It's June!! (almost)

Hey Dorotha!!!! Your birthday is next week!!! Whew hew! Happy Bday early!!!

Well, it's a new month starting MONDAY! Of course it's the 1st of a new month AND a Monday. So if anyone is starting a new diet or excercise program...June is a good month to start :)
We have had a fun week with the slip and slide this week with Aunt Madi! It's been fun. I don't think we will even put it away! I am sure that thing will break by the end of summer if we keep using it like we have this week.
We are so excited it's summer! Yes...it's REALLY hot, but lots of water keeps it very tolerable and really fun! And when we go out...THANK GOD for our baby bee cool carseat coolers (you guys who have one or have seen ours know what I mean)! How does anyone with little ones make it through the summer without one of those?
Anyway...this is Tyson's last week of ride alongs and Tuesday is his INTERVIEW!!! We are all nervous, anxious and excited here in the Esquibel house! We KNOW he will do great! BUT...let's just hope they like him as much as we do :) I really think he's in, but we are on the edge of our seats awaiting their decision !!
Oh...and I just realized that I haven't even mentioned my garden on here! Geez! This is my first experiance at gardening and I LOVE it! It's so neat to watch things grow that YOU plant. I have tomatoes that will soon be ready to pick, and my corn actually has stalks on it! MY squash is growing well, and our watermelon looks great so far (which I just replanted last week!).
I just planted some okra in a pot and will hopefully soon get my planter box started with all sorts of things. I decided yesterday after seeing an artichoke plant that I WANT one and have a spot that I picked for those! THEN...I want to start herbs in the house and have some hanging planters with bell peppers, zucchinni and strawberries. I still have to research blackberries and rasberries...AND I am hoping to either plant an anna apple tree or peach tree in the near future. I am just way too excited that I can grow things :) Everyone should at least have one pot goin' :) My friend Emily (hey Em!) has a big ol' garden growing and I can't wait to see it and get ideas :) She picked 13 tomatoes the other day! Go Emily!!!
So...I have a feeling this is going to be a good summer and great end of year! We are very blessed and thankful for everything we have! We have wonderful family and friends and are constantly meeting great people! There's not much more we could ask for:)

Summer is here!

This week school lets out and summer is officially here. Talk about hot! It's already 107 degrees!
We plan on a lot of swimming and water play!
The girls are excited for Madi (their aunt-8yrs old) to be out of school for the summer so that they can play! We may hit up Harkins summer movie fun and are going to start a little bible club at Mrs. Pauleene's (my sister Cassidy's mother in law and my moms neighbor).
Tyson is into fire season now. BUT... Hopefully he will be a Peoria Firefighter by the end of summer! His interview is on June 2nd and if he is hired, the academy starts in September. So fingers crossed and pray hard :) There were around 850 applicants and he is one of the about 160 to be interviewed. And hopefully...one of the 5 to get hired. (I personally think he has totally got it, but in time we will know.)
Today is my brother's birthday! Happy Birthday Thomas!!!! Tomorrow is my neighbors bday! Happy bday Meghan! And Cousin Ashlyn's bday is Sunday! Happy Birthday to you too Ash!!
AND....congrats grads!!! Both my cousins Chelsea and Clayton graduated this month. Chelsea from ASU and Clayton from Sandra Day O Conner HS. He is on to Tempe next month for ASU too. Congrats and Good Luck. We love you guys!
June is also a birthday and kind of a holiday month :) Dorotha's bday is the 6th and my step bro Steven is the 10th! And then ....HAPPY FATHERS DAY to my awesome husband and father of MY kiddos...and to my daddy!!! LOVE YOU!!!
Holidays and birthdays are fun! We love spending time with our family. That is what life is all about. We appreciate you all and feel so blessed to have you all around us.

Our NEICE is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay!!! Little Payson Emelia Porter (aka baby pepper) is HERE!!! SHE was born on Sunday 5-3-09 at 9:38am. She is so cute! (newborns don't even do justice to how pretty they turn out to be though. She'll be a knockout, no doubt!) I KNEW it was ganna be a girl! Whew hew!
Now the cousins are balanced on the Porter side :) 3 boys and 3 girls! Blythe and Brynnlee are excited that there is another girl in the family. They keep asking when she is going to grow up like them so that they can play with her.
Here is a picture of her a couple hours old. And there is sure to be many many more to come :)

May 1st

It's already may! Wow! Time flys. We will be getting a brand new neice(or nephew) this month, and we can't wait to meet her(or him! But we REALLY think its a girl). So we are anxiously awaiting another cousin for our girls....ANY day!
This month brings not only Mother's Day, but lots of family and friend birthdays! Starting tomorrow. Happy birthday Rick! Also...happy upcoming birthday to...Robbie, Thomas, baby porter :), Christian, Ashlynn, both neighbors Meghan and Randy, and our friend Chris up in Oregon. Did I miss anyone? Oh...and happy 5th anniversary to my dad and step mom Amber!!!
Summer is fast approaching and the kids can't wait to go swimming and try to hang out with their aunt Madi as much as possible!
Our market is about to have the last one of the season on the 16th. And the city of Peoria has decided to come in and have an auto show of all the dealers in Peoria with their hybrids!! That will be a fun addition to the market!
This year has been so great! We can't wait to see what else God has in store for us. We have been very fortunate! We are so thankful for all the family and friends we have and that we are able to be such a big part of it.