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Mas Navidad

2010-12-26T22:30:00.001-08:00

Here are a few pictures from Christmas, the kids opening their gifts.
Agui hay unas fotos de la Navidad, los ninos abriendo sus regalos.

These next pictures are from my mom and dad's house on Christmas day. We went over there late afternoon and had dinner and played games.

Estas fotos fueron sacados en la casa de mis padres en el dia de la Navidad. Fuimos alla en la tarde para cenar y jugar un poco.

Cristian with his cousin, Sadie.

Cristian con su prima, Sadie.

This is Cristian with his Aunt Celeste, my sister in law. Cristian loves her and says he is going to marry her. Look out Nate!

En esta foto, Cristian esta con su tia Celeste, my cunada. Cristian la ama y dice que el se va casar con ella. Cuidado Nate!

Merry Christmas or Feliz Navidad!

2010-12-26T22:06:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas has come and gone! We had a fantastic Christmas. On the 23rd we has a great time at the Fisher family Christmas party. Santa brought some great, funny gifts for all, including some huge blow up shoes!

Bueno, Navidad ha llegado y ha ido! Tuvimos una Navidad fantastic. El dia del 23 fuimos a una fiesta en la casa de mis padres. Fue muy divertido y habia unos regalos chistosos para todos incluyendo unos zapatos grandes que son llenos de aire.

Gabby got some light up sunglasses from "Santa" too.

Gabby recibio unos lentes del sol que tiened luzes de "Santa."

My sister made these headbands for Gabby and I. They are very cute, but I am kind of a brat and told her I would prefer one that is brown. So, I gave mine to my sister in law and my sister will make a new one for me. She's the best!

Mi hermana nos regalo estes monos para el pelo que ella hizo. Son muy bonitos, pero yo no me gusta much negro, entonces pidi uno cafe y ella me va a hacer uno asi y yo di el negro a mi cunada. Mi hermana es la mejor!

Even Erwin got into the spirit of the Holiday!

Aun Erwin tenia el espiritu de la navidad!

Let it snow!

2010-12-21T14:27:00.000-08:00

And my oh my, it snowed! Here in Payson we have gotten about 2 feet of snow! It was a snow day for the kids and for me today. Nebo school district closed the schools today and I called off for work. Gabby and I spent about an hour and a half shoveling the driveway and helping a few neighbors get their cars unstuck who weren't lucky enough to call off from work. After that, the kids just had so much fun playing!

Cayo mucho nieve recien. En Payson recibimos 2 pies de nieve en algunas horas. Entonces los ninos y yo no fuimos al colegio ni al trabajo. Gabby y yo pasamos como una hora y media sacando la nieve de nuestra casa y ayudamos unos vecinos sacar sus caros de le nieve. Despues, los ninos jugaron mucho en la nieve!

Don't hate the outfit, its a snow day!

Yo se que esta ropa is terible, pero queria ser comoda y no tenia que ir a ningun lado!

Christmas program

2010-12-21T13:59:00.000-08:00

Last week Cristian's preschool put on a Christmas program. It was very cute and, of course, Cristian was the cutest! He did a very good job with his "part" as well as spreading Christmas cheer by singing loud enough for all to hear! Cristian was the letter "C" and told us all that "C is for the Christ child. His birth is the reason we celebrate Christmas."

La semana pasada, el colegio de Cristian se presento un programa de la navidad. Fue muy divertido y por supeusto, Cristain era espectacular! El canto bien y le toco decir, "C is por el nino Cristo. su nacimiento es la razon por lo que celebramos la navidad."

His favorite song to sing was Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer and I have been lucky enough to hear him singing this song over and over and OVER again at home, in the grocery store, in the car, in the bathtub, and anywhere else that he wants to sing it!

Su cancion favorito fue Rudolf el venado con la nariz rojo y yo he tenido suerte para escucharle cantando esa cancion muchas veces en la casa, en el mercado, en el auto, cuando esta banando y en cualquier otro momento cuando el queria cantarla!

As the program ended, Santa made an appearance (of course). After months of telling me that he wanted a spinosaraus, Cristian told Santa that he wants a sled! By the way, there really is a dinosaur called a spinosaraus to my surprise. I argued with Cristian telling him that there was no such thing and he absolutely schooled me. He looked it up on the internet and called me over to see it. So, I have been hunting for a spinosaraus only to find out now that he really wants a sled.

Cuando se termino el program, Santa llego. Despues de meses de pidiendo un spinosaurio, una clase de dinosaurio que yo no creia existia, Cristian le pidio un sled de Santa. Yo le decia a Cristian que no hay esta dinosaurio, pero un dia el me mostro el spinosaurio en el internet.

Cristian as always

2010-12-12T21:25:00.001-08:00

Cristian was real cooperative for our picture, as always.

Cristian's family picture

2010-12-12T21:24:00.000-08:00

Okay, so Cristian insisted that we include his family of dinosaurs in our Christmas pictures!

Christmas is in the air!

2010-12-12T21:12:00.000-08:00

Well, as Christmas time is approaching, we at the Bastidas house are getting excited. Last week, Erwin had the kids and I sit down in front of the tree to take some pictures. We selected one of the pictures to go out with our Christmas card, but I am posting several of them on our blogspot.

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-02T22:59:00.000-07:00

We had a great halloween this year! Gabby was a midnight fairy, Cristian was Hiccup (from How to Train Your Dragon), I was a brain donor, and Erwin was a stouffer's employee (who unfortunately had to work on halloween night). The kids had parties at their schools, I had a party at work, we went trick or treating in downtown Payson, then we went to a halloween thing at my mom's, and ended the night with our neighborhood version of trunk or treating. We have enough candy to last for the next several months! Santa may even stuff stockings with halloween candy! Anyway, here are some pictures of our halloween fun!

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Motocross of Nations

2010-10-20T20:37:00.001-07:00

So we took a little trip to Colorado for the motocross of nations last month. I am just a bit behind posting pictures and information about our trip. Of course, Erwin was on top of the world! He had so much fun! The rest of us had a good time and we were happy to cheer on the United States riders. It was a good race, but in the end, the U.S. came out on top and were the overall winners! Here are a few pictures of us enjoying the race.

While we were in Colorado, we did several fun things! We went to the Denver Zoo.

We hiked to a pretty waterfall!

We went swimming at both the hotel and at some hot springs.

Erwin and the kids tamed some wild animals!

All in all, I would say it was an excellent trip!

Gabriela's Baptism

2010-10-19T22:32:00.000-07:00

So, since my most recent post, our sweet Gabriela was baptized. Erwin was able to baptize her and it was an amazing moment for me! I couldn't be more proud of both Gabby and Erwin. I am so lucky to have the Gospel in my life and to be able to share it with my family. Gabby looked beautiful in her white dress. She was quite shy during the program which is a bit odd for her. My dad gave a talk for the program and he did a great job, as usual. It was a day that I will always remember and I think that Gabby will too!

Two Buck Tuesdays!

2010-08-10T19:56:00.000-07:00

I know, it's a miracle! Two posts within one week! But, I have to say, I love Two Buck Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point. The kids and I took advantage of this great price by spending the evening at Farm Country with my friend Alesa and her cute daughter Nora. We had a lot of fun! Gabby even rode the horse! (Cristian was too grumpy to ride). Here are some pictures of the fun time!

Summer is quickly slipping away!

2010-08-07T17:28:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that it is already August 7! Where has the summer gone. Here are a few highlights from the Bastidas summer.

In June, I participated in the Relay for Life. Gabby and Cristian came with me and had a lot of fun! Cristian is a pirate (of course) and Gabs is a cat!

In June, we also went to the Manti Pageant with the kids. It was a lot of fun and Erwin and I spent some time remembering when we went to the Manti Pageant ten years ago. It was our second date and look how far we have come now!

Finally, in July the kids and I went camping. I know...crazy! But it was for a family reunion. We went to Oxford, Id and spent 4 days with our extended family. Somehow, I managed not to take many pictures (big surprise there).
Here is a picture of my Grandma Fisher. Isn't she a hottie?!

And I do have a few pictures from Twin Lakes...

Gabriela meets Mike Alessi

2010-06-02T06:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, so the story goes something like this...Erwin and the kids saw Mike Alessi (rider #800) in the pits. Erwin told Mike that, "you are my daughter's idol." to which Mike replied, "yeah I can see since she is wearing Kevin Windham's shirt." So, anyway, that is the story that they told me.

Motorcycle races

2010-06-02T05:58:00.000-07:00

Here are several pictures from the motorcyle races.

The kids sure seemed to have a great time! They played in the dirt all day!

Memorial Day Weekend!

2010-06-02T05:38:00.000-07:00

So, Erwin took the kids to some motorcycle races in California for the weekend. They sure sound like they had a great time!

Of course, they had to stop in Las Vegas on the way down. They traveled on Cristian's Birthday and so he told people that he was going to see the "Lion King in Las Vegas" for his birthday! There are pictures taken in the Rain Forest Cafe in the MGM Grand Hotel. Gabriela made Erwin go to the Bellagio to see the gardens too.

Gabby's 2nd grade program.

2010-05-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

Gabby is just finishing up the 2nd grade. I can't believe how fast she is growing up! So, for their "end of year program" the kids sang patriotic songs and talked about our country.

This is Gabby with her teacher, Miss Evans. Gabby has really liked her teacher this year.

And here are Gabby and some of the other kids after the program was over. All of the kids were asked to wear blue jeans and a red or white shirt.

The things we do for love.

2010-05-23T16:33:00.000-07:00

So, I really love my husband! I love him so much that I spent a freezing night at motorcycle races in Salt Lake. We were rained on, snowed on, and even hailed on! The kids and I were absolutely miserable, but Erwin was in heaven! Here are the few pictures that we were able to take in between the pouring wet from the sky.

The Monster Mash

2009-10-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, below is the Monster Mash starring Cristian as the mad scientist, Caleb as Frankenstein, Gabby as the bride of Frankenstein, Annika as the warewolf,and Maxine as Dracula. The kids sure had fun with this one! Gabby insisted that Frankenstein be a boy because she couldn't marry a girl, of course! Caleb and Annika are friends and Maxine is a cousin (most of you already know who Max is). Anyway, we hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it!

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Family Pictures

2009-09-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

Odio fotos familiares! Y tengo una razon muy buena! Nosotros sacamos fotos con toda me familia recien. Esto quiere decir que tuvimos 13 adultos y 8 ninos. Los ninos tienen entre 10 anos hasta 6 semanas de edad. Y adivina cual nino era el peor de todos? Si, era mi hijo Cristian!
I hate family pictures! And I have a very good reason. We had family pictures recently with my entire family. This means 13 adults and 8 children. The children ranged in age between 10 years old to 6 weeks old. And who was the worst of all the kids? you ask. Yes, that would be my Cristian!

Despues de sacar la foto del todo el grupo, empezamos a sacar fotos de cada familia individualmente. Y otra vez, Cristian no se porto bien.
And that is not all, after our group picture we moved on to our individual family pictures. Again, Cristian did not cooperate!

Tuvimos un descanso, pero intentamos de nuevo sacar una foto de la familia Bastidas. Y los resultados estan abajo.
We took a little break, but then we tried again to get a picture of the Bastidas family and this is what we got.

Y por fin, Cristian no daba mas!
And finally Cristian was done!

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Al final, aqui hay unas fotos que nos sirven con Cristian.
In the end, here are some pictures that we can use with Cristian.

Al contrario de Cristian, tenemos muchas fotos de Gabriela que salieron buenisimas! Aqui hay algunas favoritas de ella!
Opposite of Cristian, we have tons of great pictures of Gabby! She is gorgeous! These are some of her favorites!

Gabby dances during Onion Days!

2009-09-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

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Hula Dancing

2009-08-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

So, my kids really like to dance. The other day, Gabby was dancing for me with costume changes and all and Cristian wanted to be included. So, Gabby took him to her room and helped him get into a costume to dance to the fish song from High School Musical 2.

My little Cristian is adorable! He calls this the "bathing suit dance."

Utah County Fair

2009-08-22T22:35:00.001-07:00

Well, the kids and I spent some time at the Utah County Fair. The kids really enjoyed the petting zoo area. We met up with our friend, Anika, at the fair.

Gabby also danced at the fair with her dance group. They danced to "Livin the Vida Loca" from Shrek.

The kids also had fun playing in the tractors and other big construction equipment stuff.

Our trip to Arizona

2009-08-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

We took a quick trip to Arizona this month. We went to see my brother and his wife and their new baby, Sadie. She is a beautiful baby and we really enjoyed Arizona. Our only regret was that we didn't have more time there.

We did go to a place called Meteor Crater. This is a place were a meteor hit the earth about 50,000 years ago. And yes...it is a really big hole in the ground! Erwin loved this. We drove about an hour or an hour and a half to get there and he loved it so much that we turned around and drove back the next day. We had arrived at the crater to late for the guided walking tour on the first visit and so we went back for the tour the next day.

Sedona was beautiful, but again, we did not get to see enough of it. On our way out of Sedona we stopped and took a couple of quick pics.

Finally, we went to Winslow, Az. What in the hell is in Winslow. That's right...nothing! Okay, well there is a street corner on Route 66 with a flatbed ford and a bronze statue of the Eagles dude who sang "Take it Easy" Look up the lyrics, I guess. But we did take easy on route 66 in Winslow, Arizona.

Gabby's Flower Party!

2009-06-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

Gabriela turned 7 on June 1. To celebrate, she had a flower party with her friends. She had 5 friends come to the party: Karly, Adyson, Madi, Hayley, and Logan. The theme for the party was flowers! The girls painted terra cota flower pots and planted petunias in them.

They turned out really cute and the girls had a lot of fun doing them!

The girls also made flowers for their hair.

And of course, they had cupcakes and opened presents!

I just can't believe that my baby is 7! It's amazing how fast time goes by!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABBY! I LOVE YOU!

2009-04-12T18:08:00.001-07:00

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Disneyland pics...a lot of pics

2009-01-11T22:50:00.000-08:00

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Erwin en Colombia

2009-01-11T22:49:00.001-08:00

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2009-01-11T21:36:00.001-08:00

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An update...FINALLY

2009-01-11T20:46:00.000-08:00

Well, our little family has continued to stay busy for the past several months! Of course, my lack of knowledge with technology also inhabits me from being able to update my blog, but probably more so is the lack of time. No matter, I am finally sitting down to update things. We had a great Christmas and New Year's celebration this year! We spent Christmas in Palm Springs. Unfortunately it was pretty cold and we were unable to do much swimming, even though the pool was heated. The other downside to our stay in Palm Springs was that the resort that we stayed in was a dump! It was no where near what we expected from Diamond Resorts (our timeshare). We have submitted a formal complaint requesting our points back to use at a resort that would meet the standards that Diamond Resort advertises and even promises. Anyway, despite the crappy condo and the cold weather, we managed to mostly enjoy ourselves. My brother and his new wife had recomened that we go to a deseret zoo. It was really fun! They had some fun animal shows and Gabriela especially liked that she was able to pet a snake.
After Palm Springs, we headed to my gramps' house. It was so great to see him and spend some time with him. Of course, we stayed pretty busy, but we did have some time with him. We were able to spend 3 days at Disneyland! We brought in the New Year there on the 31st. We had a fabulous time at Disney! And I must say, the kids were as good as gold! I could not have asked them to be any better. We arrived at Disneyland early and stayed all day, even until 2:00 in the morning on New Year's Eve! Cristian slept in the stroller for a couple of hours during the day, but otherwise they were just troopers. There were a few times when Cristian got angry because he didn't want to get off of a ride, but they were both really good at waiting in lines and fighting all of the crowds! Cristian really loved the Pirates of the Carribean and Gabriela likes Big Thunder Mountain (really she loves all of the roller coasters). We also spent one day at California Adventure Park. This park is not as fun for small kids. There were several rides that Cristian could not get on because he was not tall enough. But, we went to the Disney Playhouse Live on Stage show and Cristian really loved that! Also, Turtle Talk with Crush was a big hit with both of them.
We also went to some motorcycle races (of course). They were good races. My favorite racer crashed with Erwin's favorite rider. Fortunately, Chad Reed, my racer, recovered and finished in 3rd place. Unfortunately, James Stuart, Erwin's racer, did not recover and did not finish the race.
We had to go to the Colombian consulate one day and Erwin was able to take care of some paperwork that he needed to do. The wait time was forever! 3 1/2 hours, in fact. But at least he was able to do what he needed to do.
On Sunday we took a drive with gramps to the LA temple after church and dinner. It was a nice drive and something to do with gramps.
We really did have a fantastic time! I am going to post a whole bunch of pics. From this trip as well as from Halloween and Erwin's trip to Colombia over Thanksgiving.

Gabriela's new "dress"

2008-10-09T16:18:00.001-07:00

So, here is the story with the dress. A few days ago, Gabby got dressed for school. When I went in to check on her I found her wearing one of my maternity shirts as a dress. I said, "Gabby you can't wear that to school." She asked why not and I said it was a pregnant shirt. She said, "It looks like a dress on me." After some arguement I let her wear it under the condition that she wear tights and an undershirt. She wondered why an undershirt and I explained that the neck was a bit too wide and that someone might see her chest. Her response was, "Mom, I need a bra!"

Time to shave Ricky!

2008-10-09T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well, it has happened again. We had to shave Ricky! He gets mats in his fur and needed to be shaved. This seems to be becoming an anual tradition. We should do this in the spring, rather than the fall. Oh well. This is called a lion's shave. We think he looks like he is wearing leg warmers.

Isn't he cute!

What happens in Vegas...gets blogged

2008-10-02T01:01:00.000-07:00

Well, we spent the weekend in Las Vegas. It was fun, but we made the trip to short. We arrived Saturday afternoon and came home on Monday morning. It is a long drive for such a short stay. However, we did enjoy time together as a family. Here are the pics.

These pictures are of us inside the Mirage hotel.
Estas fotos son de nosotros adentro de un hotel se llama el Mirage

This is Erwin's new car (ha ha ha). Afterall, he deserves nothing but the best!
Este es el caro nuevo de Erwin, el merece todo lo mejor.

These pics were taken inside Caesar's Palace.
Esta fotos fue sacaron adentro de Caesar's Palace.

Finally, this is the pool at our timeshare condo.
Por fin, esta es la pisina en el condo del tiempo compartido.

Un update en espanol

2008-09-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Despues de 6 semenas, muchas cosas han pasado. Estas fotos son fotos del primer dia del colegio de la nina. Tambien hay fotos de una experiencia que tuvo la nina. Una vecina esta estudiando peluqueria y pregunto si la nina pudia ser un modelo. entonces, Gabby fue a la universidad donde esta estudiano la vecina y se corto el pelo y saco fotos. Tambien, hay fotos de Gabriela con su grupo de baile. Bueno, me imagino que hay mas cosas para compartir, pero, ya es tarde y voy a dormir.

Gabby's first day of school

2008-09-14T21:40:00.000-07:00

Well, my little Gabriela is in first grade! I can't believe how fast she is growing up. And of course, I think that she is the most brillant and beautiful girl in the first grade. The day before school started, Gabriela got to be a hair model for a beauty college here in Payson. I am still waiting for the official pictures from the photo shoot. But here are some pictures that Erwin took during the cut and style as well as some of the photos I took of the first day of school!

Onion Days!

2008-09-14T21:17:00.001-07:00

During Onion Days, Gabby's dance group were in the children's parade on Saturday. Then they preformed in the young people's talent show. On Monday, they were also in the gand parade. This day was a disaster! It rained so hard! By the time the kids reached where we were sitting, those who were left on the trailer were huddled under a tarp trying to stay dry!

Many things have happened...

2008-09-14T21:10:00.001-07:00

We have been a busy family and I have been a bad blogger. I am really quite technologically retarded. In fact, I was trying to upload pictures from my camera to the computer this morning and I somehow managed to make copies of several pictures. Even worst than that, I was trying to delete the copies and in the process make even more copies. After a very long time, I gave up and now have up to 11 copies of each picture. I hate technology! Well, I suppose that is part of why I don't keep up on my blog. Hopefully I will be able to add some of the pictures of the things we have been doing lately. We'll see how it goes.

En espanol...el desfile

2008-08-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

El sabado pasado, Gabriela bailo con un grupo en un desfile. Hace 2 meses, Gabriela empezo a bailar y ella es muy buena para bailar. Hacia calor este dia y todos sudamos. Gabriela dijo que tenia que caminar demasiado. Cristian disfruto a mirarlo, especialment los caballos. Estamos con mi mejor amiga, Tifani. Despues fuimos a un mercado y compramos un poco de fruta y verduras. Los mercados no son muy comun aqui, y viajamos 30 minutos para llegar (no fuimos por el mercado, pero lo aprovechamos de la oportunidad). Fue un dia muy divertida, pero lastimosamente, Erwin tuvo que trabajar.

My mistake

2008-08-06T21:08:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't know how to erase the extra smilebox slideshow of the parade, so, you get to watch it twice I guess. It was a really fun day and Gabriela really did do a good job in the parade. She is one of the best dancers in the class. She was very nervous though. I don't know why, she did great and we knew that she would. I was a really hot morning and I think she was glad when it was over. Cristian loved watching the parade, especially the horses.

Gabriela's parade

2008-08-06T20:59:00.005-07:00

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Gabriela

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Bastidas's groovy kids, man

2008-07-24T22:40:00.001-07:00

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Ahorra, un poco de informacion para los Colombianos

2008-06-28T17:26:00.000-07:00

Bueno, recien aprendi como hacer un blog. Y entonces estoy compartiendo cosas de nuestra familia con el mundo electronico. Hay una fotos de la mano de Cristian. La lastimo el miercoles con una maquina de caminar de ejercicio (se llama treadmill en ingles). Esta mejorando, pero, tiene que mantener la mano cubierto con antibiotico para no tener infeccion. A pasar de esto, emos pasado muy bien la epoca de verano. Gabriela aprendio manenjar su bici y tomo unas clases de natacion y baile. Critian queria bailar, pero es muy joven todavilla para tomar las clases. Hace un mes atras, los dos cumplieron anos. Cristian 2 y Gabriela 6. Tuvimos una pequena fiesta con la familia mia. Lastamosamente, Erwin no estavo. Esto paso mientras que el estuvo en Los Angeles para el trabajo. Los ninos extranaron su papa y esperamos viajar con el la proxima vez.

New definition of burning rubber!

2008-06-28T16:12:00.001-07:00

Well, I know that most of you who read this blog already know about Cristian's rubber burning experience. He burned through several layers of his skin when his hand got stuck in our treadmill. But, nobody else has seen the injury. So, I have some pictures to post.

Swimming, Dancing, and Bicycling...Oh my!

2008-06-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well, our little Gabriela has been very busy these past few weeks. She has been taking swimming lessons and is getting to be a very good little swimmer. She also started her first dance class. I think that she will really enjoy dancing and that she will be a really good little dancer. Finally, she learned how to ride her bicycle without her training wheels. To my great relief, this was an easy feat for her that required very little effort on my part. I really had no idea how to teach her, but she just seemed to pick it up and take off without much help from me. Yeah!

Birthdays

2008-06-02T23:05:00.001-07:00

Well, we have made it through the birthday season for our family. Cristian turned two on May 28 and Gabriela turned six on June 1. We had a small family dinner party to celebrate on Cristian's birthday, although I don't think that he had a clue about what was going on. Then on Sat. May 31 Gabriela had a birthday party with some of her friends in the neighborhood. She invited ten kids and five of them were able to come. We had a big water fight party. She got a new slip and slide and the kids played on that. We had a competition to see who could slide the fartherest and Emma Tueller won that. I also bought a bunch of water guns for the kids to play with. I hung an old bike tire up on the fence and the kids had to shoot at it as if it were a target and the kid who hit the bulls eye won a prize for that. After that, the kids just played together in the water. I think that they had a good time and to end the party Gabriela opened her presents and the kids had cupcakes. I'd say it was a pretty successful first friend party for Gabriela.On Sunday we had one more party. This was a party for the family and grandma Kathy, grandpa Brucey, Jacob, Melissa, Benji, Zach, Nate, Celeste, Alex, Tifani, and Dempsey all came to this party. We also celebrated Jake's birthday as he turned 30 on the 25th of May. Once again it was a lot of fun. We had dinner, opened presents, and ate cake and ice cream. Too bad that Nate and grandma Kathy were not feeling good. But it was fun anyway. Now I don't have to think about birthday's for several months. Yeah! I wish that I had pictures of the party to post, but Erwin took the camera with him to California so there were no pictures:( Oh well.

I am trying to blog

2008-05-29T22:06:00.000-07:00

Well, everyone else is doing it so I supose it is time for me to try. I am very computer illiterate so this may turn out to be an absolute disaster. I don't have much to say to start, but I think I will introduce you to my family. We are the Bastidas family. There are 6 of us. Erwin, Nicole, Gabriela, Cristian, Rickey, and Jack. We live in Payson, Utah and we love it here. As a family we love to travel, watch movies, and go to motorcycle races.
Erwin, our dad, is the actual motorcycle fanatic, but we all enjoy going with him...sometimes. Erwin works at Stouffers. He works very hard and almost always signs up for overtime. He doesn't necessarily like his job, but he is willing to work hard at it because he loves our family and wants to provide us with the very best. Erwin works a swing shift. He is from Colombia and loves his country and his family there. Erwin has 2 brothers and 1 sister. Even though they live far away he is very close to them and speaks with them on the phone almost every almost everyday. He is also very close to his mom. Erwin likes soccer, motorcycle racing, and collecting things.
Nicole, or me, the mom, stays busy working for Wasatch Mental Health as a social worker by day and being a mom by night. I prefer my night job, but it doesn't pay much money, although it does pay a great deal in hugs, kisses, and I love yous. I love to walk in the evenings with the kids and the dog. I also like to watch movies and read books. Erwin often complains that I should read books that will teach me how to be rich, but I much prefer fiction. I also like to stamp homemade cards and have gotten quite good at it if I do say so myself.
Gabriela is almos 6 and just finished kindergarten. She is a very smart little girl and an excellent reader. She likes to play games, especially Killer Bunnies, to do art projects and to play with friends. Gabriela is going to start dance lessons this summer as well as swimming lessons.
Cristian just turned 2 and he is a typical 2 year old. Always getting in trouble and climbing all over everything. He likes to swing, eat, and watch movies, especially Dora or Diego movies. He is growing up so fast and is getting to be quite the talker.
Rickey is our cat. He is a good cat. He likes to be outside, even though he is an indoor cat. Gabriela picked Rickey and named him. He belonged to Gabby's first preschool teacher and when the teacher moved we let Gabby have the kitty to remember her teacher. She named him Rickey Carmichael because he has red hair, just like the motorcycle racer.
Jack is the newest addition to our family, although he isn't really new anymore. He is our dog. He is a little shitzu and he is adorable. Jack fits in well at our house. He is a very mellow dog and is great with Gabby and Cristian. We believe that Jack is the best dog in the entire world!
So, that is our family. As I get better at this whole blogging thing I will share more and more with you and keep up updated on the things that are happening in our lives.