Exciting Weekend!

This weekend was a very busy one for us! Saturday we took Melody to the beach for the first time! It just melts my heart to see her so happy and enjoying her self! Redondo beach has a chuck e cheese type place as well and she bowled and got to shoot some whoops with her daddy and she even got to ride a pony (not a real one this time). She totally loved the ocean, It amazes me how much she understands and to see her face...I loved it.

On Sunday we Spent a few hours finalizing our new home options/upgrades. So many choices! Round or squared tub, pointy or round wall edge, color of cabinets, counter tops, rug and floor. Style of toilet, walls and stairs. So many choices made our head's spin! But we are very happy with our choices.

Also we saw 3 movies this weekend and well here are my reviews:

"Marley and Me": Great Family movie! It made me cry. I don't want to give to much away but out of 5 stars this one gets 5.

"Bolt": hmm, well Melody and Emmanuel enjoyed it, I thought it was ok this one gets 3 stars.

"Doubt": I just want to say I love Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, but this movie get 2 little stars!! very boring.

Emmanuel and I are in the process of watching "Alexander" I keep falling asleep. Not because its boring or long! but because we usually watch it really late and I end up falling asleep. I bought it for $5 so I will update you guys on this movie later :)



Melody Bowling :)




Melody going wild on the horse

Santa Anita Park, A Race to Remember

We had a great time at Santa Anita Park on Sunday. It was Melody's very first trip there. She absolutely loved it. We didn't win BIG like we had hoped, ha ha, but it was a lot of fun.

Emmanuel, Melody, Ivan, Yadi, my Aunt and Uncle, and myself of course, sat in a nicely shaded booth, or box seats as they are called. Thank God, because it was TOO hot to be standing around. At times, the gentle murmur of the crowds grew to a thunderous roar as the horses steadily approached the finish line! The excitement built up until it could not be contained by those witnessing this marvelous feat of sportsmanship. The people were standing now. Horse and Jockey pressed on with sheer determination as the crowds cheered them on. Foot by foot they got closer, one horse ahead of the other. Who would it be? Would we emerge victoriously? Wait a minute, am I cheering for the right horse? And just as quick as it had started, it was all over. Only a few winners would be declared while others both broke and disappointed stormed away. Luckily we were the former and we survived to play another round. Yay!
Santa Anita Park also had a lot of nice things for children. Certain weekends are designated as part of their Family Day Fun events and this happened to be one of them. Melody got her face painted, we chose a butterfly for her, and we took her on a pony ride. She did real good! Sorry, I can't help being biased ;) But I'm not kidding. She was so good that she impressed the staff and other parents who were waiting in line as she sat very still throughout the whole face-painting process. Everyone looked on as if their own child was sitting on that chair and even gave Melody a round of applause and cheers when the painting was done. We were so proud of her!
Paul Rodriguez was also there, you might ask "Why didn't you take a picture with him" WEll, Let me tell you why!!! As we were cashing out on one of the races Yadi grabs me and tells me "Mari, ahi esta!! Miralo Paul Rodriguez!!!" So I got excited and nervouse, he was about 10ft away. So my reaction was to scream"Paul!!" and of course he turns and I said "can I take a picture with you?" and he signals to go to him. I suddenly turn to Yadi so that we can take a picture with him all I see is her DUST!! Yes her dust, she ran out of the building and a few feet away she was just laughing! Then when I turn to look at Paul Rodriguez...He was GONE!! so, Thank you Yadi!!

Anyway other than that everything was fantastic. We stoped at there house after the horse race's to "keep the party going :)" and who do we see there? Pixie, a very cute dog that Melody loved to play with, but of course I will post the pictures so you can check it out!!!Paul Rodriguez was also there, you might ask "Why didn't you take a picture with him" WEll, Let me tell you why!!! As we were cashing out on one of the races Yadi grabs me and tells me "Mari, ahi esta!! Miralo Paul Rodriguez!!!" So I got excited and nervouse, he was about 10ft away. So my reaction was to scream"Paul!!" and of course he turns and I said "can I take a picture with you?" and he signals to go to him. I suddenly turn to Yadi so that we can take a picture with him all I see is her DUST!! Yes her dust, she ran out of the building and a few feet away she was just laughing! Then when I turn to look at Paul Rodriguez...He was GONE!! so, Thank you Yadi!!
Anyway other than that everything was fantastic. We stoped at there house after the horse race's to "keep the party going :)" and who do we see there? Pixie, a very cute dog that Melody loved to play with, but of course I will post the pictures so you can check it out!!!Anyway other than that everything was fantastic. We stoped at there house after the horse race's to "keep the party going :)" and who do we see there? Pixie, a very cute dog that Melody loved to play with, but of course I will post the pictures so you can check it out!!!