Goodbye, Michael. You were so Bad.

Memorial Day with the Fam

We had a great Memorial Day with the whole family this year. It is always nice to get all the family together because it gets harder and harder to do- just like how I've been trying to get everyone together for a family picture and my mean kids won't do it. They never listened to me before, so why should they listen to me now?

Cute cousins fighting over the slide.

Casey made some delicious jalapeno burgers, thank heavens he didn't add his homemade lard this time.

A deep discussion about dirt bikes and horses, aka hobbies they can't afford.

Cupcake for a cupcake! My, that girl can eat.

Typical family get-together.

So cute!

Preggers!

Kiss kiss!

Cinco de Mayo on the Seis de Mayo

Our annual Cinco de Mayo party at Jeanne and Michael's. This year we had it on the Seis de Mayo.

Ray enjoying hisself.

Michael grilling some carne de asada. He is the master griller/chef/host.

Michael's carne taquitos. Muy delicioso!


Melanie made a marvelous tres leches cake. Steve had thirds of course.

Pregnant but barely showing Holly. She's such a dream.

Grandmas and cousins at the Cinco de Mayo fiesta.

Maddi at the graduation party.


ConGRADulations to Holly and Nelson for graduating! It was two years of Hades and now it's over. Congrats!

Thanks, Fernandezes for a wonderful fiesta and to the Ashworthlesses for graduating!

Zac Attac

On Saturday my eldest and I went and saw 17 Again and let me tell you, we were swept away. Not by the cheesy plot, but by the adorable Zac Efron. Can someone really be that cute? He reminds me of a very, very young and handsome Mel Gibson back in the day- just takes your breath away. Oh, if only I was 17 Again.

Easter at the Farm

We had a great Easter at the Farm this year, thanks to Mom and Ford's pampering. Lots of treats, food, naps, and great conversations (I try to stay out of the political ones). The weather forecast said it was going to rain but it only threatened and the weather turned out beautiful, with enough sunshine to play Bocce and take walks to the river.

Steve, visiting from Iran. It was wonderful that we were able to secure his visa in time for Easter. Then again, he is seeking political asylum.

The matriarch of the family and the darling of them all.


Holly enjoying the Easter egg hunt.

Brothers in arms. Ain't they cute? They just love each other SO MUCH.

Sami the carnivore.

Playing Rummikub, a Farm favorite- although Michele ALWAYS wins.


3 generations of darlings.

Cute little Kate. Oh how fun!

Disneyland, Trip 612

I just got back from another AWESOME trip to Disneyland! I went with my good friend Leann for her birthday. We had a blast, going on every ride possible and staying til it closed. My favorite ride? The Tower of Terror, of course!


I love you, Disneyland!


I must mention how much I hate Delta and will NEVER fly them again (pass it on). I get discounted tickets for employee travel with another airline and I had a ticket from LAX rather than Orange County and was assured by many other airline employees before I left that this would be acceptable and the cities were interchangeable because they were the exact same price. But nooooooo, I get to the Delta counter at Orange County and they saw my LAX tickets and said no way, Jose. They would not budge. In fact, they insisted I buy a new ticket home at $200. To add insult to injury, they charged me a $35 fee for booking it at the airport. On top of THAT, we had to pay to check in a bag because of a snow globe.
I HATE DELTA!!!!


Great news! Holly-Wolly-Doodle-All-The-Day is pregnant! It is a blessing we have been waiting for a long time. Any guesses of what it will be? All I know is it will come out like this:

...And wear cowboy boots.
Yay! I can't wait to be a Grandma again!

Road Trip

My kids are mean to me and there were no takers for Disneyworld, so I am doing the next best thing...

I'm going on a road trip to Phoenix to see my best friend, Janet. What a good way to get out of the snow and cold. Time to party with Janny!