... she says as she shakes her head ... it's a funny thing, no matter how badly you do, you still can't wait to get up there and bowl your next ball. in hopes, of course, that you do better. 'better' should come, right? well, my 2nd week of league bowling was disappointing. not my first game, but my second and third game left A LOT to be desired. i'd like to share with you what one gentleman said in conversation that i happened to overhear, but i'm afraid it'll sound too prideful ... oh well, when have i ever been able to keep my mouth shut (don't answer that) ... he said, "that girl throws a mean ball." THAT, i am afraid, was the beginning of my downfall that evening. pride, does in fact, go before the fall. not that i was prideful, but i now knew that people were watching me (that sounds prideful doesn't it?) well, hopefully you all know me well enough to know that i'm not trying to be conceited. if there is one reason to dislike bowling, it is that - I HATE WHEN PEOPLE WATCH. it makes me nervous. thus, the bad bad bowling in games 2 and 3.
alright, that's it for now. we are off to fontana to visit carlos' family (without carlos because he has a meeting tomorrow) but we will go and swim and have fun without him!!,
nic
ps - team photo to come, but 'some of us' weren't in a very good mood after bowling to take a pic. hopefully next week.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
quick updates
Carlos and i are doing very well. Norte and Halogen are keeping carlos extremely busy (not to mention the work he does for LLCF-north. he volunteers with the youth among other things.)
Me? i am now working at least once a week as carlos' secretary. i am cleaning like a mad women. i am up to 9 clients now. as for scheduling, i've left fridays completely open so that when the kids are out of school, i will have one full day with them. thankfully, my schedule allows me afternoons with them because i am only working in the mornings. i love my job. i have also started to bowl on a league. so very excited about that. hopefully, i'll have a pic of my team to post after wednesday. last week was my first week. i did fairly well, except for the fact that the first ball i threw was a gutter. YIKES! i can just imagine what my team thought. but i redeemed myself ... i think, i did pick up the spare (what my kids like to call a spare/strike.) my best game that night was a 174. not bad for someone that has never bowled regularly.
the kids are doing great. i hope to post an individual post about each one of them soon. but for now ... they are all looking forward to the last day of school (june 12th) AND they CAN NOT WAIT to go to NY in july!!
Lex is keeping busy busy busy. she is working so hard on the play she is in. i am so proud of her, she is doing amazingly. she has already had her chorus concert and is looking forward to her trumpet concert, mainly so i will stop hounding her to practice. she will be leading worship at church in a few weeks, something she is looking so forward to.
Jax is doing well. he was tested for the 'gifted' program in long beach. hopefully we'll know soon whether he made it in or not. in his words, "the test was easy, mom, and fun." wow, someone who actually likes standardized tests.
tony is great. he wrote his first song last week. he came home from school and started singing this song. and when he was done, he said to me that he made it up at school that day. since then, carlos has worked on the chorus with him (he made up the verses all by himself) and they have recorded it. he's sung it for his sunday school class and i guess they made up hand motions for it. i will try and work on getting a sound bite on here (i'm not sure if i can actually do that ???? anyone???)
i think that gets you some what caught up. pics to come of various activities.
'til then,
nic
Me? i am now working at least once a week as carlos' secretary. i am cleaning like a mad women. i am up to 9 clients now. as for scheduling, i've left fridays completely open so that when the kids are out of school, i will have one full day with them. thankfully, my schedule allows me afternoons with them because i am only working in the mornings. i love my job. i have also started to bowl on a league. so very excited about that. hopefully, i'll have a pic of my team to post after wednesday. last week was my first week. i did fairly well, except for the fact that the first ball i threw was a gutter. YIKES! i can just imagine what my team thought. but i redeemed myself ... i think, i did pick up the spare (what my kids like to call a spare/strike.) my best game that night was a 174. not bad for someone that has never bowled regularly.
the kids are doing great. i hope to post an individual post about each one of them soon. but for now ... they are all looking forward to the last day of school (june 12th) AND they CAN NOT WAIT to go to NY in july!!
Lex is keeping busy busy busy. she is working so hard on the play she is in. i am so proud of her, she is doing amazingly. she has already had her chorus concert and is looking forward to her trumpet concert, mainly so i will stop hounding her to practice. she will be leading worship at church in a few weeks, something she is looking so forward to.
Jax is doing well. he was tested for the 'gifted' program in long beach. hopefully we'll know soon whether he made it in or not. in his words, "the test was easy, mom, and fun." wow, someone who actually likes standardized tests.
tony is great. he wrote his first song last week. he came home from school and started singing this song. and when he was done, he said to me that he made it up at school that day. since then, carlos has worked on the chorus with him (he made up the verses all by himself) and they have recorded it. he's sung it for his sunday school class and i guess they made up hand motions for it. i will try and work on getting a sound bite on here (i'm not sure if i can actually do that ???? anyone???)
i think that gets you some what caught up. pics to come of various activities.
'til then,
nic
Friday, May 23, 2008
has it really been a week?
wow, just when i thought i was getting better at posting on the blog, i let a whole week go by ... sorry ...
here are some more pics of the kiddos at bball ... in some, i pointed them out just in case you couldn't find them in the last batch of pics ...
... i know, i'm just just a little anal retentive ...
'til next time,
nic
here are some more pics of the kiddos at bball ... in some, i pointed them out just in case you couldn't find them in the last batch of pics ...
... i know, i'm just just a little anal retentive ...
'til next time,
nic
Saturday, May 17, 2008
bball @ LLCF
many of you know that my babies have been playing basketball at our church. this is the first year that LLCF has put on a free basketball league - and of course Team Cueva was ALL over that.
it certainly has been a roller coaster ride. the first week of practice (the day the first 3 pics were taken) jackson wanted NOTHING to do with playing, which is why there isn't a pic of him in our front yard. that soon changed when he went to practice with lex and tony. so, the second week, he was on a team. since then, tony has given up. well, not entirely, he wants to go to practice but will not play in games. he is still a little confused about how the whole 'game' works. he goes to cheer on his team but refuses to play. every week he comes up with some excuse. lately, it's been, "mom, i really need to rest more. i think i'll sleep in on saturday." this week, he does have a legit excuse, though ... this past week he fell off of the jungle gym at school and has a concussion. he is fine, but physical activity is limited, at least through this weekend.
jackson is on the verge of quitting. he gets a bit frustrated on the court. thankfully, this league is only a month.
lex ... let's just say she takes after her mom. she is a natural on the court. she really enjoys playing and is good at it, too.
well, we are off to play ...
nic
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Karaoke Party @ the Nardo's
what a blast! even i sang and i was so set against it before i got there. my favorite songs to sing were the one's from High School Musical! enjoy the slide show.
nic
Saturday, May 3, 2008
you know you're cleaning too much when ...
... you dust your husband in the middle of the night.
really, i woke up in the middle of a dream and found myself cleaning carlos. pretty funny, huh? that just gives you some idea of the work that God has blessed me with. my cleaning business has sored. i can't believe just 3 short months ago, we were wondering how in the world we were going to continue to live where we are living and do what we are doing and provide for our family. i have 4 people, and God (of course) to thank for it all. the first 2 are my very best friend out here, angie and her husband greg for listening to God's prompting and taking it upon themselves to see that my family had all we needed. i can't even begin to list all that they have done for us. among the many many blessings they have ever so sacrificially given to my family, they offered me the honor of cleaning their hair salon. and i so graciously accepted.
now, a day or so before this i had had an interview for an office position at another church. a job that both carlos and myself thought God was placing in my lap. but as i prayed about it, i felt very strongly that "i'm not suppose to take this job." (my words exactly) but in light of our situation and carlos saying "you've got to take this job, nicole, we need you to." i was willing to give it a shot, but really i didn't feel like i was suppose to. that leads me to the 3rd person i have to thank, pastor latch, the pastor that interviewed me for the position at his church. simply for not giving me the job. if he didn't listen to God saying 'not her', i probably would have taken the job.
although this confirmed my feeling that i wasn't suppose to work there, it left us in the same position - huge bills and not enough money to cover them. i had one place to clean and no other prospects. that next sunday, i was sitting in church worried about what we were going to do. if there is something i've learned over and over again in my life - don't worry, PRAY. and that's exactly what sarah, my 4th angel, did for me. when i couldn't pray, she did it for me. at LLCF, they have prayer at the cross every service during a more intimate time of worship. at carlos' asking, sarah took me to the cross and prayed for me and the family. specifically about our financial situation. as i sobbed and sobbed, sarah prayed and prayed. her shirt was soaked when she was done, with my tears and who knows what else. but as i walked away from the cross, God gave me two visions that i clung to. the first being that God is our daddy. He is going to give us what we need when we need it. and the second, the flood gates were going to open. and that leads me to now ... they have. i won't bore you with how each customer came to be, but i am happy to report that i have 8 clients and they keep coming! (i have a couple phone calls to return today.) God is so amazing and i thank Him for placing these people in my life and using them to bless me and my family.
i do know that besides these 4 people, many many people have been and continue to pray for us. words can never express how blessed and honored i am that you would go to God on our behalf. THANK YOU to all that have shown us love in this manner. AND thank you to all that listened to my bellyaching over this whole situation. you all have earned a jewel in your crown.
thanks for reading,
nic
really, i woke up in the middle of a dream and found myself cleaning carlos. pretty funny, huh? that just gives you some idea of the work that God has blessed me with. my cleaning business has sored. i can't believe just 3 short months ago, we were wondering how in the world we were going to continue to live where we are living and do what we are doing and provide for our family. i have 4 people, and God (of course) to thank for it all. the first 2 are my very best friend out here, angie and her husband greg for listening to God's prompting and taking it upon themselves to see that my family had all we needed. i can't even begin to list all that they have done for us. among the many many blessings they have ever so sacrificially given to my family, they offered me the honor of cleaning their hair salon. and i so graciously accepted.
now, a day or so before this i had had an interview for an office position at another church. a job that both carlos and myself thought God was placing in my lap. but as i prayed about it, i felt very strongly that "i'm not suppose to take this job." (my words exactly) but in light of our situation and carlos saying "you've got to take this job, nicole, we need you to." i was willing to give it a shot, but really i didn't feel like i was suppose to. that leads me to the 3rd person i have to thank, pastor latch, the pastor that interviewed me for the position at his church. simply for not giving me the job. if he didn't listen to God saying 'not her', i probably would have taken the job.
although this confirmed my feeling that i wasn't suppose to work there, it left us in the same position - huge bills and not enough money to cover them. i had one place to clean and no other prospects. that next sunday, i was sitting in church worried about what we were going to do. if there is something i've learned over and over again in my life - don't worry, PRAY. and that's exactly what sarah, my 4th angel, did for me. when i couldn't pray, she did it for me. at LLCF, they have prayer at the cross every service during a more intimate time of worship. at carlos' asking, sarah took me to the cross and prayed for me and the family. specifically about our financial situation. as i sobbed and sobbed, sarah prayed and prayed. her shirt was soaked when she was done, with my tears and who knows what else. but as i walked away from the cross, God gave me two visions that i clung to. the first being that God is our daddy. He is going to give us what we need when we need it. and the second, the flood gates were going to open. and that leads me to now ... they have. i won't bore you with how each customer came to be, but i am happy to report that i have 8 clients and they keep coming! (i have a couple phone calls to return today.) God is so amazing and i thank Him for placing these people in my life and using them to bless me and my family.
i do know that besides these 4 people, many many people have been and continue to pray for us. words can never express how blessed and honored i am that you would go to God on our behalf. THANK YOU to all that have shown us love in this manner. AND thank you to all that listened to my bellyaching over this whole situation. you all have earned a jewel in your crown.
thanks for reading,
nic
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