i love my papa

bear and i made a lil book for papa.
bear drew most of the circles and faces and then i drew around it and wrote the words...
then i took pix of the drawings and made them into a little book that we made at the photo center...

bear drew papa all on his own

bear drew the wheels and colored them

he also drew the big gigantic hockey puck

and he drew the big bowl of cereal and the face

he drew the big basketball circle

and bear also drew himself on the surfboard

birthday tee for brother!

made this lil pic to transfer onto a tee for the birthday boy!
(their beloved doggy!)

happy birFday bruther!!

our brother, ches, celebrated yet another year!
we headed over to banana bay with the whole fam bam...

tons of food!

the birthday boy, their niece- kelly, and wifey-christina

sean n dareen's wedding!

Dareen and Sean's special day!
so happy for these two!
the wedding was at an orthodox church in santa ana...

there were many traditional things they did...lots of chants, screams, standing and sitting!

the Khatibs!

the reception- complete with a live egyptian musicians!

friends since middle school...

sarah, reen, rossy, and me!

me and my lovey!

jino and rossy

love birds =)

dinner and wine-Reen's lil bach nite!

our good friend, reen, is getting married! so, we headed out to tantalum for a lil bach fun- just some drinks, appetizers and desserts!

rossy, me, reen, sarah, yvonne, rasha

bears new ride!

thanks grandpa dean & grandma mia for bears new ride!

christmas with the fam bam!

christmas festivities usually begin on the 24th-
first with a family dinner party with Tony's side
and then ending the night into the christmas with my side....
here's a pic of some of my aunts and my mama

my dad wanted a "nativity" and my cousin ryan, his wife and their child were the lucky ones that got to portray this that night!

here's some of the fam during the white elephant gift exchange game

i won, stole, the "buttface" towel that had a $25 Target giftcard inside!

tay played for her papa and won that:

here's cousin edna with her kids and her new boyfriend, actually- fiance- william

new traditions.. bear wanted to make a birthday cake for Jesus.
we made it on christmas eve and here we are christmas day-- at tonys parents house for breakfast, gifts and dinner!

some of bear's loot - christmas morning.
he also got from us a "big boy" drum set!

aunt debbie and uncle leo got married and were surprised with a cake and gifts on christmas eve and the family party!

christmas card, lights n bears school mini-christmas program

tada! our Christmas card this year!
we also went to Thoroughbred Lanes in Rancho with the Martinez and Maese families....

bears class had a mini-christmas program.
they sang us 3 songs
and we got to decorate cookies and do crafts with our kids!

bear was absolutely thrilled to see me! he's in the back far left in a plaid flannel!

our craft!

singing....

cookie exchange pix n jarrods 30th

our church ahd its annual christmas cookie exchange!
i baked peppermint chocolate chip cookies w/ whole wheat
and i made this awesome peppermint tree.
sadly, i didnt take home any ribbons this year =/

the knicks have been going through a lot this year....
nicole is preggy with baby #2 and due beginning of jan
and her hubby, jarrod, has been in the hospital for a spinal tumor.
luckily we got to celebrate his 30th with him!