Taco Tuesday - A Ponce Tradition

We are hardly ever down in HB on Tuesday, even if it is summer. We like to send the kids to day care mid-week, so it is very hard to attend something that we once took for granted.

Spring Break offered us this unique opportunity and we took advantage of it. We were able to enjoy all of the Taco Tuesday regulars.

My Daddy aka Grandpa Ponce & Stitchy. No, Stitchy is not at the table, but likes to beg from the couch.

And of course there are the love birds of the group...

I don't know if I'll ever get a wedding cake shot, but I have a taco sharing shot!

Spring Break In HB

Softball & Baseball have really made it difficult to blog and update. So I will update from March...

Due to the season, the kids had to go down early. Poor things - going everywhere, seeing their Gampy, Grandpa Ponce, & Tia Kristi. Cookies and leche in bed, yes.. it must be a hard life.

Aaron and I were finally able to get down their on Monday night. They weren't really happy, mom and dad coming home to lay down the law. They were however, treadted to Cherry on Top and Mommy and Daddy reminicing about their old stomping grounds.

Aaron scheduled a game at Cerritos, so I was on my own with the kiddos. We decided to go to "Olivia's park" - named by Michael and Elena. It was really cool, all foamy and stuff. The kids enjoy it, and there is a little and big section. Alexis was brave enough to do some big kid stuff, but not all.

They both enjoyed the swings

Oh, and before someone calls CPS on me, no, I didn't do that. That is a result of Lexi's actions and stubbornness. She took a head dive out of protest when she wouldn't hold her Tia's hand.

I've found that my kids may not always get along, but they are definitely protective one another. As Lexi stared down a little innocent girl for saying hi to Jeff. And so it begins...

Wordless Wednesday - Jeff in my shoes

One month later

I can’t believe it’s been almost a month that I’ve blogged. Well, I guess it has been a month.

This month has been consumed with softball and baseball.

As I’ve mentioned both Aaron and I are coaching, and I did not realize how much time this would take. Every day the question arises, “Who has the kids?”

Don’t get me wrong, I love coaching. And it’s nice to do something that’s so natural, and just get back into it. The girls have made it both enjoyable and stressful. However, no matter how much fun I am having, there is an amount of guilt I have. It has always been our dream to both coach, and have our kids there with us. I’m sure there will be a time where that may happen, but until it does make me feel sad I’m not there with my babies.

This week alone we’ve played 10 games in 7 days. Aaron went 3-1, I went 2-4. “How do we do it?” This is a question I get quite often. My answer is quite simple. “I don’t know.” A lot of patience, time, and energy, I guess. Not a lot of late nights, as I’m usually in bed by 10.

My entire family has always set the example of being there for one another. Yes, we’re there for every occasion – weddings, birthdays, bbqs, etc. But if there is one thing we’re known for, is being there for one another. My family has been nothing short of amazing these past few weeks. They’ve come up for a couple of weekends. They’ve met us half way to do a kid exchange. They’ve bent over backward to help us fulfill our coaching obligations. I didn’t know that at 32 my parents would still be coming to my rescue, but we couldn’t be more thankful. The kids view this as a vacation. Each night they go to bed watching Disney movies, and in the morning it’s cookies with Gampy and Grandpa Ponce. They’ve gone to Disneyland, the LB Aquarium with Tia Kristi and Bear. As I write this, I’m realizing they aren’t missing us at all!
As I know my family reads this but doesn’t ever comment….. Thank you for helping us and loving all of us SO much!

Andrew's 3rd Birthday

This past weekend we went to OC to celebrate Andrew's 3rd birthday. Jeffrey was very excited and couldn't wait to go.

Jeff & Lexi enjoyed themselves. They had fun playing games and Jeffrey wanted to have his face painted. He came back looking like this...

I know I'm biased, but I thought he made a cute little tiger. I thought he was adorable, and I thought of something. How are we going to get this off? He of course wanted to go home looking like this, and wake up to it. He even told us, "My Tia Kristi said I should keep it till so I can show my friends at Ms. Vickie's!"

Yes, Jeff. We're going to leave your face like this for a whole 2 days!!! And thanks to you, Kris. We finally cleaned it the next morning, and apparently not well. As Aly, who played in Lancaster this weekend, pointed out some yellow/orangish coloring on Jeff's face :p

Their favorite had to be the cupcakes. Alexis loves her desserts. For Aaron's party she saw Aaron's pie, and kept yelling, "CAKE! CAKE! CAKE!" and did not eat her dinner. She had too many bites of cupcake as she talked, sang, yelled and tried to wake up her brother ALL THE WAY HOME! She didn't stop until we hit the 14 and she finally went to sleep. Can you say sugar rush?!?!

We were all happy to be home. We love going to OC, but there is something to be said about being home as a family.

Tita's 84th Birthday

On Valentine's Day weekend, we celebrated Tita's birthday. Since her stroke, we've never taken anything for granted, and take every opportunity to celebrate each other.

Almost all of us were able to make it, but she enjoyed having everyone there for her. I was questionable up till the time, as I was feeling like crap, but we made it.

We weren't sure where to go, and finally decided on Pat & Oscar's. Great food and a great time. Perhaps we'll go back for their Anniversary.

Tita's cake

Tita with her kids and in-laws

Tita with her grand/great grand childrenMake a wish!Nicholas, Avery, and Jeffrey

Happy Belated Blogging Birthday to Me

And here I am once again. I looked and can't believe that has been almost a month since my last post. Seriously, where has the time gone?

I did miss my bloggin birthday, and I laugh because my first post was about being a baseball widow, and now here I am coaching...

The biggest thing going on in our lives is the season. We have not been Head Coaches since 2005, and that was when we were engaged and in love. Now we have 2 kids, and time is precious. Each day is the question is asked, "Who has the kids?" It has always been a dream for both of us to be coaching with the kids on the field, but for now it's hard work to keep our family running.

Well, I'm off. It's 9 o'clock and I'm off to bed :p