Who was the crazy lady who brought me to this parade.. I am freezing...
The L family decorating for the holidays...

Goofin around the Christmas Tree

Happy Holidays from our crazy house hold.. Where three cats, a dog, hermit crab, a fish named super Y a three year old and as my husband says a mother in law resides..

We are good!! It has been so crazy busy, it seems getting time to sit down on the computer is nearly impossible.. The holidays are in full swing at our house. I am making candy like crazy and of course all decked out for the holidays... Frank has started his new job as gm for the Pizza Hut .. It is going really well and we are loving the fact that he is home most evenings...

Sophie is having her first Christmas party this weekend.. She is really excited about that. Tonight she was helping her daddy make a reindeer for pin the nose on rudolph.. I am helping CC out as much as possible at the store.. I am going in tomorrow a.m. to assist with a personal shop.. It is nice to go back, but also know it is tempory.. I am babysitting for two loveable cute little boys that our family has taken in... They are great and we all enjoy them.. Especially my Sophie... Bob has been here for awhile and doing good. He is enjoying the kids, but also likes the idea we have given the basement to him and mom and they have made a very cute apartment..

Have a great holidays and I will try to post more later...

Emily: I have lost all your information... Call me or email me your information.. We Need to get together...

Hello Again My Friends and Family...

Just when, I think our life will get back to normal all hell breaks loose... We will start backwards and move forward in the world, I call my own...

Grandma took ill, I mean very ill. We were not sure if she was going to make it. But about a month later, her spleen removed and icu visit, one fun roomate and a crazy roommate, life for granny is heading back to normal. She is doing well. Not real active, but hey the woman is 85 and had one hell of a ride...

Last week Frank took ill and spent 12 hours in the emergency room. With a throat infraction. Basically, he could not swallow and had some food stuck in his throat. He had to have a scope put down his throat and he is always entertaining after surgery in his fog... He is ok now, has to go back for another scope, but he is good...

Last Friday, I had oral surgery.. Ok we have theme around our house... A few days before our trip to Illinois.. I broke my tooth on a potato chip of all things. With my great luck, it was the back tooth and could not be saved. So this time, Frank was able to laugh at me coming out of my fog. I would like to say thank you to Katy my mom in law for shuttling me back in forth to the oral surgeon...

We are all happy and healthy... Frank received some good news this week, but I cannot post for awhile... I will try to post pics, but this girl is tired..

Have a great weekend...

Sophie and her Baby Ross

We are Family...
Just me and my baby Rosser...

Auntie Sarah this post is for you.... You have asked and asked so kindly for pictures all summer and I have not taken the time. My darling friend you are the opposite of me, you send birthday cards on time and thank you cards and do things in return so quickly. Me, I am the putter, who really knows when your birthday is 12/9 but I seem to forget to call that day. I want you to know, I appreciate everything you do for me and my family.. You are a great friend and god has blessed me with your sisterhood. Like the time we went on vacation together and everyone asked us if we were twins, yep you are the one who remembers and me the one who always forgets and has an excuse. LOL

Special Treat

Summer is quickly coming to an end... Sophia will start pre-school soon, grandma is heading home tomorrow and gymnastics start tomorrow evening. It has been a pleasant summer, I am actually ready for fall.. Sophie was running around in her previous Halloween costumes today, so I take it she is ready also. I am excited to state, I have a few more summer pics to upload and I will be caught up.

On to the surprise, my grandma's counsin lives close to us in KY. While granny was visting, she was able to come for lunch this week. They have not seen each other since 1996 so it was nice to listen to stories and catch up. I will try to post more this week. Some of you might not know, but I am babysitting a great little girl a few days a week. Her and Sophie get along nicely and it seems everyone is enjoying themselves. Have a good evening...

Sophia and her Pit Crew Summer of 2008!

Hello Blogger Pals and Family... Yes we are still on Planet Earth... We have had an exciting summer, filled with laughter, love, celebrations, some sorrows and tears of joy being reunited with freinds and family... I hope you enjoy the first segment of our summer....

Father and daughter spending time together...

Father and Son bonding... Granny teaching Sophie how to make her famous pie's...Sophie giving Granny a bit of dough on the nose..Nona and Papa took us to see Thomas the Train..We even met Sir Topham Hat..Best Friends were reunited and spent the day at the adoption picinic together...
We have been blessed by god to have met one another, and know how lucky we are our, we come from Guatemala, North Carolina and Kentucky to share a weekend of memories, stories and love for our children and friendships...

Kass, Soph, myself, Ang and Cynthia and Ana Maria...



Week Later California here we come!!!

At Jamies house in California...

The girls looking for hermitt crabs

Santa Monica Pier Just Goofin around at California Adventure...

Breakfast with a Princess.. And just when we did not think it could get better




Bumper Cars with Uncle J..

A mama looking through the eyes of her child at the wonder of the disney parade..








Dreams really do come true...

Almost falling asleep in Illinois on the ferris wheel... Riding my first big kid ride with Uncle Eric...
Celebrating the Fourth with Family...
A Princess Birthday

Time to read a book....
Celebrating with friends in North Carolina...
The best third birthday a little girl could ask for...

Who else our we going to see this summer...
Trying to cool off...


I have not had a chance to down load the rest of July and August pictures. Stay tuned

In closing the sorrow of the summer was when my uncle Russ passed away. Suddenly I feel as if I am getting older and when it used to be 75 of us now it maybe only 30... It seems as if in a moment life shifts. So in honor of you Russ here it is...

Every time I drive past a pond, I think of you...

when I see fish coming to the top of the pond at Falls, I feel your presence.

When I hear someone talking about poker, I think of you and Al and giggle..

I was lucky to call you my uncle and have dolly furniture that was hand made by you..

Thank you for the love and memories...

Your niece...

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Yes, we are here...

It has been a busy May and June. We were in Illinois for almost three weeks and then went to L.A. We had a great time on vacation, but glad to be home. Today was the first norma (what is normal) day in along time... I have so many great pictures to post. But tonight, I am really tired.
Bob is here... Yeah... His dermatologist in Lexington says all is good, family will know what I am yacking about... Good night...

Hello Kitty and Blueberry Pie....

Sophie and I walked around the neighborhood today and ventured out to Marie Callanders eatery. First, thing Sophia said when we walked in the door and saw the pies. Mommy I want pie... Pie! So after a good lunch, I mistakenly let her pick her pie. Yes, all white and Blueberry pie.. It was worth the excitement she had eating the pie. I have great pics, that I will post next week. Also we ventured to the sanrio store to (hello kitty) Sophie had a great time picking out things. Of course, I took pics and the sales associate was great, sprinkling glitter on her hair, hello kitty tattoo's the whole works. On the way home Sophie fell asleep and believe it or not the no nap girl after 2.5 hours is still out. So I hit the pool and worked on getting some sun. My arms are great, but I would love to get some color to my legs. Having a great time.

last night we went to Clarissa's afterschool party. Very nice. Gerrard and I had more fun embarrasing the kid, we are so bad... We kept waving at her when she was on stage.. She is sooo cute. I could not ask for a better eight year, between Rissa and Kylie I am spoiled, when it comes to great kids and great Sophie entertainers. Tomorrow is Disney Land... Yahoooooo