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Marga kelly
( I'm kind of cheating, since my full name is Margarita...)

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Clinton Kelly

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Grandpa Kelly had a farm, E-i ei o ...

Sunday afternoon, Calvin, Joanne, Sid, Clint, and I headed to Yuba City to spend Father's Day with Grandpa Kelly. You would think Grandpa lives on a farm by looking at these pictures. The horse and the mule belong to the neighbor, and the hummingbirds come constantly to the feeder, but the chickens are Grandpa's new project. We also brought Gordy and Nala along, and took them for an unsuccessful swimming class at the pool. We found out that Gordy cannot swim, and Nala hates the water :( What else did we do??? Clinton checked the tomato plants, Tiffany and Steve brought baby Ava, so we finally met her. Ron gave Grandpa a new "How to Raise Chickens" book (sorry, did not take a picture of that), and Joanne and Grandpa discussed how to teach Gordy that "GRANDPA'S CHICKENS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD."

 

Picking Cherries at Grandpa's

After enjoying a delicious Father's Day dinner, we decided to pick some cherries from Grandpa's cherry trees. We were having a lot of fun, when all the sudden Nala started going crazy barking. She spotted an unidentified creature underneath one of the cherry trees. She looked scared and scary at the same time. We all laughed when we found out the "creature" was non other than Sid. Nala did not recognize him surrounded by all those branches. Look how beautiful those cherries are!!!

 

A Saturday in Saint Joseph

Last Saturday, Calvin had to go near San Jose for a Church meeting. We decided to go along so we could spend the day with Ryan, Jen, and the girls. We first went to soccer practice for Madelyn and Brinley. Afterwards, Jen and Ryan took us to the wonderful farmer's market by their home. I found some really good Anaheim peppers, nectarines, and TO MY GREAT SURPRISE...tunas (Prickly Pear fruit.)

 
 

What's in your plate?

When Calvin was done with the meeting, we all went to Chili's for an early dinner. Elise noticed something buzzing in her mouth......a giant plastic bee!!!! Joanne attacked Calvin to get a bite of the corn (she was really hungry,) and Madelyn and Brinley were having a blast with them.

 

Do you do the nap?

After dinner, we all went to Ryan and Jen's place. After playing Wii for a while, some of us took a nap,and some just chilled out. Madelyn insisted she needed the Book of Mormon to sing "I Am a Child of God."
 
 
 
 

Bye-Bye

I think Elise was ready for us to leave. She couldn't stop waving bye-bye.
 
 

Did You Know...?

JOYS:
1. My family.
2. My friends.
3. The outdoors.

FEARS:
1. Loosing a loved one.
2. Someone breaking into my house to kill me.
3. Someone hiding underneath my bed to kill me.
4. Dying before I am 100 years old (at least.)*

GOALS:
1. Being good to everybody.
2. Being positive.
3. Not to die before I am 100 years old (at least.)

CURRENT OBSESSIONS: (This is really vain, but if I have to be honest...)
1. Sun spots on my face.
2. Sun spots on my face.
3. Sun spots on my face.

RANDOM SURPRISING FACTS: (I don't know if this is surprising to anybody but...)
1. I love reading, especially XVI-XVII century texts, and Fantasy/Mystery novels.
2. My weight at birth was four pounds.
3. I love walking, but really dislike exercising.

*I had to include a fourth FEAR, because I have four.

My turn to tag...anyone who wants to do it and has the time.

Puffy, Puffy!!

 

Monday morning I got up with a little bit of swelling around my eyes. Clinton didn't think it was too bad, so I didn't worry. Tuesday morning, Clinton was getting ready to leave for work, and he came to kiss me goodbye. I turned around, and he jumped back saying, "You better make an appointment with the doctor." I ran to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and saw what I think I would look like If I had been born a pig. My eyes were very swollen and the top part of my nose had doubled in size. The doctor "guessed" it was due to an allergic reaction to "something" (maybe a new eye cream.) This picture was taking later that day. And yes, I had to go to work looking like this!!!

A Front Yard... Finally!!!

We've been meaning to fix our front yard ever since Spring arrived. After many trips to the dump with dead grass, bushes, concrete, and dirt...we finally made it. Here are a few pictures of the house after removing all the "dying jungle," fixing the sprinkler system, and planting the new stuff.
The first pictures were taking Saturday morning, and the other ones Sunday morning. Thanks to Calvin and Joanne (and the doggies) for ALL their help.


Después de las quejas que he recibido de familia y amigos, hemos decido escribir el texto en inglés y en español en las nuevas entradas. Así que aquí tenéis la primera:

¡¡Por fin arreglamos la entrada de la casa!!

Desde que llegó la primavera hemos querido arreglar el jardín de la parte delantera de la casa. Después de ir al vertedero muchas veces con la camioneta llena de hierbajos, arbustos, cemento y tierra... finalmente terminamos. Aquí hay algunas fotos de la casa después de quitar el cesped seco, arreglar los aspersores y plantar algunas cosillas. Las primeras fotos las hicimos el sábado por la mañana (después de preparar el terreno), y las otras las hicimos el domingo por la mañana. Mis suegros, Calvin y Joanne, salen en las fotos y nos han ayudado muchísimo. (Si queréis ver las fotos mejor, haced click con el ratón en las fotos)