Taking the Boys Out Into the Setting Sunshine (Garin)

All day long the boys were down in "the cave," the basement, playing

video games! So I decided to take them out into the last bit of sunshine

and have them climb the tallest hill at Garin. Perfect picture opportunity

too!

Shadow, Chuy, Jake, Johnny, and Malcolm

The barn from half way up the hill

Winter here is everything on the ground green and tender

Johnny Rising and Jacob Andrew

Johnny and Chuy

Johnny and Malcolm

Chuy

Jake

Johnny

Malcolm

Me

Up at the top.....looking to the North

Up at the top....looking towards the South

Up and over the hill

Jake is 18 now. Where does the time go??

Me with Jake

My Johnny

Winter chill coming with the setting of the sun

Weekend trip to Loulou and Paul's

Saila and Johnny- I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!

Phoebe eating his breakfast- wouldn't look up for nothin'!

Shadow comes with us too, of course!!

Some of my sisters dolls.....look closely. You can see who likes

who and who doesn't really like the girl or guy they're hanging with!

Saila drew this a while back, it's her and Loulou

Me and my sister, Marylou!

I love how this pond turns green in the rainy season

My little trio

Jacob Andrew turns 18!!!!

Jake's 18th Birthday cake!! I can't believe he is now an

"adult!" I helped my beautiful friend Stephanie give birth

at Kaiser in Hayward and have watched him grow into a

super cutie young man! Where does the time go?? To Mamas

everywhere: Enjoy every single minute because time keeps

pushing forward and you are going to miss Right Now! Love

your babies well, they grow up FAST, we are raising Men and

Women!! I LOVE YOU JAKE!! (I'm like another mama to him

anyways, right??)

Stephanie got him 18 black balloons

Jake and his girlfriend Abby- I FINALLY got to meet her!

Stephanie and Jake- I LOVE this picture!!

My growing babies! Johnny and Saila

This is what 18 candles look like, all lit up on a cake!

Get ready, mamas! This day WILL come!

Handsome kid! I mean, Man! You did better than good, Tata!

Blowing out his candles!

Jake and Steven

Jose and Ashely

My babies and I

Krissy (Steph's sister), Stephanie, and Carol (Steph's mom)

La and Ta

Back in BUSINESS!!

For the past few months, I have been without a digital

camera! There has been no posts or pictures, I've been

resorting to using my lame camera phone! Thank you,

Danny Sychr for my new camera- you are The Best!!

Saila, with her cutie smile. She's lost both her front teeth and

they are coming in BIG and Beautiful!

This also shows her haircut. She wanted her hair cut short

and so Rob took her to Katherine's salon ("Future" in Oakland)

and they cut it off. She LOVES it!

Our Christmas tree this year and the mess of opened

presents beneath it.

Me and my Princess (yes, I was tired!)

New Years Day party at Rosy and Joe's house

A picture of Marylou, my dad, and me....also Johnny in the

background, Danny, and my Tio Willy (my dad's youngest

brother sitting next to him)

The man in the red hat is my dad's oldest brother, my

Tio Tomas. I love him!

Marylou, Papa, and me. My dad had a stoke 4 months and a day ago.

He is doing sooo much better and continues to improve. I LOVE him

so much! He is greatly LOVED by the entire family!

Halloween 2010....From My Phone....

Our pumpkins this year! Sorry for the bad quality, I

only have my camera phone right now.....

My crazy guy pumpkin

Saila's, she said he was a kitty

Johnny's happy face one...the BIGGEST

The front window 2010

Saila looks like a beautiful ghost girl

Happy Halloween for last month, haha!

November 1st

Well, I didn't take any pictures of us last night. I took some of our

pumpkins out on the porch after we lit them. I took the kids trick or

treating in Hayward, kinda close to my old neighborhood, where the

streets are flat and kids are running every where. It was fun.

It just hit me last night, how different this holiday season is going to

be. Instead of tears, there is this heavy, heavy feeling in my chest. Being

a sorta positive person, I'm sure this feeling will go away....but for now

I just want to be thankful for everything that we all have. And I also just

want to say that Love really IS the best thing in the Universe, no matter

how it makes you feel.......you feel.