It's almost over, for now!

So my quarter of school is almost over. It was hard, it was grueling, and I just might be coming out of it with good grades. But I could not have done it without all the support from my family. I had many breakdowns and moments when I thought I was the dumbest person on the planet.

I want to thank Victoria and Mia for all their understanding when I said for the 100th time " I can't I have homework" or "Be quiet I am doing homework". Thanks girls for your support, I know I was really busy, but like I always tell you anything worth doing is worth doing well.

I want to thank my mom for always being my cheerleader. Everytime I thought I couldn't do it, she told me I could. Thanks mom, oh and of course you were right when you told me I had smart genes.

Thanks to all my other relatives (Holz and Trav, Dad, Josh and Brit) who came out to visit and distract me. Its okay I'd take you over genetics any day and I loved to seeing you all.

And most of all I want to thank Gordo. Or maybe I should apologize to Gordo. Sorry for falling off my rocker when I thought I bombed my test. Sorry for neglecting you for cells and molecules. Sorry for being constantly stressed for ten weeks straight. Thank you for putting up with all this and loving me despite it all. Thank you for entertaining the girls while I studied, making me yummy studying snacks, and believing that I could one day be Dr. Gomez. I love that you believe in me so much. Thanks for being the braun so I can be the brain. Thanks for loving a geek. I love you!!!

Okay so after all this fanfare you may think I am actually done with school and graduating, but no I just had a really tough quarter and I am so grateful it is almost over. And in three short weeks I get to do it all over again. So thank you and sorry in advance.

Congrats Mia and Victoria

Mia received the Superintendent award for getting excellent grades, way to go pumkin pie
Victoria received the citizenship award for having excellent behavior, so proud of you sweet pea!

The zoo

A big cement snake and a golden lion.
A Siamang, isn't it cute?

Victoria and Mia went to the Oakland Zoo with me to do a science project on Siamangs. They were very helpful and would make great scientists. They even made their own data sheets and recorded data.

My old man!!!

The Big 4 0! happy birthday hubby!!!

The husband test

1. Where did you meet? The New Yorker

2. How long did you date before you got married? Four years

3. How long have you been married? 3 and 1/2 years

4. What does he do to surprise you? cleans the house

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His smile

6.What is your favorite quality? He supports me in whatever I want to do.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Sugar

8. What is his favorite food? My eggrolls

9. What is his favorite sport? Football

10. When and where did you first kiss? In The Bay Parking lot, in his car

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Watch football or window shop

12.Do you have children? Yes three beautiful girls

13. Does he have any hidden talents? He is good at everything he tries, cooking, fixing things

14. How old is he? 40 OMG

15. Who said I love you first? He said he thought he was falling in love with me, does that count?

16. What is his favorite music? He likes rock like the red hot chili peppers and tom petty and also old school hip hop

17. What do you admire most about him? He is very loyal

18. What is his favorite color? Orange

19. Which side of the bed does he sleep on? The left

20. Will he read this? Maybe

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the WIZARD of OZ

Victoria as Dorothy
Mia as Glinda the Good Witch

There's no place like home!

THRILLER

The whole squad and coach Shannon The ZOMBIES

This picture is a little blurry but you get the idea.

Victoria and Mia performed the thriller dance at their school assembly today. They all dressed up as zombies. It was a very fun performance.

YEAH! More visitors!!!! Josh and Britt were here!

On the Golden Gate Bridge

Watching the surfers from the Taco Bell at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica
Playing on the beach near Half Moon Bay

The largest pumkin at the Half Moon Bay Pumkin Festival, 1500 lbs.

The pumkin festival is a good idea in theory, everything pumkin, how could that be bad? But there was way too many people there. Half the people needed to leave so we could enjoy ourselves. But still had a good time. We had some yummy pumkin cheesecake and listened to a local blues musician, Daniel Castro. Thank you Josh and Britt for coming to see us. We had a lot of fun and hope that you did too.

Cheerleading at the Fall Carnival

Waiting to go on.
About to start, Go Bobcats!!!
That is Victoria's backside, it is hard to get good shots when they are moving all over

Victoria and Mia performed with their cheerleading squad at their schools annual fall carnival. They looked really good and the squad has really improved since they started last year.

I can't believe my dad came for a visit!

Grandpa Bri and Mia hanging at the house.

We went out to dinner of course.
Alli and her dad, enjoying the meal. My dad was kind enough to drive Holly's civic that we purchased for Alexandrea out here to Cali. It was so nice of him and really good to see him. Victoria is not in this pictures because she was gone at science camp.

Alli's New Car

Where is it
Alli and Bella in front of her new Honda Civic

It is good to be green

The Wicked Witch of the West
Union Square

Becoming Elphaba
Becoming Glinda

San Francisco has an official Wicked day to welcome the musical back to the city. I took Mia and Victoria and we had lots of fun watching performances, getting make up done, and eating wicked treats. Now they can't wait to see the play.

Hanging at Central Park on a Lazy Saturday.

We have great parks in our neighborhood, and lots of community events. This last saturday they did an end of summer celebration with bounce houses and concession booths. The girls enjoyed it and I got sunburned, of course. I buy the girls the same outfits a lot, they like to match and wear them on the same day
I love the Palm trees, it makes me feel like we are at a tropical paradise.
They had facepainting.
Just relaxing by the water fountain.

CHICAGO

I was fortunate to be able to go to Chicago for a fun weekend with my mom and my sister Holz. We went to see the Oprah show which was neat, but the best part was just hanging with the ladies. Chicago is an awesome town, I want to go back and explore it more when it isn't raining cats and dogs. Chicago style stuffed pizza, it looked like a cake.

A giant bean
It rained the whole time we were there pretty much
Chicago has amazing old architecture, I loved all these buildings.
The Carbon and Carbide building

The train station Dinner and a show
We went to see Wicked and I absolutley loved it!!!!
The Oriental Theater

Waiting for a train

Advertising Apples

My mom always made the seasons and holidays fun. There was always yummy food to go along with everything. In the fall there was always caramel apples. These are the things that it is so fun to try and continue with the girls. So tonight we made caramel apples. They look yummy but we haven't tried them yet. They are still setting. It was a lot of fun and made me feel goodabout parenting for once. Thanks mom for all the yummy memories. You are the best!

The girlies being silly!

A lot of hard work went into this table. I should have done a before and after, because it was gross before. But now thanks to help from my mom, we have a cute new table.

Victoria and Mia at swim lessons

Listening to their teacher, learning about taking their mark.

Victoria diving

Mia getting ready to dive