Chinese New Year

Today we celebrated the Chinese New Year with Friends at the Bob Ross Senior Center.  They had a big celebration and we had fun. We joined this center late last month just because I felt that we needed do to more that just stay home.  We get to do some exercise and Manuel liked it cause they have dance lessons and a lot of other activities.  Even though we are new to this group, they are all so welcoming and friendly.  They encouraged us to join the line dancing group and we have had so much fun.  It is good because we can go at our own pace but they are really awesome folks.  Anne and Gene, in the right picture are our dance instructors.  We have had so much fun!

  

We have met many other people but I am so bad in remembering names.  On this, their New Year Celebration, they got Manuel involved in dressing in this Chinese shirt!  Yes, Mark Didelot, they took him in as a Chinese!!  Now you can say people think he is Hawaiian, Pilipino, Eskimo and now Chinese!!!!  How funny!  I really enjoyed this as Manuel was having a really good time.

  

The dining area was packed!

All of these Ladies are a part of the Line Dancing group and are all so friendly!

  

They had a Chinese Band made up of all members of this Senior Center.  A lot of talent here.

We had an awesome celebration this morning and then we headed out to do some line dancing. 

This has been good for Manuel as he has not had too many good days.  He enjoys himself here.

Day of The Military Ball

Late this morning I got a call from Lari telling me Mom was not feeling well.  Veronica got on the phone and asked if I wanted to go to the ball with Lari and Manuel.  I agreed to go in her place.  I rushed to find something nice in my closet to wear as there was no time to go shopping.  She and Lari had an appointment for hair and make up so I picked up Lari at 1 pm and off we went to the beauty shop.  It is always great for me when I spend time with my little girls.  Here Lari is getting her hair done.

Then they do her make up.  Girls did a great job on her. 

At the same time they were doing her, they were also doing my hair and make up.  Nice treat, Thank You, Veronica.

We then rushed out of the beauty shop and on home to get dressed.  Manuel and Lari will pick me up at 5 pm.  We took pictures at home before leaving to The Ball.  Larissa looks gorgeous and sooooo grown up!

  

Love you both so much!

We then took pictures outside as it was a beautiful day.  Not too clear.

So proud of Lari!

We headed to the the Ball which was held at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa. 

They had an awesome program.  Speaker had a great message to the students.  He is an alumni of TMI.  They had the coronation of the Queen and her court.  It was all beautiful. 

They also had a delicious meal, dessert & champagne. 

Before the program began, they had a photographer.  We will have to check on their pictures as my pictures were all taken with my iPhone, too blurry!

Let the dancing began!!!!  These girls and boys danced all night!  We had so much fun watching them!!!

  

This night was one of the many many proud moments I have had with Larissa.  I am praying there are many many more like this.  We are very proud of her accomplishments and like we tell her, “The Sky is The Limit”.

Arianna’s Valentine’s Day Party

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO EVERYONE!

Arianna invited us to her school’s Valentine’s Day Party.  Manuel could not go but I went.  I took my treats for the class and we had so much fun.  Arianna, as always, was so excited to see me.  I was so happy to see her as well.

Arianna is coming back from recess and I am waiting for her in the hallway!  My Beautiful little girl!

She poses with one of her friends, Devine.

they are to decorate this heart cookie and all the round ones, too.  They had pink and white frosting and different kinds of sprinkles.   Oh what fun they all had doing this.

Arianna did a great job decorating her cookies.   They look delicious!

Her friend took this picture.  It is too blurry!

They play games and had a lot of fun!

Arianna got a box full of Valentines.  She decorated her box really nice.  Great job, Ari!

You are MY VALENTINE!!!!

Bus Trip To Coushatta

On Monday, we left on a Knights of Columbus trip to the casino in Kinder, Louisiana.  This is a two night stay and will return home on Wednesday night.  There are two buses traveling on this trip.  We were on bus #1 and our Compadres, Frank and Adela are on bus #2.  Also is Compadres Mom and 3 sisters.  We made our first stop at Buc-ee’s and everyone is happy with their goodies.  This group was fed before we took off so everyone is good to go.

About an hour after this stop, Bus #2 started to have problems so we stopped with them and our guide stopped to see what the problem is.  Well, the radiator line busted so they called a mechanic and we took off while they waited.  We were later informed that a 3rd bus was sent to pick them up as the repair would take too long.  They were picked up by the 3rd bus and they were on their way but were about 2 hours behind us. 

Going through Houston….

Going through Lake Charles…

We arrived at the casino at about 3 pm…

They got to the hotel and we met up for dinner.  Right after we ate, Manuel started feeling bad.  He had fever and chills and tummy aches.  We went up to the room and he layed down to rest.  He insisted that I go down to the casino which I did.  Comadre Adela and I hung out for a while.  Went back to the room to check on him and he was ready to come to the casino, although he did not feel great.  He played for a while but then went back to get more rest.

By Wednesday morning, he was vomiting and just did not feel good.  We left the casino at 1 pm and arrived home at about 8 pm.  Wish he had felt better so he could have enjoyed this trip. 

Shopping With Larissa and Arianna

Lari is scheduled to have her Military Ball at her school, Texas Military Institute, next week so off we went to shop.  She got Daddy’s credit card so off we went. 

  

We had an awesome time.  Daddy met us mid-way through our day.  We had lunch and then were off to get our nails done.  We all got manicures and they he took off with them to get their hair cuts.  She is ready for next week now and we are looking forward to her big day.

Girls and Guitars

Veronica bought the girls guitars.  They have been getting lessons and can now play!

  

They can now ply “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”.  Great Job, Girls!