Sunday, April 13, 2014

Baby Agustin Isaac, #7 weighing in at 6#14 & stretching out to 21.5", came to us on April 8th. Healthy & handsome!
Little (well, not so little: 9# 12.3oz)  Lia Isabella # 6 arrived February 23, healthy & beautiful!


Saturday, February 1, 2014

thank you notes are so touching to me...thank you Megan for your thoughtfulness...I need to write more notes of gratitude...
...for a smile on a weary day...
...for a kind word when my mood was gloomy...
...for picking up my mess...
...for a hug to tell me not to worry about my mess...
...for a laundry load all the way downstairs...
...for helping a sibling do something hard for him/her...
...for noticing a job well done...
...for thoughtful, invisible kindnesses I see others do...
logan & I had a funny text message session that warmed my heart today...thank you logan :)
I learned -- well, not really learned, but finally was able to put a name to feelings I've felt many times in my life

...some people envelope you in their warmth and kindness and "realness" and welcome you as family in their lives...

...others treat you like the "hired help"
today we were invited to a celebration for my dear friend Marcella and her husband Tim who were married in November. I loved the invitation and to feel like family...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

I learned a new word from a dear friend who is wrestling the cancer out of his body..."namaste"..."I bow to the divine in you" 
I need this to replay over and over and over and over in my brain so stupid little things that don't matter much, don't fly me right off the handle...

Sunday, January 26, 2014

grandchildren update:
1. Sarah will be 6
2. Dante just turned 4
3. Macks is 3.5
4. Nash is almost 2
5. Cruz is 1.5
6. Baby de Leon due in February
7. Baby Andrade due in April
and we ALL went...
Chino & Melinda
Clara & Byron Andrade
Elise & Polo Rodríguez and their two boys: Dante & Cruz
Erik & his girlfriend Jana
Kristen & Jason Hogan and their son: Nash
Megan & Julio de León and their daughter Sarah, and their son Macks and #3 coming in February
Noelia, Lee & Logan


September 28, 2013...Clara & Byron Andrade were married in Antigua, Guatemala..
oh my...it's been awhile...we just started 2014...
I will work backwards...as my memory allows...
Happy New Year 2014...














Happy Holidays from:
L to R back row: 
Megan, Chino, Erik, Melinda, Clara
L to R front row:
Elise, Lee, Noelia,Kristen, Logan