Jessica the Nurse...

My baby sister Jessica graduated from EAC with her Nursing degree finally...congrats to you...so proud of her accomplishments.

Frankie's 12th Birthday....

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Is my Frankie really 12 already?....where did the time go? Gosh can't believe how big he is getting these days..crazy I think!!!

Safford-Duncan Trip home...

This past weekend we attended a funeral for Uncle Son in Duncan, which is home to most of our family. We ended up seeing lots of cousins which is always fun. To the right here is Anna and Jessica playing the piano together...very talented!!!

Above: cousin Benji-boo (8 yrs)

Left: Jessica holding Karla

Above: Rachel's son Parker-1 yr

An old merry go round that the kids loved to play on at Aunt Mary's house out in Virden, NM

Something new

To the right is a recent shot of us together in a photo booth being silly. On the bottom shot here is our sweet cousin Savannah who I got to visit a few days ago. She was fun to play with while her daddy fixed my computer. Thanks Jason and Mandy...we sure do love you lots!!!

Easter Memories

These are just a few photos of Easter times over the years past...This baby blue chick to the right here was displayed at the Wigwam Resort area for kids to hold and see. The kids were able to pet the baby chicks of several different colors.

2004-Happy Easter Gramma Louise

Sabrina & Ana's 1st Easter together-2003

Spending Easter 2003 with cousins in Safford. Ana-4yrs & Frankie-5yrs, they were all so cute in their pretty sunday dress.

Hawaiian Festival

This past weekend I took the kids to an awesome Hawaiian Festival at the Tempe Town Lake. The weather was beautiful and so were the dancers. I was amazed at how the women can shake their hips so fast to the beat of the drums and their outfits were outstanding. This has been a great way to start out our Spring Break with the culture, food, and of course each other. Just wish I could take a vacation to Hawaii someday...Awwww the wishing upon dreams( Hint?)

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Dominican Republic Festival

This weekend we attended a Dominican Republic Festival out in Scottsdale for the day...we had a blast seeing a different culture, music, and of course the food....Here to the right is the national flag. I have videos too, which I will upload later, but this is what I have for now.

Above: I tried playing a unique DR instrument here...

Here is the excitement of the house...it was crowded for sure...but the music was awesome...loved it!!! Going back next year.....for bachata, salsa, merengue dancing...yeah!!!

Happy 1st B-day baby Kleeo..

My baby niece is growing up way too fast...look at the cute curls on the top of her head now...

Another great Nephew is here...Jaden

Jaden Todacheenie is finally here...so sweet...love being the auntie here.....

Josiah the big brother is loving his new baby brother...cute

Mardi Gras...

Took the kids to Westgate out in Glendale to celebrate Mardi Gras holiday...as you can see they had a blast seeing the parade and face painting...Amazing huh?

Enjoying the Az sunshine

My kids had a 4-day weekend, so we found several things to do outside in our beautiful Az weather. We went to the Renaissance Festival to check out the great food there, and it was relatively pleasant outside. We also went to a hoop dance festival at the Heard Museum, and had yummy frybread...so good too. We also went for a hike up the the White Tanks Mtns, and got some much needed fresh air and exercise on the trails there. Time spent in the Az sun was well worth our time with the kids.....

(Above): Sabrina eating a Turkey Leg...so delicious

(Left):Ana has her armor on here...
Right: Watching some hoop dancing at the Heard Museum while eating frybread....so yummy too

Above: Resting on a trail at the White Tank Mts

Out at the lake catching crawdads

Past Vacations to Different Places

As a family over the years we have ventured to a few places to explore new sights. I enjoy traveling with them to give them some experiences of different adventures. To the right here is a photo of them at ASU where they were able to get their faces painted which was great. Above: The Grand Canyon 2005

Disneyland 2004- Ana(5) was terrified of him at first....Below and Above are also photos from Disneyland and we had such great memories of going there.

Mt. Graham in Safford (Michael & Alex) I ended up taking 9 kids camping alone and it was certainly crazy with only one adult to chaperone them all. They had a blast with their cousins too

Bringing in the New Year 2010

We started our year off by being able to visit the temple grounds to pick up my niece Michelle who was doing baptisms for the dead. We were lucky to be able to go support my nephew Andy play a soccer game in Phx. Sabrina went to Safford for a week to visit her cousins at my moms house, and the other kids and I went to the Fiesta Bowl parade this past weekend, and loved all the floats.

The beautiful Mesa temple grounds

Seeing the many nativities inside the visitors center