The Del Valle's

I will be better

2011-10-05T15:43:00.000-07:00

I know that my last post was rather out of order and long seance coming. I will do better to get on and update my love ones of our life's adventures.

I am still in school at Salt Lake Community College. My classes are American history, Humanities, Earth Science, choir, yoga, Math 1050 and Intro to dissablities.

Danny is working at Symantec down in Layton Ut ( I think that is where it is, it is just north of Orum)

Alana is in 3rd grade with Mr. Tresise

Dante is in 1st grade with Mrs. Yen

I am really horid at keeping up with this : o ) and so this is the hole year so far, but rather out of order :P

2011-10-05T15:34:00.000-07:00

Easter morning

Easter at Antelope Island

Easter at Antelope Island sun set with my Auntie

Easter morning

he tryed to kill us, ok he charged my car, but thankfuy missed by inches

Jeremy really loves this stuff

yep he is running from them

Easter at Antelope Island

these are the best!! Raw vegan brownies!

This is what happens when you play with me :P we went to the Color festival.

/dante is throughing chock. Alana and Heather in the background

Heather, Alana, Dante, Kyle, and Jen

One Big happy family

Heather and Kara

I know I am a dork

What mess

Me hiking February

Kelly and her friend

Jake, Kara and Kelly at the end of spring semester

I went and picked up Jake at the end of spring semester and I got to see my good friend Kelly wile I was at BYU-I

At my Aunties office in the early spring

I use these every day! I LOVE my SHOES!!!

I got my new mat in the spring.

Yep that is Bill Nye the Science Guy. September 2011. I went with Jen and some of her school friends

Jake, Kara, Aunt Pammy, Alana and their friend.

spring 2011 Salt Lake City Temple grounds

Alana is doing the squorpian Yoga pose spring 2011

spring 2011

Dante in the spring at Salt Lake City Temple grounds.

Alana's quilt I made for her Byzantium. June 6,2011

I start at Salt Lake Community College tomorrow.

2011-01-09T22:21:00.000-08:00

I am both excited and afraid at the same time. I will be going to College to be a teacher. It will be nice, because then I will have time with the kids on their days off! I am a peraeducator now, so I hope that that will help out in the end for me too! I hope that it all goes well!

This semester I will be taking communication class and 2 different education classes, and yoga (to help balance me out ;) ) I am most looking forward to the Yoga,, because I know what to expect! and because I love the practice of yoga! It will also help with both my weight loss plan, and give me a little peace that I can spred at home. :D I am told that my education classes will be nice. they are back to back with the same teacher, so I wont be rushing all over to find it, and I also only have to learn 3 names. That is good because I am really bad with names. ;) I really have no idea what will happen with my comm. class, though I hope that it will be good and not too difficult!

Dante Should be sleeping.

2010-12-31T23:27:00.000-08:00

But I caught him reading instead of sleeping. It is a sad day when you get into trouble for reading. :P

Cookie Party

2010-12-31T23:20:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun inviting friends over and decorating cookies. :D

Christmas 2010

2010-12-31T22:14:00.001-08:00

Christmas Morning, the kids were very excited about Santa coming!
Santa sent them a letter and shared his cookies with them, because he is trying to cut back on his sweets, and it is nice to share. Though the rain dear ate all the carrots. :)
Dante Helped pass out the gifts. The stairs are form Santa and the kindness brightened our Christmas!
Alana LOVES art, mostly Drawing! This is what she asked Santa for, and her Abella and Abello gave them to her. Thank you.
Dante and Alana went shopping with Jen and got some gifts for us. Nana LOVED her plate. :D
I love Games and I was given this game called Bananagrams. It is a lot of fun to play.
Alana's gifts was to Draw for us. She is really good for only being 7 years old!
This is more art things. Nana Paints and so the kids like to paint with her. Now they have their own paint supplies.
Dante was really excited about his!
Dante getting into his stocking. He was given a snake from the elves that grows in water, just like a book that the kids have, about an alligator.
Dante and Alana in the out fits that their Abella and Abello sent. They loved them SO much! We went over to Aunt Juleen and Unkle Keven's house for a little gift exchange and snack latter in the evening. I had gotten Jen and she joined us. It was really a nice way to spend our Christmas, with friends and family! This was one of the nicest Christmas's I can remember!
Lot's of LOVE!

2010-09-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

I just started at the Kitsap Family YMCA. I am a swim teacher, and soon will be trained as a life gard. I am really excited to join the YMCA's family.

Tubbing in Provo Canion

2010-09-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

Jen, Jake and I had a lot of fun tubbing down the Provo Canion. It was frezzing but we all wanted to go again!!

My Garden

2010-09-27T13:16:00.001-07:00

do to me leaving and not watering the garden this is all I was able to get out of it. Next year it will do better! ^_^

Camoing on May22

2010-09-27T13:10:00.001-07:00

Went camping in Zino's camp on Alana's birthday. It was a lot of fun to be able to play and have cup cakes. The kids really enjoyed it even though it rained us out the final day.

Letter boxing

2010-09-27T13:03:00.001-07:00

we found one at Gardner Village
It was a lot of fun to find this one and we enjoyed to go to the quilt shop and the other little shops with nana

we found this one at a grandfathers fishing park. It is a park that you can take the kids to the pond and fish there, and just on the other side is a fun little play ground. Jen went with us to this one.

Wheeler Historic Farm

2010-09-27T12:58:00.000-07:00

Making home made of Ice cream

2010-09-27T12:54:00.000-07:00

We had some friends over in June and they brought their ice cream maker and let the kids make some. they had a lot of fun!

Copper Mine with Grandpa Neil

2010-09-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Kara

2010-09-26T21:08:00.002-07:00

Aunt Julean never went without her Fresca. ^_^

We had a great time all together.

2010-09-26T21:08:00.001-07:00

Dante riding Spider

2010-09-26T20:43:00.001-07:00

so Dante was playing out in the back yard and when I went to check on him he was on Spider. The rest of the summer when ever we looked in the back Dante was on him. It was rather cute though it skired me at first because Spider isn't broken.

Kite Flying on Pionear Day with Grandma and Grandpa Neil!

2010-09-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

Grandma Neil helped Dante get his Kite down from the roof of the pick-nick area.
Alana helping Grandma Neil with the kite.
Dante was playing in the sprinkler it was a lot of fun to watch him run through the water.
Grandpa Neil with his Dragon Kite.
Alana and Dante flying their kites. All Alana and Dante wanted to do all summer was to fly kites and so we did. though the day that we picked had no wind it was a lot of fun all the same!

4th of July Camping trip

2010-09-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

There was a breakfast and paraid up a little ways in the morning on the 3rd because the 4th landed on a Sunday this year.
It was a lot of fun. any one could be in it and the kids had a blast caching candy. on the way out the kids and I sat in Aunt Julean's truck and people still gave us candy and nutts. What a fun time!
I got the kids $0.97 water battles to keep cool this summer. I think it was the best toy I have ever bought them!
We saw two yearling moose's on our way down the canion it was way cool to see them that close.
the chipmunks were brave little buggers!
Alana putting little Daisey-may to sleep. Soo cute!
just breth taking!

First Day of School at Esquire Hills 2010!!

2010-09-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

Dante on the first day of kindergarten.
His teacher goes by Mrs. V. She is in her 10th year teaching and loves every mint of it! Dante likes her and seems to be doing well in the class! ^_^/
1st day of school. Alana is now in 2nd grade. Her teacher is Mrs. Olp. This is going to be a great year for her. She is very Happy to be there!

Watter Balloon Fight

2010-06-11T19:51:00.000-07:00

it wasn't all that worm out but it wasn't raining and the sun was mostly out. Dante and our friend and Dante's buddy, Tara made plans to have a water balloon fight. so we did, and it was a lot of fun!
clean up.

This is what I found out yesterday.

2010-04-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

A calcaneal spur (or heel spur) is a radiological (X-ray) finding, and when it is located on the inferior aspect of the calcaneus, is often associated with plantar fasciitis and ankylosing spondylitis. A posterior calcaneal spur may also develop on the back of the heel at the insertion of the Achilles tendon.

An inferior calcaneal spur consists of a spike of calcification, which lies superior to the plantar fascia at the insertion of the intrinsic foot musculature onto the calcaneus. Until recently, an inferior calcaneal bone spur was erroneuously thought to develop at the insertion of the plantar fascia. While heel spurs are commonly associated with plantar fasciitis, they are not caused by plantar fasciitis and many people who suffer from plantar fasciitis do not have heel spurs. Oftentimes, inferior heels spurs do not have to be removed as part of the treatment for plantar fasciitis. However, posterior heel spurs are often large and palpable through the skin and may need to be removed as part of the treatment of insertional Achilles tendonitis.

So yes I have this, and it is no fun! When my Dr, Dr Gent went to give me a shot I asked Dante if that meant I get Ice Cream, because when ever the kids have to have them I get them ice cream and he said, "If you get a shot then you get ice cream." He said it so materafactly. rather cute!

Then I asked him if he wanted any and he said, "yes, but I don't want a shot to get it." you should have seen the look on his face!

If you have ever gotten an injection of corticosteroid then you know that they have to move the nedel around a little to spread the corticosteroid. it is very painful and you have to keep still. Well I kept my foot still and moved the rest of me. Not fun at all! Just as i felt the pain tears coming Dr. Gent was done and removed the nedal.

Dante saw my pain and he said, " See mommy? How do you like shots now? It hearts doesn't it? That is why I don't like them. That is why I don't want to get them!"

I wanted to cry from the pain of it all but all I could do was laugh, and so did Dr Gent and his assistant. The shock of Dante's reactoin was priceless, and so unbelievably funny!

Alana's Last Day At Brownsville, befor I put her into Monisory. ( I hope that is was a good decition!)

2010-04-04T21:46:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Holsted was the Best teacher! This is the quilt I made for her class it has all the kids' hands
Alana's good friend Tova
Jayana and Alana and Dante. Her last say was also a Self manager root bear float party.

Hick with the Family

2010-04-04T21:25:00.001-07:00

so we were going to go to this wet lands, but we brought Dobby and so that didn't work out. in the end we drove a little over an hour to get to a nice place only 10 minutes from our house.

Easter 2010

2010-04-04T21:13:00.000-07:00

Ready set GO
finding eggs the Easter Bunny hid
I made the Dress she is wearing. The kids picked out what there Grand parents got them. Thank you!
and it's automatic.

Our friend Ella came with us to the Mommy and me Easter egg hunt at Church.
Dante was told to find 6 eggs and then help the little ones..... I guess he got cared away.
Alana found the GOLDEN EGG

Alana and her friend Ella

2010-03-25T09:44:00.001-07:00

Ella got a play house and so they had the kids come over and help paint it. All Dante could say was "this is awesome!" this was back in Febuary
Alana had a good time painting fish.
on a hick with Ella because it was a nice day yesterday
Great Wolf Lodge
Alana and her friend Ella's Dad in the Elivator

Ella and Alana's room at the Great Wolf Lodge
the arcade area, I made the girls matching pj's
water park "IN" Great Wolf Lodge
under water Alana liked this picture of her
they had a lot of fun!

girls hick

2010-03-25T09:40:00.000-07:00

you can see a cave in the Mountan
the snow got up to our thighs. it was fun, but my feet about killed me as we went down!!!!

this was the coolest thing to me. you should have see how much water I got out of it. I think that it is called a Conck or some thing like that
Kira, Lindsey, and June. I had a blast with them
us stopping for Lunch I was in the best seet
this rock fit me to the T I could have layed there all day and just look out at the water! but then we got crazy and tried for Upper Luna Lake and that is where we ran into lots of SNOW!!!
Lower Luna Lake

The Dentist

2009-11-24T21:16:00.000-08:00

Today I went to get some drugs, and I had to wait so as I was leaving there Dante said that he needed to GO!!! so I was close to my dentist and needed to make an appointment any ways so we went there. Come to find out just at that time one person didn't show and some one had called in to cancel. So, they had us just be a walk in. It was Dante's first visit and Alana's 2nd one (though her first one was just after she turned 3) They did great!! I was getting cleaned wile they were, and they weren't skired at all. Infact they want to go back again. I am sad that I didn't have the camra on me, but it was a great experence for them!! I love Dr Rencher and his team!!(on a sad note well all have cavities :( . Man darn that flos.)

Pumpkin Pach

2009-10-25T21:52:00.000-07:00

We had a great time!
the kids played in the maze

played with Lama's
they liked these one's
Daddy played too

Harvis Hay Day @ Alana's school

2009-10-25T21:07:00.000-07:00

Dante got in trouble so he and I sated home, but Danny and Alana had a blast!

Candy, face painting, painting nail's, game and prizes. Who can ask for any thing more!?!

When the kids read to me 4 books then they get a treat. SO

2009-10-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

After the kids helped make Dinner (mac and chees with hot dogs)
We made Rice Crispie treat's. We used orange frosting that Aunt Julene sent with some Halloween sprinkles. Thank you for the Treats!

glass museum in tacoma

2009-10-21T13:55:00.000-07:00

so I put in the pictures backwards. So you will have to start from the bottom of this blog. On the way Home Jen went to a coffee house and got Dante a Marshmallow milk, and she got me a Cider. Thank you Jen!!

Dante and Kara with the mask that we made at the end of our visit at the museum.
Dante and Jen with the mask that we made at the end of our visit at the museum. It had a native American them though out and so these are our native American mask's.
We got to watch some guy's blow glass. I was really cool to be so up close and see all that they do.
Jen and Dante walking to the museum. they are next to a water fetcher and lights up at night.
Wall of Glass art out side. I think we saw more work out side then in side, and it was all beautiful!!!

this is a celing on the way in. there is so much glass and you could take hours just to look at it all!

Sweet ABC morning!

2009-09-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

I have been taking a little girl, of one of Danny's co-workers, to school for the last week. She comes just a little before 7am and so seance she is still in 1st grade, the kids have a lot of fun with her. We play game's, have breakfast, and they play.Today I came down and Alana and this little girl were playing one particular game, that was both sweet and just made me smile. You see I I finely found a way to trick Alana into reading. Most of you know that for the last 2 years I have been Trying to get Alana to read to me, and then my sister-in-law gave me some collared little marshmallow's. SO I have been giving the kids one little marshmallow every time they read a ward to me. Today when I came down they 2 girls were sprawled on the flore with the flash cards reading to each other.( latter Alana let me know that I owed them 10 marshmallows. ) I just couldn't believe my eye's! MY little girl not only reading but reading voluntarily! I am really excited and THANK YOU Kariann for the marshmallow's!!!!

I lost my camera

2009-09-22T09:47:00.000-07:00

I am sad to say that within the move We lost our camera. We have moved to Bremerton WA. We have a great house and Alana has started 1ts grade. Dante loves to play and do a little bit of reading. Danny loves his new job. We have had his mom and dad visit us, and now his brother. It is nice to see all the family. I will up date again later!

Going to the beach on a hot hot hot day!!!

2009-07-29T18:35:00.001-07:00

Dante and Dobby playing in the sand.
Alana in the water.
He has a hadful of sand.

ready to go.
Dobby ready to go.
down by the bay
on the way to the beach some one was growing a lot of flowers.

CAMPING @ FOURT EBEY with Helen her kids and Eles and her kids. The kids and I had a lot of fun! The funny thing was Fort Ebey is only 5 minits away.

2009-07-29T17:52:00.000-07:00

We all played alltimit frizzbe.
I did Alana and Heather's hair in spiderweb. (as Alana calls it.) It looked really good. Be for I did Alana's hair she had gotten marshmallow in it.
Playing hide and go seek in the dark.
Tim and Dante
Hide and go seek in the dark with every one.
Helen, Vernon, Bonny, Mike and Heather.
this place was made in 1942, used as a gun badery. Heather was waitting to go in and play hide and go seek in the dark.
Dante on a trail.
Helen making dinner
Elese and I make the first fire.
Alana in the camping chair.
Alana by the camp fire spot.
Going to the gunbadery.
Alana on the way to the camp sight.
Getting ready to go in and find the the people who were hiding.
it is beautiful in on this island.
the sign says that Falling may be Deadly. So Please Stay on the Trail. I thought is was funny!!

This is some pic's from around the island were we live. It is SO betuful and I will miss it when we move. When ever that is.......

2009-07-14T21:51:00.000-07:00

Hate to say it but we stole Bella and Jacob's tree from 1st beach and put it on west beach
if you look really hard past Dante you can see mountains that is over by Port Townsan and Port Angules area.
this is my sun set every night. I love all the drift wood that we have!
and this too
Howie caught a crab and the kids are petting it.
they are looking at a sea anenimi (or how ever you spell it!)
this is one still under watter
The star fish was in the hole the kids are looking into.

Alana and her teacher Mrs. Hanson-Walker on the last day of school.
Alana on a rock wall at City Beach Park
Dante on a rock wall at City Beach Park.
Dante, our friends Howie and Rebekah and Alana playing on a seal at City Beach Park
our Dog Dobby on our porch

4th of July was a lot of fun. We had a nice time at a BBQ at a friend from church's house. Then our neighbor had some people over for some fireworks.

2009-07-14T11:26:00.000-07:00

Dante was writing his name
yes, he is trying to light it on fire, he did get a smoke bomb that we thought was out, and yes, that was the end of him trying to light things.

Brother Wright passing out poppers to the kids.
Alana caught the peashooter.