Saturday, May 26, 2007

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY JAMES!!!!!!







HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JAMES!!!! WE CELEBRATED TODAY AT HIS MOMS HOUSE. SHE AND MY SIS THREW HIM A BIG PARTY WITH BIG SUB SANDWICHES, HOT LINKS, CHIPS AND CHILI AND CHEESE, SALADS AND OF COURSE CAKE AND ICE CREAM.. (OH YEAH, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PONY KEG! )

I MADE THE CAKE FOR HIM AND IT CAME OUT REALLY YUMMY. I USED 4 CAKE MIXES AND 3 THINGS OF FROSTING NOT INCLUDING THE DECORATIVE FROSTING I USED. I DECORATED IT LIKE A CEMETARY FOR FUN AND LAUGHS!!!! IT'S A 14 INCH DOUBLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!!!! EVERYONE LOVED IT!!!

MY SIS USED SOME OF MY HALLOWEEN DECO FOR PARTY PROPS SO THERE WAS TOMBSTONES AND STUFF OUT IN THE BACK YARD.... IT WAS ALL FOR FUN AND TO CELEBRRATE HIS "OVER-THE-HILL" YEAR!!!! WE PLAYED A COUPLE OF GAMES TOO! WHERE THE GUYS HAVE DRESS IN WOMENS CLOTHES, BRA AND ALL AND THE GIRLS DRESS IN GUYS CLOTHES AND DO A RELAY. IT WAS SO FUNNY WATCHING EVERYONE TRY AND HELP DRESS THEIR TEAM MATES UP!!!!



WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND ME AND THE KIDS CAME HOME... E WENT TO PLAY POKER (AS USUAL) AND MY BRO IS STILL AT THE PARTY.....



MY MOM GAVE US A SCARE YESTERDAY... I AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HER LATELY. SHE WENT IN FOR A DR APPT CAUSE SHE'S BEEN HAVING SOME TROUBLE BREATHING AND STUFF. WELL, HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS HIGH AND HER DR WHEELED HER STRAIGHT OVER TO ER AND HAD HER ADMITTED TO RUN SOME TESTS. THEY PUT HER ON OXYGEN AND RAN SOME TESTS, GAVE HER A SHOT AND LET HER GO HOME. SHE HAS TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER DR AND THEY WANT HER TO HAVE A SONOGRAM DONE OF HER HEART TO CHECK FOR FLUID. SHE DOESN'T REALLY TELL US KIDS THAT SHE'S FEELING BAD CAUSE SHE DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW HERSELF SO WE TOLD HER SHE NEEDS TO REALLY START TAKING BETTER CARE OF HERSELF. IT'S NOT TIME FOR HER TO LEAVE US YET. WE'LL HAVE TO GET ON HER TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER APPTS AND STUFF TO MAKE SURE SHE'S DOING OK.... HERE'S A PIC OF HER WITH VANESSA FROM THE PARTY TODAY.....



BECCA AND JOSH HAVE BEEN ON TEXAS. THEY DROVE OUT WED NIGHT AND ARE COMING HOME TOMORROW. THEY WENT OUT FOR HIS BRO'S GRADUATION. THEY ARE MOVING INTO THEIR APARTMENT NEXT WEEKEND!!! THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND I'M EXCITED FOR THEM TOO!


HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL AND SAFE 3 DAY WEEKEND!!!!! IT'S A PAYROLL MONDAY FOR ME SOME I'LL BE GOING IN TO THE OFFICE FOR A WHILE ON MONDAY........

Monday, May 21, 2007

UPDATES...............







THIS WEEKEND WAS GOOD.....I AM NEED OF A BREAK.... THAT IS FOR SURE...... WE HUNG OUT AND WENT SWIMMING AND BBQ'D. SUN I MADE HOMEMADE FISH TACOS AND THEY CAME OUT SSSSOOOOO YUMMY! WE ALSO SPLURGED AND HAD KARL GROOMED AND SHAVED. OOOOHHHHH MY, WHEN WE PICKED HIM UP ON SUNDAY, I THOUGHT WE WERE PICKING UP A DIFFERENT DOG. (KARL SAYS HI TO GRAMDMA AND GRANDPA MARIANI!!!!! )( THIS GROOMING TRIP, HE HAD NO FLEA PROBLEMS--- (WHICH I THOUGHT WAS WEIRD, THE LAST TIME AS LEXI HAS NEVER EVER HAD A FLEA PROBLEM.... AND HIS EARS WERE IN GREAT SHAPE! I GUESS THE MEDICINE I'VE BEEN GIVEN HIM IS WORKING GOOD NOW! (FRONTINE PLUS AND HIS EAR MEDS, PANALOG) THIS TIME, I TOLD THE GROOMER TO HAVE HIM AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE, CAUSE HE JUST GETS SO LONG AND RAGGEDY LOOKING.....HE LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!! HE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ME WHEN I PICKED HIM UP..... I THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN THINKING THAT HE WAS GETTING DUMPED OFF AGAIN CAUSE HE REALLY DOES NOT LIKE CAR RIDES AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD HIM, HE HAS NOT BEEN FOR CAR RIDES OFTEN,,,, BUT WHEN WE DO, HE IS VERY HESITATE..... WE HAVE TO PICK HIS FAT BUTT UP AND PUT HIM IN THE CAR....HE IS GETTING SO MUCH BETTER WITH EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE GROWN SO CLOSE TO HIM..... I AM SURE HE FEELS MUCH BETTER TOO! SO HERE HE IS--- $45 DOLLARS LATER! WOULDN'T YOU BE COMFORTABLE LOOKING ALL COOL LIKE HE DOES..... HERE ARE SOME VARIOUS PICS I TOOK THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AS WELL....




ALSO------BECCA GOT HER FIRST APARTMENT AND IS MOVING OUT IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS...... I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT..... MY BABY IS MOVING OUT ON HER OWN AND I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING HER..... I KNOW THAT I AM NOT NOT BUT STILL..... IT DOES HURT A LITTLE BIT.


HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!! LOVE AND MISS EVERYONE!!!!!







Friday, May 11, 2007

Are We Related.....................




J and Zach are really resembling one another in these couple pictures!
THEY ARE SO DARN CUTE! Here is J on the potty years ago and Z on the potty recently and then J with over rated sunglasses on years ago and Z with big sunglasses on now....... Can you tell this difference????

So Cal heats up for SUMMER FUN!!!!!

Yes, we are feeling the heat here in So Cal and the pool has been set up and the kiddies and ourselves are enjpying every minute of it! We splurged this year and got a little bit bigger pool for the family. We need to be able to cool off this heat we're going to experience. the kids absolutely LOVE it and I do too! The kids are doing so great and preparing to end this years school period. J will be going into the 4th grade GATE program. (He is my smart BOY!) and K will be entering her 1st grade school year with ALL advanced marks n her report cards. Vanessa is entering her SENIOR year and I am so PROUD of her progress from the last report card. Becca continues to soar, covering her regular job at Stater Bros, going to RCC College part time and her Modeling school courses on the weekends! I am so prud of her. She has taped her first TV show on TEEN NICK. 'The Teen Nick Show' With Hillary Duff, it was sooooo cool to see her on TV!


Eric started a second job for extra money and is doing great with it! This place LOVES him! It is a roadside assistance program and he got his BlackBerry and everything. He loves it and feels like he is on top of the world. He has only been doing this for 2 weeks and the supervisor already wants to move him up in the company, which to me is awesome! We are in the process of re-financing and need all the extra money we can get right now so this is a great opportunity for us! Here are some pics of the kids enjoying the pool and one of ME with My oldest , Becca (on right of screen) and one her best friends, Destiny (on left of screen




Penny & Jay----This pic is for you guys! I love and miss you guys and here is a picture OF ME!!!! You have been asking for one with me in it and here it is just for you!!!!! Karl says
HELLO and he misses you too!