YOU WANT TO HEAR MY CHEESE?

MORE SIESTA KEY...

2008-08-08T20:47:00.002-04:00

SIESTA KEY...

2008-08-06T19:12:00.000-04:00

SIESTA KEY...

2008-08-06T19:07:00.000-04:00

Sarasota 2008...

2008-08-03T20:31:00.001-04:00

MADISON TURNS 9...

2008-03-07T09:31:00.004-05:00

ITS BEEN AWHILE...I HAVE NO EXCUSES EXCEPT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BLOG...STRAIGHT AND TOO THE POINT...MY AMAZING FRIEND MARTHA BRAVO TOOK THESE...LIKE YOU GUYS COULDN'T HAVE FIGURES THAT ONE OUT....I WANT TO THANK HER FOR TAKING THEM FOR ME...SHE IS AWESOME!...THESE WHERE TAKING AT MY PARK IN WINDERMERE, FLORIDA THE WEEKEND OF HER 9TH BIRTHDAY...DID ANYONE NOTICE THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN??? PRETTY CLEVER HUH? THATS MY MARTHA, ONE STEP AHEAD OF EVERYONE...

DANCE... YEAR 6!...

2007-08-31T10:01:00.001-04:00

MADISON STARTED DANCE CLASSES THIS WEEK! THIS IS HER 6TH YEAR IN DANCE...I AM SO PROUD OF HER...SHE HAD STUCK WITH IT...SHE ACTUALLY LOVES IT...THIS YEAR SHE IS DOING HIP HOP ON MONDAYS, FLAMENCO & BALLET ON TUESDAYS, JAZZ & FLAMENO ON THURSDAYS, AND HIP HOP (IF SHE WANTS) & BALLET ON SATURDAYS...BASICALLY SHE IT TAKING TWO CLASSES OF EACH DANCE...THAT WAY SHE CAN REALLY PRACTICE EACH STYLE OF DANCE...

YEE HAW!...

2007-08-31T10:00:00.005-04:00

WELL MY TRIP TO TENNESSEE WAS AWESOME...AS YOU CAN SEE I GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH GENEVA AND ROSS!...WE ARRIVED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WAITED FOR DANIELLE'S PLANE TO COME IN FROM CALIFORNIA...IT WAS ALITTLE DELAYED...I WAS SO TIRED THAT NIGHT I ONLY GOT 3 HOURS SLEEP...WE HAD TO BE UP AND OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING B/C WE HAD TO BE READY FOR THE MAKE AND TAKE'S ON THURSDAY...WOW! WE ALL HAD TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MAKE AND TAKES OVER AND OVER....IT FELT LIKE I SAID THEM A THOUSAND TIMES WHEN IN FACT I PROBABLY SAID THEM ALEAST 300 TIMES...BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS ALL FUN...FRIDAY WE WOKE UP AT 10 AM...I GOT TO SLEEP 12 HOURS, I NEEDED IT!...WE WERE ALL FRESH FOR THE TWO CLASSES THAT WE HAD TO GIVE THAT DAY...I THINK THE CLASSES WENT WELL!...THAT EVENING GENEVA & ROSS MET US AT THE JACK DANIEL SALOON FOR SOME DRINKS...WE HAD THE BEST TIME DRINKING AND LAUGH...EVEN THOUGH JEN LOST HER CREDIT CARD THERE! (WE DID FIND IT TWO DAYS LATER)...DANIELLE MISSION FOR A COWBOY HAT WAS TOO FUNNY...HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN AN IRISH MAN IN A COWBOY HAT? WELL WE DID!...WE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING FOR OUR LAST DAY OF CLASSES...THAT NIGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO OUT WITH GENEVA AND WELL LETS SAY WE JUST DIDN'T....(THATS WHEN WE NOTICED THE C.C. WAS GONE AND STARTED TO PANIC)...I JUST HAVE TO SAY "DANIELLE STOP! PUT THE PAIR OF PANTS DOWN AND JUST STOP!)...HAHAJAJA!...I HAVE TO SAY THIS WAS A GREAT GIRL'S WEEKEND TRIP, EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE YOU NEED ONE...AND GUESS WHAT? I'M GOING AGAIN IN OCTOBER!...I JUST WANT TO LET JEN, DANIELA, AND MARTHA KNOW THAT I HAD A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU!

THE HENDON'S POOL PARTY...

2007-07-24T09:19:00.001-04:00

THIS SUNDAY WE WENT TO THE HENDON'S HOUSE FOR A BBQ (FOOD WAS GREAT)...CYNDI AND KENNY ARE THE NICEST PEOPLE...THEY OPENED THEIR HOME TO US, FEED US, AND ENTERTAINED US...IT WAS A VERY CLOUDY DAY BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE KIDS...THE KIDS PLAYED WITH MR. JINGLES (THE SMALLEST HAMSTER)..IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF ITS DEAD WITH ALL THE HANDLING...THE ADULTS PLAYED WITH THE KIDS WII (NINTENDO) GAME...WE HAD A BOWLING TOURNAMENT...KENNY & RUSS WON...THANKS HENDON'S....THE TRUNIES HAD A GREAT TIME!

GRANNIE IS 81!...

2007-07-24T09:13:00.001-04:00

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS LADY IS 81 YEARS OLD...OH, YEAH AND HER TWIN SISTER TOO!...THEY ARE IN THE BEST SHAPE THOSE TWO! THEY SPREAD DIRT AND MOW GRASS (AS PER THEIR OWN QUOTE)...MADISON HAS ADOPTED HER AS HER VERY OWN GRANNIE...AS YOU CAN SEE LITTLE BIT (THE DOG) HAD TO BE IN THE PICTURE TOO...HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNIE & AUNT CORTEZ!

BUSY WEEKEND...

2007-07-23T11:20:00.000-04:00

ALL THE TIA'S

FOUR GENERATIONS
KELLY, ADRIAN & MARTA

ADRIAN & MARTA
MADISON & BABY AIDEN

KELLY & ADRIAN

SATURDAY I HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND MY COUSINS WEDDING (ADRIAN & KELLY)...THEY LOOK LIKE THE PERFECT COUPLE...THEY LOOK LIKE THE DARK VERSION ON BARBIE & KEN...MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS THERE, MINUS MY COUSIN KARL, HE LIVES IN CALIFORNIA...I HAVE POSTED SOME OF MY FAVORITES...

THIS PAST WEEKEND...

2007-07-19T09:24:00.000-04:00

THIS PAST WEEKEND RUSS AND JORGE BUILT MY PATIO FURNITURE....I HAVE TO GIVE THEM BOTH A BIG HUGE THANK YOU...THEY STARTED BUILDING AT NOON AND DIDN'T FINISH UNTIL ALMOST SIX PM...THE SUN WAS BEAMING THAT DAY, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ON FIRE, THEY FINISHED!...I HAVE TO TAKE PICTURES OF MY BACKYARD AND POST...I DIDN'T DO IT THIS WEEKEND B/C THE GRASS WAS SO HIGH, BUT I JUST GOT IT CUT AND LOOKS NICE...THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO BETTY'S MOM'S 60TH BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY...WE HAD A GREAT TIME...WE HAD TO BABYSIT SOME OLD CRABBY NEIGHBORS FOR 3.5 HOURS BUT AS SOON AS THEY HAD CAKE THEY WERE GONE!...I GOT TO SEE TANIA LLADO, SOMEONE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN IN OVER 10 YEARS...EVEN THOUGH I DID SEE HER THAT SAME DAY AT TARGET!...AFTER EVERYONE LEFT RUSS, BETTY, TONY AND MYSELF TALKED FOR WHAT SEEMED THE WHOLE NIGHT...BY THE TIME I LOOKED AT MY WATCH IT WAS 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING...OMG...TALK ABOUT OUT STAYING YOUR WELCOME...ALL AND ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE NIGHT DOWN MEMORY LANE!

THE NEXT MORNING WE WOKE UP AT 9 AM B/C WE HAD FORGOTTEN THAT OUR FAMILIES WERE GOING TO COME OVER FOR LUNCH...RUSS AND I WENT TO PUBLIX AND PICKED UP THE SANDWICH RINGS THAT I HAD ORDERED AND SOME DIPS AND COLD SALADS...EVERYONE CAME AROUND NOON AND HAD LUNCH AND WENT INTO THE POOL...THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME SPLASHING AROUND UNTIL 9 PM...I REMEMBER HAVING THAT MUCH ENERGY!...NEEDLESS TO SAY WE DID HAVE SOME COPS ACTION AT AROUND 8:30 PM BUT THAT A TOTALLY OTHER POST!...HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?

70's & 80's PARTY...

2007-07-16T10:35:00.000-04:00

THIS PICTURES WAS TAKEN AT DAVE'S AND PATTY BANQUET HALL THE DAY BEFORE WE LEFT ON OUR CRUISE...THEY HAD A PARTY TO PROMOTE THEIR CATERING SERVICES...DJ NICKEL AND DIME D-JAYED THE PARTY FOR THEM AND THEY DID WELL!...THE DRINK WERE FLYING AND ALOT OF PEOPLE GOT STUPID DRUNK...DID I TELL YOU THERE WAS EVEN A GUY THAT TOOK HIS PANTS OFF...HE EVEN JOINED THE COSTUME CONTEST AND WAS HOLDING IS PACKAGE BEHIND A BALLOON...LETS NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT HIS PROFESSION...ED LOPEZ EVEN SHOWED UP! THAT WAS SUCH A SURPRISE...WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME...

WHO BELIEVES IN FRIDAY THE 13TH?

2007-07-13T14:50:00.000-04:00

I NEVER DID...IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY...THE 13TH HAS ALWAYS HAD A BAD WRAP...EVEN THE 13 FLOOR THING...I ACTUALLY GOT MARRIED ON THE 13TH...NOT ON A FRIDAY BUT ON SOME YEARS I DO HAVE A FRIDAY THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY!...

WELL TODAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN 147TH AVENUE WITH GORDO...I WAS TAKING HIM TO BASEBALL CAMP...I WAS GOING ABOUT 30-40 MILES PER HOUR...NOT TOO FAST AND GUESS WHAT?...I HIT A FREAKIN BIRD...OUT OF NO WHERE COMES THIS BIRD AND HITS MY WINDSHIELD AND ROLLS OFF...I LOOKED BACK AND IT WAS ON THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE ON THE ROAD...I HAVE TO DRIVE BACK THAT SAME WAY AND IF ITS NO TOO MANGLED I'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A PICTURE!...BECAUSE THAT BIRD HAD A BAD FRIDAY THE 13TH!

NO BODY REALLY KNOWS...

2007-07-13T10:56:00.000-04:00

NO BODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT KIND OF MAN I'M MARRIED TOO... I CAN HONESTLY SAY "HE IS THE BEST HUSBAND!" HE IS LOVING, CARING, PASSIONATE, FEISTY, GENEROUS, TRUE, AND THE LIST COULD GO ON...LAST NIGHT AS I SAID ON MY PREVIOUS POST, WE HAD TO GO TO THE MS SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER...I WAS REALLY DREADING GOING B/C WHEN I GO TO THESE THINGS REALITY HITS...AS WE ALL KNOW I'M IN DENIAL ABOUT HAVING MS...BUT WHEN I SEE HEALTHY YOUNG AND OLD PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND WALKERS, WELL THAT JUST HITS HOME AND I JUST WANT TO RUN OUT OF THERE!...WELL AFTER WALKING IN AND GETTING A LITTLE TEARY EYED I GOT A GRIP AND CONTINUED TO CHECK IN...AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT MY HUSBAND WASN'T GETTING ONE AWARD BUT FOUR!...RUSSELL GOT THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE(ONLY 30 PEOPLE GOT THIS) AWARD THAT MEANS HE COLLECTED MORE THAN $1.00 FOR EACH PERSON THAT HAS MS IN THE SOUTH DISTRICT FLORIDA CHAPTER...THERE ARE 5,OOO PEOPLE IN THAT CHAPTER...HE GOT AN AWARD FOR BEING IN THE TOP 150 PEOPLE IN THE BIKE TOUR...HE GOT AN AWARD FOR HIS DONATIONS OF VEHICLES...AND WE (AND I SAY WE B/C ITS THE VOLUNTEER AWARD) GOT THE "BEHIND THE PEDALS AWARD"...IT FELT NICE TO BE THERE AT THAT POINT KNOWING THAT ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND US THAT WERE THERE ARE TRULY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS AND EVERYONE ELSE'S!...RUSS GOT ASKED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MS SOCIETY...AS I SAID DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE RUNS THE SOCIETY ONE DAY! I LOVE YOU BABE! I'LL VOTE FOR YOU ANY DAY!

SO FAR THIS WEEK...

2007-07-12T10:32:00.000-04:00

MONDAY AS WE ALL KNOW WAS CAMERON'S BIRTHDAY...RODGER AND KIRSTA INVITED EVERYONE TO MACARONI GRILL TO CELEBRATE CAM'S BIRTHDAY...WE HAD THE BEST TIME TALKING ABOUT OLD STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED TO US THE THE PAST YEARS...LORI'S KAKULE, MY SCREECHING, AND EVERYONE ELSE'S GIGGLES...MADISON AND CAMERON SAT TOGETHER AND PLAYED THEIR NINTENDO DOGS GAME AND WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THEY WERE THERE!...OF COURSE THE STAFF AT MAC GRILL SANG CAM HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ITALIAN AND THEN WE ALL HAD CAKE...WE ALL HAD A GREAT DINNER..THANKS SKUNK & TA!

TUESDAY WAS ABIT LESS ADVENTUROUS FOR ME...PATIO FURNITURE WENT 50% OFF AT TARGET...I HAD MY BROTHER RUNNING AROUND TOWN GETTING ME ALL THE PIECES TO THE SETS THAT I WANTED...HE WAS GREAT, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPAY HIM...EVEN THOUGH WE BUMP HEADS EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE, HE TRUELY IS AN AWESOME BROTHER!...SO NOW I HAVE A GAZEBO WITH FURNITURE UNDERNEATH, PATIO DINNING SET WITH 6 CHAIRS, A BAR WITH BAR STOOLS, 2 SWIVEL CHAIRS WITH LAMPS...I AM ALL HOOKED UP! THANKS TEAM TARGET!

WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO CHEESECAKE FACTORY *YUM* TO SAY GOODBYE TO JEN...SHE IS MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA ON FRIDAY AND MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO MISS HER SO MUCH!...THEY HAVE A SPECIAL BOND!...JEN IS A VERY SWEET AND LOVING GIRL...SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MEAN BONE IN HER BODY...ITS REFRESHING TO BE AROUND HER...I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH THE ZACKE'S...THEY HAVE AWAYS MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PART OF THEIR FAMILY...THEY LOVE ME AND MY FAMILY (RUSS & MADISON) AS MUCH AS THEY LOVE EACHOTHER AND IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY THAT IS HARD TO FIND...

WELL AND TODAY THURSDAY IS AWARD DINNER WITH THE MS SOCIETY...I THINK RUSS WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT...HE'D PROBABLY WIN...WE HAVE TO DRIVE UP TO FT. LAUDERDALE TODAY AT 4:30 PM FOR A 6 PM DINNER AND AWARD PRESENTATION...RUSS IS IN THE TOP 150 PEOPLE THAT COLLECTED THE MOST TO FIGHT MS...I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY PENDECKER! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! I JUST HOPE HE KNOWS HOW MUCH!

BESIDES ALL THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN UP TO MUCH...HOW ABOUT YOU? I'M NOT FEELING THE LOVE???

2007-07-09T11:35:00.000-04:00

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY GORDO!

TODAY IS GORDO'S BIRTHDAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS 9 YEARS OLD...I REMEMBER THE DAY HE WAS BORN...WITH KIRSTA PUKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DELIVERY AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A DIRTY DIAPER AND BEING PEE-ED ON AT THE SAME TIME...I JUST WANTED TO WISH MY SPECIAL BOY A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY...I'LL BE POSTING SOME PICTURES FROM SATURDAY WHEN WE CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY AT "STRIKE @ THE DOLPHIN MALL" LATER TODAY...

JULY THE 4TH...

2007-07-05T10:24:00.001-04:00

HAPPY JULY THE FOURTH EVERYONE! HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT ONE...THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY MY FRIEND GENEVA ON THE ROOFTOP OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN TENNESSEE...I NEEDED HER PICTURE BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE ANY PICTURES THIS YEAR...WE HAD NOT PLANNED ON DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL THIS YEAR...BUT OF COURSE AT AROUND 3 PM MY HUSBAND DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING B/C WE COULD NOT SPEND JULY THE FOURTH AND HAVE NO FIREWORKS!...HE CALLED EVERYONE AND TOLD THEM TO BE AT OUR HOUSE FOR DESSERTS AND FIREWORKS (LEFTOVERS FROM LAST YEAR...AND THERE WAS ALOT)...WELL I MADE WHITE CHOCOLATE AND MACADAMIA NUT CAKE, FRUIT WITH THE MARSHMALLOW DIP, RUSS MADE OREO WHIP TOPPING PUDDING, AND LORI MADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES...IT ALL TURNED OUT JUST FINE!...BUT I JUST HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR IS PLANNED ALITTLE BETTER...

MORE CRUISE PICTURES...

2007-07-05T10:23:00.001-04:00

ME AND MY CUKES
CUKES AND PAPI
LOVING UNCLE JORGE & AUNT LORI
THE OTHER IRVINE'S
MADISON'S SPORTS CAR

ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE...

2007-07-02T09:04:00.000-04:00

NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN ANYTHING WE DO...VACATION IS SUPPOSE TO BE RELAXING...WELL I'M SORRY I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A VACATION AND RELAXED...THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GO DO, OR GO SEE...ITS SAD...VACATION THIS YEAR WAS ON A CRUISE...ROYAL CARIBBEANS FREEDOM OF THE SEAS...WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS THE BOMB...THE SHIP IS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND IS BEAUTIFUL...I THINK THERE ARE ACTUAL SPOTS ON THE SHIP THAT I DID NOT SEE B/C ITS SO BIG...WE LEFT ON FATHERS DAY AT 5 PM...IT WAS RAINING, I WAS PANICING B/C I WAS MISSING ONE OF MY BAGS/SUITCASE...WE WENT TO DINNER AND CAME BACK TO THE ROOM TO UNPACK...ITS EASIER TO MOVE AROUND IF YOU DO UNPACK...WE FINISHED AND WENT TO BED AFTER A SHOWER...THE NEXT MORNING WE WOKE UP AND HEARD THROUGH THE DOOR THAT THE CAPTAIN WAS LOOKING FOR A PASSENGER NAMED KENNETH SMITH...REALLY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT...RUSS WAS AT THE GYM LIKE HE WAS EVERY MORNING, HE WORKS OUT ON VACATION BUT NOT AT HOME????DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?...WE HAD BREAKFAST AND WENT TO THE POOL...THE KIDS H2O ZONE, WAS AWESOME...THE KIDS PLAYED ON THAT THE WHOLE TIME WE WHERE ON THE SHIP AND THAT WAS 4 DAYS...THE LOUD SPEAKERS KEPT ASKING FOR KENNETH SMITH...BY THIS TIME IT HAD BEEN 6 HOURS OF LOOKING FOR KENNETH SMITH...THE CAPTAIN CAME ON AND INFORMED US THAT WE WHERE MISSING A PASSENGER AND HAD TO TURN AROUND AND MEET THE COAST GUARD AT THE ACTUAL SPOT WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN...WELL HE WAS LAST SEEN AT 1:30 AM...ALMOST 13 HOURS BEFORE...WE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO MIAMI...BY THIS TIME WE COULD SEE SEARCH AND RESCUE FROM OUR BALCONY SEARCHING FOR KENNETH SMITH...NEEDLESS TO SAY WE NEVER FOUND HIM...PRETTY SAD THAT THIS 24 YEAR ENDED HIS LIFE ON A VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS!...CAPTAIN WAS ON THE SPEAKERS INFORMING US THAT WE WOULD NOT BE GOING TO ST. AMALIE....AND THAT WE WOULD BE ARRIVING IN PUERTO RICO A DAY LATE SO THAT THE FBI COULD BOARD THE SHIP TO INVESTIGATE...WE ARRIVED IN PUERTO RICO AT 9 AM BUT WERE NOT ALOUD TO DISEMBARK UNTIL 12:30 PM...NIGHTMARE JUST WAITING! P.R. WAS OK...WE WENT TO EL MORRO AND THE CONGRESS BUILDING AND SOME PARK WITH A FOUNTAIN...I DO NOT REMEMBER WHEN WE LEFT P.R. BECAUSE WE WERE ONBOARD RUSHING TO GET THE THE "ONCE UPON A TIME SHOW" AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE!...THE NEXT DAY WE WOKE UP IN ST. MAARTEN...PRETTY PLACE, ITS A DUETCH/FRENCH ISLAND...WE WENT ON A SNORKELING ADVENTURE AND GUESS WHAT I GOT SEA SICK IN THE WATER....DIDN'T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN? WELL IT DID...THE WATER WAS SO CHOPPY AND THE UP AND DOWN MADE ME SICK... AS A MATTER OF FACT IT MADE ME SICK 3 TIMES!...I WAS GREEN AND ALL!...WE WENT BACK TO LAND AND WENT TO THE BEACH...THE DUETCH SIDE (TOPLESS) THE KIDS ARE LIKE WHATS UP??? THEY ARE KINDA OF USE TO IT B/C THEY SAW THAT LAST YEAR IN SANTO DOMINGO...THE NEXT TWO DAYS WERE SPENT ON THE SHIP HEADING BACK TO MIAMI...WE HAD A GREAT TIME! LOVED THE WHOLE CRUISE EXPERIENCE! WOULD DO IT AGAIN IF I WON THE LOTTO!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY...

2007-05-14T09:08:00.000-04:00

THIS YEARS MOTHERS DAY WAS QUITE INTERESTING FOR ME...IN OTHER WORDS IT SUCKED...RUSS AND I WOKE UP ON TOTALLY DIFFERENT DAYS...MY DAY WAS SPENT HOPING THAT IT WOULD END SOON!...SORRY THESE PICTURES ARE SO SMALL...I STOLE THEM FROM MPIX...I DO HOPE EVERYONES MOTHERS DAY WAS BETTER THAN MINE...

DANCEWORKS SHOW 2007...

2007-05-11T09:36:00.000-04:00

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE MADISON'S DANCE SHOW COSTUMES...SHE IS IN 4 DANCES PLUS THE FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE...UNFORTUNATELY HER SHAKE HER TAIL FEATHER COSTUME IS MISSING...MARTHA BRAVO TOOK THESE PICTURES AND THEY ARE AMAZING...SHE IS SO TALENTED...MARTHA YOU ROCK!

LIFE IS A HIGHWAY...

2007-05-11T09:32:00.000-04:00

A NANA NITA...

2007-05-11T09:21:00.000-04:00

SUPER CALI...

2007-05-11T09:12:00.000-04:00

MONSTERS INC....

2007-05-11T08:56:00.000-04:00

ENTERPRISE TEAM PARTY....

2007-05-07T12:17:00.000-04:00

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT CARISSA EMAILED ME...I'LL HAVE MORE ONCE MY FRIEND MARTHA GIVES ME HER PICTURES...I'LL POST LATER TODAY!

OMG...WOW!

2007-05-02T16:34:00.000-04:00

I WANT TO INTRODUCE GENEVA'S BOYFRIEND...ROSS! I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER...IT ONLY TOOK HER, TO MOVE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY TO FIND A MAN! HAHAHAHA...I LOVE G!

GO PIRATES!

2007-04-30T22:23:00.000-04:00

MY PIRATES DID IT TONIGHT...WHAT A GAME...I WANTED TO THROW UP...THE STRESS WAS KILLING ME!...PIRATES JUST ONE MORE GAME! LETS DO IT! PIRATES ROCK!

BUSY WEEKENDS...

2007-04-30T09:04:00.000-04:00

WHEN AM I GOING TO HAVE A WEEKENDS WHERE I CAN HANG IN MY PJ'S ALL DAY???THAT WEEKEND DOES NOT EXSIST IN MY LIFE...RUSS WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND SO I HAD TIME TO PLAN AND BUY PARTY STUFF...SATURDAY WOKE UP AND WENT TO TAKE MADISON TO BALLET/HIP HOP CLASSES...WHILE MADISON WAS IN CLASS KIRSTA AND I WENT TO THE FALLS TO PICK UP A DRESS FOR MADISON THAT I HAD SEEN ON THE INTERNET...UNFORTUNATELY THEN DID NOT HAVE MADISON'S SIZE...WENT BACK TO THE STUDIO AND STAYED ALITTLE BIT FOR THE FATHER/ DAUGHTER DANCE PRACTICE...THEN WENT TO THE 4 THE OCCASION BANQUETS GRAND OPENING...THIS IS DAVE'S NEW BUSINESS...IT WAS VERY NICE...FROM THERE WE WENT TO DO LIQUOR INVENTORY SO THAT I KNOW IF WE NEED TO BUY ANYTHING FOR THE PARTY THAT IS SATURDAY...WENT TO PARTY CITY BOUGHT SOME CUTE GREEN CUPS (totally love paper goods!) THEN WE ATE AT FUDDRUCKERS, WHICH IS NO LONGER FUDDRUCKERS...WENT TO MICHAELS, LOVE MICHAELS BUT NOT THE ONE WE WENT TOO @ DADELAND STATION! WAY TOO CROWDED...CAME HOME AND SNUGGLED WITH MY CUKES AND WATCHED A HARRY POTTER MOVIE (THE THIRD ONE)!...MY HONEY ROLED IN FROM HIS BUSINESS TRIP AT 1:30 AM....THEN WE ALL SNUGGLED IN THE BED!....

WOKE UP SUNDAY AND WENT SHOPPING WITH LORI AND JORGE! HAD FUN!

SEE MY WEEKEND WAS JUST A BLURRRRRR!

FRIENDS...

2007-04-26T19:54:00.000-04:00

ITS FUNNY TO SEE MY TWO OLDEST FRIENDS WITH MY HONEY...SHOULDN'T I BE THE ONE IN THE PICTURE?

MS BIKE TOUR...

2007-04-25T20:53:00.000-04:00

I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I STOLE THESE PICTURES FROM MARTHA'S WEBSITE...I HOPE SHE DOESN'T HAVE ME ARRESTED!...WELL HERE THEY ARE, WELL SOME OF THEM...THESE PICTURES WERE ALL TAKEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 150 MILE BIKE TOUR...I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THESE GUYS...I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD OF MY HONEY (OF COURSE)...HE DID THIS FOR ME!...HE COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR MS...THEY ARE NOW 75 HUNDRED DOLLAR CLOSER IN FINDING A CURE! AND TEAM ENTERPRISE COLLECTED $14,000.00 IN TOTAL! I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, I KNOW I REPEAT MYSELF BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY ABOUT PEOPLE THAT RIDE ALL THOSE MILES FOR A CAUSE! YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE AND I AM TRULY THANKFUL!

HEROES IS BACK...

2007-04-24T09:30:00.000-04:00

THIS SHOW IS AWESOME...DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK SO???...THIS SHOW IS INCREDIBLE, IT ALWAYS LEAVES ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT! CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK!...SAVE THE CHEERLEADER SAVE THE WORLD!

GOOD LUCK TEAM WINKIE!

2007-04-20T16:37:00.000-04:00

MS BIKE RACE...

2007-04-19T08:56:00.000-04:00

THE MS BIKE RACE IS THIS WEEKEND APRIL 21 & 22...LAST YEAR MY HONEY & BROTHER DID THE 75 MILES...THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT ALL...150 MILES!....OF COURSE NOT IN ONE DAY...THEY ARE RIDING 75 MILES ON SATURDAY AND 75 MILES ON SUNDAY!...I'M SO PROUD OF HIM/THEM!...HE/THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS SINCE JANUARY...

EVERY SUNDAY RUSS IS OUT THERE AT 6 AM RIDING, PEDDLING HIS HEART OUT AND FOR WHO?...ME! WELL, NOT ALL FOR ME, BECAUSE HE REALLY ENJOYS THE WHOLE BIKING THING! I LOVE YOU BABE AND BE CAREFUL! YOU TOO RODGER!...

QUE SAD...

2007-04-18T10:43:00.000-04:00

NOW THAT HE IS GONE I'M KINDA SAD...I SO LOOK FORWARD TO HIS HAIR STYLES...THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS "GO JORDIN...YOU ROCK!"

OMG!

2007-04-13T14:07:00.000-04:00

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? OMG!

HAPPY 11TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!...

2007-04-13T09:26:00.000-04:00

WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY???? I LOVE YOU!...

EASTER SUNDAY...

2007-04-10T16:49:00.000-04:00

EASTER SUNDAY WAS GREAT...WE WOKE UP AT 9:30 AM AND HAD BREAKFAST WITH THE OTHER HALF OF THE IRVINE'S AT NO OTHER THAN THE "EGG PLACE"...WE CAME BACK HOME AND ACTUALLY TOOK A SHORT NAP...I WOKE UP AND STARTED COOKING MY THREE SIDE DISHES THAT I HAD PROMISED TO BRING TO MS. IRVINE'S HOUSE...I MADE A CORN CASSEROLE, BROCCOLI CASSEROLE, AND A CHEESY BROCCOLI RICE...BETTY CROCKER THAT I AM!...WE ARRIVED AT THE SENIOR IRVINE'S AT AROUND 4:10 PM...THE KIDS WERE DRESSED SO CUTE WITH ALL THEIR PLAID SHORTS...WE TOOK PICTURES, THE KIDS PLAYED, WE ATE, WE HUNTED, WE LEFT...ALL IN THAT ORDER! IT WAS A NICE EASTER...( IT WAS ALSO DALES BDAY AND IT FELT ALITTLE WEIRD NOT BEING ABLE TO CALL HER NOR VISIT HER!...DALE WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!)

COLORING EGGS????

2007-04-10T16:39:00.000-04:00

DO YOU JUST LOVE MY FIRST PICTURE?...I ROCK!=)...THE SECOND PICTURE IS MY NIECE ALEXIS MARIE AND HER EGG (TOO CUTE)...THE NEXT ONE IS MY CUKES AND HER ABSTRACT FLOWER...ARTISTIC SHE IS NOT, BUT SOME ONE ONCE TOLD ME "YOU'RE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU CREATE!" AND I TRUELY BELIEVE THAT!...THESE PICTURES WHERE TAKEN AT KIRSTA'S ANNUAL EASTER EGG COLORING GET TOGETHER...WE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE TOGETHER SINCE THE KIDS WERE BORN AND THEY LOVE IT!...WE ALL BOIL A HUNDRED EGGS END UP WITH 50 B/C SOME CRACKED AND SPEND THE NIGHT COLORING THEM...HOW FUN IS THAT!

AMERICAN IDOL...

2007-04-05T15:15:00.000-04:00

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THIS LOSER IS STILL AROUND????

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF BETTY VERGEL?...

2007-04-05T14:31:00.000-04:00

BETTY VERGEL IS PROBABLY MY OLDEST FRIEND...SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I MET WHEN I MOVED TO MIAMI...FROM DAY ONE WE WERE AN ODD PAIR...SHE WAS LITTLE AND I WAS BIG...BUT THAT NEVER BOTHERED US, WE WERE SISTER IN OUR EYES AND IN OUR HEARTS...THROUGH THE YEARS OUR FRIENDSHIP GREW...WE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS...WE FOUGHT...WE CRIED...BUT NO MATTER WHAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL BOND!...ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND BOTH OF US ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT, BUT WE STOPPED TALKING....BUT, NEVER STOPPED REMEMBERING....SHE GOT MARRIED, I RAISED A CHILD...WE HAVE MISSED OUT ON ALOT OF MEMORIES TOGETHER...THIS PAST WEEK I MADE AN ATTEMPT TO EMAIL MY OLDEST FRIEND OF 29 YEARS! AND WE PICKED UP AT IF NO TIME HAS PASSED!...I'M KINDA SHOCKED AND RELIEVED...I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE OUT COME OF THIS WEEK AND I HOPE ITS THE START OF A NEW OLD FRIEND!

DANCEWORKS ROCKED THE FAIR...

2007-03-21T09:05:00.000-04:00

KIRSTA'S FACE WAS GLOWING ON SUNDAY AFTER HER GIRLS PERFORMED AT THE FAIR...SHE HAD TWO GROUPS THAT PERFORMED...MS. CARL'S GROUP DRESSED IN A RED OFF THE SHOULDER DRESS...AND MISS. JOCELYN'S GROUP DRESSED IN A BLACK AND RED JUMPSUIT WITH DIAMONDS THAT SPARKLED BRIGHTER THAN THEIR SMILES...BOTH GROUPS PLACED FIRST IN THE COMPETETION...WHICH MADE KIRSTA SO PROUD!...IT WAS A VERY EXCITING DAY!

BE THERE THE FAIR...

2007-03-20T15:07:00.001-04:00

THIS PAST SUNDAY WE WENT TO THE YOUTH FAIR...I LOVE GOING TO THE FAIR...ITS SUCH A FUN PLACE TO TAKE PICTURES...ALL THE COLORS AROUND YOU...THE FOOD ISN'T BAD EITHER! HAHAHAHA!...WE MET UP WITH THE CONTESSA'S AND THE DOW'S...THE KIDS RODE SOME RIDES AND HAD LOTS OF FUN!...DANCEWORKS ALSO PERFORMED AT THE YOUTH FAIR THIS YEAR BUT THATS A SEPARATE POST...

METRO ZOO...

2007-03-15T11:44:00.000-04:00

THIS PAST SUNDAY, RUSS HAD HIS DIVERSITY/ENTERPRISE PICNIC @ THE ZOO...RUSS WAS SUPER EXCITED THIS YEAR BECAUSE HE HELPED PLAN THIS EVENT... AS YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS ALSO MY DAD'S FIRST COMPANY PICNIC...AFTER THE GAMES AND LUNCH WE WALKED THE PARK TO FEED THE GIRAFFE'S...WE HAD A GREAT TIME...THANKS ENTERPRISE!

93 POSTS IN ONE YEAR!...

2007-02-22T09:44:00.001-05:00

TODAY IS MY BLOGGING ANNIVERSARY...A WHOLE YEAR HAS PASTED BY...I HAVEN'T BEEN THE GREATEST BLOGGER BUT I ALSO HAVEN'T BEEN THE WORST...ITS BEEN FUN UPLOADING PICTURES TO SHARE WITH WHOM EVER READS THIS THING...THANKS FOR STICKING WITH ME...

I'VE GOT AN EYE ON YOU...

2007-02-15T11:33:00.000-05:00

DOESN'T MY EYEBROW LOOK GOOD? THATS THE NEW DO.

HAPPY 8TH B-DAY CUKES!...

2007-02-15T11:29:00.000-05:00

BIRTHDAY PICTURES FROM PINEWOOD ACRES...MADISON TURNED 8 YEARS OLD TODAY AND WE CELEBRATED WITH HER CLASS...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY...

2007-02-14T11:27:00.000-05:00

FOR ALL YOU LOVERS OUT THERE...HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF HUGS AND KISSES...TODAY I'VE GOTTEN TWO VALENTINE PRESENTS...I RECEIVED FROM GORDO AND WHEEZY A BOX OF GODIVA CHOCOLATES!...I ALSO GOT FROM MY NEPHEW GINO A PEARL THAT COMES IN A SHELL IN A TUNA CAN...ITS REALLY COOL...YOU OPEN THE CAN AND THE SHELL IS IN THERE IN WATER...YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT WITH A LITTLE TOOL THAT IT BRINGS...THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLORED PEARLS, I GOT LOVE WHICH IS A PEACH COLOR...IT ALSO BRINGS A SILVER CAGE LIKE PENDANT... YOU PUT THE PEARL IN THERE AND IT BECOMES A NECKLACE...I LOVED BOTH MY GIFTS! THANKS! LOVE YOU ALL!

MY HONEY ALSO BOUGHT ME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWERS! THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE AND I LOVE HIM FOR KNOWING THAT!

50TH BIRTHDAY...

2007-02-09T09:29:00.002-05:00

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM PAUL'S 50TH BIRTHDAY DINNER AT THE GOVERNORS CLUB IN FT. LAUDERDALE...IF WE ALL LOOK ALITTLE TIPSY IS BECAUSE WE ARE...LISA RENTED A HUMMER LIMO TO TAKE US TO THE DINNER AND BACK...OF COURSE WE WHERE GOING TO DRINK!...WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!

VACATION PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE...

2007-02-09T09:13:00.000-05:00

I'M SO EXCITED...THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO GO ON A CRUISE...FREEDOM OF THE SEAS...THATS THE NEWEST SHIP THAT ROYAL CARIBBEAN HAS...IT HAS A ICE RINK!...WE DECIDED TO GO IN THE EARLY PART OF JUNE...IT WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE WEEKEND OF THE SHOW...THE BOAT DOCKS IN THREE ISLANDS....PUERTO RICO, ST. THOMAS, ST. MARTEEN...WE ACTUALLY SPLURGED ON THIS ONE...ITS NOT EVER DAY THAT WE GET TO GO ON A CRUISE, ON THE NEWEST SHIP!...CAN'T WAIT UNTIL JUNE!

CAMPING PICS AS PROMISED...

2007-02-02T11:54:00.000-05:00

4 MONTHS AND COUNTING...

2007-02-01T09:44:00.000-05:00

JUST REALIZED THAT THE SHOW IS 4 MONTHS AWAY...SO MUCH TO DO...I'M NOT COMPLAINING...I LIVE FOR THIS STUFF...KIRSTA HAS ALL THE MUSIC PICKED OUT AND ALL THE COSTUMES ORDERED...I MUST SAY I SAW THE COSTUMES AND I LOVE THEM...MADISON IS IN FOUR DANCES AND THE FATHER /DAUGTHER DANCE...SHE IS DANCING TO SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER IN A YELLOW DRESS W/FEATHERS...SHE IS DANCING TO MONSTERS, INC. IN A BEAUTIFUL WHITE BALLET LOOKING JUMPER...SHE IS DANCING TO SOME HIP HOP DISNEY SONG IN YELLOW CARGO PANTS WITH A MULTI COLORED TANK TOP WITH A NET TOP...IT HAS A HEAD BAND, TOO CUTE!...AS FOR THE FLAMENCO DANCE...THATS UP IN THE AIR...NOT TOO MANY DISNEY FLAMENCO MOVIES OUT THERE...THE FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE IS GOING TO BE "LIFE IS A HIGHWAY" FROM THE MOVIE "CARS!"...ONE OF CADENS FAVORITES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEATBELT HIM TO THE SEAT, HE MIGHT JUST RUN UP ON STAGE WITH TIO!...I HAVE ORDERED NEW SHIRTS FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ONE LAST SHOW...THEY ARE STILL BLACK WITH WHITE STITCHING...I ALSO HAVE A SURPRISE FOR TA...HOPE SHE LIKES IT, B/C I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT...ITS FUNNY HOW I GET SO INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT...KIRSTA REALLY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE DANCEWORKS CREW (THANKS!)...YOU KNOW WE ARE ALL ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS...HAHAHAHAHA!

WELL DRESS REHEARSAL IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 1, 2007 AND THE SHOW DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2, 2007 (3 PM & 7 PM)...@ VARELA HIGH SCHOOL...IT WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR THERE...SHOW WEEKEND IS SO EXHAUSTING FOR EVERYONE...WE REALLY DO NOT STOP FROM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY...BUT AT THE END ITS ALL WORTH IT!...SEE YOU THERE...

JANUARY RECAP...

2007-02-01T08:57:00.000-05:00

JANUARY STARTED REALLY FUN...FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CAMPING FOR NEW YEARS AND THIS YEAR WE ADDED AN EXTRA DAY...OF COURSE IT POURED THAT EXTRA DAY...I MEAN FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN...WE ARRIVED ON SATURDAY DEC. 30 @ AROUND 2-3 PM...LETS NOT GO INTO WHY WE WERE LATE...(RUSS FORGOT TO PICK UP OUR CAMPING STUFF DURING THE WEEK)...ITS IN DANCEWORKS STORAGE...WE GET THERE FRIDAY NIGHT TO PICK IT UP AND REALIZE THEY ARE CLOSED UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING @ 9 AM)...WE WERE ALSO LATE BECAUSE ME AND MY BRIGHT IDEAS, DECIDE TO RENT A UHAUL TRAILER...WELL I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 55 MILES AN HOUR...THAT SLOWED US DOWN ALOT...WE SET UP OUR CAMP SITE AND WENT TO PUBLIX TO BUY OUR 3 DAYS OF FOOD...$800.00 LATER, WE COME BACK WITH BASICALLY NOTHING...DID I TELL YOU THAT MY TENT HAD A/C?...THANKS TO THE ZACKE PORTABLE A/C UNIT...IT WAS AWESOME...THE WEEKEND WAS NICE IT INVOLVED MY FAMILY GOING OUT TO FISH, RIDE BIKE, TAKE WALKS...WHILE I READ A BOOK AND COOKED...ACTUALLY RODGER WAS MY COOKING PARTNER THAT WEEKEND...WE COOKED BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES, AND DINNERS...LETS NOT EVEN DISCUSS THE NIGHT THAT EVERYONE LEFT ME AND KIRSTA ALONE IN THE CAMPSITE CUTTING UP MEATS AND VEGGIES FOR OUR SKEWERS...IT WAS POURING...IT HAD BEEN POURING ALL DAY...THE RACCOONS WERE OUT AND THEY WERE HUNGRY...I THOUGHT I FELT SOMETHING UNDER THE TABLE...IT FELT FURRY...WE SCREAMED AND JUMPED UP ON THE PICNIC TABLE...NEEDLESS TO SAY EVERYONE CAME BACK TO FIND US STANDING ON THE TABLES PUTTING TOGETHER OUR SKEWERS...IT WAS QUITE FUNNY! I'M GOING TO POST SOME PICTURES...I DIDN'T TAKE MUCH AT ALL...NOT A VERY GOOD ASSISTANT!

WHERE DO I BEGIN...

2007-01-30T15:51:00.000-05:00

ITS ALL A BLURR...THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY...WHERE DID IT ALL GO...XMAS EVE WAS AT MY HOUSE AS IT IS EVERY YEAR...THIS YEAR I RENTED A 20 X 40 TENT AND A BOUNCE HOUSE FOR THE EVENT...DO YOU ASK WHY?....WELL MY MOTHER CALLED ME 4 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT AND ASKED "DENI, HAVE YOU SEEN THE WEATHER?"...THAT PUT ME IN PANIC MODE...LOOKING FOR A 20 X 40 TENT 4 DAYS BEFORE XMAS EVE IS NOT FUN...BUT MY FRIENDS AT "ITS YOUR AFFAIR" PULLED IT THROUGH FOR ME...AND OF COURSE IT DID NOT RAIN ONE DROP...BUT IT DID KEEP THE DEW OFF OF EVERYONE AND THE TABLECLOTHES STAYED DRY...THATS IMPORTANT FOR ME...THE NEXT DAY WAS OF COURSE A RAT RACE FOR ME...WE WHERE AN HOUR LATE TO MS. IRVINE'S HOUSE...THAT WAS SO BAD...WE HAD BREAKFAST THERE AND OPENED OUR GIFTS WITH THE IRVINES...OUR NEXT STOP WAS MY BROTHERS HOUSE...THATS WHERE MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY MEETS UP ON CHRISTMAS...WE HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO THAT SIDE...AIDEN DIAZ...HE IS SO CUTE, HE IS MY COUSIN ALEXIS' SON...WE LEFT MY BROTHERS HOUSE ON A FULL STOMACH AND WENT TO SEE LARRY...IT WAS REALLY WEIRD TO BE THERE THIS YEAR...LARRY, JON, AND ANA WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE...I REALLY MISSED THE WRAPPED PRESENTS WITH DIFFERENT BOWS AND EVERYTHING GLUED WITH THE GLUE GUN...I MISSED OPENING OTHER PEOPLES PRESENTS, THE MISSING GIFT CERTIFICATES OR THE TAPED GIFT CERTIFICATE ON THE WRONG BOX...I REALLY MISSED DALE THIS CHRISTMAS...THAT WAS A HARD TIME...THEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KIRSTA'S HOUSE TO WRAP UP THE DAY...THIS BEING 12 HOURS FROM THE TIME WE LEFT OUR HOUSE THAT MORNING...KIRSTA HAD A GREAT GET TOGETHER...SHE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES...HER GRAND DADDY HAD JUST PASTED AWAY 5 DAYS BEFORE...IT MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY HARD TIME FOR HER...LOSING A LOVED ONES IS ALWAYS HARD!...WE GOT HOME AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BED...THE NEXT MORNING WE ALL WOKE UP EARLY AND MS. IRVINE TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS AND SHE HEADED TO DELTONA FOR THE FUNERAL...THATS A 4 HOUR DRIVE...TALKING ABOUT TOUGH...WE ARRIVED AT 12 PM AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS AT 2PM...I'M SO NOT GOOD AT FUNERALS...ITS ALWAYS HARD TO SEE PEOPLE YOU LOVE IN PAIN...AND THAT DAY MY BEST FRIEND KIRSTA WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN...SHE DID GOOD! SHE BROKE DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT ITS TO BE EXPECTED...AND OF COURSE I WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HER BREAKING DOWN MYSELF...WE LEFT DELTONA AT 7PM AND DROVE BACK TO MIAMI...JUST TO BE BACK AT WORK AT 8:30 AM THE NEXT DAY...WORKING SUCKS...OR ATLEAST WAKING UP TO GO TO WORK SUCKS...A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE LEFT CAMPING...WE ALWAYS GO CAMPING FOR NEW YEARS...BUT THAT A TOTALLY NEW POST...WELL I JUST UPDATED YOU ON THE WHOLE MONTH OF DECEMBER...NEXT POST WILL DEFINATELY UPDATE YOU ON JANUARY....

BIRTHDAY WISHES...

2006-12-27T13:06:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FRIEND...FELIZ CUMPLEANOS!

CHRISTMAS IS HERE...

2006-12-21T09:14:00.000-05:00

CHRISTMAS IS SO HECTIC...I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES THEY WERE ALL TAKEN MY MARTHA BRAVO PHOTOGRAPHY!

WEEKEND PROJECT...

2006-11-27T15:52:00.000-05:00

BEFORE...

WEEKEND PROJECT....

2006-11-27T15:31:00.000-05:00

AFTER...

HAVE YOU SEEN ONE?

2006-11-27T15:26:00.000-05:00

CHECK THEM OUT...THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE....GO TA!

THANKSGIVING...

2006-11-27T15:20:00.000-05:00

THANKSGIVING @ THE IRVINES...ALOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR...

4 YEARS OF WHEEZY...

2006-11-22T15:37:00.000-05:00

WHEEZY TURNED 4 YEARS OLD ON NOVEMBER 14...WE HAD A FAMILY BBQ FOR HIM ON SUNDAY...IT WAS REALLY IS NICE TO JUST SIT OUT BACK AND WATCH THE KIDS RUN AROUND AND PLAY TOGETHER...WE ALL LIVE SO CLOSE TO EACHOTHER AND NEVER DO THAT...WE HAD A GREAT TIME...THE ONLY THING IS THAT MY WHEEZY REFUSED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME...THAT KID JUST DOESN'T KNOW...MAYBE NEXT YEAR...I LOVE YOU CADEN!

CORNUCOPIA...

2006-11-22T15:23:00.000-05:00

THIS WEEKEND DANCEWORKS PARTICIPATED IN CORNUCOPIA 2006 @ METRO ZOO...THEY PERFORMED IN THE "WINGS OF ASIA" SECTION OF THE ZOO @ 1:25 PM...THEY ROCKED!...CARLA A DANCE TEACHER @ DANCEWORKS CHOREOGRAPHED THE PIECE, AND IT WAS AMAZING...BALLET CONCIERTO HAD NOTHING ON THEM!...KIRSTA YOU MUST BE REALLY PROUD OF YOUR GIRLS, BECAUSE I AM!

HANDS ON MIAMI...

2006-11-09T09:24:00.000-05:00

THIS WEEKEND WAS "HANDS ON MIAMI" @ METRO ZOO...VOLUNTEERS CAME OUT AND PLANTED 330 TREES FOR THE ANIMALS...ENTERPRISE WAS ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT SPONSORED THE EVENT...RUSS TOOK MADISON & CAMERON...THEY HAD THE BEST TIME!

PICTURES AS PROMISED...

2006-11-09T09:07:00.000-05:00

NOT A GOOD BLOGGER...

2006-11-06T23:51:00.000-05:00

HAS ANYONE REALLY MISSED ME BLOGGING?...I REALLY HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING SINCE DALE PASSED...IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE...DALE PASSED AWAY ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER ALL HAD SAID GOODBYE!...THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS JUST AWFUL...CALLING 911, THE POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE ARRIVING WITH ALL THE SIRENS BLARRING...GETTING TO DALE AND LARRY'S JUST TO BE 10 MINUTES TOO LATE...I REALLY DON'T EVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN...UNFORTUNATELY ITS NOT REALITY!...EVERYONE IS PUT ON THIS EARTH FOR A SHORT WHILE...WE HAVE STILL BEEN VISITING LARRY EVERY WEEK...NOT BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE TOO BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TOO...LARRY IS A GREAT PERSON AND I ENJOY HIS COMPANY...HE ALSO LOVES MY DAUGHTER, AND THAT MAKES ME LOVE HIM EVEN MORE...HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR WAS ALL SCREWED UP...OUR YEARLY HALLOWEEN PARTY WAS TWO SATURDAYS AGO, LIKE ALWAYS IT WAS AN EARLY START TO A REALLY LONG DAY...WE CLEANED, WE DECORATED, WE ORGANIZED...WE DRESSED UP AS DOCTORS THIS YEAR...I WAS DR. DEE NUTZ AND RUSS WAS DR. TUCKER FADDEN...RODGER WAS DR. KENNY LINGUS AND KIRSTA WAS DR. ANITA DICK....LORI WAS DR. TONYA HEDENKOFF....DAVE DRESSED AS A PATIENT AND HE WORE A G-STRING UNDER HIS GARMENT, IT WAS TOO FUNNY...THE NIGHT STARTED KINDA SLOW BUT PICKED UP AS THE NIGHT GOT LATER...RUSS HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK WAY TOO FAST AND GOT REALLY DEPRESSED...IT WAS ALL MY FAULT BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE GIVING THE DRINKS...I HONESTLY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND NOT REMEMBER WHAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH WITH DALE THE PREVIOUS WEEK...UNFORTUNATELY IT BACK FIRED ON ME AND HE JUST CAME CRASHING DOWN...THEN OF COURSE HALLOWEEN NIGHT...I USUALLY HAVE EVERYONE COME TO MY HOUSE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT AND I ORDER FOOD AND EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME...NOT THIS YEAR I WAS WAY TOO TIRED TO PREPARE, ORGANIZE AND ORDER...SO THAT MADE EVERYONE A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT NIGHT...IT TURNED OUT WELL, WE WENT TO KIRSTA HOUSE AND STARTED OUR DEATH MARCH FROM HER HOUSE...IT WAS SO HOT AND STICKY...I WAS SLOWLY MELTING...BUT OF COURSE THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME... I'LL POST SOME PICTURES LATER...

FALL FESTIVAL...

2006-10-30T16:05:00.000-05:00

FALL FESTIVAL WAS LAST FRIDAY 10-27-06...FALL FESTIVAL IS THE SAME THING AS A HALLOWEEN PARTY...THE SCHOOL DOES NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE IT AS HALLOWEEN SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS WITH DIFFERENT BELIEFS...THE KIDS DRESS UP IN THEIR NON-SCARY COSTUMES AND GO FROM BOOTHS TO BOOTHS WITH THEIR TICKETS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED IN SCHOOL....THEY PLAY GAMES AND EVERYONE WINS A PRIZE...IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE SKIES WERE CLEAR AND THE DAY WAS BREEZY...MADISON DRESSED UP AS PADIME, CAMERON AS DARTH VADER, AND CADEN AS ANAKIN...YOU KNOW THE IRVINES AWAYS DRESS WITH A THEME...AS YOU CAN SEE CADEN IS NOT IN THE PICTURE SINCE HE IS IN PRE K3 THEY WENT AT A DIFFERENT TIME...I'LL POST SOME OTHER PICTURE FROM HALLOWEEN AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE!

YOU WILL BE MISSED!

2006-10-24T11:10:00.000-04:00

ONE DOWN THREE TO GO....

2006-10-18T10:22:00.000-04:00

MADISON GOT HER REPORT CARD TODAY...ONE 9 WEEKS DOWN AND THREE TO GO...I AM SO PROUD OF HER...SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL...SHE GOT 100% IN SPELLING, YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO IF YOU READ SOME OF HER NOTES...BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SPELLING TEST SHE ALWAYS MANAGES TO PULL 100%..SHE IS AT CLASS LEVEL 2.2 (2 GRADE, 2 MONTH) IN SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, MATH, AND LANGUAGE ART...THE ONLY THING SHE KEEPS STUGGLING WITH IS READING...SHE IS AT A 2.0 GRADE LEVEL...THAT MEANS SHE'S ONLY BEHIND 2 MONTH INSTEAD OF THE 6 MONTHS SHE WAS IN MAY!!!CUKES, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU! I CAN'T BELEIVE HOW GREAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE SECOND! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

FRIENDS...

2006-10-18T10:03:00.000-04:00

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PICTURE...CAN YOU BELIEVE RUSS TOOK IT...THIS WAS TAKEN AT "MY PARK" IN WINDERMERE FLORIDA...THIS PARK IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM A LAKE AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOUSES...WE SURPRISED MARTHA BY DRIVING UP TO VISIT THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO...WE HAD THE BEST TIME WITH THE BRAVO'S...WE WENT TO SEA WORLD, IT HAD BEEN YEARS SINCE WE HAD GONE...WHAT A GREAT PARK...TOTALLY RENOVATED!...I'LL POST SOME PICTURES LATER TODAY.
MARTHA DON'T FORGET TO KEEP AN EYE OUT OPEN FOR THAT "FOR SALE" SIGN!

O-TOWN HERE THEY COME...

2006-09-22T07:37:00.000-04:00

WELL THE BRAVO FAMILY IS MOVING OUT TODAY...THE PAST 1.5 WEEK HAS FLOWN BY...OUT OF THE TEN DAYS SINCE I FOUND OUT SHE WAS MOVING, SHES BEEN GONE FOR 7 OF THEM...LOOKING FOR A HOUSE, SCHOOL, ETC...THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO...AND THEY HAVE MOVED FROM MEXICO TO SAN DIEGO TO MIAMI TO ORLANDO ALL IN 6 YEARS...I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST...THEY WILL BE MISSED...MOVING MAKES ME SAD! (HA, HA, HE, HE)

WHERE ARE YOU?....

2006-09-21T18:54:00.000-04:00

GET-TOGETHER...

2006-09-18T09:34:00.000-04:00

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD A SMALL GET TOGETHER...DAVID & PATTY, BEN & LISSETTE, RODGER & KIRSTA, RUSS & MYSELF, AND CHARLIE BERNDT...IT WAS LIKE GOOD OLE TIMES...MINUS ANA, PLUS PATTY...WE SPENT THE NIGHT LOOKING AT OLD PHOTO ALBUMS AND DRINKING...THE SAME LINES ALWAYS POP UP WHEN THE ALBUMS COME OUT..."LOOK AT HOW YOUNG I WAS", "I WAS SO SKINNY", AND EVEN SOME "OH, MY...LOOK AT MY HAIR!"...IT WAS FUN JUST HANGIN OUT WITH THE OLD BUNCH!

I CAN SEE...I CAN SEE....

2006-09-18T09:24:00.000-04:00

I'M SO EXCITED...I CAN SEE...MY ENTIRE FAMILY (RUSS, MADISON & ME) WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR LAST WEEKEND...RUSSELL'S EYE SIGHT HAS REMAIN THE SAME...MADISON IS 20/20...AND ME WELL, I'M ALITTLE NEAR SIGHTED...BUT I KINDA KNEW THAT AND THATS WHY I WAS THERE...I GOT MY GLASSES UPDATED AND WHEN I PICKED THEM UP THIS WEEKEND ...I COULD SEE...I MEAN EVERYTHING!...KIRSTA WAS WITH ME AND LAUGHING... BECAUSE I WAS LOVIN' IT!...I WAS DRIVING AND I COULD SEE THE BLADES OF GRASS, I COULD SEE THE LICENSE PLATES INFRONT OF ME, I COULD SEE THE STREET SIGNS...I'M SO GLAD THAT I WENT! I GUESS I'M GETING OLD!

SUPERNOVA????

2006-09-14T10:27:00.000-04:00

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??? DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE LUKAS...BUT TO PASS ON DILANA! THAT GIRL ROCKS!...I GUESS THEY DID HER A FAVOR...SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SOLO CAREER AND WON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TO ANYONE...LUKAS, UNFORTUNATELY WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO ANSWER TO TOMMY, GILBY, & NEWSTED!!!...I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS SUMMER'S SUPERNOVA...IT FELT LIKE I KNEW ALL OF THE ROCKERS PERSONALLY...RYAN STAR WAS TOO HOT FOR ME...I GREW TO LOVE STORM LARGE...MAGNI HAD A SEXY FEEL TO HIM, AND TOBEY WELL...OH, OH, OH..OH,OH,OH!(YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE SHOW TO TRUELY UNDERSTAND THAT!) I'M GOING TO MISS THEM ALL...I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY THEIR CD'S!

CHEESECAKE....

2006-09-12T22:22:00.000-04:00

TONIGHT WE WENT TO CHEESECAKE FACTORY IN THE GROVE TO SAY OUR GOODBYES TO MARTHA...WE BEING LISELY, LARI, LILY, AND ME...IT WOULD BE OUR LAST DINNER TOGETHER FOR AWHILE...WE ATE, DRANK, AND LAUGHED...I THINK LILY HAD A GALLON OR TWO OF WATER...I HAD THE BANG-BANG SHRIMP AND CHICKEN...OMG, IT KILLED ME! I THOUGHT MY STOMACH WAS GOING TO EXPLODE...AFTER DINNER WE HAD PLANNED TO GO TO MARTHA'S TO HANG OUT...UNFORTUNATELY I NEVER MADE IT...I HAD TO GO HOME...MARTHA BROUGHT HER CAMERA AND THIS WAITER TOOK OUR PICTURE...HE WAS SUCH AN IDIOT...HE MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD I CRIED...I COULD NOT KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE EVERYTIME HE POINTED THE CAMERA TOWARDS ME...I REALLY RUINED OUR FRIENDSHIP SHOT...EVERYTIME I SEE THAT PICTURE I'LL BE REMINDED OF HOW MUCH FUN WE ALWAYS HAD!...CBFB FOREVER!...

ANOTHER BLOWS...

2006-09-12T15:35:00.000-04:00

OK, WHATS UP WITH EVERYONE MOVING AWAY...IS IT A SIGN?...I JUST FOUND OUT THAT A FRIEND OF OURS "GENEVA A.K.A CHEEVA" IS ALSO MOVING AWAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR...SHE WILL BE MOVING TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE...YOU ASK WHY NASHVILLE?...WELL CHEEVA IS A CLOSET HICK...SHE IS FROM ARKANSAS....SHE WILL BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY, AND WE ALL KNOW FAMILY IS IMPORTANT! WE WILL ALL MISS GENEVA...GO DOLPHINS!

ROLLER QUEEN...

2006-09-10T21:32:00.000-04:00

TODAY WE WENT ROLLER SKATING....RUSS HAS BEEN PROMISING MARTHA BRAVO FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE TOOK HER BEFORE SHE LEFT TOWN...WE WENT TO THE 5PM SESSION AT HOT WHEELS...IT WAS JUST TOO FUNNY...RUSS AND MARTHA ROLLERED AROUND LIKE IF THEY WERE TEENAGERS...I GUESS AS SOON AS YOU PUT ON THOSE SKATES YOU TURN BACK TIME, TO THE EARLY 80'S...YOUR FEET AUTOMATICALLY START DOING THE SHUFFLE...I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE MADISON SKATE...SHE STILL SKATES WITH JUST ONE FOOT, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO CHANGE...BUT WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS THIS OBSESSION SHE HAD WITH THIS TEENAGE BOY....I THINK SHE ACTUALLY FELL INLOVE WITH HIM...SHE HAD A NICKNAME FOR HIM "LUKE" (LIKE LUKE SKYWALKER) THE BOY WAS A VERY GOOD SKATER AND YOU ACTUALLY FELT ALITTLE MEZMORIZED BY HIM...SHE FOLLOWED HIS EVERY MOVE...EVERYONE WAS OFF THE FLOOR GETTING READY TO LEAVE AND MADISON WAS STILL SKATING AROUND HIM...IT WAS CUTE BUT KINDA SCARY...SHE IS WAY TO YOUNG TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! ***EDITED TO INCLUDE OSCAR, ANA P., AND SANTIAGO***

IT BLOWS...

2006-09-08T08:55:00.000-04:00

WHAT CAN I SAY...I'M HAPPY BUT VERY SAD AT THE SAME TIME...I'M TALKING ABOUT MY FRIEND LEAVING ME...I MET MARTHA BRAVO ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO...SHE INTRODUCED ME INTO THE WORLD OF SCRAPBOOKING...I CAN'T RECALL A DAY THAT I HAVEN'T READ AN EMAIL OR RETURNED ONE FROM HER TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING...NOT THAT BY HER LEAVING I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EMAIL HER BUT IT WON'T BE THE SAME...YES, MARTHA BRAVO IS LEAVING ME, SHE IS MOVING TO ORLANDO...HER HUSBAND OSCAR GOT A JOB OFFER FROM SOME COMPANY IN O-TOWN...O-TOWN IS STILL ONLY 3.5 HOURS AWAY...WELL NOT IF YOU GO WEST (INSIDE JOKE!)...BUT IT STILL WON'T BE THE SAME...I CAN'T LEAVE WORK AND DRIVE TO HER HOUSE AND JUST HANG...I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL! THIS SUCKS!...IF YOU KNOW HER, YOU KNOW SHE IS A SPECIAL PERSON...SHE SEES THE WORLD THROUGH A DIFFERENT LIGHT!...SHE SEES THE GOOD IN EVERYTHING!...SHE HAS EFFECTED ME IN GOOD WAYS!...I'M GOING TO MISS HER ALOT! MORE THAN SHE EVEN KNOWS!...MARTHA AND I HAVE MADE A PACT TO NOT DISCUSS THE MOVE IN PERSON OR ON THE PHONE...WE JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT...BUT I JUST HAD TO LET HER KNOW HOW I FEEL! YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE LOVED MY ME AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY!

I'M SO SICK...

2006-09-07T16:02:00.000-04:00

I HAVE BEEN SO SICK FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS...I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I PICKED THIS FUNK UP FROM?...MY THROAT FEELS LIKE ITS ON FIRE, I CAN'T BREATHE, AND MY HEAD HURTS...RUSS IS ALSO STARTING TO FEEL SICK...GREAT, BOTH OF US SICK...WHO IS SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF WHO?...I AM STARTING TO FEEL ALITTLE BETTER NOW, ATLEAST I'LL BE BETTER FOR THE WEEKEND!

THE WINDS!

2006-09-05T09:57:00.000-04:00

THE WINDS ARE BLOWING NORTHWEST! I DON'T WANT THEM TO BLOW PERIOD!

ERNESTO...

2006-08-29T13:30:00.000-04:00

HERE IT COMES....ONE MORE TIME...LONG LINES TO GET GAS...FIGHTING FOR THAT LAST CAN OF SOUP OR TUNA...THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR HERE IN FLORIDA!...IT CAME AND WENT AND NOT A LEAF FELL FROM THE TREES...WHAT A JOKE!...I'M GLAD BUT OMG ALL THE HYPE!

I THINK I'VE LOST MY MOJO...

2006-08-24T16:53:00.000-04:00

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I GOT TO SCRAP?...SAD!

ADVANCED SPANISH!

2006-08-20T16:27:00.000-04:00

THERE IS NO REASON WHY MY DAUGHTER SHOULD BE IN ADVANCED SPANISH! MS. TRAVIESO I GUESS THINKS THAT IF THE CHILD UNDERSTANDS SPANISH, THEN THERE IS NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN ADVANCED SPANISH...I DISAGREE...MADISON'S PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN READ ENGLISH THAT WELL...I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING! GOD HELP US ALL! HA, HA!

THE FIRST DAY OF SECOND GRADE...

2006-08-15T08:50:00.000-04:00

ACCORDING TO MADISON...SECOND GRADE IS AWESOME...THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE ONLY FRIEND THAT SHE WANTED TO BE IN THE SAME CLASS IS IN ANOTHER...I TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY SAVANNAH WOULD PROBABLY HANG OUT WITH HER DURING RECESS...THEN SHE WAS OK...SHE IS REALLY PROUD OF HERSELF FOR BEING ABLE TO SPELL HER TEACHERS NAME...MS. MAZZEI...SHE LOVED THE NEW UNIFORM THAT SHE GOT TO WEAR TO SCHOOL TODAY OF COURSE IT WAS PINK...ITS A TRADITION TO WEAR PINK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 3 YEARS NOW!...THERE IS NO OTHER BETTER COLOR THAN THAT ONE! MADISON HAD HOMEWORK LAST NIGHT...SHE NOW HAS 20 SPELLING WORDS TO LEARN BY THE END OF THE WEEK...SHE ALSO HAD A MATH PACKAGE TO DO FOR THURSDAY...WE GOT INSPIRED AND FINISHED IT ALL LAST NIGHT...SHE WROTE HER SPELLING WORDS 3X'S...WE DID ALL THIS IN 1 HOUR...NOT BAD, FOR JUST GETTING BACK INTO THE GROOVE OF THINGS! I SEE THIS BEING A GOOD SCHOOL YEARS FOR MY CUKES!

JURASSIC CAPTURED!

2006-08-09T22:47:00.000-04:00

JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE TRADING IN MY CAR THIS WEEKEND!...JURASSIC WAS CAPTURED WEDNESDAY NIGHT @ 9:23 PM...FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T KNOW, THERE WAS A LIZARD IN MY CAR SINCE MONDAY...I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR SINCE THEN BECAUSE I AM DEATHLY AFRAID OF THEM...I HAVE BUMMED OFF RIDES FROM LISA AND KIRSTA...BUT NOT ANYMORE, MY HUBBY THE "GREAT WHITE HUNTER" CAUGHT IT!

THE CURL WEDDING WEEKEND...

2006-08-07T10:13:00.000-04:00

THIS WEEKEND WAS CHRIS AND JOE'S WEDDING...WE HAD THE BEST TIME...RUSS AND I DROVE UP ON FRIDAY NIGHT...WE ARRIVED AT THE PGA NATIONAL HOTEL AT AROUND 10:30 PM, JUST TO BE GREETED BY THE KENTUCKY CREW AT THE DON SHULA BAR...BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE EVERYONE WAS ALITTLE TIPSY... WE WERE INTRODUCED TO JOE'S (2) SISTERS, BRENDA & DEBBIE...HIS COLLEGE FRIEND, THE HAMMER AND HIS WIFE ROSEMARY...BRENDA'S FRIEND AMY THE HAIRDRESSER, AND TONY RAY! THE NIGHT ENDED OUT ON THE PATIO BECAUSE WE CLOSED THE BAR OUT...DON'Y WORRY IT WASN'T LATE IT WAS JUST 12 AM...WE FINALLY WENT TO SLEEP AROUND 3 AM...OF COURSE WE SLEPT IN THE NEXT MORNING ON THE HEAVENLY BED...IT WAS AWESOME...RUSS AND I WENT ON A LUNCH DATE TO P.F. CHANG'S...THEN WE WENT SHOPPING...THE WEDDING WAS AT THE MIRASOL COUNTRY CLUB ( THEY HOLD THE HONDA CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT THERE) THE IRVINE/CAMERON CREW HAD A GREAT TIME...WE ALL DRANK, LAUGHED, AND DANCED! THAT REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE FROM ALL OF US...I GUESS THIS WAS THE WEEKEND THAT WE ALL NEEDED! ALL AND ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS WEEKEND BEING YOUNG AGAIN!

JUST A SAYING...

2006-08-02T17:58:00.000-04:00

I JUST WANTED TO POST THIS SAYING THAT I LOVED FROM THE MOMENT I HEARD IT..."LOVE IS FRIENDSHIP ON FIRE!"...WHEN I HEAR THIS I AM REMINDED ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE MY HUSBAND AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES FOR ME!

SIESTA KEY VACATION...

2006-07-30T11:22:00.000-04:00

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON VACATION WITH MY PARENTS IN 20 YEARS...IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM...I ALSO ENJOYED THE FACT THAT MADISON GOT TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THEM...MY BROTHER ALSO WENT WITH US....ITS WAS NICE TO SEE THE MARTIN COUSINS PLAYING, I DON'T GET TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS I WOULD LIKE...MY NEPHEW KYLE IS THE SWEETIEST LITTLE BOY, HE IS VERY LOVING...KAILE IS TOO FUNNY, SHE CAN BE KIND AND IN A SPLIT SECOND TURN ON YOU...SHE REMINDS ME OF ME!...ON THE LAST DAY KAILE AND I SPENT SOME TIME ALONE LISTENING TO MADISON IPOD...I REALLY ENJOYED THAT!...I NEVER GOT TO TAKE MY FAMILY BEACH SHOT...THE DAYS THAT I CHOOSE TO DO IT, RAINED LIKE CRAZY...I WAS GOING TO WAKE UP EARLY ON THE DAY WE LEFT BUT NEVER DID...OH, DID I ALSO TELL YOU THAT MY BROTHER IN LAW RODGER WALKED IN ON ME WHEN I WAS IN MY BRA AND UNDIES...MY GRANNY PANTIES...I SCREAMED, HE SCREAMED! IT WAS EMBARRASSING AND FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME...NOW NOTHING IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION...ON WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO BUSCH GARDENS...RUSS, RODGER, LISSETTE, AND BEN RODE ON THE "SHEIKRA" THAT RIDE IS IMPRESSIVE...MADISON RODE EVERYTHING THAT HER 53 1/2 INCH BODY WAS ALLOWED TO RIDE...SHE WAS HALF AN INCH TOO SHORT TO BE ABLE TO RIDE EVERYTHING IN THE PARK...I WAS KINDA GLAD, MY HEART COULD NOT HANDLE HER ON THE "SHEIKRA"...

SIESTA KEY....

2006-07-24T20:18:00.000-04:00

SOME PICTURES OF THE KIDS ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT THE BEACH...THE WEATHER HAS BEEN AWESOME...I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE...NO WORK, NO STRESS, NO WORRIES!

LOOK AT MY BIRD...

2006-07-21T15:58:00.000-04:00

ISN'T SHE THE PRETTIEST BIRD YOU'VE EVER SEEN? TODAY WAS THE DANCE CAMPS LITTLE SHOW...SUESSICAL THE MUSICAL...I LOVED IT...THE GIRLS DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ON EVERYTHING...THE COSTUMES, THE HAIR, AND THE SINGING WERE GREAT...GOOD JOB DANCEWORKS!

3RD GAME...

2006-07-19T23:50:00.000-04:00

AFTER TONIGHTS GAME, I KNOW WHY THE WORLD IS THE WAY IT IS! WE DID VERY WELL IN TONIGHTS GAME...WE WENT UP AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM...THEY DID BEAT US BUT NOT BY MUCH...BUT AT THE END OF THE GAME MY VALENTINE DID POINT OUT TO ME THE SCORE BOARD...IT DID READ 0-0...WE HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST THAT!

WEEKEND...

2006-07-16T20:48:00.000-04:00

THIS WEEKEND WAS KINDA BUSY...MADISON HAD BASKETBALL PRACTICE ON SATURDAY MORNING FOR 2 HOURS...SHE IS ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER...WE THEN WENT TO HAVE LUNCH AT THE SPORTS GRILL LIKE WE HAVE EVERY SATURDAY...MADISON, MY MOM, CADEN, AND I WENT TO BUY SCHOOL SHOES FOR MADISON...CADEN ALSO GOT SOME COOL BLACK PUMAS...HE LOVED THEM, AND I LOVED THAT HE LOVED THEM! RUSS AND RODGER PUT A TARP ON AUNT JUDY'S ROOF...SEAN HELPED ALSO...THEY WORKED ON IT FOR 5 HOURS...THEY WERE EXHAUSTED AND SUN BURNED WHEN THEY FINALLY FINISHED...RUSS WAS GOING TO RIDE ON SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE ACHES AND PAINS WERE TOO MUCH...RODGER DIDN'T EVEN WAKE UP UNTIL 10 AM...YOU SEE KIRSTA WENT TO SEE HER GRANDFATHER (HE ISN'T DOING TOO WELL) SO RODGER HAD THE HOUSE AND BED TO HIMSELF...OH I FORGOT THAT NANA KIDNAPPED THE KIDS...FOR SOME REASON, SHE WANTED THEM TO ALL SLEEP OVER...SUNDAY WASN'T TOO BUSY, THE KIDS WERE IN THE POOL ALL DAY...THANK GOD FOR POOLS...I ORDERED PIZZA FROM DOMINOS AND MARTHA, OSCAR, KIRSTA, RODGER, JORGE, SEAN, AND THE KIDS CAME OVER...

DOCTORS APPT....

2006-07-16T11:43:00.000-04:00

MY DOCTORS APPT. WENT WELL I GUESS...ITS ALWAYS THE SAME THING...I DRIVE AN HOUR IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...TO GET TO DOCTORS HOSPITAL IN CORAL GABLES...TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT WALKING IN BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS IN WHEELCHAIRS...THEY LOOK AT YOU LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME KINDA OF DISEASE AS THEY DO...ITS REALLY WIERD BUT I FEEL THE HATRED...IN A WIERD WAY I GUESS I DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY ARE ASKING THEMSELVES THE QUESTION OF "WHY ME?"...DR. ZWIBEL DID HIS EXAM AND FOUND MY STRENGTHS TO BE NORMAL...HE DOES WANT ME TO GO SEE A UROLOGIST, BECAUSE MY LEG TIGHTNESS MIGHT BE CAUSE BY A URINE SOMETHING...I DON'T THINK IT COULD BE THAT BUT I AM HOPING IT IS...THE WHOLE LEG THING SCARES ME...THE WHOLE NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK THING SCARES ME...ALOT OF THINGS SCARE ME!...

FINALLY!

2006-07-11T09:50:00.000-04:00

THE PASSPORTS ARE FINALLY HERE...CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? IT ONLY TOOK 14 WEEKS! YOU GOTTA LOVE THE SYSTEM!

GAME NIGHT!

2006-07-11T08:47:00.000-04:00

I WAS SO EXCITED ALL DAY LONG WAITING FOR 5 PM TO RUSH HOME TO GET READY FOR THE BASKETBALL GAME...ONLY TO GET THERE AND IT BE RAINED OUT! THIS IS THE SECOND GAME THAT GETS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN! I RAN HOME PICKED UP MADISON'S UNIFORM AND GORDO ( HE GETS DROPPED OFF AFTER CAMP)...I HEADED TO KIRSTA'S TO PICK THEM UP....WE WENT TO OUT FAVORITE QUICK RESTAURANT, TEX MEX (117TH AVE & LIKE 120 STREET) TO HAVE DINNER AND RUSHED TO THE GAME....ONLY TO GET TO THE "Y" AND IT BE POURING...THAT SUCKS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORDO!...

2006-07-09T10:19:00.000-04:00

TODAY IS MY GORDO'S 8TH BIRTHDAY...NOTICE I SAID MY GORDO!...THATS BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CALLS HIM GORDO..IT WAS A NICKNAME THAT I CAME UP WITH WHEN HE WAS A BABY...HE WAS A CHUBBY BABY! I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT EIGHT YEARS HAVE GONE BY SINCE THAT DAY IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN I CHANGED HIS FIRST DIAPER AND HE POOPED ON ME...I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT...IT WAS TRUE LOVE FROM THAT POINT...I LOVE YOU MY GORDO AND I HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER!

WHY ME?

2006-07-07T10:06:00.000-04:00

I ASK MYSELF THAT DAILY...WHY ME?...MY HUSBAND GETS MAD AT ME, AND TRIES TO GIVE ME SUPPORT, BUT UNFORTUNATLEY IT EATS ME AWAY SLOWLY...IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ITS MY MS...I TRY TO HIDE ALL MY ACHES AND PAIN UNFORTUNATELY I THINK I JUST ABOUT HAD IT! YOU SEE I'M NOT A TOUGH PERSON...AS I'M WRITING I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL...KINDA FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT MS IS...IT'S NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR EMOTIONS! LATELY I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES AND HAVE NOT TOLD ANYONE...I FINALLY BROKE DOWN LAST NIGHT AND TOLD RUSS...I HATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE THEN WORRIES...AND I DO ENOUGH OF THAT FOR BOTH OF US...AND THEN AGAIN I ASK "WHY ME?" I GUESS ITS JUST LUCK! WOW, WHY NOT LET ME WIN THE LOTTO...THATS LUCK! FOR THE LONGEST TIME I'VE TOLD MYSELF IF THIS IS THE WORST THAT HAPPENS IN MY LIFE THEN I'M OK...BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS! SLOWLY ITS GETTING WORSE AND I TRY TO FIGHT IT BUT I'M LOSING! I JUST NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST! I'M SORRY!

FRIENDS...

2006-07-06T21:35:00.000-04:00

I HAD A GREAT TIME TONIGHT SCRAPPING WITH MY FRIENDS (LISELY & LILY)...WE SAT TOGETHER AND CREATE 3 UNIQUE LAYOUTS...EVENTHOUGH THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID WAS ADD DIFFERENT PICTURES TO A LAYOUT THAT I CREATED...WE HAD THE BEST TIME TALKING AND CATCHING UP...THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND WE DON'T EVEN SCRAP AS MUCH AS WE USE TOO...ONE GOOD THING IS WE ALL REMAIN GOOD FRIEND THROUGH ALL THE DRAMA...

4TH OF JULY...

2006-07-06T14:49:00.000-04:00

WAS GREAT...WE HAD A SMALL GET TOGETHER AT MY HOUSE...WE ACTUALLY PLANNED THIS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE KEYS FOR SOME PHANTOM FIREWORKS...THE LINE WAS OUT THE DOOR...I WANTED TO LEAVE BUT WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WOULD NOT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET IN...ONCE I WAS IN I WAS MISERABLE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN 150 DEGREES IN THAT PLACE...WE PICKED UP SOME FIREWORKS AND HEADED FOR THE LINE...ONCE WE WERE THERE THE LADY NOTICED RUSSELL'S BADGE AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AN OFFICER...RUSS SAID NO, LORI SAID YES...THE LADY WAS CONFUSED BUT GAVE US THE P.O. DISCOUNT OF BUY ONE GET ONE FREE...SO AT THAT POINT WE HAD DOUBLE THE FIREWORKS! WE COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING! RUSS EVEN GOT A T-SHIRT...I ORDERED SHORTY'S ON MONDAY AND OUR PARTY/BBQ WAS SET...THE KIDS HAD FUN IN THE POOL AND THE ADULTS STAYED INSIDE IN THE A/C...WE STARTED TO FIRE OFF THE WORKS AT ABOUT 7:45 PM...AND ENDED AT 10:30 PM...IT WAS NICE...AND NO ONE LOSS ANY FINGERS OR TOES...I'LL BE POSTING SOME PICTURES LATER.

4TH OF JULY MODEL...

2006-07-05T22:52:00.000-04:00