you beat me on my birthday

is what kennedy said as she saw this picture

happy birthday mya

miss jocelyn mya turned 1!

rock on lavon!

this is my grandma howard & lavon. technically he's my grandpa, but i just met him this winter when we were in utah and it feels a little weird calling him "grandpa". he's a quiet man and still has a very keen mind. he turned 100 a few weeks ago!

congratulations & happy 100th birthday!!

disneyland + angels = unforgettable

meet grace. she has leukemia.

me and kennedy were at disneyland for kennedy's birthday & we were walking by it's a small world from the train & noticed the parade was about to start so we decided to stay & watch. we were lucky & got front street seating. as we were waiting i turned around and noticed a cute little girl in a wheelchair & her mother standing behind her holding a younger little girl. i thought to go tell the mom to bring the little girl up front where i was standing, but i didn't act on it. then a few minutes later i turned around & noticed that they had moved a little further over & behind more people...that's when i put my purse down to save my seat and told kennedy "stay here and save our seats, i'm going to get a little girl in a wheelchair", something must have told kennedy to agree, becasue she didn't question, she just said "ok". i walked over to the mom and tapped her on the back and told her that i had a space up front for her daughter. i really didn't give her much time to think and i probably took her completely off guard, but she agreed and grace had a front row seat.

i have to give the disney parade cast huge kudos because they really made an effort to make grace feel special. the dancers would wave to her, the characters would make contact with her, she was given props to participate with... it was awesome. gracie's mom said "that is so sweet" and started to cry. i then too began to cry. we laughed and determined "it's a mom thing". we didn't say anything during the parade and when it ended i asked her if she had a blog, and we exchanged blog addresses {funny how first it was home phone numbers, then cell phone numbers, then it was email addresses and now blog addresses}. i don't know why i was to meet this family, but i am so glad that i listened to the promptings of the spirit.

this is gracie's story.

...about this time 10 years ago

it's now 12:27am & about this time 10 years ago tyler was asleep in his bed & trinidad was asleep in the bed {because if i was having this baby tonight, he needed to get some sleep????} anyway back to the harp music.. i had been contracting for about 5 hours and they were getting closer apart {we lived in colton & the hospital was in fontana} & i knew we needed to leave really soon, so i went to the kitchen & packed tyler a little cooler of snacks & went upstairs & put my make-up on, then woke my two boys up. as we were leaving, trinidad called our mom's & said something like... "we're leaving for the hospital, but i'll call you if we're actually going to deliver, we don't know, it might be a false alarm"...it was may 12th and my due date was may 12th, i was having this baby! holy moly did the pain start & of course i didn't have all the paper work complete so as i was laboring i was also signing my name on every stinkin' 500 pages of the admission papers. we finally got to the room & our mother's were wise enough to come to the hospital {or trinidad actually had to call them to get down there becasue tyler wasn't old enough to be in the room & there was no one to take care of him outside of the room..don't know, i was in a lot of pain} anyways, i was swollen so they wouldn't give me anything & i was mad at myself because i wasn't tolerating the paid very well {i remember being in the restroom asking myself "what's wrong with you!?!?!? calm down & handle the pain, you can do this!!} & i missed the epidural window because i was now over 7, so they gave me this stupid drug that didn't take the pain away it just made it to where i couldn't open my eyes...then they wanted me to sit up, hold my legs up, push down.. all this bologna... i'm in pain & i can't open my eyes, i'm not doing anything...so the nurse & trinidad held everything wherever it was to be held & i pushed. then they wheeled me to the delivery room where..hello there was a mirror...who wants to see that?? not me. i remember complaining that it hurt so bad & the nurse tells me as soon as she comes out the pain will go away. that's all i needed to hear, i worked up a scream {i know, drama huh...i was hurting, leave me alone} {this is how i remember it anyway} & gave 1 big scream & 1 hard push & she came flying out!! & yes the pain went away & yes she had dimples just like her brother. see her story below...

happy birthday baby girl!

my baby girl...

i realized last night as i was getting everything ready for kennedy's bday party that she is no longer a little girl. that her age will now alway be double digits! i became very sad and started to feel a little guilty that i didn't put much thought into making this party "special", so when she asked me for a tiara (at 9 o'clock at night) & i knew i had to pick up tyler from school at 10, i quickly got ready and ran out of the house...to the dollartree because they have all that wedding/quinceanera stuff....well, they didn't have it! dang! this tiara is no longer a dollar item, i knew where i had to go.....yes, walmart, and yes it was multiple dollars for her tiara, but she got one and she wore it like a headband & it was totally cute!!

i created this collage (a simple project that took hours because i had to import all my cd's of pictures to go through the last 10 years) and stapled it on the goodie bags. i also printed out 8x10's and put on the tables for decoration. it was cool because it was glow minigolf, so everything white was glowing. i'll post a collage later (can you tell it's my new fad, & the fact that i ran out of free picasa space).

Ryan's Day!!

MISS BAILEY...

i just realized today that i never posted pictures of my niece. please see march archive "it's a girl". i posted on facebook... go figure!

IT'S A GIRL!!

I just realized (4/9/09) that I created this post on Bailey's Birthday, but never published it.... So, here is my new baby niece... Miss Bailey Danielle Ramirez

HAPPY 50TH UNCLE RICK!!

My Uncle Rick lives in Utah and was down (during his 50th birthday weekend) for his daughter's dance competition thing in Santa Ana. Aunt Susan and his siblings worked together to get this Surprise Party together before they left for Utah tomorrow. Main surprise was that he was one of the first to arrive, but it was a lot of fun. I'm still trying to figure out my camera, I think I have the MPs to high and it makes us all look non-human in the group picture. Oh well, I love other things about it.

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY UNCLE RICK!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCKY & ASHLEY

Happy Birthday You Lovely Ladies!!

This picture was in 2007... they are now 2 years more lovely!

Bucky (Grandma) had a Magical Birthday at, where else???? DISNEYLAND! She cashed in on the FREE ADMISSION on your birthday deal they have going on. We called her and she was having a really good time.....

We love you both very much and hope you had a wonderful day!!

MARIO'S 30TH BIRTHDAY

Mario had a 70's & 80's party. It was fun (and crowded). Enjoy the pictures. I'll post the band video later.


The video is really dark, didn't look that way when I was recording. Oh well, they still sound good. Mario is playing drums and Marcos is on bass. I don't know who the singer was...no relation. If you watch closely you can see Mario as the flashes go off.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUNZIE!

I'm a little behind in my blogging, with "life" and all, Bobbi's birthday was November 29th. We all went to Bobbi's for her birthday. It was nice to have everyone there. Bobbi's got the GLOW! She still needs prayers as she is bedridden for at least 4 more weeks.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUNZ!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU....

obviously I'm still an amateur when it comes to photoshop!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

......HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA JOE!!

Love Always,
Anjanette, Trinidad, Tyler & Kennedy

TYLER TURNS 16!

Well, our 1st born is now 16 and he could not wait to get a girlfriend. His girlfriend's name is Lauren, she's sweet. On his actual birthday he had his last hooray with the Teachers at the indoor go-cart. For his party we grubbed on Lucille's and almost froze to death, hence his jacket and gloves.