THIS PAST WEEKEND...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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???

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...

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...

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

ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE...

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...

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...

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...

A NANA NITA...

SUPER CALI...

MONSTERS INC....

ENTERPRISE TEAM PARTY....

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!

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!

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...

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...

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