Melissa Basua

Last night for Family Home Evening we made our annual Thankful Turkeys. I love this tradition. I love to look back and see how they have grown. I love to hear what they are thankful for! This year is no exception! Nik is thankful for Food, Air Conditioning, Indoor Plumbing and Water. This is Britain’s …

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All the girls’ games finished today. It was a beautiful day! Tori is happy to be done though she will miss the after game treats!! Tori won a gift card to Target for selling chocolates! She is pretty happy! Michael! Always happy to have this kid around!! Ariana is sad the season is coming to …

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Nik had his last game yesterday. It was against Hueneme High School. They have had a hard year this year. It was a big win for CI! Final score was 43-6. It was a fun game to watch! Though I did feel bad for Hueneme. But their fans and players were amazing! They never gave …

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I never know what pictures will be on my phone! They do love to fill up my phone! I don’t complain!!  

Adam and Ammon drove down to Pasadena for Ammon’s flag football state tournament. They didn’t do very good, losing the first game, but came back and won the second. Unfortunantly they were done! Ammon did get to eat at a few yummy places Adam has heard about and spent a lot of good time with …

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Ammon’s troop had a Court Of Honor tonight!. Ammon has been working hard and earned 5 merit badges! He needs 21 to get his Eagle, he already has 8 so he is doing great!  

Tori brought home all her school Halloween creations on Friday! I love kindergarten!! It is so fun! She had all kinds of fun facts about pumpkins, bats and leaves as she showed me her art! Kalixta is in a little buddy mentoring program and goes to Tori’s classroom once a week. They do crafts or …

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All week the forecasts said it would rain Halloween night so we were prepared to go Trick-or-treating in the rain. Lucky for us the rain started at 10pm! Perfect timing! Saturday was a typical soccer Saturday with our family going in 5 different directions. I woke up to pouring rain and thought everything would be …

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Zoe and her bff were Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum! Their costumes turned out so cute!! The girls went to a Halloween party in Camarillo with their seminary class! Ammon had a hard time deciding and was going to go as a football player again! Then we came up with this costume! Love it! Ammon …

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My favorite school day is crazy hair day! The kids always have the own ideas about what they want. Britain wanted poof! Ammon didn’t know but liked the results! Kalixta looked great! Ariana loved her hair! Tori rocked her hair do! Kalixta was awarded the Peace Builder award this week! So proud of  her!