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

Happy, silly, loved,

Just another day in the life of the Wright family.

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."

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.

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.

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

Time Flies

Well this summer is not what I expected it to be. It's had it ups and down. I am going to update this blog a little more frequently now but it may not be in order. Some of my pictures and memories are mixed up so as I find them I will post them.

Here is a fun picture of my "Hercules". Having Noel staying here was fun and very tiring. He has more energy than all my kids put together. The kids loved having him here. Sam is so aggressive now. He loves to jump, kick and punch Noel anytime he gets near him. He punches Noel on the chest as hard as he can. He tries to bully him. It's really funny to watch. As soon as Noel lays on the floor Sam tries all his wrestling moves on him. Josh liked going to the rec with Noel. They tried to play basketball like they were on the dream team. haha

Larry was astonished day after day as to how much Noel could eat. To bad Noel is not related to someone who owns a cattle farm. Beef..it's what's for dinner, and lunch, and snack and breakfast. The chick-fil-a cows do not like Noel. We're hoping he marries a woman who likes to cook.

Me, I liked playing Mom to him. He reminds me alot of his mama.

God blessed her when he gave her Noel.

Happy Fourth of July

God Bless America

God bless America. Land that I love.Stand beside her, and guide her,Through the night with the light from above.

From the mountains, to the prairies,To the ocean, white with foam.God bless America! My home, sweet home,God bless America! My home, sweet home.
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Here are a couple of pictures I took when we went to the Ft. Worth Cats game. They had a firework display on that day. The baseball team lost but the kids enjoyed the fireworks. Josh is starting to not mind the loud boom that the fireworks make. He still does cover his ears at the end when the finale of fireworks is going on. It's cute to hear all the ooh's and aahh's they make. I remember doing the same thing as a kid. Sam stays pretty quite, just watching all the bursts of colors. We don't do much to celebrate the fourth. We don't go to the parade. It's so crowded down- town. It's usually to hot, this year it rained. We don't do the big cookout. That's where I do miss having my family around. One day. I tell Larry one day when all our kids our grown with their own kids, our house will be full of love.

Miss. Ally

Here's the grandbaby. She looks like me, doesn't
she?! Okay, well maybe not exactly but I see a resemblance.

She is 19 months old now. Walking, talking and just a little bit of attitude. She speaks really well for her age. She warmed up to us pretty fast. She seems really sweet but I guess Amyee could tell me more of her true personality.hehe

She calls me Nana (like banana) and she calls Larry (sounds like) PawPaw. We can't wait till she moves to Texas. Although I think Sam will have a problem with it. He will not like some toddler slobbering on his trains and cars. I do think that he and Josh will like being called Uncle Josh and Uncle Sam.


Grandchildren don't make a woman feel old; it's being married to a grandfather that bothers her.

Hahaha,Love you Hon.

Coming Home

The ceremony was short and sweet. The families were waiting(not so) patiently. The Army song was played. We saluted the flag, some words were said and a prayer was given. We had a hard time spotting Randy. All the soldiers look alike.hehe Amyee could hardly contain herself when she finally saw him.

I hope being there for Randy will show him that Larry and I will always support him. The moment was filled with pride and relief.

All glory given to God for answering our prayers. Thanks, to all the friends and family who helped pray for Randy's safe return.

You just might be a redneck....

My children are going to be mean to me when or if I get old. They are going to point these pictures out to me and extract their revenge. Tita, tell Noel to not let the kids hurt me. Hahaha

Josh was 7 years old in this picture. He was loosing teeth left and right. He's so cute here. He still had that little boy look. Now it's all about his girlfriend, his xbox, torturing his little brother and his friends. Sigh.

My nephew, my pride

I made this card for Nick. He is involved in ROTC at his school. He will be going to bootcamp this summer. He is only 17 and will be joing the Army as soon as he can.


I hope he knows how proud I am. Nick is doing something for his future and whether he makes it or not, he tried.


People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~G.B. Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession, 1893

We should all take a lesson from Nick.
Love you Sweetie...

The Graduate

Here is Sam's picture on the big screen. Graduation day at Wee school was funny. All the 5 year olds who will be in kindergarten next school year had a small program.

Each of the four classes walked in and sat on stage. Then each class had a song to sing. After the song the microphone was passed to every child where they would say their name and what they wanted to be when they grow up. Kids are so cute. Some of their answers were so funny. There were lots of firemen, horse trainers, a ballerina, two trash men, vets, a chef, spongebob and a couple of moms.

Sam walked in with a shy but big smile on his face. He sat with his class on stage but squirmed around the whole time. Every time he saw us in the audience he would wave. He actually moved when he was singing the song. He has no dance skills, haha. When the microphone was passed to him he said "My name is Sam and I want to be Spiderman when I grow up".

There you have it, my son is going to be a hero. Now if he only learned to pick up after himself, feed himself and take a bath without fighting me about it, he will be my hero. Haha.

With Gods grace we will see him on stage again.

Breckenridge Buckaroos

Grandpa and Sam. One of grandpas favorite things is to go watch his high school football team. When the team is close by the guys go watch them play. Sam loves these trips. He loves playing around on the bleachers, eating candy and being with his Grandpa.

I hope Sam is old enough to have these moments as memories.

Blast from the past

This picture was taken on April 2, 2002. It was Sams first Easter. Sam was a few days shy of 3 months and Josh was 6 years old.

Sam saw this picture and started laughing because he said Josh was wearing his shirt. He obviously doesn't know what hand-me-downs are. Sam is holding Rudy. Grandpa Luna gave him this rabbit for his first Easter. He still has this rabbit. The blanket behind them is from Tia Tita. He also still has this "blankie".

Seeing this picture makes me happy and sad. I want to find this big bubble where my kids can live with no harm. But I am happy to see them growing, happy and healthy.


Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Pastor Josh

Here's Josh in the church at Clarke Gardens in Mineral Wells, Texas. I hope when the kids look back at the pictures I made them pose for they remember me as being fun not annoying.haha


Pray for peace, Josh. And lower gas prices.