Grieving

For those of you who don't know, we lost a member of our family on August 6th, 2008. Raul's older brother Gustavo was killed in a horrible car accident in Mexico. He left behind 3 beautiful daughters and a wife. He was to graduate that next day to becoming a lawyer. He was a professor at the University of Mexico, and an all around intelligent man. We left immediately to be with Raul's family in Mexico, and we returned on the 11th. It is extremely hard for Raul to be away from his Mom, brother, and sister at this time. All of your prayers for Raul and his family are very much appreciated. And for those of you who attended The Prayer for the Rosary here at the house this past week, we both thank you from the bottom our hearts. You don't knkow how much that meant to all of us. Gustavo will be greatly missed from all that knew him, and loved him.

Christian and the Watermelon

Daddy gave Christian a watermelon rind to eat....this is what we caught....he looks like a little cannibal on the trampoline!! He had no idea that we were taking pictures of him!

Update of the hole in the Living room

Ok, for those of you that don't know the story....I created this hole in the living room to put our new T.v. in. Only problem?....the T.V. didn't fit....and the one side just so happened to be a load bearing wall. Oops. Needless to say, Raul was not too happy with me, but the carpenter that he hired was! lol
Here's the finished product! All thanks to Jim!

Gabe's 4th Birthday Party

Thank you Melissa for making a beautiful fruit torte for Gabe!

Elmo got Decapitated, and poor Jairo tried to save him, but he got in the way of a mess load of kids and candy. Neither Elmo or Jairo had a chance!
Jairo, Mama Coco, and Sandee


Gabe with his Wall-E shirt!
Raul on the roof controlling the pinata
Gabe wacking Elmo
Gabe proudly wearing Elmo's head!
Guess who busted Elmo open?



Gabe was such a party animal! This is how he crashed onthe couch...notice the hot dog?! lol

Jairo graciously carried him to bed....
Hot dog and all! It's still there! In the picture of course...not 2 days later! lol

11th Anniversary

We truly feel blessed to have each other.

PartyLite St. Louis Conference trip

A beautiful picture of the Arch. The moon was full and it was dead center...breathtaking!
Yeah, these are the 2 that just joined our team. They were so excited! Check out the lady's face in the background!
From the train
You can barely see him, but Bijou, the dog is on the carriage itself. He would jump down and do tricks for people. He was too cute!
Also from the train.
I was one of 3 people from our Region to be able to walk on stage for special recoginition. I was so excited...if only they didn't make us wear those smiley face shirts!
They had these signs hung up all over St. Louis. It was really neat to see us so welcome!

Natalie's B-day party AKA WOP party!

Mary with the camera
All I have to say...it's about damn time!
Notice the big blue 5 gallon container....very toxic!
Jairo, Mel, Alex, and Christian
I need a bigger kitchen....thanks Chad for the peace sign!
CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nat cutting her fruit pizza b-day cake
No...he's not drunk...and no, that's not WOP int hat cup, it's kool-aid! lol