UBP 2009!!! Welcome to Garibay Soup

There’s a blog party going on at 5 mintues for mom. If you’ve never been there, you definitely should check it out!!

My name is Amanda and this blog is mainly a place to document my family’s milestones. A place for me to write about how I’m feeling. A place to share my faith . . . → Read More: UBP 2009!!! Welcome to Garibay Soup

Parent/Teacher Conference

It went great! I’m really proud of Jayden and how far he’s come. When we first moved to Oregon he couldn’t recognize all of his ABC’s. I started feeling EXTREMELY guilty, because in California I had worked all day and didn’t get much time to work with him.

Seeing how me being home with . . . → Read More: Parent/Teacher Conference

On Ella…. and our new addition

Ella turned 19 months yesterday. It’s shocking to me, and I really can’t fathom the idea that my baby now speaks to me in sentences. She’s so smart and everyday she shocks me with something new. Her new phrases that come to mind right now are:

Help meLet me seeTo go to go… meaning . . . → Read More: On Ella…. and our new addition

My Sunday Message on Faith

Normally on Sundays I like to come on and write something inspirational that touched me at church. Unfortunately, I didn’t get anything out of church today. Ella had a meltdown during nursery and Gino got a migraine so we left early.

However, I thought I might as well share some sortof message that has . . . → Read More: My Sunday Message on Faith

Putting shoes on first thing in the morning

It’s Wednesday, so we’re all gathering over at Kristen’s blog to talk about what works for us. These days I don’t feel like things are working very well for me, but I’m trying. I’m trying to get organized, I’m trying to do little by little daily, and I’m starting to see some results.

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Peace – It has to start with me

I had a wonderful day at church today. It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve gone thanks to our trip and the flu. Even before all that, we were going off and on due to illnesses and another trip to Sacramento, and I’m so relieved that I have nothing planned and will be . . . → Read More: Peace – It has to start with me

Pictures

We had the icky stomach flu hit our home again. It had the domino effect… hit us all. Started Sunday @ 1am w/Ella, Monday with me, Tuesday with Jayden & Tuesday into Wednesday with Gino.

I’m just happy it’s all over with, we’re all feeling better and we can get on with life.

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