Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Stewards

Manuel was closing our family devotion this morning in prayer and it went a little something like this:
M: (the end of the prayer) Father please guide us and help us to be better stewards. Show us where we need to renew our minds and not conform to the worldly things around us....."

Bella: STEWARDS?!?!?! Daddy why'd you say STEWARDS??! We're not the STEWARDS we're the OCHOA'S!!! Daddy what are STEWARDS?!?! I'm Bella OCHOA not BELLA STEWARD!


I'm sure GOD enjoyed that!


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Friday, September 04, 2009

A day with Papa

My dad surprised the girls and I with a day trip to the Harbor. We boated around the harbor, ate lunch on the boat, and had a blast!! We love spending time with Papa...thanks Dad!

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Alright Alright Already!!

She's back!! It took me a couple of weeks, some tears,a lot of praying, Manuel, Maggy, and Alison gently working it out with me...but the oxygen is back. I can hear them all let out a sigh of relief! My body needs it and is already feeling the benefits. I am VERY thankful for the awesome memories we made without it the past two or so months!! All the fun we had! Anyway, God used that time to bless me and to show me the pieces of me that I had let go. Pieces that were important to keep! So once again lesson learned and here's to breathing life!! (even if through a tube)


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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Mysterious happenings

Lately we've been in a prank war with our friends Maggy and Tabin. I say "we" because my little family is ALL about doing things together and it's so much fun to plot together! It goes a little something like this:

I kindly park his truck at the TOP of their street, leave the windshield wipers on (so it stays clean,nice), I turn the heat on full blast (incase it's cold,nice), I KINDLY tuck his favorite hat away (don't want it to get stolen,nice), and leave some spanish music on loud (so he doesn't get lonely, nice).

Well, when you do something nice for someone they might do something in turn for you. So "someone" stole my bench from my front porch. Then it mysteriously dissapeared from the back of their truck while they were at work. Now I'm REALLY sad because I just loved that thing!! It's too bad it's gone and I can't find another like it. Then a new gift ( to replace the stolen one, double nice!) appears on my porch!! Whooohoo!!

(first picture)
It's not as good as my original but I am SO thankful for the blessing someone left us! Well, I sure don't have much going for me lately because I woke up this morning and someone stole my blessing!!! But they did leave this....

(the second picture)
So nice of them! Hmm, I wonder if justice will ever be served for this?

To be continued...

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Have you met...

Hey there! Have you met Slick Sly Oslowa? Well, here he is and I was DEAD set against ever having a snake...but I can now say that I love him. Weird I know! I still won't hold him but

have no problem petting him. Bella loves to hold him, which is no surprise. Analiese held him for the first time today (we've had him for 4months) and made all the appropriate girly screams. She did me proud!! He is about 4ft long and is very docile! I never thought we would be a reptile family but we definitely are. Next I will introduce you to our 3 tortoise's!