Stella's lunch

How can you not love that little face?  She was downing the apples and peanut butter she had today for lunch. I thought her face was going to explode with goodness when she tasted the peanut butter. 

It's her favorite place to sit, right by the window so she can watch Chloe while she eats. 

Fire pit

 

There is no better place to sit around and tell stories than by a fire pit.  So many ghost stories have been told there this year with our little family that I think we're going to have to change the theme for next year. 

Then there's the s'mores....we love s'mores, regular s'mores, s'mores with mint cookies, s'mores with chocolate covered cookies, s'mores with no cookies.  I only wish that we had a few more cool days left in the season.  Soon AZ will be on fire and we will have to say bye to the fire pit for a few months.  But we will bring you back dear fire.  Too much fun is had around you to keep you in storage for long. 

Best Seats in the House

As the weather warms up that means one thing around our house. It's ball season! This week we have a game every night. The boys have 3 games. Alexandria has 2. It can get kind of crowded at the games since the bleachers aren't very big. No problem for the boys though. They have Papi's innovative skills. They just made themselves a seat in the trees, little monkeys! I'm not a big fan of the weather warming up or a big fan of ball. But I love watching my kids play. 

Conference Weekend

Did you hear about the stupid criminal who kept boxes under the hood of his car?  He robbed our flip house, stole all of Papi's tools then couldn't leave because his car wouldn't start probably due to the boxes under the hood.  So he called a taxi and a tow truck instead.  The thing was we got there before the tow truck.  He left his wallet, ID, everything we need to know who he is and where he lives. If it hadn't have ruined our long anticipated conference weekend I would have been laughing at the dumb guy's losing efforts.  Let's be honest, I am still laughing.  Such a fool!  But now I'm wondering who is really the fool because it's been 3 days and the Mesa Police still haven't arrested him. 

Fortunately, we were able to watch conference as a family on Sunday.  We love conference weekend!  My kids even watched it while we were talking to the police on Saturday.  And they were home alone!  Everyone has their conference binders.  We eat candy, lots of candy.  We make food that we only have on conference morning.  It's such a relaxing two days at the Cesar home.  I'm already looking forward to October!

Stella's Sunday Afternoons

When 1:30pm approaches on a Sunday afternoon, things at the Cesar home get really busy.  Everyone in the one little bathroom, trying to get everyone's hair done and teeth brushed can sometimes feel like how many clowns can we fit into the car.  But it's all worth it when I walk outside after shooing all the children out the door and see this picture perfect scene in front of me, a big brother taking his little sister's hand and leading her to church.  He loves his baby sister.

 

Know who else loves this little girl?  How else could she have gotten him to paint her toenails?  She's already working that Cesar charm on her Papi.