Monday, November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving Day & More

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.   We spent all week with Larissa and Arianna.   We spend a few days at our house and a few at their house.   We decorated their Christmas tree and just had a lot of fun all week.   Here are a few pictures of the past week.

We purchased a new camera and we are trying it out.  

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Lari sports her new glasses.   She and Grandpa are playing a game of cards.

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On Thursday, we had Thanksgiving dinner at the Old San Francisco Steak House.  Lari swings on the swing....

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Arianna waits in line to swing next.....

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We enjoyed visiting with Greg and Jeanie Traub and their daughter. It was so nice to see them.

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Jeanie helped Manuel so much after his cancer diagnosis.   We are so thankful to her for her guidance.  She, like Manuel, is a cancer survivor. 

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Arianna enjoys her lunch.

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Lari and Veronica.  She is so happy to be with Mommy.

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Manuel Jr. and Veronica.

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We had a wonderful day, although we missed not having Corina around.  She spent a week in San Juan, Puerto Rico.   She had a great time on her vacation.

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Looking down at the bar...at the Old San Francisco Steakhouse.

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Today, Monday, as I was out visiting with my mom, Manuel was getting acquainted with the new camera. He made a nice fire and stayed warm while I was out.

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He set the timer to take his own picture.   Then he takes a picture of me when I got home.....

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Getting Ready for Christmas

We spent most of the week decorating our house for Christmas...

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Finally done with the tree and the Christmas village.....

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On Friday, we picked up Larissa and Arianna.  They will spend the night.  Arianna kept saying, "awesome" and went thru every little thing......they had fun and we had fun watching them.

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They pose with Grandpa and the tree he sets up outside....

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Manuel sets the timer and we took our first Christmas picture...even Charlie, our Yorkie, posed.

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On Saturday, we were invited to Gabriella's 2nd Birthday party at her Grandma and Grandpa's house which is a few houses from our house.  Grandma Rose and Gabriella pose....Arianna and I enter the Castle and we had a great time.....

 

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Everyone had a great time....

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Lari is at the top of the slide, and grandpa catches a picture of her sliding down...

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Our Daughter-In-Law catered the party.   Her company's name is Absolutely Delicious Catering.     

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They had beautiful, colorful balloons everywhere.

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They had four tents set out where the food was served....very good food.

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The DJ area and the Cake table...

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Lari just had a great time....Arianna was a little shy but also had a wonderful time.

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Arianna and I take a break from the activities...Gabriella digs into the Piñata!

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Mike, Gabriella and Lori Garcia...

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Arianna stands in line to hit the piñata.      Gabriella hits the piñata and grabs the first candy.

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Lari has fun hitting the piñata!

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Ready to cut the Beautiful cake!                  We sing Happy Birthday to Gabriella.

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We had another wonderful weekend with the Girls....Manuel just picked them up and took them home.