Almaraz Clan

Braxton's first day of preschool!!!

2009-09-15T23:19:00.001-07:00

Braxton was getting mad, cause there was some boys playing behind me and he wanted to go play with them but I was being a mean mom and made him take some pictures of his first day of school outfit...

Braxton picked out his new backpack for school. He loves Cars!!!

Waiting for his bus to come pick him up to take him to school!!!

Braxton going to school on the school bus!!!

2009-08-12T13:44:00.000-07:00

Coupon Party!!!

Friday August 21st at 7pm-9ish... its like a class, not an open house, so you will wanna make it to the whole thing... hope to see you all there....please no kiddos as there will be way too many people there... my house is not very big!!! its at my house... (andrea, its the one i have lived in forever... the trailer by my moms house...) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1535677408#/photo.php?pid=537570&id=1443513227&ref=nf ... that is a link to an example of what one girl bought since going to the class... using coupons... i love coupons!!!

coupon party...

2009-08-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

ok as all of you know i got a new job... i had to move the coupon party to a different day. The lady who did the party i went to at my friends house was booked until september 17... i dont know about you but i dont wanna wait that long... so her friend does the exact same thing... they share the same blogspot... so she said she has some openings next week. i dont know my work schedule yet for next week, but i will definatly let you all know when i set the date... sorry and i hope you all read this before coming all the way down to my house for nothing... love ya all and hope to see you at the party!!! i will keep you all posted!!!

I gotta New Job!!!!

2009-07-23T11:54:00.000-07:00

The title says it all!!! I gotta new job!!! I work at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. I used to work in housekeeping in the cafeteria, but now I will be a PCA on the Medical/Oncology Unit!!! I am so excited to start.... I start on Tuesday!!! Wish me luck... I will work from 6 pm til 6 am. So I probably wont post for a while as I will have turned into a Zombie!!!

Sad Day...

2009-07-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

sad... its so sad when you go through all the trouble to make a really cute post, and NO ONE comments on it... sad day... oh well...

2009-07-10T14:45:00.000-07:00

If you haven't noticed... I am trying to catch up on all the fun things we have done... so I might post a couple of times each day till I am all caught up.

Fun at the zoo!!!

Aunt Cynthia invited me and the boys and my sister Angel and her son Jayson and my mom. We had a great day! Although it rained a little throughout the day, we were blessed because on our car ride home it was pouring rain... perfect timing! Here are some cute pictures from our trip!

2009-07-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

Air Force Air Show. 2009

We went to the Air Show in I want to say June. We went with Braxton and Braiden's cousins on Oscars side of the family. We had so much fun!!! The boys absolutly love planes so this was so exciting for them to see the planes and jets so close to them! About half way into the air show, a major hail storm came through and lasted about 5 mins. It was so powerful that we couldn't really even move!!!

Me, Braxton and Braiden in one of the large air force planes. It was so hot and crowded in there.
And I guess I better show some pictures of the jets since that's the whole purpose of this blog!!!

2009-07-10T10:20:00.000-07:00

ok, same old opening!!! I haven't blogged for a while... I just need to get involved more and figure it out more!!! Well lastnight I went to my friend Ciji's house... she had whats called a coupon party. I thought I knew how to use coupons and pricematch. The best I ever did was buy $300.00 worth of groceries for $150.00, I thought that was pretty darn good! Well come to find out... she can get $650.00 worth of groceries for around $57.00 yep that is no typo... $57.00. And she even shops at Albertson's and shows us all her receipts for proof! So that is going to be my new hobby!!!

Oh by the way if any one reads this or whatever... I am having a coupon party of my own to show all the people I love how to save that much money... So if you wanna come you all know where I live... you can invite your friends if you want... Its all free... no gimmicks... you dont have to buy anything... all you need to save money is a her knowledge and a newspaper subscription... so if you have one great if not you can get signed up at the party if you want... if you dont want to thats totally fine too... there will be yummy snacks and a fun girls night (like 2 hours)!!! So come prepared to save your family a couple hundred dollars a month!!!

The party will be at my house on Friday August 7th at 7pm. please no children as there will be a lot of people coming... Hope to see you there....

2009-05-06T01:14:00.000-07:00

well i got a lecture from my sister Angel today for not blogging in two months... so here I am. I am going to go on the Lemonade Diet so I can detox my body... Plus loose weight. so I will track my progress here... maybe for more motivation. Cause I cant eat anything or drink anything except for a special kind of lemonade. I wont be starting this until monday cause I dont wanna miss out on all the wonderful Mother's Day food!

2009-02-27T00:52:00.001-08:00

100 Truths...

01. Real name - Heather
02. Nickname(s)- Harry, Mama, Calabasa
03. Zodiac sign - Pisces
04. Male or female - Female
05. Elementary - Westridge
06. Middle School - Dixon Middle
07. High School - Provo High
08. Hair color- Chocolate Brown
09. Long or short - Long-er...I am sick of short hair!!!
10. Loud or Quiet - I guess mostly quiet...
11. Sweats or Jeans - I LOVE wearing jeans!!!
12. Phone or Camera - camera...pictures last forever
13. Health freak - Not at all, I love food and all food!!! And if I go a day without my Cola you dont wanna cross my path!!!
14. Drink or Smoke? - YUCK!! I HATE the smell of smoke more than anything and drinking is pointless
15. Do you have a crush on someone? Yes... My hubby Oscar!!!
16. Eat or Drink - Drink=if its coke or rootbeer. and eat=pretty much anything
17. Piercings - one in each ear
18. Tattoos - none, but someone I know does and I don't think they're that bad unless your covered in them
FIRSTS:
19. First piercing - I was a baby
20. First best friend - Ashley Alder
21. First award - I have no idea
22. First crush - Dante Diagostini, he was a real babe in 5th grade!!!
22. First pet - My dog Tausha, she was an awesome dog who always chewed up all my friends shoes when they came over to jump on the trampoline!!!
23. First big vacation - I remember always going to the lakes with the Crofts.
24. First big birthday-I dont remember.
FAVORITES:
25. Favorite Color – Purple
26. Favorite Movie – Fire Proof
27. Favorite Place – At home with my family!!!
28. Favorite Book – I dont like to read.
29. Upcoming Movie – I'm way behind on movies...No idea!
30. Upcoming Activity – a day off!!
31. Something in March – Braxton turns 3!!!
32. Something in April – Easter Jeep Safari!!!
33. Something in May – Braiden turns 2!!!
34. Something in June - hopefully camping!
35. Something in July - Goold family reunion and Levie family reunion!!
36. Somethin in August- just another month!!
37. Something in September -Oscar and I will have been married for 4 years!!!
38. Something in October- Halloween and Oscars birthday!
39. Something in November- Thanksgiving Dinner, and the Day after thanksgiving sales!!!
40. Something in December- Christmas!!
PEOPLE:
41. Mom - Mary
42. Dad - Ron
43. Step- None
44. Siblings - Angel and Travis
45. Siginciant Other - Oscar
46. Best Friend – Oscar
47. Others deserving recognition: You!
48. Idol – unknown
49. Celebrity Crush – Ashton Kutcher
CURRENTLY:
50. Eating → nothing
51. Drinking → nothing
52. Listening to → Ace of Cakes(food channel) in the background.
53. Plans for tomorrow → finally a freaking day off, and my BIRTHDAY!!!
54. Waiting for → school to be over and me to pass my state boards.
55. Wishing for --- My kids to grow up and be sucessful and happy in life
56. Craving – Chinese food.
57. Want kids? → I have 2 boys and would love a girl!
58. Want to get married? → NO WAY, I already am!!!
59. Careers in mind → Ultrasound technician, Mother baby nurse, Labor and Delivery Nurse.
60. Place to live – California, St. George
61. Vehicle – Saturn Vue
62. Pets- 3 dogs, but only 1 is mine.
63. Fame- ?
64. Plans – Move far away!!! Graduate Med school, be a great mom the rest of my life!!!
65. Children's names – Braxton, Braiden
66. Husband/wife – Oscar
WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY?
67. Lips or eyes → Oscars big brown eyes are to die for!!!
68. Shorter or taller? → taller than me
69. Romantic or spontaneous -no, not at all. :(
70. Nice stomach or nice arms → I would have to say his arms!
71. Sensitive or loud → sensitive, loud people get on mine and my husbands nerves
72. Hook-up or relationship → What is this a trick question or something???
73. Trouble maker or hesitant → Thats just stupid...
74. Hair color→ Chocolate Brown
HAVE YOU EVER:
75. Lost glasses/contacts - no
76. Ran away from home - Yeah it only lasted a couple of hours though.
77. Held a gun/knife for self defense - no
78. Killed somebody - only on video games
79. Broken someone's heart - Yeah a guy(my boyfriend at the time) went all out to ask me to prom and I broke up with him in front of everyone at the end of him asking me to prom.
80. Had your heart broke - yeah but it was my fault.
81. Been Toilet Papering- yeah, and the mother of our guy friend TOLD us to toilet paper their house and even supplied the toilet paper.
82. Stayed up all night - yeah before i was married or a mom. now you go to sleep as soon as the kids do in able to get any sleep at all!!!
83. Been Skydiving - no but i would love to!!!
84. Been arrested - no, hope i never do either.
85. Been convicted – no
86. Cried when someone died-no
87.Eaten something off the floor - no
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
88. Yourself - of course look at who I got to marry me
89. Miracles - i dont know yet.
90. Love at first sight - not likely
91. Heaven - yes
92. Hell -- yes
93. Santa Claus - YES! Why do you ask??
94. Sex on the first date - Only on first dates after marriage
95. Kiss on the first date - guess so...didn't have much of a choice on that one...thanks mike
96. Magic -- Of course...ever been to Disneyland
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
97. Is there one person you want to be with right now? Yes
98. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life? Life is monotonous...But I wouldn't change it...
99. Do you believe in God - yes
100 Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people

2008-12-31T14:38:00.000-08:00

This is Braiden this summer, I love this picture of him and a turtle we found at a pond.
Here is Braxton this summer. One of the only good pictures I can get of him, he hates his picture taken!
The two brothers posing!
My Chunky Monkey!!! Dont you just wanna pinch those precious cheeks!!!
Here I am again... about a month later... so much has happened!!! I got accepted into medical school! My husband got laid off from his job... I have been taking my son to the doctors it seems like non stop, they think Braxton might have autism. And of course just trying to get through the holidays. It has been hard trying to deal with the fact that my son might have autism, but the Lord has given us our challenges in life, and my mother told me that He only gives challenges to those who can handle it... It will be extremely hard to cope with but non the less he is still my son and I love him with all my heart. We had a great Christmas and Santa came and visited my children and our house and then again at Grandma Mary's house!!! Hope everyone had a happy holiday season and a great new year!! One of my New Years resolutions is to Blog more!!! But with all the doctor's appointments and Medical school and working at the hospital we will see how much time I actually have to blog!!!

Puppies

2008-11-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

This has been a fun experience! I dont know if any of you knew, but our boxer had 6 puppies! This past 3 months with the puppies has had its ups and downs. The puppies are so cute and playful, but they POOP! I hate doggy poop!! We have finally sold 4 of them which all you math wizes out there would know that that leaves us with 2 more... Anyone wanna buy a cute little puppy!!! I have almost got them house trained through a doggy door!

You know your a redneck...

2008-11-21T10:20:00.000-08:00

You know your a redneck when you cant even figure out how to use the stupid computer to make your blog spot look as neat as all your family members blog spots. If any of you even read my stupid blogs would you please give me some advice... I haven't figured out how to follow other bloggers, I dont know how to post pictures up here and I just am having the hardest time trying to get anything on here. Oh and Sarah I cant figure out how you got your playlist on your blog spot... So if anyone out there reads these pathetic posts... bear with me and PLEASE help!!!

First Post!!!

2008-10-30T14:28:00.000-07:00

Ok everyone, I have been a huge fan of all your posts. Now its my turn to get out there and post my family pictures up. I will take a while to get used to this site so bear with me.