Our little Belle Girls

A little while ago, The little girls were asked to be in a wedding. Not as flower girls but as bell girls. They skip down the aisle while ringing bells. The lovely bride is actually a girl that I met about 6 or 7 years ago. I bumped into her at church and started talking to her. I was only like 7 but the girl was nice and answered my questions. The one question that I remember was " Are you an only child? " Now that I know her in kind of seems funny. She is one of nine. Enough said. Anyway, we are very close to her family now. Christa ( thats the girl) has completed a succecful courtship and it has resulted in her wedding tomorow. The little girls had to go to the rehearsal tonight and they got dressed up in their cute white dresses. I personally thought they should wear their white dresses but everyone knows that only brides wear white so they are wearing light blue dresses. They are so excited but probably not as excited as Christa. I hope that she is not to nervous and that she can get a good nights sleep. She will need it. Here are some pictures of the girls before the Rehearsal. Personally, I think Emma was drop dead gorgeous but I don't have very good pics of her so you can't really see her. Esther was cute too but they are cute in different ways. I love my Emmy and my Esthty.
Elena

Bye Bye Bella, Hello Braces

We have been petsitting for some friends the past week and have gotton some what attached to their puppy. Her name is Bella and she is a black Cockapoo. She is sweet but oh so very hyper. Her and Elly are very good friends and were always playing with each other. Now the day has come. Her owners are coming to retrieve their pooch. The house will seem quiet without the cute puppy but we still have four dogs to look after. Another thing happened today. Kayla got Braces!!!! She is not too thrilled and was making up names to call herself as she walked into the office. Metal mouth, Train track face, Silver lips, and many more. She actually looks older with them ( don't tell her I said that) She is feeling sore but not sore enough to skip youth group tonight. She even had a piece of chocolate cake for supper. All I got was mashed potatoes and Advil. Oh well, guess I am beeter off with just a retainer. Supper is calling. Have a great day.
Elena

Family Foto Fun Chalenge : Love

This weeks chalenge is Love. Love is abundant in a house full of kids. The little ones like to use it as a bargaining chip. " Esther, if you get the gum, then I will love you," says Emma. " Emma, I no love you no more," says Esther. When they do show love its sooo cute. The picture is posed but not for the chalenge. I took it about six months ago while making a video. I hope you like it cause thats the only photo of both of them, I have. I also have one og me and Esther when she first got here. I was playing with my computer and it has a built in camera, so Esther and I had a little fun with it. Enjoy,
Elena

Bahamas and Braces

My parents are heading to the Bahamas for their anniversery this weekend. They have left us all home with Sera so pray everything goes well. Also, Miss Kayla is receiving a very special gift. She is getting Braces and is in desperate need of them by the looks of this picture. She is third in the family to get them but will certainly not be the last. Any advice or comments are invited so Kayla can get a hand out braces from other people besides Sera and I. She doesn't really believe us. Oh well. Have a great day.
Elena

Family FotoFun Challenge # 33

I am a new blogger but I thought I would try out a challenge. The Challenge is Baby Strollers so here is the picture. We took this at Disney on our way to breakfast at the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom. The girls are in there cute double stroller. Enjoy it.
Elena

A night at the Crab Shack ( Back to Elena)

Now that you heard about our afternoon, You can hear about the evening we had ( and trust me, it was adventurous) My mom decided that we should go out for dinner since Sera was not there to cook ( Just a little hint on why she has not updated the blog, She has been very busy!!! She went back up to Maryland with my mother for our cousins graduation and then she returned only to spend this weekend at the beach with some friends so she should be posting either today or tomorrow.) Anyway, my mom wanted to try Joes Crab Shack since we have never eaten there before. We immediately got a table without waiting so it gave a good first impression. Then our waiter showed up and quickly made me think that this would not be a very regular dining experience. He was very friendly but almost to friendly to me. He told us the story of Joe and how he came to own a restaurant. He took our orders but started to walk away when Kayla was talking to him. He made our dining trip all the more fun. While we waited, Mom went to check out the little gift shop and Kayla and Ian took the girls onto the playground. I just sat in my chair while my dad texted Sera. Our food came quickly and it was all really good. The girls had popcorn shrinp and mandarin oranges; both were eaten and enjoyed. A ballon man stopped by the table and made ballon objects for the younger four. A pink ( figures) flower for Emma, A yellow horse for Esther and two parrots, one for Kayla and one for Ian. The food was good the entertainment was superb and the dancing waiters were awsome ( wait a minute. Did she say dancing waiters? Yup the macarena was danced while we were waiting for our desert) I guess I should end the post because I am typing with a puppy on my lap so until next time.
Elena Manubens

Tubing ( Kayla is posting this)

Last Sunday, Dad took us tubing. Well its kind of hard to describe this particular trip out on the lake.I guess you could call it colorful. Well anyway because of no rain for the past three weeks it was kind of hard to get the boat out so Esther, Ian, and I all had to pile on the tube. While Dad, Emma, and Elena stayed on the boat. It fun until water started splashing in our faces and Esther started crying. So I signalled Dad to stop we switched Esther with Emma and we were on our way after about ten minutes Dad decided he was bored so he went faster just as we flew over a huge bump needless to say tat got Emma crying. So we completely switched this time with Elena and Esther on the Tube this time. This arrangement kept up until Dad said that we had to go in. So we switched and my Dad took the boat through its paces. First of all, Dad gunned the engine and Ian and I went flying off. Then he took the tube in continues circles and I went flying of the Tube. All to soon, we had to go in and after attempting to submerge the Tube underwater. Then being untied and thrown away from Tube, we were more than ready to go in.