New color and new style

Hello there!

I love my hairstylish!!! She is new for me and I don´t know about you, but I am picky with my hair and I don´t just love anyone.

I don´t know anyone here that would be able to recommend me a place, so I was a little scare. That may be why I waited until my root´s color took over half of my hair... I know, trashy....

Anyway, I venture off and got an appointment in a place that I saw close to the girls school, it lookes stylish enough.... I am so happy I did.

I was just going to do my highlights because I want to let my hair grow, but lately my cut was bothering me because it was just a straigth bob that looked cute when it was short, but now that it had grown it was putting 10 years on me.... or so I thought anyway :). It was too "blah", to plain.

So after she did my highlights she asked me, "do you want to cut it?". "Well, I want to let it grow but the lack of style in my hair bothers me. Can you give it a cool style without cutting lenth?". "Sure!". " I knew then I have found a keeper".

So now, you are going to have to look at my profile picture to see the before because I forgot to put one..... sorry :(



And now, here is me now. Remember, no lenth was cut.

Here I am, all cute hair style me!

The color. I love it! Lighter than I usually do but.... love it!

The back, with short layers

The cut. A shot of the layers in the sides

Another shot.

My cutie and me. Kayla took this one :)

So, I am in love with my new hair style :). Sassy, fun and flirty.... or so I think :).

Word Filled Wednesday

Today is wednesday which means is time for Word Filled Wednesday. This is all about God. We are to share His Word through photo and verse. If you want to take a part in this meme or see other WFW go over 160 Acre Wood for it



2 Cor. 6:20 says " For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God"


We must remember we are His and we are to honor and praise Him with everything we are and do. May that verse comes to mind next time we want to please our flesh instead of honoring God. We are bought with a price.

Now look around you and find someone that do not know this truth. There are so many that do not know that their sins were bought with His blood. What a challenge this verse is to my life this morning, may it be a blessing to you too.

I´ll see you here tomorrow. I ended up getting more than just higlights :)... I love it!!!!

A new day

A new week starts and there are lots to do.

Our weekend was full of coughs, and fever. My little one was sick and I was freaking out it could be that swine flu. We haven´t been in contact with anyone that could have it, but I think any mother that has a child with a cough and fever gets at some point concern that it would be that.... or is it just me? Of course it wasn´t, but I didn´t feel better until after I talk to the pharmacist and told me it was more about pain and being worn out.... So, I kept pointing at Noelia´s elbow and knee and asking her if it hurts there :) ..... I know, I know.......

So, her and I have been cuddleling in the sofa.... I have loved that part. She seems to finally be feeling better, although now my two oldest are coughing a lot...... Flu part II???? Could be.

Next weeks we are having a blessing coming. A group from the spanish church in our home church is coming and spending a few days with us. They are going to be helping us go on visitation (which will help us to get a lot ahead in the map) and we will be showing them around Granada (which will be a great break for us too). So that means there are lots of preparation to do this week. Lots of cleaning. Lots of tracts stamping. Lots of printing.

I got some more reading done in the book I was telling you guys about last week, "A woman after God´s heart". What a blessing! I am done with the part on our husbands and now are half way with the children. I will be sharing the part that blessed me the most this week.

But for now you will have to wait. My highlights are long due and I have an appointment in 45 minutes :)!

Have a great day my dear friends!

The greatest example

Today is a especial day and I would like to wish a HAPPY MOTHER´S DAY to all the mothers out there and all the mom´s to be.

Being a mom is a great and rewarding responsability, and I think no love in this earth can be compare to the love that I mother feels for a child. You are willing to do anything for that child, nothing expected in return. You are willing to sacrifice, give of yourself completely.

My mom was the greatest example of that. She gave of herself and put her feelings aside for the well being of her children. I have missed her for the last 5 years, but I know I will see her in heaven one day.

So let´s pray and rededicate ourselves once again to be godly mothers and great examples to our children. Have a great day everyone!

(my mom at 16 years old)

(my mom, sister and me christmas 2000)


(my mom and dad with us in our wedding)

Friday Photo Flashback

Friday is here again, can you even believe it? I don´t know where my days go anymore... Anyhow, it is time for Friday Photo Flashback again and I have to say I am having so much fun looking at all my paper photos before my digital camera. When did you get your first digital camera? Mine started in Oct 2004 when my father in law got rid of his old camera and bought a new one, he passed his old one to us. I do have to say though that I miss paper photos, but I already told you about it. So, let´s start



Our wedding day. Oc 16, 99. Almost 10 years.... time do go fast when you are having fun.

I think most everyone has a ¨bad story¨ from their wedding. It could be that it was an outside wedding and it rained, or your m.i.l horrible dress. It could be the flowers not coming or arriving late. I don´t, you name it and it has probably happend to somebody. For me it was my hair... bad.... bad.... If you want to hear the story let me tell you...

When Matthew and I got engaged, I didn´t really know much from the States. After all I had only been there once before and for only three months. I could have married in Spain and then go to the States, but for many different reasons (paperwork, christian wedding, money..) it was lots easier to get married in the States. But of course I didn´t know much and Matthew... well, let´s face it, he is a guy, so he didn´t know much at all either. I pretty much handle off everything to my m.i.l who did great I have to say. I arrived in the States 2 months before our wedding because it is the limit time they give you with the fiancee visa (we won´t get into that). Anyhow, we got the invitations right away, the decorations, found the dress right away and didn´t have problems getting it done by the wedding day, bridesmaids set... you know the rest.

But the hair, that was a different story. My m.i.l always got her own hair done and also did my s.i.l, and she didn´t know anyone who could recomend a hairdresser to do my hair. There was a lady that own a hairstylish place in our church so she asked her. She gave her the name of a lady in a place call "The big Teaser".... I am not kidding with the name. I remember my m.i.l telling me the name sounded weird, but I had no idea back then what she meant (not enough english).

To make the story short, I went a few days before the wedding to see if I could schedule a try before the big date, but she was busy, I had a photo and a very simple style. They guy told me she was booked ´till the date but that she would be able to do it no problem.

Wedding date came and after 4 hours and 3 tries she was uncapable.... I just wanted a french bun people!!! Anyway, 2 hours before the wedding and I am off to my m.i.l´s house where the make up lady was waiting for me. I was late of course. I remember driving over the speed limit, crying and pulling the bobby pins off my hair. I was so upset..... I got there and asked to see Matthew. Of course they told me I couldn´t because it was bad luck.... I didn´t care, if I didn´t see him, I was going to be back luck myself :). After seeing him and relaxing I got my make up done and one of the ladies there did a brade. Needless to say I never took my veil off.... :)

Did you have a perfect wedding? What went wrong in yours? I am stressed out again just thinking about it? Am I the only one that was happy once the actual wedding was over?

For more Friday Photo Flashback go over to Alicia´s blog at More than Words

After God´s own heart?

I am reading "A Woman after God´s heart" by Elisabeth George, and it is being a great blessing to do so. Every time I can crunch a little reading time to my busy day I pick up this book because there is so much that I want to apply from the book.

I got this book a couple of years ago. My sister had read it and really like it, so she sent it to me. Funny thing is that since then I have bought about 4 of those same books, never able to read it myself. I kept given them away and I kept hearing great feedbacks from it… I was sure missing a blessing.

Finally I started it. I would like to share a paragraph talking about the wives we ought to be that I thought was a blessing and something that I needed to keep in mind. Forgive me with the translation but I am reading this particular one in Spanish:

“ I can honestly say that I became a better wife and a better Christian when I became a better helpmeet to my husband. To realize that I had a mission from God to help my husband, really opened my eyes. According to God´s plan, I shouldn´t compete with ____ (her husband´s name). Instead of doing so, I should support him and back him up in every decision. He is the one that is supposed to win, and I am supposed to contribute so his win can be possible”

Submission is a tricky thing for us wives to learn…. Or am I the only one?. We ought to give our husbands our input, but sometimes we push so hard we cross the line. I know I do sometimes. I tell him what I think we should do about something and sometimes he doesn´t agree. I know at the end I am going to do what he decides, but I am not willing to give up without a fight. I know I cross the line, and I think lots of times because I fight I make him not want to do what I say even more J. I get the opposite of what I am looking for, because after all, men feel love in part by the respect they feel from us.

I am looking forward getting some more time to finish reading about our husbands and after that is going to talk about our children. Have you read this book? What was your biggest blessing from it? Did you not like it?

A birthday??..... Already??????

That is right... Today is my baby´s 7th birthday and I just don´t know how that even happened.

I still remember her like she was the day we brought her from the hospital. All 6 lb 15oz 20inch long, beautiful lots of dark hair, brown eyes beautiful Kayla Pilar.



I remember me holding her in my arms and not believing why such a great wonderful blessing was given to me. Then it was time to feed her and I realized there is not such a thing as perfection :). She wouldn´t eat, she would just want to sleep. And me, as the new mommy I was, I wanted to feed her like she was suppossed to, but this little one just wasn´t interested. I got lots of milk and a baby who didn´t need much.... and we all know that hurts :) But she was great otherwise, alert, sweet, and didn´t cry much.


Since she was little she always had a smile in her face and a big alert eyes that wanted to discover everything around her. And she had a mommy and daddy that couldn´t get enough of her. She was sweet already then, and everyone around her just couldn´t help it but fall in love with her.

Kayla is just a great girl. She has a sweet kind spirit. A soft heart that never needs much discipline because, her just knowing that she did something you don´t like, is enough discipline for her. She is a great big sister, very protective of her two younger sisters. She now even helps with Noelia´s clothes if I need her to help me out. She loves helping out, especially in the kitchen.

She is also such a smart girl. When we came to Spain she didn´t know any spanish, but in no time she picked it up, and right away she became so fluent you couldn´t guess spanish wasn´t her language by birth. She gets great grades in school and has lots of friends because she is such a friendly girl.

I just can´t believe she is already 7. 7 is not a little girl´s age, 7 is a girl´s age.... and I just don´t like it!¨:) She tells me she will always be my little baby, and that even when she is a teenager she is going to let me hug on her and kiss her and call her little baby..... would she remember when she is a teenager?.... I actually think so, she is just that sweet.

Today daddy took her to school. She was so excited. They were a little late, he tells me, and Kayla wanted daddy to take her to the classroom. They saw one of her friends picking out the door of her class and they heard her say ¨sshhhh, she is coming¨. When they opened the door everyone started singing Happy Birthday and they all came running to give her a hug. I wish Matthew had a camera then. I am sure that was super special to her.

After all these photos of her as a baby is so amazing to think she is now a beautiful 7 year old. Where all the time go? I need to make a point to enjoy every second or before I know it I will be writting about her 14th birthday.... Okay I don´t want to think about it----

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLA. MOMMY LOVES YOU SO MUCH!!!!