Published on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 by LisaDiane
Today was my nephew’s third birthday party (his actual birthday was yesterday). His birthday party was at the Northwest Recreation Center. My older godson was very excited about attending the party because he remembered that the Northwest Recreation Center is the “park with the climbing tree”. He actually climbed the tree several times. I took a few nice pictures, all of which were vetted and approved by their subject.
Joey has many more pictures of the party itself, which I am sure he will post in a day or two.
Published on Saturday, February 19th, 2011 by Joey
Kay, Daniel, LD, Ela, and I went for a walk through Walnut Creek Metro Park this afternoon. Ela was almost invisible as she led Daniel through the tall grass.
Published on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 by LisaDiane
Kay and Daniel came to visit us yesterday. We felt very lucky to see them before our trip to Amsterdam! Daniel played with the blue ball, and zoomed his race car around on the floor. He really got a kick out of making it drive under the couch, and then moving the couch. He actually moved it on his own several times – strong kiddo!
At some point Kay pulled out the play doh that they had brought with them. Joey, Kay, and Daniel all played with the play doh (I was finishing my breakfast so that I could go to work). Joey made several sea creatures with his play doh. We got some pictures before they disappeared into formless blobs once more.
Published on Monday, January 4th, 2010 by LisaDiane
We did not take many pictures this year. No, not even Joey! Lee took this one of us together with the dogs on the night we put up our Christmas tree.
We went to the Mercado Christmas celebration with Grandma Margaret on 24 December. We had a lovely Christmas Day meal with the Lupa/Carlson clan, Joan Jones, and the Reads. It was pot luck, so we didn’t have to do too much cooking, but we wound up with all the leftovers. Yum! Joey did make plum pudding, and it was a hit.
George and Nancy joined us late in the evening on Christmas Day. We went to breakfast with the Etheredges, Zimmermans and Schoors on the second day of Christmas, and then returned to our house to open presents.
Speaking of presents – after years of nagging and hounding, my husband finally gave me some earings from James Avery. He feels that James Avery is too easy an answer, and prefers to be more creative. While I certainly appreciate that sentiment, and I have gotten some fabulously creative presents over the years, a nice pair of earings is fun too!
Mom and Dad joined us on New Year’s Eve. Lee and Billy came over to assist with the preparations for New Year’s Day. We held our 6th Annual New Year’s Eve film fest. This year’s theme was Bruce Willis. The favorite movies were The Fifth Element and Die Hard with a Vengence. Lee and Joey kicked butt in the kitchen – it was the most organized I think we have ever been.
On New Year’s Day we ate breakfast with the Mercados and Etheredges before George and Nancy had to leave for the airport.
The New Year’s Day party was a fantastic success. The food was fantastic – the hoppin john really gets better every year! It was fun to see all of our friends throughout the day. I really missed Ross and Kat, and thought of them several times during the party. Laura and Jason joined us late in the evening – I am so happy they were able to make the drive! The first guests arrived at 14:15, and Jason and I left to drive Jacob back at home at 02:27 on 02 January, so the party officially lasted 12 hours and 12 minutes!
Despite the late night, on 02 January, Joey, Mom, Dad, Laura, Jason and I drove to San Antonio to visit with the Rodriguez side of the family. We had a great time visiting and catching up with all our cousins and Aunts and Uncles!
On 03 January we had brunch at Zax with our cousin Ben, and then it was time for everyone to go their separate ways. I left with Mom and Dad to go to Houston. Jason dropped Laura off at the airport so she could fly to Albequerque so she could perform in Amahl and the Night Visitors in Santa Fe. Jason drove back to Denton, and Joey went home to a empty house to begin the clean-up!
Published on Thursday, May 7th, 2009 by Joey
Kay and Daniel came over to visit for a while today. We went to Tacodeli and spent some time hanging out in the deep grass in the back yard. The boy was super-cute.
Published on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 by LisaDiane
Our wonderful nephew, Daniel, turns one year old on 01April 2009! His birthday party was held at his Uncle Troy and Aunt Christinne’s house today. Asher and I enjoyed playing with the pirate themed party favors. The blocks we got for Daniel were a big hit with both Daniel and his cousin on his father’s side, Jonah.
Happy Birthday, Daniel!
Published on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 by LisaDiane
Yesterday Joey and I hosted our tenth annual New Year’s Day party. A great group of people showed up! We ate hoppin’ john, bean soup, and sausage balls (aka meat cookies). Dad, Asher, Laura and Joey decorated the garage and side walk with chalk. The Etheredge siblings were all present, and our nephew Daniel was charming, as usual. Chiara played with Elanor. Lee and Billy brought their friend Melissa, who talked physics with Dad, and then discussed opera with Laura and Alissa! We finished the evening with a round of Apples to Apples. In short, it was a wonderful day, a perfect start to 2009.
Published on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 by LisaDiane
Joey and I are so lucky to live in the same city with his siblings. Although we did not spend the day of Thanksgiving with the Etheredge clan, we did see them over the weekend. Christinne’s folks, Dave and Sarita, were in town, and we got to visit with them as well. Everyone assembled at our house in the afternoon, and we visited and relaxed.
Daniel met Elanor; they seem quite fond of each other. Babies and dogs make for really cute pictures. Daniel got to hang out with Uncle Troy and Aunt Christinne, and also met Dave and Sarita for the first time.
Troy brought Ziegy over as well, and Elanor got to meet her doggy cousin. The guys took all three dogs on a walk. Elanor wanted to play with Ziegy, but Ziegy decided hanging out with Christinne was safer!
I am so glad we got to see everyone, and spend some time with the family. My only regret is that George and Nancy could not be with us!
Published on Friday, November 14th, 2008 by LisaDiane
Kay, Andrew, and Daniel came over for lunch on Wednesday. I was working, but managed to escape my office for part of their visit.
Joey grilled some chicken and made salt potatoes and a field green salad. (Have I mentioned that having a house husband is great? It is even better when you work from home AND he can cook :-)
Kay looked through the bags of clothes from my closet cleaning project and found a couple of dresses.
Daniel has always been advanced in the mobility department. As of Wednesday (a lifetime ago for a baby, so this might have changed already) he was crawling, bear crawling, pulling up on things to stand, and being a little frustrated that he cannot quite cruise yet. Amazing. He definately fits into a group my mom refers to as “motor babies”.
I actually remembered to take out my camera, and I got some action shots!
Published on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 by LisaDiane
In my earlier post about Halloween, I posted pictures of my godson’s various costumes over the years. I also posted a picture of my goddaughter’s first Halloween costume. I did not have this picture at the time, but I feel it definately belongs in the collection. This is Joey’s and my nephew, Daniel, in his first Halloween costume. You may recognize it as the same dragon outfit that Asher wore his first Halloween. The Serrins/Springfield clan was good enough to lend the costume to Kay and Daniel. I do not know if it was Rachel or Debra, but one of them took this picture too – thanks y’all! Joey agreed to wear his big dragon costume again.
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