Shelli and I are going to get on our plans for our big trip at the end of the year. We are headed to Brazil and Argentina! We are in the planning process of the trip right now. I am just trying to figure out the logistics of where we will be traveling to so that we can figure out how to get some tickets and where to land and so forth. I am pretty excited!

Joaquin taught himself how to ride his bike two weeks ago. We had been talking about how he needs to ride his bike and he would cry and freak out and say that he didn't want to ride his bike because he was going to fall and get hurt. He has always been an extremely cautious dude. So I was putting the motherly pressure on and he was doing his usual freak out. I suggested we go to the school and try there. He was upset about that plan. Then, it started to rain, and he got so happy that we wouldn't be going. I was so frustrated. The next morning, I was with a client at the office and Lily called and told me to come down to the bottom of the circle at the end of our street when I came home because Joaquin had something he wanted to show me. When I came home, I drove down to the circle and Joaquin was RIDING HIS BIKE! He was just riding as if he had been doing it forever. He is so funny that way. I am trying to adjust to his way of doing things. He has always been the last one to get it, but once he does, watch out, he does it very well. He is a perfectionist. That's my boy and there's no changing him. I am learning to appreciate my children as individuals and not try to have them be the way that I would like them to be.

Little league is starting this week. Woo hoo! Too bad it's raining, hailing and snowing outside - weird! It's time to figure out how to fit in the 38 games plus practices into the schedule...YIKES! Joaquin is on the Angels and Lily is on the Shooting Stars teams. They love this and I love to watch them play.

It's been too long since I have posted on the blog. Not good. Here are some recent words from a wise friend that Ineed to keep in mind:

Sometimes someone can hurt you so much, that they don't deserve to have you in their lives.

I just need a reminder from time to time when I am feeling weak or vulnerable.