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Some may ask why our blog is named Solorzano Achievers, it is because as a family we do whatever it takes in order to achieve success!



This is also the name of our homeschool.



Our Blog is all about our family..............


Weekly Bible Verse

"let the peace of God rule in your hearts....and be thankful." Colossians: 3:15

Monday, September 5, 2011

Monday September 5, 2011

"Happy Labor Day"

I miss blogging......

I am disappointed with myself for not keeping up with it like I said I was going to but you know how things go in life.......

I am making a promise to myself to start fresh!

Welcome Back!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tuesday February 15 2011

Day 9 P90X!

Mark started his 1st day of tanning to get ready for the cruise( I got him a unlimited month tanning package for stand-up for Valentine's day)

Phase 2 level 1(me) level 2(mark)

Breakfast: 1 cup low sodium v-8 juice(both)
2 whole wheat waffles
peanut butter
one a day energy vitamin

Lunch: 2 turkey burgers (8oz.protein) (both)
mustard
1 1/2 slices American cheese (me)

1 Banana (me)

Mark works @ 1pm today!


Schooltime: Eme- days of week
Flag
Song: I'm a little Teapot
"Uncle Wiggly and the Birthday Cake" pp.175-183
"Tiger gets stuck" pp.42-43
"The clever mouse" pp.44-45
" How Birds got bright feathers" pp.28-31
Workbook 2 Beginning math pp. 22-28
ABC letters Q,R,S,T repitition A-T

Burgandy-make a word then add the slient E
Long A
Wh
Read Jake's Tale
Workbook 2 first grade words pp. 24 synonyms (same)
pp. 25 antonyms (opposite)
pp. 26 compound words
sentences pp. 28 naming/telling part
pp. 29 begin with capital letter
asking sentences end
with question mark
(Finished workbook!)

Monday, February 14, 2011

Monday February 14 2011

Mark works @ 1pm today!

Lunch: I made Pizzas for lunch.... whole wheat Boboli crust, sauce, olives, turkey pepperoni, and pizza cheese!

Made Valentine Heart Sugar cookies!

Laundry Day! (which Burg in turn says to me "mom you shouldnt' have to do laundry on Valentine's day", my response "then who will do it???".....Someone has to keep on top of it)

Schooltime-(Eme) Days of week-
Flag
Family Time Bible- chap 18 pp. 44-45, 19 pp.46-47, 20 pp. 48-49
A treasury Mother Goose- One Misty Moisty Morning
Polly Flinders
Hush A bye
Eric Carle's Animals Animals- Bee p 19
Berenstain Bears Nature Guide- pp.7-11, pp.12-16, pp.17-22
Starfall ABC's- letters L, M, N,O P
Workbook 2- thinking skills pp.7-8, reading and writing p 11
dot-to-dot p 18

(Burgandy)-Workbook 2 First Grade- Math pp. 5-12, letters p 14,
words p 16, dot-to dot p 18, words p 21-23,
sentences p 27

Mark made the kiddos for breakfast pink chocolate chip heart shaped pancakes with turkey bacon and strawberries ....

Breakfast: Mark made me cinnamon french toast in heart and x's and o shapes.. with strawberries and turkey bacon......it was super yummy!

Valentine Treats!

Don't they look so yummy!



Mark surprised me with edible bouquet arrangement of white chocolate and chocolate covered strawberries and gummy bears my two favorites!


Happy Valentine's Day!

Day 8 week 2 P90X!

Sunday february 13 2011

Day 7 P90X!

I work @ 7am

Mark works @ 2pm

Workout: Day 5- Legs and back (58:56)

Delivered Grandpa Don's Girl Scout cookies to him today!

Ran a few errands.........

Saturday February 12 2011

Day 6 P90X!

Breakfast: Protien(1 cup) smoothie (both)
2 cups strawberries

Mark works @ 9am today a split shift...till 1pm then back @ 3pm till around 7pm.....

Me and the kiddos headed to JcPenney's to do a little shopping, then to wal-mart to go to the bank and get some toiletry items and grocery's....Mark called while we were in wal-mart so he met us there and then we left to go to lunch with daddy before he had to go back to work.....(luckily we hadn't started grocery shopping yet)

Lunch: the girls wanted subway and we wanted Chicago grill so we compromised and we ate outside in the little park area by the shops of lake Havasu (Mall) after lunch we let the kiddos play at the small park area....Mark headed back to work and so me and the munchkins went back to wal-mart to do grocery shopping now.......

Off to pickup the girl scout cookies from Burg's leaders house...they r in!

Then to Grandma Sandy's house to deliver her cookies and she is going to watch the girls for a little bit so I can run to do a little Valentine's day shopping for them.. Asher came with me!

Friday February 11 2011

P90X Day 5!

Breakfast: egg white scramble (Mark)
salsa
cheese
String cheese (Me)
1 english muffin whole wheat
peanut butter

Workout: Day 4 Yoga X (92:24) we attemped to do the yoga X video and it just wasnt' for us, so we did 30 mintues of it.. and moved on to exercise bike and wii fit.....
exercise bike: 2.64 miles (me) 101 calories
4.28 miles (Mark) 170 calories
Wii fit: 17 minutes 51 clories (Mark)
10 minutes 44 calories

Protien drink after workout (both)
2 cups strawberries

Lunch: 4 small chimichangas chicken and cheese/salsa (me)

1/2 apple (me)

Mark works @ 2 pm today!

Dinner: Select Harvest Chicken with whole grain pasta soup(me)

snack: frozen fruit bar(me)

Thursday february 10 2011

Day 4 P90X!

Breakfast: 1 1/2 ww english muffins (both)
1 cup low sodium v-8
one a day energy vitamin
peanut butter
string cheese (me)

Workout: Day 3 Shoulders and arms (59:53) Ab ripper x (16:07)

protien Drink after workout (both)
2 cups strawberries

Lunch: 1 cup roma tomatoes (me)
2 tbsp italian dressing
string cheese
6 oz. chicken lean sliced
3 oz. avocado

snack: frozen fruit bar (me)

I work @ 2pm today!

Dinner: 6 oz. chicken breast (me)

Wednesday february 9 2011

Day 3 P90X!

Breakfast: 6 hardboiled egg whites (both)
One a day energy vitamin

I work @ 9am today!

Workout-Day of Rest

Lunch: whole wheat Tortilla wrap (me)
6 0z. chicken
lettuce
1 roma tomato
3 0z. avocado

Protien Bar X1 (me)
X2 (mark)

Dinner: Garlic and herb turkey breast, green beans and corn (both)

Frozen fruit bar (Mark) snack

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Day 2 P90X-Tuesday February 8 2011

Well We made it to day 2 of p90X extreme home fitness.......
(very sore I might add)

Breakfast: 5 hard boiled eggwhites (both)
1 cup low sodium v-8 juice
one a day energy vitamin

Workout: plyometrics (58:36) They call this workout "The Beast" and I can see why...we stopped about 30 minutes in...Tony says to at least show up..and that we did..but for day 2 this is way to intense....

Protien drink 1 scoop (after workout) 1 cup strawberries, 8 0z. yogurt

Lunch: 6 oz. Baked Chicken Breast(Me)
8 oz. Baked Chicken Breast (Mark)

Protien Bar, String Cheese, 1/2 apple (Me)

Dinner- 30z. Lean turkey Breast, 2 slices turkey Bacon, ww tortilla. 3oz. Avocado made into a wrap....1 cup roma tomatoes with 2tbsp italian dressing

frozen fruit Bar (Me)

Mark works @ 1pm today!

Me and the kiddos went to k-mart to buy "Life as we know it" on Dvd which came out today.....I have been waiting for it to come out on Dvd I never got a chance to see it in the Theatre and am super excited to see it tonight when Mark gets home from work! I love Josh Duhamel (I miss Vegas on tv) and Katherine Heigl I think they are great and together should be funny and interesting.....I will soon see....It looks like a tear jerker!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Day 1 P90X- Monday february 7 2011

Well here we are day 1 of our P90X extreme home fitness Boot Camp!

Bring It!

Weighed in

Body fat %

Took pictures 2 front view

2 back view

1 side profile

measurements


Meal Plan: Phase 1 Level 1 fat Shredder

Breakfast: (ME) 6 egg whites
2 slices turkey bacon
1 ww tortilla
1 cup low sodium v-8 juice
One a day energy vitamin

Meal Plan: Phase 1 level 2 Fat shredder
(MARK) 6 egg whites

1 ww tortilla
16 oz. glass low sodium v-8
One a day energy vitamin

Workout-(Phase 1)Week 1 Day 1 Chest and Back(52:50), Ab ripper X(16:07)

Protien Drink(after workout), 8oz. plain yogurt, 2 cups strawberries...

Water Intake-(Me) 16.9 oz. Bottled water-3

Lunch- (Me)-Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 6 oz., string cheese

(Mark)- Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 9oz.

Pure Protein Chocolate peanut Butter Bar (both)

Dinner-(Me)Lean Turkey Breast 3 oz., 3 oz. Avocado, 1 cup roma tomatoes with 2 tbsp italian dressing

Snack: Frozen fruit Bar(Me)

Mark works at 1pm today!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sunday January 30 2011

I work at 7am

Mark works at 2pm

Get those Girl Scout cookie orders in! they are yummy! :D Burgandy has surpassed her goal and then some...yey for my little sales girl! She gets to go on the end of the year campout trip!

Saturday January 29 2011

Tax Day! Went to H&R block to do our taxes this morning......:D

Afterwards went to k-mart for a few things.....

Then grabbed lunch at jack in the box to take home...

Mark works at 2pm

I am off today!

Burgandy is on a roll selling her girl scout cookies she is on her way to her goal!

Visited Grandpa Don Today!

Ran to Sun Bank inside Walmart to make a deposit and decided to grab a couple $ 5 movies so me and the kiddos could watch a movie this evening..They decided on Never Ending Story 2......

Friday January 28 2011

I am off today!

Mark works at 2pm

Tan

Thursday January 27 2011

Mark is off today!

I work at 2pm today!

Picked up Mark's suit from the dry cleaners today and then headed to Jc Penney's to find him a tie to cordinate with me for Tish's wedding....(I love the tie we found).We are going to look very nice together I might add......! :D I guess you will have to wait and see pics next month......

Lunch at Chicago grill

Wednesday January 26 2011

I work at 9am

Mark is off today!

Tan after work

tuesday January 25 2011

I am off today!

Mark works at 2pm.....

Tan

Monday, January 24, 2011

Monday January 24 2011

I am off today!

Mark works at 2pm today!

Tan-20 minutes lay down bed

Laundry day!

We have to hang out and wait for UPS today for a pickup of Burg's school stuff to ship back to Connections Academy..Just what I want to do on my day off...anywhere from 7am-8pm is scheduled pickup time.....

Schooltime-
Introduce memory verse for the week-"Obey your leaders because they keep watch over you."
Character Trait-Obedience:I obey right away without delay.
Three Men in a tub
Uncle Wiggly and the camping boys
The Eagle
Berenstain Bears Nature Guide pp.3-6
Things people do pp.14-15
Developing the early learner pp. 21-28
Eme-letters I & J then review A-J
Burg- ug, short vowel, Gus the duck, silent E

Sunday January 23 2011

I work at 7am

Mark works at 2pm

After work I picked up Kayla and she came over to discuss some stuff about Graduation.....

Saturday January 22 2011

I am off today!

Mark works at 12 noon today!

Tan

Friday January 21 2011

I am off today!

Mark works at 2pm

I have a dress fitting with Ellie who did my alterations on my dress for Tish's wedding at 11am today!

Tan

Playdate at Rotary Park with Jess and Landon!

Thursday January 20 2011

I work at 3pm today!

Mark is off today!

Wednesday January 19 2011

I work at 9am

Mark is off today!

Tan-after work

Tuesday January 18 2011

Mark works at 2pm

Tan today

Monday, January 17, 2011

Monday January 17 2011

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.!



Monday, Monday How I love thee only because its my day off! LOL



Tan- 10 minutes stand up.....





Played outside/snacktime...while playing outside Ash got a boo-boo and this is how Burg and Eme doctored him up...picture coming soon......


Free play inside

Sunday January 16 2011

I work @ 7am....

After work me and the kiddos are headed to Jess's for Landon's 4th Birthday party!

Mark works @ 2pm......

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Saturday January 15 2011

Breakfast-Asher-toaster strudel, banana, apple jacks
Burg-French toast sticks
Eme- toaster strudel
Mark and I- Breakfast shakes/vitamins

I went to tan 20 minutes in laydown bed

Snack-Eme-apple, string cheese, juice
Burg-graham crackers, milk
Ash-apple,teddy bear grahams,yogurt raisins
Me-string cheese,yogurt pretzels
Mark-100 calorie snack

Play outside

Lunch-Me- meal bar
Mark- shake
Ash-pickle,pretzels,string cheese
Burg-corn dog nuggets, pickle, fries
Eme- pickle,raisin peanutbutter sandwhich

Mark works at 1pm today!

Ash nap

Schooltime girls: Developing the early learner pgs.8-13
Song-this little light of mine
Uncle Wiggily's rain storm
The Generous Bird
Burg-ig,ip, read the big hit,movie vowels
Eme-E & F
Play outside
free play inside

Dinner- Garlic ChickenBreast, green beans, salad, red mashed potatoes.....

Burg-rinse dishes off

Bathtime ash/girls

Free play until storytime/bedtime

fold laundry/put away

Treat-time-girls chocolate Hazelnut rolled wafers
Me- 100 calorie snack

Storytime-Ash- Dr. Suess abc an amazing alphabet book
bedtime Ash 7pm

Girls- Beezus and Ramona chapter book

bedtime girls 8pm

Me workout

Quiet-time/me time

Friday, January 14, 2011

Friday January 14 2011

Got up showered got ready and then went to go tan before my alterations appt at 11am for my bridesmaid dress for Tish's wedding at the end of next month.......

Mark works today at 2pm.....

My cousin Robert and his Fiance Mary are visiting Vegas for a few days so they are coming to Havasu to visit us today at some point...They are living in Hawaii right now, but he is stationed in Korea right now until July.....I have'nt seen him in years so that will be nice!

Enjoying my day off!

We met Robert and Mary at my moms place and then we all went to dinner to Casa Serrano and then back to my moms place to visit for a while.......

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Thursday January 13 2011

Happy Birthday to Marcus!

I work today at 3pm till close! Mark is off today!

Kiddos dressed

Mark and I- Morning breakfast shakes and vitamins

Kiddos- Ash-Banana,Cinnamin Raisin bread, Apple jacks, Vitamin
Burg/Eme-Apple Jacks, Vitamins

Kiddos Brush Teeth/hair done

Cleaned out Ashers Closet and dresser drawers and removed anything to small for him.......

Laundry......which is an all day everyday occurance in our household..Never ending I tell ya! :D

Asher colored with his new tadoodles triangular crayons.....
Ash nap

Eme sat down to do her Fancy Nancy puzzle/Burg is doing her new Jonas brothers puzzle......

Blogging...........

Morning snack-Girls- String cheese,Yogurt
Mark and I- sweet and salty nut peanut bar ,
100 calorie cinnamon streusel coffee cakes
Ash snack-Apple,String cheese

Mark workout!

I showered to get ready for work.......

Kids free Play......

While I was in the shower Mark made lunch Turkey Burgers and Macaroni and Cheese.......

Burg has girl scouts tonight at 6-7:30pm

Kayla has a home basketball game tonight

Wednesday January 12 2011

I work all day today 9-4!

After work I went to tan to get ready for Tish's wedding at the end of next month....4th day of tanning and all ready looking way darker! yey!

while I was at work Mark and girls played Hullabaloo game/ and watched some cartoon episodes of He-man...Ash wasnt feeling well so he was super duper clingy.....

Once I got home Mark was making dinner- Lasagna and garlic bread so I put together salads for everyone to have as well.....We sat down to eat together all as a family.....after dinner mark bathed Asher while the girls did thier chore of rinsing off the dinner dishes...And I started school with Eme- we worked on Starfall letters C and D, and then after; school with Burg-we worked on starfall words with en and et, reading Peg the hen, and left to right movie.. she also played some super why games on pbskids.org site.......while working with each one individually Mark bathed the girls in between there lessons....

Asher stortime-Dora loves boots
bedtime Ash

Mark and the girls sat down to watch xmen cartoons while I started working out.....

storytime-Beezus and Ramona chapterbook
bedtime girlies.......

Mark and I did wii fit challenge, Just dance and I also did arm weights.......

Then we wound down the evening with an episode of pretty little liars while having our night snack of 100 calorie smartpopcorn!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tuesday January 11 2011

So I thought it was really cool that today is 1/11/11!

I know it has been awhile since my last post..And I am truly sorry for the lack of, but you know how crazy life can get especially around the Holidays...My Resolution is to stay more on top of my blogs this Year......

2011 Has a lot of exciting things happening and some interesting changes in store, I havent fully decided if they are good ones or not yet..... I guess only time will tell..I just hope that in the end that 2011 is the year for new beginnings..Change is sometimes good! Right?????

These next few months are full of events....February- We have Valentine's Day, My friend Tish is getting married on the 26th and we will be up in the Ville from the 24th till the 27th...March-Manuel's bday, St.Patty's Day...April Is Asher's 2nd bday, Our Cruise to Jamaica and the Grand Caymans from the 17th-23rd, Easter the day we get back home.......May- Mother's Day, My Mom's 60th bday, Memorial Day, June- Kayla's Graduation, Kayla's 18th bday, father's Day! And somewhere in there we will be moving! talk about a busy busy next 5 months!

I am off today! Mark works at 2pm....

Grocery shopping.......Walmart superstore.......

School with girls: Eme-Starfall working with letters A and B

Burg- Starfall working with words ending in an and at, reading zac the rat, and the alphabet movie, she also did some super why activites on pbskids.org website.......

Storytime: Asher- Excuse Me

Girls- Beezus and Ramona chapter book