Familia Cedeño

Hello friends! It's that time of year again! Lots of special occasions to celebrate. I am especially grateful that we have been blessed to be in Utah where our immediate family resides. It has been so fun to share all this time with them and make more memories. This past Halloween we were able to take Samuel trick-or-treating. Samuel absolutely LOVED it! It was so fun to see him get so excited about it.       We also spent Thanksgiving at my Mom's house this year and we had Roberto's mom join us along with her husband, Roberto's two brothers and sister. Good food and company as always.   Roberto has been loving his internship and it is coming to a close very soon! We are excited to find out what will happen after it's over. There is a good probability that he will be kept longer for another internship until the project that he is working on is completed. The best outcome would be for him to be hired on. He really loves working for the church a...

Our little boy Samuel is a mellow child; most of the time, he just goes with the flow. Now that he is 21 months old and trying his best to communicate with us, it is not uncommon for him to become frustrated, which brings me to my story. It was a beautiful sunny day, the sky was blue, filled with clouds and there was a crisp fall breeze. We were at a park with a few friends from the neighborhood. Samuel was at the playground and spotted another child's tricycle (the kind that has an extension of a handle bar for an adult to push it). Having an obsession with pushing things around, Samuel could not help himself and ran towards it.  I received the "OK" from the mother of the child to which the tricycle belonged to and I began to follow Samuel. Time passed on and Samuel continued to play with this toy until the time came to return home for dinner. We had walked to the park with a friend who lives in the same complex and has a toddler of her own. I had agreed with her to ...

I had a very interesting experience last night and I just had to write about it. For the first time in a very long time, I had a conversation with a person not of my faith. For the most part it was fine, I tried my best to let him know of my personal experiences and testimony and I didn't feel overly defensive or threatened by what he said. Even so, it still caused me great sadness because he didn't really care about what I had to say. It was as if he was having the conversation simply to tell me of all the flaws of my beliefs and just prove that I was wrong. I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I always have been. I find peace and joy in living the gospel or in other words, living the lifestyle I have because of what I believe. The person I spoke with believes that the true meaning of life can be found in science and that there really is no purpose in being other than to just live as you see fit. He didn't really tell me much of what h...

YAY!! I'm finally writing again! So, where did I leave you hanging? Oh yeah, back in June we were in Rexburg and Roberto was  looking for an internship and we were thinking, what's going to happen? Luckily for us, in the beginning of July Roberto received a phone call, got an interview and just 2 days later, got the internship! :D The fourth of July was great! We went to Rigby Lake with friends and FINALLY went  to Idaho Falls and saw their fireworks, it was worth it. At the fireworks show! Roberto graduated from BYU-Idaho on July 21st 2012. Both sides of the family were able to be there with us to celebrate this great accomplishment. I am incredibly happy for Roberto, he has come so far and still has so much potential. Soon after graduation, we began packing our things for the move. At the same time, I was packing my bags for a trip of my own! I was headed to Dallas, Texas for my Mary Kay Seminar! I was gone for about 5 days and...

So today I want to write a little about my journey as a business owner. As most of you know, I run an independent business through Mary Kay. Please understand that what I write is simply my experience and not a review about whether or not this business is right for anyone. Please, do NOT judge. When I first joined, 8 months ago, I simply did because I wanted something else to focus on while I raise my family. I also wanted to challenge and stretch myself, to cross uncharted waters, and do something that I naturally wouldn't. Sounds crazy, right? Well, call me crazy, but I think if I'm going to learn anything, I have to DO something about it. As I have done more with my business I find myself loving it more and more. Now I'm not going to sugar coat this for you, because the world calls me a salesperson, but all that I have been through that people classify as "hard", to me has been worth it. The more I experience a disappointment, the better I will be able to h...

Define friend please. What does this word mean to you? What do you expect from a person who you call friend? What does it mean to you to be a true friend?  I am convinced that everyone yearns for friendship, whether they admit it or not. I'm sure you can think back to the time when you were 4 and making friends seemed as easy as pie. You know, when nobody cared about the superficial things and you could just play carefree.  Of course it is still possible to have friends as an adult, but it seems to take a little more effort on both sides of the friendship. Then again, things only get complicated when you decide they are. Oh, what am I trying to say?  It seems like now that I am an adult, wife, mother, I don't expect the same type of friendship relationship that I had when I was younger. Not that I don't think it's important or that it can't be done, but I think that life is just different now. We all have responsibilities, things need to be done, etc....

Another semester had ended for Roberto and he triumphed with all A's. We packed our car and left to see our loved ones in Utah. Samuel had fun finding plastic eggs in the backyard.  I practiced my baking skills so everyone could have cookies on Easter.  And it ended with our precious child catching a virus and having a fever that went up to 106 one day. When we got back home, all Samuel wanted to do was this: This was the first time Samuel had ever gotten sick like this, with fever and all. I'm not going to lie, the first couple of days my heart was broken, and I couldn't believe how much it bothered me. I'd never seen him so clingy and lethargic, ever. Around the same time we got home, I was coming down with something too. It was just a head cold, but it was a pain to have it at the same time that this was going on. Roberto was kind and made some homemade chicken noodle soup for us the night we got home. :) I love him. Now, I'm glad to s...

Hello! Take a look at these. This is a picture of the first successful batch of chocolate chip cookies (as far as I know) that I made completely on my own. They were GOOD. Now if you know me, you'll know that I don't bake. Not naturally. I don't get these sudden urges to just bake like some do. If by some miracle I do, it's because Roberto is begging. Anyway, a couple months back, a friend of mine (who LOVES to bake) and I decided that we would get together and bake. I'm so glad we did. :) After all this time, I have come to realize that my attitude towards baking changed because I actually chose to do it and came to appreciate it. (Don't worry I'm not going to get caught up on cookies, this is where I stop talking about cookies) My point is, there are plenty of things that I naturally don't like doing, or don't consider myself good at. I think a lot of times we stop ourselves from doing things just because it's not what we're into or we don...

About two weeks ago Roberto needed a haircut. The last time he got his haircut, we decided that I would cut it the next time, since I figured it wouldn't be so hard to do it at home. So I watched very attentively when his hair was cut last time so I could at least have an idea of what I was going to do. Now you have to understand that I used cutting shears not clippers. So it took a lot more effort and time than it would have just using clippers. So the day finally came and I cut his hair. It turned out a lot better than I anticipated. Roberto was okay with going to school the next day, so I knew it was fine. (Sorry I didn't take pictures :( ) What I didn't think about was how the hair was going to get EVERYWHERE. Afterwards, our clothes were covered with hair. The next day I thought to myself, maybe I'll just put them in the washing machine and the hair will go away? HA! Do NOT make this mistake. I didn't have my head on straight. I was left with clothes that still...

Christmas. Last year it was spent with our beloved family in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christmas morning, Samuel and I were the first ones awake. We went upstairs and opened up some of his presents while everyone else lay asleep. Seems kind of selfish I know, but hey it wasn't that early and he was ready! A little later the rest of the family joined us since one of Samuel's presents made noise and eventually woke them up. Here are some pictures of his first real Christmas. It was so fun to watch him. I can't wait for this year's Christmas when he's more into it. Our cutie pie Love these grins! Yeah, I ripped that open, not him His nifty Sunday suit His first Christmas pj's Toys of course This smile is priceless We also had Christmas dinner with both families at my parents' place. On Christmas Eve, we spent it with my parents and made Gingerbread houses (graham cracker style) for the first time ever! (Yeah we're Hispanic) Roberto even made a car. It w...

Hello again!! It's almost the end of January and here I am about to post about the middle of December. Yeah, life is that good. :D So our little man Samuel turned a year old this past December and we had a great time celebrating. Since his birthday landed on a Saturday and was right after Roberto was done with his semester of school, we decided we would have his official birthday party in Utah with our family since we were planning on being there for Christmas. But we live in Idaho and have some great friends here as well, so I couldn't just blow them off, I had to give them a chance to party with us too. So we had a get together at our place a week before his actual birthday. Funny thing is, he enjoyed himself a lot more at the pre-birthday party than at the actual big party we had at Utah. He totally dug into his cake at the first party and then at the second party he didn't even touch the cupcake I put in front of him. Roberto ended up just pu...