Sarah and Miguel

Airport standby

2009-03-06T11:15:00.002-06:00

I know we haven't updated our blog lately....but this is why. You see this pic? This is airport standby.
When you sit airport standby you have to sit in the flight attendant lounge for 5 hours.
That's right....just sit and wait to see if they call you.
It seems like a big part of our life the last few weeks has been airport standby.
Enjoy!
(I'm only smiling because I just got here.....4 hour and 40 min to go!)

Los Angeles

2009-01-29T18:29:00.002-06:00

SO....we went to LA to celebrate Nayeli's birthday. We took her and 2 of her friends to Buca di Beppo for dinner...it was entertaining.

While we were there we finally got to go to the Griffith Observatory....it has been closed for the last 6 years we have tried to go.

The remodel of the observatory is awesome....not to mention the view. It was an unusually clear night and we got these incredible pictures of downtown.

Los Angeles

2009-01-16T11:08:00.002-06:00

Ok....I'm trying really hard to update my blog.....but I'm having technical difficulties.

I was going to upload all my pics from L.A., but something is wrong w/my camera.
Photos will follow.......hopefully!

Winter in Texas

2008-11-30T21:10:00.002-06:00

Ok...so it's a little dramatic....(it was only 65 out), but I was freezing. This is me "helping" put up Christmas lights. Hey...I've had plenty of years in the snow and rain. I wanted to let Miguel have a turn!
Miguel hard at work.

The finished product. Not very exciting...but it is so much more fun to decorate your own house!

Semper Fi (Always Faithful)

2008-11-10T21:12:00.000-06:00

The Marine Corps Hymn

From the halls of Montezuma,
To the shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marine.

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From the dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job
The United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And have never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.

On November 10 is the United States Marine Corps 233 Birthday.

Best present ever????

2008-11-06T17:56:00.004-06:00

OK...so when I was home this past week, we celebrated Andy's birthday. (It counts even though it's late!)

Andy got cards....

the kids were kind enough to share their Halloween candy......

an In-n-out 60th anniversary tee, Darth Vader keychain..............

AND

an 'Andy' bobble head.

I know, I know......I was slightly proud of my present choice this year.......ok, let's be honest, I've been scheming and looking forward to this for almost a whole year. Nothing is too good for my bro.

Happy Birthday!

Scary!

2008-10-03T22:00:00.006-05:00

Ok, so for those of you who know me know that I love Halloween!

I'm a total dork, but I still love to play in front of the blacklight.

I think it's a good look for me!

We decorated for Halloween and this was what we've come up with so far. Nothing major, but we still have a couple of weeks. I wanted to make sure we got a pic of our "special needs" skeleton. Isn't he adorable?

Just because he's missing a few bones (tarsals I think) doesn't mean he can't fulfill his Halloween destiny.

Vacation......stressful.....yet relaxing!?!?!?

2008-09-23T18:26:00.008-05:00

Where to begin??? So, we were planning a nice ultra-relaxing cruise and for the most part that is what we got, it just didn't play out quite like we planned.

With the unexpected Ike taking a turn for Houston, Miguel, Nayeli and myself opted to leave 4 days early for our cruise. Luckily for us, Andy and Corrie were gracious enough to let us crash at their house unexpectedly.We began our trip in Houston, went to Nashville and then on to Columbus. We then drove down to Cincy and stayed for a couple of days. (Everyone at Mom's had a stomach flu so we were trying to avoid that!)

Then we drove back to Columbus, flew over to Baltimore and on down

to Fort Lauderdale. Tired yet? All the while Miguel and I were

totally stressed about our house in Houston. We still hadn't heard

anything. In the morning we caught a shuttle to the Port of Miami.

All things considered....we were pretty happy!

Then the fun began, we heard from our neighbor who said our house looked fine from the outside and there was no water anywhere in our neighborhood. RELIEF!!! We could finally relax a little and enjoy.....so we did. The next couple of days we were in Key West, FL and then on the Cozumel. There was jet-skiing and snorkeling and just good old kickin' back.

Beautiful, right? (Of course the sunset is nice too!!)

We did have a great time and can't wait for another vacation. Maybe this time we will try not to plan it during hurricane season!

Here we go again

2008-09-12T15:18:00.001-05:00

Ok, well this time it doesn't look like we are going to miss the Hurricane. Ike is definitely targeting Houston, but we sitting in Andy and Corrie's nice comfy house in Cincy stressing about the storm. We put up our storm shutters and left on Thurs. We'll just have to wait and see from here!

Dodged a bullet

2008-09-04T19:36:00.002-05:00

So, Gustav came and went and we got almost 10 whole minutes of rain.....not that I'm complaining, after Katrina and all, but we were at least hoping for a little rain.
We're just glad we managed to miss Gustav.....hopefully we'll be this lucky next time!

Gustav

2008-08-30T19:04:00.003-05:00

Well....here comes Gustav. I know, I know....doesn't it seem like we just went through this with Katrina? Miguel and I spent the afternoon putting up our storm shutters for the hurricane....just in case. His sister is on her way in from New Orleans, hopefully to stay ahead of the traffic and to stay above sea level.
Hopefully it will all miss us, but we'll keep everybody posted!

Home sweet home

2008-08-13T16:42:00.003-05:00

So, we've been doing a little work on the house. Mom wanted to see some pics of what we've done. It's nohing big, but it feels comfy.

Here is part of my awesome garden! You have to remember that this is coming from a girl who once killed a cactus, so this is quite an achievement.

Yesterday we did some landscaping in the front yard. I'm beginning to see why people are willing to pay for a landscaper. It is alot of hard work, of course the 90ish weather and 125% humidity just increase the joy it brings to see it finished. It looks good though.

New Orleans

2008-08-06T15:31:00.010-05:00

We just got back from New Orleans. We went there for a couple of days to see Miguel's sister. While we were there we saw some Zephyrs games. The Zephyrs are the Mets minor league team. They played the Las Vegas 51s who are the LA Dodgers minor league team.

We are Dodger fans, so much to Claudia's chagrin....we had to cheer for the 51s.

We got to go to some of our favorite restaurants while we were in New Orleans like Serrano's and Crazy Johnnie's. YUM!!!

We missed Tropical Storm Edouard (is that spelled right? why couldn't they spell it Edward?!?) while we were away and I'm happy to say it only looks like it rained while we were gone. Although, there were some remnants of the storm on our drive back......Nice, huh?

Baseball, baseball and more baseball

2008-07-22T17:55:00.008-05:00

Ok, so we are pretty big on baseball in our house.....Miguel a little more than me, but I still enjoy a good game. We went to Cincy to visit while my cousin Joe was in from Washington. We took advantage of seeing several Cincinnati Reds games while we were there.

Miguel's sister Claudia came up from New Orleans because the Reds were playing a series against the Mets. She is very good friends w/the Mets first base coach, so it was really fun for her to see him. (Not to mention he is very generous and gave us the hook up!)

Some baseball pics....the grounds crew doing their job to Y.M.C.A.....funny, huh?!?

FIREWORKS!!!!

We had a great time....all 3 games we went to!

How are they so darn photogenic....sick!

Ben thoroughly enjoying some chocolate ice cream.

Ice cream and Gyros w/Joe and the kids.

We celebrated Mom's birthday a little early, since everyone was in town. Happy Birthday!

We were also lucky enough to go the Louisville slugger museum w/Joe and Claudia. Joe got a personalized bat while we were there.

As you can see, we had a great time! Thanks everyone for everything....Andy and Corrie for letting us crash at their house....Mom, Rach, Kevin, kids and Gretch for being so flexible and letting us disrupt everything. We hope everyone had as much fun as we did.

Sarah works....Miguel plays

2008-07-08T14:27:00.013-05:00

Sarah is out working so I decided I would go out and have some fun with my sister Claudia in New Orleans. You can see the Mississippi River as you are about to land in New Orleans. We have flown over the river countless times and I have never taken a picture so I did this time and thought I would share with all of you.

My sister is a season ticket holder for the New Orleans Zephyrs triple A affiliate of the New York Mets. So of course we went to the game and sat around before the game in the season ticket holders suit. In the background you can see the Zephyrs Military camouflage jersey they wore to honer the Military.

Here is a picture from the Suite. I have to say I had never been up there, but I was truly impressed. Claudia and I had a great time at the game. We even received a broken bat that ended up in the stands. I know it's a broken bat but it's just one of those things that fans would love to have, just like a baseball from the game.....well I got a bat from the game.

My sister is usually known as "Third base fan " because her seats are next to third base. Claudia is your typical baseball fan......well sort of. You have to know my sister to really understand her DEVOTION to the Zephyrs. Recently they gave away these little cow bells at one of the games to all of the fans. My sister now uses it at every game and is now known as the Cow Bell Girl, and yesterday I was known as Cow Bell Girl's brother. It was awesome.

Here we are with Boudreax who is the mascot.

Happy 4th!

2008-07-03T19:22:00.002-05:00

Hope everyone has a very Happy 4th of July! We will be flying....of course. At least we have a trip together. We get to spend some time in El Paso and Pittsburgh.......I know, I know you are all jealous of the glamour! Although, when you are flying you get to see some pretty cool fireworks displays, they are just from a totally different view.

OK...a picture

2008-07-02T22:13:00.004-05:00

It took me a while to figure this out....I'm not very blog saavy. Here is a pic of us in San Antonio when we went with Andy and Corrie! We had a great time!

I just need to make my blog cuter....like everyone else!

It's a start!

Too much time....

2008-06-28T18:19:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I've never done this before....blog I mean....and I'm not sure what to do. Miguel said that I obviously have way to much time on my hands because it is so unlike me to do stuff like this. Now all I have to do is figure out how to post pics and stuff.....Crap.....this is going to be like work!
We'll see how it goes!