My Girls

I am so proud of my daughters, I see that they are self sufficient, strong and compassionate women. It makes my heart swell with love everytime I see them overcome a trial or accomplish a great feat in life, I am so proud that they love their Heavenly Father and are trying to be strong in these hard times. I am proud that Contessa is such a good mommy and that she keeps strong in what she believes in, I am proud of Cherokee and that she is getting an education and that she keeps her chin up and doesn't back down. I have been truly blessed to be the mother of these two daughters of God, I love you both more than anything.

I love the men in my life!!

First I love of course Marty, he truly is my soul mate. I can't believe we have been together for 22 yrs., I am happy to say that we still look at each other like we are the only two people on earth. We had a great weekend together, we went to lunch and a movie, got roses and some other very fun stuff!! We haven't had a lot of alone time lately, so it was so nice to just have him to myself and talk and hold hands. I am so glad that cupid shot my heart in the Hardee's parking lot 22 yrs. ago!! I love ya s.t.
My two boys are next in my life, I love being a mom to them. I love that Chevy is so good at helping me when Marty is gone and the fact that he smiles and laughs with me. I love that he is still my fluffy kitty and has a tender heart. I love that Cash is my shinning star, he gives me kisses and doesn't care that others might be watching, he tells me he loves me all the time. He reminds me everyday that I have witnessed a miracle in my life and I am so grateful to have him.
I love these men who are truly still little boys at heart, they are my life and I am thankful for that!! Love ya Marty, Cash, Chevy

GOOD GRIEF!

I LIKE TO WRITE IN CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM ANGRY JUST BECAUSE I CAN SEE BETTER!! JUST IN CASE ANYONE THINKS I AM ANGRY AT SOMETHING. LOL WELL THE TIME HAS FLOWN BY ONCE AGAIN AND I AM STILL BLOGGING ON A HALLOWEEN BACKGROUND, I JUST CAN'T KEEP UP. THE BEST NEWS OF THIS MONTH IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GRANDPARENTS AGAIN!! I AM VERY EXCITED SINCE I STILL FEEL YOUNG AND I STILL GET VERY BABY HUNGRY, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW THE SEASONS OF LIFE JUST SEEM TO PASS BY SO QUICKLY. I REMEMBER HAVING CONTESSA AND HOW YOUNG MARTY AND ME WERE, I WAS WAY THINNER OF COURSE, AND MARTY HAD TONS MORE HAIR!! I WAS FEELING A LITTLE DOWN THE OTHER DAY, IT SEEMS LIKE MY NEST JUST KEEPS GETTING A LITTLE MORE LESS EACH DAY. OF COURSE I WILL HAVE MY CASH FOR AWHILE, BUT I MISS MY GIRLS AND HAVING EVERYONE HOME TO PUT TO BED AND DO HOMEWORK WITH AND CLEAN UP AFTER. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF ME THAT HAS FELT THAT MARTY AND ME AREN'T DONE BEING PARENTS, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, SINCE I AM A "IT" NOW!!LOL MAYBE IT IS JUST THIS WINTER, IT IS DRAGGING ON, I NEED TO BE OUTSIDE CLEARING OUT THE COBWEBS IN MY HEAD!! OUR FAMILY IS DOING GOOD, WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED WITH GOOD HEALTH THIS YEAR, MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE WE NEVER GO ANYWHERE, BUT I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS A BLESSING ANYWAY. MARTY IS STILL TRAVELING, I THINK HE IS SICK OF IT, BUT IT IS A JOB AND THOSE ARE HARD TO COME BY. HE IS SUCH A GREAT HUSBAND AND DADDDY, HE IS ALWAYS DOING THINGS TO HELP ME AROUND THE HOUSE, I THINK HE WILL BE VERY GLAD TO HAVE OUR BASEMENT DONE. CHEVY IS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT IN SCHOOL, I AM SURE HAVING VIDEO TIME HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH GETTING GOOD GRADES. CHEROKEE IS BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND WORK, WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL SHE DOES TO BE INDEPENDENT, SHE IS A AWESOME DAUGHTER. CASH OF COURSE CONTINUES TO DRIVE ME CRAZY DURING THE DAY, BUT IS GREAT TO SNUGGLE TO AT NIGHT. HE IS SO READY FOR SCHOOL AND IS ONE SMART LITTLE WHIP A ROO. I AM JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP ON EVERYTHING WHILE MARTY IS AWAY AND BE CONTENT AND HAPPY. WE LOVE YOU ALL, THE CARRILLO'S

TIS THE SEASON!!

WE ARE ALL JOLLY HERE IN IDAHO!! WE ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE REALLY STRESSED TO MY KIDS THAT I WANT IT TO REFLECT THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SERVE ALOT. WE STARTED OFF IN SEPTEMBER WITH OUR CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS, WE DECIDED INSTEAD OF DRAWING NAMES FOR STOCKINGS THIS YEAR WE WOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE HUMANITARIAN PROJECT. WE ENDED UP WITH AROUND 60 NOTEBOOKS, SCISSORS, RULERS, GLUE STICKS, TONS OF PENCILS AND COLORED PENCILS. THEN AS THE MONTHS HAVE GONE BY WE HAVE DONE MANY DINNERS AND KIND DEEDS FOR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WE EVEN GOT LORIN TO HELP HANG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN A FREEZING COLD STORM FOR A SWEET FRIEND OF MINE. WAY TO GO LORIN-HE IS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!! MY KIDS DIDN'T EVEN COMPLAIN TO MUCH WHEN I STARTED CHRISTMAS MUSIC ON HALLOWEEN, NOT A LOT JUST A BIT!! AS A FAMILY HERE IS A LITTLE NEWS ABOUT US ALL-MARTY IS BUSY AT WORK, HE WORKS SO HARD AND PUTS ALL HIS ENERGY INTO WORK WHEN HE IS THERE. HE COMES HOME EXHAUSTED AND JUST NEEDS SOME DOWN TIME, SO I HAVE SHORTENED HIS HONEY DUE LIST(CHEVY BLESS HIS HEART HAS TAKEN OVER), HE CALLS HIS DAD A OLD MAN!! MARTY IS VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON HIS OLD GMC TRUCKS, HE IS LIKE A LITTLE KID WHEN HE GETS A NEW HOSE OR SUCH. IT IS KINDA FUNNY, HE IS STARTING TO GET LITTLE ACHES AND PAINS, I JUST TELL HIM TO USE THE ICY HOT, I HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS. WE LOVE GROWING OLD TOGETHER AND LAUGH ALOT ABOUT IT. I AM ALWAYS BUSY IT SEEMS, I CLEAN, CLEAN OF COURSE IT'S THAT OCD COMING OUT IN ME!! ARGGH!! I HAVE BEEN DOING PRE-SCHOOL WITH CASH THREE DAYS A WEEK, HE IS SUCH A SMART LITTLE WHIP A ROO! IT KEEPS ME BUSY DOING LESSON PLANS AND OF COURSE CRAFTS WITH HIM. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF SEWING AND SCRAPBOOKING LATELY, SOMETHING I TRULY ENJOY!! CASH IS FULL OF IT, VERY SASSY AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE DEMANDING! HE WORRYS OVER THINGS THAT ABOUT DRIVE ME NUTS, LIKE RAINBOWS AND WHERE THEY COME FROM OR IF THERE ARE MONSTERS IN THE BASEMENT(THANKS CHEVY), I TELL YOU HIS MIND NEVER EVER QUITS. HE IS LIKE HIS DADDY THAT WAY, HIS WHEELS ARE ALWAYS TURNING. CHEVY IS MY BESTEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW, HE IS THE GREATEST SON, ALWAYS HELPING ME WITH EVERYTHING AND KEEPS ARE HOUSE HAPPY WITH HIS TEASING!! HE LIKES TO DO MODELS AND IS ENJOYING HIS AUTO CLASS AT SCHOOL. HE LIKES TO HELP HIS DAD IN THE GARAGE AND THEY TALK CAR STUFF, SO I JUST SMILE AND NOD. CHEROKEE IS BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND WORK, SHE GOT A 3.8 ON HER COLLEGE CLASSES, SHE HAS A BRAIN BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE CLASSED WERE VERY HARD. WE ARE PROUD OF HER AND MISS HER BEING AT HOME. SHE DOES COME HOME EVERY SO OFTEN TO SQUEEZE CASH AND THE PUPPIES, RAID THE CUPBOARDS AND WATCH A MOVIE WITH US. WE HAD A AWESOME THANKSGIVING WITH THE JOHNSON AND HOWELL FAMILIES, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AND JUST RELAX-THANKS TO DEBBIE AND JACK!! WE HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH EVERYONE AND THEIR FAMILIES, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!! LOVE YA THE CARRILLO'S

P.S. THE ZIPPAY'S HAVE THEIR OWN BLOG TO READ ABOUT THEM-GRANDPA DID GET TO BABYSIT THE OTHER NIGHT AND HE SAID SHE IS THE CUTEST LITTLE DICKENS!!! I THINK HE IS A LITTLE BABY HUNGRY-TO BAD HONEY WE ARE DONE!!

GENERAL CONFERENCE WEEK!

YA-HOO THE ZIPPAY'S ARE COMING TO MY HOUSE, SO I CAN MUNCH ON SOME LITTLE CHEEKS!! IT IS PRETTY FUNNY WHEN YOUR ONCE TEENAGE DAUGHTER WHO SWEARS SHE WILL NEVER DECORATE LIKE YOU DO, CALLS UP AND ASKS FOR HALLOWEEN DECOR!! I LOVE IT, A LITTLE BIT OF PAY BACK, BUT I ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE IS CRAFTY!! LIFE IS GOOD FOR OUR FAMILY, LEARNING LOTS AND TRUSTING IN OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE HAVE TWINS AT OUR HOUSE NOW AND WITH CASH AROUND IT FEELS LIKE TRIPLETS, THEY ALL KEEP ME GOING THOUGH. WE NAMED OUR TWINS-POSIE AND PICKLES, THEY WERE A EARLY B-DAY PRESENT FROM MY SWEET HUSBAND. IT'S HOT HERE, LIKE 90 DEGREES, HOW WIERD IS THAT, I EVEN HAVE THE A.C. ON, CRAZY STATE OF IDAHO FOR YA. LOVE YA, C

IT'S BEEN FOREVER!!

WELL I THINK THE LAST TIME I BLOGGED, I HAD JUST COME HOME FROM HAVING MY FIRST GRANDBABY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED HAVING THAT CUTIE AROUND, SHE IS SO ACTIVE AND CUDDLY!! I GUESS I WILL JUST START OFF WITH JUNE-MARTY AND ME CELEBRATED OUR 21ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, OF COURSE HE WAS IN VEGAS AND I WAS AT HOME, BUT THE WEEKEND BEFORE THAT WAS GREAT!! WE HAD A WONDERFUL FAMILY REUNION, HOSTED BY THE ROBERTSON FAMILY, IT WAS ALOT OF FUN AND CHEVY REALLY ENJOYED THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH FOR THE TEENAGERS TO DO-THANKS AUNT BECKY AND UNCLE PAUL, WE LOVE YOU BOTH FOR ALL THE EXTRA THAT YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILY!! WE WORKED IN OUR YARD ALOT THRU THE SUMMER, JUST TRYING TO GET SOME TREES AND LANDSCAPING DONE, THEN IT JUST GOT TO BUSY AND THE LAWN WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. JULY BROUGHT US A FEW HUNDRED TRIPS TO UTAH, WE CELEBRATED THE 4TH BY GOING TO KENNEDY'S BABY BLESSING, WE SHOPPED AND ATE GOOD FOOD, CHEVY WENT ON A TREK WITH OUR WARD AND HE WAS GREATLY BLESSED TO HAVE HIS TESTIMONY STRENGTHENED. CHEROKEE JUST PRETTY MUCH WORKED ALL SUMMER, AND HUNG OUT WITH FRIENDS. CASH DROVE ME CRAZY OF COURSE, HE THINKS IT IS COOL TO FOLLOW HIS FRIENDS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT AFTER A GOOD WHOOPIN, HE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD. CHEVY BUILT MARTY TO WORK BENCHES FOR HIS B-DAY, HE TURNED THE BIG 40 THIS YEAR!!! CHEVY DID A AWESOME JOB AND I THINK HE KINDA LIKED WORKING WITH HIS HANDS OTHER THEN VIDEO GAMES, HE GETS THAT WOOD WORKING FROM BOTH HIS GRANDPA'S. I TOOK THE KIDS TO UTAH IN AUGUST AND WE WENT TO A SWIMMING PARK, SHOPPING, THE ZOO, AND TO LAGOON. CONTESSA AND KENNEDY JOINED US FOR MOST OF IT AND IT WAS FUN TO BE WITH ALL MY KIDS. THANKS MARTY FOR WORKING SO HARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FUN!! WE WENT TO A FEW PLAYS AT ISLAND PARK THIS SUMMER, WENT OF SOME DRIVES, WENT TO THE DRIVE-IN AND REALLY JUST ENJOYED BEING WITH EACH OTHER. WE ALSO WENT TO A REUNION ON MY MOM'S SIDE THAT WAS FUN, IT IS WIERD TO SEE YOUR AUNTS THAT LOOK SO MUCH LIKE YOUR MOM!! WE LOST TO OF OUR LOVED ONES THIS SUMMER, MY UNCLE DIED AND MY SWEET NEWPHEW, WE WILL MISS THEM BOTH DEARLY, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEIR MISSION RIGHT NOW IS WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE ALSO LOST OUR SWEET LITTLE NOODLE DOG, HE RAN OUT IN FRONT OF A CAR AND WE HAD TO HAVE HIM PUT TO SLEEP, MY HEART HAS BEEN SO SAD, HE WAS LIKE ONE OF MY KIDS AND CHEVY AND ME MISS HIM GREATLY.
I HAVE BEEN DOING ALOT OF CANNING THIS SUMMER, JAMS AND SALSA, PEACHES AND I HOPE TO CAN SOME CORN BEFORE IT IS TO LATE!! THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, CHEVY IS IN TENTH GRADE-HE JUST GOT HIS PERMIT AND IS WORKING HARD TO GET HIS OLD GMC DONE. HE IS SUCH A GOOD LOOKING KID AND HAS SUCH A BIG HEART!! CHEROKEE IS IN COLLEGE AND WORKS AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE HOSPITAL, SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS IN LIFE AND IS DETERMINED TO GET IT!! SHE IS DATING TRAVIS AGAIN, HE LEAVES ON HIS MISSION IN FOUR WEEKS, THOSE TO ARE JUST PEAS IN A POD!! CASH AND ME HAVE BEEN DOING PRESCHOOL IN OUR HOME, HE HAS SUCH A GOOD MEMORY, BUT HE IS MISCHIEVIOUS. HE RIPPED SOME OF OUR OLD VHS TAPES APART AND MARTY TOLD HIM THAT HE WANTED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT, WELL CASH SIMPLY REPLIED THAT IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA TO TALK. I HAVE BEEN WORKING LOTS ON MY CRAFTS AND LIFE HISTORY, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW TIME FLIES, SOMETIMES IT REALLY MAKES ME REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. WELL I LOVE YOU ALL AND PRAY THAT YOUR HOMES ARE HAPPY, I HAVE TO GO CHASE DOWN CASH!! LOVE, C.

A BUSY WEEKEND

MY GOODNESS, TIME HAS JUST FLOWN BY THIS PAST MONTH. MARTY BROUGHT THE ZIPPAY'S HOME FOR FOUR DAYS AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!! MARTY AND LORIN SET UP CASH A ROO'S NEW BED SET FOR ME AND HELPED CHANGE SOME BEDROOMS AROUND. I GOT TO HOLD MY SWEET LITTLE KENNEDY LOTS AND SPOIL HER, I LOVE TO CUDDLE WITH HER AND SING TO HER. SHE HAS LOTS OF CUTE OUTFITS AND WE HAD FUN DRESSING HER UP!! WE COOKED YUMMY FOOD AND OF COURSE WENT SHOPPING AND TO THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, BUT I AM GETTING TO OLD TO STAY UP UNTIL 3A.M., BESIDES CASH GOT UP AT 5A.M. HE IS SUCH A LITTLE STINKER, HE LOVED, "PETTING" KENNEDY AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH CHEROKEE AND CHEVY WITH HER. THANKS FOR A FUN TIME ZIPPAY FAMILY, WE LOVE YOU LOTS!!! I AM NOW CLEANING THE HOUSE, I GET TO BE WITH CASH THIS WEEK ALONE, CHEVY IS WORKING WITH MARTY AND CHEROKEE IS AT A FFA CONVENTION, HER LAST ONE. I SHOULD GET LOTS DONE, BECAUSE IT IS POURING RAIN OUTSIDE! LOVE TO ALL, C