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

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.

I'm in heaven..

Or maybe this is as close as I'll ever get. Haha, just kidding Tita.

This picture was taken out of the window over Cleveland. It's neat to see the city down below. I could barely make out a car and the trees look like bushes.

Not sure if I like riding in planes. Sigh. There goes any chances of me being a celebrity. First plane left from DFW to Ohio, second plane left from Ohio to New York. Coming home same thing. I don't like the feeling of the plane as it takes off, going up in the air. Just one of the reasons I don't ride roller coasters. I really didn't like when the pilot would turn the plane. A couple of times there, I thought the pilot might have fallen asleep and no one was flying the plane. When you near your destination the pilot slows down and pulls the plane down to lower the altitude. When the plane slows down(in midair) it feels like its going to stop all of a sudden. It's just for a few seconds but still! The engines don't sound as loud and you kinda feel like your falling because the plane is lowering.

Once you're in the air it's okay(besides any turns). It was for the most part a smooth ride. On one of the rides back home we went thru a lot of clouds. I couldn't see anything out the window. Larry laughed at me because I told him, "if I can't see anything out the window, neither can my pilot". I learned that it's better if you can withhold going to the bathroom, do it. It's as big as a stand alone shower. You could sit on the potty and touch the sink at the same time. And it just looks and smells DIRTY. Ughhh!! Larry laughed at me when I said I had to go to the bathroom because he knows what a germaphobe I can be sometimes.

Oh, and planes aren't like the ones you see in the movies. They're really small on the inside. No elbow room. You pretty much have to stay in one position. Thank goodness it was Larry next to me and I could take up some of his space.heehee

Being on top of the clouds is cool. I took lots of pictures because I knew Sam would get a kick out of them. Although always in the back of my mind I did tell myself, it's a looong way down if this plane goes down. I'm like my Mom, always thinking the worst.

Yes, I would get on a plane again, especially if it means vacation. Like they always say, you are more likely to die in a car accident than from an airplane going down. Next time I'll just have a few drinks before I go.

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.