. Hannah made this Big pink pony…it was just perfect for her. She had been asking for that for a long time so I’m very proud of Pat for doing that without me telling him…hahaha….Oh and Meghan got a puppy. They were really excited, when I got home they both ran to the door to show me their new animals.
And today we didn’t really do anything for her…Pat made her a cake..his famous Jello Cake that at the end didn’t turn out so good…it just looked weird …He had to go to the airport to pick up some friends so he asked me to finish it and of course I didn’t do it right.
So it was just the four of us. We sang Happy Birthday to Hannah and ate some cake…opened some presents, went on skype to talk to Grandma and Grandpa Donohoe, gave the girls a bath and put them to bed.
Next week we are going to Disney on Ice and after that we’ll go to Red Robin and we’ll take a cake there to celebrate with some friends.
Hannah is such a smart little girl..we love her…She is always asking questions about EVERYTHING…sometimes I just can’t take it anymore…haha…she surprises me all the time with the things that she says or the things that she can remember. She loves going to school and her teacher is amazing. Tomorrow they are going to celebrate her birthday at school so she gets to take a bag full of her favorite stuff….(a lot of ponies are going in there) and we have to take the snack for the kids so we are making cupcakes and some string cheese and apples. So that should be fun for her too.

After church....

She saw this shoes at the store and almost cried because i din't get them for her..she kept saying "mommy but the fit me"....i just said yeah but they don't fit our budget....hahah...so i went back and got them for her....

Europe!!!

We just got back from our trip in Europe. We flew directly to Paris…I wish we could’ve stayed there for a few days but we had to fly to Prague that same day..We were exhausted by the time we got to Prague. And it was night time for us but there it was morning so we had to stay up all day. Then we went on a cruise in the Danube River and we visited Vienna, Eztergom, Durnstein and Budapest. We went to an Opera in Vienna and visited a lot of Castles, Ruins , we also visited a Concentration Camp which was a really sad but I guess a good experience.
Here are some pictures from the trip...I will put a lot more on facebook because it will take me forever to put them here.


Prague....

The opera house in Vienna.......Beautiful

This was a Castle in Vienna....

The church in Esztergom...the oldest one in Europe....

The view from the church we visited in Esztergom.....

The bridge in Budapest...i forgot the name...it was pretty though.....

This is Budapest, it was cold rainy but really pretty....

We didn’t like the food so much but oh well …at one of the restaurants the waiter almost got mad at me because I asked him for ice…yeah…weird….By the second day we were DONE…I was thinking about Café Rio the whole time and we met a couple from Utah too, so they knew what we were talking about. The company took us to the fanciest places there but unfortunately the fancier the restaurant the worst the food was. People were not very nice there either but we can’t complain because overall it was a really good experience and we got a break from everything.

This is what our plates looked like almost every day....

Entree....

Dessert.......it was actually really good........

Our amazing friend Mayda took care of the girls while we were gone and they had a really good time too playing with my friend’s girls all the time.

And I am amazed by all the things Hannah learned at school that week we were gone, she can count about 15 more numbers now and write her name right all the time because before she put the letters in the wrong order and she could only write capital letters.
I got them this pairs of shoes before we left (feeling guilty)…I don’t really like them but I knew they would love them because they are PINK.

I know they will hate me later for getting them matching outfits....hahaa

Sad and Happy....

I think there is something wrong with me...i always complain because i need a break and now that i will get one im just so sad because we are leaving the girls for a week.
I know they will be fine with my friend Mayda...they love her...and she is staying at our house with them so that will be better for them too.
So Pat and i are going to Europe...uuhuuu......I am really excited, we will be there for 8 days and will visit 4 countries...we will be in Prog for 3 days and then we are going on a cruise for the rest of the week.
And best of all...it's FREE.....anyways...i know we'll have a good time i just have to stop feeling guilty for leaving Hannah and Meghan here.
I will post some pictures when we get back.......

A busy life...

OK..i really thought i was going to be better at this....

Well like i said on the last post we went to Lake Powell, we had Meghan's birthday party, Grandma Donohoe was here and my life just gets busier. Two weeks ago we had Hannah's Beauty Pageant and we are soo happy and proud of her because she won. When they were giving the prizes i was just thinking i was going to go to the dollar store and buy her a fake trophe if she didn't win because she was really excited and she kept saying "Mommy i want to win" and i knew she would be really sad if she didn't but fortunately i didn't have to lie to her...hahah.


Then last week we had a baby shower for my friend Fiorella, and after the baby shower i said...next weekend i'm not doing anything..but i forgot that im going to San Diego....well i am actually really excited to go.


And im so happy that Hannah is going to preschool again, she really needed it. And they are both taking gymnastics too. And i think that is enough.


Oh..i almost forgot...we also had Pat's birthday...we just had dinner and a little cake that John brought.


And the worst part was when we sang Happy Birthday to him and he blew te candles with his nose. Im going to put the video here so he gets embarrased and hopefully he won't do it again.

Hannah's first day of school...

An update...

I've been wanting to do our blog for the last year..and now i think i finally got it. Thanks to my friends. I did the first post last year but i just finished it today..hahah...i know..its embarrasing..anyways...its from september of last year. There are a lot of fun and important things i want to put on this blog so i am just going to try to give you an update on our family and i am hoping i will keep doing it. First of all i can't believe our little Meghan will be 3 on saturday and Hannah will be 5 in November. And in 2 weeks we'll celebrate our 6th Wedding Anniversary!!!This is been a crazy year for us but i think we'll survive. We are going on vacation next week to Lake Powell for a week and i am excited because Pat really NEEDS a vacation.

My dad was here this month so he celebrated the 4th of july with us and since one of my cousins came with him too, we needed things to do with the kids so we took them to Jordanelle Lake and we had a really good time. We love having people visiting. And as many of you know my brother comes here very often so he was also here this month.

My dad with the girls and their cousin

It is really hard to get Meghan to look at the camera without a fake smile....or to even look at the camera.