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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Family Reunion
A little glimpse of my family lineage from my mom's side to the present
While Aaron and I were dating it was hard explaining the family. He couldn't understand that the all the relatives that lived on my street were not the extent of my family, it was just the tip of the iceberg. (There were still more in Redondo, Huntington Beach, Oceanside, and San Diego. )He found out as we made out our guest list to our weddding and finally out the last family reunion - September 2005.
Last Saturday we had a Family Reunion aka "The Adame Family Reunion" in Huntington Beach. It was great because I believe that we added 6 more members to the family, and we came out in full force.
I will just come out and say it... I love our family. It does not matter that we only see each other every once in a while, we're there for each other. Whether it's celebrating a birthday, anniversary, wedding, etc... we're all there for each other. This sense of family is something I really want to pass on to my kids. They need to know that they do not just have each other, they have a WHOLE family.
Well we came, we ate, and we laughed. It was great to hang out with people I hadn't seen a while. Stories were told and memories were shared. And since I'm part of the 3rd generation, it's funny to hear the stories of the 1st and 2nd generations. Especially those of the TJ girls...
Here is my personal recap of the memories I have of the reunion...
- Aaron eating 12 tacos
- My Nino handing out menus of the tacos available and everyone, in line. asking what kind of meat there was
- all the red cups
- the kids running around.
- Frank asking the girls to 'jump' as they took pictures. I had to remind him that these were his COUSINS
- Bill trying to cop a feel on Rosemary during the family photo. They were right above me... I still have trouble sleeping : )
- While playing volleyball... RJ serving the ball into Michelle's butt
- Aunt Sonia and her puppet show theatre chair
- Raquel asking her where she got after we all ragged on it
- Raquel trying to get girls to do the Roger Rabbit, and then asking someone just how to do it
- My mom asking to play volleyball, and neither team wanted her.
- My Nino coming in and kicking ass. I don't think he knew we were having fun. We weren't playing for money
- Linda and Robert coming over and hearing Robert explain how he killed a bat
- Jeffrey rolling down the hill with Sasha
- Vanessa saving me and giving me wipes
- Kristina's volleyball serve
- Watching Kristina and Michelle watching the ball drop and then blame each other
I think that may be it. I'm sure I'm missing more, but it's enough to make me laugh.
As we all say... we need to do this more often. I say let's do it!
Below are pictures from that day. Enjoy!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Josh & Courtney's Wedding 8/7/09
Aaron has been friends with Josh since they were in 2nd grade, and Josh was the Best Man in our wedding. He has been loving referred to as "Penguin Man" in our family because he works at Sea World. It was very cool as it came full circle and Josh asked if Jeffrey could be in the wedding as the Ring Bearer ~ very cool.
The rehearsal was the day before the wedding and the guys had to go down early. I had to stay and work. I ended up meeting them on Thursday night. It was Josh's job to buy the ring bearer pillow and hand't, so Jeffrey carried this during the rehearsal.
The guys had fun at the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Jeffrey took his job very seriously despite Sean's comments.
We got to stay in a hotel, Jeffrey's favorite part, and were able to relax right up to the ceremony. I dropped the guys off and found them in the groomsmen room.
Josh.... relaxing????The ceremony was beautiful and everyone looked handsome/beautiful. It was awesome. Watching the ceremony was like watching a game.
They had waiters bring you wine, so you could enjoy as the ceremony took place. I was okay, and then I saw this...
It was so cute to see my little boy (man) walking down the aisle. He held his own, did not drop anything and did what he had to do. We went through two bags of chewy snacks and the ceremony was over. Jeffrey dropped the empty bag of chewy snacks, got his pillow and followed his Daddy back down the aisle : )
The rehearsal was a lot of fun. It was a total party atmosphere and we had a good time and had a lot of laughs. Everyone had a good time at the rehearsal.... including my son
2 weddings down, 1 to go. Brian and Alyda~you're next!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Las Vegas Family Trip



Legoland 7/23/09
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Alexis 1 Year 7/18/09
My Dear Alexis Kendyl,
I have been putting off writing this because I feel if I don’t write, somehow it’ll stop time. You are officially 1. No more months behind your age… sigh. I realize I write this often, but where did time go?
As I’m preparing your slideshow, I’m reminded of just how far you’ve come. You started out your life in the safe arms of your parents, and then were taken to the NICU. You were 3-4 days old before I could hold you again. It was very hard for both us, and your family. You were our first baby from the family (out of 21 grand/great grand kids) to ever be in the NICU, so it was quite scary. It never occurred to me that you were in danger, as I knew you’d survive. From day 1 of having you, I KNEW you were a fighter. We were finally able to hold you, and then it was a little easier. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was leave you in the hospital, and go home. Once you were able to come home, it was much better.
It takes us to now. You have developed quite a little personality my dear. Everyday is something new that makes us laugh or realize that we need to baby proof more.
- You are talking more and more. You now say baby, mama, hey, do-do (Fozzy) and LOVE Mommy’s pink phone.
- You are standing and walking around, but have yet to begin walking. Today you did take your first steps toward Mommy’s phone
- You enjoy mealtimes - you love yogurt, cheese, and ice cream
- You’ve taken to your sippy cup and do not use a bottle anymore.
- Your hair is starting to become thicker and your hair is like Mommy’s ~ curly and really kinky curly when we hit humidity.
- You adore your brother, for the most part, and love playing with his toys.
- You now give kisses. You open your mouth and try to bite people. It’s cute, but wet and can be messy : )
- You adore your Daddy and say ‘Deedee’ when you see him. A blow to my ego since I was the one getting up with you during those first months.
Well my dear that’s all I have for now. I have been writing to you for so long, that’ll be weird to wait another 6-12 months to write to you.
We look forward to watching you walk, talk, and more of your kisses and giggles.
All my love,
Mommy
Below are some pictures of your first year of life