Chicago Weekend 2009

Mom, Alicia, Aunt Joyce, me, Teri & Aunt Frances

Alicia, Aunt Frances, mom, Aunt Joyce and Lauren

Gabe's Wedding

Joyce, Rey, Frances, David and Olivia

David with Gabe and Carol

Gabe and Carol dancing, obviously!!

I didn't go to the wedding, but these are a few from Daddy's digital camera.

Texas Cousins

Joshua and Emily spent the day together yesterday. He loves taking care of his little cousin. We can't wait for the new one to arrive soon:)

Benny's 50th Birthday

we had a great time over the weekend!! I'm pretty sure he was surprised! I thought we were going to need a fire extinguisher for the candles!!!

Summer Baseball 2008

Jake Dionne
all star game
2008








Adam Santana
all star game
2008











Alexander Santana
First Year T-Ball
2008












Miguel Paramo
2008

Southern Cousins

Laura and Joshua came to Douglasville, GA last night. So we got together with Carl, Suzanne and the girls and we all went out to eat. It was a great time of reminiscing, laughing at the crazy things our kids do and making more memories. We learned that the capital of Georgia is in fact Atlanta. It was wonderful to get together and can't wait until they visit again.

Madres, Hijas, Hermanas, Amigas

Hi everyone, this is Olivia, (aunt to many of you), I had Angie set up this slideshow showing an album I had made up to depict the females in the family. Many of you have not seen it and I thought this would be a great way to give everyone a chance to see what it was all about. I hope you enjoy it. It was a lot of work, took a long time but it was truly a joy to do.

I have been in the process since I did this album, to do another one depecting the males in the family. I have been working on it off and on since 2004 and still have not finished. I am unable to get many pictures from family. I still need some of Antonio Contreras (Debbie's son), Brian Chojnacki and his children, Jessica and her family and Ethan Santana.

If you want to have these pictures in the albums for future generations to look at. Please send me copies (I am not computer literate so I do not want them e-mailed to me). I will make copies for the albums and have Angie add them to the blog.

Hope you enjoy everything.

Olivia

Madres, Hijas, Hermanas, Amigas

something new

hey everyone! I added music to our page!
I thought it would be fun! Any songs you'd
like to add, let me know and I'll see if I
can find them!

30th Bday

<-this is what they did to me! I know the rest of you will appreciate this!




It was the Big 30 yesterday. I can't
believe that I am 30 years old! We
went to dinner at Sagebrush Cantina
and had Mojito's!YUM! We are going
out tomorrow for more drinks! I guess
turning 30 isn't that bad! LOL

Antonio's Open House and Aftermath

(Left) Suzanne, Carl, Bailey & Jessica (Center) Katie, BJ & Rene' (Right) Antonio, David & Mari

Mandy, Dakota, Chloe & Elisha (Daniel's family)
Greg, Terri, Aunt Joyce, & Uncle Lefty

Lisa, Michael, Miguel & Mariano
Uncle Rey & Carl
Suzanne & Uncle Rey

Angelina, Will, Nathaniel, William, Jonathan, & Maddie
Angela, Steven, Adam, Alex & Ethan
Alicia, Tom, Diego, Jake & Francisco
Aunt Pat & Uncle Popeye

Uncle Nacho & Aunt Lupe
View from the carport looking at tent, less than 30 minutes after everyone left the Open House. Praise GOD you had all left and were safe!!
That's all the debris I had flying at me while trying to make sure BJ got inside safe during the storm. I'm pointing to the cake I threw, no it didn't make me any faster. Believe it or not, I ran thru all that with only a few bruises.
Yes, this is the tent that we'd all been under. That storm was a doozy!!
The backyard tent we had up as well. Now that you've seen this, go back up and look at the pictures with the Blue Spruce trees in the background. They are NO MORE!! Both fell across the street and were completely uprooted. Needless to say, Daddy has a lot of damage to his house, and garage. Toni's truck suffered a little bit but will be fine. Again, we are all so very thankful nobody was seriously injured. BJ, Mari, Sue and I all got a bruise or two, but nothing near what it could have been. Our GOD is so good to have taken you all home safely. I love you!!

Rene'

U-S-A, All the Way!!!!!

Joshua attended a soccer camp this week and was on team USA. On Friday, they were supposed to paint their faces and have crazy hair. Since Joshua doesn't have much hair to make "crazy"(see our blog for more details on that story), he opted for the painted face and biker bandana look for his head.

Happy Birthday Madelyn!

Maddie Moo turned 4 on Sunday. The family came over for dinner and had some cake and ice cream. I worked really hard on that cake so I thought i'd show it off!!

Info

Just wanted to let you all know that Will and I have a Travel Website.
Its comparable to Expedia.... you can also find flowers and sporting event tickets.
And alot of other things as well. Hope all is doing well and we'll see you this summer!!
www.itsanewdaytravel.com

-Angelina

Happy 13th Birthday Nathaniel!!!!

My not so baby is turning 13 today!!! I can't believe how the time has gone by!!!

We had the family over for dinner and icecream cake a couple of weeks ago! We took

him and some of his cousins to Zap Zone this past weekend. And he spent all of his birthday money on the PSP.

Antonio's Open House

Hey y'all!! My not-so-baby brother is graduating this year. Our parents will be hosting his open house on Sunday, June 8th from 12 noon until 4pm. Suzanne and her family as well as me and my family will be coming up for the festivities.

Hope to see you all there.

Love,
Rene'

Miguel's 1st Communion

So Miguel made his 1st Communion yesterday. We went to

dinner afterwards and Miguel stuffed his face cake. It was a great day!! Mariano was being a stinker and wouldn't take any pics for me. The priest told the kids that he got approval from the pope to let them have grape juice instead of wine!!

I can't believe how quick these kids grow!!