The Sounds that make Olive lane

The Soundtrack of Olive lane.

1. Cop Sirens

2. And sometimes paired with a High speed chase right outside my front door
(i am just thankful the boys were at school when that chase was going on).
It really did happen on the 2Nd week we were hear. It was very exciting

3. Spanish music blaring out of the cars that drive by

Parker: "Uh I really hate that music" every time a car drives by. Its pretty funny.

4.Spanish preacher, preaching at the local super market. ( could here it from my house and the supermarket is 4 or 5 blocks away, he was screaming!!!)

5.During the Christmas season you could hear the performances going on at the Temple from my house, It was really cool and peace full.

6. And last but not least is the bike horn (below)





Coming from this bike. (below)

They ride around all hours of the day through our neighborhood making that Honking noise. They sale Ice cream and who knows what else, maybe Tamales I have never stopped one to see. The boys have tried, They always get them to turn around come towards them, probably getting them excited for a sale, when I walk out shaking my head no. Their face falls and they turn probably cursing the boys all the way to their next target.

That Honking has been ingrained into my head and will always remind me of olive lane, when eventually we move on from this part of our lives.

(yes I blurred his face, one can never be to careful. I do live in the Ghetto)

Strays

I want to start out by saying that I am really enjoying my ward and i have made some really good friends and the boys have friends that they can play with after school(which means that they are walking distance so they can go over anytime)which is really nice. we are transitioning really well, cant complain except(yes there is an except which is kind of like a but ) for the strays. We have so many darn CATS! I know this is a picture of a dog, he was wondering the streets the other day. He past my house a few times, he is probably a pet of someones i just didn't have any other animal pics. We don't have problems with dogs its the CATS. We are in the area where people when they don't want their CAT, they figure(cat dropper offer) "oh we will drop them here and hope for the best". NOOOOO!! quit dropping them off! Some people have Roosters who make loud noises, here on Olive we have cats. They are pretty loud when they want to be, at night mostly.

Cj was going out to truck one night and found one dead between my car and his(i know its grouse) he called me and i went out and saw it, the creepy thing is that their was a black cat across the street staring straight at me, it was like he was watching to make sure he was going to be taken care of.

So Cj and I felt the pressure, so I had Cj go and get the shovel and we gave him a proper burial in the back yard so we can remember the STRAY. No just kidding , that's what we should of done. But instead I wouldn't go near the black trash can the whole entire week until the trash man came.

Veterens Day!

Yesturday we walked down to the parade on main street. The boys had so much fun. On are way home we had the kids pose with the big ladies that look like they are naked, I dont know i could be wrong. It is a little iffy. I love how J.p. sits in the ladies lap.

I wish i would of been able to get some pics of the parade. I was in the back and couldnt get a good shot. I loved all the old cars with all the proud grandpas in them(which they should be). I think my favorite part and the saddest was when the future kids came marching down with Picture of all the heros that past. It was a really cool moment to remember how they served our country and still are. Good Job!! keep up the good work.

Life On Olive Lane!

1st of all i would like to say that i am not prejudice in anyway and I really don't care that they want to pick through my disgusting trash every Monday and Thursday to get all my cans and plastic bottles. Whatever puts the food on the table right, Especially in this economy.

I just wanted to mention it because this is part of life on Olive Lane and i am marking, remembering, journaling, blogging about life on olive. You would never see that in my Old neighborhood. If you did their would be a few phone calls, nasty looks and very angry neighbors. But here on Olive you just turn the other way. I think i am going to separate the cans and bottles from the normal trash so they don't have to dig. They will just open up the trash and SURPRISE, you don't need to dig, I did it for you!!

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!

Life and Times on Olive Lane

I am going to start a new segment on the Carling Blog that is called,

LIFE ON OLIVE LANE or something close to that.

About a few months ago we moved over to Olive lane and it has been very exciting, their is always something going on like High speed chases with a cop, drug busts with the Swat team and undercover cops and their dogs. Yeah it was pretty legit, Some guy preaching about many gods in Spanish at the local grocery store and i could hear it all the way to my house. Then the most resent was on Halloween, its not that big of a deal but I thought it was pretty funny. We would get the usual trick or treaters, you know kids under 10 all dressed really cute in their costumes. Then we would get their parents too.. they would claim that its for their kids at home already in bed, As they are saying this i am thinking, well OK, my kid that is in bed this early is 1years old and only has a total of four teeth but more power to you!

So from now on i am going to post exciting things that happen around hear so you can enjoy them with me, and help me count the days till we move to a safer part of the neighborhood.

On the upside i really do like living this close to the Temple and I really like the ward. And their are some really cool kids for the boys to hang out with. So it not all that terrible, Dont worry Mom! I just thought it would be fun to post about the things that are going on around hear.

Here are some pics from Halloween

(don't ask me about J.P.s hair in the first, I would like to say he did it but I am pretty sure I combed it)