We'll Miss You Rosie....

Rosie's last day in the office was Friday...we are all sooo bummed.  She's pursuing a dream though and we support her.  We'll just miss her sweet spirit and silliness around the office.  

We all got together for lunch that day and surprised her with a beautiful wooden craft box fully stocked with colored pencils, paints, brushes & sketch pads.  She was moved to tears.  Love ya girl!

Hangin' with the Kiddos!!!

All of my friends have the most precious children...I'm sooo blessed to get to hang out with them and just watch them grow into these unbelievable creations.  They're so sweet, clever and just a joy to be around.  They love like no other- it makes me feel so special to be their Auntie Alecia or as Linda says "Tia Alecia"- she's half Honduran.  :-)

Christian & Linda

Christian's Brother Nathaniel- love that smile!

Christian to Alecia:  "Come oonnnn!"

Baby Shink is here!!!

Sasha & Irina welcomed their sweet baby girl, Anya

into the world on May 20th!  She is PRESH!  

I love this family- the love the Lord sooo much 

and they are crazy about this baby!

They are going to be the most wonderful parents!

Congrats Sash & Irina- She's beautiful!

A Mother's Day Like None Other

Mother's day was a bit different for me this year.  We all gathered at 

my aunt & uncle's new house.  After grillin' out...my brother spotted Uncle Watt's 

ATV and wanted to ride.  Well....I've always ridden on the back and I wanted

to learn, so when he was done taking Catrina for a spin, he showed me how it worked.

I got on in my gaucho's and hot pink flip flops, clearly ATV apparel, and took off down the street.  It was a lot of fun...I will definitely do it again.  Adam asked if there were some fields to drive through and after we didn't see if for a while we decided to get in the car to look for him...Needless to say, it was a typical Adam moment...he's up to his knees in mud trying to get it out.  After a couple of failed attempts we finally got him out.  

We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to find my mom & step dad a new house....we're getting close.  Hopefully soon.

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.

Thanks to my amazing Great Grandmother Nana (85 yrs. old) for raising me and investing her life into me.  I wouldn't be the person I am today if it weren't for her never ending sacrifices.

Love you TONS!

Nana & Catrina

Mom & Catrina

Adam & his daughter, Catrina

Adam teaching me how to drive a 4 wheeler!

That's right...how many of you were doing that

on mother's day?!?

My brother after we pulled him 

out of the mud

Chillin' after the big mess

Volunteer Appreciation Day

As you know I work for a free mobile clinic....

Well we couldn't function if it weren't for our amazing & faithful

Volunteers.  It's my one big event the I plan every year to honor them.

We have it out at my bosses house and they have the most beautiful

property.  A small lake, beautiful walking trails, fire pit, etc.

A few of the docs I work with decided to take the paddle boat

out on the lake.  They started out like this...but by the time 

the trip around the lake was over, they were all in 

different spots....they switched place 3 times while out

on the water- AND NEVER FELL IN!!!!!

We ALL know if I was in that boat....we would've been 

overboard if I was trying to switch places...I'm such a clutz!

It turned out to be a great evening and the volunteers were very appreciative

of everything....we just LOVE them!  Thank you Volunteers

for your servants heart and love for the underserved.

Breakfast Smoothies by Cora

My roomie & I had a sleepover with Cora...I just love

this girl.  She's a ton of fun and sweet as sugar.

It was the first Saturday I got to sleep in in a while.

When I got up Cora & Andreia made

Breakfast smoothies....YUMMY!

I watch Cora & her brother Levi

when the rents are out of town/country

so I'm gonna try once a month to have her over 

for girls night.

Hanna's Prom

Leah asked me to help set up for the after prom party at her house....before that we went to take pictures at the pre prom party....Hanna looked GORGEOUS and her adorable date, Charlie was soooo handsome. 

This picture looks like they're standing in 

front of a back drop but they aren't 

this was someone's back yard

Hanna & Leah

"No...he's cute!"

I've been experimenting with different

angles...I love how this pic turned out.

The little house where the pre prom party was

Presh!

Daisy watchin' as we set up for the after prom party.

It looked GORGEOUS out there.  We had candles going up the steps,

tables with white table cloths and candles on them, tikki torches

and flowers.  I didn't get any pics after we were finished.

I was sooo glad to be done, I just wanted to sit down and

totally spaced takin' a picture of the finished product.

Photo Session with Catrina

I got this adorable dress for Catrina when I went to China in 2007.  It finally fits her perfectly.  I won a free session at a local photo studio so we wanted to use that to get some pics of her in her China dress.  Well, Catrina was not in the mood at all to get her picture taken...she was screaming and crying and the lady was only able to get 17 shots of her, 5 of which she was screaming and crying in.  This is what she looked like the second we left the studio...TYPICAL!

Movie Night with Dalty, Colin & Parker

Colin, Dalton & their new puppy Parker

Colin is such a trooper....Dalton came over for a movie night and

Colin joined us after work....we watched 27 Dresses and Colin

watched the whole movie without a single complaint...The things you do for love.

Cinco de Mayo!!! Aaarrreeebaaahh!

We had a Cinco de Mayo luncheon at work

any reason to have a lunch together

Later that evening I went to Red Rock with

my dear friend Christine

(Amy this is where I ran into Steph)

We also ran into a couple of other

dear friends that were out on a date

Chus & Stacie