Bedroom/Bird Sanctuary

We moved the bed in our room last night into the corner and added a Ficus tree behind it. I thought that was all, but I was sorely mistaken. Jane came over and her and Sandra went to Michael's to get the tree. They came back with the tree and 2 little birds and a birdhouse to put in the tree. Sorry I couldn't rotate the picture below, you'll just have to turn your head to see the birds. One is named Giovanni, we need a name for the girl bird. Any suggestions?

Grandpa's Birthday Feb. 12th

This was at my dad's birthday lunch at Bob Evan's. Grandpa Sam turned 63. I guess after you turn 60 you are required to eat at Bob Evan's cause thats where he wanted to go. The Bob-B-Que is pretty good.

Sofia's Birthday Feb 10th

Here are some pics from Feb.10th at Chuck E. Cheese on Sofia's actual birthday. Being the awesome dad I am, we went there and played some games. We ate lunch at home first. Its fun to eat the pizza there once in a while, but not needed. It saves money to just play the games.

I love her face on the horse. She is so into the game,She has her game face on.

Sofia's Birthday Party

Here are some pics from Sofia's birthday party on Saturday.The pictures above are when Dora made a "surprise" visit sunday night after Sandra unexpectedly had to run to the store and Dora happened to show up after Mami left. What a coincidence. Thank You to all that came, especially Tom for taking a lot of the pictures. All the presents were great, but we really appreciate all the family and friends that came. We apologize that we didn't get to spend much time with some of you, as we had a lot of people there and it was a crazy afternoon. We hope everyone had enough pizza and cake. Thanks Again

Last night- Mr. Eagle pageant

Last night was the Annual Mr. Eagle pageant, which consisted of a talent show and spirit wear competition. The funds that were collected as admission to the pageant will go the St. Jude's Children's Hospital and all this week the students will be doing a Penny Drive for their favorite candidate from each of the classes (at the pageant the judges decided from two representatives from each class). The guy that raises the most positive points (pennies are positve everything else is negative) wins the title.

One of my co-workers (Tom) and I were the hosts for the evening. We were sponsored by David's Bridal and Duckies Formal Wear. I got my hair done by an alum and borrowed beautiful jewelry from another student. Tom and I had the priviledge of having a gong on stage to gong students off, but did not use it for them. Instead, I actually gonged myself for the terrible joke I told and I hit the gong lightly. Tom decided that it wasn't loud enough and gonged me LOUDLY. The students loved it and the evening was much fun. Although, this morning I've had a killer headache and I don't know it's because I didn't get much sleep or my head is still ringing from the sound of the gong. Regardless, it was a great evening.

Sandra is 27 years young

Cheers to a great Mom, Wife, Daughter, Sister and everything in between. Happy Birthday!!! We Love you Mami!!!

Pimp Running Shoes!

So, in case you didn't know: I, Sandra, (the one who always said that running is useless unless being chased by someone or you are chasing someone else) started running in November. At first I just wanted to make one lap around the school. Then I decided well, how about two, and then three, and then four. That's an entire mile!!! Woo-hoo! So I decided that I would eventually run a 5K... yeah. CRAZY! So on Thursday I'm running, feeling good, good pace, good breathing, semi-good form, and then OUCH! My feet got a slight pinch. NOT GOOD. I stopped running (I was on my 5th lap) and walked the rest of the way. It didn't hurt anymore. Hum... I'm running on concrete with worn-out shoes that I've had since around 2000.

So, I talked to my running friends (mind you some of them run 10 miles once in a while and run marathons like it's nothing). They all pointed me towards a place called Running Central. Wow. Talk about enthusiasm towards running. The saleswoman gave me a mini-lesson on different kinds of shoes, she looked at my feet, and I proceeded to try on lots of different shoes. Who knew that shoes felt differently when running.

I finally found my shoe. Wow, what a difference and I didn't even feel weird running laps in the store. Everyone in the store knew that it had to be done. Ironically enough I talked to one of my friends that I should do Race for the Cure as a good first race, and what did I purchase.... New Balance shoes with proceeds to Susan G. Komen. Cool. Got the shoes, going to keep training... oh and I already found a good length around the neighborhood on the sidewalks to run outside when the weather gets nice. SO EXCITED!!!