Michael's 1st Birthday

I am a bad mom...it is over a month ago that Michael turned one (March 7th)and I am just posting the pictures. We went to Chili's for dinner. ALL 9 of us, which doesn't seem to happen much any more. Everyone is soooo busy with their activities. So, it was really fun to be all together! Then for dessert they brought Michael the Chocolate Molten Lava cake....YUM!! He loved it! It was sooo cute to watch him eat that big dessert....with spoon and hands!! Michael is PURE joy for our family. I cannot imagine our family without Michael. He makes all of us soooo happy!! He is truly nothing but a blessing!! Happy Birthday sweet Michael!!

2nd Coming???

Wow...yesterday was an Easter we will never forget! We were out at Mike and Dena's house (Pat's brother) and were having a really nice time! And then the earth started shaking!!! We heard this loud rumbling sound first. I thought -what is that sound??! Well, following the loud rumbling the whole house started shaking! It got stronger and stonger and the rumbling got louder!! In fact it continued to rumble even after the house eventually stopped shaking. My nephew Kelvin was standing by me in the kitchen and the clock on the kitchen wall fell and missed his head by about 3 inches and hit his foot.

It must have lasted for 30-35 seconds. I think it was the longest and hardest earth quake I have ever felt!! It ended up being a 7.2 and centered in Mexicali. Of course my sweet Aubrey who is my BIGGEST worrier was scared all afternoon. She kept asking, "Is the 2nd coming going to happen today??!!" Poor thing...she was pretty freaked out. Even MY heart was beating fast for 10 minutes afterward!! It was a REALLY decent shake!! NOT ready for the 2nd coming yet!! I need a lot more time to work on myself!!! I think I better get more serious about it...a lot of earthquakes and tsunami's lately!! Hhmmmm....

April Fools!!

I had gone to my brother and sister-in-laws blog and they TOTALLY fooled me with the positive pregnancy stick picture!! So, I HAD to do the same thing to my friends and family! I didn't have any comments on my blog but I did fool a few people on Facebook!! Thanks Andrea...that was a good one!!

Seriously??!!?

Curl-ia Julia!!

Okay...so I know I am soooo biased but is Julia just soooo dang cute with her hair curled or what!!?? She got her bangs cut and then we curled her hair. I just love it curled...she liked it curled too!! I need to do it more often!!

A little bit of "Glee" !!!

Here are some recent pictures of Patrick and Emily in their show choir group, The Music Machine. These pictures were taken at a National Competition in LA called FAME LA. Music Machine. They placed 2nd. It is soooo much fun! Being in Music Machine is a family tradition. Pat was in it...his brother Mike was in it...and his sister Helen was in the very first Music Machine in the 70's. My kids have been watching the group since they were little kids and hoping that they could some day be in it...and now they are. Corey was in it first, then Patrick made it and then Emily made it. LOVE it!!! SOooo much fun to watch my kids up there singing and dancing!!! Enjoy the pictures...








This is a picture of Patrick with his song partner, Hannah. She also happens to be Emily's best friend!!





This is a picture of the group on the stage. Patrick and Emily are in the center, 2nd row...Emily is on the right and Patrick is on the left.














You can see Patrick to the right of the blond girl in the front. Her name is Emily and she is also one of Emily's bff's!!















Isn't this a GREAT picture!!! I love it that Patrick and Emily are partners in one of the songs...I get a lot of pictures of them together!!

Aubrey's 11th Birthday...

I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted on my blog. I used to be soo much better at it!! That darn Facebook has gotten m looking at that instead of blogging...SO I am going to get back on track and start blogging more often!

Aubrey turned 11 on February 19th. She had a simple birthday. We went to Chili's with 2 of her friends, Carly and Crystal, and then went to the mall. She had a nice day. Here are a few pictures...