It's been a while!   And honestly nothing too drastic has changed since I last posted so...here I am!
I just got home from a BBQ with friends from our small group.  As I was sitting, drinking a lovely glass of wine and watching all the kids play I realized how great my life is, even if it is nothing what I thought I would be.
To back track a little, there's something not too many people know about me.  I do not take change well at all.  Especially when it come to my relationships with people around me.  I have a really hard time when things don't go the way I thought they always would.  For example, my amazing friends from college.  I can honestly say that I had some of the greatest times with these people.  We did almost everything together.  So naturally I thought we would always be the greatest of friends, all live in the same city, have kids at the same time, and do life together forever.  Not the case at all.  Even with my own family, I never thought I would have a brother live on the other side of the world, and not know if we'll ever be on the same continent again! :(. Not easy for me at all.
So back to tonight.  I just sat back and enjoyed my evening with these new lovely people and thought of all the other lovely people I once shared a glass of wine with, and I just felt so blessed.  I didn't worry or over think about all the things I usually would in this kind of setting but just relaxed and just let it be what it was  A beautiful evening. Then I heard crying.......:)

Done in December!

Great news! Peter got into summer session at the university....which means....(drum roll please) he will be Done school in December! I think he will still have to do a practicum but then there will be no more school! I feel like this is finally the beginning of our life! Since moving to Winnipeg, I've felt a little bit in limbo. We've lived at my mom's and now we are in a rental home, so I don't have that since of "home". I know people say "home is where the heart is"...Blah blah blah. It's true, but it would be nice to feel settled somewhere. I guess another reason why I feel un-settled is because Peter and I haven't decided yet if we are going to settle down here in Winnipeg, or move back to Edmonton. More than likely we will move back...it's kind of weird just writing that...We always talk about it, and feel it's where we are going to end up. The one thing that will be hard is leaving my mom. When I think about it, I start to cry,so I won't elaborate. But who knows where God will take us...But for now, ill just focus on the light at the end of the tunnel! DECEMBER!!! :)

Rich People Problems.

A while ago our pastor at church talked about how rich we are as a society and how that relates to our spiritual lives. That most of the things that we worry about are actually rich people problems that really have no true importance. When it comes down to what is truly important in life, it is good to have some perspective on what matters the most. Life family and friends and health and our relationship with Jesus. So, or course as a fallen human, I worry about and complain about all these stupid things quite often and thought I would share with you some of my "rich people problems!"

1- I worry that my tablet is too slow for me, so I need to get a mac book air instead.

2- My extension cord on my hair dryer is too short, so I hate that I can't look in the mirror when i'm blow drying my hair

3- I need to get a better IPHONE because the one I have is out dated and slow

4-I need to buy this 30 dollar scarf...more so because I want it really.

5-We have one vehicle...just one! Ugh.

6- I hate that I have to sort through boxes and boxes of clothes for my kids.

Ridiculous hey? All these things are more so extra blessings then worries!

Here's a video that relates a bit to what I am talking about...and it's hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

February 5, 2012

Today I thought I would post about my day yesterday. As I laid in bed last night, I was reflecting on my day and just started to laugh. I went through who knows how many emotions, from being bored to totally busy, and doing just about everything. So I decided to go through a short play by play of my day.

-Woke up at 6am because Mr. Enzo decided that was a good time to get up. So annoying.

- Asked my husband if he could let me sleep in a bit because I worked the night before and went to bed at 1am....no answer. So annoyed.

- Walked out of the room to see a completely messy house. Completely and utterly annoyed.

- Cleaned the floors, washed dishes, put clothes away, all before I could have breakfast. Ugh.

- Skyped with the in-laws in Edmonton and got to see my adorable nieces! My mood started to change for the better....funny how kids can do that! :)

-Decided to look smok'in hot for church. Wore a new dress with new high heeled boots and fancy gold jewellery. Pretty good mood

by the time I left the house.

- Got to church to find out I was in the nursery. Once again annoyed, but it was my fault I didn't check my email for my nursery reminder. But I was sad because I was looking forward to hear the message and to sit with my husband. Oh well.

- Said hi to a few people at church and they didn't say hi back. They probably didn't hear me, but made me feel down and that i didn't have any friends. Pity party for Ana.

- Got Peter to make pancakes for lunch. Yum!

- Nap time! Oh what a glorious moment I was waiting for all morning!

- 3pm rolls around and I wake up to happy children and a happy husband and I'm in a pretty good mood myself.

We decided to go for a walk! Here are some pics of our walk to Superstore!

Started off rough. Rocco wanted to pull the wagon, but Enzo is too chubby! (and it's hard on the snow)

Peter helped out so Rocco could "pull" his brother!

My boys! Enzo had a blast!

Look at that face! Love him!

Overall I had a good day. I really have nothing to complain about at all. I have all I need.

Down 20 and counting

A while back I had mentioned that I was doing weight watchers online. That was for three months and I lost 10 glorious pounds. Then we went to the farm and I gained 5 pounds of delicious carbs and desserts.

In September I was in my best friends wedding as the Maid of honour, and even though I had to get my dress taken in, I was still uncomfortable with the way I looked. Even more so during pictures...and let me tell you, pictures don't lie! After the wedding I had my " A Ha" moment, where it finally clicked in my brain. I said to myself, "Ana, you're fat, you hate being fat, you hate wearing fat girl clothes so do something about it" I've had this type of conversation in my head before... but then i would see a piece of delicious oreo cake with butter cream icing and then the conversation would go a little something like this, " Ana, you're not THAT fat...You have curves!" Thats what fat girls say to make themselves feel better.

I've always wanted to be a yummy mummy and not the mummy with a huge tummy, so i said goodbye to old fat Ana and said hello to Jillian Michaels. So far i've lost 20 pounds and I feel AMAZING! I also look amazing by the way...I still have a tummy, but it no longer looks like im 6 months pregnant, maybe around 2 months preggo so i gotta keep going! I also have to admit that it feel pretty damn good when people compliment me...it keeps me motivated! I still have to lose more weight, but i'm confident that I can do it!

Hello?

Growing up, it was drilled into my head that when someone was coming over to your house, or if you were going to someone elses home, you needed to greet them. Always. If they were Latino, then it would be with a kiss, and for everybody else, a handshake or just a "Hi how are you". When it would be time to go, no matter how many people are there you say good bye to everyone. And I mean EVERYBODY. This process would and still can take a long time. But it was and still is the polite thing to do right?!?!. This is not even a question in the latin community. I know that i have to say hello and goodbye period. I do find that when I am at non latino events that people come and go and most of the time not even saying hello or goodbye. I find this so odd and sometimes even rude. Recently I was at a baby shower where I was having a great conversation with someone...who I would say is a friend, and when there was a silent moment in the conversation she got up. I thought maybe she was getting more food, or going to the bathroom. Next thing I knew she was out the door. Didn't say goodbye to me or even more importantly the host. I would say this person is very friendly and probably just needed to go home, so she left. I just sometimes take it a little too personally, maybe because I am trying so hard to fit in here and make friends, that when things like that happen, I think "how rude" and they probably don't think to say goodbye to that crazy Ana girl, or even whoever the host is. Sometimes I just hear my mothers voice in my head saying " You're not animals, so don't be rude and come say hello/goodbye" ( It's alot funnier in Spanish!) so maybe it's so stuck in my head that anything outside of that is just weird when maybe it really isn't? Who knows...just know if you dont say hi or bye, then i think you're an animal! :)

Christmas!

This year our family went to Alberta for Christmas. It was amazing. It was a very busy time and I'm thankful that Peter and I were able to plan ahead of time and schedule everyone in that we wanted to see! I would have liked to spend more time with some people, but during the holidays it's hard to do that when everyone has other people to see. Peter and I truly felt so blessed to have all our friends and family make an effort to see us, and we were beyond blown away on how everything worked out! One of our get togethers consisted of over 30 people...including children! As amazing as it was, i found myself always fighting back tears. There were

many times where I would come home from somewhere and I would just break out into tears. I was so happy to have been able to spend time with people I love, but so sad to have say goodbye AGAIN, and not know when I would see some of them again. Anyways, enough of the sad stuff...our trip was awesome and I can't wait to go back! Here are some photos of our time in Edmonton and Calgary!

Here are my boys in their matching Christmas Pj's and my adorable new niece Miriam!