A Morales Minute

My Aunt Laurel had shared this picture of Grandma Naylor. It's such a good picture of her. Grandma has a new hairstyle. It looks good on her but I'll always picture her with her little french twist in the back and curled hair on the top of her head. She looks beautiful, and love her pink nails!

This time last year we were all hit with some hard news of Bel's cancer. It has been a hard year for her. And yet, through it all she's smiled and remained positive. We're so thankful and blessed that she beat the cancer. It really is a miracle that her body had a complete response to the chemo treatments. She's cancer free. That's definitely something to be thankful for.  She's doing so well now. Looking good and healthy! Her hair is growing back. She doesn't like having it short but she's happy to have hair again. I say she rocks short hair pretty good! Chris and Bel went on a cruise. It was supposed to be to the Bahamas but due to a hurricane they were routed to Mexico instead. I'd say by the looks of this picture they still had a wonderful time. 

Lindsey's dentist found a teeny tiny cavity on a back molar. He said that it wasn't because she wasn't cleaning well enough, he can tell she is. It's because of the way her tooth is so it was susceptible. She was NOT happy to get it filled. She'd never had one before and was very nervous to get it done. I didn't go back with her because I figured I'd make it worse if I were there for her to cry to. The nurse came out and told me Lindsey was very nervous and if I was ok for her to have the gas. I said sure. I was surprised to get a text message from Lindsey a bit later.  She sent me this picture of her! She looks like some type of alien. She thought it was funny too, that's why she sent it to me. She did amazing! Of course. I'm so grateful for our good dental insurance so we can ensure our kids get the care they need to be healthy and pain free from things that we can prevent. I love this girl. She's braver and stronger than she thinks. I...

Aidan's now 8 and right in Cub Scouts. He's so excited to be in it. He's happy to go off to the church every Wednesday afternoon. I worked with him at getting everything completed for him to earn his Bobcat.  At pack meeting. He's pinning mom's bobcat pin on me.  Then the cub master gives some dialog and for each color I paint it on a specific place on his face. Essentially he gets what looks to be war paint. :) Then he paints one white stripe down my nose. He and Dax both earned their Bobcat awards.  Way to go Aidan! I hope he has a drive to get things completed so I don't have to hound him to see what he needs to get done like I do with Lindsey. hahaha

For Aidan's 8th birthday we threw him a Nintendo Mario themed party. I had to use Pinterest for ideas to create party games.  Friday September 2nd: I made a Goomba and Ghost Stomp. I put golden chocolate coins in the balloons, blew them up and Daphne would draw the faces on them for me. All my kids were still at school or volleyball practice so I appreciated Daphne giving her time to help me out. Naomi helped also by blowing some balloons and I'd tie them off for her. I rented a Mario themed bounce house/slide combo. It was supposed to be delivered September 3rd an hour before the party but because they had so many deliveries that Saturday they called me Thursday to ask if they could deliver it Friday evening. I wasn't going to be charged anymore than my 6hr rental so I said sure!  The kids got lots of time to play on it by themselves and with the neighbor kids. It turned out that they didn't come pick the bounce house up until about 6pm. I paid for 6 h...

Lindsey's first day of 7th Grade. With last year the first year the district moved 6th grade down to the elementary schools Lindsey stayed in elementary last year (which is why she was able to be in Jaime's school last year. Best decision we made for her for 6th grade.) so today is her first day in middle school. She's had her tour of the school. She's got her schedule. She's had volleyball practice the past week so she's now excited to start school with her friends she's been talking to at practice. She's a bit nervous about changing classes but I know she will catch on quick. Plus, the 8th graders don't attend school today so the 7th graders have the school to themselves to help get adjusted. I do like that. It's the same for freshman at the high schools too. Lindsey catches the bus at 6:49am. She set her alarm for 5:45. She's not the fastest at getting ready. We're hoping she won't need to wake up till 6 once she gets her ro...

Lori and Stuart went to the fair with us this year. We mostly go for the rodeo but we walked around and saw the exhibits and of course ate fair food for dinner. :P This picture was taken outside of the restaurant "Cousins" but they have these at the fair too so I thought I'd share it in this post.  We can't go to the fair and not see the animals, especially the bunnies. Look at this long haired bunny! Tyler thought he was so cute.  We don't do rides at the fair because they're so expensive but this giant float ball ride is one that's pretty fun. We like to watch them as much as the kids like rolling around like little gerbils. Sometimes when they fall like this I just wait to see them get wet but they never do! Lori pushing Tyler She got a kick out of pushing and pulling the hamster balls around the pool. :) Time for the rodeo! I didn't take pictures of the riders and bulls because I was busy talking wi...