In her 70's and still going strong!!!

My Aunt Dina had a birthday and we were so happy to celebrate her surprise birthday party with her. Last year was a very rough year for her. She went through two open heart surgeries within 90 days. She had gone through an amazing recovery and she looks great. Her surprise birthday party felt like a mini family reunion. I had my first, second, and third cousins there. My son was able to meet his 4th cousins. He had so much fun with them. This is a rarity for The Cisco Kid to meet his 4th cousins. That doesn’t happen often. The family only lives two to four hours from us and we hope to see them more often.

She was so surprised!!!!

She broke into tears.

My uncle Joe had the restaurant serve a private buffet of Salad, Chicken marsala, Chicken parmesan, Eggplant parmesan, lasagna and spaghetti. The food was delicious. 

The whole crew.

There are a total of 10 cousens all together. 

When we left the restaurant the weather really got bad.  The lightning started several fires. 

I can’t believe I captured lightning with my camera. Maybe it wasn't that hard because there was a lightning strike every minute or so. 

We got to my cousin Richards house safely and the kids had a great time playing. 

Uncle Joe and the Chief are both History buffs and they can talk for hours. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

We were all in the kitchen when we heard this beautiful voice coming from the living room. It was my cousin Patty. She has an amazing voice. I never knew we had so much talent in this family.  

Here my cousin Patty, my second cousin Christina and my Cousin in law Angelika. They Sang together in harmony. The boy is my third cousin Christian.

 

       Uncle Joe thank you so much for inviting us.  We always enjoy seeing you all.

A loss of a dear friend

We had a very sad event happen late yesterday. The Cisco Kid found his Gold fish of four years floating in the tank. The boy's heart is broken. He has watched his gigantic goldfish grow from one inch to five inches and he gradually went from a bright gold to solid white. This is the first pet he lost and he is devastated. We gave Goldie a little box and made him a cross for his grave. The Cisco Kid wrote some heartfelt words on the cross. We put the cross in front of Goldie’s grave when we buried him in the yard.

The Cisco Kids departing words are I love you Goldie and you are my best friend.  

The Chief is digging a hole for Goldie.

I asked the Cisco Kid if he wanted to put the box in the ground or if he wanted Daddy to do it, and he said he wanted to put Goldie in his new home to rest.  Then he broke out in tears again.   

 Goldie resting in peace.

Happy Fathers Day!!!!

We spent the day with family enjoying Fathers Day.  The men must have their toys.  We gave Grandpa an MP3 player and  the Cisco Kid and I gave the Chief a Lego City Police Station.

Not sure who is happier the Chief or The Cisco Kid. 

The Cisco Kid picked out a recordable card for Grandpa.  He wanted to record a special message to Grandpa for fathers day.  

As soon as we got home the boys had to play with their toys.

Happy Fathers Day!

The Chief Can Cook.

Yesterday I had a very long and busy day. The Cisco Kid is growing out of everything so fast. We went shopping and bought him some shoes and clothes. After we left the Mall, I went to my booth and put some items in there. We didn't get home until 4:00 and I was too tired to cook. The chief took over and made a wonderful meal.

He made garlic red mashed potatoes, brown mushroom gravy, buttered peas and grilled steak. 

It was so good!!!!

For the past two month The Cisco kid has been eating the same dinners that we eat. In the past I have been one of those moms that made a separate meal for my son. He would argue and disagree when I tried to serve him what we ate and instead of arguing with him it was easier to make him a separate meal. I had to pick my battles and fighting at dinner was not one I wanted to pick. All he would eat for the main course is; chicken Tenders, grilled cheese, pizza, hamburgers or hotdogs. For the sides he would only eat; peas, raw carrots and corn. Other foods were yogurt, PB& J, and he does go through two gallons of milk a week. Now I am not going to go through the potato chip and desert group. He will ditch all of the above for those in a second. Two months ago I came to the end of my rope and told him that I am tired of cooking two different meals every night and he was going to eat what we ate. I told him, it was not up for debate or discussion he was going to eat what we ate!!!! I am relieved to say he is eating Teriyaki grilled chicken, BBQ grilled tenderloin, grilled steak. I am still working on the vegetable part of it but at least the main course is much healthier than what he ate in the past.

The Real Housewives of NY

I’m not sure how many of my readers actually watch The Real Housewives of NY. I love that show. The show just finished its third season and this was the most troubling to watch. This season had so much content that they had to run 3 Reunion shows so everyone can explain their actions. All of them played a part in a verbal war. As I watch these ladies badger each other, I form my own opinion and chose sides. Even though I chose sides I do like all the ladies for various reasons. But when I say this season was the most troubling to watch, I am not saying that lightly. I am speaking of Kelly in particular. She likes to be portrayed as a kind hearted, vulnerable, tortured soul. She may be kind hearted but vulnerable and tortured….NO!!!! She proved this season she is truly not in touch with reality. She has her own vision of what is going on and it is not even close to reality.   I think she is very envious of Bethany.  Perhaps she also doesn’t like to be overshadowed by Bethany and the only way she can deal with it is by playing the tortured victim.  There are so many signals leading to this conclusion. She doesn’t like when Bethany speaks her mind. She doesn’t like when any one pays Bethany some attention. Proven on scary island when she didn’t want Ramona to apologize to Bethany and told Ramona to ZIP IT!!! Then when Kelly spoke to Jill, she said all Jill wanted to know was how Bethany was. Kelly made a comment stating; again everyone is worried about Bethany’s world. The last clue was Kelly mixed her own drink and called it The Kelly. Hummmm!!!! That sounds like what Bethany did last season by marketing the Skinnygirl Margarita. At that point it was out of the bag. The poor girl is a wannabe and can’t meet the standards. I can’t wait until Thursday to see the last reunion show for this season.