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Saturday, September 8, 2012

September Rain

The day started off hot as usual, and then just like that the skies opened up and the rain came down!

Rain Dance!

Rain Jump!

Let it pour!

Playing in the rain of course!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Blue Moon 2012

Blue Moon. One in my hand and one in the sky!

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Summer 2012

Brotherly Love

Zilker Park Austin Texas

A visit from Ben Fama

Reflections on the Summer of 2012 It has been a summer to remember. I will never forget it.
I have learned that people are so special. I have been awakened to the realization that life does go by fast!
I am still trying to accept the loss of my nephew, who was only four days older than I. I know now that he was a unique part of my life. Our mothers carried us in their wombs at the same time. We started first grade together and drove off as nervous teenagers to college together. I already miss the fact that we will not grow old together.
I have also had some great times with my immediate family this summer, and even though I was not able to be with all 7 of my children at once, I was able to see them ALL at some point in the summer. That was pure oxygen.
I spent a lot of time with the “babies” and reveled in the joy of their childhood as we went to the Zoo, museums, Six Flags, rivers, beaches and of course, all of their baseball and softball games. They became amateur hotel raters and used their own star system to rate the hotels we stayed in. The hotel with the sleep # beds was a Six ****** for them!
There were wonderful visits from friends and family and backyard bbq’s and yes all the other stuff like money woes, impatience, lost tempers,and those common annoyances all families experience. I choose to remember the good. It is what is most important to me and what I choose to replay in my mind as I reflect on the Summer of 2012.
I see the light in the eyes of my youngest as they exited their first rollercoaster ride together, and the way my older children embrace each other when they are reunited after being apart for months. It has been a summer to remember and I will never forget it.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Sunday Thinking....Hope

The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire men's activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven; it keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during times of abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, he is preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from charity. 1818 Cat. of Catholic Church

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Six Flags Over Texas

I can't even watch! But the "new two" were not a bit afraid to ride!

Summer bowling

They are pretty good bowlers. So we may have to come back! Saratoga Lanes Corpus Christi, Tx.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dallas Museum

Dallas Museum of Natural Science with our Burleson, Texas DeLeon cousins:)

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Dallas Zoo

I am still doing Zoo visits with my babies.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Moises (Moses) Salas Jr.

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/valleystar/obituary.aspx?n=moises-m-salas&pid=158225297
I saw this as a "tatoo" on the back of a young woman at a restaurant in San Antonio Sunday, and at the time I had no idea what the verse read. I looked it up today and now I can write a bit on Moises Salas Jr. He had other endearing names like....Mo Mo, boy, Moses, DaDo and guero. He left our earth suddenly on Saturday June 23, 2012 without a word to anyone. He left behind many people who love and admire him. We are all still caught in a whirlwind of emotions. Emotions of disbelief, pain, heartache, anger, sorrow and more disbelief. His beautiful funeral celebration was a testament to his love for others and many came to express their love for him. We will all miss him terribly and without a word he is speaking now.