A new meaning for Bad Hair Day

This is an old picture but it still makes me laugh. This is Danny about 7 years old. He's not a morning person and this is him after getting up for school.

    He'll rise but he won't shine...
                                                                                              

He is thoughtful of others..

Sam comes home from school yesterday with a mothers day gift that I have to wait until sunday to see. Hah!!! I don't like to wait, so yes, I did manage to break him. He wasn't to hard. I told him to just let me have a peek, he pulled out the whole gift and I oohed and aaahed. My powers make me giddy!! I know it doesn't last long so I will exploit it as long as I can.

He also asked when will it be kid's day. I explained that christmas and birthdays were kids day.

Then with the sweetest little voice he said "Mom, when it's old peoples day let's take grandma, your mom and grandma with the yellow hair out to eat, they will like that".

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

He's 13 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will never,EVER be one step ahead of your teenager. BUT if you can manage to stay at least 2 or 3 steps behind them,....and they know you're back there......then you have a fighting chance.


Sigghhh, I love you Josh. I'm not ready for the rollercoaster ride so be kind to Mom. Please...

happy birthday

She's really really old....

My Welita is 90.

There's lots I can say about her, good and bad. But what I know is that she loves us. All of us.

I'm glad to see she is still fairly healthy. In fact she's never home, still likes gardening and is still as feisty as ever.

I tell Larry I know I will be feisty like her. It's a genetic thing. I can't help myself.

May God bless her with many more years, health and happiness.


Here she is with just a few of the great grandkids. There are still many many more missing. There are even great great grandkids missing.
Happy Birthday Welita

Happy, silly, loved,

Just another day in the life of the Wright family.

The devil dog

I do this to my pets because I can. Although Molly does act like the devil sometimes. Maybe I should get one of these for me too. heehee

I need to find Teddy an angel costume. That would be hilarious.

Soldier Boy

This years costume. He had a bag full after hitting up almost every house that had a light on. His evil dad made him play on peoples emotions. He had Sam go up to the door and say "trick or treat, support our troops". Most people threw in a few extra candies.

No costume for Josh. I told him he was to old to trick or treat. He didn't argue about it, he spent the night skating around the neighborhood with his friends. Tita thought I was wrong for not letting him trick or treat. I understand she still sees him as a baby. haha. I just didn't want him to be one of those kids that I complain about. The kids who are probably old enough to get jobs after school and pay for as much candy as they want. Then there are the kids who aren't even dressed. Oh and my favorite, the people who show up with babies in strollers. The babies aren't even walking yet and the parent comes up to the door with the halloween bag. I always want to ask "does that baby even have teeth, are you really going to let them eat candy?"

Come on people, halloween is for the children and the witches like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey mom, remember when you would take us to the "rich" neighborhoods to trick or treat.

Mr. Precious

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first precious man. Noel will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."

Birthday boy

He broke his promise and did not remain my little boy. My baby is now a big whopping 6!! Add 10 more years to that and it spells nothing but trouble.
We took him out to Chuck E. Cheese for games, pizza, cake and lots of presents. He had a really fun time. He was a little intimidated/shy with Chuck E.
He made me laugh because after giving him his cake he started complaining of a stomach ache. He started to cry and hold his belly. I told Dad to take him to the bathroom.
I looked over at his cake and he had scraped all the frosting off and eaten it. He just left the bread. He came back from the bathroom feeling better. He didn't throw up but I think his little body must have gone into SUGAR SHOCK. hahaha

Here he is with a missing tooth. He lost it right after Christmas. He was eating fries and it just popped out. No blood, no pain. In fact the top of his new tooth was already poking thru. He is proud to have another wiggly tooth right next to this one. He was expecting a quarter from the tooth fairy but he got a dollar. My motto: The better the tooth, the more money. Any cavities or bad teeth will only get you change.

The beautiful people

My almost "teenager". Before I couldn't get a picture without him. He was always jumping in

front of the camera. Now we have to threaten him to get in the picture. All of a sudden he's to old to be in pictures. Yet, when he grows up and looks back, he will be asking "where was I"?

He reminds me of Nick in this picture. I think he resembles my Dad and Nick alot. Larry says all he sees is Luna.

Is that good or bad?? hahaha

Josh says he had the best christmas ever. Grandma got him a cell phone. That was the most favorite, then he got a shuffle, the Naruto

game he had been asking for. Aunt Tara got him some Heelys. He's only fallen a few times. He made out like a bandit this year. Hope he stays off the naughty list for next time.

Here is Sam back in October. I walked into his room as he was giving his Monito(action figure) shots. Why he was giving it shots, I dont know. I have to assume it's a boy thing. Look at the concentration on his face. Poor Monito. I will have to say, when Sam gets shots, he takes it like a trooper. He doesn't cry at all. Last time he got one on each leg. No tears. Although he didn't have a kind look for the nurse.

His next step...torture animals. haha Nah, he's too kind hearted.

What happened?!!

I have totally ignored this blog. Sorry, to all the people who come visit this blog but DON'T leave a comment. (Noel) I love you all and will try to do better. (don't hold your breath, haha)

I will leave you with a picture of this lovely creature.

Update: See I'm doing better already. Feel free to leave a comment. Otherwise I may post a not so flattering picture of you all.

Not a threat...a promise.

My other children

My Mollygirl...

I thought to myself one day, one day I wouldn't have a little one following me around every second of the day. One day I could go to the bathroom--alone. One day I will not have to pick up toys from every corner of the house.

NOPE!!! Molly follows me everywhere. If I go to the kitchen, so does she. If I go to the bathroom she is following me in. She loves car rides. I take her with me to drop off and pick up Sam from school. I am constantly picking up her toys. She leaves them all over the house. She barks if someone is at the door. Good. But she keeps on barking even if I let them in. Bad. She has made Teddy a more social dog. I actually caught Teddy playing with her toy the other night. She's very smart. She likes to eat anything. In all she's a good dog. I'm glad she's mine.

Here's my other Old Man. Every year as soon as the tree goes up, there is Kiki. He likes to sleep under the tree. When I was taking out the stuff to put up the tree. I noticed cat hair all over the tree skirt from last year. He looks so cute under there. He's a good kitty. He doesn't chew or tear up the paper. He doesn't mess with the ornaments. He even stayed when the train was going around him.

My christmas wish is that Kiki live FOREVER.

Go Stars!!!

I'm not a football, basketball or baseball fan but hockey I like. I started watching this sport because of Randy. That was the year we won the Stanley cup. Then for a couple of years I didn't watch it. I'm not a fanatic about hockey. I only watch the Dallas Stars but I really really like it.

My friend Jean has season tickets. She has got some kick ass seats. Right up next to the ice. Being her lovely nice self, she invites me from time to time. We have a really good time. I'm always amazed at the skill of the players. How the goalie sees this little puck coming at him so fast is beyond me. I guess that's why they get paid the big bucks. Watching the players skate around makes me tired, as I sit there eating my nachos. haha
Here I am with my friends. From the left. Jean, Dottie, Allison and yours truly. The picture up top are some of my other favorite friends, Modano and Turco.

Beauty and the beast

Hahaha. I love you Andy. I'm proud of the man you have become. I'm especially happy that you're a dad. Now we get to hear of all the things that your baby will do that makes you want to jump off a bridge.

In order to get along better with your baby here is something to always remember.

Toddler Property Laws

If I want it, it's mine.
If it's in my hand, it's mine.
If I can take it away from you, it's mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
If we are building something together, all of the pieces are mine.
If it looks just like mine, it's mine.
If I think it's mine, it's mine.
If I give it to you, and change my mind later, it's mine.
Once it's mine it will never belong to anyone else, no matter what.

May we never forget...

I never understood people when they would say "I remember that moment exactly". People talk about being in a certain place, doing a certain thing when events such as the president being shot or a favorite celebrity dieing happens.

I now know. I will forever have Sept. 11 engrained in my mind. Forever in my memories.

I was 5 months pregnant. I had shuffled everyone out the door. Larry was heading to work after he dropped Josh off at school. Danny was on the bus already. I was getting ready for some peace and quiet. The phone rang and it was Larry asking me if I was watching the news. I turned the tv on and they were showing the smoke coming from the first tower. The newscast people on the Today show kept wondering what had happened. What could have possible gone wrong that this plane would accidently fly into a building.

Larry had said he was listening to the radio. One of the guys on the radio made the comment of "are we being attacked"? At this point no one knew anything. I kept watching in horror and despair thinking about the people in the building.

I sat there mesmorized to the tv. I prayed for the people in the planes and in the building. I wondered for a moment, why did I get pregnant, what kind of world would I be bringing this baby into?

Larry came home from work and we sat and watched tv all night. Not having much to say.

The next few days were eerie. We live under a flight path to a small airport. All planes had been grounded and it was so quiet. A noise we had gotten use to and complained about was gone.

I will also never forget because that is the reason Randy missed the first year of his daughters life. The reason so many prayers went out for him. The reason we know what the sacrifice of a soldier really is.

I will never forget.

http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm

Oscar 1971-2007

My first love.

The father of my son.

I can't post anything right now. I still feel such a great sense of loss. I feel heaviness in my heart everytime I see Danny.

I will add to this post at a later date.

Little Paul

Isn't he the cutest!!?

This is my nephews baby. He is a year old. Has the sweetest personality. I choose to not believe people when they tell me this angel has a temper. He looks exactly like his daddy. I choose to not believe that he acts like him too. Everyone loves on him all the time. I hear he is a little spoiled...but that's okay. That's why its good to be family and not the parents. You can give them back at the end of the day. haha

I miss not being back home to see him and baby Abby growing up. I feel mature (never old) knowing my kids are not the little kids anymore. I feel all grown up knowing my nephew is a father. I hope Paul knows how lucky he is. I hope he knows that being a dad will be tough, having a little one under foot is bothersome at times and knowing that this babys happiness is dependant on him is pressure. I want Paul to know this too shall pass. He won't be a baby for long. It sounds so cliche to say "they grow up real fast" but it's true. They really do. I use to clean your behind....

I feel blessed. More family equals more love. And there's always more than enough love to go around.

The little boy in the red shirt on the left is daddy. It's like looking at twins.

The boy in the tonka truck shirt. Some kid who had to jump in front of the camera. Haha. That's my brother Andy. That's a whole other story with embarrasing pictures for later.

Me and my people

Here I am with my friends Jean and Mary. We went out for mine and Jeans birthdays. We ended up at Main Event for some bowling and arcade games.

I'll spare you all the details but I suck at bowling. I really do. I won the first game and by the final game, came in last. Maybe it was the two double shots of crown and coke. Nah, I'll blame it on the lane. It hooked to the left right about a foot in front of the pins. It was a bad lane. Yeah, that's it.

After bowling we went to play video games. I rule at ice hockey. Or maybe it was just luck! This picture was the best of maybe 8. We squeezed ourselves into those tiny photo booths. The first 4 pictures I came out with the same expression because I was laughing the whole time.(remember,crown and coke)I had to fit my tiny bottom on Jean and Marys lap, while trying to be up high enough for the camera. But, this is us, in all our glory. heehee

Here's to being 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To Felisa, the baby

Smiling because your my sister, laughing because you can't do anything about it!!!!

I don't know how old you are here. I know that is our cousin Danny and sister Veronica next to you.

The back of the picture says,

"Here she is getting mad because she wants to get down. Or maybe because she wants to come out on the picture by herself".

I LOVE YOU

The talent doesn't stop here..

Everytime I see this picture it reminds me of myself. Scary, yeah, I agree. I remember being just like Josh in front of a camera. No one could get just a regular smile from me.

This picture was taken when we went camping May of 2006.

We also tried to get Sam to cross his eyes. Poor guy he can't do it yet. He thinks he's doing it.

I admit to having this talent. It's a good one when you're trying to make the kids laugh. Larry on the other hand can't do it. He says we're the abnormal ones. We're the freaks. Secretly I know he wishes he could. haha


Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons. ~Author Unknown

I will also admit to teaching the kids some if not most of their bad habits. Not eating right when Larry is out of town. Shhh, don't tell him but last night for dinner we had ice cream cake. There's milk in ice cream, right?! I've heard Sam tell the other drivers on the road to hurry up or get out of the way. Everyone knows how patient I am when it comes to driving. (wink-wink) I think those are my worst habits but I'm sure Larry could and would tell you more.

If boys marry women who are like their mothers, I feel sorry for my boys. heehee