Finally, an Update......

It is official, I am super lame at this blogging stuff, but I will continue to update anyways.  So much has happened once again.....I am a stay at home mom/student/wife now.  I am an Independent Gold Canyon Consultant, the BEST candles, oils, scent pods EVER!!!  I am currently attending EMCC working towards my Associate of Science and then I will be transferring to a university to study Psychology.  I either want to be a Psychiatrist or be a Psych Nurse, in that case I would have to get my degree in Nursing.  Decisions, Decisions.  Antonio is currently working on the LARGEST solar plant in the Nation in Gila Bend, AZ.  He is a Crane Operator/Lead.  We were so greatly blessed with this job and the ability that it has provided me to be a stay at home mommy. 
Channing is in 4th grade and doing well!  She loves to brush my hair and give me massages, Seriously she does.  It is actually VERY nice!  She loves school and helping me with my chores, etc.  Joseph is in 2nd grade and doing AWESOME!  He brings home spelling tests with 100's every week!  He loves playing baseball and doing karate.  Mikey is in Kindergarten.  He loves school and is completely girl crazy.  He loves playing baseball and doing karate with his big brother.  Little Ande is now 2 and is definately a terror.  He loves cars and anything with wheels.  He enjoys playing outside and picking on his older siblings.  These are some of our fun family adventures.

 Ande's fro

 After the fro!

 The kids!

 My love and I

 Mommy and Mikey at the State Fair!

And.....my sweet little Munchkin!
I couldn't have asked for a better little family.  Love all of them!!!

This year so far.......

January 1, 2011- Mikey had his 5th birthday! It is so amazing and sad how fast they grow up. He still seems like a baby to me. We had a little party for him at Peter Piper (his choice), and just had family and friends over.

March 16, 2011- Joseph turned 7! He is getting so big and in a year he will be able to be baptized! Just the other day he asked me if he could get married in the temple. I was so happy to hear that he loves the gospel.

Also in March, I quit my job to stay home with my little boys again.

April 2011- I began a new job working from home for U-Haul. I really enjoy it and

I love being able to stay home with my babies. The boys love it too. I have so many more opportunities to bond with my boys. Just a couple of weeks ago, I went on a field trip with Joseph to the AZ Science Center. It was lots of fun and I got a lot of pictures of Jojo and some of his friends. I have also decided to start being more dedicated to my blog. I need to be better at updating our blog, so that is my goal.

Antonio is doing well in his job. Although he is already looking for a new career. He is hoping to get back in law enforcement, so hopefully he can find a job with an agency soon!

Ande is getting so big and loves dancing. He climbs on everything and when he hears any music he starts dancing with his daddy. He is 18 months now and in nursery and We LOVE it! Everyday with him is an adventure, h

e has such a sweet, yet sassy and demanding attitude.

That's all for now.

New house & new puppies

That's right! On January 26, 2010, Antonio & I closed on our first home! We were renting a beautiful house that we were told we might be able to buy in a year or so. Unfortunately on December 28, 2009 we received a phone call from the property manager saying that the owner's were moving back and they needed their house! I was so upset and stressed and didn't know what to do. One day while chatting with my friend Ginny online, I just began crying and felt like I didn't know what to do or where to go. I suddenly got a feeling of peace and a knowing that everything would be alright. I was ok, but still not sure where to go. We were about to sign papers on a town house in Mesa, when I knelt down and prayed that if we were supposed to stay in Buckeye to please let me find something. About 5 minutes later, I got Mike and Ande in the car and started driving through our neighborhood, when I found our house! I immediately called the realtor, got all the info, went home woke Tony, took him by the house, and then called the realtor back to set up a viewing.
The next day, we went and walked through the house! It was perfect! There was NO qualifying, NO down payment, and it was an Owner carry/Owner Financing! This was it! We were unable to purchase due to credit caused from both of our divorces, however, we found this! The seller gave us early occupancy on January 13th, and we closed on January 26th. My prayers were answered!
So, now with the purchase of our OWN home, we were able to have pets once again! After looking on Craigslist and driving around, we found some puppies for free from an LDS family! We took two! A boy and a girl. The boy is Sparky, and the girl is Sweet Pea! The kids love the dogs and so does Tony! I love the dogs too, but my priority right now is Ande. So while dad and the kids all love on and play with the dogs, I love on and play with Ande!
What a beautiful way to start the New Year!!!

For any one who may want our address it is:
25841 W Dunlap Rd. Buckeye, AZ 85326

Mr. Anderson

I am also a little bit late in making this post, but here goes! On January 22nd, Mr. Ande turned 3 months! My where has the time gone?! He is truly a GREAT baby! We love him so much! Here are a few things he does now!

*Smiles constantly
*Coos when anyone talks to him! It's so cute, he will carry on a conversation with you!
*He is already trying to roll over
*Sleeps through the night! YAY for me! LOL!
*He is constantly blowing bubbles, so he always has drool on his face

Ande is such a sweet little boy! I can't believe how big he has gotten! At his last dr appt he weighed 13 lbs 9 oz and was 23 3/4 inches long.

Happy Birthday to Michael!

I am about a month late in posting this, but things have been super busy and so much stuff has happened since my last post!
Anyways, on 4 years ago on January 1st, Michael Keith Roman was born! This year to celebrate his life, we took him and Joseph to Amazing Jake's pizza! The boys had so much fun riding the go-carts, the train, the carousel, and all of the other way cool rides! We had the buffet for dinner, and then played for about 2 hours! Michael had so much fun and was so excited to get to do so much!
After Amazing Jake's the boys went to their dad's to celebrate with his family. When we got the boys back, we went over to our friend's house for cake and presents! We let Mikey pick out his cake, so on top of it, he had DINOSAURS! LOL! Of course, anyone who knows Mike knows that dinosaurs are his thing right now! Then he opened his present and it was a dinosaur with a button on his back that walks and growls! Mike loved it so much! He is so easy to please, just takes one dinosaur!
A couple weeks later, while the boys were with their dad, Tony and I wanted to get Mikey something else for his birthday since we had a little extra money. While at Wal-Mart we saw this huge dinosaur named Spike that had a remote control. He usually cost about 200 dollars, however, my hubby wanted to scan him. So we found a scanner and Spike was ONLY 60 dollars!!!! So, we figured that was an awesome deal and got him. The next night when Mike got home from his dad's, we pulled out Spike! Michael was ecstatic! He loves Spike and constantly plays with him! He has even tried taking a bath with him!
In Michael's eyes, he had the best birthday EVER! We are so grateful for this little boy that we have to spend time with and love and take care of! He has such a sweet spirit and brings so much Joy to our lives, especially mine! He is truly special to me and I am so grateful to be his mommy!!!

Time to re-decorate!

I have this fetish with constantly changing rooms and moving furniture around! I just can't seem to stand things being boring or feeling boring! Anyways, when we were preparing for Ande, we moved my office out into the living room and turned the garage into a game room! Well, now that I will be working from home AGAIN, I have decided that I need my own space again AWAY from everyone and everything! So I told Tony that I want my office moved out into the garage as well but on the opposite side of the game area! Then we will put the living back the way we originally had it. It was more open than it is now! Also, I asked him if he would make a book shelf to put in the living room for all of the our books and the kids books! He said yes! YAY! Totally excited, can't wait to start this project!

Then, for the kids rooms, lol, I am going through ALL of their toys and getting rid of the ones they don't play with. I am also buying bins that will be labeled for all of their different toys! For instance, Michael has about a million dinosaurs so we will have a dinosaur bin! Same with Joseph and Channing!

I guess it's just my new thing! I am trying to get organized like I used to be before I had 4 kids! Anyways, that's it! I will try to update after the New Year and Michael's 4th birthday!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

This year for Christmas, all the kids were gone except for Ande! The boys were with their daddy and Channing went to California to see her mom for the first time in over a year! So the house was very quite! Also, due to the economy, Christmas was alot smaller than usual!
On Christmas Eve, my brother and his little family came over, and one of Tony's buddy's from work came over! We had lots of YUMMY snacks and hung out! We watched Star Trek, the boys played X-Box 360, and after my brother's kids went to bed, Santa came and put out all the gifts!
On Christmas morning, I woke everyone up to open presents! YAY! Everyone loved what they got and around 11, we had our BIG Christmas breakfast! After that, we went and picked up the boys, came back home and opened presents AGAIN!!!
After all of that, we were all extremely tired so we took a little nap while Joseph and Michael played with all of their new toys and Madagascar video games! Later that evening, we drove around to look at all of the beautiful Christmas lights!!!
We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!