A much needed get away....... :)

I think the week of Thanksgiving was by far one of the longest and most stressful weeks I've thru in my life..... hahaha!!! YES, it was that "hectic" because of the way the holiday fell I worked for like seemed like forever with only one day off in between, but since I had gotten the weekend off I booked a trip to visit my cousins in San Francisco, it IS what I was looking forward to, until, my dad ended up in the hospital 2 days before Thanksgiving, now I was tired, and worried too..... I almost cancelled my trip, but after a few days of hanging out at the hospital we got confirmation that all was going in the right direction, and that he was going to be ok.... I was still apprehensive, but he insisted that I go, so I did, against my wishes at first though..... Everything turned out ok and I had a GREAT time!! I am so glad that he insisted I go, but not as glad as I am that he is well on his way to recovery!!! :-D I flew out friday after noon, right after work, it was the easiest trip I've ever taken..... I made it from work to John Wayne, and thru security in less than an hour and a half!!! It was terrific!!! :) My cousin and the family picked me up in San Francisco, and we went directly to dinner, I was starved!!! I know what a surprise.... I'm always hungry!! ;) then on saturday we hung out at home, did some online shopping, some "real" shopping, and then we got ready to go to Union Square to check out the Ginormous tree and all the store windows!!! It was so beautiful there, and EVERYTHING was decked out for the upcoming Christmas Season!! :)
The Macy's window was amazing, at least to me..... I'd never seen anything like it before!! WOW!!

My cousin and I at Union Square!! :)It was sooooo chilly!!! brrrr.....
Then on sunday we woke up and met my other cousin and his wife for breakfast on the bay..... and we did some more shopping!!! I LOVE the beach it's always been a peaceful and stressful free place for me!!! :) after breakfast my cousin Bea, the baby, V and I went to play on the beach.....
It was a beautiful day, even though it was super chilly!!!

Vides wanted to build sand castles, so build she did!!! don't let her fool you.... it was cold!!! :)

she even stopped for me to take her picture!!! hahaha!! I guess I've taught her well!! ;)

hahaha!!! This picture cracks me up!! I was freezing, and the only way I could occupy myself was to take photographs of me!!! hahaha!!! amazing, I know!! ;)

Say Cheese nnnnnjjjjjjjjjjjjj!!! :)

I love my cousin!!! she's the best!!

Then we headed back home to pick up my stuff, so we could go straight to the airport after visiting Pier 39, the tree here was GIANT too!!! Look at all the presents underneath!!! I LOVE Christmas trees, almost as much as I LOVE snowmen!! ;)

Can I please have all of these??? hahaha!!!

I was shocked to see that all of the seaotters were gone this time of the year?? I wonder if they go somewhere for the winter, usually they're all over the place on these wooden plank things!! hmmmmm.....

The tree was even more beautiful when it was lit!!

we found a reindeer !! :)

The Chavez'...... I LOVE this picture!!

YAY!!!! It's a 5 month baby bump!!! I can't wait for baby girl Chavez to arrive!!! :)
And that was the end to a funfilled weekend in the Bay!!! :)

4 baby boys in less than a month!!!! WOW!!!

baby Mateo

baby william

baby Robert Valentino

and Baby Xavier, who I have no picture of!! :(

Congratulations to all the new parents!!! all 4 boys are so cute!! my friends are family were truly blessed by these beautiful new arivals! I can't wait until next year, for baby girl chavez in february, and baby fanzo in june..... and all the other babies due next year, I currently know 8 pregnant people!!! YIKES! I should not drink whatever it is they're all drinking!!! ;)

My new "man"! :-) he was sooo cute i had to bring him home! :-) ....... it's a sickness i know! ;)

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it was time for a change!!! :)

soooo I did it, I requested to have short hair!!! hahaha!!! Mary my hair lady was in charge of not letting me change my mind!!! and she did a terrific job!!! she cut off 6 inches I think, the pile of hair on the floor was enough to make a small wig!!! :) and I LOVE it!!! I think next time I might go a little shorter!! ..... wait a minute.... did I really just say that??? ;)

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Let the holidays begin!!!

the new addition to my snowman family! let the holidays begin! :) I don't know why but this little guy just put me in the right mood for the holidays!!! ;)

Happy Birthday to me!!!! :)

WOW!!! Casey and I have been celebrating our birthday's together now for 12 years.... where did the time go??? :) every year we have a joint celebration since her b-day is the day after mine.... This year the "dorm" family met at TGI Fridays at the block in Orange, we ate dinner, and then went off to Dave and Busters to spend our hard earned money..... and to watch the end of the Angel/ Yankee game.... Well they watched, I didn't, I didn't want to be responsible for the Angel loss..... ;) I did have a few people giving me updates thoughout the night though..... Thank you Bobby, and Phil for the constant updates..... hahaha!!! let's just say that at the end of the night, Casey was the only happy one of the group!! She's a Yankee fan..... How did that happen anyway???

Awwww..... Paige was so excited for the birthday, she saved me a seat next to her, and then requested to have her picture with me!! Looks like she loves her aunt Mimac!! ;)

The group...... not the best picture, but we all made it!! say Cheese!! :)

ok!! this picture really cracks me up.... look at the lady in the background, hahaha!!! she could of at least smiled for the picture, and yes that is a window separating us from her.... :)

Say Cheese..... :)

At Dave and Busters..... while everyone else was watching the game.... we decided to take a pic!!! :) and the boys decided to dance to dance dance revolution.... hahahaha!!!! Charles and Matt had so much fun, that they went ahead and willingly accepted our request for an encore!! :) There's a video of this somewhere..... as soon as I find it I will post it!! hahaha

My friend Michelle was nice enough to take me out to dinner too!!! hahaha!!! this is the cake thing they brought to me..... it was sooooooo tasty!!! :)

yes..... I know we're upside down, but I don't know how to fix it.... so it's staying!!! ;) Me and Michelle!!

Dinner was GREAT..... she found this place in Newport, by her grandpa's house that had lobster so that's where we went!!! YUMMMM!!! this was of course after we made sure that pregnant women could eat lobster..... she didn't want to anger the baby by feeding it something it shouldn't have!! :) grandpa joined us too..... :) yiippeee for yummy food!!

My mom made me a special b-day dinner too..... the pictures of dinner didn't come out good, but we had chiles rellenos, rice, ejotes, and chocolate, chocolate cake!!! YUMMMM!!! and I guess the only b-day picture we took was a solo shot of me and my cake..... kinda weird!!! but I guess everyone needs a solo!! :)

Gaby and I went to Disneyland to celebrate and we had a GREAT time!!! we got on so many rides it was amazing..... we decided that wednesday's are definitly one of the better day's to go!!!

along the way we found this great backdrop for pics..... might as well!! hahaha

and we made a new friend!! :) I love my sister, she's the best!! what a great time we had....

.......and as tradition has dictated this year, the Jensens, Bryan and I went to Disneyland to celebrebrate too!!! :) I think we went for everyone's birthday this year!! Yiippeeee!!! Thanks Bryan for taking these awesome pictures!! :)

...... we were all so hungry that we decided to go on the "food" ride!! hahaha!!

We had the most amazing clam chowder bowls..... they were just as good as I remember them being!!

Anyone who knows me know that I ALWAYS put butter and salt on my bread.... Bryan wasn't so sure about it.... until he himself gave it a whirl..... and I think he liked it!!! then again who wouldn't!! ;)

Awwww.... here's to good times with GREAT friends :)

I LOVE halloween time at Disneyland, I think it's because it's the official start to the holiday season..... and I LOVe the holidays!!! :)

Birthday week was definitly a great time.... Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday a special one..... Miss Ella made me a pretty cool card too, on lellow paper... my favorite!! ;) and there was dinner which was amazingly good!! Thank you Jessica and Bobby! :) but how is that there are no pictures of that night??? hmmmmmm..... ;) I am very lucky to be surrounded by such amazing family and friends..... Thanks again everyone!!