CHRISTMAS IS HERE...

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

WEEKEND PROJECT...

BEFORE...

WEEKEND PROJECT....

AFTER...

HAVE YOU SEEN ONE?

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

THANKSGIVING...

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

4 YEARS OF WHEEZY...

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...

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...

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...

NOT A GOOD BLOGGER...

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...

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!

ONE DOWN THREE TO GO....

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...

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...

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?....

GET-TOGETHER...

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....

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????

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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

ERNESTO...

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...

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

ADVANCED SPANISH!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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!

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

GAME NIGHT!

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!...

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?

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...

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...

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...

GOT SEMI-ORGANIZED...

I JUST SPENT THE LAST EIGHT HOURS ORGANIZING MY PLAYROOM/SCRAPROOM...I'M ACTUALLY GROSSED OUT BY ALL THE SCRAP STUFF THAT I HAVE AND HAVEN'T USED...I ALSO FOUND ALOT OF PROJECTS THAT I HAVE STARTED AND HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO FINISH THEM...BUT ALL THATS GOING TO CHANGE...I'M GOING TO TRY TO SCRAP ATLEAST 1 HOUR A DAY...EVEN ON WEEKDAYS....ITS JUST THAT I COME HOME SO TIRED...ALL THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE...I HAVE ALOT ON MONEY INVESTED AND I MUST PRODUCE...DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE MYSELF...

TODAY, I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I TOOK MADISON TO BASKETBALL PRACTICE...THEY PLAYED A GAME AGAINST EACHOTHER AND MADISON SCORED 4 POINTS (TWO BASKETS) I WAS VERY PROUD OF HER...SHE IS FINALLY GETTING INTO THE GAME...WE THEN HAD LUNCH @ THE SPORTS GRILL...WE ALWAYS GO THERE ON SATURDAYS...I THEN PICKED UP TO BASKETS FOR MY SCRAP STUFF AND CAME HOME...RUSS HELPED ME WITH THE ROOM...ITS WAS OVERWHELMING AT TIMES...I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES TOMMORROW!

GET ORGANIZED...

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT? I KNOW EVERYTIME YOU'RE WITH ME...I HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, I SWEAR...I BUY THINGS TO GET ME ORGANIZED AND IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK...I'M SO MESSY, I HONESTLY WISH I COULD BE MORE ORGANIZED...I WENT TO THE CONTAINER STORE TODAY AND BOUGHT SOME JARS TO KEEP MY RIBBONS IN THEM BY COLORS...LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS...I PLAN ON ORGANIZING THE PLAYROOM/SCRAPPING ROOM TOMMORROW...I HAVE BEING PUTTING IT OFF FOR SO LONG...I READ ELSIE FLANNIGANS BLOG AND SHE POSTED HER BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF HER ROOM...THAT INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO CORRECT THE CLUTTER THAT I HAVE GOING ON IN THAT ROOM...I HAVE SCRAP SUPPLIES EVERYWHERE...GARAGE, LIVING ROOM, SCRAP ROOM, CAR...EVEN I'M GETTING TIRED EVERYTHING BEING EVERYWHERE. I ALSO BOUGHT MAGAZINE ORGANIZER AND SOME BASKETS...I'M ON A MISSION!

ANOTHER TOOTH...

I CAN'T BELIEVE MADISON LOST ANOTHER TOOTH...I THINK ITS HER LAST ONE IN THE FRONT PART OF HER MOUTH...SHE LOOKS LIKE A RABBIT...THE TWO FRONT TEETH STICK OUT SO MUCH...ITS THE ONLY THING YOU SEE WHEN SHE IS TALKING...THE THING THAT SURPRISES ME THE MOST IS THAT RUSS IS THE ONE THAT PULLED OUT THAT SUCKER...I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT...I AM CHICKEN LITTLE...THE BLOOD WOULD HAVE MADE ME PASS OUT...I GUESS THE TOOTH FAIRY WILL BE MAKING A VISIT TONIGHT...I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE TOOTH FAIRY CARRIES THE MONEY???

RAIN, RAIN...GO AWAY!

OK THE GAME WAS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN....I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALL DAY...MADISON HAD HER UNIFORM ON, MY FRIEND MARTHA WAS READY TO TAKE SOME PROFESSIONAL SHOTS...MY DAD WAS EVEN GOING TO GO...OH WELL! I GOT MY HAIRCUT AND DYED LAST NIGHT...MY HAIRDRESSER DID IT AT HER HOUSE INSTEAD OF AT THE SALON...SHE WAS LEAVING ON VACATION AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS DONE BEFORE SHE LEFT! THAT WAS VERY COOL OF HER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT...EVENTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY HAIR DONE WITH HER FOR 20 YEARS...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME HAIRCOLOR (CHERRY BARK) FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS...THE NAME IS ACTUALLY BERRY WOOD...BUT THATS AN INSIDE JOKE (CFB3) NOW IF I CAN ONLY GO GET A PEDICURE AND A MANICURE...MAYBE ON SATURDAY FIRST THING, WHILE MADISON IS AT PRACTICE...I ALSO WANT TO BUY FIREWORKS THIS WEEKEND SINCE THE 4TH IS NEXT WEEK...I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT DAY, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I'M OFF...MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A B.B.Q....MAYBE WE'LL GO SEE SOME FIREWORKS...LAST TIME WE WENT TO SEE FIREWORKS, WE GOT EATEN BY MOSQUITOS....THAT WAS YEARS AGO...I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS EVEN MARRIED THEN...

OH SO PROUD...

MADISON CAME HOME FROM DANCE CAMP SO EXCITED..."I'M A BIRD MOMMY!"...SHE KEPT REPEATING THAT PHRASE OVER AND OVER...SHE WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE SHE GOT THE PART OF A BIRD IN THE PLAY THAT THEY DO ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMP...SHE HAD TO SING INFRONT OF EVERYONE AND THE ACTING TEACHER CHOOSE HER TO BE ONE OF THE THREE SINGING BIRDS...I'M SO PROUD OF HER...SHE CAME OUT OF HER SHELL...AT THE BEGINNING MADISON THOUGHT THAT TA HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT...BUT TA ASSURED HER THAT SHE DID IT ON HER OWN....TA WASN'T EVEN AT CAMP WHEN THE ACTING TEACHER MADE HER DECISIONS...TA DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT MADISON WAS GOING TO TRY OUT FOR A SMALL ROLL IN THE MUSICAL...SO THAT MAKES ME EVER PROUDER OF MY CUKES!

A FRESH NEW FACE...

SO DO YOU LIKE MY NEW FACE?...I WAS GETTING TIRED OF THE OTHER ONE...AND SINCE I AM AN AVID BLOGGER NOW, I THOUGHT I NEEDED A NEW LIFT...I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES IT...

Father's Day Gift...

A LITTLE LATE...LAST WEEK WITH ALL THE COMOTION I FORGOT ABOUT FATHER'S DAY AND BUYING A GIFT FOR RUSS...HE HAS BEEN WANTING AN IPOD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...I BOUGHT HIM THE 60GB IPOD...I ALSO BOUGHT HIM SOMETHING CALLED THE ITRIP...IT GETS CONNECTED TO THE IPOD AND IT PLAYS THRU YOUR CAR STEREO OR YOUR HOME STEREO...I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COOL THING TO HAVE...WE BOUGHT IT AT THE APPLE STORE IN THE FALLS...NOW I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMPLETELY USE IT!

WHY NOT CKU IN CALIFORNIA...

I THINK I MADE A WRONG DECISION IN PICKING PROVO, UTAH OVER SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA...IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERYONE IN GOING TO SAN JOSE...CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH COOLER PLACE TO GO SEE...
MAYBE NEXT YEAR!

TEAM #4 FIRST BASKETBALL GAME...

OK, SHE IS READY...NEW UNIFORM...NEW D. WADE CONVERSE'S TO MATCH....RULE'S MEMORIZED...THE GAME WAS AWESOME AND THE TEAM DID GREAT!...NOT BAD FOR A TEAM THAT NOT ONE PLAYERS HAS EVER PLAYED THE SPORT..GORDO MADE THE FIRST SHOT OF THE GAME AND MADE 2 POINTS FOR THE "PIRATES"...THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT ATHLETE...YOU KNOW THE SAYING "BIG THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES" WELL THAT APPLIES TO MY GORDO!...I WAS ALSO SURPRISE WITH MADISON, SHE DOES NEED TO WORK ON BEING AGGRESSIVE...BUT I CAN'T COMPLAIN, SHE IS A DANCER AT HEART!...

DANCEWORKS WEBSITE...

WWW.DANCEWORKSOFMIAMI.COM (TOO COOL!)

GOODBYE UNCLE DON...

OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HAD A ROUGH WEEK AND WEEKEND...UNFORTUNATELY OUR PRECIOUS UNCLE DON PASSED AWAY FROM A HEART ATTACK...HE WAS BORN JUNE 13, 1931 AND DIED ON JUNE 13, 2006...TO ENTER THIS WORLD AND LEAVE THIS WORLD ON THE SAME DAY ONLY 75 YEARS APART IS KINDA WIERD...HE WAS A GREAT MAN...ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS BEFORE HE TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF...HE LOVED MY DAUGHTER AND THAT MADE ME LOVE HIM EVEN MORE...
" DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MADISON I HAVE EVER KNOWN?" I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT STATEMENT...HE ALWAYS SAID THAT TO CUKES WHEN HE SAW HER...HIS FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY AND IT WAS A NICE SERVICE...HIS DAUGHTER ARLETT SPOKE ABOUT HER DAD AND IT WAS VERY TOUCHING...RODGER, RUSS & JORGE WENT UP THERE TO SPEAK ABOUT UNCLE DON BUT RUSS COULDN'T EVEN GET A WORD OUT...THEY WERE ALL VERY EMOTIONAL...IT WAS VERY SAD....WE LOVE YOU UNCLE DON AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU VERY MUCH!

SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!...

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VACATION...ALONG TIME! SANTO DOMINGO WAS GOING TO BE THE BOMB...SAND, SURF, AND SUN...WHAT ELSE COULD I WANT? SOME SERVICE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE...MAYBE ALITTLE A/C DURING THE DINNER HOURS...NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK....IT ALL STARTED OUT WITH RUSS & MADISON NOT GETTING THERE PASSPORTS IN TIME TO LEAVE...THEN THE SHUTTLE FROM THE AIRPORT TO BAVARO PRINCESS ASKING ME FOR VOUCHERS THAT I DID NOT HAVE...ONCE THERE I REALIZED THAT THE PLACE (HOTEL/RECEPTION AREA) DID NOT HAVE ANY A/C...AND THE ROOMS DID NOT HAVE INTERNETS ACCESS...OK I COULD HANDLE THAT BUT WHAT I COULDN'T HANDLE WAS THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THE MEN HAD TO WEAR LONG PANTS AND COLLARED SHIRTS TO DINNER EVERYNIGHT...NOT A PROBLEM IF I WOULD HAVE PACKED RUSSELL SOME PANTS! YES, NOWHERE (INTERNET/TRAVEL AGENT) DID IT INFORM THAT THIS WAS A HOTEL REQUIREMENT...THATS BECAUSE ITS A RULE THAT YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONCE YOU HAVE PAID AND YOU ARE THERE! AT THIS POINT I WAS YELLING "SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!" RUSS & RODGER WORE MAINTENANCE WORKER PANTS THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE IN SANTO DOMINGO...TWO SIZES TOO SMALL BUT THEY WORE THEM PROUD...THATS NOT ONLY THE WORSE PART...OUR TRAVEL AGENT FORGOT TO MAIL US OUR TRAVEL VOUCHERS...SO WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOTEL THEY ASKED US FOR OUR HOTEL VOUCHER (THAT IS HOW THEY GET PAID) WE HAD TO CONTACT OUT AGENT AND HE OVER NIGHTED US OUR VOUCHERS BY UPS...THAT DIDN'T STOP RUSS & RODGER FROM CALLING LISA EVERYNIGHT AND ASKING HER FOR HER VOUCHER..."YOU, NO PAY DE BANANA!" IF IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT STATEMENT THIS VACATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ONE TO REMEMBER!

OK LETS TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME...

OK LAST NIGHT I SPENT LIKE 2 HOURS BLOGGING AND WHEN I TRIED TO POST THE SERVER WAS DOWN AND I LOST EVERYTHING..."THAT MAKES ME SAD"...NO, WHAT IT MADE ME WAS PISSED OFF...OH WELL, IT COULD BE WORSE....WELL LETS SEE WHAT I HAVE I BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST MONTH...WE (THE SCRAP GIRLS) WENT TO PROVO, UTAH FOR A CKU CONVENTION...THAT WAS FUN, I GOT TO MEET ELSIE FLANNIGAN...WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT...I LOVE HER LAYOUTS AND HOW SHE CREATES BUT OMG, SHE IS A VALLEY GIRL...EVERYTHING MAKES HER "SAD"! SO THE NEW JOKE IS THE "SAD/HAPPY" COMMENTS...I TOOK A PICTURE WITH HEIDI SWAPP SHE IS AWESOME...EVERYTHING ABOUT HER AND HER PRODUCTS ARE AMAZING...WHAT A NICE, DOWN TO EARTH PERSON...OH, AND DONNA DOWNEY- SHE ROCKS!...AND SHE KNOWS IT! LOVE HER...ALL AND ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT I MISSED MY FAMILIA SO MUCH...LISELY GOT SO SICK AND WAS IN THE TOLIET LIKE EVERY 5 MINUTES...I THINK SHE DROPPED ABOUT 10 POUNDS IN PROVO...WE PLAN TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR, BUT MAYBE JUST TO SHOP...OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION MARTHA'S OBSESSION WITH TAKING PICTURES OF THE MOUNTAIN...I HAVE A PICTURE OF EVERY ANGLE....IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN!

PROVO HERE WE COME...

I'm so excited...and kinda sad at the same time...I love the fact that I will be relaxed doing something that I love to do...but sad b/c my family is not with me...Does that sound wierd?...I am so use to my entire family (Russ, Madison, Rodger, Kirsta, Cameron & Caden) going with me that i know I'll miss them...

THE NEW ADVENTURE...

IT TURNED OUT FOR THE BEST...FOR EVERYONE! WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN!...

Sunday Photo Shoot...

Today was such a busy day @ my house...We took alot of pictures...Martha started taking pictures @ around 11 am and finished around 6 pm...We took a couple of shots of Madison & Russ...Even Bruiser, I finally got to take my 4 generation picture... Aba, Mom, Madison & Me...I have been dying to take this shot for years and one thing leads to another and we had never found the time..Thanks to Martha she captured the moments as she likes to say...My aunts also came by to take a couple of shots with my Aba...That was a disaster...It turned into a real ugly Family Forum...but thats another blog topic...I'll share a couple of photos later this week.

Team Winkie Did It!

I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE...THEY BIKED 75 MILES (IN MIAMI WEATHER) TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CURE OF MS! I'M ESPECIALLY HONORED TO BE MARRIED TO ONE OF THEM, MY HONEY RUSS...I ALSO WANT TO LET RODGER, UNCLE BENNY, AND JEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRULY SPECIAL PEOPLE TO HAVE DONE THIS...AS FOR THE REST OF TEAM WINKIE...THANKS!

MS Bike-a-thon

My husband is going on the bike a thon tommorrow morning... He has to be @ Miami Dade Community College @ 6:15 am (too damn early)...We found out that the path is actually 80 miles not 75 like they say it is...I keep asking myself can he really ride a bike for that amount of miles? He says he is going to do it even if he has to walk his bike in on his back...If he actually makes it and I really do think he will, I will be so proud and honored because I know that he did it for me!

DRAMA...NO LIE...LOTS OF DRAMA!

I keep on hearing the lyrics from the Black Eyed Peas song..."No more Drama...We don't want no Drama!"...I can't believe everything that has happened this week...The only thing I do believe is that some people are not who you think they are! They believe what they want to believe...Even if its not true! If you are reading this I just want to let you know that you got it all wrong...

Mothers Day Pictures

I LOVE THIS PICTURE...MADISON LOOKS VERY NATURAL AND I ABSOLUTELY FELL INLOVE WITH THIS SHOT! ONCE AGAIN MARTHA BRAVO ROCKS! ANOTHER REASON I LOVE THIS PICTURE IS BECAUSE 50 YEARS FROM NOW I'LL LOOK AT THIS AND IT WILL REMIND ME OF THE WAY WE USED TO PLAY SNIFFING EACHOTHER...YES, SNIFFING...I LOVE TO PLAY THAT GAME WITH MY DAUGHTER, I HOPE SHE REMEMBERS JUST HOW MUCH FUN WE HAVE DOING THIS.

MY GIFT....

ITS HERE...IT GOT HERE YESTERDAY...THAT BROWN MAN (UPS) DELIVERY TO ME @ WORK...AND I WENT STRAIGHT TO OSCAR FOR SOME HELP...YEP, YOU GOT IT MY LAPTOP IS HERE... I'M USING AS WE SPEAK...OSCAR DOWNLOADED PROGRAMS AND HELP ME WITH ALL OF THE WIRELESS STUFF THAT I HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT! I'M SO EXCITED..MY OWN LAPTOP...I JUST ABSOLUTELY AM INLOVE WITH IT! MY HUSBAND IS STILL NOT SURE WHY I'M SO HAPPY WITH MY LAPTOP...YOU SEE I HAVE PLANS FOR ME AND MY NEW BEST FRIEND. I PLAN ON STORING AND EDITING ALL OF MY PICTURES AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS... HE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.

EASTER'S HERE...

EASTER IS HERE ONCE AGAIN AND THE ONLY EASTERISH THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS TAKE MADISON'S PICTURE...MY FRIEND MARTHA IS A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER! SHE KNOWS MY FAMILIES EXPRESSIONS AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN TO TAKE THE RIGHT PICTURE! IT ALSO HELPS THAT THE MODEL IS SO DAMN CUTE!...I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING OUR TRADITIONAL EGG COLORING @ KIRSTA & RODGERS...WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS...WELL WHAT CAN WE DO?...GO TO THE KEYS FOR THE WEEKEND OR COLOR EGGS?...THE KEYS WON!...THE KIDS ASKED IF THE EASTER BUNNY WOULD BE VISITING OUR HOTEL ROOMS???? MADISON SAID "NO, THE EASTER BUNNY WILL NOT BE DRIVING ALL AROUND TOWN..." SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE A NOTE EXPLAINING TO LEAVE HER PRESENT THERE @ OUR HOUSE AND WE WOULD BE BACK SUNDAY AFTERNOON...HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT EASTER SUNDAY!

STARING @ THE TATOO...

IS THE WORLD READY FOR THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN TATOO TO BE UNVEILED???? I JUST REALIZED THAT SINCE WE ARE GOING AWAY THIS WEEKEND THAT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE TO STARE AT THE TATOO ALL WEEKEND LONG...WOULD IT BE WRONG TO ASK HIM TO SWIM WITH A SHIRT ON???? I'M KIDDING!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRSTA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TA! I CAN'T BELEIVE IT, THE BIG 30! DO YOU FEEL ANY OLDER? I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY...MY FRIEND! WISHING YOU MUCH LOVE AND HAPPINESS... YOU TRUELY ARE A GREAT PERSON, FRIEND, FAMILY! LOVE YOU!

MY 10TH ANNIVERSARY WEEK...

THIS WEEK SO FAR HAS BEEN A HECTIC WEEK...MY SISTER IN LAW IS ON VACATION WITH HER FAMILY AND I'M COMPLETELY ALONE AT WORK...OH I FORGOT MY ASSISTANT MADISON IS HERE WITH ME...(YEAH!) MADISON LOVES COMING TO WORK WITH ME...MONDAY AND TUESDAY I HAD SO MUCH WORK TO DO FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK THAT MY DAYS FLEW BY...TODAY THE DAY IS DRAGGING A LITTLE BUT MADISON IS HERE KEEPING ME BUSY...I ORDERED MY 10TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PRESENT TODAY FROM DELL!!!!YEP, THAT RIGHT I SAID DELL NOT MAYOR'S...RUSS WANTED TO BY ME SOME SORT OF RING BUT I INSISTED ON A LAPTOP! I'LL GET MORE USE OUT OF A LAPTOP AND NOT OUT OF A RING...AS OF MATTER OF FACT I JUST LOOKED DOWN AND I AM NOT EVEN WEARING MY WEDDING RING...YOU SEE IT WOULD BE A WASTE!...I ORDERED MY XPS-M140 TODAY AND I SHOULD HAVE IT BY NEXT WEEK...I'M SO EXCITED, ONCE I HAVE MY LAPTOP I'LL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD PICTURES AND KEEP ALL MY PHOTOGRAPHY STUFF ORGANIZED....OSCAR HAS PROMISED TO DOWNLOAD ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMS FOR ME...HE IS THE COMPUTER WIZARD IN MY BOOK! I CAN'T WAIT FOR FRIDAY...I'LL BE HANGING OUT BY THE POOL SOMEWHERE IN THE KEYS...I THINK I'LL EVEN BE SIPPING ON SOME SORT OF TROPICAL FRUIT DRINK....THATS HOW WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY...RODGER AND KIRSTA WILL BE COMING WITH US TOO...ITS KIRSTAS BIRTHDAY TODAY AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TAKE A MINI VACATION GETAWAY WITH THE KIDS! SO AS YOU CAN SEE I'M WAITING FOR THURSDAY TO COME BAD!

YOUTH FAIR

THE YOUTH FAIR IS IN TOWN AND I'M LOVIN IT! I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE YOUTH FAIR SINCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD...THATS ALONG TIME...ITS A GREAT PLACE TO SPEND A SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THERES RIDES FOR EVERYONE, THERES FOOD FOR EVERYONE, AND EXHIBITIONS...LAST WEEK WE TOOK MADISON AND SHE LOVES IT! SHE IS SUCH A DAREDEVIL...SHE IS SO OVER THE KIDDIE RIDS, SHE WANTED TO RIDE THE BIG RIDES...I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE RIDES BECAUSE I SEE THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM TOGETHER AND IT SCARES ME...BUT WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO??? NOT LET HER RIDE THEM???? SHE IS A RISK TAKER...SHE IS NOT SCARED OF THOSE RIDES...SO I LET HER BECAUSE I AM THE TRUE CHICKEN LITTLE...THIS YEAR I DIDN'T GET MY FROZEN CHOCOLATE COVER BANANA...SO WE ARE DEFINATELY GOING BACK! THE FOOD IS AWESOME THERE...THE FAIR...BE THERE!

THE MS BIKE TOUR

MY HUSBAND IS THE GREATEST GUY...SOMETIMES I FORGET HOW WONDERFUL HE REALLY IS...ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO HE INFORMED THAT HE WAS GOING TO RIDE IN THE 75 MILE MS BIKE TOUR...I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY! HE HAS BEEN TRAINING ALMOST EVERYDAY...EVERY NIGHT HE GETS IN HIS TREADMILL AND RUNS FOR AN HOUR...ON SUNDAYS HE WAKES UP EARLY AND GOES FOR HIS BIKE TRAINING...THE FIRST WEEK IT WAS 18 MILES, THE SECOND WAS 21 MILES, AND TODAY THEY ARE GOING FOR THE 3O MILES...I THINK TO MY SELF WHY IS HE DOING THIS...WELL, YOU SEE I HAVE MS AND TAKE DAILY MEDICATION FOR IT...I GUESS THIS IS HIS WAS OF SHOWING ME THAT HE IS DEDICATED TO ME AND ALL MY IMPERFECTIONS. BABE I LOVE YOU!

ALL INKED OUT!

WELL THIS WEEKEND WAS QUITE INTERESTING... MY CLEAN CUT, EXECUTIVE TYPE HUSBAND GOT A TATOO...AND I HATE IT!...THAT WAS MY HUSBANDS B-DAY PRESENT FROM HIS BROTHER...DON'T GET ME WRONG IT'S NOT LIKE I HATE TATOO'S IN GENERAL BECAUSE I HAVE ONE...ITS JUST THAT I HATE THE ONE HE GOT!...WE WENT TO "ALMOST FAMOUS" TATOO PARLOR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE TATOO ARTIST WAS BUSY SO HE ASKED US TO COME BACK AT 6 P.M....MY HUSBAND WAS GREEN AT THIS POINT BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIKE NEEDLES...WE WENT TO LUNCH AND TALKED ABOUT IT...HE INFORMED THAT HE WOULDN'T TATOO ANYTHING ON HIS BODY UNLESS I SAW IT FIRST...I INFORMED HIM THAT IT'S HIS BODY AND HE HAS TO MAKE THE DECISION...HE SAID "NO, YOU HAVE TO LIKE IT!"...WELL RODGER AND RUSS WENT BACK AT 6 P.M....I DIDN'T GO BACK WITH HIM BECAUSE HE SAID " I DON'T THINK I WANT A TATOO!" THAT REASSURED ME THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO GET ONE...WELL HE COMES BACK HOME AT 11 P.M. AND SHOWS ME THE UGLIEST TATOO THAT I HAVE SEEN...IT'S OUR DAUGHTERS NAME...AND THE ARTIST MADE THE BREAKING POINT OF THE TATOO THE "I" IN HER NAME... IT LOOKS LIKE AN ANCHOR IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS ARM, SURROUNDED BY MAD SON...I FREAKED OUT AND STARTED TO CRY...NOT THE RESPONSE HE WANTED...I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID IT! I KEEP CALLING HIM SAILOR BOY!...I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF INPUT ON THE DAMN THING! SORRY BABE, IT DOES NOTHING FOR ME!