Jan 2011

Wow, it's been two weeks since I last blogged. Promised myself that I wouldn't neglect it this year. So here we go. It's been a hell of a winter...it has snowed quite a bit...with much accumulations. The boys have had 5 snow days already. Looks like they probably will not have a recess in April. There's been a football frenzy at our home...Angel has managed to get Andrew hooked on football...this child loves the game. To our surprise he's a New England Patriots fan. Had a bittersweet day at home on the 16th when the New England Patriots faced the New York Jets. Of course the New York Jets went on to defeat the Pats. Unfortunately the Pittsburg Steelers defeated the New York Jets and will be facing off with the Greenbay Packers at the Super Bowl this year. Looking forward to Super Bowl Sunday. Rooting for the Packers!! Go PACKERS!!! It was nice having famly over. Nacho,Jessica and their family along with Cooky, Ieana and Jenn came down to CT for a weekend. Their son Jordan's birthday wish was to spend his weekend with Andrew at Coco Key Indoor Water Resort. Quite an interesting water park. Funny to see some in their swim suits and others in their winter clothing. Tristan and Andy had an awesome time. Sabrina also had a great time. Aaron of course didn't want to come along. Oh boy what a week we had Tristan picked up a bug somewhere and brought it home. The yucky virus went around the house and in a week we had all had it. Geez Angel and I hadn't slept that much in years!! LOL..good rest though!! Ok till the next posting!! I <3 MY FAMILY MY WORLD!!

Happy New Year!! 2011

Hard to believe that 2011 is here!! Holidays came and went!! Grateful for the good things that 2010 brought and looking forward to all the better things that 2011 has in store. Thanking God for all that he has given us and even better the opportunity to bless others! God is so good and forever faithful. Even when we fall him he never fails us. Thank you Lord!! Old Man Winter is rasing havoc across the states, seems like the South is getting hit more than usual NYC was also hit with a blizzard and luckily we were spared!! It's been a bit colder but that's New England. Looking forward to the coming year as we begin to celebrate birthdays, milestones and accomplishments. Taking the good along with whatever negative may also come our way. If God before us than who could be against us.
Bottom line it's all about FAMILY!!

Oct,, Nov, Dec

Hard to believe summer is over and fall foliage is here. It's one of the prettiest seasons, the cleanup part is not so nice with all the leaves coming down on the property. Lots of work!! Oct was fun filled with costume shopping and pumpking picking. The kids had a great time over at Roseberry's Farm in Glastonbury. The Russells came along. This Thanksgiving we opted to stay home...wanted to do some black Friday shopping. I must admit we did get some great sales. Angel, Sam and I headed out to Toys R Us, Target, Old Navy and Walmart.. we headed out at 11:00pm. We didnt return back home till 7:30 am.. oh boy were we exhausted...slept for only 3 hours then it was time to head out to the airport and get my twin sister Nilsa...she spent a few days here...we drove into NYC to see mom and the family. It's always nice seeing family..We also stopped in to see Tonita, (my dear mother in law). It was sad for Angel to see how she's slowly deteriorating. While Nilsa was here we went out shopping with Marisol. Nilsa was able to do some scrapbooking...not as much as we would have liked. Dec cane in and it was time to start the shopping. Got out quite a few times with Sam and Sabrina. Angel and I did most of our shopping online. nothing like shopping for your children and seeing those smiling faces on Christmas morning. Christmas morning was quite exciting!! Although the kids are mostly grown, they always sit down for the traditional pic!! Santa as usual was generous...this year a bit more. It was fun watching Tristan open his Christmas presemts, he was such a big boy opening his gifts one by one and not stopping to play with just one. He's certainly enjoying his Thomas the Train table and train sets. His mommy has learned from her parents to spoil her little guy. Andrew was excited as he got his Kinect, Ipod touch and laptop along with all the other goodies from his siblings. The older kids thrilled with their electronic gadgets.

July, August, Sept.

Looking back now what an awesome summer...Fourth of July we did our uusual barbecue...Mom, Jenn, Jenna, the Lallaves, Sheldon, Tim and his mom and stepdad. This summer was full of trips here and there..actually made it to NYC quite a few times. Many trips to six flags, the lake and even the beach. Kim came over for a week and we had a great time, manage to get a trip to six flags and the beach. It was fun bringing Tristan to the beach he loved playing in the sand. Aaron and I drove Kim to Boston, long ride but nice. Angel stayed home and watched Andrew while Sabrina went to her first college orientation. School begain and the girls went on to college and Aaron hard to believe his 2nd year of H.S. My boy is loving his school! We knew it was a great choice. Our little guy Andy is now in the 3rd grade...wow where have the last 8 years gone? On Labor Day Angel, and I along with the kids went to Five Guys it was our first time. We then headed out to Gilette Castle and Devil's Leap Park ..what a beautiful scenaries. We got beautiful fall pics.

April, May, June

Once again I've neglected this blog...but oh well let's recap as best as I can remember. Hard to believe that we've had awesome weather!! It's been warmer than usual. We finally had a nice warm Easter Sunday, I can't remember when was the last Easter with such gorgeous weather. On Easter Sunday we had a blast, Mom, Jenn and her family were here. We started out with a fun filled morning. The kids dyed eggs, made crafts, decorated egg shaped cupcakes, had an egg hunt and after dinner got to open their Easter baskets. We were lucky to get some pics of the little ones. Tristan was such a little trooper, first egg hunt for him. Spring break was sort of a bummer this year, Aaron's school and Sabrina and Andrew's were off on two different weeks. We finally got Sabrina to the Museum of Modern Art to see the Tim Burton exhibit. The boys and I headed out to Times Square we had an great time. Andrew finally got his wish to visit Times Square in New York City and I got to eat a piece of my favorite Juniors Strawberry Cheesecake. Oh well life is good!! Looking forward to National Scrapbooking Day, Nilsa and I will be cyber cropping via skpe. I'm a little nervous about Sam's and Tristan's trip to Florida. I will surely miss my babies. Sam and Tristie made it Florida...my babies had an awesome time. Loving all the pics. My baby is just getting too big. Same old usual Spring has Sprung. On Memorial Day we headed out to a lake in Hebron,CT Gay City Park, had a nice time Angel and the boys went fishing for a little and the kids also went swimming...nice little lake..a bit surprised at the diversity there...many cultures and it seemed that the different races each had their specific areas, felt right at home sitting next to all the hispanics. Although everyone had their own space the atmosphere was nice and pretty much quiet...(seems that us hispanics are the loudest). Don't care what anyone says but racism exist and people seem to segregate themselves. I seem to fit in with just about anyone, color, race or a persons educational status does not intimidate me. On June 1st Angel and I celebrated our 25th anniversary...no big shindu just went out for a quiet dinner for two. Like I've said many times...25 years, short of perfect but we learned alot along the way. Feeling blessed without home our, four children and lovee Tristan. On Father's School is finally over, Sabrina has graduated from Hish School and will be attending college here in town. Aaron is going into his 2nd year of High School, Andrew into 3rd grade. Samantha is still attending school and hopefully in another year or so she will be done. On Fathers Day we headed out to one of our Family's favorite amusement parks Six Flgags New England.

Updating My Blog to finally catch up Jan-March. 2010

Continuing to update my blog, finally after this one I will be all caught up and will blog on a weekly basis. Jan, was a cold month. We didn't get much snow here in New England. Sabrina went to her last Snow Ball Dance, she went with Tim as her date. Feb came in with the same weather cold but not much snow. We celebrated Tristan's 2nd birthday, we had a small birthday party on his actual birthdate with parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. Afterwards they brought him see Nick Jr's Storytime. Two weeks later we had a birthday party with family and friends. We had lots of family from New York over. My brother, sister and their families were here along with mom. It was also nice of have Madrina, Cookie, Brunilda, their children and their children's children. Maritza and Henry were also here with their children. It was great having them all here but my biggest surprise was having my dear cousin Yvette here with her beautiful family. It's been years since she's been here and we had a blast. We also had birthday cakes for my sister-in-law Sonia and Andrew. On March 16, we celebrated Andrew's 8th birthday and on March 31, we celebrated Sabrina's 18th birthday.

Blog Slacker!! A year in Review 2009

Hard to believe how I've badly neglected this blog. Anyway let me go through the last year as quickly as possible. Well on February 28, my lovee Tristan turned 1. We had a birthday party at the house with only Grandparents, aunties, uncles and a handful of the most special friends any familly can ask for. It was defintely a cold winter with lots of snow..and many school closings. On March 16 our Andrew turned 7, and our daughter Sabrina turned 17. Hard to believe that these kids are growing just too fast. Easter Sun, was as traditional as always, we stayed home. Dyed eggs and had an Easter egg hunt. The kids were thrilled with their goodies. Tristan just looked too cute in his little newspaper boy cap and Gymboree outfit.
May was a quiet month and in June Sabrina attended Junior prom. One more year for our little girl!! Hard to believe that on June 3, Angel and I celebrated 24 years of marriage. Our marriage has sustained many ups and downs, but through the Grace of God we've made it. Kids are going into the next grade. Aaron will be going into High School and Sabrina into her last year of H.S. woohoo! Summer is finally here, many trips to Six Flags, local museums and outings. Hard to make plans with Sam's new job. but it was a nice summer. July. 4th our Aaron celebrated his 14th birthday, with family...Mom and Iley came from New York we had our traditional 4th of July barbecue. Tristan had a blast at the MCC fireworks. On July 31, Samantha turned 21..wow we have an adult child...I'm beginning to feel old. Remember being 21 and so in love and actually married at that age. August was hot..but the kids were soon ready for school. Sept was a quiet month with school in session. Oct began with lots of fun, we went Pumpkin Picking with Andrew's best friend Daniel, his mom Marisol, Tristan and Sam. October ended just with as much fun. On Halloween we had a blast Jenn, David, Jenna, and Iley came over and we had the time of our life..The morning started with many activities for the children, halloween cookes and crafts. We then went over to Manchester High School where Sabrina was volnteering at the Haunted House, even Katie came along with her bumble bee costume. We went trick or treating afterwards. What a day of events. Kids were thrilled when they came home with their loot. Nov..Our neice Amanda came from Florida, it was a short visit, but sweet...it's always fun to see family. We skipped our Traditional Thanksgiving and headed out to NYC for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Went to see my mother in law Tonita.. God Bless her although bed ridden she looks marvelous. Had Thanksgiving Day Dinner at moms. It was nice to see my brother Jaime wife Robin and their gorgeous little fella's Jayden and Jaime. Lastly we headed out to Cooky and Hilario's for the night. Following day we went to visit our special friends Sylvia and her wonderful parents Rosie and Louie. It was an awesome weekend. Dec. wow hard to believe that the year was almost over, we did our traditional Christnas at home.Tristan had a blast opening his gifts..It's wonderful having a little one at home...New Years came and again we broke Tradtion we headed out for NYC bring in the New Year with family. Well Thank God, 2009 is over and 2010 will bring bigger and better things.