New Addition to the Barbosa crew

The other day Gil was working on his mom's new house that she bought a while ago, and he came across a dog that was lost. He kept it with him at the house all day and tried to find its owner. So we decided that if the owners could not be found, we would take the dog into our home.
The boys named her Marina and my brother-in-law "Rick" said the she is a Shelti.
Our dog Bianca loves playing with her and so do the boys. she is a very friendly and loving dog. She fits well into our family.

"Marina"

"M.J."

"Bianca"

"Scrappy"

Kitchen Renovation almost complete!

Well, well, well..... We are almost done with our kitchen renovations! We have painted, installed cabinets, had travertine floor installed, had granite counter tops installed. Now we just have to finish installing the bench seating in the kitchen against the window, put knobs on cabinets,. But I am able to cook and bake again!

We did most of the work ourselves, which we are very proud of. But for certain things like the travertine and granite, we had to hire a company!

A Special thank you for those that helped either with the electrical (Rick) or painting (Roberto)or just helping with the kids (Abuelita)!

Please enjoy the slide show below! (you can clik on the + sign to make the slide show go faster)

Another baby tooth is gone!

Erico has had a loose tooth for at least 3 weeks or so, and we have tried to pull it, but he starts to cry and he complains that it hurts. So last night I finally sat down with him and flossed his teeth. Then I told him that I was going to wiggle the tooth around with the floss tied around it. So I put on a cartoon for him to watch and then I told him that he needed to pull on the floss while I went to put clothes in the dryer. Well, while I was gone, he pulled out his tooth!

He was so excited and he was jumping up and down! So we washed out his mouth a salt water rinse and then he remembered that "Grandma" (my mom) had told him to let her know as soon as his tooth came out. Right away he asked me if he could call her to tell her.

Then as he went to sleep he put his tooth in his Batman pillow my mom bought him a while back when he had another loose tooth, it has a little pocket in the front that can hold the tooth and that can be swapped out for a little surprise from the "Tooth Fairy".

Yes, he believes in the Tooth Fairy. I think that with the way our society is, kids need to hold onto traditions like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. He will eventually learn that all of these things are made up, but it is all worth it when I see the look on his face when he pulled out the surprise that the Tooth Fairy left him!

I will post a picture later........

April Fools!

Happy April Fools Day! I was able to pull off the first April Fools trick of the day and it is only 8:21 a.m.!

Gil had to go to Lowes this morning to buy some things so we can paint the ceiling, and other remodeling things. So when he was in the shower, I went with Esai and drove Gil's truck around the corner to the lake that we fish at. Erico and Elkin were my lookout at home.

Then about 40 minutes later, Gil goes outside to leave and he comes in and says in a shocked voice "Jodie, come outside, I have to show you something!" So I went outside and he says, "Jodie, some one took my truck." I opened the door to the house and told Erico and Elkin to come outside, and I told them that Dad thought someone took his truck, and they yelled "APRIL FOOLS!"

I was so glad that we pulled it off, now we have to come up with other things to do during the day!

Happy April Fools Day to everyone and keep an eye out for the tricks"

Kitchen renovation slide show!

Here are some pictures from the kitchen/family room renovations. In about 2 -3 days there should be some BIG changes. I will post more later.