Captain Quirk is on the Move!!!

Alright Ellen this one's for you, I know I've been slaking in the blogger world.

Quirk 1: Every morning the bed has to be made AS SOON as everyone is out of it. Seriously Caleb won't have made it to the the dresser before I am throwing the blankets back over the top of th e bed. And it has to be done a specific way the pattern on our Lana quilt has to be going perpendicular over the bed, anything less is unacceptable.

Quirk 2: If for some unseen event has taken place and the bed is not made in the morning before I get in bed for the evening I will make the bed and then get in. The covers must however remain in a neat and orderly fashion. If for example after freshly fluffing my hair if the covers get somehow in a disarray I have to make the bed again before re-entering. Ask Caleb he thinks that I"m ridiculous, he once messed up the covers on purpose to see if I would let it go and was a little annoyed to see that made him (with a little force) make the bed before I could fall asleep. and be comfortable. I have a disease, I know.

Quirk 3: When I leave for the weekend, my apartment must be clean!!!! I mean clean every piece of silverware and dish must be in it's proper place in the cabinet. The floors have to be swept and mopped, vacuumed, counter tops wiped off... I mean clean. This is another thing that Caleb would forgo if he could.

Quirk 4: Anytime we drive somewhere I have to chew gum. It's absolutely crazy and makes no sense but I have to chew gum, no matter how short the distance or if I'm going to eat something as soon as I get out of the car.

Quirk 5: When we are at church sitting in the pew or in the chairs either one I cannot have the aisle seat. The hot spot where the deacon passes you the sacrament tray. I can't sit there I always have someone trade with me, usually Caleb. I don't know what it is... Deacons must be scary.

Quirk 6: Anytime I read a Jane Austen, Bronte or rally anything from that era I tend to think my words with and English accent. This oddly is something that I'm not embarrassed about it actually makes me laugh just thinking about it. I would say try it but I think you have to be half a bubble off a plum to master this art.

Okay there are my six quirks so know you have to post your six quirks link the person and mention the rules. The six fellow bloggers you tag need a comment to let them know they have been tagged.

Alright have at it!!!

1st Birthday

Abagail had her first birthday one the 1st of August. We did a really small gathering of family that was in the area. Hopefully these will kind of give everyone an idea of what it was like. Caleb decorated Abagail's birthday cake, he's the artistic one. It was a German Chocolate Cake, and soo delicous.
This is Abagail having some of her birthday cake and was too busy watching everyone watch her that she had this very intense look on her face. It was pretty funny it took a while to get used to everyone stand around her with camera's.
Abagail had a great time opening her presents, I think she enjoyed the wrapping paper and bags rather than the actual presents but it was fun to watch her tear them all apart.
This was a little book that Lana gave her. It's a cow puppet in the center of the board book; right after this part Caleb scared her to death with it. Abagail was just about to go and pet the cow and he made it jump at her, she backed up real fast and almost started to cry. She still doesn't really like the book as much as she might have.
This is one of her presents from Great Grandma Padilla, it had a really cute collar that you can't see under the bib. We're on the back portch, it's nearly impossible to keep that girl in the house!!

Okay that was pretty much all that went on with her birthday, like I said it was really a small thing and kid of set up at the last minute. i must be a bad mom to not spend so much time on her first birthday. oh well. We wish everyone could have been there it would have a lot more fun! We all need to get together, Abagail has cousin's she's never met and we haven't seen everyone in forever.

Humbolt State Park

Okay it has been a while since we have updated, so it will take me a bit to catch up so I figured I would start with the oldest thing first. This was our first vacation of the summer, we came camping here as a substitute for not being able to camping in Oregon (due to it still snowing there) like my side of the family ususally does. Uncle Mark being used as a brace for Abagail's wandering around, she has to walk down hill a little bit right there.
Aunt Melanie and Abagail enjoying a break in the ride. She liked Melanies saddle better than anyone else who was riding a horse she could be on. We had a lot of young horses on the camping trip with us.
All of our little family eating lunch on one of the fallen redwoods. We went on a ride for the afternoon that lasted about 4 or 5 hours. I was impressed with Abagail she enjoyed every minute of being on the horses. She snacked and napped on the horses.
After our ride we went and did the tourist stuff so here we are at the Founder's Tree. This guy is 346.1 ft. tall the diameter is 12.7 ft, the circum. is 40 ft, and the hight to the lowest limb is 190.4 ft. !!!
This is another redwood that was huge, this is Caleb and my brother Mark hagging out in the roots of this tree, the people on top are my brother and sister, Ryan and Melanie and my Dad.

California Here We Come!!

Okay!! Well today is our last day in Pullman, at 5pm today we will be leaving for the Tri-Cities to visit with family for a couple of days and then off to California, warm weather and lots of fun!!
My whole family will be there for most of this summer except for my oldest brother so I'm planning on having lots of laughs. Heather will leave first on the 21st of May for the MTC and then Chris will follow on July 2nd. Chris leaves just 2 weeks before my family goes to the High Lakes for a three day camping trip. We're taking all the horses who are worthy to make the trip, so this summer we'll be getting them in shape so not everyone is sore once we get in.
Caleb took his last final this morning at 8am and right now is shadowing a doctor in the area, he's getting all geared up for taking the MCAT in July.
This last weekend Abagail and I were able to take a trip to Provo. I had the privilege of being one of my sisters escorts through the Provo Temple, that was an amazing experience! I highly recommend! It's a totally amazing view how families are forever. After the temple since everyone was together we took family pictures outside the temple. On Sunday my oldest brother blessed his new daughter, they named her Callie Rose Padilla, it was a great event. We had a blast in Utah, I saw old roommates and family that had never seen Abagail got to see her. On top of it all we got to help everyone move out of their apartments; Ryan, Mark and Lisa all graduated. Ryan is going home to California to prepare for grad school, I think and Mark and Lisa are moving to Texas where Mark will be going to Baylor Dental School (I think that's how they spell it) in Dallas. Of course after they have spent the summer in California with everyone.
Well we are ready for the summer vacation and trying to enjoy the fact that we won't always be able to once Caleb starts his career. So family reunions here we come!! Oh nobody has told us when the Haws Family Reunion is, does anybody know, we're trying to get everything worked out so we can make to as many as possible. Is it over the 4th again?
Now for Abagail... Last time I had written she was just starting to crawl everywhere and know she really is everywhere! she used to confine herself to the living room, I'm not sure if it was the color change from carpet to tile or what but she figured it out and she is everywhere!!
The other night we were watching a show a looked around and didn't see Abby anywhere, we went into the bedroom and lo and behold there was Abby in the closet playing with all the shoes!! She has also gained a love for things that sparkle, she's such a girl!!l

One Month Left!!

Hey everyone. Well we have one more month until summer, Caleb has all of his finals the last week in April and into May!! We are so ready for summer, this winter has been really weird and very cold. At the end of last week we were still getting snow! Don't worry though we are finally warming up, today we finally hit the 60's!!!!
Abagail has been into everything Caleb and I thought we had everything out of the way for to be crawling around and it seems like everyday we find something that she has found she get to. Her new fetish is the dog's food and water dish. We haven't decided if she keeps going back because we keep taking hr away form it or if it's because she actually likes the taste of it! UGGH! Over Easter her fetish was the bottom of the Bakers Rack as you can see. While she ws doing that old water jugs were her favorite toy, and it took at the self control that Cezar had not to go and take it away from her as it is usually him who is taking them off the shelf. Cezar has been really funny with the whole thing, he cries if Abby is going to get into any of his toys or is heading for his food. Thanks to Cezar we can keep a closer eye on her :)
This week is the first week in a month that Caleb hasn't had a test!
Congratulations goes out to my cousin Jessica!! who will be getting married June 6th in the Bountiful Temple!! Welcome to the family Cameron! Jessica we would all like to see him and the Nebeker reunion is the next weekend so if you could make it that would be fabulous.
Well my hour window is up and so is Abby. So I guess I"ll up date a little later.