Laura Vegas

"what do you put on your blog, anyways? you used to put cute photos of the kids, and of sarah and i, and tell funny stories. and now you just put scrapbooking stuff, and work stuff" – this is what alyssa said to me one day last week. and it's true. i do put more scrap stuff on the blog nowdays. but i think i'm pretty good about working in some family stuff every now and then.

photo: manteca bulletin. alyssa performed in the junior high school musical the last two weeks. they did "alice in wonderland jr", which was such a cute and funny show. alyssa was "small alice", along with a "tall alice" (played by her BFF kassidy), and a "regular alice". she did such a fantastic job. she can be more on the shy side, when up on a stage. but when it was her time for giving lines and dancing numbers, she was perfect. i loved seeing her up there, and was so proud of her. they performed 3 different nights, and we went to see all 3 of them. they put tons of hard work into rehearsals, and it showed.

the girls both finished up awana's a few weeks ago. this is the kids night at the church on wednesday evenings. all the kids were honored at award's night, and the girls took home these awards. sarah's is the "third book award", for finishing up her third book in their series of books. they study the verses, memorize them, and do some written Q&A's also. alyssa got her "meritorious award", which is the second highest award you can get in awana's. memorizing and reciting over 500 bible verses is just one small part of what she's accomplished, working through her books. she's an LIT (leader-in-training), and was a great helper in the little kids groups. so proud of both of them.

sarah performed in the kidz rock choir musical, at the church, about a week ago. they started rehearsing this a few months ago. sarah was a part of the dance team also, so she had extra rehearsals on sunday nights. which i almost always forgot about, until the very last minute. sarah's funny. she LOVES to sing and dance. and she's good at both. but she's also a very serious dancer. i guess maybe she's just concentrating on getting all the moves right. they performed twice on sunday morning, and both times they did a great job.

this is the new baby around the house. meet zachary, who is actually my second cousin. he's been around this joint for about 3 weeks now. which is why it's been about 3 weeks since i've gotten much done around here. lol! he's such a cutie. with a full set of lungs, that he does like to use when he's tired or grouchy. we're working on that whole "napping" concept, right zachary 😉

awwww, miss haley. such an adorable smile. although this photo looks totally different on my laptop. but for some reason, i put in on here, and the color went away. i can't figure it out, so just imagine it more colorful and warm. lol! anyways. this girlie is 3 1/2 now, and such a story teller and talker. half the time, she likes to be independant and do everything herself and help me out. and the other half of the time, she can't do anything at all and expects you to tend to her every want and demand. i get a little bit of both sides of her when she's here.

and i don't have a picture of nikolas to share. but he came and brought me these flowers on mother's day. i hadn't seen him for a while, and he was so cute walking in and carrying these to me. i loved seeing these on my kitchen counter all week. a few of the flowers would bend and break, so i just started putting those into smaller vases. and then at the end of the week, nikolas and his cousin came to hang out with me for a few hours. and i LOVED having him back for the visit. he's such a fun little boy, and it was fun to have that energy back in the house for a while.

ok, the baby is calling me. zachary, and also haley's baby. who apparently i'm supposed to be also taking care of. because at this moment, haley's in her "you must do everything for me, since i can't do anything on my own" mood. lol!