2009 in PICTURES!

We have had an amazing year. 2009 was full of so many memories for us. It was an incredible year for our family! Here we are from Jan thru Dec 2009!!!!

January: Snow!!!!

February: Valentine's Day Party at Preschool!February: Jazmyn and Daddy visiting with Uncle Javier in Texas while mommy was in Dallas with Beauticontrol's Leadership Conference!Brain surgery March 20thApril: Easter MorningMay 1st: My mom at her Director promotion party! May: Motivation: Breaking the Boards with Passion and Purpose!! We can soar thru anything we set our minds to!June: Annie's National Team's Mustang Celebration!

July's Annual Family Reunion in Indiana. Even the kids play cards in this family!!!July/August: Celebration in Dallas with my mom, sister and our incredible team of zebra's!!!

August:Visiting Carol and Elaine during their trip to Branson! What a great time Jazmyn had with her Aunts totally devoted to HER! Look at that grin!September: Earned success! Exclusive dinner atop The Skies Restaurant in KC.

September: Play time at the park with "Bubby and sissies".

October: My big girl just before her 3rd surgery for ear tubes! Hopefully the third time is the charm!!!

October: a week after surgery...ready to go trick or treating!!!! No more ear infections..woohoo! My beautiful baby girl is growing up fast!

December 21st...Chad, his wife Linh, mother in law Thu, and son Walter arrive in the USA!

Christmas Eve: What a spectacular Christmas we had! Our house was full of love! Everyone was home for Christmas including 10 of Chad's students whom are currently studying in Oklahoma. Have an amazing 2010! Count your blessings daily and pay it forward every chance you get! God Bless You!

All I want for Christmas is my FRONT TOOTH!

About 2 weeks ago Jazmyn had a loose tooth. We had just gone to church and were in the car on the way home and Jazzy told me, "mommy my tooth really hurts, I think I need to go to the Dentist." So I told her when we got home I would take a look at it. Well she didn't need a Dentist...she just had an extremely loose tooth and it was loose all of a sudden! She wiggled it ALL day long but insisted that I could NOT pull it. About half way through the day her tooth was sticking straight out the front of her mouth and finally she turned to me and said, "Mommy, just pull it now!" I took one slight tug and it was OUT! She was sooo excited....Jumping up and down and skipping all the way to the bathroom where all of a sudden I hear a VERY LOUD Screeching SCREAM........AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I of course ran to her as quickly as I could only to figure out that the mere sight of blood was terrifying her. Let me remind you...she skipped rather joyfully to the bathroom only moments before....so I knew she wasn't hurting. It took a second but I was able to console her and convince her that what she was seeing was normal and it was supposed to happen like that....lol! After a few minutes she was ready to call EVERYONE to tell them that she was so grown up now because she had lost a tooth! She had a solid week of SMILING as big as possible so everyone could see her treasured smile!!!! Waat a sweetheart~!

Later that night, Jazmyn wrote the tooth fairy a note (in her very own words) and we left the tooth and note under her pillow for the night. I was hoping that this would help with the whole..."not coming to mommy and daddy's bed at 3 am" thing...but....I guess she decided the tooth fairy would find her tooth no matter where she was sleeping! Here are a few pictures, you can enlarge them to see up close! She was quite proud of this day as she should be!!!! I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast!

My little princess!!!!

She woke up to a very shiny glitter filled bed, glitter in her hair and on her pillow, her tooth (so mommy could keep the first one of course)....and a special glitter filled note. Do other mom's keep their kids' teeth...hmmm.....or am I a little obsessive and cant' turn loose of my baby.....?

O well...... :)

We hope each and everyone of you have a fabulous Christmas with those you love. We are looking forward to Chad, Linh, Thu, and WALTER being home soon. Their original flight plans changed as they got to the airport in Hanoi last week only to have Walter's access denied. Hopefully all is fixed and we see them in about 36 hours! I can't wait to snuggle with Walter! He is such a cute little guy!

Merry Christmas With Love,

The Marimon's

Walter will be here in 4 DAYS!!!!!

Sorry I haven't updated this blog in a month...busy time of year for us all! I just wanted to write real quick tonight to share exciting news.

It is finally happening! My sweet little nephew (well...not too little anymore) will be "home" in 4 short days! He is now 6 months old and weighing in at just over 23 pounds!!! He is a whopper! He is so extremely handsome too. I have to say he is the cutest little boy I have ever seen!!!!! Chad, his wife Linh, her mom Thu, and Walter will be arriving in the country this coming Tuesday night! I can't wait to get my arms around this sweet little guy! Here are some recent pictures of him.

Hanging out with daddy with College Basketball! Teaching him early! Too precious!

This is such a sweet picture.


The Staredown!

Everything here at our house is good. We are anxiously awaiting our soon arriving company! Jaz's preschool is going great. She gets out next week for Christmas break. We plan to spend as much time as possible with Chad and the family. We have to soak up every minute we possibly can with Walter...he may be 5 years old before we see him again! :(

Mom and I just got back from Nashville from Director Summit with Beauticontrol. I will have pictures up sometime in the next week or two. It was an amazing experience and one that I can't wait to share with our team! 2010 has so much to offer us! Pictures and story to come soon!

It is late and I am heading to bed. Jaz is snuggling with daddy and is almost asleep! Night all! Have a great weekend!

Busy Preschool Week!

Wow.....what a couple of busy weeks we have had around here! Jazmyn is absolutely loving preschool. Two weeks ago she had a very FULL week at preschool! Monday was Jazmyn's sharing day. She chose to bring her Froggies that my friend Leslie got her for her birthday....which are named Ryan and Bryan. She had a great time telling her classmates all about them and getting to feed them while they were there. Here they are on the table as Jazmyn shares (they are in a tiny square glass maintenance free habitat). On Wednesday she had a visit from some local fireman. They came and showed the class what to do in case of a fire and also taught them to not be fearful of a fireman coming to help them. It was quite fun, as one of the firemen has a son in Jaz's preschool and both his mom and dad were classmates of mine in high school. I was very pleased with this day. Hopefully we will never need to use the "tools" we learned this day but just in case I am glad Jazmyn will have a head's up! I can totally see how a child could be fearful of a fireman with all of his gear on. Ryan, the fireman here, looked 3 times his actual size and was quite "scary" if you were a youngster!

On Friday, Jazmyn had a very special day with Papa! It was grandparents day at preschool! Papa came up and spent the afternoon with Jazzy singing songs, eating snacks, and hearing all about why grandparents are so special!!! Jazmyn also wore a very special pearl necklace for this special day that once belonged to her Granny! I am very impressed with Jazmyn's love for her family and wanting to learn more about those parts of her family that she has never even met before. She knows so much about her Granny (Papa's mom) and talks about her quite often even though she passed away years ago. What a sweet little girl!

On Sunday, we had our very first Preschool Sunday of the Year! This is where all of the Preschool classes get together to sing praises on Sunday morning for Jesus and their families! It is always a special day.....and guess what...JAZMYN SMILED AND SANG THIS TIME!!! She really sang loud and beautifully! We are still working on the hand motions however....but baby steps!! Here she is at church...she is in the back row wearing teal and white stripes! Jazmyn's best friend this year is the little boy that is two kids to her left. They did a fantastic job!

As many of you know, Jazmyn had tubes in this past week and did wonderfully. She was smiling all the way out of the hospital and all the way home. Her ears finally feel great and we have a hopeful future of NO MORE surgeries ahead of us!!

Halloweeen pictures to follow....next week! Have an amazing week!!

Spa Night for our Family!

For the past several months, Jazmyn has been SPA'ing me with hopes of spaing the entire family soon! Tonight was that special night at our house as Jeovany and I were spa'ed by our little princess! It was quite a fun first! It started with Jazmyn "pampering" mommy from head to toe, including foot massage, warm socks, arm and hand massages, head tingler massage, warm neck wrap, and lots of love!

Then it was mommy's turn to return the favor! Jazmyn had the complete head to toe treatment also! She loved every second of it, as any woman would...lol! How cute is this picture!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!! Check out those eye pads!!..... I was afraid our Beauticontrol Nourishing Eye pads would irritate Jazmyn's eyes so I used Viva Paper towels...that I cut into circles and saturated with water....shhhh... mumz the word....she had NO idea!!!

We are all overcoming flu this past week so I thought it would be a great idea for mommy to enjoy her faithful never failing "Detox" mask. However, tonight EVERYONE wanted to detox!!! So DETOX we did!!!! It is such a gentle but hard working mask that it was even fantastic for Jazmyn's sensitive skin! What a great testimony for BC!!!! Jazmyn enjoyed "painting" all of our faces up and then of course posing for the camera as a family! What an awesome night we had! Thanks Jazmyn!! Bam-ma and Papa....by the way....YOU are next!

This month end marks a very special time in our BC business. Mom and I are once again eager to advance in our business world! NOVEMBER 1st Mama goes into 6 months of what is called the MUSTANG leadership program. Basically this means....in 6 months with some hard work, a "stop at NOTHING" mentality, sincere determination, a willing heart, an unbelievable team, and an ever Faithful Jesus...MAMA (and I) will be driving a brand new 2010 MUSTANG free and clear no strings attached!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!! Also on the same date...I will promote up as a unit DIRECTOR on my way to earning my team's MUSTANG and many other honors!

Mom and Dad are leaving in a few short weeks for Hawaii (another earned BC Complimentary trip) for a week! They are looking forward to the time of their lives! 6 months....and Jeovany, Jazmyn and I will be off to DISNEY WORLD!!!!!! Wow, what an awesome j.o.b. we have!

Have a fabulous weekend! Remember to take some time to PAMPER YOU and YOUR FAMILY! You all deserve it!

Next post (to follow this week sometime) Jazmyn's busy week at preschool....Grandparents Day with Papa, Singing for Preschool Sunday, and a Visit from a local fireman! Stay tuned......

Teddy Bear Picnic & First Field Trip!

There have been many fun memories the past 2 weeks at preschool! The first was a "first" for the school.... a "Teddy Bear Picnic". Have any of you read the book The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy? It is such a sweet book where all of the bears gather in the woods for a picnic! Well, that was the plan at preschool...an outside picnic under the big trees. However, it rained on our special day so we had to make do with an indoor picnic! We still had a great time. All of the children got to bring along their favorite SPECIAL Teddy bear. I was very pleased with Jazmyn's choice. She chose one that I used to play with when I was a little girl. She brought her Great Grandma Helen's big white fluffy bear and she has since named her "Helen Walter" after both of her grandparents! She loves to hear stories about her family that she has never met and talks about them often just as if they were in her everyday life! I'm sure her Great Grandma was looking down on her with a smile that day!

It was a great day together at preschool. Mommy, Daddy and "Bam-ma" all got to join in on the fun!

Here she is with her teacher, Mrs. Lucy and "Helen".

The following week we had our first field trip of the school year! It was to a local farm. We had a hayride and learned about all sorts of things: farm machinery, how corn grows, a few historical markers along the ride, and we even saw some wildlife in the woods!

Here's Jazmyn shucking corn, (well actually just holding the corn that mommy shucked for her!) She wasn't so sure she liked the "yucky brown stuff" on the corn and she was squeamish about the occasional bug! But I did manage to get one picture of her touching the corn! Yep, that's my girly girl!

We even got to feed the CATFISH! The pond has been stocked with huge catfish and spoonbill by the conservation dept. We fed them and then caught one while they were eating. This is the kind of fishing I LIKE! They were everywhere and biting like crazy...LOL! The kids enjoyed seeing the fish and then watching them swim away when we let them go!
Here we are all gathered around the campfire! We roasted smores together! Mmmm! We had a terrific afternoon! The kids had a blast!
Now we are looking forward to next week....Wednesday Jaz has snack and is the leader and Friday is Jazzy's sharing day! Looks like we'll be taking the "froggies" to school! Hmmm....another fun week!

"All dressed up!"

What an amazing night we had! Recently, I was chosen to represent Mama's team at our SUCCESS rally! I was featured on a runway event. It was a lot of fun getting my hair and makeup professionally done as well as having clothes chose for me. We had a great time and it was an honor!

I even think Jeovany had a great time!!
Here's Mama and I having a blast together later in the evening at her "12 days of Christmas" table! If you didn't already know the many many reasons WHY I totally LOVE my j.o.b......check out those diamonds mama is wearing!!! We both just earned these this past week!!! BLING BLING!!
Annie and I ! What a blast we had!

Have a wonderful rest of the week! Make every moment count....and don't forget to bless as many others along the way as you can!!!