Mt. View vs. Westwood?

I went and graduated at Westwood high School. Actually three other siblings have also graduated form Westwood High School. Westwood was a great place to be, I was active in clubs and activities. I went to football games, I learned our chant and even went to couple of school dances. I loved Westwood, my blood ran orange and blue! My favorite part of high school was playing for the Girls Soccer Team. Now we weren't the number one team or even third. But none of that matter to us, we went out there had a great time and kicked some butt. My family has a reputation through WW Soccer. All siblings played on Varsity and were granted MVP. (Most Valuable Player) So it was only Natural the my two younger brothers go to Westwood.
When it came down to it Josue and my Dad had a different plan. Josue would go to Mt. View. Now from around here the in the high school world Mt. View and Westwood are the biggest rivals. So when we heard about Josue going to MtV it became a big deal.
Josue has been going to MtV for a year now. As for us Alumni of Westwood high school we have had to deal with a the betrayal. We still support Josue while he plays for MTV soccer but it sure is hard to not to want to sing WW chants. We are Warriors that kill Toroes for breakfast.

Most of the family went to see Josue play some good soccer vs the Westwood team. It was a good a game and no matter what happen I came out wining who ever won. (just for the record MtV won, but only because of Josue! :)
Enjoy the pictures.....

P.S. This is proof that Emma showed up to a Game! :)

Mom? Mommy? Mother?

Being a Mother.

I wondering what it takes to be a mom. I wonder if I will be a good mom? Most people tell me that I will be a good mom, but I don't know, I'm afraid to be a mom. How do you know what and when your baby needs something. How do you just know? That is my question to all you mothers. Now I'm not expecting to be pregnant any time soon but this past month I got to hang out with my best friend Jo. It is always amazing to watch her and her daughter interact. Jo and I are the same age, but she has a completely different world then me. Jo is a full time mom and full time wife. Jo was born and she was ready to be a mom, on the other hand, babies like to cry when I hold them. Will I ever be a good mom?
Joanell invited me over the other night for dinner. We made "chimichangas" and played with her daughter Emma Lee. I love watching Joanell play with Emma Lee, its like she knew exactly what to do, she is a great mom.
My biggest fear of having children is not being ready, but I figure......... I will never be ready.

To all you mothers, I want you to know I admire your courage and faith
in being wonderful Mom's.

Goodbye Kansas

Kansas City was an adventure filled with fun. I have never had a better school trip ever. I really felt that the institute was about us, the students. We were free to choose our workshop that best fit us. We also got the opportunity to do mock interviews and for those brave souls, they did real interviews. I cant wait for the next AHMI, I will defiantly be there. The AHMI institute is place to learn more about the Non-profit world and meet the professionals out in the field. Besides preparing us for the non-profit experiences, AHMI really helps to untie your student organization. I feel like I have really bonded and made a place for my self with our AH class. I know it will be an essential tool to know and have a relationship with all of the AH students. ASU really has one of the best set ups for us American Humanic students. I am really glad that I can take advantage of this program. I hope to grow even more than I have already did. The AHMI Institute truly is a great experience to learn and meet other students that have the same passion for the Non-Profit world. We will make a change in this world.

Thank you ASU for creating a wonderful program.

Almost to the end.

I'm almost done with my trip to Kansas.

Both nights we got a chance to go out a discover Kansas city. The first night we went ICE Skating. What a blast, my favorite part was watching Melissa and Mallory learn how to Ice Stake for the first time. Girls you were brave! We had a good time racing each other (which I might add I won) taking millions of pictures, dancing in a train and just ice skating. Towards the end of the night Andrea and Traci got brave and ran through the fountains. Let me remind you it was freezing outside. Enjoy the pictures....

Check out Jen trying to Skate backwards.

The last night we decided to hit the streets. We went down to a plaza where they had tons of restaurants and shops. We walked the streets and enjoyed listen to the live music. The first stop of live music was with two younger teens (a girls and a boy sitting on the street playing their violin and guitar. It was really cute, you could totally tell that the boy liked her. It was adorable to see them plan. After that we walked to the end of the plaza where we hared a father and his daughter singing. She was about 13 years old but she sang like an angel. We had a good time dancing to there music. We ended the night at a restaurant, some really good barbecue!! yummy.

We got back to our hotel and adventured around the area. We took some dumb pictures before we got to our rooms. We ended up inviting people over to the cool room (Andrea and My room). Some people stayed up pretty late, but I hit the sack after it was 2:00am. It was a lot of fun getting to know everyone just a little bit more. Good secrets went down that night in our hotel room, oh what a joy..