The Blanco Family

2010-02-09T22:49:00.002-07:00

I am so bad at this blogging stuff. As most of you already know, Aleena is engaged to a nice young man. His name is Jarom Lance. They met on a blind date in October and felt an immediate connection. It was pretty much love at first sight. They have been together almost everyday since then. They are so happy together and bring out the best in each other. They are really excited to get married. The date they have chosen is March 26th. This is mine and Tony's 28th anniversary. It will be fun to share the same anniversary date with them. We are all very excited for them!
Trevor is playing on a city basketball team. He is such a natural when it comes to sports. He definitely doesn't get that from his mother. I love watching his games as he is usually the star and makes the most rebounds and points. Last week we met with his teacher and she told us he is reading on a higher level than his class and is the most intelligent kid in his class. Wow!! We knew he does fine in school but didn't realize he was doing that good. We truly are blessed with great children and grandchildren. I am so proud of each of them and love them all so much!

Life

2009-11-22T22:25:00.002-07:00

I can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving! I have always loved this holiday because it makes me think about all of the wonderful things in my life I am thankful for. And we spend it with those we love. When I was a little girl we would go to my Grandparents for Thanksgiving. My grandma always used her nicest dishes and made a wonderful meal. Then my parents carried on this wonderful tradition until our families grew too big. Now it is my turn to carry on the tradition in my own family. We all love getting together and eating lots of turkey and pie and playing games. This year Tony is going to smoke a turkey all night, I can't wait to eat it.
I remember when Trevor was about to be born, I was due a little after Thanksgiving and I begged the Dr to start me early because I didn't want to miss Thanksgiving dinner at my moms. He agreed and I had Trevor the Friday before Thanksgiving. I was so grateful that I didn't have to miss it. Now he is 12 years old. Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? He is such a fine young man. And so handsome too! I am so proud of him for earning his Faith in God and being ordained into the priesthood. We had a wonderful day today celebrating his birthday and accomplishments.

2009-07-06T21:01:00.002-06:00

WOW!! I can't believe it is already July! The summer is going by way too fast. Shantel has graduated from Nursing School and Aleena has graduated from High School. I am so proud of them for their accomplishments. Aleena has been taking drivers ed and should get her license soon(as long as she passes the road test). I am sure she will pass, she is a good driver. Trevor and Robert are having a blast this summer playing with their friends, swimming and having sleepovers. Tony helped them build a tree house in our cherry tree. They were so excited to sleep in it with their friends.
We now have DSL and so maybe I will be able to blog more. I quit getting on it because it would take so long for things to come up. I can't believe how much faster it is.
I just love summer and all the barbecues, birthdays and holidays. I look forward to the melons and fruit and veggies that my parents are so kind to share with us.

Jerick and Gunner

2009-03-07T20:03:00.003-07:00

Tiffany and her family came last Tuesday to visit. They will be here until March 11th. It was so nice to see them! The boys get bigger every time I see them. Gunner is talking quite a bit now. He is 18 months now and Jerick is almost three. They are so cute and full of energy. We will miss them alot when they go home.

2009-02-06T22:44:00.004-07:00

Husband Tag...
1. Where did you meet? I was on a bike ride with my little sister. We stopped to get a drink of water at the water hole. Tony drove by a couple of times in his really hot car(A firebird with t-tops that came out). He turned around and stopped to talk to us.
2. How long did you date before you got married? 8 months.
3. Where did he propose? At Utah lake.
4. Where did you get married? At my church on center street in AF.
5. How long have you been married? Almost 27 years.
6. What is your favorite feature of his? His broad shoulders and large muscles in his calves.
7. What is his best quality? He is a very hard worker.
8. Does he have a nickname for you? Honey
9. What is his favorite food? Pepsi, All you can eat seafood buffet and anything chocolate.
10. What is his favorite sport? He loves to play softball(his team took 1st place last fall), basketball and go bowling(he scored a 299 2 years ago). He loves to watch the Jazz and Nascar.
11. Where did you have your first kiss? I can't remember for sure, but I think it was in his car.
12. Who said I love you first? I think he did.
13. What do you like to do together? Go camping, play games, go for picnics up the canyon and watch movies.
14. Do you have any kids? Yes 5 kids and 5 grandkids.
15. What is his favorite music? Rock & Roll oldies and country classics.
16. What do you admire most about him? His HERO status!! (just kidding) How he supports our kids in the things they do and always volunteers to coach their teams and how much he helps other people.

I tried to upload some pictures of Tony and I, But it didn't work. I will keep trying and post them later.

Sorry!!!

2009-01-31T09:30:00.002-07:00

So sorry I haven't blogged in a while. This month has been so busy. I will try to update what is happening in our lives. Tony is still in New Scouts(that is the 11 year olds). He is enjoying it, especially since Trevor is now in there. They went on an overnight campout last night. It is called The Klondike Derby. I hope they all stayed warm enough in their tents and sleeping bags. It makes me cold just thinking about it. And we all know how much I hate to be cold. Since the guys were all gone on their campout, Shantel and Jayden came over and had pizza and watched movies with Aleena and I. It was so much fun!
Aleena is recuperating from a visit to the emergency room on Thursday. She has been having some pain in her abdomen for a few days and on Thursday as she was getting ready for work The pain all of a sudden hit her really hard. She was home alone and called me on my cell phone crying and was in so much pain she couldn't move. I was in Orem with Shantel and Jayden meeting with Jaydens Dr and Tony was in Mapleton. I felt so bad we weren't there with her. Thank goodness Trevor walked in the door from school and got her some medicine and a hot pad. It didn't help much though. Tony and Shantel ended up taking her to the ER when they got home. They did a CT scan and found that she had an ovarian cyst that had ruptured. She also had other cysts on both ovaries. They gave her some really strong pain medication. She was so glad to have the pain under control. She has been very weak and tired and can't wait to be back to normal.
Trevor is playing basketball again this year. He is such a good player! Tony calls him a miniature Charles Barkley. Of course, Tony is his coach. He really enjoys coaching the kids. They have a great team this year. Robert didn't want to play on a city league, but he is playing with the Young Men and is enjoying that.
This has been a very busy month with my new calling. We are visiting the Ward Conferences in our stake. We have 12 wards. One is the hospital branch and one is the singles ward, we don't have to visit them. Some weeks I have gone to my own ward and another wards meetings. Some weeks we even have two ward coferences to attend on the same day. Wow! that is alot of meetings. The first one we went to Bo Holland was the member of the bishopric conducting. His family lived next to ours when we were growing up. It was fun to see him. A couple of weeks ago we had a Baptism Preview for the kids in our stake that get baptized this year and their parents. This was our first event as a new presidency. It was great! We had a huge turnout. By the time I got home it was 9:30pm and my feet were killing me. I am not used to wearing heels all day like that. Trevor was so kind and gave me a foot rub. I just love serving in the Primary! I am grateful to have a husband and a family that is so supportive.
Last Saturday we had our ward breakfast(it was postponed in December because of a funeral). It was so much fun. Tony and I were part of the program. Some of us from the Primary did a snowman mix where we danced around a snowman to songs like thriller, Dei-o, a rap song, a cowboy song, batman, sounds of silence and a mexican hat dance. It started and ended with our friend Mike sitting on the edge of the stage, licking a big lollipop and singing "Once there was a snowman". Tony did lip sync to some of the songs. It was hilarious!
As many of you already know Tony is a HERO!!!haha. He doesn't really like to think so, but we are very proud of him for keeping the lady from going back into her burning house. He definately was in the right place at the right time. Everywhere he goes people tell him they saw him on the news or in the newspaper. He is our HERO!!!

New Years Eve

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Christmas

2008-12-28T20:27:00.005-07:00

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Our day started out with the kids opening their gifts from Santa. Then everyone came over for omelets. It is our tradition to have omelets for breakfast on Christmas morning. Then we opened our presents to each other. For the past several years we have invited my parents to our house on Christmas morning. We all really enjoy their company and hope they will continue this tradition with us. Later in the afternoon we went to Tony's mom and dads and to Shantel's apartment. She had it decorated so cute. She won a 25.00 gift certificate to Walmart for having the best decorated patio in her apartment complex. On our way to Shantel's we passed a homeless guy walking in the dark and in the cold rain. It looked like he had all of his belongings in a big backpack on his back and in plastic grocery bags that he was carrying. He had to have been soaking wet. We felt bad for anyone to have to spend his Christmas like this and decided we should offer him a ride to somewhere warm and out of the cold. So Tony turned the car around and asked him if we could give him a ride. He declined and said he was going to the Harts Truck Stop across the street. As we drove away we were very thankful for the warm car we were in. And the warm house we were going home to. The next day we went to Tyson and Amandas and Grandma and Grandpa Nash's. It was fun to see what they all got for Christmas. For a couple of weeks before Christmas we have been reading Christmas stories. It really helped us get in the right spirit for Christmas and to remember what it is really about. I love the holidays and wish they would last a little longer. I love spending them with my family that I love so much. We hope you all had a nice Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve

2008-12-28T15:06:00.002-07:00

We had a fun time on Christmas Eve. First we had a yummy ham dinner with cheesy potatoes, a relish tray, rolls, and Amandas yummy fruit salad. Shantel made the best chocolate cream dessert. Then we played bingo and won some fun prizes. We all wore funny or ugly Christmas sweaters and voted on which one was the best. Tyson and Aleena tied. She let Tyson have the prize since it was candy and she can't eat sugar or yeast. They were all very creative and I think this will be a new tradition. All the kids got to open one present. Which, of course, was pajama pants. After the party everyone wanted to watch some old home videos. They are pretty entertaining.
We really missed Tiffany and her family. They weren't able to come down for Christmas this year.

The Elf Dance

2008-12-10T15:28:00.001-07:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

2008-12-07T17:55:00.002-07:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This year we invited my mom and dad, my Grandma C., my sister Debbie and her husband Dennis and Shantel and Jayden. Tyson and Amanda came later and ate pie with us. We had lots of yummy food and pie. This year we cooked a turkey in the oven(it was done an hour and a half early) and Tony smoked a turkey, that got done an hour and a half after we ate. We didn't eat very much of the smoked turkey because everyone was so full by the time it was done. We had alot of turkey left over. Which was great, I love leftover turkey. After we ate we visited and played games. I love this time of year, it makes me stop and think of all the things I am thankful for.

The Festival of Trees

2008-12-07T17:01:00.006-07:00

Last Tuesday night our family went to the Festival of Trees. It was so fun to see Tiffany and her family. Her boys are getting so big. The last time we saw them was before Halloween and I think they have both grown an inch or two since then. Jayden and Jerick were so excited to see each other. We all miss them so much and wish they didn't live so far away. Tony got bored about halfway through and so we practically ran through the rest. I love seeing my kids and grandkids and spending time doing things like this with them.

2008-11-22T18:15:00.001-07:00

This is Tony and Jerick on Aleenas birthday. Jerick was only one month old. Sorry there are two pictures, I am still learning how to post pictures.

2008-11-22T17:57:00.002-07:00

I got picture tagged by my daughter-in-law Amanda. I couldn't do fourth folder, fourth picture because it was of Tiffany in hard labor with Jerick. She would have hated me to post that picture. So here is fifth folder, fourth picture. This was from January 2006. Trevor had just had his tonsils and adnoids taken out and was resting and playing video games.

2008-11-22T17:30:00.002-07:00

Can you believe my baby is 11 years old. On November 21, 1997 we were blessed with a beautiful baby boy! We thought we were done having kids and was very surprised when we found out I was pregnant. Of course the kids were thrilled because they had been begging for a baby. It happened that we announced it to the kids on April Fools Day. Not on purpose. The kids thought we were so mean when we told them. They thought it was an April fools joke. It took a while to convince them that we really were having a baby. Tyson and Tony were thrilled when we found out it was a boy. Tony always told me he thought there was a boy that needed to come to our family. I was stubborn and told him it would have to be with his next wife because I was done having kids. I am so glad that someone else knew what was best for our family and sent Trevor to us. I have always called him our bonus baby because he has brought so much joy to our lives. We all love him so much.
On Thursday we went to our last cub scout pack meeting. Trevor has worked very hard and earned alot of awards including his religious knot and his Arrow of Light. A guy dressed up as an indian did a special presentation and Trevor was presented to the New Scouts. I know it will only be a few years until he earns his eagle scout award. He is very good at setting and reaching his goals. We are so proud of him!

2008-11-07T08:06:00.002-07:00

We are the champions!!! Roberts team took first place and went undefeated for the entire season. We froze at the championship game Tuesday night. Luckily the game finished before it started snowing. They made a really big deal of this game. They called it the super bowl. It had commentary and fun music and best of all...hot chocolate! Roberts team beat Juan Diego at Pleasant Grove High School. They have a really nice artificial turf field. Yay! this means football is over!!! Well, until next year.

2008-11-05T19:47:00.002-07:00

I got tagged and have had a hard time thinking of 7 things that nobody else knows about me. So here goes...
1. I love to cook. Especially desserts and treats. I just hate the planning, the shopping and the clean up. I am so glad that I still have kids at home to do the dinner dishes.
2. Last year I took piano lessons. A sweet lady in our ward, that has taught lessons for years, taught a group of 4 women from my ward. She taught us with the program the church puts out. I can play all the hymns from the Hymns Made Easy book, some better than others. My family is probably getting tired of hearing me practice the same songs over and over again...that is when I find time to practice.
3. I hate to get my face wet. I even hate the shower running over my face. I like to swim, as long as my head stays above the water. I remember when I was little and took swimming lessons, I was scared to death of jumping off the diving board. I stood on the diving board and cried because I was so scared. Probably because that meant my face would get wet. I think I have had this fear since I was young.
4. I like my toenails to be painted. You will never see them not painted. Aleena gave me the stuff to do a french pedicure for my birthday and has been painting them for me. She does an awesome french pedicure. Thanks Aleena!
5. I HATE winter. I like to look outside and see the snow, but I hate to be outside in it. By February I am pretty depressed and ready to move somewhere where it is warm all year. I love the sun and the heat. Summer just isn't long enough.
6. I love to drink water. The colder the better. Especially if it has been in the freezer for an hour or two and has a little ice in it. I prefer water over soda pop, juice, milk(actually, I hate milk) or any other kind of drink.
7. I have a fear of being in front of people or being the center of attention. I actually get physically ill if I know I have to speak in front of people. I also sit back and wait for people to approach me and then I will talk to them. I don't usually initiate the conversation. I also have a hard time knowing what to say. I know my dad and my sister struggle with this too. Maybe it runs in our family. Anyway I hope my kids take after Tony. He can talk to anyone, anywhere about anything.
Boy am I glad to be finished with this it has weighed heavily on my mind. I hope you learn some things that you didn't know about me. Everyone I know has been tagged already and so this will probably end with me...sorry!

Pumpkins

2008-11-02T16:24:00.007-07:00

Roberts, Jaydens, Shantels, Trevors, and Aleenas pumkins

Kaylee

2008-10-20T19:57:00.003-06:00

Kaylee wearing her new Cinderella sunglasses!

Fall is here

2008-10-13T17:48:00.002-06:00

It has been so cold the last few days and snow!!! in October, you would think it was winter. Maybe things will start to slow down a little bit now. Tony's softball team played their end of season tournament last Wednesday. They had to play four games that night and ended up taking 1st place. Tony even hit an over the fence home run in the championship game. Boy, was he excited!
Trevor just finished playing tackle football. He is a great player and really enjoyed playing this year. Roberts team has one more game and then they will go to the playoffs. His team is undefeated. It has been very time consuming to get both boys to all of their practices and games each week. Sometimes I feel like all I do is run people everywhere. Thank goodness football is almost over.
The guys returned from elk hunting today. They didn't get an elk this year, but it sounds like they had alot of fun anyway. They can't stop talking about it. I think they just enjoy getting away. Aleena and I enjoyed a quiet weekend alone. Friday night we went to our Relief Society Fabulous Friday and made some fun crafts. Shantel, Jayden, Amanda and Kaylee came to hang out with us also. On Saturday I bottled applesauce while I watched Jayden. He was very intrigued by the victorian juicer and how applesauce came out of it. We also completed a 500 piece puzzle. Now we are working on a 1000 piece puzzle. It may take us awhile to complete.
This Friday we are excited to go to Shantels LPN graduation. Next May she will graduate again with her RN. We are so proud of her for accomplishing this.

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Slide Show

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More to come!!!