WHERE DO I BEGIN...

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...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FRIEND...FELIZ CUMPLEANOS!

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!