More Birthday Pictures

Mom's 90th Birthday

We (my sister's and I and my cousin) had a very successful and fun birthday party for my mom and my aunt on June 27th. Lots of relatives came. Unfortunately it was VERY hot, 107, but we had the pool to swim in and the house to sit in. My sister, Peggy, bought some Pinatas, a must at any hispanic party, and one we filled with fruit, and had my mom and aunt take a whack at. It was hilarious! The kids had so much fun that we decided to use them at the birthday parties from now on.

Check one off the "To Do List"

A couple of weeks ago, Shana, "lijah", and I, along with her sister Nichole and Nichole's friend Kristen, walked a 1/2 marathon, that's 13 miles folks. It was along our beautiful American River. We walked it in 3 hours and 40 minutes and that was after 2 potty stops (hey I'm in my 50's) and one stop so Shana could nurse lijah. We sure were not doing it for time, just to finish it but ended up finishing in the middle of the pack. It was actually easier than I thought it would be, but the recovering was slower than I thought it would be also. Signs I'm getting older I guess. I would definetly and most certainly do it again.

3 kids + 3 spouses = 6 grandbabies

Two years, 10 months ago we were anxiously awaiting our first grandbaby, Chloe. Now we have 6. This was taken on Easter at our house. We had the kids over for an Easter ham and an Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun watching the grandbabies look for those eggs. They are as seated Chloe, Elijah, Scarlett, Savannah, Mia and Luke. It looks like Chloe is giving her sweet baby brother a kiss on the head but she is really licking chocolate off of it. Oh well, we girls love our chocolate.

And Introducing.....Savannah Violet Valdes.....

Savannah Violet Valdes was born on 3/21/09, at 10:02 am, weighing 8.7oz. She is, of cours, a cutie-patootie. Mom and Dad are doing really well, and Scarlett is giving her baby sister lots of hugs and kisses, sometimes a little tooo aggressively. Since Savannah was born on my mom's 90th birthday, Cari and Juan wanted to use her middle name of Violet (mom's name is Ruth Violet). My mom was so excited.

My mom turns 90

Scarlett, Linda, Chloe, Shana, Eli, Joe, Jim, Luke, Mom, Alyssa, and Mia. Mom and some of her grandkids and g-grandkids.

My mom turned 90 on saturday. We had a small little birthday party for her with just immediate family. My sister braved the weather over the Sierra's and came down from Virginia City but had to head back early and barely made it back before the road closed. But it was a fun day, starting out with lunch at my house and ending with cake and ice cream at hers. She is in such great shape. She walks miles everyday, still drives, her mind is totally clear, lives by herself, and still kinda scares me when she gets mad. :) We will have a big party for her in June, with my aunt Eve, who will turn 88 (they are the only ones left in a family of 10), so her relatives around the country will be able to come also. Happy birthday Mom! I hope Igot her "energy" gene!