Rain rain PLEASE come again!

Jeez! It's about time I got on here and updated!
Most might say the sun is what brightens their day and makes them smile.
As for me, it's the gloomy weather, the rains poring, our trees blowing, thunder growling like a fierce tiger, and lighting glowing. While Maria, Gabrielle and I are out taking photos...

Maria was soooo cute!

Yes. I picked out her outfit. Go me!

We laughed so much!

"One, Two... Two... Two... POSE!... Three."

My sisters are so gorgeous!

"Maria pose! No! Right now Girlie POSE!" -Leah
"Fine! I'm ready!" -Maria
"Aw, it's okay, I just took a picture of the clouds." -Leah

Gabrielle is such an angel!

"This is the look Gabrielle gives me every time I say something; 'uh... weirdo..."

Okay seriously? Cutie!

Maria was quite the Model for me.

Yay! Gabrielle took a picture for us... Well... She took about 6, but the first 5 times either me, or Maria... Or the both of us where not paying attention.

Maria was really good.

Flashing a smile.

"Just pretend like your skipping, no one will know you weren't really."

Gabrielle was spacing out most of the time. So we didn't get as many pictures of here.

What a cute little girl! I could just hug her forever!

"Look both ways before crossing the grass!"

I love black and white photos.

Here is my story, I'll keep it as short as I can! I know My brother-in-law Mike doesn't like to read long things! hahah.
Samuels Birthday was August 25.
One of his friends gave him a blue star balloons.
On September 5 Samuel gave it to me.
I decided I'd draw a smile on it, and name it "Charlyn" (Ch-are-lin)
Not being able to decide if it was a boy or a girl.
This balloon loves to wander!
It enjoys being in the bathroom, particularly the shower, and seems to be fond of my mother and Maria.
My Mother woke up Sunday morning with Charlyn right by her head.
She said if it showed up in the room again, she'd have to pop it.
I had to start tying it up so that it wouldn't be popped.
Seems as though Charlyn is getting old and tired.
I don't think it'll last much longer.
I had some great laughs while it lasted though!

Videos!

Here are some random videos from the past three months. I'll update with stories soon. I promise! Just enjoy some videos for now! Thanks for being patient!

Oh dear...

Sigh. I know I need to update the blog when my youngest sister Emma tells me it's been a while. Good grief.

I'll update it more sometime within the next two days. But here are some side stories.
There where about 20-30 hang gliders a few weeks ago.
It was so cool to watch them come from the top of the mountain!
But come to hear, one or two got stuck at the top, with injuries!
They had set up in the park 8 cop cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck.
All in the field by Wasatch Elementary School.
A lot of neighbors gathered around to see what was going on.

What to do memorial day weekend... Swim of course! On Monday, me along with all my little sisters... and Joshua, got to go swimming at Hyrum and Sylvias pool. It was such a blast!
I hadn't been swimming with Hyrum there before, it was extra fun though!

Joshua and Hyrum had some pretty sweet moves!

A few weeks ago, Maria, Gabrielle, Emma and I took our nieces and nephews to the park.
Right as we started we warned them that they would have to hold hands as we crossed the street.
Josh then reached out his hand to hold Mias right away. Josh is adorable.
Mia wasn't quite sure what to do.
So we took an extra 2 minutes at the beginning of our walk up there watching Josh show Mia how to hold his hand.
I love little kids!

Monsivais Family Reunion

The George and Rebecca Monsivais Family Reunion 2009

In a hot dog bun.
(This is the reunion backwards)

The goal was to see who could eat 4 hot dogs, with the bun, and ketchup if you wanted it, the fastest. Samuel got first place. Hyrum second. And Jacob third.

Samuel received a hot dog belt buckle.

Anthony working on finishing up.

It was so nasty, but so much fun to watch the contest.

Even my nephew Josh who just turned five was participating!

Anthony trying to hurry!

Heidi subbed in for David because he had to work. Jacob said she had to do it because we hadn't quite accepted her into the family yet. Now she is officially accepted in.

Everyone was crowding around!

This was at the beginning. When Jacob, of course, was explaining the rules of the contest.

Everyone was getting ready. And laughing like crazy!

"The rule is if your going to hurl you do it to your left. Common courtesy people!" -Jacob

I guess he was trying to figure out the best way to do this.

Lets get ready!

Anthony was the first one to the table.

Emma and Genevieve where setting out the hot dogs.

We went to the Power Tumbling Gym early in the morning.

Everyone had so much fun. A few of us thought it sounded lame. But it was a blast!

Jen and Hyrum.

Anthony and a few of the other older boys climbed to the top of the rope and then dropped!

hahah. This was hilarious. Josh was helping Mike out. He threw the rope in. Told Mike to grab it with both hands. And then he tried to pull mike out. Turns out Mike got out and Josh got stuck in.

Gabrielle and I helping Zoe with the swing.

Just having a blast!

Sam brought his Girl Friend, Paige, to the Reunion. They had a lot of fun. She is a cute girl.