Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor dreamcoat

El Diamante High School put on a play this year and it was FANTASTIC! Julia who is a friend of the family was in it and I took Lindsay and one of her friends Irena from school along with her mother Barbara. All four of us went out for appetizers at Chapala's and then off to the show.

Lindsay and Irena with Julia after the play. Julia is a freshman at El D. Lindsay just loves Julia and she is like a big sister to Lindsay.

Lindsay and Irena with the Narrater of the play. She was a very good singer.

Lindsay and Irena getting a picture and autograph from Stan Carrizosa. He was the lead in the play and he is quite famous here in Visalia. Last summer he appeared in "High School Musical get in the picture." It was on ABC and ran through the summer, he won the competition out of thousands of high school kids. He was awarded a contract with Disney and starred in a small video at the end of High School Musical 3. He was awesome in the play and he can really sing!

Castmates Julia and Stan pose after the show. Lindsay and Irena with Elvis!

Lindsay Lip Sync

Lindsay's school had a Lip Sync show and there was a total of 13 girls in the group and they really did a good job staying in step. They went and had there hair curled right before the show. The girls did a song by Vanessa Hudgeons called Sneaker Night!

Megan, Tori, Lindsay, and Alondra. Ben with his Pre school buddy Justin.

Clowning around at Practice.

Lindsay met a friend at the Salon and she even let Lindsay braid her hair! That was nice of her.

Welcoming Baby Jordan!

My cousin Paul and Angela adopted a baby from Vietnam early this year. His name is Jordan and they had a welcoming home party so we could come and meet him. He is so cute and not shy at all!
Welcome Home Jordan!

Skylar ...so cute in her outfit!Cousins Danny and Gina.

Proud Grandma Vivian

Cousin Paul and nephew Beau.

Paul, Angela and Jordan.

Christmas Day!

Every year on Christmas morning we go over my Mom and Dad's house for breakfast and open presents. We all have fun opening gifts and watching the kids open theirs.

Jennifer and Lindsay

My sister Jennifer made my niece Jes this really pretty fleece blanket.

This must be MONEY because Beau is smiling so BIG! : )

DJ and Ben

Christmas Eve at Cousin Sandy & Tony's

Every year we celebrate Christmas Eve at my Cousin Sandy's house.
This time her husband Tony was sick so we didn't get to see him, he was locked up in their bedroom. Pobrecito :(
It's a fun evening spending time with my Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins.

Cousin David and Auntie Francis.

Dad and Lindsay

Sandy and Matt

Jennifer and Ben

GMC Christmas Program

Guess what song Ben's Preschool class sang?

Want a clue? Look at their noses.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

Lindsay with Sydney, Mrs. Marconi and Megan.

Christmas Card outtakes!!

I was ready to strangle my son because he was not in the mood to cooperate, instead he just wanted to be silly. As it was.. we were already taking the picture late and needed to get them to Costco so we could pick up and mail out the next day.

Jen's Fresno State Graduation

My Little sis Jennifer graduated in December from Fresno State University with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communicative Disorders with an emphasis in Speech Language Disorder.

Our family is very proud of her and all of her hard work!!! Go Bulldogs!!



Jennifer with Mom and Dad.

Jen's good friend Morgan.Jen with cousin Gina and Tia Viv.

Jen with our Cousin Victoria....or as we call her Vicky.

After the ceremony we celebrated at my parents house and there were a lot of Jen's friends and Family there to celebrate the occasion.

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving was spent at my Aunt Rogie's house. It was a full house but that's the way we like it. Everyone ate good food and played games and had a really fun time. As always.

My Mom and Dad with my nephew Beau. He is a good looking young man!
My niece jess brought her boyfriend Jordan.

My cousin Rosalie and her husband Chris brought baby Ryan and he is crawling. So cute!

The kids played outside most of the day and I must say that they really needed baths badly when we came home.

Jessica Senior Volleyball - Golden West High School

My niece Jessica played in her last Volleyball Game at Golden West High School. On the last game they honor the Senior players where they can express their gratitude to their families for their love and support.

My sister Jennifer made all of us t-shirts with her name and jersey number on the back. They were too cute!

Forgive the picture quality; I was video taping and my sister had lost her camera while coming into the gym, and my other camera had a low battery so that was the only camera available. My sister did find her camera that next morning stuck between her car seats. Yeah!

Happy 5th Birthday Ben!

Yesterday was Benjamin's 5th Birthday. He celebrated with his Pre-k class and they ate pizza and cupcakes. Gary made the cupcakes and the kids loved them!