Mother Of Four

2011-11-24T22:33:00.000-08:00

Eight weeks ago today was when you were taken from us. We went through the motions today the first holiday without you! We all miss you so much! Last year you were in bootcamp so you didn't get to have turkey. I looked forward to you being here with us this year. I am not looking forward to Christmas or your birthday. I can now understand what it's like to loose someone that means so much to you. It is so difficult to see sister hurting so much. I wish there is something I can say to make all her pain go away. A magic wand that just makes all your wishes come true. I go to church every Sunday and it is helping a bit. But the question always comes to mind again. Why? Why was he taken so young? Why did someone take him? Why is he no longer here? Why did he have to leave us in such a tragic way? Why does sister have to suffer his loss? Why? Why?why? Our lives will never be the same.

2011-11-17T08:53:00.000-08:00

Seven weeks ago today I was woken up with the worst call in my life. Our life's have been turned upside down. We miss you so much Sonny! Until we see each other again. Love you Mijo!!

2011-11-16T10:00:00.000-08:00

Here is Sonny with his nino and cousins Mikey and Andy.

It has been a tough few weeks and it seems to be getting harder. I never thought our family would have to go through such a tragedy. I feel so bad for my sister and to see her in so much pain. I wish that we could see Sonny again. I wish I could hold him agin. I wish I could hear him call me nina again. I remeber the last time he was here at my house. Two days before he was so violently taken away from us. He was so excited to see that me and his nino where bar-b-que'in. We made hamburgers and bacon wrapped hot dogs for the Cowboys game. I am glad we were able to get closer to him in the last couple months. Not that it made it any easier that we almost lost him during a accident where he was ejected from the van. I do miss you Sonny!!! I loved you like my own son. I thought of you like that. You will always be in my memory as an angel! Here

What an upset

2009-10-03T12:16:00.000-07:00

We are all still in shock over last nights game. Both teams JV and varsity got robbed. The refs cheated us out of winning both games. I hate when that happens. Especially when it is obvious. Oh well. Getting ready to go to annual chili cookoff in town. Sister and family made it save to Germany. I was so worried since I knew they were supposed to land at 6:05 our time and I did'nt get a text and picture till almost 7. I am so glad they are on ground and with brother E. Well goota start cleaning.

TGIF

2009-10-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

Off again this weekend. Last weekend was great! Went to John's in Monterrey for baby Savanna's birthday. She is so cute. Of course we also got to see princess Bella and took her a gift as we prob. wont make it for her birthday. Today was an emotional day as my sis and her family left to Germany. I cried numorous times throughout the day. I will be alot better once I know the plane has landed in Germany. It will be a very sad next 10 days till they return. I miss my sister so much. I talk to her daily and see her during the week as she has started home schooling G. She is my rock, and always listens and sets me straight when I stray. I will miss her as we will have little or no conversation till she gets back. If anyone knows how to set up my web cam on my new laptop please help me out. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. Glad tomorrow is Friday. Football!!!!!! We play Fowler. Mikey is still out due to his spranged knee. I always love watching him play. Saturday is Chili cookoff. Sunday is a birthday party in the morning. Its in the morning cause they menu is menudo. As you can tell I may be off but I will still be busy as the weekend is all planned out. Well tell more later.

2009-09-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

OMG!! I never knew how fun it was to shop till this last Tuesday. I went to the garment district/alley's whatever you want to call them in LA. I took my camera to take pictures, I was so excited and realized when we got back into the car to leave that I had'nt even taken any. I had so much fun. It was a rush all day trying to get all the deals. The best part was I was with my husband and friends and sister-in-law. Yes my husband!!! He went to work that morning and called me and said he was coming home and going with us. He drove us there and back and did not complain once. I got almost everything I went for except for a watch. I even got my fav cd right now. The Black Eyed Peas. I love that song Meet me Halfway. I am so looking forward to next weekend and going to John's for the girls party. I just love being with my family. We have been spending a little more time with Mike's family lately since his sister's, his moms, and his birthday were all in August so we had to have individual parties every weekend. I love going to watch my boys play football. I look forward to Friday's I have a rush all day and can't wait to get off work. The only thing that sucks is we are there from around 5 to 11 cause Mikey plays varsity and Andy plays jv. I will post later after the weekend with some pics from tomorrows big homecoming game.

2009-09-13T11:03:00.001-07:00

Aaron's first day of school

Andy, Mason, Aaron, and Mike at grizzlie baseball game

Savanna and me on the beach

My lil princess Isabella

Mikey and me at the Beach house.

Finally got a new computer and all the family fun is starting so I hope to start blogging again here are some random pics

2008-11-28T21:08:00.000-08:00

Mikey was a team captain. There he is #10

Me and Mama

I love this picture of Me and Aaron
Me . My little Benjamin took this picture.
Me and my hubby who celebrated our 16 year anniversary on Thanksgiving!!!

My Nephew Chase with a plastic police hat on

Me and my pops

My big bro Chuck and and His youngest son Chase

Me , my baby Benjamin, and my other Lil Guy Aaron

My little Brother Petes son Mason and my son AaronHere are some pictures from Thanksgiving. It was a very nice and relaxing day. We got up and I made 3 pots of mashed potatoes, then got ready and went to moms. After spending a couple of hours at moms we went to pick up my car at Tia Rita's. I was in a car accident on Monday morning when I was on my way to drop Benjamin off before I went to work. We are fine. I was a little sore for a couple of days. As for my car that is another story. We have been going back and forth about buying a new one. I love my car. But with this accident, we have finally decided to just buy a new one. After that we went to my mother in laws. I had to work today and was so dissapointed. For being black Friday and one of the biggest shopping days my store was so slow. Well I gotta go will post again later!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-27T10:50:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!! Take time sometime today to reflect on the past year and all that you have to be thankful for. Love ya all!, and I am thankful for all my family and friends!!!

Also I forgot to post last night (was so excited I can start blogging again!) Mikey was the only one to have scored that game. Not only did we win the game, but his JV football team also won league champs!!! Ho awesome is that!!!

I will post later all pics from Thanksgiving!!!!

Publish Post

the video

2008-11-26T23:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry, thought the video was done downloading

Mikey's touchdown

2008-11-26T20:01:00.000-08:00

I got my computer fixed and can start blogging again. Here is a video of Mikey's touchdown. He is number 10 and is the quarter back running the wild cat offense, fakes the handoff and runs it in for 6. It was a 65 yard run. As he says "65 yards of pure BAD ASS!!!" It was his last JV football game against Woodlake. He had a awesome year and was moved up to Varsity for the playoffs. They played Parlier last week and lost. They should win next year with the proper coaching.

BEEN A LONGGGG TIME!!!!!!

2008-09-18T23:00:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I last blogged. Been disappointed since my camera messed up and I have not been able to download the new software for my new one since my computer is all messed up as well. Still been very busy with the kids. The 2 older boys are playing football so we have been really busy with them. Mike and myself are on the football board for little league with Andy and he coaches. My schedule for work has changed as well and am required to work later now. Been really sick for the past week and finally went to the doctor yesterday and I have a sinus infection. I started feeling sick last Thurs. By Friday I came fome early. Saturday i searched threw the medicine box and found some anti. and took them so that I would feel better enough to go to a concert. Mike and some friends of ours went to see Pepe Aguilar. Awesome time. I went to see Ramon Ayala a couple have months ago and had the best time ever. (I think cause I went with my friends and did not have to worry bout husbands or kids!!! HEHEHE) Just celebrated Aarons 7th birthday this last Sunday. We kept it very small just family. I had been sick and am always running and wanted to do just a little something. We went to on our beach house family vacation in July and had a blast. We are already plannning the next one. Hoping our family members who live in Washington can make it. You know who you are. You would not regret it. I promise you will plan it as a yearly vacation if you went. The family reunion in June was awesome. I miss all my family who came and am so glad that I had the chance to spend the day at the beach with them the Monday after. Crazy Benja cut his hair again about three weeks ago. It was worse than the first time. We had to shave him bald. The kids starting back at school and it has been heaven again on my days off. I can't think of anything else to write so I will post again soon.

Sorry it has been so long Family and Friends!!

2008-01-28T00:47:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of Benja's hair when he decided to cut it with Mike's clippers, a couple of weeks ago!!

The birthday cake.
Mason's birthday cake that Grandma Anita made out of love for her Thomas the train lover.
Everyone singing Happy Birthday to Mason.
My little boys, Aaron and G $!!!!
Me and my big brat of a son Mikey.

Me and my husband!
How cute is that. Cousins Victoria and Mikey.
Another cute pic, Andy and Toya.
Mikey and the birthday girl.
My son Andy and me.

My sista Belinda and her man Jess.
Me and my hubby again.
Mikey and his partner. I could not get him to take any pics that day.
Dad, Mikey and me with our handsome son.
How beautiful. I lovvvvvvve this pic. Toya is so special to me as she was my first niece. It seems like just yesterday that I would hold her in my arms, now she is all grown up having boyfriends and doing things on her own.

This pic is funny. Mikes stocking is the lil one on the top, which used to be Benja's. It read "Baby's first Christmas" When Mikey put them up this year I realized Mike did not have one so I had Mikey put that one up for him.
Oooooppps! So cute I put it in twice.
The after mess of the boys presents.
Aaron on his new bike from Santa.
Andy striking a pose.

G $ and me. He loves to take pics.
Sonny at his football awards. Tooooooo coool!
Benja and Andy posing with the trophy's.
Here the kids are waiting to decorate cookies at Belinda's. They had so much fun. This was the night I made the hot chocolate.
Aaron had so much fun. They all ate the cookies before we could even get a picture of what they looked like done.

Sorry for the long delay in updating my blog. It has been a extremely hectic month. I really mean that. Work was crazy busy through Christmas and it got worse after!!!! In the past 2 weeks I lost my whole management team at work, so that makes me the only manager running my store with the exception of the help I am getting from other assistants in surrounding stores. That is just work. My kids have been keeping me busy as well with sports. I have been doing some interviewing so hopefully I will not be alone at work much longer. As far as the kids and sports we are just getting started. I am looking forward to getting away this weekend as my family is all going over to bro Johns to watch the superbowl. I am crossing my fingers that we can get a trip into San Francisco while we are visiting. If not, it should still be a fun weekend. Christmas was great! New years was ok. Mikey was in a quinceneara the weekend after New Years. It was really nice. We celebrated Mason's 5th birthday at mom's. What else!!!! Well I will just post some pics.

Hot Chocolate

2007-12-10T11:42:00.000-08:00

I seen this recipe on TV. It is the best. Supppper tasty and rich. First you put together in a pot 2 cups milk and 2 cups half and half. Throw in half of a big Hershey 1/2 pound candy bar and half a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/3 cup sugar. Stir it all together until it melts and gets hot. Pour it into cups and top with whip cream. Enjoy! Tell what you think.

2007-12-06T22:46:00.000-08:00

Our lil' Bella. I got her that shirt for her birthday. 2 cute!!!!
Benja and Bella at Belinda's house on Thanksgiving.
Here we are with some friends. We went to eat at a steak house a couple of weeks ago. It was going to be our 15 year anni. The couple across from us had a already had there anni. about a week before and it was our friend Stacey's birthday. The waitress came our and sang us a little song for our anni. and sang happy birthday to Stacey, gave us a silly hat and a bowl of ice-cream with a candle. We had a really good time.

Mya and her babies.

What a cute kid. I wonder what his parents look like. They must be hot.
The pumpkins!!!
Aaron posing with the pumpkins we carved out. Sorry again for the sideways picture.
Alyssa, Angel, and Aaron posing for a picture at Grandma Anita's.

My lil G money as a Raider football player for Halloween.

Sorry but I can't figure out how to flip this picture. If you know how let me know. They even had pigs at the patch and here is Mike with the little ones.
Aaron and Benja on the train at the pumpkin patch.
My lil' G Money could not get enough of the tractors."Andy what are you doing, she's an old lady!!!" Andy and Aaron.
My four boys. Benja, Mikey, Andy, and Aaron. Future tractor drivers!!!

This is what benja does when he gets his little paws on stickers. He sticks them all over himself.
Here Benja crashed out while mike and I were getting ready to go to Target. He ended up staying home.
Benja at the pumpkin patch sliding down the big spider slide.
Mikey and Andy are having a hard time picking out a pumpkin. Looks like Aaron found the one he was looking for.
Benja, "Wow so many choices, I got my eye on one over there!"

Sorry it has been so long since I posted. Here are some pics of what we have been doing. I lost my charger for my camera so I barely had enough juice to download the pics to my computer.. I forgot to announce Joanna And Me are grandparents. My dog Mya is staying at her house and soon after we dropped Mya off about 3 months ago she hitched up with her dog and just had the babies last night. She had four but only 3 made it and they are so cute. Aaron was really sad when we left today. He said he wanted to live at Joanna's so he could be with the babies.

Pics are coming.

2007-10-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

Hey Family, Sorry for the delay of posts. I am working on a good one right now but am unable to download any more pics. Keep on checking here within the next day or two I will have all the pics up from our trip and some others.

More beach pics

2007-10-22T09:18:00.000-07:00

Belah after eating her Elmo cake.
At the beach bomb fire, Left to Right Mikey, Chase, Jesse, Belinda, Chuckie, Jonathan, and Patricia.
Mom and Baby Belah.
Victoria, Dad, Patricia, and Joseph.
Benja put a marshmellow in his mouth.

What a beautiful sunset. I had been wanting to see it all day and made sure I did not miss it.
Baby Belah's birthday cake that mom made at home then specially transported it to the beach with her for our very much loved Belah.
Here is Belah after taking a nap then opening her gifts half asleep. She loves paper so she had fun.
Can you tell what Belah got into. Yes the Elmo cake!!!!!
At the beach bombfire. Left to right, Mikey, Chase, Jesse, Belinda, Chuckie, Jonathan, And we can't forget Patricia.
This is my pride and joy who does no wrong Aaron. How cute is that.
What a face, Belah!
The kids playing in the beach.
The cute little family, John, Kiffany, and Belah.
The kids are trying to out run the waves. As you can tell Aaron did not make it.
Here is a pic I through in of our horse Daisy.. She is for sale if any one is interested.
The boys, Angel, Jonathan, Mikey, and Sonny.
This a snap shot of the famous Pismo Beach sand dunes. There are miles of trailers, quads, motos, and people who go and hang out at this popular spot.
This is Jess popping a wheely.

Here is a pic of Victoria posing.

The Trip to the Beach House and other pics

2007-10-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

The main living room of the house.
The entry way and the stair case with our model Patricia striking a pose.
The other living room where mom and dad slept. The couch made into a bed. I forgot to take a picture of the bathroom that was off the side of this room and the sunroom that opened out to the little patio perfect for Bar-B-Que. That is dad and our little Belah.
Here is the kitchen where all the yummy food was made. Belinda, Alyssa, Patricia, and Jesse. Looks like maybe Alyssa was telling a story.
Belah with Belinda, Belah is showing us the sign for touchdown. Mikey had scored his first 2 touchdowns this night so we took a picture of Belah and sent it to Mikey's phone. This is something Kiff taught her. TOOOOOO CUTEEEE!!
One of the bathrooms up- stairs.
The up-stairs sun room.
The room where Jo, Lisa, Claudette, and Chuck shared. I think some of the kids slept in this room also.
The room Belinda and her family shared.
The playroom. The kids really used this room.
Mom was looking for Lisa, and we laughed saying how she looked like a tourist.

The room me and my family used. It was all decorated in horses. since we have a horse I thought we fit in this room perfectly.This was Belah's room, that she had to share with her parents.
The other up-stairs bathroom.

Patricia pushing Benja in his stroller. All the kids from left to right, Chuckie, Victoria, Patricia, Chase, Alyssa, Angel, Aaron, And Benja in the stroller.
Mom, Me, Belinda, and Joanna. Where is Lisa????
The kids playing in the sand. I do not know which ones they are but I think this is such a beautiful picture.

Angel, Aaron, Alyssa, and Chase running on the pier.
Aaron, Me, and Patricia looking out into the ocean.
Patricia and Chase.

My silly little "G".

These are some of the pics of our trip more are coming.

Andy's first game and Aaron's 6th birthday

2007-10-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

Aaron's cake
Aaron hitting his Pinata
Who said Pinata's were for kids. Looks like mom with the white capri's.

Aaron's Pinata
Another view of Pinata
Aaron opening presents.
Yes we finally broke down and he got a PSP!
This is Chase, Bro Chuck's lil' guy. 2 cute!!!
Andy's game, can u guess which one #2. He is a team captain.
A pic in action.
Aaron, friend Sarah, and Belinda's lil neighbor boy.
The spiderman slip and slide.

The Spiderman bounce house.

These are pictures of Aaron's birthday party at Tia Belinda's house. It was so fun. Yes it was Spiderman theme again for the fifth year. He had a blast. This was one of the first years where he really knew it was going to be his birthday. He bugged all the time, asking when was his birthday. "Is today the day?"

In between are pics of one of Andy's games. He is quarter-back. He is a big kid. As you can tell. He is #2.

Well enjoy the pics. I will blog later. Going out of town for the weekend to the beach house. I will post pics when I get back.

Mikey' first home football game!

2007-09-30T20:32:00.000-07:00

The new field

Mikey and team

Benja and Mommy!!!

Aaron being himself, CUTE!!

Mikey and Team

Now it is time to catch up. Here are some pictures of Mikey's first home footbal game. He is #26, he plays running back and corner back. He has been doing really good until last week when he hurt his ankle during practice and hurt it again at his game last Fri. It his so fun to go watch him play. Grandma Anita and his tia's are always there to cheer him on. It is crazy to see him playing High School football already. I still can't beleive he is going to be 15 already in Dec. Here are some pictures of the new football field that the high school just invested in. It is artificial turf. This high school is one of 3 in the valley that have an artificial turf field. It is really nice. It is only phase one of the whole remodel. The city and the school are paying for the project and have more to come.

Crazy busy!!!!

2007-09-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

Tables at beach.

The Anchor Blue Logo put on the beach sand.

The Team!

Two of the last ones to leave the beach myself and Teresa

Me, Teresa, Moira, and Lucas

Tables at our special dinner

Me, Sherry, and Teresa @ dinner.

View of one of pools from my balcony.

View of spa from my balcony.

Ocean view from my balcony.
Can not believe it has been over a month since I last blogged. I got back on Wed around 7pm from my yearly managers conference which was held at Newport Beach. I had a blast. The company does so much for us. We stayed at the Marriot hotel and are treated like king and queens throughout the whole ordeal. There is 10 managers in my district, and we all received a $55 dollar visa card to pay for our dinner and breakfast. 7 of us drove up in a van on Sunday that was payed for by the company. We arrived around 7. We checked into our rooms which had ocean, pool, and golf course views. We had dinner at Cheesecake Factory complete with appetizers, drinks and main courses. Tasty!!!!! Then we went back to the rooms and everyone just went to bed. We all slept in on Mon. since we did not need to attend the first meeting till lunch. Lunch was provided in the rose garden of the hotel. It was tortilla rolls with turkey, ham, veggies, and some other side dishes. Then our meetings started and lasted till about 5pm. Then we had happy hour. After that hour I was feeling pretty happy. Waiters walked around with bacon wrapped scallons, and little turnovers filled with ricotta cheese and spinach. There was also tables of fruit, cheese and crackers. Then we walked out to the ocean view part of the hotel and had a awesome dinner. Sliced turkey breast, beef, and all the fixings. Tables full of dessert. We had entertainment from one of our peers who is in the LA area who just published his own CD. One of his songs was just played at the Nascar races. It is country music. His name is Peter Brandon. We were all given one of his CD's the next day before we went to the beach. It was in a nylon like breif case filled with a pair of flip flops, sun block, sunglasses, a beach towel, water bottle, and a little nylon water bottle cover to keep it cool. Very nice!!!! On the first day we were given a portfolio which fits perfect in our bag. On Tues. we had breakfast in the rose garden then meetings started at 8. They went till 1:30 when we were given a sack lunch then meet back at the buses were we were bused to the beach. I just hang out at the beach as I did not want to walk over to the shops. There was plenty of entertainment. You could ride bikes, go surfing, play volley ball, play horse shoes, enjoy the music that was provided, or just hang out at the beach which to me sounded just fine. Mind you everything was paid for. We had shredded pork, tri-tip, chicken, and all the fixings. Then for fun everything was provided for smores. Fire pits were lit and I was in heaven. Myself and 3 other people were the only ones left on the beach adn we stayed there till the last bus left at 9pm. Well worth it. It was sooooooo relaxing. Just what I needed. I am feeling so appreciated. On wed. we had meetings till 12:30 then were let loose to go home. I missed my family but so could have stayed longer. Loved my trip and was so needed and sooooo well deserved.

Been a week!

2007-08-24T21:52:00.000-07:00

Cannot believe it has been a week since I last blogged. Been really busy with work, and getting the kids ready to start school. Had to work all last weekend, and it was crazy like Christmas Eve. Mike was gone at a Family Reunion last weekend, so I was home by myself with Andy and Benja. Andy stayed home to play in his football game. which he had me so stressed out about. He had to make weight, or move up to play with the older kids. So at midnight the night before the coaches have him fasting and giving him water pills. He made weight barely. Today we went to watch Mikey play his first high school football game. It was nice cause Bro Chuck was at the game for work. He is working for an ambulance company so he goes to the games to be at them in case anything happens. Well have to work all weekend. Going to Andy's first game tomorrow. Off on Mon. as it is Mikes birthday. So I will send some pic's later.

Notta a whole lotta!!!

2007-08-14T23:46:00.000-07:00

Nothing really going on in this neck of the woods. I had to go back to work on Monday after having the weekend off. That sucked! I enjoyed being home. I worked again tonight. Had a little drama at work today, but everything is working out just the way I wanted it 2. I had to take Mikey and Aaron to the Dr. this morning. Mikey had been sick since Fri. He only had the flu and some heat exhaustion. He practiced twice a day last week and I think he got really run down. Aaron had to go get a physical for school. I decided to keep in the Lindsay school. I was not going to be able to get the help I thought I would in getting him to Porterville every morning. It would have been more work for me. When I got home this morning I looked at Benja's foot as he cried all night and kept complaining of his foot hurting. Really he cried all night no exaggeration. Cameo see what you have to look forward 2. LOL!! Well his toe was swollen and had a puss bubble. I took him to the Dr. shortly after I seen his toe. It was funny cause they thought I had a twin. I told them no that it really was me in the office earlier in the morning. Well what happened is he had a little piece of a nail that had been bugging him. So on Sunday I grabbed a hold of it and yanked it off. Well as guess you figured out the rest. It got infected. Now if you have ever had a ingrown toe nail you can just imagine how painful it was for him last night. I had one about five years ago. Had it for about 4-6 months and it was cut out 2 times. I explained it as being worse than child birth. Really, again no exaggeration. The pain was throbbing, and miserable. I thought my toe was going to have to get cut off. At times I felt like chopping it off myself to end my misery. So you can just imagine how much in pain little Benja was in last night. He has taken 2 doses of his medication and has not complained any more. It is still very irritated, as the Dr. did not drain the blister to relieve the pressure. Pray that he gets well soon. Well off to bed. Busy day planned starting at 9am. Andy and I have a dentist appt. then I have to go finish getting Aaron shoes, clothes and under garments for his first day of school on Monday. Yeah!! Looking forward to my free time with Benja. LOL!!!

Pete visits

2007-08-12T20:39:00.000-07:00

Pete and Mason

The birthday boy Ethan

Pete and Christine

The Yummmmmmmy Birthday cake that sista Jo made!!!!

Petes girlfriend Christine, Patty, and Benja

Belinda, Jesse, and Pete

Dad

Victoria

Me and lil Benja
It was nice to have Pete, his girlfriend Christine, and her mom visit last week. They got here to moms after 3pm on Tues. and they stayed till Thurs. morning. The longest in a long time. He usually stays less than 24 hrs. We got together Tues. night at moms. Then on Weds. we got together again to have a party for Pete and his girlfriends son Ethan. Pete's birthday was on Aug. the 2nd and Ethan's birthday is on Aug. the 26th. It was nice having Ethan and Mason for the past 6-8 weeks. We kept Ethan alot with us. It was funny cause I told Mike that if we had another kid it was like having Ethan all the time. Cause we all know it would be a boy. That is why it is not happening. No more kids. I am really starting to enjoy spending time going out and having fun with my husband and friends. I do not want to be stuck at home raising another kid for the next few infant years of a newborn baby's life. Benja is easier to leave now that he is older. It will be even nicer once he is out of diapers. This last weekend we went to the Lindsay Farmers Market/swap meet. Then we dropped the boys off at home and went to have a few beers at a bar.
We woke up so hung over. I do not even know why. I can usually drink more than I did that night. I then went to work to give my sisters my employee discount. When I got home I got ready and I took the 2 little ones to Belinda's house where they spent the night. Me and Mike went out to dinner at a steak house in Selma called Cattlemen's. We went with a couple and met a friend for dinner of the couple that we went with. The same couple that went with us to the Grizzly game on July 4th. Dinner was so good that we decided to go up the hill to a casino. We had a really good time. We did not get home till 4am and I got up at 9:30am got ready and went to church at 10. After church I went to Belinda's where she had made menudo. I stayed all day as I got stuck painting everyones nails. I love it though. I painted 7 sets of nails. When I got home Mike took the 2 older boys shopping for school clothes. After he got home we bar-b-qued. That was my fun and exciting weekend. Me and Mike wanted to go out and have fun before football games start next week. Once games start our weekend will be devoted to the boys games. Mike is already commited to Andy's team as he helps coach and is already gone all week from 6p till almost 9p. It will be like that till almost Dec. Friday nights Mikey will play for the high school and Sat. late afternoon Andy will play. I am not complaining as it is fun to go watch them play. ,

Bella's Visit!

2007-08-12T18:20:00.000-07:00

Taking a shot!!

My lil Benja

Taking another shot!!!

Bella and Me

Bella in the pool.

Andy and Lil Benja.

All the grandkids first time ever that they are all together.

John, Kiff, and Bella came to visit last week. They got here on Friday, which was John an Joanna's birthday. We had dinner and cake and lots of shots. Everyone was pretty much drunk and hung over the next day. Vicente, Marie and her finace all came over to moms. We had a really good time. I was one of the only ones besides mom and Marie that did not take shots. Two and a half bottles of strong stuff and 4 12 packs of Corona's were consumed that night. Everyone had a really good time. It was the first time that all the grandkids were at grandma and grandpa's at the same time so we tokk pics of them all together. On Sat. John and family went to a birthday party for our neighbor growing up little boy who turned 1. Then they went back to moms to have shrimp cocktail that Belinda had made. It was so good. Then on Sunday Sister Belinda invited everyone over to have breckfast at her house. It is always so nice to have my family around. The only two we were missing is brother E. We love and miss you guys so much. It is nice to know he reads my blog so he can still keep in touch with what he is missing and move back home some day. With his wife of course so we can all get to know her as well.

Our camping trip

2007-08-08T23:18:00.000-07:00

Everyone eating yum!

Sonny and nino Mike

Having dinner Yummy!!

The 3 munchkins, Alyssa, Mason, and Aaron

Alyssa, Belinda, And Aaron

Mikey fishing

Andy fishing

Aaron posing by a Redwood tree
We had fun on our camping trip. It was alot of work for me getting everything together then cleaned up after but I guess it was worth it. Belinda, Jess and the girls left early Fri. morning. Then Lisa, Mikey and her 2 boys left in the afternoon, and Me, Mike, the other 3 boys and cousin Marcos left in the early afternoon after Mike got off work. When we got there we set up our tents, and all the kids went to the pond to go fishing. After a few hours Belinda and myself starting making dinner which was hot dogs and some carne asada. The kids all came back and ate and just sat around the fire talking. We all kinda went to bed early between 10 and 11. It was so funny cause Benja did not want to go to bed. He kept crying that he wanted to go home. He finally fell asleep and slept till about 6:30 in the morning and got up early along with everyone else. He was really clingy all day and it was driving me crazy. The kids all went fishing again in the morning and Belinda, me and Lisa started on breakfast. We made sausage, bacon, eggs, and potatoes. The kids all came back ate and went back fishing. They had all caught fish the day before so all they wanted to do was fish. It was funny cause the day before when they caught the fish Jess had told them they had to clean whatever they caught. So they came back with some and Mikey, Sonny, and Andy all walked down to clean them. About after 1/2 an hour I said out louad to everyone that I bet the boys are standing around waiting for one of them to take the initive to clean them. So Victoria went down to see what was taking them so long only to find out it was true what I had said. The fish had not been cleaned. She had to clean them. Can you believe that a girl cleaning the fish, cause 3 boys would'nt do it. Mom, dad and Mason showed up around noon. We all sat around talking. It was really nice. Around 4 we started cooking dinner. We made tri-tip, pork loin, chicken, rice, fish(that was caught the day before) and baked potatoes. After dinner mom and dad got ready to leave and said they would take Benja back with them. Before they could change their mind I went to the tent and got his stuff together. He left with no fuss. Mom called once she got home and said she had already bathed him and he was running from her room to the living room happy as can be. The next day we got up had some Menudo and started packing to come home. We stopped by a river for a while and had some watermelon and then headed home. The boys had a really good time. That's all that matters.

Update per cousin T

2007-08-06T22:03:00.000-07:00

So sorry it has been so long. I grounded Mikey from the computer. He would wait till I fall asleep then would go to my car and get the key board and mouse out. So I had to have mom take it to her house. But I am back and running but not much 2 nite as I have to be at work at 6 am. I have lots of pics and will start downloading on Wed. and Thurs. John was here over the weekend and Pete got here today so I am going over to moms after work. So check out my posts on Thurs.

Some more pics

2007-07-27T06:50:00.001-07:00

Us at the Dodger game Memorial weekend
Benja and me on my birthday
Benja on his second birthday
Mike and Mikey at his 8th grade graduation
Me and Mikey

Pics of Angel Baby birthday boy

2007-07-26T23:49:00.001-07:00

Yes that is crazy Sonny with underwear on his head
The birthday boy himself Angel baby!
My little Aaron with Allysa in the background.
Check out that dive. The picture took right as he was landing in the water. Allysa was teaching him how to dive. There she is in the backgroung again.

Pics from wrestling match

2007-07-26T23:19:00.000-07:00

Andy and Aaron
Aaron and me
Some wrestlers
Andy and Aaron with the cool sign we made for Batista
Some more wrestlers. This was the last fight.
Had a slow never ending day at work today. I had to have my monthly mngt. meeting and set some ground rules for my team for our Back to School season that already starting to happen. We went to Denny's and had breakfast then talked about everything that was expected this year. I feel it went really well. I gave each of assistants a area either mens or jrs. They got to pick a team of sales associates that are going to work with them and keep the areas running smoothly throughout the season. Hope everything works out well. I thought the day was never going to end today. I felt like I had been at work for 48 hrs. straight without coming home.

Then when I finally got off work I picked up Benja at tia Rita's came home with Andy waiting for me to take him to get a haircut. So I went and dropped him off, and then picked Mikey up at football practice, then went back and picked Andy up from his haircut. Came home picked everyone else up and went to moms for a birthday party for Angel Baby. Got home about half an hour ago and put a load of laundry to wash for our camping trip. I swear my boys know how to wash and they do not do a damn thing all day but they decide right now that they need clothes washed. Go figure. They have already bugged me like 50 times is the five minutes that I have trying to blog. Kids!!! Cameo see what you have to look forward to. It gets worse once they start talking.

Well we leave camping in the afternoon after Mike gets home from work. I hope I have a good time. Here lately I have almost gotten used to not seeing my kids since I have been working so much in the evenings. They stay up all night and usually sleep in the morning when I am home. So I may see them long enough to ask me what they have to eat then I am off to work.

Well just wanted to leave a post before I left over the weekend and send the pics of the wrestling. Enjoy!

Last night

2007-07-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

We had blast last night at the wrestling show. Aaron had so much fun. We went to have dinner with cousins Vicente, Marie and her fiance'. Every minute Aaron kept saying he was ready to go and that he was bored. He took maybe 2 bites of his chicken tenders and that was it. He did not even want to eat cotton candy once we got to the show. He kept his eyes on the show all night. It was funny when we walked out. The first thing he says is he has to go the bathroom. The only thing he told me this morning when he woke up was that he had so much fun last night, and asked when we were going again. (he is still alseep)I took pictures so will post them later. I got to go as I have to be at work in half in hour.

More pics of the water park

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The ride that everyone is on that we are in a big tube was the best. 6 of us got on it at one time and Jo was screaming the whole time. The kids had already gone it and they told us that when we go on turns that the personsitting in front of you is up above you. I am a big chicken on rides so I kept my eyes closed almost the whole time. The one time I did open my eyes all I see is Mikey flying on top of us. OOUCH! It was so fun. I had a blast. Can't wait till Tuesday when I take Andy and Aaron to the WWE wrestling match in Fresno.Angel going down the slide
Aaron going down the slide
Me and Benja with my newly blonde hair I had done on Tuesday
Jo and the kids on the Red Wave one last time
Belinda and the girls on the Red Wave on more time.

Pics of The Island Water Park

2007-07-21T21:47:00.000-07:00

Picture of Aaron chilling in the water.
Picture of Benja and his Nina Belinda
Here is Allysa running in the water
Benja, Nina and Tia Jo getting wet and enjoying the sun rays
Tia Jo putting Benja on the slide
Here are the pics I promised. You should see me today I look like a lobster, and feel like I am on fire. It was so funny today at work. One of my sales associates tells me. "You got all sun burned. I did'nt know mexicans could get tanned. I thought they were all just naturally dark." I busted up.

Lil Vali is with her mom, dad and beya

2007-07-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

Lil Vali is safe in her parents arms tonight. Can't wait till she is home in Washington so we can go see her.

Worked all week and had yesterday and today off. Spent yesterday taking Mikey to the dentist for a consultation for braces. He has to go back for a mold of his teeth and some x-rays. So hopefully in a month he should be our little railroad tracks.

This week was actually nice. We did not have any baseball games for the first time in almost 2 months. Mike BBQ'd 2 days and it was so nice.

We went to the Island Water Park today. It was a blast. I only wish we would have taken little Asa when he was here. He would have lovvvvveeeeddd it!!! I will post pics later.

Just a quick post to fill you in on what we have been up to.

Busy Busy!

2007-07-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

Been real busy the last few days. I ended up going to lunch with my friend Mandy on Wed. then went ot work. Brother Pete took Mikey, Andy, Jonathan, his girlfriends son Ethan, and his girlfriend to Magic Mountain on Wed. all day. The kids had so much fun. They said they rode all the rides. The catch was that someone was going to have to pick them up in Bakersfield since Pete and his girlfriend wanted to catch the highway back to Vegas from Bakersfield. So I left to meet them in Bakersfield after work, which is an hour drive for me. They meet up with me at 1 in the morning. I drove home, got home about 2 am, slept a few hrs. and got up to be at work by 8am. Tired!!! Was worth it since the kids had fun. After work we went to my brother-in-laws for a BBQ. That was fun! I had to be at work again yesterday morning at 8. It was a crazy day. I have to remerchandise my store this next week for the back to school season, and it had me so stressed out. The visual department in our home office is wanting me to move my whole store around. I just did some real big moves 2 weeks ago and am fighting having to move the same merchandise again. After work we went to the Farmers Market to have some taco's then to Mikes softball game. As if the kids sports is not enough Mike plays them also. After the game Mike and myself went to this hole the wall bar to have some beverages. We had fun. We got up this morning around 10, I went to Starbucks and to pick up some donuts. Then we cleaned up and are going to get ready to go to Mom's cause cousin Marie and Vicente are coming down from Fresno to spend the day her and have a BBQ. Should be fun. Well I better go so I can get Benja out of the bath.Lil Benja the pic was toooo cute!!

Crazy Day

2007-07-11T00:39:00.000-07:00

Today was a long crazy day. I got up around 9:30 as Mikey did not go to summer school today cause he got hit with the ball at last nights game so he did not want to go work out on his foot this morning. When I got up I called my bestest friend Mandy to see if she wanted to have lunch today and she did. So the kids and I started cleaning house then got ready to go. I took Andy to moms, Aaron and lil Benja to Tia Rita's and was on my way to meet with Mandy and her daughter for lunch. I made a New Year's resolution this year to meet with at least on friend a month and to do something special every month with one of my boys. So far so good. Mandy is so sweet to me. I met her through my bestest friend who passed away over 3 years ago. We like to go have lunch at the restaurants that Christie used to like to eat at. We miss her so much. She was truely a angel sent to touch lives. I feel so blessed to have got to be part of her life even though it was only for a short time. I miss her so much everyday. Anyway as to why Mandy is so special. She adopted her daughter a year ago and if I could have her as my second mother I would. She is the best mother any one could ever have. Her husband Cody is the best dad. Lil Brooklyn sure had god watching over her when he picked her parents. She was in the process of adopting fromt he Ukrain when a co-worker approached her of a family member being pregnant in the LA area. Mandy jumped on the whole idea and got to be part of the whole pregnancy. The adoption has been very open. The birth mother comes over and spends time with the baby every once and while and so far everything is working out great. Please keep Mandy in your prayers as she is trying to get pregnant. She deserves all the kids in the world as she is a great mom. After lunch I went to Target to get a few things then to work. Work at the end of the day was crazy. There was a shopper who did not want to leave. Well come to find out she had stuffed a plastic bag full of merchandise (over $350 dollars worth) under a clothing fixture. I found it and at the same time she was walking to the register to pay for a outfit she wanted. I took the bag up front and dumped it right in front of her on the counter and asked her she wanted to pay for that merchandise also. She then got all offended and said she could not believe I was accusing her of stealing and walked out of the store empty handed. Crazy!!! Then after work I went to moms as brother Pete finally made it to visit. Had a good visit and am now at home. Well it is late and better get to bed.

2007-07-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

Am still up going through my pics and found this video. Cameo, notice the show that is playing on the tv. In case you did not get it,it is the my fav. Days of our Lives. Ha
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2007-07-07T23:22:00.000-07:00

Boring day today. Can you believe I slept in till 11am this morning. I so needed it. I was so tired. I had to call work and tell them that I would not be in till 1 instead of 12:30. As I still had to get the three younger boys feed. Mike had taken Mikey to a baseball game this morning in Lemore which is abot 45 min. away. Still debating on if I want to go to his game in morning. It is so hot to have to take all the kids. We have been having triple digit days.

Cousin T sorry to hear your fridge in out. That bites. Just put your food outside at night, it gets cold enough. Well at least it does for me. HA HA HA!!! I miss you guys so much!! Here the last few days even been missing the weather.

We are planning to take the kids to a water park next Thurs. That should be really fun. info@islandwaterpark.com

Better get to bed.

The Big Game

2007-07-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

Well we lost the game. What a upset. I wanted so much for our boys to win. They have had a tough season and were cheated out whenever possible. Always when the plays counted most. Well I was glad they won on Monday. I was on my home from Washington and my husband called me and wanted me to go to Andy's game since he was pitching a great game. Well when I finally got there the game was tie. Our team played so hard and ended up winning. The team they played had won all but one of there games all season and the coach was a sour loser. He complained and cried about everything. Bad sportsmanship that was being taught to his team. So when they lost it was the best feeling in the world. Our boys acted like they had won the superbowl. It was great. Well I have one son still playing baseball. My oldest Mikey. He made it to the all-star team. I thought we were going to get a break before football, but it does not look that way. Mikey is playing a tournament this weekend. (which I have to work so I will miss) Andy is playing a tournament next weekend, and still has a all-star game to play in. Then after next week my husband will start coaching football and that will last till about December. I cannot remember the last time I cooked a dinner. I miss it. This happens every year. I guess I should be glad that he at least coaches the boys. One day they will be all grown up and we will no longer have them to go watch play there sports. My boys play every sport. Sometimes 2 at one time. Mikey is already practicing for football and he is still in baseball, and gets up by 7:30 am to go to weight training in the morning. It bites for me cause I have to get up and take him. Well getting really tired. Have a long day of work ahead of me this weekend as I close the next 2 nights.

4th of July

2007-07-05T19:25:00.000-07:00

We had a awesome 4th of July. The best in a long time. We bought tickets to go see a Fresno Grizzles baseball game. We went with some friends of ours who helped my husband coach Andy's baseball team. There was a big fireworks show after the game, then we raced home to light the kids fireworks. (Thanks cousin Norm, they loved the fireworks.) It was crazy when we got ready to leave my husband ran into my cousin Marie, her boyfriend and my baby cousin Vicente. Vincent was our baby growing up. Boy has he grown up. They were the last people we thought to see there. It was really nice. I miss them. Marie lives less than a hour away and we never see her. Vicente used to live in Washington state and just graduated this last May and is living in Clovis trying to find a job. Pray for him that he does so he can live here for a while in till he figures out what he wants to do. They are supposed to visit next week for a BBQ at my moms, so that should be fun. Any who enjoy the pics. Gotta go for now, My son andy has a championship baseball game today. I will tell you all about it later. There is a awesome story to how they got where they are. We prayed that god would give them the strength to win on Monday night and they did. It was the best game ever.

Tired

2007-07-03T23:11:00.000-07:00

Today was a very tiresome day and I am tired so I am going to bed will write more later. Just checking to see if this message gets on my blog. Miss you cousin Cameo.