2008 School Pictures

Pictures are back!! Here are updated photos of my very cute boys, oh wait, I guess handsome is a better word now that they are getting older. :-)




Antonio Rafael- 4th Grade
Miguel Tyler- 6th Grade
Diego IV- 10th Grade

Reach out and touch someone?

So, I am not sure if I missed some kind of memo or something about this being like 'National reach out and contact long lost friends week', but it was really wierd that two of my very good friends that I have unfortunately not kept in contact with got in contact with me.

Monday morning, after a week of vacation from work, I was reading through the 150 emails that I had missed at work. One of those emails was from Melanie, my sister-in-law saying that she had updated her facebook and it gave me the link to go see her profile. So I clicked on the link and logged in and I had like 3 new friend requests and a bunch of other stuff. I don't keep up my facebook stuff very often because, truth be known, I don't understand all of it so I just stick with blogger. So I am looking at the new friend requests and lo and behold, my good friend from High School found me. It was Annette. I haven't seen her since my wedding, 16 long years ago. Annette was one of the first people that befriended me at school when my life was totally uprooted. I had my friends at church, but at school it was just Jeremy and I (people actually thought we were dating becuase we were always together :-) ). I was glad to have a friend. I was so glad to hear from her. I am sad that I didn't think to look for her sooner, as we were just there in St. Louis in July and it would have been great to see her.

Then, Monday afternoon, I was checking my blog, (I know, I am way slackin') and I noticed that there was one more comment on the latest post than there was the last time I looked, and when I opened it the new comment was from another very good friend from St. Louis, Laura. She found my blog through Ben's blog, which she found through Kellie Fortner's blog, which she found through Cali Pope's blog. (I don't know Cali, but I know Kellie and she, too, is a good friend that I hope to get back in touch with). It hasn't been quite so long since I have seen Laura, but still, a long time. Laura was in our stake in St. Louis and again, it seemed like no time at all until we were friends. Every now and then I will see something, or hear something that brings back memories, but I never know how to get in touch with people.

I couldn't believe that in one day, I now have the opportunity to re-connect with people who mean a lot to me and who I will never forget.

I hope that maybe through these contacts, more might be found.

Love to all
Darci and Family

I was tagged.........
1. What is your husbands name? Diego Pena III
2. How long did you date before you got married? 7 months
3. How long have you been married? 16 years
4. Where did you meet? At the Glenwood apartments. We both lived there.
5. What is your favorite feature of his? His laugh
6. What is your favorite quality of his? He always makes sure we,as a family, are taken care of
7. Does he have a nickname for you? Darbila (dar-bee-la)
8. What is his favorite color? St. Louis Cardinal colors
9. What is his favorite food? Pretty much any Puerto Rican dish his mom makes.
10. What is his favorite sport? Baseball
11. When and where was your first kiss? Maybe a couple of weeks after we met, up in Provo canyon looking at Bridal Veil Falls
12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Watch our kids excel in life (I know, its cheesy:)
13. Do you have any children? 3 Boys
14. Does he have a hidden talent? If he does, he has kept it hidden :)
15. How old is he? Almost 38
16. Who said "I love you" first? He did.
17. What is his favorite type of music? Latin music
18. Name something odd about him? He HAS to have a fan blowing on him 365 days a year, and the millisecond that the power goes out the fan goes off he wakes up.
19. Do you think he will read this? Yes

I now tag: Everyone who reads this!!!!!!!!!

Books, Books, and more Books

Hey Everyone,

My sister-in-law, Helen, is having a book party, so I thought I would help her out and extend the online invite to all of you. You can go to www.ubah.com/f2478 and go to the window on the right that says Active eShows and click on Helen Fuhriman. There are alot of fun kids activity books as well as reading books.

Thanks
Darci

GO BIG GREEN

Provo High School football!

Gotta love it. Diego is #13. He is a sophomore at PHS and plays D-End (I haven't figured out what that is yet:) )

"You're gonna do what??????"

On Wednesday, Miguel had his first tackle football game of the season. He is playing on the 6th grade team in the UVFL league that is done by Park Sportsmans. He has been playing in this league since 3rd grade.

He came home from the game on Wednesday and looked a bit different than usual.





Evidently, on one of the plays, someones skinny little elbow came barreling through the opening on Miguel's helmet and landed right on his nose. When he took his helmet off, his nose was crooked.
Now, most of you are probably getting ready for a big long emergency room story, well, I don't have one for you. Diego gave Miguel something to bite on, told Antonio to hold Miguel's hands down, and proceeded to 'straighten' his nose out. Popped it back into place, TWICE. Evidently Miguel was not enjoying it, but the story goes that he was a trooper and withstood the pain quite well. Whether or not his nose is actually broken, we don't know, but we are pretty sure it isn't. It evidently didn't bleed profusely on impact, and the bruising really isn't that bad. Needless to say, Diego went out and bought him a guard to put on his helmet.

As my Mom and Dad always said to us growing up: "It'll heal before your married."


Love to all
Darci and Family

Well, it's that time again. School is back in session. My kids are actually really excited this year for a few reasons:

1. Brand new school. Lakeview, the new elementary school in Provo, is about 3 blocks from our house. When they were trying to decide whether or not they were going to build it, my kids' most exciting thought about it was that there would be clean bathrooms. Go Figure.

2. They get to walk to school now instead of the bus. (They didn't like the bus driver).

3. They each have at least one of their 'best' friends in their class. I am not sure as of yet how this will go. I guess only time will tell.

Miguel's teacher, Miss Birkinshaw, was actually in our ward before it was split, so we know her pretty well as a person, and as a teacher she seems like she is going to be fun for the kids. She is upbeat and energetic. Of course, it seems to me that that should be a prerequisite for someone wanting to teach sixth graders. Good Luck Miss B.

Antonio has team teachers, Miss Hafen and Miss Terry. We met them and they, too, seem like they are going to be great. The room decorations are not your typical classroom ABC's and 123's. If their imagination in teaching is as good as the room decor, we are in good hands. I think they will be great.

With the school split, the kids are going to miss their friends who will be staying at Westridge, but they look forward to meeting new friends that are coming in from Grandview and Amelia Earhart.


Love to all
Darci and Family